"Ha" Surname Family Sketches
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
De Witt G. Haire, Canandaigua, was born in Jerusalem, Yates
county, July 27, 1844. His father, James, was a native of Starkey,
Yates county, born September 11, 1805. In his early day he was a
farmer in Jerusalem, and in 1857 located in Hopewell, where he remained
six years, then removed to Canandaigua and bought a farm in the
northwest part of the town, where he lived six years. In 1869 he moved
to the
village and spent two years, and in 1871 bought a farm on the old
Thaddeus
Chapin estate, where he died May 12, 1888. H had five children, three
of whom survive: Robie, wife of Bradner Ellis, a mechanic of
Canandaigua; Louisa, wife of John A. Fisher, a farmer of
Canandaigua;
and DeWitt. James Haire was always prominent in church work, and was
one of the founders of the Wesleyan Methodist church of Jerusalem.
He was a great reader and profound thinker, and in his younger days was
prominent in politics, and took great interest in the abolition of
slavery.
DeWitt was educated in the Canandaigua Academy, and followed farming
until
1889 on the farm which he now resides, a fruit farm of fourteen acres.
He
is at present employed as a commercial traveler with the American Road
Machine Co. His farm produces nearly every kind of fruit raised in this
section, and has an apple orchard of ten acres. Mr. Haire married in
1870
Emma Kendall, of Tyrone, Schuyler county, and they had one
child,
James Haire, who lives at home. Mrs. Haire died March 22, 1890, and he
married second, February 23, 1892, Sarah, daughter of Dennison Butler,
of Naples, Ontario county.
From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons; 1931;
A. B. Hall was an early resident of Geneva, and continued to
reside and do business there until his death, March 4, 1872, being
nearly 86 years old. He was a jeweler and watchmaker, and about 1830
occupied the south corner of Seneca and Main Streets. Afterwards he was
located on the east side of Exchange Street a little north of opposite
the foot of Seneca Street.
From Ontario County Journal 7 June 1889
Gen. Amos Hall was born in Guilford, Conn., and was of the
sixth generation from his emigrant ancestor, John Hall, who
was born in
the county of Kent, England, in 1584, and who emigrated with his family
to
Boston, Mass., in 1633, where he was made Freeman in 1635. John Hall
joined
a colony and went to Hartford, Conn., and in the settlement drew lot
No.
77, which in late years was the Sigourney place, and still later
Governor
Catlin's. In 1650 he removed to Middletown, Conn. He was a carpenter by
trade
and yet he is found to have acted as a surveyor of highways, and by
appointment
of court took entry and record of goods subject to customs. He held
various offices of honor and trust, and seemingly was the patriarch and
leader of the new settlement. He died there May 26th, 1673.
His son, Samuel, in the line of Gen. Hall's ancestry, was born
in England about 1626 and died in Middletown in 1690. He married Elizabeth
Cooke of Guilford, Conn. He was made freeman in 1654, was a
farmer, and had also learned his father's trade.
Thomas Hall, son of Samuel, of the third generation, was born
in Middletown in 1671, died in Guilford in 1753. He married Mary
Cruttenden Hiland. He was captain of militia, moderator of town
and society meetings, selectman, etc. His son, Hiland, of the
fourth generation, was born in Guilford in 1703; died there in 1781. He
married in 1725 Rachel Bishop, grand-daughter of William
Hall, an emigrant ancestor from the
county of Kent, England, who settled in Guilford, Conn. Their
descendants
have thus two emigrant ancestors of name of Hall. His son, Captain
Stephen
Hall, of the fifth generation, and father of Gen. Amos Hall, was
born
in Guilford Sep. 5th, 1739, and died April 25th, 1783. He married on
Nov.
27th, 1757, Abigail Saxton. He was captain of a company in
Heman Swift's
regiment of the Connecticut line in the war of the Revolution and
served
through the war. In the roll of his company in the State Department at
Washington
is found enrolled at the age of fourteen years the name of his son,
Amos,
as fifer.
Gen. Amos Hall, of the sixth generation from his emigrant
ancestors, and a son of Capt. Stephen Hall and Abigail Saxton Hall, was
born in Guilford, Conn., Nov. 21st, 1761, and died in Bloomfield, N.
Y., Dec. 28th, 1827, aged 66 years. At the age of fourteen, as fifer,
he entered his father's company in the war of the Revolution, and
served through the war, having the position of sergeant at its close.
In 1786, in the right of his father, then deceased, he received a
certificate signed by Gen. Washington, as President, and Gen. Knox as
Secretary, of membership in the Order of the Cincinnati, an order
established by officers of the
Revolutionary army in 1783. This certificate is now in the possession
of
one of his grand-sons and is valued for the genuine signature of Geo.
Washington.
In 1788-89, he was connected with one of the surveying corps, engaged
in
surveying the lands of the Phelps and Gorham purchase in Western New
York.
In April, 1790, he purchased over 3000 acres in township Ten, Fifth
Range,
now West Bloomfield; also two lots, No. 3 and half of 19, in
Canandaigua
village, west of Main street, about, if not exactly, where is now West
Gibson
street.
He removed to Bloomfield, or to Township Ten, Fifth Range, early in
1790, where he kept bachelor's hall part of two years, when he married
on Dec. 11th, 1791, Phebe Coe, of Granville, Mass., and
brought her to his western home. In July, as is supposed 1790, by
appointment as U. S. Marshal, he took the first census of Western New
York, embracing all west of the eastern line of the Phelps and Gorham
purchases including Geneva, and reported population by township and
range thereon, and included all west of the Genesee River, as 1084
persons, viz: 205 families; white persons, 728 males, 340 females; free
blacks, 7; slaves, 9. West of the Genesee River, 24 families.
At the first town meeting of the town or district of Genesee or
Geneseo, which embraced all the territory west of the town of
Canandaigua, bounded by the lines of the state, held in April, 1791, at
Canawagas, Amos Hall was chosen one of its five assessors, which office
it is supposed he held for two years. At the town meetings of the
same town held in 1793, '94 and '95, Mr. Hall was chosen supervisor. In
1796, on the organization of the
town of Bloomfield, the name of which, it is credibly reported, was
suggested
by him, Mr. Hall was chosen supervisor thereof, a position to which he
was
at various times afterward elected, viz: in 1802, '3, '6, '7, '8, '9.
He
was surrogate of the county of Ontario 1796-98. Was member of assembly
from
Ontario and Steuben 1798, '99 -- from Genesee and Ontario 1804, '5, and
was
also elected for 1808 but resigned the office. He was state senator
from
Western District from 1809 to 1818. Was member of the council of
appointment 1809, '10. Was one of the corporate trustees of the
Canandaigua Academy 1795. Mr. Hall's engraved likeness appears in the
4th volume of Documentary History of New York.
Mr. Hall was appointed Brigadier General of Militia of Ontario and
Steuben counties in 1800, from which time, it is probable, he was known
and distinguished as Gen. Hall, and was appointed Major General of the
7th division in 1810. He served on the Niagara Frontier in the war of
1812, and for a short time in the year 1812 was in command of the
forces there. In December, 1813, he was in command of hastily gathered
forces, when, before organization could be perfected, occurred the
battle of Black Rock, which proved disastrous for causes stated by Gen.
Hall in his report of same, part of which may be found in the history
of Ontario county, published with illustrations in 1876.
Gen. Hall was selected for distribution of landed estates and division
of lands, a notable instance of which was the division of the 100,000
acre tract between Sir Johnstone of England, and the State of
Connecticut, in which Gen. Israel Chapin was his associate.
Gen. Hall's house, which was about one mile east of the present village
of West Bloomfield, was so much resorted to in early days, that it was
known and kept as a public inn on the then great thoroughfare of travel
for western emigrants and explorers.
It is needless to state that in social life and local affairs of town
and society interest, for which he had in adaptation rare qualities,
Gen.
Hall was conspicuous. His death occurred after a brief illness from
what
would now undoubtedly be called pneumonia, but was called quick
consumption.
He suffered from losses by others in business transactions which left
him
with comparatively small property in advanced life. He had eight sons
and
one daughter; one died in early manhood, the rest survived him, but
none
of them now are living. The century has given them their earthly
existence
and swept them away. Each had a history of incident of more or less
importance.
To refer to but one will show Gen. Amos Hall was the first supervisor
of
the town of Bloomfield. His eldest son, Enoch Augustine Hall, known
as Col. Hall, was supervisor of Bloomfield during the last five years
of
its existence as a town, ending with 1832. The town was then divided by
vote at town meeting, and one part named East Bloomfield and other West
Bloomfield.
Brief is life's day and brief the remembrance of many worthy early
settlers, even of those who were distinguished as eminently honorable
and useful, who fortuitously have had no one to chronicle their deeds
and virtues.
From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons; 1931;
John Hall was an early resident of Geneva, a watchmaker and
jeweler; on the east side of Main Street a little south of opposite the
south end of Pulteney Park. He finally moved west where he died at an
advanced age.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
John B. Hall, Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua August 7,
1842, son of Charles, a native of Lewis county, born September 1, 1815.
Charles was a son of John B., who came here from Connecticut. Charles
Hall married when a young man Nancy D. Hall, whose parents were
Virginians, and whose mother was a Stewart, one of the old
Virginia family of that name. Charles died in 1889 leaving three
children: a daughter who married Dr. Lutz of this town;
Lorenzo C., born August 5, 1845, a lawyer of Canandaigua; and John B.
The latter was educated at Canandaigua Academy, and the Genesee
Wesleyan Seminary at Lima. He has always made his home on the farm his
grandfather settled in 1885. He has always taken an active interest in
politics and is a Republican. In 1889-90-91 he served as chairman of
the Ontario County Committee. In the spring of 1884 he was elected
justice of peace, and on being nominated in 1888 for police justice he
resigned his position, and was again nominated and elected to the same
office in 1889. Mr. Hall has been for six years treasurer of the
Ontario County Agricultural Society, and is a member
of Canandaigua Lodge No. 294 F. & A. M. He married February 7,
1866,
Mary I., daughter of Jedediah Barnum of Canandaigua, and they
have
two children: Mary Stewart, and Merton M. Mr. Hall was one of the
organizers, and a director (until he was made vice-president) of the
Ontario Patrons Fire Relief Association. Lorenzo C. Hall was educated
in Canandaigua Academy and after leaving school spent two years on a
farm. He then
entered the law office of John Callister, was admitted to the bar in
1875, and has ever since been a practicing lawyer of this town. He is a
Mason.
From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons; 1931;
Moses Hall, born August 25, 1776, died May 6, 1867. He was one
of the early and most respectable settlers of Geneva. At a very early
day he had a blacksmith shop on the east side of Main Street opposite
the south end of the park; afterwards an iron foundry on the north side
of Castle Street, and few rods west of Exchange Street. His residence
was on the south side Castle Street, a little west of Linden Street.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Phillips A. Hall, Seneca, was born in Dutchess county, December
15, 1832. He was educated in the district schools of his day and worked
at the carpenter's trade with his father
until he was twenty-one years old. He then became a farmer. He
has been twice married, first August 6, 1854, Susan L. Padget of
the town of Phelps, and they had four children: Lavalden J., Emory
W., Frank J., and Fred C. Mrs. Hall died November 17, 1871, and he
married secondly Mary F. Lightfoot of this town, June 18,
1873. They have one son, William S., who was educated in the public
schools
and is one of Seneca's enterprising farmer boys, relieving his parents
in many ways of various cares, proving a comfort to both. Mr. Hall's
father, Samuel, was born in the city of New York, August 2, 1800, was
a carpenter by occupation, and married Elizabeth Gay, by whom
he had twelve children. He died April 28, 1870, and his wife November
21, 1889. Mrs. Hall's father, William Lightfoot, was born in Yorkshire,
England, October 25, 1805, and came to the United States when a young
man. He married Frances Sowersby of his native place. This
event
took place at Perry, Wyoming county, and they had four children: Ann
E.,
Mary F., Martha B., and Maria J. Her father died in 1881, and her
mother
the same year. Mr. Phillips Hall enlisted in the War of the Rebellion,
September
12, 1864, and served as private until honorably discharged July 1,
1865,
near Washington.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY;
compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Thomas W. Hall, Seneca, was born at
Hall's Corners, January 31, 1812. He was educated in the schools
of that time, was a farmer with his father until 1838, and has
always followed this honorable calling until he retired in 1868.
He kept a hotel a short time in connection with his farm business. June
12, 1838, he married Mary A. Sims of this town, and they
had four children: Edward, who died at the age of seventeen months;
John S., who is a farmer on the home farm. He married Mary J. Fish of
this town, and has two children: Roscoe F., and Mary J., both reside at
home; Mary J. married James P. Gage of Wisconsin, and they have a son,
Charles H.; and Edward E., who married Jennie Dorman, who died, and
he resides in town. Mr. Hall's father, Edward, was born in
Northumberland, England, in 1774, and came with his parents to the
United States in
1801, coming from Albany here in flat boats to Geneva, from there to
Hall's Corners through the woods with only marked trees to guide them.
He married Jane Wilson, formerly of Yorkshire, England, and
they
had six children: Sarah, Margaret, Thomas W., Mary, Jane, and Edward N.
Mr. Hall's grandfather, Edward, was born at the old home in England,
and married Margaret Neven. They had three children, two sons
and a daughter. Mr. Hall's father was a constable many years, and
held the position of deputy sheriff two terms under Sheriff Phineas
Bates. He died in 1860, and his wife in 1832. Mrs. Thomas W. Hall died
June 25, 1888.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George
S. Conover; 1893;
Elmer Halladay, Manchester, was born in Michigan, April 4,
1856, where he was educated and lived until 1883. He then moved to this
State, where he has since followed agricultural pursuits on a farm
inherited from his grandfather, Thomas Howland. His wife was Lilla Crane,
and they have one daughter.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
D. W. Hallenbeck, Geneva, the present president and principal
owner in the Torrey Park Land Company, and otherwise known as one of
the leading business men of Geneva, was born in
Columbia county, April 7, 1838. Early in life he prepared himself
for mercantile pursuits, and, before coming to Geneva, was in business
in Catskill, N. Y., Reading, Pa., Hudson, N. Y., and from the city last
named came to Geneva in 1868, where he was for many years in the
grocery
business, and also connected with manufacture and sale of cigars both
in Geneva and Rochester. The Torrey Park Land Company was organized in
1889, and in its operations Mr. Hallenbeck has been the leading spirit.
He was the president of the People's Building, Loan, and Savings
Association. He is also in public affairs in Geneva and its locality,
and has held
the office of village trustee. In politics Mr. Hallenbeck is an ardent
Republican, yet in no manner a politician. He was first married in 1860
to Emma L. Traver, by whom he had three children: Ellsworth
L.,
Frank D., and Louise T. His wife died February 25, 1885, and in
January, 1888, Mr. Hallenbeck married Bertha I. Pomeroy, of
Geneva.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George
S. Conover; 1893;
Dr. Orlando J. Hallenbeck, Canandaigua, was born in Schenectady
county in 1853, a son of Charles, a farmer of
that county. He was educated in Cobleskill, Schoharie county, at
the Union Free School. From there he went to the Geneseo Normal School,
and graduated in the classical course in 1875. He taught for two years,
and then entered Albany Medical College, from which he graduated in
1879. In the competitive examination he was recommended, and secured
the position of resident physician and surgeon of Albany City Hospital,
where he remained six months, and then came to Canandaigua, where he
has enjoyed a lucrative practice. Dr. Hallenbeck was elected in 1892,
on the Republican ticket, coroner of the county. He married in 1880,
Eliza P. Ewer, of Mendon, and they have four children: Lois
M.,
Clive E., Claude O., and Mildred. Dr. Hallenbeck is trustee of the
Presbyterian
Church and a member of the Board of Education; also secretary of the
village Society of Physicians, and president of the Canandaigua
Anglers' Association.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
David W. Hallock, East Bloomfield, was a native of Norfolk,
Eng., born September 5, 1831, is one of eleven children of David and
Elizabeth (Gibbs) Hallock, natives of England,
who lived and died in their native country. Subject of this sketch was
reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. In 1852 he came to
America and started in life for himself. He worked by the month for
about
four years, and then for several years he rented land. His first
purchase
was ten acres of land which after three years he sold, and purchased
forty
acres in Richmond which he still owns. In 1879 he purchased
seventy-three
acres on which he now resides. This he has increased to 173 acres, on
which
he has erected a good barn and made many other improvements. He carries
on general farming and hop growing. September, 1859, Mr. Hallock
married
Dalena Nudd, a native of Norfolk, Eng., and daughter of John
and
Mary (George) Nudd, natives of England who came to East
Bloomfield in 1851, and there spent the remainder of their days. Mr.
Nudd died in
1856, and his wife in 1863. Subject and wife have ten children: George
W., Frank, John B., Emily S., Arthur D., Alice L., Edith M., Maud J.,
Willie and Howard. Mr. Hallock is a Republican, and he and his wife are
members of the M. E. church.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich;
edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Burton D. Ham, East Bloomfield, was born in East Bloomfield,
December 8, 1817, a son of Robert and Eunice Gyle Ham. The
grandfather, Thomas, was a son of Gabriel, who came from Scotland and
settled near Dartmouth College. Here Thomas, his son, was born,
and he was the father of five daughters and eight sons, three of whom
died in the war for independence. Robert, the fifth son of
Thomas, the father of Burton D., was born
near New Haven, Conn., and was a tailor by trade. He moved
to New Hampshire, then in 1806 came to Canandaigua, remained two
years, then returned and brought his family. In 1808 he settled
in East Bloomfield. He was one of the organizers of the First
Universalist Church and was truly a conscientious Christian. He
owned a farm in Hopewell on which he lived three years, then returned
to East Bloomfield and died there aged eighty-three. He was
twice married, first to a daughter of Governor Marsh, of
Vermont,
by whom he had two sons, Ida and Carlysle, and two daughters, Cilvy
and Orell. He married second Eunice, a daughter of Stephen Gyle,
a prominent man of his time, being general purveyor for the Army of the
Revolution, and owner of nearly eight entire townships of land in
Vermont
and New Hampshire at the time of his death. Subject's father had
nine children by his second wife, three sons and six daughters, two
daughters and two sons are yet living. Moses F. Hamm, a prominent
and successful businessman of Newark, Wayne county; Helen Leste, of
Marion; Eunice Orcutt of West Bloomfield; and Burton D. Ham, of East
Bloomfield. Rev. Robert Ham, brother of Burton and Moses, was
pastor of the Baptist Church at Oberlin, O., and died in Cleveland in
1860. His mother died in Hopewell in 1852, aged sixty-one
years. Burton received a common school education, then taught
school several
terms, the first term when only sixteen years of age. He has been
a farmer over forty years, and for many years owned several hundred
acres
of land in East Bloomfield, but now only cares for about 200
acres.
He was an active politician, first Whig then Republican, and for the
last seven years a Prohibitionist. He has been a delegate to
county conventions in all twenty-two years, and was constable and
collector eight years in succession in the town of Bristol. He
has been a collector of coins, Indian relics, and rare old books
for the last thirty years, and now has the best library of old books
in Western New York. He was one of the organizers of the
Historical
Society and has been a frequent contributor on historical subjects to
various journals. He married Evelina B. Spencer, daughter
of George and Pamela P. Spencer, and they have had three
children: Adelaide, wife of Myron Codding; Delia, wife of
Jewitt Harvey; and Georgianna B. Ham.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
John S. Hamlin, East Bloomfield, was born in Bloomfield, July
14, 1842, a son of Henry W., a son of Elijah, who
was born in Great Barrington, Mass., and came to Bloomfield prior to
1800, and settled on 220 acres near the village. He had eleven
children: Henry W. was born October 20, 1807, and died November 30,
1891. He was a farmer and speculator, and always lived in Bloomfield,
where he accumulated a large property, owning over 1,000 acres. He
served as supervisor and was a Republican. He married Sibyll B. Sears,
daughter of Dr. John Sears, of Sharon, Conn., and she died in 1870.
They reared six children: John S., Agnes D., Frank H., Anna B., Sarah
A, George W. (deceased). John was reared in Bloomfield, and received a
district school and academic education. At the age of twenty he began
life for himself, first working a farm on shares for two years, when
his father purchased 177 acres in East Bloomfield, where he lived about
eight years. In 1874 he moved to the village, where he and his brother
conducted a meat market several years, also a coal and lumber yard. For
three years he has been engaged in the
bank which was started by his father and Charles Steelein 1879.
He
now owns and operates several farms, comprising about 1,000 acres. He
is
a Republican and served three terms as supervisor. He has been twice
married,
first to Elizabeth, daughter of Hiram Holcomb and Eliza White,
and by her had two sons: William H. and Frederic H. His wife in
December,
1879, and he married second Minnie, daughter of George and Jane (Scott)
Howell, of Steuben county, by whom he had two children: Marion H.
and
Sarah H.
From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons;
1931;
Senator S. H. Hammond was a member of the Geneva bar and ranked
high in his profession. He was born in Groton, Tompkins Co., N. Y.,
November 24, 1828. He graduated from Hobart College in 1854, and then
prepared for the profession of law and began practice in Geneva. In
1836 Mr. Hammond was chosen Deputy Attorney General of the State, a
position which he held for sixteen years. He also represented his
district in the State Assembly and Senate. During his service in the
Assembly he was Chairman of the Ways and Means Committee. From 1891
until the time of his death Senator Hammond was a member of the Board
of Control of the State Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva, and
rendered to the State very valuable service. He died in Geneva March 8,
1810.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George
S. Conover; 1893;
Charles W. Harkness, Gorham, was born in Gorham, September 42
1856, is a son of Daniel P. Harkness. He was educated in the Rushville
Union school. January 4, 1882, he married Mary A. Harper, an adopted
daughter of Henry and Maria Harper, natives of Canada, who came to
Gorham about 1867 and there lived and died, he in 1890 and she in 1887.
Charles W. Harkness and wife have one child, Florence M., born December
17, 1889. Mr. Harkness has always been a farmer, and purchased fifty
acres where he now
lives in 1878. Later he purchased more land, and now owns 110 acres. He
is a Republican. His wife is a member of the Congregational church at
Rushville, N. Y.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Daniel B. Harkness, Gorham, was born in Potter, August 26,
1831, and was six years old when he came to Gorham with his parents. He
was educated in the common schools and Canandaigua Academy, and farming
has always been his occupation. October 12,
1854, he married Mary Whitman, a native of Gorham, born May
21, 1832. She is a daughter of Henry G. and Emeline (Stearns) Whitman,
of Gorham, who had three daughters and one son. To Mr. Harkness and
wife were born six children: Charles W., Albert H. (deceased), Ellen
M., Anna L., Isabel C., and Frank H. Mr. Harkness is a Republican and
has been justice of the peace for twelve years and assessor six years.
Mrs. Harkness's mother was a daughter of Ariel Stearns, a native of
Massachusetts, and one of the first settlers here. His wife was Analine
Mapes, by whom he had three sons and four daughters. The father
of Daniel B. Harkness is Hiram, born in Potter, Yates county, January
2, 1809. His father was a native of Massachusetts, and an early settler
of Yates county. His first wife was Miss Foster, and to them
were born four children. His second wife was Fannie Larned, by
whom he had four children. He was a physician and had an extensive
practice. He died in 1819. Hiram Harkness married Eliza, daughter of
Deacon Daniel and Sallie White, natives of Massachusetts, who
had two sons and four daughters. Mr. Harkness was supervisor six, and
assessor several years. For the last twenty years he has lived a
retired life, and at present resides with his daughter Emma. He is now
eighty-four years old, and has never missed an election, being a
Republican. He has two sons and two daughters.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Deroy J. Harkness, Canandaigua, was born in Potter, Yates county,
February 3, 1835, a son of Hiram, a farmer of that town. When
three years of age his father, Hiram Harkness, moved to the town of
Gorham, Ontario county. Deroy J. was educated at the Rushville
Academy, and after leaving school followed farming until 1862.
August 22nd of that year, he enlisted in Company F, One Hundred and
Forty-eighth N. Y. Vols., and saw service with the Army of the James,
serving under General Butler. In 1864 a connection was formed
with the Army of the Potomac, and his regiment was at the battles of
Drury's Bluff, Fair Oaks, Cold Harbor, in
front of Petersburg, and many other engagements. He was wounded
and taken prisoner at the battle of Fair Oaks, October 27, 1864, and
was kept in hospital prison until February 6, 1865, when he was
exchanged after which he was mustered out in May of that year.
Returning home he engaged in farming. In 1884 Mr. Harkness was
elected supervisor of the town of Gorham on the Republican ticket and
re-elected in 1885 and 1886 by increased majorities. The fall
election of 1891 he was elected county clerk over George Shepard, of
Phelps, by a majority of nearly 700. Mr. Harkness married in
September, 1865, Eliza, daughter of John Dunton, of Naples, who
died in October, 1881. He has five children: Hiram, a
farmer; John, of the county clerk's office; Fred, a farmer; Fanny; and
Adelaide.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich;
edited by George S. Conover; 1893
Newton Harrington, Shortsville, was born in the
town of Farmington, August 5, 1833. His ancestors settled in Otsego
county in
1819. They had participated in the war of the Revolution. Mr.
Harrington's father was Calow H. Harrington, and his mother's
maiden name was Martha Winslow. He is the youngest of his
father's family, with the exception of one child who died at three
years of age. Newton followed the cooper's trade in Chicago for
a time, being foreman there of a factory, after which for thirteen
years he was engaged in the trucking business. In 1875 he sold out and
returned to Ontario county, where he has since been connected with the
hotel
business, in Manchester and Geneva. In 1880 Mr. Harrington bought the
Shortsville hotel, which he rebuilt and refurnished throughout, making
it now a first-class hotel, besides which he owns considerable real
estate here. His wife was Jenette Chamberlain.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Charles Harris, Gorham, was born in Gorham in 1831 on the farm
settled
by his grandfather Isaac. The latter married Jane Freier, and
they
came from Ulster county in an early day. The father of Charles was
Francis, born in Ulster county in 1797, who came with his parents to
Gorham. He married Harriet Johnson, and had seven sons and
four daughters. Charles Harris married in 1856 Irene Metcalf, born
in Naples, February 18, 1826, a daughter of Lemuel Metcalf, a native of
Massachusetts, who came with his father, Jabez, to Naples and Married
Almira Parish, by whom he had nine children. He died in 1866
and his wife in
1867. Charles Harris has five children: Clara, born in 1859, died
in 1873; Hattie, born in 1861; H. Stanley, born in 1862, A. Metcalf,
born in 1862; Mary E., born in 1867. H. Stanley was educated in
Canandaigua
Academy and Genesee Wesleyan Seminary. He married Martha Caward,
born in Seneca, a daughter of William and Martha Caward of that
town, and they have one son, Raymond C. A. Metcalf Harris was born in
1862, and educated in Canandaigua Academy and Genesee Wesleyan
Seminary. He married Rosina B., daughter of Robert and Ann Lightfoot,
natives of England, who reside in Gorham. A. M. Harris and wife
have two children; Nellie M. and Howard R. The Harris family are
Methodists, and H. S.
Harris and father are both holding offices in the church. Three of
Francis
Harris's sons were ministers: Hiram, a Presbyterian minister, and
Horace
and Isaac, Methodist ministers.
From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons; 1931;
Ieuan B. Harris was born in Chicago, Ill., of Welsh parents. He
entered the employ of the American Tobacco Company when 19 years of age
as an apprentice and continued in the service of that company until
1914 after a steady rise to an executive position. Mr. Harris came to
Geneva in 1915 and purchased a home on Lochland Road shortly after his
marriage to Miss Laura Houghton of this city. In 1922 Mr.
Harris was named a commissioner of police under Mayor Robert A.
Catchpole. In November 1923, he was elected supervisor from the First
City District and served as such until he resigned on May 28, 1931.
During his career as supervisor he was chairman of a number of
committees including the all important finance committee. He was also
chairman of the public health committee. Mr. Harris has recently
removed from Geneva and is now living in Connecticut.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
John Harris, Gorham, is a native of New York, born May 10
1831. He is a son of John and Margaret Harris, who had two sons
and one daughter. They lived on Lake Ontario a number of
years. Mr. Harris died when John was seven years
old and the latter then lived with Ephraim Archer until twenty
years of age. He next worked by the month and ran a threshing
machine for some time, after which he purchased a farm of fifty
acres (now owned by Mrs. Powell.) This he sold and
purchased fifty acres of the old homestead, owned by the
great-grandfather of Mrs. Harris. The house in which he resides
was built
by her grandfather, Gilbert Wood. January 22, 1868,
he married Sylvia M., daughter of Joel Wood. To subject and wife
were born three children: Albert J.; Fred N.; and Hattie E.
Albert J. graduated from the Canandaigua Academy in 1891,
and is now a teacher in Gorham. Mr. Harris is a Republican, and
attends the Congregational Church at Reed's.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Levi Haskell, Canandaigua, was born in Belchertown, Hampton county,
Mass., January 18, 1811. His father, the Rev. Eli Haskell, was
born in the town of Dudley, the same county, in the year 1783. He
removed with his family to Bristol, Ontario County, in 1816. He
was a well educated man for his time, and was ordained to the ministry
in 1823, and became pastor of the Baptist church of Bristol, which he
served three
years. He then removed to Canandaigua and was pastor of
the First Baptist Church for twenty-seven years. During his
pastorate he preached 267 funeral sermons, baptized 143 persons and
married 113 couples. He did a great work in what was then new
country, enduring hardships as a pioneer, and preaching the gospel
as a missionary in different towns of the county. He was married
in his native State to Elizabeth Tower, by whom he had eight
children: Abel, a Baptist minister, who died in Penfield,
December 21, 1865; Levi, a farmer, who died December 16, 1889; Eli,
a cabinet maker, who died in Wisconsin, August 16, 1866; Isaac and
William (twins), both died in Michigan; Jeremiah, ticket agent N. Y.
C. R. R. Co., died in Batavia in 1876; Achsah married Samuel Shaw
now residing in Mason, Mich.,; Nancy died April 9, 1844, aged
sixteen. Levi, the second son, was educated in Canandaigua
Academy, and taught school several terms. He married Catherine L.
Wilcox,
who was a native of Connecticut, and settled on the farm where he spent
the remainder of his life. He always took a keen interest in
public affairs, was a man of strong convictions, and very determined in
what
he believed to be right. He was identified with the First Baptist
church of Canandaigua. They had six children: Edson,
who served three years in the army, died July 8, 1877, aged forty-one
years; Sarah E. died October 31, 1852, aged fourteen; Mary died April
1, 1886, aged forty-six; Salem, who now resides on the farm owned
by his father; Abel, a resident of Canandaigua, and Gilbert E., the
youngest, residing on a farm adjoining the old homestead. Salem
attended school at Canandaigua Academy. He is a Republican, in
interested in public affairs and is now one of the assessors of the
town. He with his brother, Gilbert, now owns the old homestead
and the adjoining farm. He married May 26, 1880, Annette Green,
daughter
of Kelley W. Green of South Bristol. They have one child, Anna
E., born November 2, 1883. Gilbert E. also was educated at
Canandaigua Academy and spent seven years as a teacher, and then
located on the farm where he now resides. He is a Republican and
interested in public
affairs. He has always taken an active interest in Sabbath school
work, is a member of Academy Grange No. 62, is one of the directors of
the executive committee of the company, and for two years was master of
the Ontario County Grange. He married March 13, 1878, Carrie E.,
also daughter of Kelly W. Green. They have two children:
Katherine A. born March 20, 1881, and Martin G. born January 4, 1890.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Abel Haskill, Canandaigua, was born on the homestead farm March
16, 1845, and educated in Canandaigua Academy and Lima Seminary. In
1871 he went to Missouri and bought a farm, which he
conducted until the financial panic of 1872-73. In 1880 he bought
the Alvin Pennoyer farm of 112 acres, which is his present home. He
has added many improvements to this farm in the way of new buildings,
and has cleared it of every debt. He has also moved his family to
Canandaigua village to give his children better educational facilities.
Mr. Haskill married in 1872 Fanny, daughter of John McGee, a
farmer of Missouri, and they have three children: J. Earl, born in
Missouri, July 16,
1873; William P., born in Canandaigua, December 16, 1874; and Nellie
F., born in Canandaigua, January 6, 1876. Mr. Haskill is a member of
Academy Grange, in which he has held many offices, the last year
secretary. Mr.
Haskill makes the culture of hops his principal crop.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
A. Chandler Hathaway, Bristol, a native of Bristol, was born
February 23, 1822, and is a son of Abial, a
son of Seth, a native of Vermont, who came to Bristol about 1804.
His wife was Bathsheba Gooding, and they reared seven sons
and four daughters. He settled on a farm (part of which subject now
owns). He was an Anti-Federalist and was the first justice of the
peace in Bristol, appointed by the governor. Abial was born March 1,
1786, and came to Bristol when a young man. He married Mary, a daughter
of Isaac (born June 26, 1752) and Ann (born December 30, 1756) Pool,
of Dighton, Mass. Abial had three sons and four daughters. He was
engaged mostly in manufacturing woolen cloth at Bristol. He was a
Democrat
and was justice of peace many years and was a prominent Free Mason.
He died November 5, 1843, and his wife June 12, 1859. Subject was
reared
as a wool carder and when sixteen years of age came with his parents
to the farm he now owns, and has here since resided. He learned the
cooper's trade and followed it a number of years, but farming has been
his principal occupation. He married H. Augusta Cornell of
Bristol, a daughter of Isaiah S., who was a son of Stephen Cornell, and
was born in Dighton, Mass., May 7, 1802, and married Eliza Gregg
of Bristol, a daughter of George and Betsy (Gooding) Gregg, natives of
Massachusetts. Mr. Cornell and wife had four sons and three daughters.
The youngest son, Mervin
E., was killed at the battle of Antietam at the age of twenty years.
Mr. Cornell died in 1853, and his wife on May 14, 1843. To subject and
wife were born two children: M. Agnes, who graduated from Genesee
Wesleyan
Seminary, and is now a teacher; and James M., formerly a teacher, but
now a farmer. Mr. Hathaway has been a Republican since the organization
of that party. He and family are members of the Universalist Church,
and
he has been chorister for fifty years. He and Billings T. Case formed
the
committee to raise money to build the church and carried it on very
successfully,
having the church paid for when built, also the parsonage. Mr. Hathaway
missed but one meeting for twenty years in succession, and that was at
the death of his mother.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Joseph P. Hathaway, Farmington, was born
on the old Hathaway homestead in Farmington, August 31, 1833.
He was educated in the district schools and in the Canandaigua Academy,
and is now a farmer. February 20, 1861, he married Ellen A., second
daughter of Arnold A. and Maria Bristol, of Macedon, Wayne
county, and they have three children, as follows: Elizabeth, who
married Andrew J. Hamm, of Macedon, Wayne county; Arnold B., a
farmer with his father; and Ellen, who married Charles C. Gunnison.
Mrs. Hathaway died June 12, 1874, and he married second, September
25, 1878, Mrs.
Helena Beach, of Victor. Perez, father of Joseph P. Hathaway,
was born on the old homestead July 12, 1805. He was educated in the
district schools, and March 7, 1822, married Hannah Lapham, by
whom he
had four children: Elizabeth C., who died in her eleventh year; Joseph
P., Ann M., who married George Collins, and Rebecca J., who
died
in 1873. Mr. Hathaway's grandfather, Isaac, was the pioneer of the
family
in this town. He was born in Rhode Island, October 28, 1755, and in
1784
married Jemimah Comstock, of Rhode Island, by whom he had two
children,
Isaac and Otis. Soon after their marriage his wife rode horseback from
there here, and used a poplar sprout as a whip; on arriving home she
planted
the whip by their log house, which has since grown into a large tree.
She
died in 1793. For his second wife he married, May 4, 1794, Elizabeth Richmond,
formerly, of Connecticut and they had four children: Sylvester R.,
Charles, Phoebe and Perez. The family were of the Friends' faith. The
fifth generation is now residing on the farm, a granddaughter of Joseph
P. Hathaway. The
first settler of the family bought 600 acres on these four corners,
about
240 acres of which is still in possession of the descendants of the
family.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Thomas Hawkes, Manchester, was born in England, February 7,
1835. He received a liberal education in the public schools, and in
1854 came to this country and engaged in the business of market
gardening. This branch of industry he has since been extensively
connected
with, owning market gardens both here and in the south. About three
years ago he sold his southern interests, and has since devoted himself
exclusively to his home trade. Mr. Hawkes married an English lady,
Ann Harvey, and they have had nine children, some of whose
bright
intellects are recognized both in this country and far off Burmah,
where
a daughter of subject has withstood the hardships of that climate for
the past four years, engaged in teaching and missionary work.
From Victor Herald 30 March 1900
Jeremiah Hawkins was born in Otisville, Orange county,
March 5, 1792. In early life he learned the carpenter's trade, and was
a volunteer in the war of 1812-14. He married Mahala Tooker, of
Newburg, Orange county. He came to Victor about the year 1817, with his
wife and small household possessions, on a one-horse
wagon, which he made himself. He purchased some land and built a house
about a half mile east from the residence of William F. Hawkins. He
worked at his trade and at farming for many years, investing his
savings in adjoining farms until he became one of the largest land
owners in the town. It is said he was a man of great energy and
perseverance, with a quick, active mind and sound judgment. In politics
he was a staunch Republican, and frequently represented the town on the
board of supervisors and in other minor town offices. He held
considerable stock in the old Auburn & Rochester railroad, which
was built and put in operation about 1840. In early life, he became a
member of the M. E. Church in Victor, paying his subscription for
building the first church edifice by making the sash for the windows,
he being the only carpenter in town capable of doing that work, and at
that time too poor to pay his subscription in cash. He was a liberal
subscriber for the present church edifice and gave $1000 toward the
purchase of the organ. He died November 20, 1875, and his wife died
July 6, 1889.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Thomas W. Hawkins, Geneva, son of Thomas and Abbie (Rogers)
Hawkins, was born in Manchester NY in 1859. He was educated at
Geneva, and in 1881 began business there, continuing five years.
He has since that time been in the wholesale and retail liquor
business, and is interested in several local manufacturing enterprises
and in real estate. He has been trustee of the village six
years. Politically a Democrat, he takes an active interest in
politics. In 1881 he married Esther T. Smith, of Geneva,
and they are the parents of six children.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled
by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
William F. Hawkins, Victor, was born on the old
homestead farm north of the village of Victor, April 8, 1827. He
was educated in the district schools and Canandaigua Academy, and was
a farmer, but now retired from business. In April, 1855, he married
P. Jane Mulock of Middletown, Orange county, and they have
four children: Jeremiah W., born November 5, 1860; he was educated in
the public schools, Canandaigua Academy and Lima Seminary, and is a
farmer; December 28, 1881, he married Helen E., daughter of Dr. George
H. Bennett of Lima, Livingston county; they have one son,
George W., born October 22, 1883; Nellie E., who married Dr. Daniel Tillitson,
now a practicing physician in the city of Corning, Steuben county; they
have one daughter, Callie L.; G. Frank is a farmer on the homestead and
a bachelor; and Nellie M., who resides with her parents. Mr. Hawkins's
father, Jeremiah Hawkins, was born near Otisville, Orange county, March
3, 1792. When quite young
he began to learn the carpenter's trade, and married Mahala M. Tooker
of Newburg, Orange county. After exacting a promise from his brother
to care for his father and mother, he started with his wife and
household
possessions on a one-horse wagon which he made himself. After looking
over
the territory, he located half a mile east of where his son, William
F.,
now resides. He followed his trade for ten years and devoted the
balance
of his time to farming. He was a man of rare judgment and great
industry.
He died November 20, 1875, and his wife July 6, 1890. Mrs. Jeremiah W.
Hawkins's
father, Dr. George H. Bennett of Lima was born at Avon, Livingston
county,
June 9, 1820, a celebrated physician in that region for many years, and
was
a graduate of Buffalo Medical College. In politics he was a Democrat,
and
held the position of supervisor when he died, and also president of the
World's
Medical Association, and was a thirty-second degree Mason. In the late
war
he was a surgeon in the New York State Volunteers, was also an honored
member
of Sheridan Crandall Post No. 225 G. A. R. of West Bloomfield. October
23,
1848, he married Mrs. Eliza (Atwater) Dunlap of Ovid, Seneca
county,
and they had nine children: Charles A., Emma M., George D., John W.,
Eliza
P., Helen E., Jason J., Ernest W., and Amanda J. Dr. Bennett died
February
2, 1893, mourned by a bereaved wife and children and many friends.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Joseph Byron Hayes, Canandaigua, was born at Canandaigua in
1834. His ancestors were among the earliest settlers of Ontario county.
He prepared for college at the Franklin Academy, Prattsburg, N. Y., and
at the Canandaigua Academy, graduating with the degree of A. B. from
Williams College in 1854, and from the University of Pennsylvania with
the degree of M. D. in 1860. He married Louisa A., daughter of Chester
and Eliza R. Coleman, in 1861. He took a prominent part both
in the County and Village Medical Societies, and was a deacon of the
Congregational Church from early manhood until his death. Dr. Hayes
died July 17, 1890. Three sons survive him: Edward G., George B. and
Chester C. Hayes.
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