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GAGE   

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 241 - 243

GAGE, Amasa, Gorham, was born in Wellstown in 1770, and in 1799 married Barbara Ann OVERACKER (born in 1782) of the same place, and moved to Johnstown, where he cleared a farm, upon which he resided until 1806, when he emigrated west and located is what is now the town of Gorham.  His family consisted of himself, wife and three children: Cornelia, Elizabeth and Marvin.  He purchased a farm of Phelps & Gorham, where he lived until his death in 1842.  After removing to Gorham 10 children were added to this family as follows: Michael, Nancy, Lorain, Datus E., Amasa, Catharine, Lorenzo D., Orrin D., Hester Ann, and Ira B.  Datus E. and Catharine died at one and two years respectively; the others reached maturity.  Amasa, Sr., died at the age of 68 and Barbara in 1846.  When Amasa settled in Gorham it was a wilderness from Canandaigua to his place, a distance of seven miles; there were but two houses on the trail.  

Marvin GAGE at the age of 23, married Hester WAGER, and purchased 80 acres of land of Phelps & Gorham on the lake shore, adjoining his father's, on which he built a log house and where he lived until 1836, when he purchased another farm of Hezekiah TOWNSEND, a little north of where he then resided, owned by one COLE at the time Amasa located his farm.  Marvin resided upon this farm until 1843, then purchased of the heirs the old homestead, upon which he lived until the time of his death in 1872, having sold the homestead to the youngest son, Frankin B. GAGE.  Marvin and Hester raised a family of 6 children: Amasa, Byron, Anna B., Orrin D., Frank B., and Ida A., all of whom are living except Franklin B.   Marvin, during his life held the office of commissioner two terms, was twice elected assessor, was justice of the peace 21 years, and was twice elected supervisor.  

Cornelia, the eldest daughter, married John OVERACKER, lived in Yates county until about 1840, and then moved to Kalamazoo, Mich.  

Nancy GAGE married John GARRISON, lived near the old homestead until about 1840, raised a large family, and then moved to Kalamazoo, Mich.   Both of these daughters died at the age of 68 years.  

Michael, second son of Amasa Sr., married a Miss WRIGHT for his first wife, and was a farmer in Yates county.  He married his second wife about 1856, who bore him one son (deceased); she died and he married his third wife, who bore him two children.  He died at the age of 76 years.   But three of his 11 children by his first wife survive him.

Amasa 2d, third son of Amasa Sr., married Harriet WHEELER of Cattaraugus county; was a school teacher when a young man, and then engaged in farming; he died at the age of 46, leaving no children of his own, but had raised an adopted son.  

Lorain GAGE married C. VANNESS of Monroe county, was a farmer in Gorham, and died at the age of 68; he left one son.  Nancy GAGE married John SAUNDERS, who was a farmer in Yates county, and had two sons and four daughters; he died at the age of 69.  

Lorenzo D. GAGE married Orphian WAGER and raised three children: Marvin, Elizabeth, and Amasa.  He has been an extensive farmer, owning at one time 1,000 acres of land; has held the office of assessor and supervisor several terms.  He purchased of Frank B. GAGE the old homestead and sold it to his oldest son, Marvin, who has been assessor and supervisor.  Elizabeth married Frank G. GAGE, and is engaged in agriculture.  Lorenzo D. lives retired from business with his youngest son, Amasa, being now 76 years of age.  Amasa is farming about 500 acres.  

Hester Ann GAGE married Myron F. WASHBURN, a farmer, and had one son, Ira G. WASHBURN.  His mother is now living, aged 73.  

Orrin D. GAGE died at the age of 20, while engaged in school teaching.

Ira B. GAGE married Abigail FISHER, moved to St. Joseph county, Mich., in 1845, and engaged in farming and shipping stock to the eastern markets; he was also a heavy dealer in peppermint oil; he died at the age of 46, without issue.  

Amasa, the eldest son of Marvin and Hester GAGE, has been engaged in farming and in breeding fine wool sheep, shipping largely to the Western States; at present he is engaged in raising fruit.  He was elected commissioner in 1853.  He married Elizabeth F. WASHBURN in 1848, and had five children, three of whom are living: Richard M., Mary A., and Charles A.  Richard M. married Mary E. GAGE.  Mary A. married Calvin HALL.  Charles A. married Mary MORLEY; all of whom are engaged in growing fruit and farming.  Byron, second son of Marvin, married in 1855 Alida WASHBURN; he has been engaged in farming, shipping stock, teaching school, and has held the office of assessor two terms.  Anna B. married R. M. WASHBURN, a farmer, in 1856; they have had two children: Emma and Frank B. (deceased).  Orrin D., son of Marvin, married in 1863 Harriet WILLSON; two sons and four daughters have been born to them: Adelbert, Marvin, Alida, Belle, Clara, and Elizabeth.  The sons are both married and engaged in farming.  Frank B. GAGE, son of Marvin, married Jennie ROE in 1869, who died in 1873.  He bought the homestead of his father, sold it to L. D. GAGE and went into mercantile business.  He married his second wife and died at the age of 30, leaving one son.  Ida, youngest daughter of Marvin and Hester GAGE, married Irving TAKE in 1869, and they have three sons and four daughters, all engaged in agriculture and fruit culture.

 

GALUSHA   

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 300 - 301

GALUSHA, George S., Phelps, was born in Yates county, July 14, 1857, one of four children of Clark and Eunice (BURNETT) GALUSHA.  The father, Clark GALUSHA, was born in Otsego county, his wife being a native of Phelps.  Simeon, the grandfather, was a native of Otsego county.  George S. married, September 26, 1877, Mary Isabel THATCHER, one of four children of Jesse and Cyntha (ESTEY) THATCHER, of Hopewell.  Mr. GALUSHA has lived in the town of Phelps since he was four years of age.  His farm is used for the production of the variety of crops common to this section.

 

 GALUSHA

History of Ontario Co, NY and Its People, Pub 1911, Vol II, pg. 202 - 203 

The name GALUSHA is an uncommon one owing to the meagre number of its bearers, and practically no information has been gathered concerning the origin.  The family to which this article relates is of French descent, and its American forbears were among the early settlers in Vermont.  The name was made prominent in the history of the "Green Mountain State" by Jonas GALUSHA, who, in addition to serving as a soldier in the Revolutionary War, was its governor from 1809 to 1813, and again from 1815 to 1820.

     ( I ) Seymour GALUSHA, a native of France, settled in Vermont prior to the American Revolution.  But little information can be found relative to him or his family history, but he is known to have had a son Amos, who settled in Otsego county, New York.

     ( II ) Clark, son of Amos GALUSHA, was born in Otsego county, October 11, 1824.  Reared in a sparsely settled community his education was confined to the limited advantages afforded by the public school system then in vogue in the rural districts, but he made good use of his opportunities for study and became a man of considerable learning.  His principal occupation was tilling the soil.  In early manhood he resided for a time in Italy, Yates county, New York, and settling in Phelps, Ontario county, in 1864 he purchased a farm which he carried on successfully for the remainder of his active life.  In 1864 he enlisted in the 50th New York Engineers Corps for service in the Union Army, and served until the close of the Civil War, receiving an honorable discharge in 1865.  Although the management of his farm absorbed the greater part of his attention, he nevertheless found opportunities to exercise his abilities in other fields of usefulness, and was one of the most prominent citizens of Phelps in his day.  He took a special interest in the study of history and was regarded as an authority upon that subject.  In politics he was a republican. 

He was a member and trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church, for a number of years acting as superintendent of the Sunday School.  Mr. GALUSHA died May 28, 1906.  He married Eunice BURNETTE, who died October 23, 1896.  Children:  Evangeline, married T.V. FOX, of Clifton Springs, New York; Amanda, married C. SHULTZ, of Clifton Springs; Herbert, died at the age of two years; George S., whose sketch follows:

     ( III ) George S., son of Clark and Eunice ( BURNETTE ) GALUSHA, was born in Italy, Yates county, New York, July 14, 1857.  He went to reside in Phelps in the autumn of 1864, and completed his education at the union school in that town.  He acquired a good knowledge of farming at the homestead and with the exception of short intervals devoted to other pursuits, has made that calling his chief occupation in life.  About the year 1884 he went to Kansas, where he engaged in sheep-raising, and having accumulated a flock of 1,700 sheep he sold them to good advantage and returned to the homestead.  From 1893 to 1898 he was engaged in the shoe trade in Naples, New York, and selling his business in the latter year, he has ever since devoted his energies to the cultivation of his farm in Phelps.  He was elected road commissioner in 1905, was reelected in 1907, and at the present time is serving as town committeeman.  He is a charter member of Naples Lodge, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, organized in 1894, and also affiliates with Wide-Awake Grange, Patrons of Husbandry.  He has in various ways demonstrated his business ability and progressive tendencies, and is ever ready to aid in promoting the general interests of the town.  Mr. GALUSHA married, September 26, 1877, Mary Isabelle, daughter of Jesse and Cynthia A. THATCHER.  They have one daughter, Georgia Gladys, born July 3, 1901.

 

GAMBEE

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg. 224  [also duplicated on pg 301]  

GAMBEE, William H., Geneva, was born in Varick, Seneca county, February 4, 1833.  He was educated in the public schools and graduated from Lima Seminary.  He has always been a produce dealer and farmer.  January 4, 1860, he married S. Elizabeth BOYD, who was born on the place on which they reside, north of Geneva, her father's homestead.  They have one daughter, Nellie E., who was married on February 5, 1893, to Edward HOOPER of Newark, Wayne county.  Mr. GAMBEE's father, William, was born in Pennsylvania about 1792, and married Agnes ARMSTRONG.  They had six children: John Y., Mary E., Isaac T., William H., Annie and Lavina.  Mrs. GAMBEE's father, David BOYD, was born in Pennsylvania in 1796, and married Ann RINGER, by whom he had eight children: John, Isabella, Robert, Sarah E., Elvira, Charles, Elizabeth, and David.  David BOYD served in the War of 1812, and Mr. GAMBEE's father, William, was also in that war.  Mr. GAMBEE was a sutler in the Army of the Potomac in the Civil War.

 

 

GARDNER 

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, Pub 1893, pg. 73

 

GARDNER, Elisha W., Canandaigua, was born in Farmington, November 26, 1826, a son of Elisha W. GARDNER, a farmer of that town, born in Rhode Island and resided for a few years in Albany county, NY, where he married Sarah, daughter of General PATTERSON, of Revolutionary fame, and came to Ontario county in 1810 and settled in Farmington.  They had 12 children, three of them now living: Rev. Sunderland P. GARDNER, of Farmington, Mrs. Miriam SHELDON of Barry, Orleans county, and Elisha W., our subject.  The early life of our subject was spent on the homestead farm.  He was educated at Macedon Academy, and taught in district schools and Macedon Academy, preparing for college at Lima Seminary.  On the formation of Genesee College he spent one year there.  He practiced civil engineering for a few years and then entered the New York State and National Law University at Ballston Springs, graduating with the degree of LL. B. in the fall of 1851.  Chancellor WALWORTH was president of the University at that time.  He was admitted to the bar of the Supreme Court that same fall, and immediately opened an office in Canandaigua and has continued in practice here ever since.  In 1854 he was admitted to the United States District and Circuit Courts, in which his practice has been quite extensive, and has argued a large number of causes at the General Term and in the New York Court of Appeals, and he has been a very successful lawyer.  Mr. GARDNER has been an active partisan of the republican party since its formation in 1856, but has never been an aspirant to political office.  In 1856 to 1860 he made many speeches throughout the State in the interests of the new party.  Mr. GARDNER married in 1852 Sarah A., daughter of William POUND, of Farmington.  Mrs. POUND was a sister of Rev. Dr. GOODELL, well known as the Turkish missionary.  Mr. GARDNER has three children: Mary J., Helen A., and Edwin P., of Ontario County Journal.

 

 

GARDNER

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 78 - 79

 

GARDNER, Sunderland P., was born in Rensselaer, Albany county, NY, July 4, 1802, and was the oldest of twelve children, two of whom, Mrs. Marium SHELDON of Barre, Orleans county, and E. W. GARNDER, esq., of Canandaigua, survive him.  His father, Elisha W. GARDNER, was born in Rhode Island May 8, 1779, and on April 19, 1801; married Sarah PATTERSON, daughter of Sutherland PATTERSON, a soldier in WASHINGTON's Army, and one of those who accompanied the latter on his expedition to Trenton on Christmas Eve, 1776.  The GARDNERS were of English ancestry who settled in Rhode Island and Nantucket prior to 1620.  The subject of this sketch came in 1814 with his parents to Farmington where he resided until his death, February 13, 1893.  Having no opportunity of schooling save those common to a new country, but being a lover of learning and possessed of a superior mind he became a self-educated scholar.  As a young man he taught, and was at one time commissioner of schools; but at about the age of 30 he was called to the ministry and eventually became a leader in the society of Friends of which he was a birth-right member.  He was for 60 years a faithful standard-bearer in the church, for which he traveled extensively in the United States and Canada, and had, besides other gospel work, been called to attend more than two thousand funerals, many of them hundreds of miles from home and among various classes of people.  He loved to study and teach the beautiful lessons in the Bible, of which he was a diligent student, and was able "to give a reason for the faith that was in him."  Being of a peace loving disposition he desired not controversy for its own sake, yet when attacked on doctrinal points by those who failed to understand the real principles of Quakerism he was ready and able to explain, and if need be, to defend what he preached.  The sermons of Mr. GARDNER during his long ministry were delivered extempore, but many were taken down by stenographers and a few have been published; he also made contributions to science which were received with favor by scholars, and have entered into standard works.  He labored for the gospel without pecuniary reward, believing with the old-time Quakers the words of Christ, "Freely ye have received, freely give," until a few years before his death, when certain members of the society of Friends were impressed with the conviction that his burdens were too heavy to be borne alone, and nobly returned a part of the large amount he had so willingly expended in the cause of truth.  Thus was fulfilled the promise, Ps. 41:1-3.  Mr. GARDNER was married three times; first to Mary WILLETS who survived but a few years, leaving with him a daughter, who married Nath. POWELL of Mendon; his second wife was Lament, youngest daughter of William and Eunice GATCHEL of this town; his third wife was Annette H., daughter of William and Sarah (LORD) BELL of Crawford county, Penn.  They had three sons, Sunderland P., Oscar B., and Anson L., all now living on the home farm.  We make the following extracts from the Ont. County Journal, published February 17, 1893:  "It is not easy to find words to express an adequate measure of the good and the great in the life that has ceased to throw its direct influence upon the world.  The life itself is that life's best eulogy.  Loved by his intimates for his kind and genial personal traits, admired by casual acquaintances for his rugged simplicity, reverenced by his parishioners for his nobility and charity of mind, esteemed by the community for the lessons of peace which his life embodied, his epitaph will find most thoughtful expression engraved upon the hearts of all who ever came within the human circle of his personality."  Also from the same paper we take the following statement:  "In early life Mr. GARDNER became a member of the Masonic order.  In 1826 his religious objection to warfare compelling him to protest against rendering any military support, he was arrested and incarcerated in the county jail for failure to pay what was called the "training fine."  During his confinement there those charged with the abduction of MORGAN, the noted exposer of Masonic secrets, were brought to the jail and also imprisoned.  Among them were the late Nathaniel W. CHESEBRO and Sheriff BRUCE of Niagara county.  From these men, thus imprisoned, Mr. GARDNER, by virtue of his affiliation, learned the entire details of the affair, details which to-day are probably known but by one person."

 

GARDNER
History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 80   

GARDNER, Edwin J., Farmington, was born in Farmington January 22, 1853.  He was educated in the public schools and follows farming.  He is a justice of the peace in the town of Farmington, also does some photographic work for his friends.  March 30, 1880, he married Roseline R., daughter of John J. and Lydia B. DOTY of this town.  Mrs. GARDNER was born in Farmington September 15, 1860, and they have two children, Mary R., and Lindley J.   Mr. GARDNER's father, John W., was born in the town of Rensselaerville, Albany county, was one of a family of twelve children, was a brother of Sunderlin P. GARDNER and his father was Elisha W.  John  was born November 13, 1814, and married Anna B. COLTON of Farmington.  They had eight children:  George W., Sarah P., Anna E., Leonard W., Charlotte S., Marium A., Edwin J., and Charles H.  John W. GARDNER died February 23, 1875.  Mrs. GARDNER's father, John J. DOTY, was born in Washington county July 15, 1812, and came here with his parents when he was a boy.  He married twice, first in 1834 to Amy LANE, and had one son, John S.  For his second wife he married, August 27, 1836, Lydia B. WILSON of Morris county, NJ, and had five children:  Mary W., Susan J., Charles E., John M., Roseline R.  Mr. John J. DOTY died September 23, 1878.

 

GARDNER

 History of Ontario Co. & Its People,  Vol. II,  Pub 1911.  pg 293 - 296

Anson Lapham GARDNER, whose paternal ancestors were among the early colonial settlers of this country, is rapidly attaining distinction in the profession of law, which he has chosen for his work. 

(I)                         William GARDNER, the immigrant ancestor of this family, came from England at an early date, and settled in Rhode Island, where he located at McSparren Hill and died there in 1748.

(II)                     John, was a son of William GARDNER.

(III)                William (2), son of John GARDNER, settled in Albany county, New York, 1790.

(IV)                    Elisha W., son of William (2) GARDNER, was born at South Kingston, Rhode Island, and followed the occupation of farming.  He married Sarah, born in Amenia, Dutchess county, New York, daughter of Thomas PATTISON, who came from the north of Ireland and settled in the colony of Connecticut, and a granddaughter of William UTTER, who was the German descent, and whose family was almost entirely wiped out by the Indians during the French and Indian War.  In the “Memoirs of Sunderland Pattison GARDNER”, we read: “His wife, eight children, one white man, and one colored servant were scalped, and left for dead on the floor, the father and the son being absent, returned the next morning to behold the terrible sight, and to learn that the two young girls, seven and nine years old, had been carried away prisoners.  Overwhelmed with grief, they buried their friends with their own hands.  The two girls, Hannah and Sarah (the latter the great-grandmother of Anson Lapham  GARDNER), were held in cruel captivity eleven month, and then returned by an exchange of prisoners.”  Sarah (Pattison) GARDNER was a first cousin of Elizabeth PATTISON (commonly spelled PATTERSON), who married Jerome, a brother of Napoleon Boneparte.  Children of Elisha W. and Sarah (Pattison) GARDNER: A child, died in infancy; Sunderland Pattison, see forward; Hannah; Sarah: Harriet: John W., Mary; Maryam; Elizabeth, Amy Ann; Elisha W., Jr.; Thomas P.

(V)                         Sunderland Pattison, son of Elisha W. and Sarah (Pattison) GARDNER, was born in Resselaerville, New York, July 4, 1802, and died February 13, 1893.  He was a farmer, but the chief work of his life was as minister in the Society of Friends.   He was a temperance advocate and a staunch Democrat, and as a young man served for several years as a school commissioner.  He was married according to the Friends’ ceremony, May 28, 1863, to Annette Hannah BELL, who was born at Richmond, Crawford county, Pennsylvania, August 24, 1836.  She was the daughter of William and Sarah Hyde (LORD) BELL, the former born in Pennsylvania, 1765; granddaughter of John BELL, who was born in Pennsylvania, of Scotch-Irish descent, and served as a soldier in the Revolutionary War under Washington.  Sarah Hyde (LORD) BELL was born in Connecticut, 1800, and was a daughter of Gould LORD, granddaughter of Samuel LORD, and great-granddaughter of Robert LORD, a native of England, who was the first soldier to scale the wall at Quebec during the French and Indian war.  Annette Hannah (BELL) GARDNER was the great-granddaughter, on the maternal side, of Ephraim FANTON, who was of Irish descent, and who came to this country in the “Mayflower” and she still has in her possession a trunk brought over by him.  The FANTONS intermarried with the BEERS, who were of Welsh descent, and the LORDS and HYDES intermarried, both of the latter families being of English descent.  Aaron BURR was a third cousin on the maternal side.  Children of Sunderland Pattison and Annette Hannah (BELL) GARDNER: Sunderland Pattison, born Dec 23, 1868; Oscar Bell, born June 17, 1871; Anson Lapham, see forward.

(VI)                    Anson Lapham, son of Sunderland Pattison and Annette Hannah (BELL) GARDNER, was born in Farmington, Ontario County, New York, February 7, 1873.  His preparatory education was acquired in the district school of Farmington and the Macedon Center Academy, and he then became a student at Columbia University, New York City, from which he was graduated in the class of 1896.  During his earlier years he assisted in the cultivation of the home farm and was engaged in the teaching in district schools for a period of two years.  He commenced the study of law in the office of his uncle, Elisha W. GARDNER, continuing at the university, and was admitted to the bar in November 1897.  He is engaged in general practice and his list of clients, attracted by his skilful conduct of the cases entrusted to him, is a large and constantly increasing one.  His political affiliations are with the Democratic party, and he very efficiently filled the position of clerk in the supervisor’s office in 1894-95.  His fraternal affiliations are as follows: Canandaigua Grange, N. 1062, of which he as been secretary; Canandaigua Lodge, No. 294, Free and Accepted Masons; Canandaigua Lodge, No., 236, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in which he as served as chaplin; Canandaigua Camp, No. 9574, Modern Woodmen of America, of Canandaigua; U.O.A.M., Mc Kinley Council, No. 95; president of the brotherhood of the First Methodist Episcopal Church of Canandaigua; director of the Young Men’s Christian Association of Canandaigua.  Mr. GARDNER is a member of the Society of Friends, and his wife is a member of the Reformed Evangelical church.

Mr. GARDNER married at Farmington, August 29, 1901, Edith M. CLAPPER, born in Canandaigua.  She is the daughter of Abraham and Elizabeth (APPLETON) CLAPPER, the former a farmer who was born at Geneseo, New York, November 4, 1834, and is of Dutch descent, the latter was born at Worsted, England, November 20, 1835, and came to America with her parents in 1850.  Abraham and Elizabeth (APPLETON) CLAPPER had children: Richard, of Canandaigua; Abraham Lincoln, of Canandaigua; Dr. William Bennett, of Victor; Arthur Henry, of Starkey, Yates county; Mary Elizabeth, of Palmyra; and Edith May, of Canandaigua.  Anson Lapham and Edith M. (CLAPPER) GARDNER have children: Sunderland Pattison, born June 14, 1902; and Elizabeth Annette, born January 19, 1906.

 

 

GARDNER

History of  Ontario Co. & Its People, Vol. II, pg 430 - 431 

Jacob Janse GARDINIER, also FLOODER, was the progenitor of the GARDINER and GARDNER families, or the greater part of them, in 1790.  In 1790 the heads of families of these surnames, include in Columbia county, Dirck,  Peter A., Peter H., Peter J., Samuel H., Andrew, Gideon, Godfrey, James, Labon and John.  Jacob J. was a Bebverwyck as early as 1638 and came from Holland.  In 1656 he owned land on the north side of Wall street from William to Pearl street, New Amsterdam, and he divided this track into house lots and sold them through his agent, Sander Leendertse GLEN.  He bought land early in Kinderhook together with Goyer’s Kill opposite or near Apje’s Island and his immediate descendants settled very generally in this section.  Three families of descendants were in Kinderhook in 1790, Dirck, Peter A., and Godfrey, being the fathers.  Jacob J., married (first) Jospyna _______ , who died February 16, 1664; (second) Barenthe STRATSMANS, widow of Ham COENRAATSE.  In 1688 she was again a widow, having then living, 10 children by her first husband and 5 by the second.  Children of Jacob J. GARDINIER: Jan; Samuel; Andres; Hendrick; Albert; Aeltje, married Adam DINGMAN.

(I)                      Benjamin GARDNER was a farmer in Columbia county and is believed to have been of this family.

(II)                  Hanson A., son of Benjamin GARDNER, was born in Columbia county, New York.  He came to the town of Phelps, Ontario county, in 1864, and bought a farm, which he conducted until 1875, when he removed to Newark, New York.  Earlier in life, he resided at Nassau, Rensselaer county, New York.  At Newark he was a prominent and influential citizen.  For a number of years he was president of the incorporated village and he held other office of trust and responsibility.  He married, Aug 22, 1861, Mary FERGUSON, who died Mar 23, 1898, daughter of Palmer FERGUSON.  Children: Charles H., mentioned below; Frederick, born August 22, 1865, died Sept 10, 1910.

(III)             Charles H., son of Hanson A. GARDNER, was born in the town of Nassau, Rensselaer county, New York, July 12, 1863, and was educated in the public schools of Phelps and Newark, graduating from the Newark high school.  Since leaving school he has been engaged in farming in Phelps and he is among the most representative and progressive citizens of the town.  He is a member of Newark Grange, Patrons of Husbandry.  In politics, he is Republican.  His family attended the Universalist church. 

Mr. GARDNER married, December 23, 1885, Nettie E. PERCEY, born June 2, 1865, in Arcadia, Wayne county, New York, daughter of Henry and Amanda Louise (HARMON) PERCEY, of Arcadia, New York.  Children: Percy, born January 4, 1895; Edith, December 29, 1899.  Mrs. GARDNER, is a great-granddaughter of David HARMON, who lived in the town of Phelps.  Simeon, son of David HARMON, and grandfather of Mrs. GARDNER, lived in Phelps, married Sophia CROTHERS and had children: Almira, married Melzer BURGESS; Amanda Louise, married May 5, 1863 to Henry PERCEY, and they were the parents of Mrs. GARDNER; Simeon, killed in the civil war; William, married Alice SNYER and were the parents of seven children: Ella, Albert, Ada, Simeon, Percy, Hugh, Alice.  

 

GARLOCK   

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 234 - 235

GARLOCK, Peter, Phelps, was born in Phelps, October 6, 1832.  He was one of 9 children of Abram and Catharine (COOK) GARLOCK, of Montgomery county.  The grandfather was Peter, and his father emigrated to this country from Holland at an early day.  Peter COOK, the grandfather on the mother's side, was a native of New Jersey.  Peter GARLOCK married in 1857 Maria VAN DEVORT, of Phelps, who died in 1886 leaving 7 children: Ellen (Mrs. O. M. LINCOLN), Abram, Thomas, Charles, Kate, Alfred, and Jessie M.  He subsequently married Cecilia SMITH, of Rochester, and they have two children: Arthur, and Grace.  Mr. GARLOCK spent 27 years in Arcadia, the rest of his life in Phelps.  In 1863 Peter GARLOCK began distilling cider-brandy and peppermint, and has continued in that business.  In 1879 he started the mill in Phelps where he is now located, adding improved machinery in 1885.  In 1889 his son, Charles GARLOCK, went into the business with his father, under the firm name of P. Garlock & Son.  Their plant has a capacity of from 2,500 to 3,000 barrels per year.

 

GARLOCK 

History of Ontario Co, NY and Its People, Pub. 1911, Vol. II, pg. 32 -33

 

Peter GARLOCK, the first member of this family of whom we have definite information, was a descendant of Johann Christopher GERLACH, one of the immigrants from the Palatinate on the Rhine, in Germany.  He was born not later than 1690.  He was appointed the head man of the "dorfs" or villages in which a number of these immigrants were settled in 1710 and 1711.  There were seven of these dorfs, on both sides of the Hudson river, in and opposite what is now Columbia county.  Elizabethtown, over which Johann Christopher GERLACH was head man, was west o the river.  In 1713 a body of these Palatines removed to Schoharie.  They were in a miserable condition, having been unfairly treated in their former settlement, but happily were kindly received and charitably assisted by the Indians.  The richness of the soil soon enabled them to improve their condition.  Others followed within a few years, and one of the villages formed by them was named Gerlach's or Garlock's dorf, after Elias GARLOCK.  About 1722 Elias GARLOCK removed to the Mohawk valley.  Several of the GARLOCKS have won distinction in the Revolution and in Medicine.  Peter GARLOCK had at least one child, Abram, referred to below.

(II)  Abram, son of Peter GARLOCK, was a farmer in Manchester, New York.  He married Catharine, daughter of Peter COOK, who was a native of New Jersey.  The children of Abram and Catharine (Cook) GARLOCK were nine, including Cyrus, referred to below; Dr. Alfred, who lived in Michigan; and Peter, born in Phelps, October 6, 1832, mentioned below.  

(III) Cyrus, son of Abram GARLOCK was born in Manchester, August 26, 1826, died July 6, 1908.  After his education he ran a lumber and stave factory and a cooper shop, and in later years engaged in farming.  He was supervisor of the town and justice of the peace.  He married (first) Hester Ann FERGUSON, and (second) Laura BURT, who died in 1892.  Children of Cyrus and Laura (Burt) GARLOCK: Erastus Burt, married Mary CRAMER, and they lived in St. Louise, Missouri; children: Howard Burt, Laura Marguerite, Floyd, Ruth; William F., referred to below and Mary C.

(IV) William F., son of Cyrus and Laura (Burt) GARLOCK, was born in the town of Manchester, February 15, 1870.  He was educated in the public schools, then engaged in farming until 1904.  In that year he went to Port Gibson, where he engaged in the creamery business and runs a general store.  July 1, 1910, he was appointed postmaster.  In 1891, he married Nellie, daughter of Carroll C. and Lydia TERRY.  Children: Laura Fern, born in 1892; Alice, 1894; Terry, 1895; Emma, 1898; Vincent, 1901; Lydia, 1902; Everett, 1905; Albert, 1907; Dorothy, 1910.

 

GARLOCK 

History of Ontario Co, NY and Its People, Pub. 1911, Vol. II, pg. 33 -35

 

Charles H. GARLOCK, who has for many years served as trustee of the village of Phelps, Ontario county, New York, and is prominently connected with the financial and commercial interests of the county, is a descendant of one of the early Dutch settlers of this country, his great-great grandfather having come to America from Holland. Another of his ancestors was Peter COOK, who was a native of New Jersey.

(III)  Peter, son of Abram and Catharine (Cook) GARLOCK (q.v.) was one of 9 children and was born in Phelps, Ontario county, New York, October 6, 1832, died Feb 17, 1904.  Twenty seven years of his life were spent in Arcadia, New York, and he then made his permanent and final home in Phelps.  In 1863 he commenced the distilling of cider brandy and peppermint oil, about two and one half miles southwest of Newark, New York continuing this plant for the distilling of cider brandy until about 1893, when he discontinued.  In 1879 he built a cider mill in Phelps, New York, and in 1885 he added to the plant and put in new and improved machinery.  The plant then had a capacity of 3,000 barrels of cider annually, and this was constantly being increased as the demand for the excellent product became more extended.  In 1890 he admitted his son, Charles H., to a partnership in the business, under the firm name of P. Garlock & Son.  Mr. GARLOCK married (first), in 1857, Maria VAN DE VORT, of Phelps, who died in 1886 (died Mar 27, 1886).  Children: Ellen, married O. M. LINCOLN; Abram, Thomas, Charles H., Kate, Alfred & Jessie M.  He married (second), Cecelia SMITH, of Rochester, New York; children: Arthur & Grace

(IV)  Charles H., son of Peter and Maria (Van De Vort) GARLOCK, was born in Arcadia, Wayne county, New York, May 7, 1864.  His education was acquired in the public schools and in the Newark Union School, and he was engaged in various occupations until he had attained his majority. At the age of 21 years, he went to South Dakota, and accepted a position in the hardware store of his brother, Thomas, remaining with him 2 years.  He then went to Denver, Colorado, in which city he opened a cigar and confectionery store, in which he was successfully engaged for one year.  He abandoned this in 1889, in order to return to the east and enter into the partnership which had been proffered by his father.  His energy and enterprise soon occasioned many innovations to be introduced, to the great benefit of the enterprise, and upon the death of his father, Charles H. GARLOCK purchased his interest in the business, uniting them with his own.  In 1910 he decided to incorporate the concern, a proceeding which was immediately put into effect, and a stock company organized.  Charles H. GARLOCK is the president of this company; C. W. KELLY, vice president; and J. Fred HELMER, secretary and treasurer.  It is know commercially as the P. Garlock Company, and has largely increased facilities for the manufacture of their wares, this being rendered imperative by the increased demand.  The annual output at the present time is from 5 to 10 thousand barrels of cider and from 3 to 5 hundred barrels of apple brandy.  The demands which his position as president of this important corporation make upon his time do not prevent Mr. GARLOCK from being actively interested in a number of other enterprises.  July 27, 1910, Mr. GARLOCK was the leading spirit in the organization of the Phelps National Bank, of which he was elected president, and under his able management this undertaking is proving a decided success.  The Phelps National Bank of Phelps, New York, is one of the substantial financial institutions; the bank was opened for business, September 8, 1910 and it is receiving the patronage of a large number of people.  The officers are: Charles H. GARLOCK, president; A. T. VAN NOSTRAND, vice-president; J. Fred HELMER, cashier; Mae C. VAN BUREN, assistant cashier. 

 

(A table appears here as a financial statement  made December 8, 1910, when the bank was but 3 months old, of $123,858.32)

 

He is also closely identified with the public affairs of the town, was elected as trustee of the village of Phelps, and re elected in 1908, and is in office at the present time.  In political belief, he is a Democrat.  His fraternal associations are with Sincerity Lodge No. 200, Free and Accepted Masons, and he as served as treasurer since 1908.

 

Mr. GARLOCK married June 12, 1895, Mrs. Mary E. BULKLEY, daughter of John HOSFORD, of Phelps.  By her first marriage, she was the mother of Minnie A., who is now the wife of Marvin H. DURAND; they had 2 children, Marvin and Lois M.  Children of Mr. and Mrs. GARLOCK: Marjorie H., born May 14, 1896; Jessie I., born Oct 12, 1899; John M., born March 19, 1906 (he died June 23, 1913 & buried in Phelps Village cemetery).

 

GARRATT  

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893 pg 74 -75

GARRATT, William, Canandaigua, was born in Stanley, Seneca county, March 7, 1854, a son of Charles, a farmer of that town, who came to this country from England in 1850.  He had 10 children, of whom William was the fifth son.  The latter's boyhood was spent in Seneca county, and he was educated in the common schools of Seneca and Ontario counties.  His father moved into Gorham in 1865, where he died August 26, 1889, at 73 years of age.  Our subject lived on the farm until he was 21 years of age, and then engaged in the manufacture of carriage and wagon spokes, which business he has since followed.  In the fall of 1880 he moved into Canandaigua, where he bought out the small spoke factory of his brother John, and increased the capacity of the mill by the addition of new machinery, and enlarging the building.  Mr. GARRATT is also a dealer in all kinds of hard wood lumber and kindling wood.  The spokes manufactured by Mr. GARRATT are shipped all through New York and the Eastern States.  Mr. GARRATT also conducts farms in this vicinity aggregating 269 acres.  He married in 1888 Carrie E., daughter of O. E. BROCKLEBANK, a carpenter of Canandaigua, and they have one child, Charles A., now in his third year.  The mill is located at the foot of Main street, and his residence is near on the Lake Road.  The mother of our subject, Hannah (HIBBELL) GARRATT, is a resident of Canandaigua, now in her 76th year.

GARTLAND

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 77   

 

John GARTLAND Jr., Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua October 25, 1859, a son of John, a native of Ireland, who came to this country in 1849 and located in Canandaigua.  John Jr., was educated in the common schools and early in life engaged in butchering, which he has always followed.  October 26, 1887, he, in company with William BOYLE, established a market in Canandaigua which they conducted together until August, 1892, when Mr. GARTLAND bought out the interest of Mr. BOYLE and has since conducted the market alone.  He has a commodious market at 153 Main street, where he carries a large stock of fresh and salt meats, game and poultry, and in the rear conducts a sausage manufactory.  Mr. GARTLAND married, June 30, 1885, Jennie E., daughter of Terrence CLARKE, and they are the parents of three children: Willie C., Annie M., John Leo Edward.  Mr. and Mrs. GARTLAND are members of the Catholic Church.

 

GARYAN-WAH-GAH  or "CORNPLANTER"

History of Ontario Co, NY & Its People, Pub. 1911, Vol. I, pg. 29 

Cornplanter was a Seneca Chief; born in Conewaugus, on the Genesee river, in 1732; died on the Cornplanter reservation in Pennsylvania, February 17, 1836; was a half breed, son of an Indian trader named John O'BAIL.  He was a warrior of undoubted prowess, and led the Seneca allies of the British in the War of the Revolution in forays upon the patriot settlements in New York and Northern Pennsylvania, but after its close became the firm friend of the Americans and aided in securing the Fort Stanwix treaty of 1784; also took prominent part in the council at Au Glaize in 1792 and in that in Canandaigua in 1794; was often a jealous rival of RED JACKET.

 

GATCHEL 

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 225 - 226 

GATCHEL Family, Origin and Descendants of the.--1st, William GATCHEL, grandfather and great-grandfather to the generation of descendants now living, was born April 13, 1733, birthplace not known, but lived in the town of Chazy, near Lake Champlain, in northern part of New York State.  At an early date he married Eunice GRAVES, by whom he had the following children, to wit:  William, Nancy, Don A., Harvey, Saphronia and Lamentta.

William GATCHEL died January 24, 1805.  2d, William GATCHEL, father of the present living generation, was born in of Chazy, November 7, 1796.  At an early age the family removed to Oneida county, this State, where he learned the clothier's trade, which he followed successively for several years. In 1821 he left his parental and came to Farmington, Ontario county.  April 2, 1822, he married Huldah HERENDEEN, daughter of Welcome HERENDEEN, one of the first pioneer settlers in town (Farmington).  By this marriage four children came to bless their home, namely: William H., Welcome D., Harriet A., and Arthur M.  These children are all living and situated as follows:  William H., now owns and lives on the homestead farm; Welcome D., now living in Louisville, Ky., a seller of photo stock supplies, married Frances TRIPP of Walworth, Wayne county, NY, March 19, 1856.  Four children were born to them, to wit: Mary, now married and living in West Virginia; next came Albert D., now living at Birmingham, Ala.; Willie A., who died at the age of four; and Frank T., a recent graduate at Yale College.  Harriet A. married Theodore E. LAWRENCE, formerly of Cayuga county, NY, March 24, 1875.  They have one son, William.  Mr. LAWRENCE died October 7, 1888.  He had successfully followed farming for a business.  Arthur M., unmarried, is now living on the old home farm with his elder brother and widowed sister and son.  William GATCHEL, the father, died September 23, 1871.  Huldah GATCHEL, the wife, died November 7, 1868.

 

 

GATES

History of Ontario County, NY, Pub. 1878, Pg. 163 

Joseph Brown GATES the chief subject of this sketch, was born in Hopewell, Ontario County, New York, April 28, 1802.  At the present writing he is in his 75th year and resides on the farm where he was born, and where he has always resided, three and one-half miles east of Canandaigua, on the old turnpike road.  His father, Daniel GATES, was one of the first settlers in Ontario County, having emigrated hither from Rutland county, Vermont, in the year 1789.  Soon after his settlement in Gorham (now Hopewell), his wife died, leaving him a family of 9 children.  About the year 1793, he married Milcah BROWN, widow of Joseph BROWN, of Vermont.  As the result of his second marriage, there were five children born to them, Esther, Cyrus, Moses S., Joseph B. and Fordys. 

All of this second family settled in the neighborhood of their birthplace, Joseph B., succeeding to the old homestead.  On the 22nd of October, 1829, Joseph B., was married to Pamelia B. COOK.  He lead a quiet, industrious farmer life through all the subsequent years of activity.  Careful and prudent in all his business concerns, he gathered about his home the comforts and privileges well earned by toil, and gave his five children the benefits of a good academical education.  He has ever borne both a character and reputation of unquestionable integrity.  Preferring to suffer wrong rather than to do wrong, he never had a contested lawsuit, either as plaintiff or defendant.  Being one of the most highly respected citizens of Ontario county, he has been many times urged to allow his name to be used in reference to places of public trust; but he studiously declined such proffered honors, and hence never was a candidate for any official position, and never held any office above school trustee.  Always leading an exemplary, moral life, he for many years was a regular attendant and supporter of the Presbyterian church in Hopewell, and afterwards of the Wesleyan Methodist church at Hopewell Centre, to which his wife was joined.  In September, 1869, after forty years of contented marriage, his companion in life was separated from him by death.  His five children are living to respect and honor him in his advanced years. 

(see Pamelia Bishop COOK for sketch on Joseph's wife)    (Under Settlement, pg 159)

A worthy pioneer form the "Green Mountain State", was Daniel GATES, who with a family of four children, emigrated from Vermont in 1798, and located on lot 22.  A venerable son, Mr. Joseph B. GATES, resides on the old homestead, where he was born April 28, 1802.  He has five children living, viz: Elisha L. and Mary M., residing in the town; Daniel N., in Minnesota; J. Spencer, in Illinois, and John C., in Iowa.  Daniel WARREN, Shubeal CLARK, and Daniel GATES Jr., were early settlers on this lot.  

 

 

 

GATES

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 77 - 78

 

GATES, Curtis C., West Bloomfield, was born August 3, 1809.  His father, Marvin, was born in 1757 and came from Colchester, Conn., a year later than his brother Daniel.  In 1799 he built the house, now the property of Curtis, and occupied by Charles HOPKINS of North Bloomfield.  Marvin was a farmer, and in company with his brother Daniel was interested in a saw-mill at that place, also making brick there, early in the present century.  January 16, 1798, Marvin married Rachel COE of Granville, Mass., born in 1768.  Their children were Orpha, Melancton, Marvin, Reynold and Curtis Coe.  With Daniel and Marvin came their father, Captain Josiah GATES, a Revolutionary soldier, who was, however, too aged to enter into active work.  Orpha, the oldest child, married John LLOYD of this place in 1819, by whom she had ten children, of whom Eunice now makes her home with her Uncle Curtis, both parents being deceased.  Curtis C. has been three times married.  His first wife was Mercy Malvina LEACH, whom he married in 1838 and by whom he had one son, Robert Lewis, his only child, born in 1839.  He was in the 7th Ohio Infantry in the late war and was killed at the battle of Port Republic, Md., June 9, 1862.  An interesting relic in the shape of an old Bible, brought by Mrs. Marvin GATES from Massachusetts, bears date of 1754, Edinburgh.  Mrs. GATES was a descendant in the seventh generation of Robert "COOE" of Milford, Suffolkshire, England, who, with his wife Anna and three sons, sailed from Ipswich April 10, 1634.

 

GATES  

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 299

GATES, Preston L., West Bloomfield, son of Alfred, was born September 30, 1842.  His grandfather, Daniel, who, with his brother Marvin, was a pioneer in that part of the town (then known as Smith's Mill's), came from Colchester, near New London, Conn., in May, 1789.  He was the first comer by one year.  The old homestead was built in 1802, and is one of the few ancient landmarks of the locality.  Of his family Alfred was born January 25, 1807, and married Catharine PRATT of this town, by whom he had two children; Preston L. and Catharine, the latter dying at the age of 21 years.  His wife died in 1844, and he married second Sarah Emeline PRATT, sister of his first wife, who now resides on the old homestead.  Alfred died in April, 1890, at the age of 86 years.  Preston L. was educated at the district schools and has always followed farming.  For the past 20 years he has had charge of the old farm.  He married in 1866 Helen R., daughter of George DAVIS, of Honeoye Falls, and they have two sons: Lewis E., born in 1867, married and resides on the old homestead; and Alfred D., born in 1871, lives with his parents.  Mr. GATES is a Prohibitionist in politics.  He lives on the old place on which he has erected a fine modern house.  He is increasing his dairy interests, introducing Jersey stock, and is the owner of many fine animals of that breed.  He is also interested in the culture of bees and fancy poultry.

 

 

 

GAUSS

History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 75   

GAUSS, Ashman B., East Bloomfield, was born on the farm where he now resides, February 24, 1831, a son of Thayer and Electa (BEEBE) GAUSS.  The grandfather, Benjamin, came to Bloomfield and married Sarah CODDING of Bristol, (the first white woman married on the Phelps and Gorham purchase), and in 1789 left Berkshire, Mass., and settled on 320 acres of land where subject resides, where Benjamin lived until his death, October 5, 1854, aged 89 years.  Benjamin served through the Revolutionary war, and lost his toes by being frozen.  His wife died January 22, 1847, aged 79 years.  They had six children: Benjamin Jr., Thayer, Sally, Phoebe, Mary and Abbie.  His son, Thayer, was born April 27, 17