"L" Surname Family Sketches
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Ira E. Lacy, Gorham, a native of Naples, was born June 7, 1849, son
of John, a son of Somers Lacy, who was a native of Albany county, and
married Alphia Andrews, by whom he had four sons and four
daughters. He died in 1871, aged eighty-four years. John
Lacy was born in Albany county in 1809, and at sixteen came with his
parents to Naples. He was twice married, first to Isabelle Hoyt,
by whom he had two children. She died in 1840, and in 1841 he
married Julia A. Vosburgh, whose maiden name was Vinton.
She was born May 182 1815, a daughter of Howard and Betsey (Bryant)
Vinton, of Connecticut. They had eight children. Mr. Vinton
died in Monroe county in 1833. The family then moved to Naples,
where in 1872 Mrs. Vinton died. By his second wife Mr. Lacy had
one child, Ira E. Mr. Lacy settled on a farm in Naples, where he
lived for thirty-two years. In 1871 he came to Gorham, where he
died in 1876. Ira E. was educated in Naples Academy. In
connection
with farming he followed teaching for many years. In 1874 he
married
Rosella S. Witter, born in Centerfield, December 3, 1853.
They have five children: Isabelle J.; Mary A.; John W.; Frank H.;
and Leo A. Mr. Lacy owns the farm of his father, upon which he
has
made many improvements. He is at present engaged in breeding pure
Chester White and Suffolk swine. His place is known as the Maple
Avenue farm. He is a Republican and a member of the Reed's
Corners Grange. Mrs. Lacy is a daughter of A. S. Witter, a son of
Lewis P., whose father, Isaac, was born in Connecticut in 1757, and
married Margaret Owen, by whom he had seven children. He
was a tailor by
trade. In 1806 he came to Gorham and settled the farm now owned
by Lewis P. Witter. He died in 1843. Lewis P. was born in
Orange
county, December 26, 1803, and came with his parents to Gorham.
He was twice married, first to Margaret Trotter, October 23,
1823,
by whom he had four sons and one daughter. She died January 14,
1868,
and May 18, 1870, he married Hannah, daughter of Ezekiel Birdseye.
A. S. Witter studied medicine in Rochester, and settled in Branchport,
where
he practiced his profession. In 1860 he settled in Gorham and has
since followed farming.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Hiram Ladd, Victor, was born in Victor, in the northeastern
part, January 9, 1823. He received a common school and academic
education, and has always been a farmer. October 1, 1846, he married
Mary J., daughter of John and Sally Riddell of this town, and
they had two children: John M., who married, September 20, 1875, Mary
E., daughter of Philo B.
and A. Maria (Henry) Chapman of Hopewell, and they have had
four
children: Howard, who died at the age of three and a half years; Inez
C.,
Jean P., and Fannie survive. The second son, Smith R., was well
educated,
like his brother John M. and married Alida Carpenter of
Titusville,
Pa., and had two sons: Sylvester C. and Smith R., jr. Their father died
December
27, 1881. Hiram Ladd's father, John, was born in Massachusetts June 6,
1786,
and came to this place in 1816. He married Betsey Olney, and
had nine
children who grew to maturity: Alvira, Mahala, Cassandana, William,
Hiram,
Calista, Adeline E., Smith and Jannette. Mr. Ladd has always been an
active
temperance leader, and fearless writer of prohibition sentiment since
the
party organization in the State and United States. Mr. Ladd was honored
by
the Prohibition party of the state in being elected delegate to the
National
Convention at Pittsburg in 1884, and his district nominated him for
member
of assembly the same year. In 1886 he received the nomination of member
of
Congress from his district. He also was delegate to the National
Convention
of the Prohibition party at Indianapolis in 1888. Mrs. John M. Ladd's
father,
Philo B. Chapman, was born in Hopewell, Ontario county, January 28,
1825,
and was educated in the public school and Phelps Union School. In 1850
he
married A. Maria Henry of that town, and had one daughter, Mary E. Mr.
John
M. Ladd is an active farmer of Victor, he is also a noted
Shropshiredown
sheep breeder in company with W. B. Osbourne, since about the year
1887.
Their sales extend all over the country.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich;
edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Clarence C. Lamport, Canandaigua, was born in
Geneva in 1854, a son of Bishop, who was born in Troy in 1823, and came
to this country when ten years of age. He was a tinsmith by trade. He
died in 1891 leaving two children: E. Harry, a dentist of New York
city; and Clarence C.
The latter was educated in Canandaigua Academy, and after leaving
school
went into the plumbing establishment of Greely & Davenport to learn
the trade, which he has ever since followed. In 1887 Mr. Lamport began
his present business in Canandaigua, which is located in the Atwater
block.
He has now control of the best work of the village, and has just
completed
the plumbing and steam heating of the new Dwyer block, and also the
heating
apparatus of the Canandaigua Hotel. He carries a complete stock of
everything
needed in plumbing, steam and hot water heating, and is always prepared
to
do new work on shortest notice. He is a member of Canandaigua Lodge No.
294
F. & A. M. In 1891 Mr. Lamport was appointed sanitary inspector on
the
Board of Health in this village.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Ambert T. Lane, Victor, was born in the town of Farmington, Ontario
county, October 16, 1854. He received a common school and
academic education. July 1, 1878, he married Amelia, daughter of
Hiram and Apma (Dickinson) Parks, of Victor. They had two
daughters, Laura E. and Florence M. Mr. Lane's father, Jacob, was
born in
Montgomery county in the year 1793. His parents went to Canada,
and in the War of 1812 he espoused the American cause, and came to
Ontario
county. The property was confiscated there, and he began anew
a good American patriot. He married Rhoda Grinnell, and
had six children: Andrew; George; Helen; Charles; Isaac; and
Ambert
T. Mrs. Lane's father, Hiram Parks, was born at Scipio, Cayuga
county April 15 1803; he married Apma Dickinson; she was formerly of
Connecticut. They had eight children: Eveline; Edwin;
Eliza;
Maryette; Abigail; Thomas; Amelia; and Laura J. For many years,
Mr. Parks was an elder in the Presbyterian Church in Victor. Mr.
Parks' father, Simon, came on foot from New England to Scipio, Cayuga
county, and married there. In 1812 he moved with his family to
Victor. In 1814 he and his wife, Abigail, joined the Presbyterian
Church in Victor by letter. He was a deacon in that church until
his death.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich;
edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Lane, Harland H., Canandaigua, was born in Tioga
county May 15, 1863, and was educated in Candor Academy. His first
occupation after leaving school was as a clerk for the D. L. & W.
R. R. Co. at Candor. He remained there until 1882, then spent one year
at Hornellsville with the Untied States Express Company, and in 1883
came to Canandaigua to open
an office for the United States Company. He was the cashier for
them until 1886, when their office was closed here, and Mr. Lane had
charge
of the electric light for the Excelsior Company of Brooklyn until they
sold their interests and then he was engaged as secretary of the
Canandaigua Water Works Company, which office he still holds. January,
1891, he was elected village treasurer, and re-elected in 1892 without
opposition. He is also the secretary and treasurer for the
Canandaigua Fire Department. He was president of the Merrill Hose
Company for two years and secretary for three years. He is a member of
Canandaigua Lodge F. & A. M. No. 294
K. of P.; and of Rochester Lodge B.P.O. Elks No. 24. Mr. Lane married
in
1885 Minnie Howard, of Canandaigua, and they have two
children: William Howard, and Mary.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich;
edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Lane, the late Jacob, father of Ellen M.,
was born in the town of Charlestown, Va., June 25, 1797, and moved with
his parents to Canada sometime before the war of 1812. The family
espoused the
cause of the Americans. In consequence of this event their property was
confiscated. The family came to the United States, locating in
the town of Victor. Jacob, her father, enlisted in the American army,
and was honorably discharged at its close. He married, and had six
children: Andrew J., George W., Ellen M., who is a noted school
teacher; Charles L., Isaac B., and Ambrose T. Mr. Lane died
December 24, 1889. Ellen M.
resides on the old homestead in the town of Farmington. Her
grandfather, Thomas, married and had nine children: Peter, Jacob,
John, Eleanor, Hannah, Catharine, Margaret, Betsey and Mary. Miss
Lane has taught school eight years and was the first assistant in the
Union School of Canandaigua,
but recently resigned to care for an invalid at home. Mrs. Jacob Lane
died October 24, 1889.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
David G. Lapham, Canandaigua, was born in Manchester, January 17,
1839, a son of Anson S., a farmer of that town. Our subject
attended the common schools of Manchester, and later fitted himself for
college at Palmyra Union School and Macedon Academy. He entered
Yale College in 1860, graduating in 1864. That year his father
died and he conducted the farm for his mother three years, and then
entered the
office of Senator E. G. Lapham, with whom he read law for two years
and was admitted to the bar in 1869. He spent one year longer in
the senator's office and then opened an office for himself in the
Hubbell
block. He has since enjoyed a lucrative practice, and is
considered
one of the leading members of the profession in his county. In
1892
he was nominated on the Republican ticket for surrogate and the
Democrat
party recognizing his popularity, made no nomination in
opposition. In 1885 he was elected surrogate for the term of six
years, expiring in 1891. He has held the office of town clerk for
two terms and has been
village clerk and attorney. He is a trustee of the Ontario Orphan
Asylum and treasurer of the Red Jacket Club. Mr. Lapham married
in 1872 Emily, daughter of Jonas H. Wheeler of Canandaigua, and
they have two daughters: Anne Edith and Emily Marian.
From Ontario County Journal 10 January 1890
Elbridge Gerry Lapham was born in the town of Farmington, October
18th, 1814. His father, John Lapham, who was judge of Ontario county in
its
early days, was a Quaker. Elbridge's early life was spent on the farm,
and
his early schooling was confined to the district school. Later he
entered
Canandaigua Academy, where he became the classmate of Hon. Stephen A.
Douglass,
and after his graduation, he studied civil engineering. He followed
that
profession for a time with success on the Michigan Southern railroad,
but
abandoned it for the law. He pursued his law studies in the office of
Jared
Wilson in this village, and was admitted in 1844. He at once went to
the
front in that professions and was soon the leader of the Ontario county
bar,
while as a trial lawyer, he ranked with the foremost in the state. The
first
office he ever held was that of member of the constitutional convention
of
1867, acting as chairman of the committee on canals. He came from
Democratic
stock, and was an active supporter of that party until 1848. He favored
the
Wilmot proviso, became a Barn Burner, and was a member of the Buffalo
convention
that nominated Martin Van Buren for president. Having separated from
the
Democratic party on the issue of slavery, it was but a step to
Republicanism,
and when the Republican party was the first formed, he became one of
its
warmest supporters. He was a powerful and convincing speaker on the
stump,
and his work for the new party in that line was very effective. Mr.
Lapham
held no political office until 1874, when about six hundred of his
fellow
citizens united in addressing to him a letter urging him to accept the
nomination
for Congress. He accepted, was elected, and served in the 44th, 45th
and
46th congresses, and was elected to the 47th, but before the time to
take
his seat, he was elected to the higher branch of congress to succeed
Roscoe
Conkling. In the 44th congress, he was on the committees on private
land
claims; in the 45th was on committees on judiciary; in the 46th was
committee
on judiciary, heading the Republican representation on that committee;
was
one of the managers on the part of the House of Representatives in the
impeachment
trial of W. W. Belknap, secretary of war; was chairman of the select
committee
appointed to investigate the election frauds of 18-- in the State of
North
Carolina. In senate, he was on committees on privileges and elections,
foreign
relations, patents, transportation routes to the seaboard; chairman of
select
committee on woman suffrage, joint select committee on honoring the
memory
of James A. Garfield; chairman committee on fish and fisheries; member
of
sub-committee of committee on privileges and elections in regard to
alleged
election outrages at Danville, Va.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Lapham, George E., Farmington, was born in
Farmington, October 11,
1848. He was educated in the public schools, Macedon and Belville
Academies and is a farmer, also makes a specialty of the milk business
for the city of Rochester. September 20, 1870, he married Ida M.,
daughter of George and Hannah M. Loomis of his native
town. They have four children: Dircie M., Mary B., Leslie
D,. and George E., jr. Mr. Lapham's father, Elias H., was born in
this town in 1808. He was educated in the public schools and
Canandaigua Academy, and was a farmer. He married Dircie A. Brown
of this town, and they had three children: Helen D., died in
infancy; David B., born July 2, 1837, and died May 16, 1889; and George
E. His mother died May 2, 1859, aged forty-six years. His
grandfather, Isaac Lapham, was born in Berkshire county, Mass., in
1777. He came here and located north of the Friend's meeting-house. He
married Mary, sister of Jared Smith, and they had eight
children: Epephras, Elias H., Anson S., Ambrose S., Isaac S.,
Jared S., Lucina S., and Mary E. His great-grandfather, David Lapham,
was a native of Massachusetts, and his great-grandmother, Judith, died
in 1846 aged eight-eight years.
From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons; 1931;
Nathan D. Lapham, present District Attorney of Ontario County,
was born in Macedon, Wayne County, November 14, 1871, the son of DeWitt
C. and Amelia J. (Finley) Lapham. He was educated in the schools
of his native village and graduated from Macedon Academy. He attended
Cornell Law School, graduating in the Class of 1895. December 26th of
the same year he was admitted to the bar and established himself in the
practice the following Spring at Lyons, being associated with Clyde W.
Knapp, present County Judge of Wayne County. This partnership was
dissolved after a period of two years. Mr. Lapham practiced
independently at Lyons until 1902, when he sold his interests to B. S.
Rudd. On November 13, 1904, he moved to Geneva, where he has since
practiced law and is one of the city's best known attorneys. For a
number of terms he has served the County in the capacity of District
Attorney.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
James E. Larkins, Hopewell, was born in England in 1820.
He is one of seven children of Henry and Ann (Coats) Larkins,
natives of England, who came to New York in 1836 and settled in Genesee
county, afterward moving to Ontario county, where in 1843 Mrs. Larkins
died. Mr. Larkins afterward went to Michigan, where he died in
1865.
James E. came to America with his parents, was educated in the common
schools, and is a general and successful farmer. He married
Cornelia
H. Wells, a native of Hartford, Conn., and they had two
children: Edward W., who is in Colorado, and Emma C., wife of
James Swartz, of Dundee. He always has been an active
Republican, was justice of the peace eleven years, and assessor six
years. He and his
wife are members of the M. E. Church at Chapinville, and Mr. Larkin is
at present one of the trustees of the church.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
James H. LaRue, Manchester, was born May 28, 1838. His
ancestors were originally from France. Mr. LaRue possesses a farm
with his brother, Alvin E. LaRue, of seventy-five acres in the town of
Manchester. He was a member of Company D, One Hundred and
Eleventh Reg. N. Y. Vols., and is a prominent member of the Methodist
Episcopal church. His ancestors on both his father's and mother's
side participated in the
War of 1812. He married Martha Vanderbilt; they have no
children. Alvin E. LaRue was born August 15, 1852. He
married Isadore Vanderbilt, and they have three children. He is
part owner of the farm, and both he and his brother are staunch
Republicans.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
George W. Latham, Gorham, a native of Canandaigua, was born
December 17, 1843, a son of Warren C., whose father was an early
settler of Oneida county, coming there from Glasgow, Scotland, with his
brother, who settled in California. Warren C. Latham was born in
Oneida county in 1801. For many years he carried the mail on the
Buffalo and Albany route. He married Sarah Youngs, a
native of Gorham, by whom he had two sons and seven daughters.
About 1835 he settled in Canandaigua and drove a stage between that
place and Geneva for six years, then engaged in farming in Gorham where
he remained until his death in 1884. Mrs. Latham now resides in
Kent county, Mich. George W. married in 1864 a Miss Augusta P.
Lewis of Gorham, born June
27, 1837. She is a daughter of Gustavus A. Lewis of Gorham, who
was
a son of Ebenezer of Revolutionary fame, who early settled in
Gorham. He was twice married and by his second wife had three
daughters and one son. Gustavus A. Lewis was born in 1801, and
married Lany Manley of Amsterdam, by whom he had ten
children. Mr. Latham owns and has improved the original farm of
A. A. Lewis on which he now lives. He is a Republican and has
been trustee and deacon of the Congregational church many years, also
superintendent of Sunday school fifteen years, and leader of Bible
class ten years.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Aldrich J. Latting, Hopewell, was born in Hopewell in 1859, son of
Jacob, born in New Paltz, August 3, 1822, whose father was John, a
native of Dutchess county, born in 1790. When a young man John
followed teaching several winters. He married Elizabeth Van
Norstrand of Dutchess county, by whom he had twelve children, nine
of whom grew to maturity, and at present three are living. During
the winter of 1822-23 John Latting came to Hopewell Centre, then moved
to Farmington where he remained two years; when he returned to Hopewell
and settled on the farm now owned by Jacob Latting, and his brother,
John
H., and situated in the northwest corner of this town. Here he
lived
until his death in 1866. His wife died in 1856. Jacob was
reared a farmer and has always followed that occupation. He
married
Lydia H. McLouth of Farmington, by whom he has two
children: Aldrich J. and a daughter, Emogene, wife of Frank A. Ingraham,
who resides in Cortland, N. Y., and owns part of the old farm.
Jacob Latting is a Prohibitionist. His parents were Quakers and
he is a birthright member, and attends South Farmington church.
A. J. Latting married Emma Knowls November 25, 1885, by whom he
has two children: Mabel L. and Blanche E. Mr. Latting cast
his first vote for Garfield. He afterwards voted for Cleveland,
and is now a Prohibitionist. He is a member of E. K. O. R. of
Manchester, and has also been master of Manchester Grange No.
501. He and his
wife united with the First Baptist church of Manchester, April 17, 1892.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
John W. Lauder, Victor, was born on the old homestead November
24, 1858, was educated in the public schools and Lima Seminary, and is
a
farmer. December 30, 1883, he married Cora C., daughter of
Charles
and Eliza Marquis of Victor. They have five
children:
Pearl A., Ruth E., C. Maud, Erma F., and John A. Mr. Lauder's
father,
John A., was born in the town of Florida, Montgomery county, August 21,
1821;
he too was a farmer. In September, 1855, he married Ann Bowerman
of Schenectady county, and they had one son, John W. Mr. Lauder's
father
died December 3, 1883, and his mother resides with him on the old
homestead.
His grandfather, James, and his grandmother, Jane, came from Scotland
and
located in Florida, where his father was born. The ancestors of
the
family are Scotch and German.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Lee, Father Patrick, Clifton Springs, was born in Ireland March
6, 1818. He was liberally educated in the High schools of
Ireland, and at the University of Worcester, Mass., and St. Joseph
College, Buffalo, N.Y. He was ordained June 30, 1856. Father Lee has
been stationed at East and West Bloomfield and his first mission was at
Victor. He was stationed here in 1862, having now had charge of the
Clifton Springs church and mission for over thirty years. Father
Lee is a gentleman of
broad and liberal views and of sound judgment.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Roswell M. Lee, a native of East Bloomfield, was born September 20,
1855. He has always been a farmer and owns about 118 acres.
Since 1879 he has been a successful breeder of American Merino sheep,
and keeps registered stock. He is a member of the "American
Merino Sheep Association." Also for the last few years he has
been engaged in the sale of agricultural implements, Walker's
fertilizer
manufactured at Phelps, and Keystone wire fence. Mr. Lee is a
Democrat and is at present highway commissioner, and has acted in that
capacity for two years. He has also been deputy sheriff three
years.
March 7, 1878, Mr. Lee married Ella A., daughter of Russell W. Gooding
of East Bloomfield, and they have had four children: Bessie M.
(deceased); Seth R.; Hester A.; and Pauline G. The parents of our
subject
were Seth L. Lee, born in East Bloomfield in 1823, and Sarah Peck,
a native of West Bloomfield, to whom were born three sons and five
daughters. Mr. Lee owned 238 acres of land in East
Bloomfield. In politics he was a Republican. His death
occurred March 20, 1875, and his wife now resides in Canandaigua at the
age of sixty-five years. The father of Seth L. was Major Seth L.
Lee, a native of Massachusetts
and son of Captain George Lee. The wife of Major Lee was Sallie
M., daughter of Benjamin Wheeler. Mr. Lee came to East
Bloomfield about 1800, and there owned about 1,000 acres of land, a
grist-mill
and saw-mill, and was a large wool grower. Mr. Lee died in 1864,
and his wife in 1870.
From Shortsville Enterprise 5 March 1914
James J. LeFevre, son of Anthony and Sarah LeFevre,
was born in Aardenburg, Holland, on October 15, 1867. During the year
1880, James came to America with his parents, three brothers and three
sisters and located on a farm in Millers Corners, now called Ionia.
This was only a 67-acre farm and not being large enough to employ
father and three sons, James, at the age of 17 years, hired out to work
for Samuel D. Young, of Farmington, for eight months. After that he was
employed by the month for different farmers around Millers Corners
during the summer and went to school during the winter months. During
the winter of 1888, he learned telegraphy at Millers Corners, and on
April 1, 1889, went to work as baggageman at Macedon, N. Y., for the
New York Central railroad. In September, 1889, he asked to be
transferred to Brighton, N. Y., where he was baggageman and clerk for
two and a half years. In the mean time his parents moved to Rochester
and his new location enabled him to live at home. Mr. LeFevre came to
Shortsville on February 28, 1894, where he was made ticket agent and
telegraph operator for the New York Central which position he now
occupies. He has made an upright and reliable citizen and is always
ready to labor for the advancement of the Parlor Village. He is a
member of Shortsville Tent, No. 119, Knights of the Maccabees, having
served as Commander of the Tent; also a Past Grand of Parlor Village
Lodge, No. 88, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Shortsville; a
member of Parlor Village Rebekah Lodge, No. 435, of Shortsville, having
been degree captain since the institution of this lodge; and a member
of the Shortsville Methodist Episcopal church, having served as its
chorister for the past 15 years. Mr. LeFevre
married Miss Elizabeth Weitzel, a daughter of Henry and
Johanna Weitzel of Mendon, N. Y., during the year of 1892. Four
children have blessed their union.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY;
compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
George Legerwood, Seneca, was born in Roxboroughshire,
Scotland, June 4, 1825. He attended school there when a boy and learned
the blacksmith trade. He came to the United States in 1847, locating in
Gorham for one year, and then came to Hall's Corners, where he
conducted a blacksmith business over twelve years. He then purchased a
farm and has been one of Seneca's successful farmers. March 13, 1861,
he married Margaret A. Rippey of Seneca, and they had two
children, John A. and Mary E. John was educated in
the public schools and is a farmer. He married Mary E. Sattler of
Gorham,
and they have a son and daughter, Anna B. and George W. The daughter,
Mary
E., presides over her father's house. Mrs. Legerwood died September 18,
1889,
mourned by a bereaved husband and many friends. Mr. Legerwood is now a
retired
farmer living at Hall's Corners.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Peter Leighton, Canandaigua, was born in Scotland and came to the
United States at the age of twenty-two; in 1870 he was employed as
salesman by James D. Paterson who was at that time engaged in the dry
goods business in this village. The following year he became
engaged
as salesman with the firm of Sibley, Lindsay & Curr of Rochester N.
Y., with whom he remained until 1880, when he associated himself with
Andrew Johnston of that city, and bought out his former employer, Mr.
Paterson in Canandaigua, when the firm of Leighton & Johnston
continued in business until 1889, when Mr. Johnston retiring the
business has
been since conducted by Mr. Leighton alone, occupying a building 20 x
100 feet of two floors and basement devoted to general dry goods, fancy
goods, cloaks, draperies, etc. In 1877 he married Jeannie Hall,
a native of Scotland, and they have three children: Frederick,
Henry and Helen. Mr. Leighton has long been one of the trustees
of the First Baptist Church and is also president of the Vanderbilt
Sash Balance Company, which was organized in 1892 with a capital of
$10,000 for the manufacture and sale of spring sash balances.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Leonard, Charles D., Geneva, was born in London, Canada, June
18, 1867, and came to the Untied States with his parents when less than
a year old. They located in Rochester, where Charles D. was
educated in the public schools and in Williams's Commercial
College. Soon after the completion of his education he became
interested in the nursery business. He has been a resident of Geneva
four years and is
secretary of the Rupert stock farm nurseries of the town of Seneca,
having
an office on Seneca street, Geneva. These nurseries are
celebrated
for the best fruits. Mr. Leonard has entire control and charge of the
large force of salesmen traveling in the United States and Canada. Mr.
Leonard has recently returned from an extensive trip in Europe, where
he
visited the largest and best horticultural gardens in England and
France,
among others the famous Kew, the greatest in the world. He has
given
the nursery business his closest study and attention both in Rochester
and
Geneva. The nursery has 450 acres.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Alfred B. Levet, Geneva, was born in Victor, November 23, 1869, was
educated in the public schools of that town and took a course
in mechanical draughting at Mechanics' Institute, Rochester, and is
a cabinet maker by occupation. He is also employed quite
extensively in draughting for building purposes. October 8, 1892,
he married Jennie A. Harrington of Geneva. Mr. Levet's
father, John H., was born at Islington, near London, Eng., in
1827. He was
educated there and by occupation was a piano forte maker. He
married
Emma M. Barlow of his native place, coming to the United States
about 1852, locating first in Rochester, afterward in Victor.
They
had seven children, two died in infancy, five grew to maturity:
Oliver C. married Agnes Gould; Emily M. and Alfred B., two died
after they grew to maturity, Walter J. and Alice L. Mrs. Levet's
father, Elias W. Harrington, was born in Scipio, Cayuga county,
November
4, 1827. January 15, 1850, he married Marietta Doty of
Columbia
county, who was born November 30, 1830, and came to Geneva in
1861.
They had four children: one son, Henry S. died at eleven years of age;
Lucy D. who married Alburtus B. Johnson; Sarah M. a teacher in
Victor; and Jennie A. Mr. Harrington died December 28,
1881. Mr. Levet's father died in 1871. Mr. Harrington's
stepfather, Col. W. W. Jones, was the first white child born in
Geneva and west of Utica.
From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons; 1931;
Alfred George Lewis, owner of the White Springs Farm, was the
only child of George Howard and Katherine Bell Lewis and was born in
Buffalo July 5, 1879. He was educated in his native city and in 1898 he
purchased the White Springs Farm and took up residence in Geneva. Mr.
Lewis built himself a commodious home and greatly improved the
buildings on the estate. He became a famous importer and breeder of
Guernsey cattle, but of late years the farm has been devoted more to
growing of fruits and agricultural crops. Mr. Lewis organized the White
Springs Farm Dairy Co. in 1905, which since that time has been the
principal source of supply of the milk used by the people of Geneva.
Mr. Lewis is one of Geneva's wealthiest citizens and there are very few
business concerns in which he has not an interest. He is prominent in
both the civic and social life of the city and is a generous
contributor to all worthy public movements. Mr. Lewis married, Sept.
29, 1903, Miss Agnes Slosson, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. H. L.
Slosson, who is equally prominent in all public activities.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
James W. Lewis, Gorham, a native of Gorham, was born October
10, 1852. His father, Eugene, was a son of Sylvester, a native of
Northumberland, who married Catharine Dubois, by
whom he had ten children. He served in the War of 1812, and was
one of the first settlers of Gorham, where he died in 1873, and his
wife
in 1881. Eugene was born in Gorham, April 19, 1823. In 1849
he married Rebecca Wilson, a native of Gorham and daughter of
James and Hannah Wilson, of Gorham. They had two sons and a daughter,
James
W. being the only one living. Eugene was a Republican, and a
member
of Rushville Lodge No. 377 F. & A. M. He died August 12,
1891,
and his wife survives him. James W. was educated in Rushville
Union
Schools. He and his mother own 160 acres of land. In 1875
he
married Sarah Tuttle, of Canandaigua, a daughter of Henry N.
and Mary
A. Tuttle, who had ten children. Mr. Tuttle was a soldier in the
late
war, and died August 23, 1891, and Mrs. Tuttle resides in Canandaigua.
James W. and wife have one child, Harriet P. Mr. Lewis is a
Republican
in politics.
From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons;
1931;
Joseph S. Lewis, familiarly known to all his acquaintances as
"Captain," was born in Washington County July 7, 1803, one of four
children and only son of Barnet and Mary (Stewart) Lewis. His
father was a veteran of the War of 1812 and his grandfather a veteran
of the Revolutionary War. While Joseph was still very young his parents
moved to Madison County. When less than 17 years of age Joseph visited
Geneva and was so pleased with the place that he made it his home for
the next 76 years. A few years later he persuaded his parents to move
to this section and they lived and died near Benton Center. Joseph's
first employment was at the old Franklin House and his first business
venture was the operation of a stage line between Geneva and Penn Yan.
Later Delos Colvin became his partner and other towns were added to the
route and a livery to the business. Mr. Lewis was a member of the first
volunteer fire department of Geneva, a Leather Bucket Brigade. His
leather bucket with his name on it still exists. In 1836 Captain Lewis
was interested in the only boat then running on Seneca Lake and became
its captain. Two years later he built and launched the first steamboat
on what was then called Crooked Lake. This boat he named the Keuka, for
the old Indian name of the Lake and gradually the name of the lake was
changed from Crooked to Keuka. He personally commanded this boat for
five years and became widely known to the traveling public throughout
Central New York. During his life Capt. Lewis was connected with many
business enterprises but he often said "The days spent on the Keuka on
Crooked Lake were about the happiest."
Prior to and long after the Civil War Captain Lewis carried on an
extensive wool business, associated with Stuart S. Cobb. This business
was located on Seneca street, corner of Union Alley (the present Times
building) and ran back to Seymour Alley, with offices in front and wool
storage in the rear. To the day of his death Captain Lewis was
considered an expert judge on the quality and value of wool. The old
"wool room gang," as they chose to call themselves, was composed of
Captain Lewis and Mr. Cobb and their most intimate friends, and many of
the political, business, civic and social enterprises of the town at
that time were organized here.
Captain Lewis was conspicuous in raising recruits for the 126th and
128th Regiments of Infantry. Lewis street was named for him. He was a
charter member of the Kanadesaga Club and a lifelong Mason and in
politics an ardent Democrat. He twice filled the office of village
trustee and once was village president. For ten years preceding 1891 he
was president of the Board of Education. He was chairman of the Board
of Trustees of the First Presbyterian church and was one of the
Cemetery Commissioners and a director of the Geneva National
Bank, in which he was a large stockholder. Although a bachelor
Captain Lewis was a very genial, social man and most domestic in his
tastes. From a very young man he always maintained his own home, living
for many years in Water street, now Exchange, near the present factory
of the U. S. Radiator Corporation, and when that section ceased to be
residential moved to Park Place, where he lived until he died June 18,
1896. He is still remembered by many older Genevans as always alert and
active, wearing a silk hat and long black cape instead of an overcoat,
and carrying in his mouth an unlit cigar.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich;
edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Frederick Licht, Geneva, was born in Germany, December 27, 1825,
and came to this country with his parents in 1832, locating in
Brooklyn, N. Y. He was engaged in the brewing business in Long
Island
for twenty-five years, and is at present vice-president of The Patent
Cereals Company. He is the patentee of the process now used
by the P. C. C. in the manufacture of the different wheat and corn
specialties for brewing and family use. The P. C. C. mills were
formerly located at Brooklyn, but as the business outgrew their old
quarters, they removed to Geneva in 1888.
From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons; 1931;
George F. Licht, a former mayor of the city and for a long
period actively connected with the affairs of the Patent Cereals Co.,
was born on Long Island, August 18, 1850, and was educated at the
Brooklyn and Long Island schools. When sixteen years of age he entered
the employ of Tiffany to learn the trade of engraving, and remained
with them for ten years. He then engaged in the milling business with
his father, in which he continued for the remainder of his active
business life. He was one of the incorporators of the Patent Cereals
Co. and for many years was its superintendent. In 1902 he was appointed
by Mayor D. E. Moore as a member of the Purchasing Committee for the
city, and also a member of the Fire Commission. In 1903 he was elected
mayor of the city, and in 1906 Mayor A. P. Rose appointed him a member
of the Fire Commission and he served for four years. Several years
previous to his death, which occurred in California Jan. 19, 1928, he
retired from business and removed to the Pacific Coast with his family.
From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons;
1931;
Louis J. Licht, long prominent in the affairs of the Patent
Cereals Co., was born on Long Island, Sept. 2, 1862. He was first
connected with the Brooklyn Sugar Refining Co., where he remained five
years. He then engaged in the manufacture of cereals under the firm
name of Licht & Co., and in 1888 moved to Geneva where he organized
the Patent Cereals Co. Mr. Licht has also been prominent in public
affairs and is best known for his service on the Board of Public Works
where he was a most efficient executive.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Cyrillo S. Lincoln, lawyer of Naples, was born July 18, 1830, in
South Bristol, a son of Lucius and Amelia (Fellows) Lincoln,
natives of Otsego county, whose ancestors came from New London, Conn.,
and were of the same stock as General Lincoln of Revolutionary
fame. Subject was educated at the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary at
Lima, and Charlottesville Academies, and at Union College, from which
he graduated in 1854. He studied law in Rochester, was admitted
to the bar in 1859, and at
once located at Naples in the practice of his profession, where he has
enjoyed a good patronage. He is a Republican and represented his
district in the Assembly (in 1872) for four years in succession.
He married Laura A. Clark, in 1863, a sister of Noah T. Clark,
of Canandaigua, and a cousin of Ex-Governor Clark. Mrs. Lincoln's
grandfather, William Clark, was a colonel under Washington in the
Revolution,
and one of the original purchasers of the town of Naples in 1789.
Mr. Lincoln and wife are members of the Presbyterian Church. They
have two children: Mary C., wife of A. L. Parker of
Detroit,
who is secretary of the Y. M. C. A.; and Spencer F., a graduate of
Cornell
University Law Department, and assistant editor of the North Western
Law Review of St. Paul, Minn.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Lincoln, Lewis C., Gorham, was born in Gorham, June 8,
1866, a son of Flavius L., a son of Henry, a son of Otis who settled
on the farm on which subject resides and which has been in the family
since 1804. Henry was born in Otsego county, and when a boy came to
Gorham.
His wife was Louisa Wood and they had nine children.
Flavius
L. was born in Gorham. His wife was Mary A. Hubbell, of
Canandaigua, born December 25, 1833. Her parents, Elisa and Nancy
Hubbell, were natives of Berkshire Co., Mass., and came to Canandaigua
about 1812. They have three sons and seven daughters. Mr. Hubbell
was a lieutenant in the War of 1812 and died in 1865 aged
eight-seven. His wife died in 1873 aged eighty-four. To Mr.
Lincoln and wife were born two sons, Lewis
C. and Burr W. He died in Gorham March 25, 1885. Lewis C. was
educated in Canandaigua Academy and in 1888 he married Lillian L.,
daughter of S.
B. Douglas, and they had one child, Gertrude M., who died aged
two
years. Mrs. Lincoln died September 3, 1891. Mr. Lincoln is
a
Republican and is justice of peace. Burr W. Lincoln was born April 26,
1868,
and educated in Canandaigua Academy. He resided on the old
homestead
until his death September, 1887.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Samuel Grant Lincoln, Geneva, was born in Geneva September 11,
1868. He was educated in the public schools, and since April 1,
1890,
has held the position of messenger in the Geneva National Bank.
Mr.
Lincoln's father, George, was born February 19, 1817, at Geneva, and
was
educated in the public schools of his day. He married Rachael Thompson
of this place and they had nine children: Jennie A.; Mary E.;
Louisa;
Lavenia; Caroline; George jr.; Harriet; Frederick R.; and Samuel
Grant.
Two died in infancy, three in their teens, one at thirty-four and one
at
thirty-six. Only two survive: Jennie A. who married Garrett
S.
Duffin of New York and has two daughters, Irene and Bijou; and
the
subject of this sketch. The grandfather, Peter, was born a slave
in
Virginia in 1771. He was first owned by a Mr. Park, and
afterwards
by Robert S. Rose. Rose and Lawson, who were brothers-in-law,
brought
their slaves north, locating in Seneca and Ontario counties, 200 in
number.
On one occasion a man was sent for Peter's cradle. Peter refused
to
let it go. Sent for by his owner and asked why he refused, he
said
because he was held responsible for his tools. His master struck
him
with his cane at this answer, and Peter said he should not do it again
as
he was going to leave. His master said, "Go, and I will give you
a
new hat in the bargain." George, the father, died January 13,
1893,
and Rachel, the mother, June 21, 1880. She was born November 26,
1826.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Lindner, Frank, Clifton Springs, October 8, 1856. He is
engaged in a meat market, having succeeded his father who inaugurated
the business here many years ago. Mr. Lindner is erecting a new
block at Clifton Springs at present, into which he will soon move his
business. He married Annie Harbor, and they have one
daughter. Mr. Lindner has served as inspector of elections, trustee of
the first company, etc., and is a staunch Democrat. Edward Lindner was
born at Clifton Springs, August 20, 1885. He is associated with
his brother in the business, conducting the upper market. His wife was
Barbara Nicket, of Rochester, and they have two children. Mrs.
Lindner died in February, 1892.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
William Llewellyn, Clifton Springs, was born in England November
17, 1841. He learned the trade of confectioner and baker, and in
April, 1865, came to this country. After being connected in
different localities with his trade he established in 1887 a general
commission business at Clifton Springs; the firm being W. & W. H.
Llewellyn, and composed of himself and his son, William H. He has
served as trustee of corporation and school and is identified with the
Masons. He married Julia Winifred Cox of Gloucester,
Eng.
W. H. Llewellyn is also a partner in the banking house of Jackson &
Llewellyn. He married Miss Grace L. Briggs of this village
May 4, 1893.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Lobdell, Burton H., Victor, was born on the old homestead three
miles southeast of the village March 18, 1846. He was educated in the
public schools and Eastman's Commercial College, Rochester, and is a
farmer. March 17, 1873, he married Amelia Ketchum, of Victor,
and they have two children: Nelson L. and Marion F. Mr. Lodell's
father, Jacob L., was also born on the old homestead in 1819. In
1845 he married Joanna Farr, formerly of Canandaigua, and they
have four children: Burton H., Byron J., Oliver L., and Frances
M. Byron J. is in Los Angeles, California. Mr. Lobdell's
grandfather was born in Stockbridge, Mass., March 14, 1771, and came to
this town at an early day. He was the first white man that wintered in
the town, and was the first supervisor
of Victor, was justice of the peace several years, and was a man of
good
judgment. He married Hannah Boughton, who was born April 6,
1775,
and had fourteen children. He died November 12, 1847, and his wife
April
6, 1846.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Long, Leonard, Farmington, was born in the kingdom of
Wirtemberg, Germany, September 17, 1833, and was educated in the common
schools. In 1850 he married Catherine Schmidt of his
native place, and came to the United States in September, 1860, and
soon after located in
Farmington. They had two children: Rose, who died when she
was four and one-half years old; and Leonard, jr., born October 8,
1876,
is a bright farmer, and is now a student in the Friends' College at
Union
Springs. Mr. and Mrs. Long own a splendid home and farm, the
result
of sobriety, energy, good judgment and industry. Mr. Long is a Democrat.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich;
edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
George Loomis, Farmington, was born in the town of
Bloomfield,
Hartford county, Conn., December 7, 1818, and came with his parents to
Onondaga
county when a child. At about the age of six years he came to
Farmington.
He was educated in the district schools, has always followed
farming,
and has been identified with the prosperity of the town, of which he is
one
of the oldest inhabitants. Mr. Loomis has been supervisor of the
town
one term, and also highway commissioner. October 19, 1842, he
married
Hannah M., daughter of Benjamin and Lavina A. Ketchum of
Farmington,
and they had six children: Aurelia L., who married LeGrand L. Morse,
who is a farmer and school commissioner; Benjamin H., who is a farmer
in
Mertensia; Ida M., who married George E. Lapham; Georgiana, who
died
at the age of eighteen years; Leslie G., a produce dealer of Victor;
and
Charles P., who died of scarlet fever only five days apart from his
sister,
who died of the same malady. Mrs. Loomis died suddenly August 25, 1892.
Mr.
Loomis's father, George, was born in Connecticut in 1784, and married
Aurelia
Palmer. They had four children: Eunice, Charlotte, George,
and
Jerome. One of his ancestors, Captain John Loomis, was a soldier
in
the Revolutionary War. The Loomis family came from England at an
early
day with the Rev. John Wareham, locating in the east.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Loomis, Henry H., Geneva, was born in Geneva on the old
homestead near the experiment station, January 14, 1817, and was
educated in the district schools of that day and Geneva Lyceum. He is a
farmer and real estate operator, owning many thousand acres of land in
the Western States. In 1836 he purchased from the government in
Michigan at $1.25
per acre, also in 1844 from the Michigan Central Railway scrip at
thirty-eight
cents on the dollar for many acres. In 1849 he began to buy the bounty
land warrants of the Mexican war, continuing doing so for many years.
In 1852 he began to purchase in western Texas bounty land warrants,
locating
them in Michigan. Mr. Loomis’s father, Jerome, was born at
Lebanon,
Conn., in 1756, and came to this State June 1, 1788. In 1798 he
married Elizabeth Tippetts of this State, and they had twelve
children: Jerome, Martha, Irene, William, Anson C., Elizabeth,
Homer, Stephen T., Henry H., Mary J. (who died in infancy), Mary J. 2d,
and Cordelia C. The first home was built where Mr. Loomis and
sisters
reside, near the experiment station on the Pre-emption road in
1793.
Mr. Loomis’s father, Jerome, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war,
under
General Stark, and helped to capture General Burgoyne. He died in
April, 1840, and his wife in 1857. Henry H. Loomis has never
married.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Leslie G. Loomis, Victor, was born in Farmington, Ontario county,
April 9, 1857. He was educated in the public schools, Canandaigua
Academy, and was a farmer until 1877, when he came to Victor and
entered the employ of E. S. Norton as clerk until 1882. He then
began
business on his own account in company with Wilber C. Woodworth, under
the firm name of Loomis & Woodworth. They are doing a
business
this year of nine hundred and fifty thousand dollars, furnishing the
best market for farm produce in this whole region. June 4, 1884,
he married Della M., daughter of Theodore and Clarinda Hunt of
Newark,
and they have two children: Leslie G. jr. and Harry H. Mr.
Loomis's father, George, was born in Bloomfield, Conn., about the year
of 1818, and came to this State with his parents when about five years
old, and married Hannah M. Ketchum of this State. They
had
six children: Aurelia E.; Benjamin H.; Ida M.; Leslie G.;
Georgiana;
and Charles P.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Mariette Lord, was born in Gorham, and was reared on the old
homestead where she now resides, and educated in the common
schools. She donated quite largely in the building of the
Middlesex Valley Railroad. Her father was Ethan Lord, a native of
Sharon, Litchfield county, Conn., born December 24, 1798. In 1827
he married Paulina Parsons, a native of Sharon, and to them
were born two children: Mariette and Flora. In 1830 Mr.
Lord came to Yates county, and in 1831 purchased and settled on the
farm in Gorham now owned by M. R. Boardman, and in 1835 moved on the
farm now owned by his daughter. Mr. Lord made his own
property. In politics, he was a Whig, afterward a
Republican. He died in Gorham in 1871 and his wife in 1892, aged
eighty-six years. His father was John Lord, a native of Sharon,
where he died. His wife was a Miss Everett. They
had ten children.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich;
edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Lucas, Holmes C., Canandaigua, was born in
Canandaigua, August 15,
1818, a son of Zebina Lucas, who came to this town from Vermont in
1815, among
the earliest settlers of the town. He owned a farm about five
miles
south of the village, and was a man of prominence in this town, having
held
the office of justice of the peace nineteen years. He was supervisor
from
1840 to 1846. He married Laura Ingram, daughter of
Benjamin Ingram,
who settled on the lake shore at Monteith's Point, then known as
Truman's
Point, earlier than Mr. Lucas. Zebina had two children. The
youngest,
Alonzo, died in October, 1892, aged seventy-one. Our subject, H.
C.,
has always been a farmer, but in 1858 he moved into the village, where
he
established a business for dealing in grain, wool, hops, etc. He
is
doing a very successful business, handling some years as high as
800,000 to
1,000,000 pounds of wool. He is still in active business, but
does not
exert himself to drive it as he did years ago. In 1867, Mr. Lucas
secured subscription for enough stock to have the Merchants' Union
Express Company open an office here. This was merged into the American
Express Company after a few years, and Mr. Lucas has ever since been
the representative of the company in the town. Mr. Lucas was the
builder of the Canandaigua elevator, and was for many years the owner
of the Lucas block. He conducts a farm of 130 acres in Gorham
besides attending to his other interests. In 1840 he married Sylva Penoyer
by whom he had two children, one of whom, Laura, died aged
twenty. The other child, Zebina, is the
assistant agent in the express office. Mrs. Lucas died in 1844,
and
he married second, in 1847, Fanny S., daughter of Squire Pratt,
of Gorham, and they have one daughter. Mr. Lucas was chairman of
the
School Board when it was decided to build the new Union school
building, and the town was bonded for $40,000 to erect the building.
Mr. Lucas negotiated these bonds and sold them at a premium, and paid
them up within the specified time.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Zebina Lucas, Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua, April 24,
1843, a son of H. C. Lucas. His early life was spent on the farm, and
he received his education in the common schools and at Canandaigua
Academy. After leaving school he entered the law office of Smith &
Williams
in Canandaigua, where he was at the outbreak of the war. In September,
1862, he enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-eighth N. Y. Vols., with
whom he was at Suffolk, Portsmouth and other places. In the spring of
1863 he was assigned on detached service and went on duty as clerk in
the provost marshal's office in Norfolk, Va., remaining about two
years. Returning, he spent
a year in New York and then returned to his home in Canandaigua, where
he has since been employed in the American Express office as deputy for
his father, H. C. Lucas. In 1880 he married E. M. Norton of
this town,
and they have one son, Fred Z.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Lutze, Dr. F. H., Canandaigua, was born in Bevergern, Province
of Westphalia, Prussia, and came to this country, where he enlisted
in the First New York Vol. Eng. Corps, November 16, 1861. He was
discharged November 16, 1864 at Varina, Va. He is a graduate of
the New York Homeopathic Medical College of New York. He has the
clinic for nervous diseases and the diseases of children in the
Brooklyn
Homeopathic Hospital on Cumberland street, and the clinic of digestive,
renal and nervous diseases in the Brooklyn Eastern District Homeopathic
Dispensary, 194 South 3d Street, between Briggs and Roebling
streets.
He translated Hahnemann's essay on the "Repetition of the Homeopathic
Remedy" from the German into English; also "Antipsonic Remedies";
"Intercurrent
Remedies for Chronic Diseases"; and "Remedies for Disturbances of the
Antipsonic Cure" from the German of Dr. C. von Boenninghausen.
These
were all published in the Homeopathic Physician, a journal edited by
Dr.
E. J. Lee and W. M. James, 1889, Vol. 9, Philadelphia. In
the same journal he published in 1890 an article entitled "Duration of
Action and Antidotes of the Principal Homeopathic Remedies." This
was afterwards also published in pamphlet form and had a large
circulation. In 1891 it was translated into the Italian by Dr. G.
Pampili and published in his journal Rivista Omiopalica, Roma, Maggio,
1891, a copy of which was sent to him. He has also contributed articles
to the following medical magazines and journals: The United
States Medical Investigatory, The Medical Current, The Journal of
Homeopathics, The Homeopathic Physician, and The Medical
Advance.
From Ontario County Journal 31 December 1886; News from
Reed's Corners;
Thomas Lynch was born in Middlesex, Yates Co., N. Y., in
1858. He learned the blacksmith trade of his father, and followed the
business in his native town until he moved to this place in 1882. While
ready to do work in any class of business pertaining to his trade,
still
his ambition has been to be a first-class mechanic at horseshoeing, and
to gratify his taste for this work he would willingly sacrifice any
other
work for this alone. His business continually increases, and his
patrons
claim that few do work as well, and not better.
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