"G" Surname Family Sketches
From Victor Herald 20 April 1900
William Gallup was born in
Brighton, Monroe county, in the year 1817. His childhood and youth were
spent in Brighton and
Henrietta, during which he obtained a good education, and engaged in
teaching
in his early manhood. Mr. Gallup came from Brighton to Victor in 1842,
and
taught school in what is known as the Camp district for three years;
then
on Boughton Hill for two years. In 1847 he married Caroline Boughton,
and
with her taught the Macedon Union School for about a year and a half.
From
Macedon they went to Fairport, where Mr. Gallup went into the
mercantile business
with T. W. Dickenson, teaching school in the winter. In the early
fifties,
Mr. and Mrs. Gallup came to Victor, he going in as clerk in the store
with
Arah P. Dickenson & Co., purchasing an interest in the business in
1857.
After a time Mr. Dickenson retired from the firm, which was continued
by
Mr. Gallup and Myron H. Decker until 1884, when Mr. Decker retired from
the
business, and Mr. Gallup's son, Wm. B., was taken into partnership.
This arrangement
continued until the death of Mr. Gallup, March 8, 1890, since which
time
Wm. B. Gallup has carried on the business alone. As a teacher Mr.
Gallup
was popular the very necessary ability of imparting instruction in such
a
manner as to be understood and appreciated, and the faculty of
maintaining
good order in school and retaining the good will and respect of his
pupils.
Many who were his pupils are now fathers and even grandfathers and
cherish
the most pleasant memories of the days spent under his care and
tuition.
Mr. Gallup was of a very genial disposition and enjoyed a good company,
and
none could appreciate a joke or tell a laughable story with greater
zest than
he. In his forty years dealings with the people he was ever found
advocating sound principles, favoring that which he considered was for
the right; and always interested in the welfare and advancement of
public education.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
George S. Galusha, Phelps, was born in Yates county, July 14,
1857, one of four children of Clark and Eunice (Burnett) Galusha.
The father, Clark Galusha, was born in Otsego county, his wife being a
native of Phelps. Simeon, the grandfather, was a native of Otsego
county.
George S. married, September 26, 1877, Mary Isabel Thatcher, one
of four children of Jesse and Cyntha (Estey) Thatcher, of
Hopewell.
Mr. Galusha has lived in the town of Phelps since he was four years of
age. His farm is used for the production of the variety of crops common
to this section.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
William H. Gambee, Geneva, was born in Varick, Seneca county,
February 4, 1833. He was educated in the public schools and graduated
from Lima Seminary. He has always been a produce dealer and farmer.
January 4, 1860, he married S. Elizabeth Boyd, who was born on
the place on which they reside, north of Geneva, her father's
homestead. They have one daughter, Nellie E., who was married on
February 5, 1893, to Edward Hooper, of Newark, Wayne county. Mr.
Gambee's father, William, was born in Pennsylvania about 1792, and
married Agnes Armstrong. They had six children: John Y., Mary
E., Isaac T., William H., Annie and Lavina. Mrs. Gambee's father, David
Boyd, was born in Pennsylvania about 1796, and married Ann Ringer, by
whom he had eight children: John, Isabella, Robert, Sarah E., Elvira,
Charles, Elizabeth and David. David Boyd served in the War of 1812, and
Mr. Gambee's father, William, was also in that
war. Mr. Gambee was a sutler in the Army of the Potomac in the late war.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Edwin J. Gardner, Farmington, was born in Farmington January
22, 1853. He was educated in the public schools and follows farming. He
is a justice of the peace in the town of Farmington, also does some
photographic work for his friends. March 30, 1880, he married Roseline
R., daughter of John J. and Lydia B. Doty of this town. Mrs.
Gardner was born in Farmington September 15, 1860, and they have two
children, Mary R. and Lindley J. Mr. Gardner's father, John W., was
born in the town of Rensselaerville, Albany county, was one of a family
of twelve children, was a brother of Sunderlin P. Gardner, and his
father was Elisha W. He was born November 13, 1814, and married Anna B.
Colton of Farmington. They had eight children: George W., Sarah
P., Anna E., Leonard W., Charlotte S., Marium A., Edwin J. and Charles
H. John W. Gardner died February 23, 1875. Mrs. Gardner's father, John
J. Doty, was born in Washington county July 15, 1812, and came here
with his
parents when he was a boy. He married twice, first in 1834 to Amy Lane,
and had one son, John S. For his second wife he married, August 27,
1836, Lydia B. Wilson of Morris county, N. J., and had five
children:
Mary W., Susan J., Charles E., John M., Roseline R. Mr. Doty died
September
23, 1878.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Elisha W. Gardner, Canandaigua, was born in
Farmington November
26, 1826, a son of Elisha W. Gardner, a farmer of that town, born in
Rhode Island and resided in a few years in Albany county NY, where he
married Sarah, daughter of General Patterson, of
Revolutionary fame, and came to Ontario county in 1810 and settled in
Farmington. They had twelve children, three of them now
living: Rev. Sunderland P. Gardner of Farmington; Mrs. Miriam Sheldon
of Barry Orleans county; and Elisha W., our subject. The early
life of our subject was spent on the homestead farm. He was
educated at Macedon Academy, and taught in district schools and Macedon
Academy, preparing for college at Lima Seminary. On the formation
of Genesee College he spent one year there. He practiced civil
engineering for a few years and then entered the New York State and
National Law University at Ballston Springs, graduating with the degree
of LL.B. in the fall
of 1851. Chancellor Walworth was president of the University
at that time. He was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court
that same fall, and immediately opened an office in Canandaigua and has
continued in practice here ever since. In 1854 he was admitted to
the United States District and Circuit Courts, in which his practice
has been quite extensive, and has argued a large number of causes at
the General Term and in the New York Court of Appeals, and he has been
a very successful lawyer. Mr. Gardner has been an active partisan
of the Republican party since its formation in 1856, but has never been
an aspirant to political office. In 1856 and 1860 he made many
speeches throughout the State in the interests of the new party.
Mr. Gardner married in 1852 Sarah A., daughter of William Pound,
of Farmington. Mrs. Pound was a sister of Rev. Dr. Goodell,
well known as the Turkish missionary. Mr. Gardner has three
children: Mary J.; Helen A.; and Edwin P., of Ontario County
Journal.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY;
compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Peter Garlock, Phelps, was born in Phelps, October 6, 1832. He
was one of nine children of Abram and Catharine (Cook) Garlock,
of Montgomery county. The grandfather was Peter, and his father
emigrated to this country from Holland at an early day. Peter Cook, the
grandfather on the mother's side, was a native of
New Jersey. Peter Garlock married in 1857 Maria Van Devort,
of Phelps, who died in 1886 leaving seven children: Ellen (Mrs. O. M.
Lincoln), Abram, Thomas, Charles, Kate, Alfred and Jessie M. He
subsequently married Cecilia Smith, of Rochester, and they
have two children: Arthur, and Grace. Mr. Garlock spent twenty-seven
years in Arcadia, the rest of his life in Phelps. In 1863 Peter Garlock
began distilling cider-brandy and peppermint, and has continued in that
business. In 1879 he started the mill in Phelps where he is now
located, adding improved machinery in 1885. In 1889 his son, Charles
Garlock, went into business with his father, under the firm name of P.
Garlock &
Son. Their plant has a capacity of from 2,500 to 3,000 barrels per
year.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO
COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover;
1893;
William Garratt, Canandaigua, was born in Stanley, Seneca county,
March 7, 1854, a son of Charles, a farmer of that town, who came to
this country from England in 1850. He had 10 children, of whom
William was the fifth son. The latter's boyhood was spent in
Seneca county, and he was educated in the common schools of Seneca and
Ontario counties. His father moved into Gorham in 1865, where he
died August 26, 1889, at seventy-three years of age. Our subject
lived on the farm until he was twenty-one years of age, and then
engaged in the manufacture of carriage and wagon spokes, which business
he
has since followed. In the fall of 1880 he moved into
Canandaigua, where he bought out the small spoke factory of his
brother, John,
and increased the capacity of the mill by the addition of new
machinery, and enlarging the building. Mr. Garratt is also a
dealer in
all kinds of hard wood lumber and kindling wood. The spokes
manufactured by Mr. Garratt are shipped all through New York and the
Eastern States. Mr. Garratt also conducts farms in this vicinity
aggregating 269 acres. He married in 1888 Carrie E., daughter
of O. E. Brocklebank, a carpenter of Canandaigua, and they have
one child, Charles A., now in his third year. The mill is located
at the foot of Main street, and his residence is near on the Lake
Road.
The mother of our subject, Hannah (Hibbell) Garratt, is a
resident of Canandaigua, now in her seventy-sixth year.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
John Gartland, Jr., Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua
October 25, 1859, a son of John, a native of Ireland, who came to this
country in 1849 and located in Canandaigua. John, jr., was educated in
the common schools and early in life engaged in butchering, which he
has always followed. October 26, 1887, he, in company with William
Boyle, established a market in Canandaigua which they conducted
together until August, 1892, when Mr. Gartland bought out the interest
of Mr. Boyle and has since conducted the market alone. He has a
commodious
market at 153 Main street, where he carries a large stock of fresh and
salt meats, game and poultry, and in the rear conducts a sausage
manufactory.
Mr. Gartland married, June 30, 1885, Jennie E., daughter of Terrence Clarke,
and they are the parents of three children: Willie C., Annie M.,
John Leo Edward. Mr. and Mrs. Gartland are members of the Catholic
Church.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Gatchel Family, Origin and Descendants of the
-- 1st William Gatchel, grandfather and great-grandfather
to the generation of descendants now living, was born April 13, 1733,
birthplace no known, but lived in the town of Chazy, near Lake
Champlain, in northern part of New York State. At an early date he
married Eunice Graves, by whom he had the following children,
to wit: William, Nancy, Don A., Harvey, Saphronia and Lamentta. William
Gatchel died January
24, 1805. 2d, William Gatchell, father of the present living
generation,
was born in Chazy, November 7, 1896. At an early age the family removed
to Oneida county, this State, where he learned the clothier's trade,
which
he followed successfully for several years. In 1821 he left his
parental home and came to Farmington, Ontario county. April 2, 1822, he
married Huldah Herendeen, daughter of Welcome Herendeen, one
of the first pioneer settlers in town (Farmington). By this marriage
four children came to bless their home, namely: William H., Welcome D.,
Harriet A., and Arthur M. These children are all living and situated as
follows: William H., now owns and lives on the homestead farm; Welcome
D., now living in Louisville, Ky., a seller of photo stock supplies,
married Frances Tripp of Walworth,
Wayne county, N. Y., March 19, 1856. Four children were born to them,
to
wit: Mary, now married and living in West Virginia; next came Albert
D.,
now living in Birminham, Ala; Willie A., who died at the age of four;
and
Frank T., a recent graduate at Yale College. Harriet A. married
Theodore E. Lawrence, formerly of Cayuga county, N. Y., March
24. 1875. They have one son, William. Mr. Lawrence died October 7,
1888. He had successfully followed farming for a business. Arthur M.,
unmarried, is now living on the old home farm with his older brother
and widowed sister and son. William Gatchel,
the father, died September 23, 1871. Huldah Gatchel, the wife, died
November
7, 1868.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO
COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover;
1893;
Curtis C. Gates, West Bloomfield, was born August 3, 1809.
His father, Marvin, was born in 1757 and came from Colchester, Conn., a
year later than his brother, Daniel. In 1799 he built the house,
now the property of Curtis, and occupied by Charles Hopkins of North
Bloomfield. Marvin was a farmer, and in company with his brother,
Daniel, was interested in a saw-mill at that place, also making brick
there, early in the present century. January 16, 1798, Marvin
married Rachel Coe of Granville, Mass.,
born in 1768. Their children were Orpha, Melancton, Marvin,
Reynold and Curtis Coe. With Daniel and Marvin came their father,
Captain Josiah Gates, a Revolutionary soldier, who was, however, too
aged to enter into active work. Orpha, the oldest child, married
John Lloyd of this place in 1819, by whom she had ten children,
of whom Eunice
now makes her home with her Uncle Curtis, both parents being
deceased. Curtis C. has been three times married. His first
wife was Mercy Malvina Leach, whom he married in 1838 and by
whom he had one
son, Robert Lewis, his only child, born in 1839. He was in the
Seventh Ohio Infantry in the late war and was killed at the battle of
Port Republic MD, June 9, 1862. An interesting relic in the shape
of an old Bible, brought by Mrs. Marvin Gates from Massachusetts, bears
date of 1754, Edinburgh. Mrs. Gates was a descendant in the
seventh generation of Robert "Cooe" of Milford, Suffolkshire, England,
who, with his wife, Anna, and three sons sailed from Ipswich April 10,
1634.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich;
edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Preston L. Gates, West Bloomfield, son of Alfred, was born
September 30, 1842. His grandfather, Daniel, who, with his brother,
Marvin, was a pioneer in that part of the town (then known as Smith's
Mill's), came from Colchester, near New London, Conn., in May, 1789. He
was the first comer by one year. The old homestead was built in 1802,
and is one of the few ancient landmarks of the locality. Of his family
Alfred was born January 25. 1807, and married Catharine Pratt of
this town, by whom he
had two children, Preston L. and Catharine, the latter dying at the age
of twenty-one years. His wife died in 1844, and he married second Sarah
Emeline Pratt, sister of his first wife, who now resides on the old
homestead.
Alfred died in April, 1890, at the age of eighty-six. Preston L. was
educated
at the district schools and has always followed farming. For the past
twenty years he has had charge of the old farm. He married in 1866
Helen R., daughter of George Davis, of Honeoye Falls, and they
have two sons: Lewis
E., born in 1867, married and resides on the old homestead; and Alfred
D.,
born in 1871, lives with his parents. Mr. Gates is a Prohibitionist in
politics. He lives on the old place on which he has erected a fine
modern house. He is increasing his dairy interests, introducing Jersey
stock, and is the
owner of many fine animals of that breed. He is also interested in the
culture of bees and fancy poultry.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO
COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover;
1893;
Ashman B. Gauss, East Bloomfield, was born on the farm where he now
resides, February 24, 1831, a son of Thayer and Electa (Beebe)
Gauss. The grandfather, Benjamin, came to Bloomfield and married
Sarah Codding of Bristol, (the first white woman married on the
Phelps and Gorham purchase), and in 1789 left Berkshire, Mass., and
settled on 320 acres of land where the subject resides,
where he lived until his death October 5, 1854, aged eighty-nine
years. He served through the Revolutionary war, and lost his toes
by being frozen. His wife died January 22, 1847, aged
seventy-nine years. They had six children: Benjamin, jr.;
Thayer; Sally; Phoebe;
Mary and Abbie. His son, Thayer, was born April 27, 1797, in
the house where subject now resides. He was the owner of
considerable
real estate, and during the War of 1812 he traded in Buffalo. He
was one of the trustees of the Congregational Church for over forty
years, and contributed liberally to public improvements. He died
December 19, 1879, and his wife February 11, 1883, aged seventy-eight
years. She was the daughter of Ashman Beebe, an old
settler of East
Bloomfield. Thayer Gauss and wife had five children: Eliza
and Electa (twins); Lurinda; and Ashman B.; besides one who died in
infancy.
Our subject has remodeled his father's and grandfather's home ( which
has been in the family since 1793), and occupies 160 acres of the half
section taken by his grandfather. He married October 21, 1858,
Mary
L., daughter of Lewis and Mary (Talmadge) Goodwin, who came
from Plymouth, Conn., to Gates, Monroe county. Mr. and Mrs. Gauss
have
had three children: Lewis T.; Lucy H.; and Charles T. Mrs.
Gauss is a member of the Episcopal Church.
From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons;
1931;
Melvin S. Gaylord, present mayor of Geneva, has been for many
years associated with the Dorchester & Rose Hardware Company, of
which he is now principal owner. He was born in Geneva, March 3, 1871,
the son of John B. Gaylord and Anna Howard. His education was
in the Geneva schools and his association with the Dorchester &
Rose Company has continued form 1885 to the present time. He was a
member of the Common Council from 1899 to 1901 and from 1926 until he
was elected Mayor in 1929 for four years; school collector 1900-11; and
is president of the Board of Trustees of the Geneva General Hospital.
He has had a long and distinguished military service with Company B and
is at present its captain. He is a Mason, an Elk and a member of the
Hydrant Hose Company. His wife was Miss Jessie Fidler and they
reside at 172 Hamilton street.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO
COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover;
1893;
Thomas H. Gerow, Phelps, only son of six children of Oliver and
Lucy (Howard) Gerow, was born in Phelps March 26, 1832.
Oliver, the father, was born in Westchester county, and came to Phelps
in early life. Lucy Howard, the mother, was born in Dutchess
county. Thomas H. married Harriet A. Pardee of
Phelps, daughter of Israel and Phirza (Crosby) Pardee, and they
have three children: Gertrude (Mrs. Albert Williams);
Hattie H.; and Milton P. Mr. Gerow's farm of 100 acres is used
principally for grain. He is a representative citizen and has
served the town as road commissioner continuously for eight years.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Levi Gifford, Canandaigua, was born in Pittstown, Rensselaer
county, December 22, 1818, a son of Nathaniel, a farmer of that county.
The early life of Levi was spent in Pittstown, and he was educated in
the common schools. After leaving school he taught about eleven years.
When twenty-two years of age he came to Ontario county, teaching in
Gorham until 1845, when he bought a farm there. This he sold in 1858
and bought the farm on the west shore of the lake where he has since
made his home. Mr. Gifford never gave any attention to politics or
anything that would
detract from his interest in the farm. He died November 19. 1889. He
was
three times married, and by his first wife, Alida Van Dercook, had
two children, but one is now living, Mary Frances, wife of John Douglas,
of Troy. Mrs. Gifford died September 29, 1849, and he married
second
Olive Weatherwax, of Schenectady county, who died December 21,
1853.
His present wife, Mary Jane Weatherwax, he married February 1, 1855,
and
they have had eight children, seven of whom are living: O. Alida, wife
of
John P. Sanford, of Gorham; Ella M., wife of O. J. Cooley,
of
Canandaigua; Minnie E., wife of S. G. Bates of Syracuse;
Matilda,
wife of E. D. Spangler, jeweler of Canandaigua; Puaala, wife
of M.
S. Elden, an electrician of Williamsport, Pa.; Nathaniel J.,
who
conducts the home farm; and David Dayton, an electrician of Syracuse.
The Gifford farm consists of 120 acres, on which the principal products
are fruit and grain. Nathaniel, manager of the farm, was born here
March
29, 1867, and was educated at Canandaigua Academy under Prof. Clarke,
and
Cook Academy of Schuyler county. He married, March 13, 1890, Eva Gignac,
of Troy, and they have two children, Ruth L. and Rachel.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893
John Gillette, Canandaigua, was born in Palmyra, Wayne county,
in November, 1839, a son of John Gillette, a farmer of that town where
the early life of our subject was spent. He prepared for college at the
Palmyra Classical Union School. After leaving school he entered the
office of Aldrich & McClouth, of Palmyra, to study law. He was
admitted to the bar in June, 1863, and immediately opened an office in
Canandaigua, where he began practicing, and has ever since been here.
He has built up an enviable reputation as a learned counsellor and
brilliant speaker. He has never taken any active interest in politics
outside of the interest all Republicans have in the success of the
party ticket.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO
COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover;
1893;
Enos Gillis, Victor, was born in Argyle, Washington county, June
12,1815, and came with his parents to Victor in 1826. He was
educated in the district schools and has always been a farmer. He
married twice, first on December 31, 1840, Eliza Snedeker,
formerly of New Jersey. They had two children, both deceased; one
died in infancy and the other lived to be twenty-seven years of
age. Mrs. Gillis died June 9, 1847, and he married second
Catherine Wells, of Victor. They had one daughter,
Jennie, who married Frank S. Gallup of this town, February 23,
1882. They had four children: Enos G.; George M.; Martha
D.; and Rose A. Mr. Gillis's father, John D., was born in Hebron,
Washington
county, was a blacksmith for a number of years, and afterwards a
farmer. He married Mary A. Smith and they had six
children: Margaret; Robert R.; Enos; Martha; John S. and
Rosena. Mrs. Gillis died
November 27, 1852, and his father about 1873, aged ninety-six
years. His grandfather, Robert, and four brothers were in the
Revolutionary War, all killed but himself and Joseph. Mr. Gillis
has resided on the same location sixty-seven years.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Jerome Bonaparte Gillis, Victor, was born in Victor, April 23,
1853. He was educated in the district schools and Victor
Union School, and is a farmer. April 13, 1886, he married Lucy,
daughter
of Edward and Sarah Williams, of Victor, and they have had
three
children: Edward R., born January 18, 1887; Harry J., who died in
infancy;
and Cora B., who died when she was nineteen months old. Mr. Gillis
father,
Robert R., was born in the town of Argyle, Washington county, October
22, 1812, and came with his parents to Victor when he was ten years
old.
He was a farmer. He married Martha Hart, of Victor, and had six
children:
Julia A., Maryette, Helen, Jerome B., James L., and Hart R. Mrs.
Gillis's
father, Edward Williams, was born in England, and came to the United
States when a young man. After a period of time he returned to England
and married Sarah Kailsley, then returned to his adopted
country.
They had seven children, four survive: Phoebe, Emma, William, and Lucy.
In politics Mr. Gillis is a Republican. The ancestry of the family are
Scotch, English and Welsh.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
John S. Gillis, was born in Argyle, Washington
county, July 17,
1823, and came with his parents to Victor in 1826. He was
educated in the public schools and was always a farmer. December 30,
1847, he married Sarah, daughter of William and Catherine (McKinley)
Wells, and they had five children: William W., who is editor and
proprietor of the Victor Herald, and married Harriet S. Bundy
of Rochester; Mary V., died in the year 1870, aged nineteen years;
Martha, who married Joseph N. Brace, of Shelby, Orleans
county; Alexander P., who is a farmer with his father; and John D., who
married Margaret Cline, they also live on the farm. Mrs.
Gillis's father, William Wells, was born at Coxsackie, Greene county,
April 16,1797, and married Catherine McKinley, who was born
June 3, 1799. They had six children: Catherine, Peter, Sarah, Amelia,
John, and William Alexander. They came to Victor in 1835. Mrs. Gillis
is a member of the Presbyterian church. Mr. Gillis is a Democrat.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Charles S. Goodale, Canandaigua, was born in Bristol, March 4,
1844, a son of Solomon, jr., and Samantha (Buckley) Goodale.
Solomon was a native and farmer of Bristol, and was the father of three
children: George S., of St. Louis, Mo.; Leonard C., a farmer and lumber
merchant of Bristol; and Charles S. The boyhood of the latter was spent
on the farm in Bristol, and he had an education in the common schools.
He was but seventeen years of age when the Civil War broke out, and he
enlisted in the Fourth N. Y. Heavy Artillery, February 10, 1864,
serving
in the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, North Anna, before
Petersburg,
and many smaller engagements, being with the Second Corps in their
service.
He was mustered out September 7, 1865, and returned home. He engaged in
farming in different places until 1871, when he bought a farm of 125
acres
in Canandaigua, near Cheshire, since which he has added 265 acres,
making
now 390 acres, which is cultivated to grain and hay. Mr. Goodale also
deals
in sheep, for which he finds a market in New York city. He has been
assessor
six consecutive years, and is a supporter of the Union church of
Cheshire.
He married, December 15, 1868, Estella, daughter of Stephen and
Samantha
(Sawyer) Stiles, by whom he had one daughter, Lilian, a student
of
Granger Place School in Canandaigua.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich;
edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Gooding Family - George Gooding, whose parents were natives of
Massachusetts, was born in 1770, and came to this country about 1800.
He married Naomi Wilder, a native of Connecticut, by whom he
had twelve children: George, who married Achsah Reed, died in
1883, and left seven children; Lovisa married Allen Brown; Erastus,
married and had one child, who was drowned when a lad; Russell was born
in 1809, and married in 1839 Betsey, daughter of Samuel Thurber of
New Hampshire, who lived in this town. They had four children: Horace,
born in 1840, served in the One Hundred and Sixtieth N. Y. Vols., and
died at Washington Hospital in January, 1863; Sarah married in 1865
Spencer Martin, a lawyer of Saginaw, Mich., who died November
13, 1871,
leaving two children, Russell and Wells; Edwin of East Bloomfield, who
lives on the home farm; and Ella, who married Roswell Lee, of
East
Bloomfield. Again taking up George Gooding's family: Ann married Elizur
Booth, and they have had four children: Roxana, married Seymour
Reed;
Naomi, married Samuel Taylor; Chester married Laura Booth
of
Canandaigua; Timothy married Polly Hicks of Canandaigua, and
died
January 15, 1883, aged seventy-five years; Wells, born in 1821,
never
married and died in 1881; and the youngest, Angeline, died in 1880,
aged
fifty years. One child died in infancy. Timothy and Wells Gooding
accumulated
large properties.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich;
edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Chester A. Gooding, Bristol Centre, was
born in Canandaigua, February 22, 1840. At the age of ten years
he moved with his parents to Bloomfield, where he lived until 1861,
when in October of that year he enlisted in Company B, Eighty-fifth New
York Volunteers, and served with them two years. He had been with them
a short time when he was attacked with typhoid fever, and from
that to rheumatism, until he was unfit for service, and was mustered
out in August, 1863. He returned to Canandaigua and engaged in farming,
and has since followed that occupation. On November 15, 1888, he
married Emilie Kaufman of South Bristol.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Spencer Gooding, Canandaigua, was born in Bristol, January 22,
1830, a son of Ephraim, a native of Massachusetts, born in 1793. He
came to Ontario county in 1819 and taught school in Bristol several
years. He married about 1820, Corinthia Spencer, of Bristol,
said to
be the first white female child born in the town of Bristol; she was
born in 1797. They had seven children, six of whom are living, all but
one
in this county. Spencer was the second son. His early days were spent
working
on the farm until he was twenty-three years of age. He was educated in
the common schools, Canandaigua Academy and Lima Seminary. In 1853 he
began
reading the law in the office of M. O. Wilder, at Bristol, and in the
spring
of 1855 he went into the office of Hon. E. G. Lapham and Judge J. C.
Smith,
with whom he remained until admitted to the bar in September, 1855. He
was
afterwards admitted to the United States and circuit courts. He has
ever
since practiced his profession in Canandaigua. Mr. Gooding has always
taken
an active interest in politics, and has held several political offices.
In 1858 he was elected county treasurer, and re-elected in 1861, and in
1880 he was elected police justice and re-elected in 1884. Mr. Gooding
is a member of Canandaigua Lodge No. 294, Excelsior Chapter 164, and
Zenobia
Commandery of Palmyra No. 42. He married in 1856 Ann Pitts, of
Bristol,
and they have had two children: M. S. Gooding, a dentist of LeRoy, and
Edith
A., a teacher.
From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons;
1931;
Doctor Daniel Goodwin owned and occupied the property on
the south east corner of Castle and Linden Streets. He was licensed by
the Connecticut Medical Society November 18, 1794; his certificate
recorded September 16, 1797, in Misc. Book of Records A, Ontario County
Clerk's Office. He and Doctor John Henry were the earliest permanent
physicians. He finally moved to Detroit. Dr. Henry died in 1812.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO
COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover;
1893;
Russell B. Goodwin, East Bloomfield, was born in Hartford, Conn.,
December 18, 1810, son of John and Anna (Belden) Goodwin, a
shoemaker and shoe dealer in Hartford and a descendant of Deacon John
Goodwin, who came from England and was one of the first settlers of
Hartford, Conn. Russell B. was one of seven sons. He
received a common school education, learned the tailor's trade, which
he followed a short time and was engaged nearly ten years in St.
Louis. October 12, 1859, he married Eliza Steele, born in
East Bloomfield June 6, 1823, a daughter of William and Eliza (Pitkin)
Steele. Her grandfather, Elisha Steele, lived and died at
Bethlehem Corners. His wife was Susannah Strong, by whom
he had these children: Joel; Samuel; Rev. Nathaniel; Elisha;
William; Rev. Julius; Joseph; Olive Hawley; Anna Sprague; Betsy,
who married a Dr. Humphrey and died in Canaan Conn.; Lucy
Kassan;
and Margaret McKean. William Steele was born September 10, 1781,
and died April 7, 1858, aged seventy-seven years. He came to
East Bloomfield when a young man where he engaged in farming until
his death. His wife died May 30, 1886, aged eighty-eight.
She was born May 13, 1797, in East Hartford, a daughter of Levi and
Abigail (Belden) Pitkin, who had three children: Eliza,
Nathan S. and Abigail. The children of William and Eliza Steele
were: Eliza; William; Joseph; Henry G.; and Edward, the latter
deceased. Russell B. Goodwin died in 1884, leaving a widow.
Mrs. Goodwin was a prime mover in the organization of the Historical
Society, of which she is secretary. She springs from Deacon John
Steele, who came from
Suffolk county, England, and was a pioneer of Hartford.
From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons;
1931;
Elijah J. Gordon, born Jan. 14, 1771, died Dec. 21, 1854, was
an early merchant at Geneva trading for furs and afterward adding
potash and ginseng. His store and residence were located on the
southwest corner of Seneca and Exchange streets where the Geneva Trust
Company now is. He was one of the judges of Ontario County, was the
second postmaster at Geneva, succeeding General Walter Grieve, and was
the first clerk in the Bank of Geneva in 1817.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO
COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover;
1893;
Hugh Gorman, Farmington, was born in County Down, Ireland, May 18,
1820. He was educated in the schools of his day, and came to the
United
States in April, 1844. June 27, 1851, he married Rose A. Keenan,
formerly of his native country. The ceremony took place in New
York city. They had these children: Edward,
who married Hannah Daylor, and have one son; Harvey J.,
Henry, and Mary reside with their parents; and Rose, who married
Garrett Burns, who is a hotel keeper in Shortsville; they
have one daughter, Mary. Mr. Gorman located in Farmington in
1855, and has been a resident of the country forty-nine years.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Norman Gourlay, Farmington, father of Eli M. and Mark C.
Gourlay, was born in Forfarshire, Scotland, May 22 1836, and came with
his parents to the United States, landing in New York when he was four
years old. Afterwards they came to Glens Falls, where he was educated
in the public schools and was a farmer until he retired. He married
twice, first on February 24, 1858 Relief Moore of Queensbury,
Warren county, and they had six children; two died in infancy, four
survive, Keziah P., and Mark C., who married Franc M. Outhouse of
Canandaigua, and has one child, a daughter. Eli M. who is at present
engaged in farming with his brother, Mark C., and Grace F. Mrs. Gourlay
died in 1886. April 27, 1892, he married second a widow lady in Victor.
Mr. Gourlay enlisted in Company A, One Hundred and Eighteenth N. Y. S.
Vols, and was honorably discharged June 27, 1865. He is a member of
Albert
M. Murray Post 162 G. A. R.
Excerpted from: SAMUEL DAVIS, OF OXFORD,
MASS., AND JOSEPH DAVIS, OF DUDLEY, MASS., AND THEIR DESCENDANTS; NORTH
ANDOVER, MASS.: GEORGE L. DAVIS, COMPILER AND PUBLISHER; 1884;
Rev. James N. Granger, D. D., m. Anna D. B. Davis (Simon, Simon,
Daniel, Samuel, John, William). He was b. Aug. 1814, at
Canandaigua, N. Y.; d. 5 Jan. 1857, at Providence, R. I. She was
b. 7 Oct. 1816, at Thompson.
Children:
i. JAMES
N., b. 7 July, 1845.
ii.
WILLIAM DAVIS, b. 21 Dec. 1847; Physician in State
Lunatic Asylum at Buffalo, New York.
iii.
GRACE, b. 19 Feb. 1850; lives at Providence.
iv. DANIEL
LARNED DAVIS, b. 30 May, 1852; Lawyer at Providence.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich;
edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Hon. Julius N. Granger, Clifton Springs, was born June 22,
1810, on the farm now owned by his wife, Sarah A. Granger. Judge
Granger during his eventful life was held in the highest esteem by all.
He served as justice of the peace when only twenty-one years of age,
and filled the office for several terms thereafter; for several years
was judge of sessions of Ontario county; for eighteen years was
recorder of the General Land Office at Washington; and for fourteen
years an examiner in the pension office. He was a staunch Democrat.
Mrs. Sarah A. Granger, his wife, is still living and enjoying the best
of health. She was born October 29, 1811. She was the only sister of
Stephen A. Douglass, and was with him at Washington, when that
talented and patriotic gentleman was in the zenith of his fame. Mrs.
Granger possesses a considerable amount of the ability of the Douglass
family.
Her mind is as bright as ever, which is saying considerable for a lady
of over eighty years of age, and she is a most interesting historian.
Mrs.
Granger served as postmaster under the Cleveland administration.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO
COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover;
1893;
Isaac Baker Green, Richmond, was born June 29, 1837, in Rush,
Monroe county. His father, Isaiah, was born 1802 and died in
1872. He was a native of Half Moon, Saratoga county, and
when ten years of age came with his father, Jonathan, to Rush.
Isaiah married Sophronia Baker, daughter of William, and
they had four children: Mary Jane, deceased; Isaac B.; David
W.; and Marcus B., deceased. His wife died in 1870. Isaiah
was a farmer, and came to Richmond in 1855 and bought the
Barton Stout farm. Isaac B. was educated at Lima Seminary and
married in 1871 Margery A., born in 1845, daughter of John Reed
and granddaughter of Wheeler Reed. They had three children:
John R., born in 1872; Frank L. born in 1874; Isaac M., born in
1884. In 1867 Mr. Green bought the Jesse Stout farm, formerly a
part of the
Baker farm, containing 132 acres. He has seventeen acres of hops
and a fine flock of pure blood Merino sheep.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Miles H. Green, Canandaigua, was born in Jerusalem, Yates
county, March 14, 1834, a son of Henry Green, a native of Rushville,
born in 1797, who moved to Canandaigua and bought a farm on the Academy
tract, where he lived until his death, March 28, 1836. He had seven
children now living. Our subject is a twin, and he and his youngest
brother are the youngest of the family. He has always made his home in
this town, and was educated in the common school in Naples. After
leaving school he took up farming, and in 1880 bought his present farm
of William S. Durand. This is a fine place of 135 acres, and Mr. Green
has set out about thirty acres of grapes and twenty acres of peach and
apple orchard. In politics he is an ardent
Republican, but has never been an office seeker. He married in 1856
Louisa
A., daughter of William S. Durand, of Canandaigua, and they
have
had six children, four now living: Henry, bookkeeper and overseer of
one
department of Eastman's Kodak Works of Rochester; Frank, with the same
company; Charles, a farmer of Canandaigua; and William, who lives at
home.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO
COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover;
1893;
Dr. Frank A. Greene, Geneva, was born in Virgil, Cortland county,
December 12, 1855. He was educated in the public schools, and
resided in Ithaca until nineteen years old. He studied dentistry
with Dr. E. D. Carr, of DeRuyter, Madison county, and began practicing
dentistry in 1877, locating in Geneva in 1881. October 1, 1879,
he married Mary E., second daughter of Andrew and Eliza Crawford,
of Ithaca. They have one daughter, Edna Crozier. The doctor
is a member of Ark Lodge No. 33 F. & A. M. of the Knights of
Pythias; of the Seventh District Dental Society of the State of New
York; and also of the New York State Dental Society and American Dental
Association. His father, Truman P. Greene, enlisted in Company
B, One Hundred and Eighty-fifth N. Y. Vols., and was honorably
discharged
at the close of the war.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO
COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover;
1893;
Henry Greene, Farmington, was born in Rochester, Monroe county,
January 21, 1841, and moved with his parents to Macedon, Wayne county,
in 1846. He was educated in the public schools and Macedon
Academy, and for some years was a carpenter and joiner, and now a
farmer. He has been highway commissioner twelve years, collector
one year, and filled a vacancy for supervisor part of a term.
December 17, 1873, he married Cynthia A., only child of Isaac L. and
Sarah D. Carpenter, at Macedon Centre. They have had
three children: Carrie E., who died at the age of twenty months,
George W. and Joseph, who reside with their parents. Mr. Greene's
father, Joseph, was born in the State of Rhode Island, on the Island of
Canonicut in Jamestown, January 28, 1806, and came with his parents to
Cayuga
county, this State, when he was four years old, and resided there until
1827, when he went to Rochester. June 2, 1831, he married Rosanna
Bunker, formerly of Ghent, Columbia county, who was born August
26, 1812. They had five children: Sarah A.; Edwin; Henry;
William and Charles A. The ancestry of the family is
English.
One, John Greene, came to the United States, and was associated with
Roger Williams in the Providence purchase in 1636. Mrs. Greene's
father, Isaac L. Carpenter, was born in Dutchess county February 22,
1812,
and was educated in the common schools. November 16, 1836, he
married
Sarah D. Cornwell, of Henrietta, formerly of Westchester
county,
and had one daughter. The ancestry of the family is English,
Welsh
and French.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO
COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover;
1893;
Horace D. Greenleaf, Hopewell, was born in Lafargeville, Jefferson
county, May 11, 1845, a son of John D. Greenleaf, who was born in
Guilford VT December 8, 1803, settled in Jefferson county. His
wife was Julie Truesdale, a native of Quebec, whose parents
came from France to Quebec where they died of cholera in 1832.
Mr. Greenleaf and wife had two sons and four daughters, all now
living. Mrs. Greenleaf died 1881 and Mr. Greenleaf resides at
Hall's Corners. In early life he was a sailor on Lake Ontario and
the St. Lawrence River. Horace D. married, December 26 , 1870,
Ella F., daughter of John and
Lucina Dixon, early settlers of Seneca, where both died.
Mr. and Mrs. Greenleaf have two children: John D. and Lucy
J. Mr. Greenleaf learned the carpenter's trade in 1863 which he
followed
until 1887, when he was badly injured by a fall. In 1874 he came
to Hopewell and purchased the Nathan Brundage farm, on which he has
erected
fine buildings at a cost of $5,000. He has been station agent at
Lewis since 1890. He also deals in produce and coal, and has been
in the mercantile business since 1888. He is a Democrat and
has been justice of the peace four years. He is a member of Ark
Lodge No. 33, F and A M at Geneva, and became a Mason in 1868.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO
COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover;
1893;
Thomas Greenow, Gorham, a native of England, was born October 17,
1829, a son of David and Ann Greenow, of England, to whom were born two
sons and three daughters. David died in 1880 and
his wife in 1882. Thomas came in 1852 to America where he
worked by the month for some time and then worked rented land for
sixteen years. In 1871 he purchased and improved 100 acres
in Gorham where he has since resided. In 1853 Mr. Greenow married
Mary A. Greenow, a native of England, who when seven years old came to
America with her parents, William and Eleanor Greenow, who settled in
Gorham and there died. They had three daughters and five
sons.
Mr. Wm. Greenow died in 1864 and his wife in 1880. The children
of subject are: David of Ionia county Michigan, who married
Eunice Squires and has two daughters, Jessie and Olive M.;
Leonia, who died in 1884; Hattie A., wife of Charles Glew, died
January 24, 1883; J. Frank, who married Emma E. Bender, resides
in Gorham. Mr. Greenow is a Republican but has never been an
aspirant to office.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
George Gregg, Bristol, was born in Bristol, May 24, 1842.
He is a son of John Gregg, a son of George Gregg, whose father, John
Gregg, was a native of Ireland, and the first of the family who came to
America. John Gregg was born in Bristol in 1820, and married Lucy,
daughter of Isaiah Case. They had two children: Betsey, wife
of Edward Wilder,
of Canandaigua, and George. Mr. Gregg lived on the farm owned by
subject
until 1881, when he went to Canandaigua, where he died in February,
1892.
He and family attended the Universalist church. Subject of sketch was
educated in Poughkeepsie Business College. He is a farmer and hop
grower, and owns 280 acres of land in Bristol, and also a residence in
Canandaigua. In
1863 he married Louisa, daughter of Orestes Case. They have had six
children: Minnie L. (deceased); John B.; Lutie L. (deceased); George
W.; Orestes J.; Oliver C. Mr. Gregg and son, John B., are members of
the People's party.
The family attends the Universalist church. John B. was born in 1870,
and
educated in Canandaigua Academy, from which he graduated in 1887. He is
a
member of the Farmers' Alliance, and has been secretary of that
organization.
George W. was born May 15, 1876, and was educated in the Canandaigua
Academy.
Orestes J. was born June 26, 1882. Oliver C. was born May 9, 1886.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Charles P. Gregory, was born in the village of Naples, June 2
1833. He was educated in the public schools of Naples and Franklin
Academy at Plattsburg. He was clerk for his uncle in general store
twelve years, manager and also purchaser for the concern six years.
February 22, 1864, he married L. Samaria Nellis, of Naples,
formerly of Belfast, Alleghany county, N. Y.; they have one daughter,
Frances E., residing at home with her parents. Mr. Gregory's father,
Philip, was born in Seneca in 1804. He was a farmer by occupation, and
married Emma Watkins, of Naples. They had five children:
Matilda, Cinderella, Ann, Sarah, and Charles P. Mrs.
Gregory's father, John B. Nellis, was born in Herkimer county in 1807.
He
was a dairy farmer, and married Samantha Stanton, and moved to
Alleghany
county. They had four children; Levi, L. Samaria, John W. and Marshall.
Her father died in 1884. His father in 1886, and his mother in 1862.
Mr.
Gregory has resided upon the farm he owns thirty-two years. He has the
most
perfect barn we have seen, 140 x 51 1/2 feet, aside from the straw
barns.
He has two silos with system of tracks and cars to carry the feed to
his
very excellent dairy of Jersey cows, about fifty in number, fastened in
their
stalls with improved patent stanchions. The manure is all carried out
in
cars on these tracks and dumped a proper distance from the buildings.
The
grain when harvested is put into this barn and the threshing done at
their
convenience in winters. He has sixty miles of under tile drains on this
elegant farm. One of the best farmers in the State.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Harrison Gridley, Canandaigua, was born in Cazenovia, Madison
county, in 1822. His early life was spent in Cazenovia,
and he was educated at the seminary there. His first business venture
after leaving school was as clerk in a dry goods store in Elmira,
where he was from 1842 to 1857. In 1857 he came to Canandaigua, and
engaged in the coal business, which he still conducts, now handling
5,000
tons of Plymouth coal per year. His yard is located on Niagara street,
and he employs three teams and five hands. The office is at 228 Main
street,
and Dr. Gridley's residence is at 32 Gibson street. Mr. Gridley married
in 1854 Helen A. Lewis of Lenox, Madison county, and they are
the
parents of one child, H. Marietta, wife of Rev. John G. Blue of
Waukesha,
Wis.
From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons;
1931;
Grieve & Moffat were early merchants in Geneva and had
large dealings with Charles Williamson. They established the first
brewery in Geneva. General Walter Grieve was a colonel in the
War of 1812, was the first postmaster in Geneva, and owned a farm on
the Waterloo Road. John Moffat, his partner, was connected
with early movements at Sodus and finally removed to Buffalo.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Elias Griffin, West Bloomfield, was born in 1816. His father,
Wheeler Griffin, was from Jefferson county, and came here just previous
to the War of 1812, locating in the village, where he established a
pottery, which he continued till about 1826, when he bought the farm
now owned by Elias and located there. He was a member of Captain Peck's
company in the War of 1812. He married Mary Klice, who came
from Maryland, and
their children were: Orson, Gustavus, Elias, Charles and Mary Ann. Only
Elias and Charles survive, the latter being a dairyman in Michigan.
Wheeler
Griffin was justice of the peace and assessor. Elias spent his minority
at the district schools and the academy here, working with his father
on
the farm. He was captain of the Independent Bloomfield Rifle Company at
the time Governor Bouck was executive. He married in 1860 Adeline Fitch,
whose parents were early settlers in Lima, N. Y. They had two
children:
Preston W., born in 1861, and Belle, both living at home. Mr. Griffin
has
been a hop grower and has now the second largest apple orchard in the
town.
From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons; 1931;
Dr. Chauncey W. Grove, physician and surgeon and Geneva Health
Officer, was born in Fredonia, Penna., December 15, 1879. He was
educated in the Pennsylvania Public Schools and graduated from the Erie
High School. He entered the University of Buffalo in 1900 and graduated
in 1904 with the degree of Doctor of Medicine. For a year he was house
physician in the Erie County Hospital and in July 1905 came to Geneva.
On June 14, 1905, he married Kathryn, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Nagel.
From "History of Grand Rapids and its Industries, Volume 1." By Dwight Goss.
C.F. Cooper, 1906.
James Fulton Grove, MD., who for nearly thirty years
was one of the prominent physicians of Grand Rapids, was born in Geneva, Ontario
county. New York, December 11, 1828. Commenced the study of medicine at Geneva
in 1852. He attended his first course of lectures at Geneva Medical College in
1852-53, his second course at Niagara University. Buffalo, N. Y., in 1853-54,
and the third at Rush Medical College, Chicago, where he graduated February 21,
1855. He settled in Grand Rapids in July, 1856, where he practiced until the
time of his death, except for the interval while he was in the army service
during the War of the Rebellion. He entered service as Assistant Surgeon Third
Michigan Volunteer Infantry, August 15, 1862; was commissioned Surgeon of the
regiment September 11, 1862. and was mustered out June 20, 1864. He died in
Grand Rapids, of congestion of the brain, July 7, 1885. [page 203]
Thanks to Martha Magill for this contribution.
From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons;
1931;
Reuben H. Gulvin was born in Kent County, England, Nov. 20,
1869. Mr. Gulvin's school education was limited and he left school
entirely when he was eleven years of age. When he was eighteen he
borrowed sufficient money to come to America and after landing in New
York went to Peterboro, Canada, where he remained three weeks and then
came to Geneva. For three years he worked as a farm hand, again
attending school during the winter. Three years later he entered the
employ of Dr. N. B. Covert, becoming his driver and caring for his
horses. At that time he entered the jewelry and watch-making business
with Edwin Harris, at whose death his widow engaged Mr. Gulvin as
manager of the store which he purchased at the end of a year. Three
years later he also purchased the jewelry business of M. C. Haight,
combining the two stores into a jewelry business from which he has only
recently retired. Mr. Gulvin has been very active in Republican
politics and has had a number of public offices. For four terms he was
mayor of the city and retired to become sheriff of the County, after
which he was appointed Geneva postmaster, which position he surrendered
early in the present year. He has been exceedingly active on the Geneva
Park Commission of which he is still president. Several of the Geneva
parks owe their existence to his untiring energy and Gulvin Park was
named for him. For many years Mr. Gulvin was Chief of the Fire
Department. He was also for a time a member of the Cemetery Commission.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Charles C. Gunnison, Farmington, was born at Milwaukee Wis., June
20, 1856. He was educated in the public schools and spent two
years at Canandaigua Academy. He is a wholesale produce dealer
and commission merchant as well as a farmer, at Mertensia. In
April, 1892, he married Ellen J., second daughter of Joseph P. and
Ellen A. Hathway, of Farmington, one of a family whose
ancestors settled in this town in the seventeenth century. Henry,
father of Charles C. Gunnison, was born in Claremont N. H.,
about 1826, and came to this State with his parents when young.
He married Esther L. Smith of Farmington, and they had four
children:
Louie, who died in infancy; Charles C.; Florence and Ellen V. S., who
married Dr. Arthur L. Benedict, now a physician in
Buffalo.
Mr. Gunnison's home was built in 1800; the saw-mill in 1792; and the
grist-mill in 1794, by his mother's people.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
George L. Gunnison, Canandaigua, was born on his present farm
February 14, 1830. The ancestry of this family is Swedish. The
grandfather, Nathaniel, was a native of New Hampshire, and was the
father of six children, all now deceased. Levi B., the father of
George, was born in Goshen, Sullivan county, N. H., February 22, 1800,
where he lived until sixteen years of age. In 1816 he came to Ontario
county, spending one year in Farmington, and then returned to New
Hampshire where he remained a year, and then came to Canandaigua. He
bought different farms in this town, owning at one time over 200 acres.
He was always a leading spirit in the Methodist church,
and died December 11, 1883. He married in 1827 Rhoda H. Hurd, of
Lempster, N. H., and they had seven children, four now living: John O.,
a retired farmer of Jackson, Mich.; Pliny H., a retired farmer of North
Freedom, Sauk county, Wis.; Frances L., a general merchant of Marengo,
Calhoun county, Mich.; and George L. Mrs. Gunnison, mother of our
subject,
still lives in her eighty-sixth year. George L. was educated in
Canandaigua
Academy, and assisted on his father's farm until of age, then took up
his
residence on the farm north where he lived three years. He spent two
years
on the Tiffany farm, and in April, 1856, bought 100 acres adjoining the
old
homestead on the north side, where he lived until 1865, returning and
spending
three years on the homestead, and then lived eight years in Canandaigua
village,
to give his children better school facilities. In 1876 he settled on
the
old homestead where he has ever since lived. Mr. Gunnison is a
Republican,
but has never been an aspirant for public office. He is a member and
officer
of the Methodist church. December 15, 1853, he married Jane Alvira,
daughter
of Edmund Tiffany, and they have three sons: Frank N.,
shipping clerk
in the New York Central freight office at Canandaigua; Alfred M., who
conducts
the homestead farm; and George H., who is fitting for a teacher.
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