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Freemont New York Family Sketches

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Freemont New York Family Sketches extracted from Landmarks of Steuben County, by Hon. Harlo Hakes, 1896.


Babcock Stanton C. Family Sketch

Stanton C. Babcock, was born January 4, 1858. His grandfather was of English stock, and was born in Rhode Island, and died in Buffalo, N. Y. The father of our subject was born July 20, 1817. He had a good common school education, and was a farmer and carpenter by occupation. He has held the office of highway commissioner, also of collector of the town of Hornellsville. He is a member of Stephens Mills Grange, No. 308. In 1837 he married Ruth Phillips, who was born in Cohocton Valley, August 18, 1819, by whom he had six children: Ester Jane, who died in infancy; Maryette Kelley, who was born November 27, 1841; Harriet Lowell, who was born April 5, 1844; William W. , who was born May 21, 1849; Edwin P. , who was born August 12, 1851; and Stanton, as above, who was educated at Painted Post. He has been selling machinery on the road, and has always been engaged in farming, and owns a farm of 155 acres. He has been pathmaster and trustee of district No. 8, town of Fremont, and clerk of the same district. He is a member of the F. & A. M., No. 478, of Dansville, N. Y., also a member of Stephens Mills Grange, No. 308. At Canisteo, N. Y., November 24, 1881, he married Mary M. Acomb, who was born in South Dansville, December 27, 1855, by whom he had one child: Harrison Lee, who was born September 20, 1887. Mrs. Babcock’s father, Thomas Acomb, was born in England, and came to this country when five years of age.


Bardeen, Jennie Family Sketch

Jennie Bardeen, was born September 17, 1846. Her father, Simeon Clark (son of Barnabas Clark-AC), was born in Genoa, Cayuga county, in 1820. He moved to Ohio, then returned east and settled in Howard, where he died June 21, 1873. He married Adaline Davy, who was born September 3, 1825. Jennie Bardeen was educated in Hornellsville and July 30, 1865, she married George Bardeen, who was born at Prattsburgh, August 11, 1834, and died February 1, 1892. He was a carpenter by trade, but followed farming as a business, and had a farm of 100 acres, located on Big Creek (Rt. 70a between Bath and Hornell-AC). His father, Lybbyna Bardeen (yes, it's spelled this way), was born in OTSEGO county, and came to Pratttsburgh, thence to Kanona, and from there he located on a farm at Big Creek. Mr. and Mrs. Bardeen had eight children; Minnie B., born November 26, 1866; Addie, born May 12, 1868; Myrtle born July 17, 1869 and died January 8, 1870; Lybbyna, born August 266, 1873; Earl, born April 14, 1875 and died June 12, 1876; DeAlton, born July 13, 1879; Leon, born September 25, 1881; and Glenn, born April 21, 1885. Mr. Bardeen's first wife was Eliza Leonard, by whom he had one child, William, who was born in Howard.


Bowen, Juliza C. Family Sketch

Juliza C. Bowen, was born October 1, 1839. Her father, Henry Cotton, was born in Washington county, N. Y. , June 20, 1798. He owned 168 acres of land, and dealt in stock, but his principal business was farming, and to such men is due the credit of making Steuben county what it is to-day. He died in 1885. He married Almira, daughter of Daniel Martin, who was born in Hartford, Washington county, by whom he had five children: Silas, who was born January 7, 1822; Lydia Ann, who was born November 8, 1827; Samuel S., who was born September 20, 1831: Daniel, who was born August 16, 1837; and Juliza, as above, who was educated in the Rogersville Seminary, and has taught school for a number of terms. February 17, 1859, she married William H. Bowen, who was born in South Dansville, Steuben county, De- cember 14, 1838, and died October 7, 1884. He purchased a farm of 150 acres where his wife now resides, and was supervisor of the town of Fremont two years, also assessor for a number of terms. They had eleven children: Alice E., born January 5, 1860; Elsie R. , born October 2, 1862; Ira C., born April 26, 1864; James H., born January 17, 1866; William M., born September 27, 1868, and died December 14, 1884; May J., born May 11, 1870, and died April 11, 1880; Zina C., born June 1, 1871; Frank, deceased; Elroy, born August 22, 1874; Fred J., born March 22, 1887; and Glen I., born April 26, 1882. James H. is the pastor of the Wesleyan Methodist church of which his mother is a member. He married Philinda Sprague July 20, 1892. Elsie R. married George Silsbury, May 12, 1886. Four of the children are teachers, and the rest are going to school and attending to the farm.


Bronson, James S. Family Sketch

James S. Bronson, was born November 14, 1822. His grandfather, Solomon Bronson, was born in Oneida county, and came to Wayland and settled near Loon Lake, where he took up 1,200 acres. He was a Methodist minister, and also followed farming some. He died at sixty-five years of age. James Bronson, father of James S. , was born in Oneida county, and came to Steuben county with his father when nineteen years of age. He was a member of the M. E. Conference about forty years, and in connection with his ministry, he farmed it and dealt in lumber, and also was the owner of a store. He was a member of the F. and A. M. He married Lida Pierce, who was born in Otsego county, and died at seventy-five years of age, by whom he had six children-. Maria, Lida Ann, Jane, James S. , Levi C., and Julyann. Mr. Bronson died at eighty-four years of age. James S. Bronson was educated at Dansville. He has owned two saw mills and followed farming on a farm located near Haskinville; he has been a correspondent to seventeen different editors’ papers, and has been justice of the peace. He married Hannah, daughter of Hon. William C. Rogers of South Dansville. She was a teacher in the public school, and died November 18, 1889.


Buck, Charles Albert Family Sketch

Charles Albert Buck. — His grandfather, John A. Buck, was one of the first settlers of Fremont, coming there about 1812, and died at Hornellsville, N. Y. , at the age of ninety-two years. Charles E. Buck was born in Fremont in 1818, being the first male child born in that town, and was a farmer by occupation. He married Sarah Patchin, who was born in the town of Way land in 1807, and three children were born to them: Walter, Charles Albert, as above, and . Mrs. Buck was a member of the Methodist church, and died at the age of eighty-two years. Mr. Buck died in the town of Fremont, March 23, 1868. Charles Albert was born March 20, 1851, educated at the Rogersville Union Seminary, and was a carpenter by trade for about five years, but has since followed farming, owning a farm of 300 acres about one half mile from Big Creek. He is master of the Big Creek Grange, No. 324. December 30, 1874, Mr. Buck married Chloe M., daughter of George M. Franklin, of the town of Howard. She was born September 2, 1854, and has a good common school edu- cation, is a doctress in Hornellsville. Call C. M. Buck, Faith Medium Healer, office No. 5 Bennett street, Hornellsville. Mr. and Mrs. Buck are the parents of three children: Dora May, born October 24, 1879; George A., born August 30, 1882, died September 23, 1886; and Murtil, born February 2, 1892, who died in infancy. They have adopted two children: Ida May Johnson, born February 2, 1878, and Clare Earl Johnson, born June 16, 1881.


Burdin, T. D. Family Sketch

Burdin, T. D. — His grandfather, James Burdin, was born in Madison county, N.Y., and came to the town of Howard, where he located and followed farming. He died October 11, 1848, aged sixty-nine years, and his wife Mary died January 23, 1860. The father of our subject was John Burdin, who was born in Madison county, N.Y., in 180b, and died December 5, 1861. His wife Betsey A. died December 30, 1882, aged seventy-four years. While he lived in Madison county he was a section boss on the Cherry Valley Turnpike, but he located on a farm when he came to Hornells- ville in 1835. They also kept a temperance hotel on Big Creek, four miles east of Hornellsville. Mr. and Mrs. Burdin were members of the Presbyterian church. They were the parents of four children: Daniel S., who died in 1860, James Henry, Timothy Dwight, and Julia Ann, died October 3, 1847. T. D. Burdin was born in the town of Hornellsville, May 13, 1838, and was educated in the common schools. He drove on the stage route between Bath and Hornellsville for five years, and has since followed farming. He was elected assessor two terms, and was poormaster three terms. He is a member of the United Workmen No. 249, also of Big Creek Grange No. 824. August 25, 1861, he married Mary, daughter of Cornelius Fisher of the town of Fremont, and they have two children: Julia May, born December 22, 1862, wife of Charles A. Stillman, who works his father-in-law’s farm, and is a pattern rriaker by trade; and Oris E., born June 21, 1867, and died at the age of twenty-two years.


Cotton, Samuel S. Family Sketch

Samuel S. Cotton, was born September 20, 1831. His grandfatner, Daniel Cotton, was born in Washington county, N. Y., where he died while quite a young man. Henry Cotton, father of Samuel S., was born in Washington county, N. Y., June 22, 1802. He married Elmira Martin, who was born in Washington county, N. Y., in 1804, by whom he had five children; Silas; Lydia Ann Collins, who was born in 1837; Samuel, as above; Daniel, of Rochester; and Julia Bowen, who was born in 1843. He came to the town of Howard (now Fremont) in 1819, and engaged in farming and buying stock. He has held the office of assessor in the town of Howard for three years. He died in the town of Fremont, March 4, 1884, and his wife died in March, 1854. Samuel S. Cotton was educated in Alfred Academy, after which he engaged in farming and has bought a great many cattle and sheep. He owns 166 acres of' land in the town of Fremont and 250 acres in Indiana. He has been super- visor of the town of Fremont for five years. He is a member of the Hornellsville chapter No. 101, F. and A. M., also a member of the I. O. O. F. No. 144, of Wallace. At Beachville, in April, 1851, he married Sarah Carrington, who w T as born in South Dansville, May 22, 1832. She has been a teacher in the common schools. Her father, Joel Carrington, was born in Washington county, N. Y., and died in Avoca. He was a member of the Legislature two years. Mr. and Mrs. Cotton have two children: Cameron, who was born September 8, 1852. He married Cornelia Miller, and they are living in Bath, where he is running a machine shop, and has held the office of game protector; and Josephine Hamilton, who was born October 3, 1854, and lives in Howard.


Dartt, Burton Family Sketch

Burton Dartt. — His grandfather, Joshua, was born in Vermont, and came with his father to Pennsylvania, and from there to Steuben county, locating on the old turn- pike road between Bath and Hornellsville, where he lived to an old age. Franklin Dartt, father of Burton, was born in Pennsylvania, near Blossburg, Tioga county, in 1809, and came to Howard at the age of about twelve years, where he learned the trade of cloth dressing and carding, which business he followed all his life. He married Louisa Dort, who died five years later. For his second wife he married Lidda Clisba, who was born in June 1805, and died in Michigan in 1807. From this union there were four children: Byron H., born Decemher 10, 1836; Burton, born August 18, 1838; Phebe Jane, born in 1842; and Esther Ann, born July 1, 1848. Burton Dartt received a good common school education, and worked in a steam mill for a time, and has since followed farming, having a farm of 141 acres which is located on Windom Hill. He has been inspector of election four years, and also held the office of assessor of the town of Fremont for four years. November 17, 1862, he married Helen M. Demery, who was born May 24 1839, and they have one child, Esther Jane Gray, who was born October 2, 1867, and married March 29, 1885, and has one child, Doras B. Gray, who was born August 28, 1889.


Davis, Lewis A. Family Sketch

Lewis A. Davis, was born in Fremont, N. Y., April 25, 1851. His father, James Davis, "was born in 1815, in the east, of English stock, and came to South Dansville, where he lived until about seventy-five years of age. He was a mason by trade, but followed farming and coopering some. He married Phoebe, daughter of William Osborn of Dansville, who was born in 1821, and died in 1864, by whom he had seven children: Thomas, Anson, Urvilla, Charles, Clarinda, Moses, and Lewis A. His second wife was Sarah Haines, who is still living, and in the west. Lewis A Davis nas always followed farming. He is a member of Stephens Mills Grange, No. 308, and has held the office of collector for two years for the town of Fremont. September 7, 1867, he married Jennie E. Mack, who was born December 17, 1852, daughter of Elisha Mack, who was a railroad man and was killed by lightning. They have two children: Elisha Fay, who was born February 5, 1870, and married Minnie Schaumberg, and is living in Hornellsville where he is clerking in a store ; and Horace Mack, who was born May 19, 1881.

Dunn, Melvin Family Sketch

Melvin Dunn, was born August 25, 1847. His father, Asa Dunn, was born in 1809, and died April 18, 1886, aged seventy-six years. He has always lived around Loon Lake, and he married Samantha, daughter of John Randall, who was born in Massachusetts, July 25, 1821, by whom he had five children: John and Leona, deceased ; Melvina, who married Henry Haw; Melvin, as above; and Albert A. Melvin Dunn received a common school education, after which he engaged in farming, and now owns a farm of 106 acres, near Haskinville. November 29, 1869, he married Delight Salisbury, who was born in the town of Burns, September 8, 1848, by whom he had five children: George B., who was born July 8, 1872; Mertie A., who was born March 18, 1874; Melvin A., who was born April 18, 1877; Carrie R., who was born September 21, 1881; and Arthur W., who was born September 18, 1883. George B. married Mabel Razey, and Mertie married Louis Rowley.


Huganir, Charles Family Sketch

Charles Huganir, was born May 11, 1846. His father, Adam Huganir, located on the Brayton farm in the town of Howard, and which is now owned by his son, to which he has added until he now owns 258 acres, January 29, 1826, he married Catherine Voorhees, a native of Herkimer county, N. Y., by whom he had ten children: David, born January 12, 1828; Jane Ann, born November 18, 1829; Voorhees, born August 4, 1881; Barbara, born July 26, 1888; Maria, born June 9, 1885; Hannah, born April 21, 1887; Elizabeth, born August 10, 1839; Leonard, born September 3, 1841; Pamelia, born March 1, 1843; and Charles, as above, who was educated at Rogersville Seminary, and has always followed farming. At Howard, N.Y., May 2, 1882, he married Etta Saxton, who died January 11, 1894, by whom he had two children: Lena L., born November 9, 1886, and Guy C., born March 12, 1889.

Huguanir, David A. Family Sketch

David A. Huguanir, was born January 12, 1827. His grandfather was born at Kinderhook, Columbia county, N. Y., and his father was one of the Huguenot French stock. He lived and died in Montgomery county, N. Y., at eighty-six years of age. Adam Huguanir, father of David A., was born at Kinderhook, Columbia county, N. Y., and came to Montgomery county, where he lived for about forty-seven years and followed general farming. He came to the town of Howard (now Fremont) and purchased the Brayton farm, northeast of Fremont Center, where he died in September, 1884, aged eighty-six years. In 1826 he married a daughter of Adam Voorhees, who died two days after her husband, in September, 1884. They had ten children: David A., as above; Jane Ann, who was born November 18, 1829; Lewis Voorhees, who was born August 4, 1831; Barbara, who was born July 6, 1833; Maria, who was born June 9, 1835; Hannah, who was born in April, 1837; Elizabeth, who was born in April, 1839; Leonard, who was born September 3, 1843; Pnmila, who was born in June, 1844; and Charles, who was born in April, 1846. David A. Huguanir, attended school in Montgomery county, N. Y., and when twenty-two years of age came to Howard and engaged in farming. In 1856 he purchased the farm where he now lives, and now has 140 acres of land. He is a member of Grange No. 308, Stephens Mills, N. Y. June 1, 1854, he married Ellen, daughter of Abram Van Evra, of Lockport, who was born in Montgomery county, N. Y. , December 31, 1833, by whom he had two children: Amenzo D., who was born March 9, 1856. He married Ella Cook, daughter of Henry Cook, of Avoca; and Adelbert, who was born June 13, 1859. He married Ida Jones, daughter of Seymour Jones, of Fremont, N. Y., and he is now assessor of the town of Fremont.


Huguanir, Leonard N. Family Sketch

Leonard N. Huguanir — His grandfather was born at Kinderhook, Columbia county, N. Y., was a French Huguenot, and died in Montgomery county, N. Y., at the age of eighty-six years. Leonard’s father, Adam Huguanir, who was born in Montgomery countv, N. Y., in 1799, was brought up on a farm and attended district school. He married Catherine Voorhees, who was born in April, 1806, and they moved to the town of Howard (now Fremont) and bought a farm, where he engaged in farming the remainder of his life. They were the parents of ten children: David A., born lanuary 12, 1827; Jane Ann, born in 1829, deceased; Lewis Voorhees, born in 1831, deceased; Barbara, born in 1833, deceased; Maria, born June 9, 1835; Hannah, born in April, 1837; Elizabeth, born in April, 1839; Leonard N., our subject, born September 3, 1843; Primla, born in June, 1844, and Charles, born in April, 1846. Leonard N. was educated in Franklin Academy, at Prattsburg, Steuben county, N. Y. He enlisted in the 141st N. Y. Vols., Co. F, was wounded at Dallas, Georgia, and was mustered out of the service at the close of the war, receiving an honorable discharge. November 26, 1873, he married Rose Holden, at Salamanca, N. Y., born at Fremont, May 12, 1855. They are members of the Advent church. Mr. and Mrs. Huguanir have three children: Pearl E., born February 16, 1877, who commenced teaching school when she was but sixteen years old;. Leon C., born February 27, 1879, and Lloyd B., born February 27, 1886. Mrs. Huguanir’s father, Stephen Holden, was born in Connecticut and came to the town of Fremont, where he purchased a farm. November 8, 1887, he married Catherine Wright of Dansville, N. Y., and died in April, 1879, at Salamanca, N. Y.


Hulbert, Freeman Family Sketch

Freeman Hulbert, was born December 20, 1840. His grandfather, Moses Hulbert, was born in Hampshire county. Mass., August 7, 1770. In 1816 he came to Dansville and bought a farm on Oak Hill where he followed the cooper’s trade, and where he died. Justus Hulbert, father of Freeman, was born at Fort Ann, Washington county, November 12, 1810, and came to Dansville with his father, where he followed farming. The first fifty acres he purchased on Oak Hill, at eighteen shillings per acre, and he owned about seventy-five acres when he died at forty-six years of age. In 1838, he married Catherine Flickinger, who was born in Dansville, N. Y., May 5, 1819, by whom he had four children: Freeman, as above; Diana, who married Daniel Sager; Amelia, who married John Scherer; and Charles Hulbert. Free- man Hulbert has always followed farming, and he purchased the farm in Fremont, on which he now lives, thirty years ago. November 1, 1865, he married Mary A. Cridler, who was born in Dansville, March 20, 1840, daughter of Daniel Cridler, by whom he had one child, Ira Justus, who was born September 25, 1866, and who was educated at Rogersville Union Seminary. March 5, 1890, he married May L. Kriedler, who was born December 6, 1870, and died October 28, 1890.


Kilbury, Andrew Family Sketch

Andrew Kilbury, was born February 22, 1844. His grandfather, Robert Kilbury, was born in Vermont, and moved to South Dansville, then to Indiana, where he followed farming. Robert Kilbury, father of Andrew, was born in Vermont, May 9, 1796, aud came to Dansville in 1814, and located on a farm one mile north of Fre- mont Center. He married Eunice Karington, who was born in Waahington county, N. Y., January 29, 1804, by whom he had ten children: Sarah Jane, who was born December 20, 1821; Eli C., who was born in 1823; Edwin R., who was born September 2, 1825; Robert S., who was born June 9, 1827; Phebe A., who was born July 15, 1829; Mary M., who was born December 9, 1832; Patience B., who was born February 1, 1834; and died Febuary 6, 1841; Joel C., who was born September 13, 1838, Andrew, as above; and Lafayette, who was born August 21, 1846, and died January 12, 1849. Mr. Kilbury died in 1884. Andrew Kilbury was reared on a farm, and has followed farming the most of his life. He enlisted in the 189th Regt., which served in the Army of the Potomac, Fifth Army Corps, and was discharged at the close of the war. He is a member of Doughty Post, G. A. R., No. 226, also a member of the A. O. U. W. January 15, 1877, he married Harriet McNaughton, who was born in Howard, March 20, 1847, by whom he had two children: Dee, who was born August 30, 1874; and Camilia, who was born February 11, 1884.


Kilbury, Joel Family Sketch

Kilbury, Joel. — His grandfather, Robert Kilbury, was born in Vermont in 1765, and moved to the town of Dansville and settled on the farm now ovffied by William Cridler, and from there went to Indiana, where he died. Joel’s father, Robert Kilbury, who was born in Vermont in 1821, came to Dansville with his father, where he purchased a farm a little north of Fremont Center. In 1821 he married Eunice Carrington, who was born in Washington county, N. Y. They were members of the Baptist church. He died at the age of eighty-seven, and she, in 1891. They were the parents of ten children, two of whom died in infancy: Sarah Jane Faulkner, born in 1822; Eli C., born in 1823; Edwin R., born in 1825; Robert Smith, born in 1827; Phebe A. Gates, born in 1829; Mary M. Cotton, born in 1831; Joel C., born September 11, 1839; and Andrew, born in 1835. Joel was educated at the Rogersville Seminary. In 1862 he went to California, where he remained two years, and when he returned he purchased his father’s farm, where he now resides. He has held the offices of supervisor and highway commissioner of the town of Fremont. Mr. Kilbury married Harriet Horten, in 1864, and eight children were born to them: Mary Eugena Lessig, born in 1866; Edwin R., born in 1867; Harriet E., born in 1870; Alfred Horton, born in 1872; Charles S., born in 1875; Guy Me., born in 1880; Paullina May, born in 1883; and Merlin J., born in 1887. David H. Lessig, husband of Mary Eugena Lessig, is a merchant in Indiana. Edwin R. is a merchant at Fremont Center.


Lake, Charles G. Family Sketch

Lake, Charles G. — His grandfather was Robert Lake, who died at sixty years of age. Israel Lake, father of Charles G., was born in Hector, Schuyler county, N.Y., in 1818, and died at seventy-three years of age. He has always followed fanning, and was a member of Big Creek Grange No. 324. He married first Clarissa White, by whom he had these children: Martin (deceased), Mary, Martha, Miranda, Maria, Estella, Hubbard M., and Melvin. He married second Christian N., daughter of John Wanner, of the town of Sparta, and had one son, Charles G., who attended school at Hornellsville, after which he engaged in farming, and now owns a farm of ninety-one acres on Big Creek. He is a member of Big Creek Grange No. 324. His mother’s first husband was William Magee, and with this union there were six children: Worden, born June 15, 1851; Sheldon, born July 11, 1852, who was killed by a train at Groveland, November 1, 1890; Frank, born October 17, 1853, and died at Stockton, Cal.; Sarah, born June 26, 1856; Maggie, born June 28, 1860; and Idell, born June 12, 1862. Mr. Magee was a soldier in the late Rebellion, enlisted in the 161st N. Y. Vols., Co. C, and died at Baton Rouge, La., June 1, 1863.


McCollum, Finley Family Sketch

McCollum, Finley, was born February 4, 1827. His grandfather on his mother’s side, John Stevenson, was born in Scotland, and came to America about 1778, and located in Washington county, where he lived for a time and in 1820 came to Howard • where he was one of the first settlers, and engaged in farming. He died in 1864. Hugh McCollum, father of Finley, was born in Montgomery county, N. Y., January 24, 1777, and came to Howard and located on a farm one mile south of Big Creek, where he engaged in farming in summer and taught school during the winter for about twenty terms. He died March 16, 1882. In 1824 he married Jane Stevenson, who was born February 28, 1806, and died August 2, 1867, by whom he had three children:' Daniel S, born June 20, 1825; Finley, as above; and Katherine, born February 14, 1829. Daniel S. is unmarried and lives with his brother Finley, who has a farm of 124 acres. Katherine married John Brasted; he died and she moved to Nebraska with her family. Finley McCollum received a good education, and is located on a farm one mile south of Big Creek, where he is engaged in farming. He has held the office of justice of the peace four years and assessor six years. March 11, 1858, he married Eunice Cross, who died November 4, 1859, by whom he had one child, Eunice May, born July 27, 1859, and died October 2. 1871. June 14, 1864, he married for his second wife, Cyntha Jane, daughter of John Burdick of Allegany county, N. Y., by whom he had one child, Finley Ray, born January 28, 1866, and lives at home.


Nipher, Melvin Family Sketch

Nipher, Melvin, was born January 11, 1851. His grandfather was born in Germany, and emigrated to this country, coming to Montgomery county, N. Y., thence to the town of Avoca, and from there he came with his son, John Nipher, to the town of Fremont, where he died at eighty years of age. John Nipher, father of Melvin, was born in Montgomery county, N. Y., July 12, 1818, and came to Howard, and from there to Fremont, where he located on a farm of eighty-two acres and engaged in farming. In 1840 he married Polly A., daughter of Charles Roberts, who was born in Howard, March 10, 1822, and died December 14, 1884, by whom he had three children: Matilda, born July 22, 1848, and died July 25, 1885; Dewitt, born in 1849, and died in 1850; and Melvin, as above, who received a good common school education, and has always followed farming. He has held the office of assessor of the town of Fremont, and is justice of the peace. November 14, 1878, he married Emeranda, daughter of Philo Baker, who was born November 5, 1846, by whom he had two children: Inez, born April 10, 1880; John P., born February 9, 1882.


Orr, Ira Family Sketch

Orr, Ira, was born in the town of Reading, Schuyler county, N. Y., December 25, 1820. His father, Peter Orr, was born in Ireland, in 1797, and came to America in 1811, and settled at Fort Ann, near Lake Champlain, where he engaged in shoemaking. He lived at several places in New York, and at last went to the town of Barry, Barry county, Mich., where he bought a farm of eighty acres. He married Jerusha Griswold, who was born near Fort Ann, and died at sixty years of age, by whom he had five children: Auswell, Ira, as above, Jane, William, and Mary. Ira Orr has always followed farming. He has lived at several places m Steuben county, and is the owner of the old Captain Merritt farm of 100 acres, where he has lived thirty-six years. He married Mary Holt, who was born at Bennett's Creek, Steuben county, June 14, 1823, by whom he had five children: Ida Isadore, who married D. F. Halsey; Viola, deceased; Oliver, who married Katie Billings; Mary, who married Scott Juel; and Ira, who married Nellie Demerest.


Osborn, A. D. Family Sketch

Osborn, A. D., was born December 1, 1835. His father, Lewis Osborn, was born in Scipio, N. Y., and in 1837 he came to Dansville and settled on a farm of 150 acres. He was a mason by trade. He married Samantha Gates, who was born May 20, 1812, and died in July, 1866, by whom he had two children: A. D., as above; and L. M., who was born August 31, 1837. A. D. Osborn received a common school education, and has always been a farmer, and owns a farm of eighty-nine acres. He is a member of Stephens Mills Grange, No. 308. He has visited a number of the Western States, and at one time lived in Hartsville. January 3, 1858, he married Caroline, daughter of John Ingles, who was born in New Hampshire, October 3, 1832, by whom he had five children: Frances V., who was born January 1, 1859, and died October 20, 1869; Willis L., who was born December 24, 1863, and died October 31, 1869; Albert A., who was born January 21, 1872; and Clara, who was born May 29, 1873.


Osborn, L. M. Family Sketch

Osborn, L. M., was born August 31, 1837. His grandfather, William Osborn, was born in Scipio, N. Y., and moved to South Dansville, where he followed farming. He died at ninety-seven years of age. Lewis Osborn, father of L. M., was born in Scipio, August 6, 1806, and died August 27, 1852. He was a mason by trade, but followed farming, and owned a farm of 150 acres. He married Samantha Gates, born May 20, 1812, and died July 29, 1865, by whom he had two children: Alfonzo A., born December 1, 1835; and L. M., as above, who was educated at the Rogersville Seminary and taught school a number of terms. He married Rosetta, daughter of John Redman, of the town of Ossian, born June 26, 1844, and by whom he had six children: Samantha Elizabeth, born November 21, 1863, and married Michael J. Fries; Bertha Luella, born February 23, 1867, and married Smith Harden; Pheba Jane, born October 21, 1868, and married Gideon M. Southgate; Lewis Frederick, born October 9, 1870; Susie May, born September 2, 1875; and Dora Ethel, born July 28, 1885.


Pinchin, A. A. Family Sketch

Pinchin, A. A., was born June 28, 1849. His father, Albin Pinchin, was born in the town of Mooers, Clinton county, N. Y., February 10, 1820, and came to Arkport when seventeen years of age, where he engaged in farming, and also run a saw-mill a part of the time and dealt quite extensively in the lumber business. He now lives at Almond, Allegany county, N. Y. He married Adaline R., daughter of David Whitford, who was born May 25, 1824, by whom he had one child, A. A., as above, who was educated at Rogersville Seminary and Alfred University, and is by occupation a farmer. He married Frances Bell Hunt, born February 24, 1854, daughter of Nathaniel Huut of Mount Morris, by whom he had three children; Mary Ada, born May 7, 1878; Lloyd Arthur, born June 4, 1883; and Otha H., born March 1, 1887.


Rider, Myron H. Family Sketch

Rider, Myron H., was born in Fremont, N. Y., May 18, 1848. His grandfather was born in Massachusetts in 1766, and moved to Dutchess county, N. Y., thence to Saratoga county, N. Y., and in 1811 he came to what is now Fremont, where he was one of the oldest settlers. He died in 1868. The father of our subject was born in Saratoga county, N. Y., and came to Fremont with his father in 1811. He was a mechanic, but his principal occupation was farming. He has a good common school education, and has held the office of assessor of the town. He was also member of the Presbyterian church at Howard. He married Eliza Mosher, by whom he had three children: Harriet A., who was born in September, 1881; Orrin L., who was born in 1888; and Samuel E., who was born in 1886. His wife died in 1886, and in 1888, he married Elizabeth Connor, who was born in Saratoga county, N. Y., in 1811, by whom he had one child, Myron H., as above, who received a common school education, after which he engaged in farming, and now owns a farm of 126 acres near Haskinsville. At Howard, N. Y., April 26, 1869, he married Eliza J. Cornue, who was born October 11, 1845, in Prattsburg, by whom he had three children: Archie C., who was born May 24, 1.878; Derry S., who was born April 5, 1882: and Carrie S., whb was born July 26, 1884. Samuel E. Rider, brother of our subject, served in the Rebellion, in the 141st N. Y. Vols., and died in the service.


Robison, Simeon Family Sketch

Robison, Simeon, was born July 15, 1881. His father, Elisha Robison, was born jn Vermont, in 1795, and came to South Dansville when eighteen years of age, and took up a lot on what is called Cream Hill, and lived to be ninety-three years of age. He was a soldier of the war of 1812. He was a shoemaker by trade, but his principal occupation was farming. He returned to Vermont and married Lucinda, daughter of Simeon Wood, of Vermont, by whom he had thirteen children: Marcenia, George, Mordicai, John, Matilda, Phoebe Ann, Hannah, William, Simeon, Sarah, Helen, Liscomb, and James Henry. By his second wife he had two children: Olive, and Oscar. Simeon Robison received a common school education, and has been salesman and collector on the road for twenty years, but is now engaged in farming. June 27, 1852, he married Harriet Amelia, daughter of Lorenzo Demery of South Dansville, who was born May 20, 1884, by whom he had one child, Cassius L., born June 26, 1857, and who married Lillian, daughter of John McNorton of Harden Hill, town of Fremont, born in March, 1858. He is a farmer, and owns a farm of 184 acres, and his father, our subject, owns a farm of 110 acres.

Shepard, George W. Family Sketch

Shepard, George W., was born in October 26, 1823. His grandfather, Jacob Shepard, was born in England in 1742. He followed coopering on the sea, and was at New Haven at the time it was burned by the English. He came to Greenwood, Steuben county, N. Y., where he died. Obed Shepard, father of George W., was born in New Haven, Conn., August 24, 1786. He wras a farmer and came to Tompkins county, thence to Greenwood, Steuben county, and from there to Wisconsin, where he died at seventy-one years of age. He married Lucilva, daughter of William Spaulding, who was born January 3, 1791, and died March 30, 1862, by whom he he had seven children: William D., Bradley, Sally M., Susan M., George W., as above, Calvin, and Harriett Jane. George W. has a good common school education, and has been a blacksmith in Hornellsville for about thirty-five years. He is now located on a farm of 160 acres, on Big Creek, five miles from Hornellsville. He married Rebecca, daughter of Philo Walbridge of Hornellsviille, by whom he had four children: Lida L., born June 10, 1849, and died at eleven years of age; Jane L., born April 10, 1851, and died at nine years of age; Mary Jane, born. April 21, 1855, and married Hiram Spaulding, and they have one child, George H.; and George H., born March 30, 1862, and who married Alice Donum, and works his father’s farm.


Stephens, J. D. Family Sketch

Stephens, J. D., was born November 9, 1843. His grandfather, Joshua Stephens, was born in Canisteo, N. Y., and was killed by the Indians while hunting for his oxen, at thirty-two years of age. D. C. Stephens, father of J. D., was born in Canisteo, N. Y., April 25, 1817, and has always followed farming, and now owns a farm of 120 acres. He is a member of the F. & A, M., at Canisteo. He married Amanda, daughter of John Hamilton of Howard, by whom he had five children: J. D., as above; Joshua B.; Emmett L.; Anna, who died at twenty-four years of age; and Henry L. J. D. Stephens was educated in the common schools, after which he engaged in the music business and was an agent on the road for about seven years, but farming has been his principal occupation, and he now owns a farm of 125 acres. He has been assessor two years, and is a member of the F. & A. M,, No, 65, Canisteo, also a member of Stephens Mills Grange, No. 308. He married Sarah E. Allice, who was born in 1843, and died at forty years of age. He married for his second wife, Rose C., daughter of William White, by whom he had three children: Anna M., who was born March 19, 1887; Lois, who was born March 13, 1888; and Mary, who was born April 11, 1891, and died in infancy.


Travis, Leroy Family Sketch

Travis, Leroy. — His grandfather Travis -was born in Pennsylvania, and moved from there to Sparta, Livingston county, N. Y. Leroy’s father, James Travis, was born in the town of Horn ells ville (now Fremont), and died at the age of forty-nine years. He was a farmer by occupation and owned a farm of 110 acres one mile south of Fremont Center. He was a member of the Odd Fellows Lodge. Leroy Travis received a common school education, and owns his father’s farm, where he was born. He has been town auditor and inspector for a number of years, and is a member of Stephen’s Mill Grange, No. 308. For his first wife he married Clara Langs of Hornellsville, who died at the age of thirty-eight years. Five children were born to them: Arthur, born July 19, 1871, died March 21, 1876; Minnie, born February 9, 1876, wife of Elah Armstrong; Byron, born September 5, 1878; George, born September 15, 1882; and John, born March 29, 1884. October 1, 1885, he married Wealthy, daughter of Benjamin Wise, who was a soldier in the Rebellion. She was born June 10, 1856, and for her first husband married Don Gardner of Yates county, N.Y., and two children were born to them; Mary, born July 5, 1879, and James, born February 18, 1882. Mr. Travis is agent for the Syracuse Chilled Plow Co.


Van Keuren, James Family Sketch

Van Keuren, James, was born May 14, 1856. His grandfather, Philip Van Keuren, was born near Newburg, N. Y., and went to Groton, Tompkins county, thence to Smith Valley, Schuyler county, and finally located in Fremont, Steuben county, where he died in 1862. Tcherick P. Van Keuren, father of James, was born near Newffiurg, N. Y., in 1815, and died February 11, 1888. He came to Fremont in 1856 and located on a farm one-half mile north of Big Creek post-office, where he engaged in farming and teaching school. He taught school twenty-five years, and held the office of justice of the peace sixteen years. He was a member of the P. of H., No. 824. In 1852 he married Elenore B. Spaulding, who was born in 1825, and died August 29, 1893. By this union he had five children: Mary F., born September 6, 1854, and married George R. Burdett, December 31, 1878; James, as above; George S., born August 4, 1858; Frank G., born June 1, 1860, and died December 5, 1884; and Fred, born March 26, 1865. James Van Keuren received a liberal education at Howard public school, and located on and owns the old homestead of 150 acres, where he is engaged in farming. He is a member of the P. of H., No. 324, Big Creek. March 20, 1891, he married Alice, daughter ' of Harrison Russel. George S. Van Keuren owns a farm of ninety-six acres adjoining the old homestead. He was educated at Canisteo Academy, and has taught school ten terms; and has also held the office of supervisor two terms. He is a member of the P. of H., No. 324. December 24, 1892, he married Minnie, daughter of Eli T. Weld, by whom he has one child, Fremont W., born October 29, 1893. Fred Van Keuren owns a farm of seventy-five acres one-half mile south of Big Creek post-office. He was educated at Canisteo Academy, and is engaged in farming and teaching school. He is also a member of the P of H., No. 324, Big Creek.