EDDY

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 63 - 64

EDDY, Charles A., Geneva, was born in Smithville, Chenango county, August 26, 1854.  He was educated in the public schools. His early years were spent on a farm until the age of 21, when he learned the carriage trade at McDonough in that county, and worked at it in various places until he came to Waterloo.  There he worked 6 years when the Seneca Falls Company was formed, Mr. EDDY being its superintendent.  In the spring of 1891 the Geneva Carriage Company was incorporated with a capital of $30,000, afterwards increased to $50,000.  Mr. EDDY is superintendent of this company.  Mr. MORRELL is one of its directors.  This company has from its inception been a success.  June 23, 1887, he married Belle M., only daughter of Isaac and Elizabeth IDE, of Waterloo, and they have two children, Francis B., and Blanche L.  The EDDY family is one of the oldest in the county.  Mrs. EDDY's father, Isaac IDE, was born in Geneva, January 15, 1835; he married Elizabeth MENSCH, of Waterloo, and they had two children: Belle M. and Frank P.  Mr. EDDY is a partner with Mr. MORRELL in two valuable inventions in connection with the carriage business.

EDDY  

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 293

EDDY, M. D., Herbert M., Geneva, was born in Seneca county, November 22, 1845, and graduated from Hobart College in 1866.  He graduated from Geneva Medical College and practiced in Seneca Falls eight months.  He graduated from the College of Physicians and Surgeons in 1870, then settled at Geneva.  He is a member of the County Medical Society.  In 1873 he married Hattie H. HIGBIE of Geneva, and has two children: Kathie M. and William H.    Hiram L., father of our subject, was a native of Wayne county.  He graduated from the Pittsfield (Mass.) Medical College and practiced 20 years in Seneca county.  In 1858 he settled in Geneva and practiced until 1876.  He died March 9, 1885.  His wife was Hetty PETERSON, and they had two children, Herbert M. and Lawrence P., the latter a lawyer at Grand Rapids, Mich.

EDMONSTON 

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 254 - 255

EDMONSTON, John A., Farmington, father of Erastus H., was born in Maryland, April 23, 1795, and came with his parents to Manchester when ten years old.  In 1818 he married Rebecca P. BAGGARLY, of that town, by whom he had six children: Erastus H., Hezekiah B., Eliza A., Mary J., Charlotte A. and William H.  Hezekiah B. married Susan A. WARNER, of the town of Orleans, and they had two daughters, Jessie F. and Lillie B.  Eliza A. married Benjamin PARKER, of Manchester, and they have three children: John C., Mary A. and Julia A.  Mary J. married Hiram KNAPP, of Walworth, Wayne county, and they have had two children: William H., and Edmonston H., who died aged 20 years.  Charlotte A. married Alexander SHEKELL, of Washington, DC, and they had 8 children: Eddie, R. P., Harriet A., Lee J., Daisey M., Percy, Clyde and Amy, and one who died in infancy.  William H. married Alice A., only daughter of Aldin and Eliza COLE, of Antwerp, Jefferson county, and they have had three children, two of whom died in infancy, and one, R. Howard, survives.  Erastus H. was born March 7, 1819, in Manchester, and was educated in the public schools, and has always been a farmer.  He met with an accident 51 years ago which has nearly deprived him of the use of one foot.  He is one of Farmington's representative citizens, and has resided here 61 years.  He has never married.

EDMONSTON  

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 258

EDMONSTON, William C., Phelps, one of four children of Milton and Joanna (KONKLE) EDMONSTON, was born in the town of Phelps, January 15, 1862.  His grandfather, Elijah EDMONSTON, was born in Maryland and came here and settled about the year of 1796 where he lived and died.  He was a soldier of the War of 1812.  William C. married, September 19, 1883, Flora M(ay), daughter of Joseph and Mary J. (CURTIS) SPIER, of Phelps.  Mr. EDMONSTON was clerk in a grocery store for 11 years, when in 1890 he bought out the business and has since been engaged in the grocery and general merchandise business.  He has served as foreman of the Redfield Hook and Ladder Company, has served as member of the Board of Education, and in March, 1892, was elected supervisor of the town, and was re-elected in March, 1893.

ELDRIDGE

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 65

ELDRIDGE, Thomas, Canadice, was born December 20, 1836, in Naples.  His father, Barber ELDRIDGE, of French descent, came from Connecticut about 1813, and married Lucy Ann KOON of Springwater, where they lived most of the time, and where he died in 1863, aged 53 years.  His widow survives him, aged 78 years.  Of their 8 children, 6 are now living: John M., now of Yates county; Charles, of Springwater; Lucy Ann, who married and died in Branch county, Mich.; Thomas, of this town; Harriett, married and lives in Michigan; Barber, died in Springwater; Sarah Jane, now living in Livonia; and Harrison, who resides in Springwater.  Thomas was educated in the common schools, and worked at farming.  In 1860 he married Ellen D. PURCELL, who was born February 11, 1837, a daughter of William and Jane PURCELL, of Springwater.  The same year they settled on the farm they now occupy, which he, ELDRIDGE purchased of the heirs of Homer BLAKE.  He built his residence in 1870.  They have two children: William B., born June 29, 1865, who married Minnie HENRY, and is a farmer of this town, and Emma E., born November 13, 1869, wife of Edmund DOOLITTLE, of Springwater.  Mr. ELDRIDGE has 100 acres in his home farm, and 51 acres in Springwater.  He is engaged in the raising of thoroughbred Oxforddown sheep, and also horses.  He has been highway commissioner two years and assessor three years.  He was supervisor in 1888-89.

ELLIS, Bolivar, Victor, was born in Victor, February 25, 1833.  He was educated in the public schools, and in early life was a farmer, surveyor, and conveyancer many years.  Has been supervisor of his town three years, and justice of the peace 24 years.  In the fall of 1882 he was elected county clerk and served three years.  Was also loan commissioner three years.  Mr. ELLIS is a member of Milnor Lodge No. 139 F. & A. M., and has been its master for some years.  He is a member of the Exselsior Chapter No. 164 R. A. M. of Canandaigua, and of Munroe Commandery K. T. No. 12 of Rochester.  June 30, 1874, he married Frances M., daughter of Jacob L. and Joannah (FARR) LOBDELL, of Victor, and they have one daughter, Isabel.  Mr. ELLIS's father, Henry, was born in the town of Florida, Montgomery county, December 10, 1798, and was a farmer.  December 29, 1823, he married Isabel BENNETT, of Duanesburg, Schenectady county, and came to Victor April 5, 1824.  They had six children: four survive: Nancy M., who married Thomas C. TURNER (now deceased); Jane E., who married James B. NORTH (deceased); Bolivar, and Daniel.  Mr. ELLIS's father, Samuel, was a soldier in the Revolutionary War.  The ancestry is Welsh and Scotch.  Mr. ELLIS is one of the deacons in the Universalist Church. 

ELLIS 

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 294

ELLIS, Daniel, Victor, was born on the ELLIS homestead, September 30, 1837.  He was educated in the public schools and East Bloomfield Academy, and is a farmer.  The house on the home farm was built in the year of 1826, fifty acres of land has been owned by the family since the same date.  Mr. ELLIS is a member of Milnor Lodge No. 139, F. & A. M. of Canandaigua.  February 8, 1856, he married Alice TURNER, who was born in Salem, Wis.  She died March 8, 1892.  Mr. ELLIS's grandfather's brother, Dr. Eleazer ELLIS, was born June 20, 1760, was the first physician in West Bloomfield, and his grandfather, Samuel ELLIS, was born May 28, 1762.  Mr. ELLIS has in his possession a paper recommending his grandfather, Samuel, to any Masonic Lodge in the United States.

ELLIS, WILLIS

History of Ontario County, NY and Its People, Pub. 1911, Vol. II, pg. 286

Willis C. ELLIS, who has been prominently identified wit the legal interests of the state of New York in various capacities, for a number of years, is descended from a family which, for generations, has been conspicuous in their defence (sic) of the country in which they lived.

(I)              Smith ELLIS, grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in the Mohawk Valley, New York, and removed to the town of Gainsville, Wyoming County, New York, early in the nineteenth century.  He was one of the early settlers in that town, and some years later, removed to Pike in the same county.  He was an active participant in the War of 1812 and saw service at Sacketts Harbor.  He married Christine HELMER, who was also a native of Mohawk Valley.

(II)         Abram W., Son of Smith and Christine (HELMER) ELLIS, was born in Wyoming County, New York and died in Pike, September 7, 1907.  His live occupation was that of farming.  In 1863 he enlisted in the 18th New York Light Artillery, was transferred to the 25th Regiment Light Artillery, and served in the Department of the Gulf until the close of the Civil war.  He married January 1, 1866, Marion A. PHELPS, and had one child, Willis C., mentioned below.

(III)      Willis C., only child of Abram W. and Marion A. (PHELPS) ELLIS, was born in Pike, Wyoming County, New York, January 12, 1868.  His preparatory education was acquired in the Pike Seminary, from which he was graduated in June 1888.  He then became a student at Cornell University, from which he was graduated June 16, 1892, with the degree of Bachelor of Letters.  He continued the study of law in the offices of Day & Romer, Buffalo, New York, and was admitted to the bar, June 12, 1893.  In June of the following year he came to Shortsville, New York, where he opened his present offices, and where he has acquired a large and lucrative practice.  His political affiliations have been with the republican party, and he has filled a number of public offices.  He has served as village attorney for Shortsville for the past ten years, and for the same period of time in a similar capacity for the town of Manchester.  In 1909 he was designated by the attorney general as prosecutor of violators of the agricultural laws for the county of Ontario.  He is also engaged as attorney for the Mutual Bank and the E. D. Mather & Company Banks of Shortsville.  His fraternal and club associations are as follows: Delta Chi and Kappa Sigma fraternities, of Cornell University; Triluminar Lodge, No. 543, Free and Accepted Masons of Pike; Excelsior Chapter, No. 164, Royal Arch Masons of Canandaigua; Zenobia Commandery, No. 41, Knights Templar, of Palmyra, New York; he is past grand of Parlor Village Lodge, No. 88, Independent Order of Odd Fellows of Shortsville; member of Red Jacket Club of Canandaigua; Western New York Cornell Alumni Association of Rochester, New York; New York State Bar Association; New York State Historical Association. 

Mr. ELLIS married in Canandaigua, New York, July 5, 1900, Martha C., born in Canandaigua, June 18, 1874, daughter of George D., and Maria (CRAWFORD) HART, the former a retired farmer.  Children: Ruth, born May 15, 1901; Helen, July 18, 1903; Gordon A., November 23, 1906; Christine, December 18, 1908.

ELTON

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 64 - 65

ELTON, Jabez, West Bloomfield, came from Bristol, Conn., to Canandaigua about 1816.  He was a farmer and married in Connecticut Olive HOLCOMB.  Their children were: Sarah, James, Noah, Eliza, Luther, Lovina, Nathaniel, Hiram, Nancy and John.  Nathaniel moved to Richmond about 1833.  He married in 1841 Mary J. PAUL.  They subsequently lived in Farmington and Perrington, and came to this town in 1854.  Nathaniel was a farmer and produce dealer.  Their children were: John P., James, and Mary E., wife of John M. BAKER, of Bristol.  Nathaniel died April 1, 1883.  John was born September 4, 1843.  He was a farmer and hay dealer, and was supervisor of the town in 1886.  He married Jennie C. LEACH.  They had born to them four children: L. May, O. Louise, Alice P., and Richard.  John died November 19, 1890.  James was born October 27, 1845.  He is a farmer and hay dealer.  His fine farm is on the State road, midway between the village and East Bloomfield line.  He married in 1877 Alida E. SHEPARD, and they have three children: Raymond J., Carlotta A., and Leila J.  Mr. ELTON was formerly a Democrat, but some years ago he was a member of the grand jury when 77 were indicted, over 70 of which were liquor cases.  He and some others of the jury have since this been Prohibitionists.  Mrs. Nathaniel ELTON now makes her home with her son.  Her father and grandfather were both named William Paul and came from Massachusetts at an early day to this town.  Her father returned to Massachusetts in 1811 and married Prudance CASE.  They lived in the south part of the town on the line of Richmond and had seven children.

ELTON   

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 291 - 292

ELWELL   

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 292

ELWELL, Gilbert W., Gorham, was born in Middlesex, November 28, 1852.  His father, Stewart, was a son of Luther, a son of Jabe, who was a native of Massachusetts, and in an early day went to Vermont, where he died.  He was a Revolutionary soldier and was at the battle of Bennington, Vt.  His wife was Rosanna MOSS, a native of Hoosick, NY, and they had nine children.  The family came to Middlesex, and there he and his wife died.  He was a farmer by occupation.  Stewart was born in Bennington, Vt., and at aged 21 years, came to Yates county.  He married Hannah WOOD of Gorham, born June 25, 1818, a daughter of Gilbert WOOD, son of James, who was born in Massachusetts, and came to Gorham in 1789.  Gilbert WOOD was born in Massachusetts in 1788, and came with his parents to Gorham and settled at Reed's Corners.  The wife of Gilbert WOOD was Peggie COLF, by whom he had one son and nine daughters.  He died January 4, 1841, and his wife July 31, 1848.  Mr. ELWELL and wife have three children: Gilbert W.; Helen, wife of Thomas CONKLIN of Gorham; and Mary, wife of Adelbert POWELL.  In 1866 Mr. ELWELL came to Gorham.  He is a Democrat in politics.  Gilbert W. was educated in the common schools and Canandaigua Academy.  November 26, 1878, he married Mary HUMPHREY, and they have one child, Marion.  November 25, 1883, Mrs. ELWELL died, and in 1886 he married Mary J. MATHORT of Berrytown.  He is a Democrat and at present is Justice of the Peace.  Mrs. ELWELL is an Episcopalian. (see Overacker Cemetery in Yates Co. & Reeds Corners Cemetery in Gorham, Ontario Co.)

ELWELL  

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 292

ELWELL, Irving D., Canandaigua, was born on his present farm in Canandaigua, February 10, 1863, a son of Dyre and Harriet (JOHNSON) ELWELL.  Dyre ELWELL was born near Bennington, Vt., September 16, 1822, was educated in the common schools, and when 22 years of age settled in Middlesex, Yates county, where he followed farming about ten years.  In 1856 he moved to Phelps, where he spent two years, and then came to Canandaigua, buying a farm of 98 acres near Cheshire.  He was a man of more than usual ability, and was a leader in all good works.  He married in 1846 Elinor REYNOLDS of Middlesex, by whom he had one child, who died February 14, 1878, 31 years of age.  Mr. ELWELL married again February 19, 1857, Harriet, daughter of Buskirk JOHNSON of Rockland county, and they had three children, but one of whom is living, Irving D.  Dyre ELWELL died January 16, 1890.  Mrs. ELWELL still lives on the old homestead.  Irving D. was educated in the common schools, and is following farming on a scientific plan.  His principal crops are hops and fruit, having now six acres of the former.  He married in 1883 Iva, daughter of Oscar and Paulina (MITCHELL) PHILLIPS.  They have one daughter, Ina Elizabeth, now in her ninth year.

EMBRY

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 64

EMBRY, Frank W., Victor, was born in Victor, April 16, 1845.  He was educated in the public schools and Eastman's Commercial College at Poughkeepsie, from which institution he was graduated in May, 1864.  May 7, 1878, he married Florence L. ELLIS, of Weedsport.  Mr. EMBRY's father, Thomas, was born at Arlington, Vt., November 28, 1804, and came to this state when 15 years old, locating in Avon and afterward in Victor, where he became a prominent merchant.  In the year 1835 he built the stone store recently destroyed by fire.  February 12, 1828, he married Sarah WILCOX of that village, who was one of the teachers in the public schools.  Later on he became a farmer, and followed that vocation for 28 years.  In the year 1885 he returned to the village and lived a retired life.  He died November 5, 1890, and his wife February 22, 1886.  December 14, 1864, Mr. EMBRY entered the employ of the New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company at Syracuse, as a clerk in the freight house.  He came to Rochester August 25, 1867, and was employed at the Rochester station in the same capacity until December 31, 1873.  He then resigned to accept the management of the Merchants' Despatch Transportation Company, which position he held until June 13, 1877, when he was made freight agent of the N. Y. C. & H. R. R. R. Co., succeeding the late W. H. CUMINGS, which position he holds at the present time, 1893.  At the time the New York Central leased the West Shore and Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg railroads, Mr. EMBRY was made agent of those roads also, and still holds that position.  Mr. EMBRY is a member of the Athletic Club, Point Look Out CLub, Rochester Whist Club, Frank R. Lawrence Lodge, F. & A. M., Monroe Commandery K. T. No. 12, Rochester Consistory of Scottish Rite, and is also a member of the Reform Club of New York city, of which Hon. Chas. S. FAIRCHILD is president.  He is a member of Christ Church parish; and in politics he is a Democrat.

EMERSON   

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893. pg 292-293

EMERSON, Benjamin K., Canandaigua, was born in Chester, Rockingham county, NH, August 26, 1826.  His father was born in New Hampshire in 1786, and resided there until 1852, when he moved into this State and settled in Tyrone, Schuyler county, dying there in February, 1862.  He married Mary PORTER, widow of David EMORY, and they had six children, two of whom survive: William P. of New Hampshire, and Benjamin K.  The early boyhood of our subject was spent in the town of his birth.

He came to Steuben county when 13 years of age, and working on a farm, studied medicine and became a practicing veterinary surgeon.  He moved from Schuyler county to Yates, where he spent three years, and in 1870 moved to Ontario county, settled in Canandaigua, and bought the Harris ANDREWS farm of 102 acres, where he lived but three years, then bought the David GARDNER farm of 100 acres, which now belongs to his son.  He bought 100 acres on lot 61, and 108 acres on lot 84.  He made his home on the GARDNER farm until 1892, when he bought the farm of 90 acres, where he now makes his home.  He also owns the PARMELE farm of 78 acres, making the total amount 476 acres.  Besides attending to his farms Mr. EMERSON continued his practice as veterinary surgeon, in which he has been very successful, losing but few patients.  He also conducts a milk route in Canandaigua, and for 7 years was the milkman of Shortsville.  While in Yates county Mr. EMERSON was justice of the peace.  In 1850 he married Adelia C. PRESCOTT of Orange county, by whom he had five children, four now living: George M., who lives on the GARDNER farm; Arnold J., who lives on the COUCH farm; Mary, wife of John CROOK, who lives on the PARMELE farm; and Hattie L., who married Frank STEIMBAUGH and lives in Nebraska.  Mrs. EMERSON died in November, 1872, and he married second in 1873, Mary F. SUTTON, widow of Thomas SPROUL, and they have one child, Carrie H., now in her 13th year.

ESTY 

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 293

ESTY, John B., Seneca, was born in Seneca, December 15, 1827.  He was educated in the public schools and has always followed farming.  December 25, 1849, he married Rachael C. BRIZZEE of the town of Hopewell, and they have seven children: Charles, who died at the age of 39; Ida A., Frederick D., Ada, who died at the age of 8 years; Frank J., Alexander and Elizabeth.  Mr. ESTY's father, Aaron B., was born in Seneca in 1802.  He, too, was a farmer and married Mary GILBERT, formerly of the town of Benton, Yates county.  They had eight children: John B., William P., Cynthia A., Norton, who died at the age of two years, Joseph, Sibley, Elizabeth and Edmund.  His father died in September, 1882, and his mother February 12, 1892.  His grandfather, William ESTY, came to Seneca about 1795 from New England.  Mrs. ESTY's father, Cornelius BRIZZEE, was born in Columbia county, NY, in 1793, and married Sarah VAN BENSCOTEN of Ulster county.  They had seven children: Peter S., Maria, Sarah A., Cornelius C., Rachel C., John and Andrew.  Her father died in 1879 at the age of 86 years, and her mother died in 1879 at the age of 83 years.