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Seth
Baker was born in 1799 in
Granville
,
Washington
county, NY. He was a son of
Alpheus Baker, one of the pioneers of
Andover
. When quite young his
father located at
Andover
, he having settled in the town
July 17th, 1807
. Mr. Baker learned the
trade of millwright and carpenter, which has been his principal business
through life. He worked on
most of the early mills of that section.
He has lived many years on the farm which he now owns.
He owns a flouring mill built some years since.
When about twenty-five years old he was married to Miss Elizabeth
Woodruff, of
Andover
. (History of Allegany County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
Thaddeus
Baker, M.D. (son of Thaddeus Baker,senior,
a surveyor in the employ of the land company), was born in
Poultney,
Rutland
county, VT, in 1806, and came with his father to
Andover
in 1807. Mr. Baker, (senior)
located four hundred acres of land where the village of Andover now
stands, and resided till his death, in 1845, on the old homestead in the
north part of the village, where Dr. Baker has always lived and
practiced medicine during the last forty years.
He has served as justice of the peace sixteen years and several
years as school inspector and town clerk.
In 1835 he was married to Miss Sarah Spicer, of
Andover
. (History of Allegany County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
Robert
R. Boyd, a native of
Orange
county, came from
Ontario
county in 1819 and located in
Andover
on lot 40, where he lived till his death, in 1855, in his eighty-fifth
year. His son, Robert R.
Boyd, was born in Canandaigua in 1817 and came to the town with his
father, and has always lived on the old homestead, of which he is the
present owner. He was
married in 1842 to Miss Delana A. Green, of Alfred.
He served eighteen years as commissioner of highways.
(History of Allegany County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
H.P.
Benton, son of Eben Benton, was born in Franklin, Cattaraugus county, in
1830. He moved with his
father to
Livonia
,
Livingston
county, at the age of four, and from there to Oramel in 1852, where he
was engaged in lumbering five years.
He then engaged in the drug trade at the same place till 1864,
when he removed to Andover and continued in the same business till 1875,
when he retired on account of poor health.
He served one year as town clerk of
Andover
. In 1860 he was married to
Hannah B. Spaulding, of
North Canaan
, Litchfield county,
Conn.
(History of Allegany
County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
Benjamin
C. Brundage was born in
Sussex
county, NJ, in 1820. At the
age of four he moved with his father’s family to
Bath
, Steuben county, and in
1830 to
Greenwood
, Steuben county; in 1846 he
went to Hornellsville and read law with Reynolds & Brundage, and was
admitted to the bar in 1848. In
1849 he came to
Andover
, where he has since been engaged in the practice of his profession.
He has served eight years as justice of the peace and ten years
as notary public. (History
of Allegany County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
Edwin
Brown was born in Fabius, Onondaga county, in 1808, and came to
Andover
in 1818 and settled on lot 108, where he lived till 1872, when he moved
to the
village
of
Andover
, where he now lives retired, still owning a part of the old homestead.
He was married in 1832 to S. A. Popple, of
Andover
, who died in July, 1871. In
September, 1872, Mr. Brown married Lois Preston, of the same town.
(History of Allegany County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
Silas
G. Burdick was born
January 20th, 1842
, in
Brookfield
,
Madison
county. He came to
Andover
from
Centralia
,
Ill.
, in August, 1874. Mr.
Burdick has been a teacher since 1860 and is the present principal of
the
Andover
graded school. He was a
member of the 85th
New York
volunteers from
August 21st, 1861
, to
June 9th, 1865
, and a prisoner from
April 20th, 1864
, to
March 1st, 1865
. (History of Allegany
County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
William
L. Catlin was born in Tioga county, PA, in 1828.
He located in Wellsville in 1856, and in 1858 engaged in
manufacturing family medicines. In
1873 he formed a partnership with Mr. Harman, of
Andover
, which was continued one year. Since
its expiration Mr. Catlin has carried on the manufacture and sale of his
remedies alone. He resides
on his farm near
Elm
Valley
, where he located in 1865. He
was married in 1848 to Elizabeth P. Kemp, of Tioga county, PA.
He served nine months in the Rebellion in the 16th
New York
cavalry. (History of Allegany County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
Jeremiah
Clarke, son of Samuel B. Clarke, was born in
Madison
county, in 1825, and came the same year with his father to
Andover
. In 1845 he bought his
present farm, on lots number 95 and 96, and located on it in 1851.
He was assessor six years. In
1851 he was married to Catharine Crandall, of
Independence
. (History of Allegany
County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
Stephen
S. Clarke was born in
Madison
county, in 1811, and came with his father, Samuel Clarke, in 1825 to
Andover
, and located on the farm that he now owns, on lot 96.
He was married in 1844 to Azubah Woodcock, of
Independence
, and the same year bought the old homestead.
He has served seventeen years as justice of the peace.
(History of Allegany County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
Roswell
L. Cobb was born in
Windham
,
Windham
county, VT,
April 8th, 1817
, and came to
Andover
in March, 1869. He is a
farmer and lumberman. He
purchased the farm which he now owns of Horace Leet.
It was at one time owned by Peter Bundy, by whom most of the farm
was cleared. Mr. Cobb was
married in 1843 to Miss Ellen S. Howard, of
Townsend
,
VT.
(History of Allegany County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
H.
W. Cook, youngest son of Ziba Cook, was born
March 16th, 1846
. He is engaged in farming
and resides with his father. (History
of Allegany County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
Ziba
Cook was born in Dryden, Tompkins county.
His father moved to
Greenwood
, Steuben county, about 1829. Mr.
Cook was married
April 30th, 1839
, to Miss Orpha Johnson, of
Greenwood
, and soon after settled on the farm in
Andover
on which he now resides. He
owns about one hundred and fifty acres of land. (History of Allegany
County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
J.
M. Goodwin was born in Lansing, Tompkins county, in 1817, and came from
there to
Andover
in 1830. He learned the
trade of harness maker at Angelica and commenced business in
Andover
in 1838. In 1840 he was
married to Maria E. Elwell, of Otego, Otsego county, who was born in
1820. (History of Allegany
County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
John
J. Harman, M. D., a son of Jeremiah Harman, was born in Almond, in 1817,
and came to
Andover
in 1844. He studied medicine
with Dr. Hartshorn, of Alfred, and was engaged in the practice of his
profession in
Andover
till 1859, when he engaged in mercantile business, in which he continued
till 1874, since which time he has been engaged in farming and private
banking. He was supervisor
of the town five years. In
1874 he was married to Eliza A. Clark, of Geneseo,
Livingston
county. (History of Allegany County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
William
Hunt, a son of Parley Hunt, was born in Alfred, in 1832.
He lived in Almond and in Hornellsville, Steuben county, and came
from the latter place to
Andover
in 1850, and has been engaged in farming and lumbering most of the time
since. He kept a hotel for a
short time. At present he is
engaged in farming and the livery business.
He was married in 1862, to Frances V. Bundy, of
Andover
. (History of Allegany
County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
Theodore
Livermore was born in
Madison
county, in 1821, and came with his father, Samuel Livermore, to
Green’s Corners in 1823. In
1854 he settled on his present farm, on lot 49, in
Andover
. He was married in 1839 to
Rebecca Graves, of Willing. He
served three years in the Rebellion with the 1st N. Y.
Dragoons. (History of
Allegany County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
Henry
McConnell was born in
Ireland
in 1829. He came to
Canada
in 1845, and lived there till 1862, when he removed to
Corning
, Steuben county, and engaged in the tanning business.
In 1873 he came to
Andover
, where he has since been employed as superintendent of Richardson &
Company’s tannery, which employs thrity men and turns out 30,000
pieces of leather annually. Mr.
McConnell has been inspector of election and is at present excise
commissioner. He owns a half
interest with Robert M. Bundy in a flouring mill.
(History of Allegany County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
Loren
Pingrey, son of Solomon Pingrey who came to Alfred at an early day, was
born in that town in 1832. In
1840 he settled on his present farm in
Andover
, and is engaged in farming. In
1863 he was married to Armena Smith, of Tioga county, PA. (History of
Allegany County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
Delos
Remington, a son of Daniel S. Remington who settled in
Independence
at an early day, was born in January, 1835.
About 1848 he located with his father on his present farm, on lot
96 in
Andover
, and has since followed the business of farmer and drover.
He was married in 1861 to Philena Crandall, of
Independence
. He served three years in
the Rebellion with the 1st N. Y. Dragoons.
He was also assessor three years.
(History of Allegany County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
Oliver
Rosebush, was born in Canada West, in 1834.
He came with his father, George Rosebush, to
Andover
in 1841 and has always lived in the town.
He located on his present farm, on lot 76, in 1869.
He was married in 1859 to Julia A. Dyer, of
Andover
. (History of Allegany
County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
Rev.
Albert Clark Titus, pastor of the Presbyterian church of
Andover
, was born in
Trenton
,
N.J.
,
October 9th, 1847
, and graduated from
Princeton
College
in the class of 1869, and from Princeton Theological Seminary in 1872.
He came from
Trenton
, N. J., to
Andover
in October, 1876. (History
of Allegany County,NY-1879-F.W.Beers & Co.)
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