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JACKSON
History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 313
JAMIESON History
of Ontario Co., NY, Pub 1911, Vol. 2, pg. 20 David
JAMIESON,
of an old Scotch family, resided in Duferline, Scotland.
He married Anne STUART, who was a cousin of Prince
Charles, of the royal Stuart line.
Children, born at Dumferline: 1. David,
mentioned below; 2.
Daniel, August 2, 1802;
3. Christine,
August 5, 1804; 4.
Annie, August 14, 1806;
5. Francis,
June 3, 1808; 6.
Christine, June 21, 1810;
7. William,
September 14, 1812; 8.
William, July 11, 1815. David,
son of David
and Anne (STUART) JAMIESON, was born at Dumferline,
Scotland on September 19, 1800; married at Collinton, Scotland
on March 17, 1828 to Margaret MUIR
(Parish Church records at High Edinburgh, Scotland, Rev.
Lewis BALFOUR, minister).
Margaret MUIR was born in
Edinburgh or Glasgow, 1809-11, and died March 1870.
David died in 1886 in
Canada. He came to
America when a young man and in 1834 and after living a short
time in New York City, removed to Toronto, thence to Yorkville,
Canada. Children:
1. David, born in Scotland; 2. Jane,
born in New York City, October 7, 1834, died in Barrie, Canada,
September 11, 1910 and married John
JOHNSTON 2nd;
3. Daniel;
4. Francis;
5. John;
6. James.
JEFFREY History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 101 JEFFREY, Charles, Farmington, was born in
Warwickshire, England, November 29, 1816, and came to the United States in 1833,
sailing from Liverpool, May 14, landing in New York July 6, remained in the city
one year, coming to Farmington in 1834. February 1, 1843, he married Mary, daughter of
Samuel and
Hannah MASON of this town. She died
in 1892. They had two children: Hannah, who married
Henry HERENDEEN, of Macedon; he died in 1873; and Mary, who
married James CARSON of this town and have three children: C. Edward, Sidney J.
and Henry H. This farm owned by
Mr.
JEFFREY was bought by Samuel MASON from Nathan
COMSTOCK, who purchased it of
Phelps and Gorham in 1789. Samuel
MASON was born in Swansea, RI, in 1772, and married in 1797, Hannah HERENDEEN,
at Adams, Mass. They came here in
1801.
JEUDEVINE History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich,
pub 1893 JEUDEVINE, Albert, Canandaigua, was born in
Canandaigua, June 29, 1844, a grandson of William, the first of the family to
settle in this country, coming from Charleston with a three horse team.
He located in the town of Richmond in 1805, where he took up a farm.
He lived there until about 1821, when he moved to Canandaigua. The family is of French extraction. William had five children: Henry, William, Luther, Patience
and Ann. William, the second son,
father of our subject, was born in Charleston, November 5, 1800, and came with
his parents to this State. He went
to Geneva about 1817, and there he worked at his trade until the time his father
came to Canandaigua, when he located here and in 1845 bought a farm of 62
acres in the village, where he died June 28, 1873.
He was a man of prominence in the town and held many offices.
For 9 years he was a trustee of the village and assessor of the town,
plank road inspector, and commissioner of highways.
He was a Whig and a Republican. Besides
the old homestead farm, he owned the Wilson farm of 80 acres in Canandaigua,
besides land in Michigan and Ohio. He
married Sarah MASCHO, and they had 7 children, 5 of whom are living:
Sarah M., Hannah and Frank live on the old homestead, and Charles G. and Albert.
William, the oldest son, died August 4, 1891, aged 66 years.
Harriet, the oldest daughter, died June 30, 1889, aged
JEWETT History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich,
pub 1893, pg 494 – 496 JEWETT, Harvey, M. D.,
was born in Langdon, NH, November 19, 1809.
He died at Canandaigua, NY, September 5, 1888.
His father was Eleazer JEWETT
and his mother, Submit PORTER, both
natives of Connecticut.
Dr. JEWETT was
educated in the public schools of New Hampshire until he was 15
years old, when, upon the death of his mother, he took up his
residence in the family of his eldest brother, Dr.
Lester JEWETT, in Seneca, Ontario county, New York.
After further study under the supervision of his brother,
he entered Hobart College, at Geneva, NY, riding on horseback
from Seneca to that institution, a distance of about 10 miles,
and returning each day. He
remained in college a year and a half, when he assumed the
duties of a school teacher in Ontario county, and at the same
time prosecuted the study of medicine with his brother.
He attended lectures at the College of Physicians and
Surgeons, Fairfield, Herkimer county, New York, in 1831-32, and
received a diploma from that school in the same year. Dr. JEWETT began the
practice of his calling immediately upon graduating, at Allen's
Hill, in Ontario county. He
subsequently received the honorary degree of Doctor of Medicine
from the Buffalo Medical College in 1851, and was appointed a
curator of that institution, which position he held to the time
of his death. In 1835 he was married to Mary
M. DIXSON, daughter of John DIXSON,
of Richmond, Ontario county, who died September 30, 1878.
The children born in this marriage were Mary
M., who died in 1864, aged 23 years; Alice
A., who survived her father three years and died March
14, 1891, and John H., who at
present resides at Canandaigua and succeeds to the practice of
his father. After an extensive and laborious country practice at
Allen's Hill for 20 years, Dr. JEWETT took
up his residence in Canandaigua in 1852, where he passed the
remaining years of his life. Dr. JEWETT was for 27
years consulting physician at Brigham Hall, a private asylum for
the insane at Canandaigua, and for several months following the
tragic and untimely death of its superintendent, Dr.
George COOK, by the hands of a patient, he had sole
charge of that establishment.
He was also, at the time of his death and for a series of
years previously, one of the trustees of the Canandaigua Academy
and of the Ontario Orphan Asylum.
He served for a long time as physician to the latter
institution, to be succeeded, upon his resignation of that
office, by his son, in the same capacity.
He contributed to the organization of the Wood Library
Association, in Canandaigua, and was chosen its second
president. He was elected to the presidency of the Medical Association
of Western New York in 1875, and to the Medical Society of the
State of New York in 1882. The address of Dr. JEWETT
before the latter society at its 77th annual meeting in Albany,
the 7th of February, 1883, entitled "Some of the Perils to
Life from Preventable Diseases," was published in the Medical
News of Philadelphia and afterwards in the transactions of
the society, and elicited much favorable comment. In 1853, in the Buffalo Medical Journal, Dr.
JEWETT published an article on "The Influence of
Tobacco in Producing Sciatica." In the same year and in the same journal he recorded
the second reported case of the cure of un-united fracture by
subcutaneous perforation and drilling of the bone, after the
method of Dr. BRAINARD, of Chicago. The transactions of the Medical Society of the State
of New York for 1869 contained a paper by him on Apocynum
Cannabinum in dropsical affections.
His success in the use of this drug by a special method
drew the attention of the profession of the United States and
brought letters on inquiry and corroboration from nearly every
State in the Union. Dr. JEWETT had a large
and varied acquaintance with general surgery, and his operations
were boldly performed and yielded more than the usual measure of
success which attends that branch of practice.
In his earlier experience he devoted much attention to
the operation for cataract, and if he had lived in a large city,
with opportunities multiplying on his hands, it is probable that
he would have drifted into an exclusive practice, in which his
remarkable anatomical knowledge and manual dexterity would have
advanced him to deserved prominence in that line. Dr. JEWETT's tastes and
senilities were of a gentle and refined order.
He loved the quiet walks of life rather than the ways of
strife and variance. His
religious convictions, like his convictions on other subjects,
were strong and abiding, and his daily deportment was an
exemplification of the faith which he professed, which displayed
good will to man in the loftiest as well as the lowliest
illustration of that principle.
JOHNSON History of Ontario County, NY, Published 1878, pg. 237 Biography
is read with interest, and its lessons are practically applied
to the purpose of life. Romance
opens a wide field for invention, and the fertility of thought
presents sudden vicissitudes, desirable but unattainable.
The events of history are beyond our application, and the
difference is small between downright falsehood and useless
truth. The
advantage of a biography on a level with the general surface of
life is that it does not indicate a road to greatness, but shows
how a life has been made long, useful and happy.
In accord with these thoughts is presented a brief record
of George JOHNSON, son of Sylvester
JOHNSON. He first saw the light on July 19, 1823, upon the farm whereon his years have been passed. The cultivation of the soil, ancient and honorable, has always been his occupation; and in turning the furrow, or reaping the crop, his labor has been pleasurable, as it has been his chosen work. His father was a native of Massachusetts, but so many had removed to Ontario County, as so general had been the expression of satisfaction of emigrants, that he too, came out and settled in Bristol during the year 1814. The father was not only a farmer, but an intelligent and successful one, and up to the age of 84, found pleasure and profit in tillage of his fields. As the father, so the son; and in the lapse of years, George has approved himself one of the most enterprising and progressive farmers of Richmond township. One does not increase his store honorably save by industry and frugality, and these excellencies may properly be accredited to Mr. JOHNSON. He who selfishly withdraws himself to the seclusion of his own home and thoughts cares little for society and its claims, and can never win the public regard. Such a person has no likeness to Mr. JOHNSON, who has earned general esteem by identifying himself with all the improvements of his township. As an indication of acknowledged ability to adjudge value and set a fair estimate upon a real and personal property, it is stated that he is the present town's assessor, a position filled for six consecutive years with credit and ability. An acknowledgement of a superintending providence and an attendance upon Divine worship are indicative of a reverential mind, and the way of such men is prospered. Nothing gives more satisfaction to reasonable intelligence than to see merit rewarded and a well-ordered life made happy. Mr. JOHNSON has long continued to be a regular attendant of the Methodist Episcopal church at Allen's Hill. In politics a Republican, and withal a stanch friend of the Union, he saw the approach of the war-clouds wit sorrow, and when the blow was struck which went shivering to the hearts of the people he was aroused to a sense of individual exertion, and offered the best horse in his stables to the first man that would enlist. The animal was promptly given to Jerry WILSON, by whom the promise was speedily demanded to be fulfilled. 54 years have already lost themselves in the past since Mr. JOHNSON began to be, and now, surrounded by all the comforts of a pleasant home, he may reasonably anticipate many coming years, fraught with an experience which, while blended with some bitter, may yet be known as enjoyable. The occupations of life are varied and extensive, requiring minds apt in a special direction, and to preserve a soil fertile, to supply food for the million, to act an example of content, and to act well his part in the relation of the citizen and neighbor, is no small achievement, and such is the present life of Mr. JOHNSON.
JOHNSON History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich,
pub 1893, pg 98 - 99 JOHNSON, John, Canandaigua, was born on his present farm in Canandaigua, August 19, 1823, a son of Robert, a native of Ireland, who came to this country in 1817. He first located in Canada, where he spent a year, and then came to Canandaigua, where he bought a farm of 50 acres. He married, in Canandaigua, Lovina THURSTON of Onondaga county, by whom he had one child, John. The whole life of our subject has been spent on this farm. He was educated in the common schools and has made a successful farmer, as well as one of the most popular men in the southern part of this town. After the death of his father in 1864, he took charge of the farm which he has since increased to 122 acres. He owns besides, a farm of 85 acres in Bristol. He built a very comfortable and pretty residence with barns and outbuildings. He has never taken an active interest in politics. He married April 4, 1842, Rachael SANFORD of Canandaigua, by whom he had four children, three of whom survive: 1. Lovina, wife of Williams HICKS of Bristol; 2. Lyman D. of Cheshire, a contractor and builder; and 3. Herbert E., with a Rochester firm located in Naples. Mrs. JOHNSON died October 31, 1855, and he married second, April 2, 1856, Mary E., daughter of Chauncey CURTISS, a native of Canandaigua; 4. Addie O., wife of Frank FOSTER, died September 12, 1889, aged 20 years; and Jennie A., wife of William JOHNSON of Cheshire. JOHNSON History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich,
pub 1893, pg 99 JOHNSON, John A., Canandaigua, March 11, 1859, a son of John and Mary (CURTISS) JOHNSON. The early life of John A. was spent on the farm, and he was educated in the school at Naples and at Glenwood Institute, Mattewan, NJ. He assisted his father on the farm and taught school winters until 24 years of age, when he bought 50 acres of land by the lake shore. At the time there were no buildings on the place and only a small portion was under cultivation, but Mr. JOHNSON has built a beautiful cottage, a substantial and convenient barn and other buildings. He has set out about 14,000 grape vines, divided among Concords, Delawares and Catawbas, and a few fancy vines. The vineyard is most favorably situated, as by its location he is able to ripen his grapes early. His Delawares are his most profitable variety. In 1892 he cut from his vines about 50 tons of grapes and found a market for the grapes in Boston. Mr. JOHNSON married, March 14, 1883, Ida A., daughter of George and Eliza (WARD) CURTISS of Cheshire, and they have one son, Stuart Le Roy JOHNSON, born December 25, 1883. Mr. JOHNSON has never taken a great interest in politics. He is a member of Canandaigua Grange. JOHNSON History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 100
JOHNSON, Charles R., Canandaigua, was born on the farm where he now resides, February 22, 1848. The earliest ancestor on the paternal side we find trace of is Ebenezer JOHNSON, who was born in Litchfield, Conn., in 1734. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary War and had two sons also in that war, Ebenezer Butler and Rufus. Ebenezer married Deborah SEELEY, daughter of Gideon SEELEY, a native of Westchester county, NY, who emigrated to Onondaga county. Ebenezer B. was the father of three sons and a daughter: Isaac, Samuel, Rufus and Desin. Rufus was born in 1760, and died in 1822. He was the father of one son, Rennsselaer, who was born May 18, 1797. He married Betsey CRAMER, and had one son, Russell Butler, who was born May 18, 1794, and married, February 20, 1817, Betsey SEELEY ELLIOTT, and they had 6 children. Seymour Van Rensselaer, father of our subject, was the second
son.
He was born September 3, 1821. Russell
B. was the first to live in this county, coming here from Onondaga county in
1824, and settling on a farm in East Bloomfield, and in 1829 moved on a farm in
Canandaigua, and in 1842 he bought a farm of 150 acres near Centerfield, which
has since been in the hands of the family.
Russell B. was justice of the peace for 20 years, colonel of the
State militia and temperance speaker. Seymour
V. R. was a man of good education and held many offices in the town.
He was justice of peace for 20 years and a man who had the confidence
of all the people. He married, May 12, 1844, Diana W., daughter of
Japheth STILES, a native and farmer of this town, and had three children:
Harriet A.,
married Homer A. DAVIS, a farmer of Canandaigua; Helen R.
married Ralph M. SIMMONS, a farmer of this town; and
Charles. Seymour died September 16, 1865.
The whole life of our subject has been spent on the old homestead.
He was educated in Canandaigua Academy under Prof. N. T. CLARKE. Mr. JOHNSON has always taken an active interest in the
politics of his town, and has been the party leader of this section for many
years. In 1885 he was elected
assessor of his town, and has held the office continually since, now serving his
third time. He married, January 7,
1873, Maggie FITZMORRIS, daughter of John FITZMORRIS, of East Bloomfield, and
they are the parents of one daughter, Mary A. JOHNSON, now in her
15th
year.
History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich,
pub 1893 JOHNSON, William S., Canandaigua, was born on the
old homestead, a mile south of Cheshire, September 3, 1862, the second son of
John L. and Caroline (GILLETTE) JOHNSON. His
early life was spent on the farm and he was educated at Canandaigua Academy.
In 1885, at the death of his father, he succeeded to what was known as
the
JOHNSON History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich,
pub 1893 JOHNSON, C. H., Gorham, is a native of Canandaigua,
born October 8, 1847. When two
years old he came to Gorham with his parents.
His mother died when subject was 7 years old, and he was reared by J.
Wesley ARNOLD, of Gorham, until 16 years old, when he enlisted in Company
C, 15th New York Cavalry, and served two years and six months.
He was in the battles of New Market, Winchester, and Fisher's Hill, was
wounded at the latter place and sent to a hospital, where he remained until his
discharge in December, 1865. He
returned to Canandaigua and learned the blacksmith's trade at which he worked
for five years. He then went to Gorham and followed his trade until 1883,
when he established a hardware business under the name of C. H. Johnson &
Co. After four years he sold this.
Since 1889 Mr. JOHNSON has been postmaster at Gorham.
In 1875 he married Lillie, daughter of the late
James M. PULVER.
Mr. JOHNSON is a republican, a member of the Rushville Lodge No. 377 F.
& A. M., of the E. K. O. R., and of the G. A. R. at Gorham, and Sherrell
Post No. 313, and has been commander one year.
JOHNSON History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich,
pub 1893, pg 101 - 102 JOHNSON, Frank A., West Bloomfield, son of Leman
A.,
was born in Cazenovia in 1839. He
has resided in Connecticut, Massachusetts and Michigan, and came to Miller's
Corners in 1874, engaging in the mercantile business, and has kept a general
store
JOHNSON History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich,
pub 1893 JOHNSON, Lewis M., Canandaigua, was born in
Canandaigua, May 1, 1856, a son of John L.
The first ancestor of this family was Lewis, grandfather of
Lewis M.
He was a native of Monmouth county, NJ, and came to this county when
about 35 years of age. He
had six children, one of whom survives, Phoebe, widow of
Seymour N. GILLETTE, of
Canandaigua. John L., second son of Lewis, was born December 19, 1820, in
Monmouth county, NJ, and came when a child with his parents to Gorham where they
settled on a farm. He was educated
in the common schools and chose farming for a living. His father first bought a farm about a mile south of
Cheshire, where the family spent several years, and then for about 15 years
lived on a farm west of Canandaigua. In
1846 John L. bought a farm below Cheshire, where he lived until 1876.
In 1878 he moved to Cheshire and lived a retired life, dying here January
14, 1885. He was a very prominent
farmer and took much interest in politics, though never an office seeker.
His principal interest was in his home and his farm, and at his death he
owned a large quantity of real estate. He
(John L.) married, November 19, 1844, Celestia C., daughter of
Milton GILLETTE, of
Canandaigua, who was a native of Connecticut.
Mr. JOHNSON had four children: 1.
Helen S., the oldest, married Homer
CHASE,
of Canandaigua, October 10, 1866, and died October 16, 1883;
2. Julia E., married
W. D. CRANDALL, of Canandaigua; 3. William S.
is a farmer of Canandaigua.
The whole life of 4. Lewis M. has been spent in this town.
He was educated in Canandaigua Academy, Geneseo Normal School, and
Eastman's Business College at Poughkeepsie.
He has devoted part of his life to farming, and at the death of his
father succeeded to the management of the farm, residing on the homestead in
Cheshire. October 4, 1888, he married Carrie E., daughter of
L. M. SPAULDING, a farmer of Canandaigua and a native of Gorham.
JOHNSON
History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich,
pub 1893, pg 223 JOHNSON, George,
Richmond, was born on the spot where he now resides in 1823.
His father, Sylvester, a
native of Dighton, Mass., served as ship carpenter during the War of 1812, and afterwards came here with his wife,
Ruth CHASE, who died soon after, leaving three children: James,
Hiram, and Abbey. He
married second Beulah BUSH of East
Bloomfield, by whom he had two children:
Louise (deceased) and George.
The latter was educated at the district schools and at
Allen's Hill under Professor RICE,
and married in 1853 Emeline D. BAILEY
of Somerset, Niagara county, who was born at Baptist Hill, in
Bristol, in 1830. They
have had four children: Frank B.,
born in 1854, died in 1858; Carrie E.,
born in 1856, died in 1858; Jennie O.,
born April 11, 1859, wife of L. A.
MITCHELL; and Emma C., born
September 22, 1860, wife of A. N. STEWART
of Livonia. Mr.
JOHNSON has a flock of three hundred Merino sheep and is
engaged in mixed farming. For
the past 15 years he has bought large quantities of wool, and
has been industrious and energetic.
JOHNSON
History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich,
pub 1893, pg 259 JOHNSON, George,
Richmond, was born on the spot where he now resides in 1823.
His father, Sylvester, a
native of Dighton, Mass., served as ship carpenter during the
War of 1812, and afterwards came here with his wife,
RUTH CHASE, who died soon after, leaving three children: James,
Hiram, and Abbey. He
married second Beulah BUSH, of East
Bloomfield, by whom he had two children, Louise,
deceased, and George.
The latter was educated at the district schools and at
Allen's Hill, under Prof. RICE, and
married in 1853 Emeline D. BAILEY,
of Somerset, Niagara county, who was born at Baptist Hill, in
Bristol, in 1839. They
have had four children: Frank B.,
born in 1854, died in 1858; Carrie E.,
born in 1856, died in 1858; Jennie O.,
born April 11, 1859, wife of L. A.
MITCHELL; and Emma C., born
September 22, 1860, wife of A. N. STEWART,
of Livonia. Mr.
JOHNSON has a flock of 300 Merino sheep and is engaged in
mixed farming. For
the past 15 years he has bought large quantities of wool, and
has been industrious and energetic.
JOHNSON
History
of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 312 JOHNSON,
Lewis Mortimer, Canadice, was born in Conesus, Livingston
county, June 8, 1837. His
father was George JOHNSON, born in
Vermont, who came with his father, Luke,
to Canadice, and settled on Ball Hill in an early day.
George married Joanna,
daughter of William FULLER, who
came here very early. George and his wife had 13
children, eight sons and five daughters.
One brother of Lewis M., ---
William---lives in Canadice, on Hemlock Lake.
Lewis M. was educated in the
district schools and has always been a farmer.
He married in 1861, Chloe JACKMAN,
daughter of Josiah and Luvia JACKMAN,
and they have two sons: Burdett,
born September 18, 1863, and Eugene B.,
born November 7, 1866. The
latter is now station and telegraph agent on the Erie railroad
at Wallace, Steuben county, while Burdett
is now residing home. He
is a natural mechanic, and a builder of boats.
Mr. JOHNSON is a republican
and a supporter of the M. E. Church.
He owns 60 acres of land on the homestead farm, formerly
known as the SHORT farm.
JOHNSON History of Ontario Co., NY & Its People, Pub. 1911, Vol. II, pg 21 Thomas JOHNSON, who has been prominently identified with the public affairs of Ontario county, New York, for many years, is descended form an old family of Ireland, his father having come to this country about the middle of the last century and located in Canandaigua, New York. Thomas JOHNSON was born in county Derry, Ireland, January 10, 1856 and was very young when he came to this country. He was educated in the public schools of Canandaigua and Canandaigua Academy, and then entered upon his business career. He established himself in the lumber business in 1885, forming a partnership with William CROWLEY, and this business was successfully prosecuted for a period of about nine years. Mr. JOHNSON was then appointed superintendent of water works, an office he filled capably for another nine years, and since 1905, has given much of his time and attention to farming interests. He has been a staunch supporter of the republican party, was a member of the advisory board of the trustees of the village, and for the past eight years has held office as a street commissioner. Mr. JOHNSON married (first) at Canandaigua, in June, 1890, Jane FLANNIGAN, of East Bloomfield, New York. They had one child: Grace E. He married (second), at Canandaigua, November 2, 1907, Ethel STEWART, of Toronto, Canada. Children: Ethel Stewart and Thomas Edward.
JOHNSTON History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich,
pub 1893, pg 99 - 100 JOHNSTON, John, Geneva, was born in Scotland, April
11, 1791. He came to the United
States in 1821, and after traveling about and visiting various localities, he
purchased a farm of 112 acres on the east side of Seneca Lake, three miles from
Geneva. To this place in 1822 Mr.
JOHNSTON brought his family, and on the same farm he continued to reside until
1877, when he came to Geneva. Mr. JOHNSTON was deeply interested in every
measure that tended to improve the condition or lighten the labors of the
farming community of this country. He
was the first man to use the tile drawing system for improving low or marsh
lands, and although he was frequently ridiculed by his neighbors, who said he
was burying his money, he nevertheless was the pioneer of a system that
afterward came into general use and proved of great benefit to the
agriculturists of the whole country. For
this and his general devotion he was presented in 1859 with a valuable and
finely fashioned silver water service,
JOHNSTON History
of Ontario Co., NY, Pub 1911, Vol. II, pg. 19-20 James
JOHNSTON
was of Scotch-Irish stock, born in 1813 in Ulster province,
north of Ireland. He
had two brothers and two sisters.
He married Mary GRAHAM,
also of Scotch descend, and born in the north of Ireland.
They were married in Kingston, Ontario, Canada in 1833.
JOHNSTON came to Ontario when a young man, and in 1843 settled at
Barrie, Canada. He
was a stone mason, following the mason’s trade all of his
active life. Children: John, mentioned
below; William born at Kingston
in 1838; Robert born at Kingston
in 1841; James B., born at
Barrie, 1844; Thomas born at
Barrie, 1847. John,
son of James JOHNSTON, was born
at Kingston, Ontario, Canada, March 29, 1834 and died May 12,
1909. He was a
farmer, a Conservative in politics and a Methodist in religion. He married in Oro, March 13, 1861, Jane
JAMIESON, by Rev. J. C. SLATER.
Children: 1.
Margaret, born January 10, 1862,
died young. 2.
Margaret Elizabeth born in
Dalston, January 11, 1863, married at Minesing, April 18, 1883
to Harry WYLES of Grantham,
Lincolnshire, England; their children: Annie
WYLES, born at Minesing, February 24, 1884; Edith
WYLES, May 18, 1886, died June 22, 1887; Ethel
Jena WYLES, September 21, 1889; Florence
Margaret WYLES (twin), June 3, 1894; John
Lawrence WYLES (other twin); Constance
Muriel WYLES, December 9, 1898.
3.
Mary Graham, at Minesing,
January 6, 1865, married December 27, 1882 to Isaac
SOMMERS and she died March 5, 1904.
Their children born at Minesing: William
Henry SOMMERS, April 23, 1884; Archibald
Jamieson SOMMERS, June 17, 1886; Walter
Burton SOMMERS, June 6, 1888; Myrtle
Belle SOMMERS, March 17, 1891; John
Johnston SOMMERS, August 8, 1893; David
Graham SOMMERS, September 1896; Herbert
Allen SOMMERS, June 1899; Mary
Graham Jean SOMMERS, July 26, 1901.
4.
William James, mentioned
below. 5.
Frances Jean, born October 13,
1868, a trained nurse in the Blackwell Island Hospital, New York
city. 6.
Angeline Ann, October 1,
1870. 7.
Belvia May, August 24,
1872, married Albert GIBSON.
8. John
Thomas, August 6, 1876, married Mary
HAMILTON with one child, William
S., born July 1907.
Dr.
William James JOHNSTON,
son of John JOHNSTON, was born
at Minesing, Canada, September 11, 1866.
He was educated in the public schools in Canada, and the
Ontario Veterinary College, from which he graduated in 1889.
In the spring of 1889 he commenced to practice his
profession at Tillsonburgh, Canada, and continued there until
the spring of 1893, when he came to Geneva, New York.
From that time until 1905 he was in business alone and
since then he has had Dr. Newell D.
BACKUS as partner, and they have practiced at Geneva
under the firm name of Johnston & Backus.
In politics he is a Republican.
He is a member of the Presbyterian church.
He
married December 8, 1891, at Tillsonburgh, Canada, Amy
Elizabeth OSTRANDER, born September 29, 1865 at
Ostrander, Oxford county, Canada, daughter of Henry
and Margaret Ann (BRADY) OSTRANDER.
Her father was born May 29, 1816, died in 1892; married
February 1841 to Margaret Ann BRADY,
born in Dublin, Ireland on June 1, 1822 and died February 19,
1894. Mr.
OSTRANDER was a farmer by occupation; a Methodist in
religion and a Conservative in politics, serving as postmaster
for several years. John
OSTRANDER, grandfather of Mrs.
JOHNSTON, was born in England and came to Canada when a
young man; married there, Mary Jane
COHOE, who was a native of New York state; resided at
Gusyburg, Canada. Children of William James and Amy (OSTRANDER) JOHNSTON: 1. Hazel Belvia, born at Tillsonburgh, March 16, 1893. 2. Lee, born at Geneva, NY, September 22, 1894. 3. Zayde, born at Geneva, September 23, 1897; 4. Reginald Graham, born June 28. 1899.
JONES
History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 311 - 312 JONES, Leonard H., Bristol, a native of Bristol, born June 27, 1834, is a son of Elijah, whose father, Seth, was a native of Dighton, Mass. He married a Miss BARROWS and had four children. They came to Bristol and settled, and here Mrs. JONES died, and he married second Betsey ____, by whom he had 9 children. He was in the War of 1812, and kept a hotel. Elijah was born in Bristol in 1802, and was thrice married, first to Louisiana HATHAWAY, by whom he had three children. Second, in 1833, to Sallie (HATHAWAY) REED, by whom he had three children. Mrs. JONES died October 28, 1838, and in 1839 he married third Mary B. ANDREWS. Mr. JONES was a brigadier general in the state militia. He built the present hotel of Bristol, of which he was proprietor for many years. Leonard H. JONES was educated in the common schools, and in May, 1858, married Lucy A. FRANCIS, a native of McComb county, Mich., born in 1835, a daughter of William FRANCIS, who was one of three children of Seth and Mary (FARRAR) FRANCIS, of Dighton, Mass. William FRANCIS married first Martha EVARTS, by whom he had three children, and second (Mrs.) Fannie (ST. JOHN) JOHNSON, by whom he had three children. He died in 1888, and his wife in 1891. He served 8 months in the Civil War as a musician. Subject (Leonard) and wife have had five children: Frank A., David B., Roswell E., Lamont L., and Martha A. The latter died in infancy. Mr. JONES is a general farmer and owns 150 acres of land in Bristol, and 640 acres in Kansas. He owns a saw-mill, and for five years has been extensively engaged in evaporating apples, the capacity of the evaporator being 300 barrels per day. With the exception of four years spent in Oakland county, Mich., Mr. JONES has resided in Bristol. He is a republican and has been supervisor7 years, and at present is excise commissioner. He was a Good Templar and a member of the Grange at Bristol. Mr. JONES and wife attend the Universalist church.
JONES
History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich,
pub 1893, pg 373 - 374 JONES, Prosser, Seneca, was born in the town of
Conquest, Cayuga county, April 1, 1832.
He was educated in the common schools and has always
followed farming. He
has married twice, first, June 15, 1833, Catherine FITCH, of
Seneca, and came to reside in Ontario county April 4, 1854.
They had six children, of whom four grew to maturity:
William, Jay, John and George.
Mrs. JONES died March 11, 1875, and he married second
Mrs. Eliza (SAYLE) RICE, of the town of Clarkson, Monroe county.
Prosser JONES was born in the town of Berne, Albany
county, January 24, 1801, and married Catherine VAN LEWEIN, of
Saratoga county, and they had four children: William, Prosser,
Augusta, and Laura who died at the age of four years. His father died in 1850 and, his mother in 1880.
Mr. JONES was elected road commissioner in 1882 for three
years. The ancestry
of this family is Welsh, English and Dutch.
JOPSON
History
of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 312 JOPSON,
Mark, Canandaigua, was born in Worsted, Norfolk county,
England, May 14, 1839, and came to this country in 1856.
He came to East Bloomfield and worked at farming until
1864, when he bought a farm of seven acres in Bristol.
After two years he sold this and bought 26 acres which he
conducted six years. He
then sold it and bought a farm of 52 acres in East Bloomfield,
which he owned until 1883, then sold it and bought a farm of 103
acres in Gorham. He
lived there until 1888, then bought a farm of 128 acres in
Canajoharie, where he now lives.
He devotes his farm to the raising of grain, vegetables,
and stock. He is a
firm republican though he never takes an active interest in
politics. Mr.
JOPSON married, December 25, 1860, Hannah,
daughter of Richard APPLETON, of
East Bloomfield, a native of England, who died in March, 1883.
Mrs. JOPSON died November
26, 1879, leaving four children: John M., a farmer of Hopewell; Herbert
C., Daisey B., and Raymond H.
He married second in July, 1881, Elizabeth
TOOLEY, a native of Norfolk, by whom he had two children,
George L., and Lillie M.
JORDANHisto Whitman
Howard JORDAN,
director of the New York Agricultural Experiment Station, at
Geneva, Ontario County, NY, since 1896, is most thoroughly
conversant with every detail of the important work entrusted to
his care. His live
has always been an active one, and he is one of those restless,
energetic men show whole lives are in incessant battle to
overcome problems the solution of which will be of inestimable
benefit to the great cause of humanity. James
JORDAN,
father of Whitman H. JORDAN, was
born in Raymond, Maine, January 3, 1806.
The active years of his life were spent in the pursuit of
agriculture, in which he was eminently successful.
His religious affiliations were with the Free Baptist
denomination and his political support was given to the
republican party. He
married Sarah SYMONDS, who was
born in Raymond, Maine April 6, 1809.
Whitman
Howard,
son of James and Sarah (SYMONDS) JORDAN,
was born in Raymond, Maine, October 27, 1851.
His elementary education was obtained in the rural
district school and he then attended the Nichols’ Latin
School, in Lewiston, Maine.
Subsequently he was a student at the University of Maine,
which conferred upon him the degree of Bachelor of Science.
He was then engaged for some times with graduate work at
Cornell University. Later the University of Maine conferred upon him the degrees
of Master of Science and Doctor of Science, and the Michigan
Agricultural College bestowed that of Doctor of Laws.
He was his father’s assistant on the farm until he
entered college at the age of 20 years and in this manner gained
a practical knowledge of all the details of farm cultivation,
which proved inestimable value in his later studies.
After his graduation, he was the principal of Dennysville
High school, Dennysville, Maine; assistant tot Dr. W.
O. ATWATER, 1878-79; instructor at the University of
Maine, 1879-80; professor of agriculture and agricultural
chemistry, Pennsylvania State College, 1881 – 85; director of
the Maine Agricultural Experiment Station, 1885-96; director of
the New York Agricultural Experiment Station at Geneva, 1896 to
present. Mr.
JORDAN has been the fortunate discoverer of some
exceedingly valuable facts concerning scientific cultivation in
the course of his numerous experiments, and his bold and
enterprising methods, combined with the careful execution
bestowed upon the numerous experiments undertaken by him, lead
frequently to results which cannot be too highly estimated and
which are of universal benefit.
Mr. JORDAN
is a support of the Republican principles, and while
taking a lively and earnest interest in all matters concerning
the public welfare has never aspired to political office,
deeming his time best employed when attending to the duties
which lie nearest to him. He
is a member of the patrons of Husbandry and the University Club
of Geneva, and attend the services at the Presbyterian church.
In financial circles his opinion is regarded as carrying
authority, and he has been elected and is serving as a trustee
of the Geneva Savings Bank. He is a man of social disposition but finds little time to
spend in social gatherings, preferring to devote his spare hours
to the reading of publications connected with the subjects in
which he has so deep an interest. Mr.
JORDAN
married at Orono, Maine, March 3, 1880, Emma
Louise, daughter of Nathaniel
and Abigail A. (COLBURN) WILSON; they have no children.
Mr. WILSON was a lawyer
and served as a member of the Maine legislature.
History of Ontario Co., NY & Its People, Pub. 1911, Vol. II, pg 244 William Arthur JUDD, president of the Judd & Leland Company, has been largely instrumental in advancing the commercial interests of Clifton, Springs, Ontario county, New York and the adjoining territory. Calvin L. JUDD, son of Levi JUDD, was born in Geneva, New York, January 4, 1821, died September 20, 1889. He was a contractor and builder, and removed to Clifton Springs, New York in 1866. There he followed his calling with great success, one of the most prominent buildings erected under his supervision being the Clifton Springs Sanitarium. He was subsequently appointed to the office of steward in this institution, a position he filled for a period of 25 years. He was a member and trustee of the Methodist church and a member of Geneva Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons. He married Mary N. WHITE, decease, of Waterloo, New York. Children: William Arthur, see forward; Mary, married Frederick M. CABLE. William Arthur, only son of Calvin L. and Mary N. (WHITE) JUDD, was born in Geneva, New York, October 12, 1858. His education was acquired in the public schools of his native city and he came with his parents to Clifton Springs in 1866. For two years he was engaged in the drug business in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and upon his return to Clifton Springs established himself in the same line of business in association with E.W. BRIGGS, the firm name being Briggs & Judd. After a time he purchased the interest of his partner and continued the business alone for seven years. He then sold this concern and engaged in the manufacturing business, forming a partnership with J.R. BOSTWICK, and doing business under the style of Bostwick & Judd. At the expiration of three years he purchase the sole rights of this enterprise and then formed a partnership with R.L. LELAND, the firm operating as Judd & Leland for three years. The business was then incorporated under the name of The Judd & Leland Company, as which it is conducted at the present time (1910). They manufacture automobile pumps, tin ware and leather goods, and their annual output is an enormous one and highly profitable. Mr. JUDD has served as trustee of the village of Clifton Springs and as school trustee for a number of years. He is a member of the Methodist church and is clerk of the board of trustees. He is affiliated in various capacities with the following organizations: Formerly member of Sincerity Lodge, No. 200, now of Newark Lodge, No. 83; Free and Accepted Masons; Newark Chapter, No. 117; Royal Arch Masons; Zenobia Commandery, No. 41, Knights Templar; Damascus Temple, Ancient Arabic Order Nobles of the Mystic Shrine; he has served as grand sword bearer of the state of New York; member of the K.O.T.M.; secretary of the insurance department of the Knights of Phythias. Mr. JUDD married, December 27, 1882, Addie, daughter of Marvin HILL of Palmyra, New York. Children: Bessie N., now assistant pastor of Centenary Church of Syracuse; Mary H., preceptress of the Andover high school, New York; Ruth Wright, student in the high school; Leland, also a student in the high school.
KANE
History
of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 313 KANE,
John, Geneva, was born in March, 1838, in County Clare,
Ireland, and in 1856 came to America and located at Gloversville,
and was there one year. He
then came to Geneva, and worked in a nursery for 21 years.
In 1876 he opened a grocery store and has carried on that
business since, being also a farmer.
In 1859 he married Ellen FLINN
and has 8 children, six sons and two daughters. Thomas C., the oldest son is
lieutenant on the Chicago police force; the third son is John
S., who is in Chicago also and a contractor on the Columbian
Exposition buildings; Ellen, wife of O.
SNYDER, lives in New York; Anthony,
Peter, Patrick W., George F., and Katie, reside in Geneva.
The family are members of the Catholic Church.
KANE History of Ontario Co., NY & Its People, Pub. 1911, Vol. II, pg 17-18 Chief of Police, Daniel KANE, of Geneva is not only one of the oldest guardians of the peace in the State, in point of service, having held that office for more than twenty consecutive years, but also enjoys the distinction of being one of the most efficient detectives between New York city and Chicago. His rapid advancement in the police department was the result of his close attention to duty, and his long continued retention in his present office is a fitting recognition of his earnest endeavors to protect the community form the aggressions of law-breakers. Daniel KANE was born in Geneva, New York, November 27, 1854. His parents were liberty-loving Irish people, who, in the middle of the last century, sought a home in the Untied States, where the laws and regulations more fully coincided with their ideas of political and religious freedom. He was educated in the Geneva public schools, and after concluding his attendance at the high school he engaged in the grocery business. A year later, 1874, he sold his interest in the business to his partner and going to Michigan was for fourteen months, employed upon a farm. He then returned to Geneva, but a year later he once more turned westward with a view of obtaining lucrative employment, and found an acceptable position in the Chicago packing-house of Libby, McNeil and Libby, where he remained for one year. Dissatisfied with his surroundings, he again returned to Geneva, and entered the employ of his brother, T. A. KANE, who was in the grocery business. May 16, 1882, he was appointed a patrolman on the Geneva police force, and in that capacity he found ample opportunity for the exercise of his natural ability and keen intelligence. His untiring devotion to his duties, together with the thoroughly able manner in which there were executed, won for him the confidence of his superiors and the general public, and in the short space of 8 years he attained the highest position in the department. July 1, 1890, Mr. KANE became the official head of the Geneva police force, and during his twenty-one years of continuous service in that responsible capacity, he has received the cordial support and hearty commendation of his fellow citizens. His superior executive ability and standard of efficiency, thus making it an effective instrument in protecting the lives and property of all within his jurisdiction, and his alertness in the never ending struggle between the civil authorities and the criminal class, has been the means of bringing many notorious malefactors to justice. Nor have his efforts been wholly confined to local police duty, as he has won an enviable reputation as a detective, and one of his notable achievements in that line was the furnishing of information which caused the arrest and conviction of the five desperate yeggmen who were concerned in the robbery of the Shortsville Bank. He is a charter member and past grand knight of the Knights of Columbus, also affiliated with the Benevolent and Protective order of Elks, and attends St. Francis (Roman Catholic) Church. Mr. KANE was married, May 26, 1881 to Elizabeth TANNIAN, born in Geneva, December 12, 1854; died September 3, 1906. Children: 1. Thomas C., born April 9, 1882; married Katherine MC ANIFF, a teacher in the high school at Phelps, New York. They have one child, Helen. 2. Josephine, born December 12, 1883; 3. William A., September 18, 1888; 4. Elizabeth A., September 27, 1890; 5. John A., May 18, 1893; 6. Daniel F., August 31, 1895. The majority are graduates of the Geneva high school and the others will complete their studies there. The youngest daughter, Elizabeth A., is now attending the State Normal School at Geneseo. (Note: per SSDI, Daniel's dob was August 30, 1895 - dod April 1967).
KEATING History of Ontario County, NY and Its People, Pub. 1911, Vol. II, pg. 370-371 KEATING, John pg 370, John KEATING was born in county Cork, Ireland, in 1795, died in 1885. He married Ellen ROACH, who was also born in county Cork. She died in 1890, aged ninety years. (II) John (2), son of John (1) KEATING, was born in county Cork, Ireland in 1844. He came to America when he was fifteen years old. He followed farming all his active life. He made his home in Victor, New York. In politics he was a Democrat; in religion a Roman Catholic. He married, in 1870, Margaret MOORE, born in East Bloomfield, New York, July 8, 1845, died February 17, 1909. Margaret MOORE was a daughter of Michael MOORE, born in Ireland in 1805ded in 1895, married Margaret MAHONEY born in county Cork, in 1810, died in 1894. Children of John KEATING: 1. William F., mentioned below 2. Elizabeth, born at Victor, March, 1873, married John J. BRADY 3. Frederick B., born at Victor, February 1874, married Catherine TOBIN 4. Mary, born at Victor, November 19, 1885, never married. 5. Henry, born at Victor, November 19, 1887, died March 29, 1888. (III) William F., son of John (2) KEATING, was born in East Bloomfield, New York, November 5, 1871. He was educated in the district schools and the high school at Victor, New York, and at the Rochester Business College. From 1893 to 1895 he was in the employ of Loomis & Woodworth, produce dealers at Victor, as bookkeeper for ten years. In 1904 he entered the employ of the M.W. Burke & Company, real estate and insurance brokers, at Victor. He bought the business of his employers, March 1, 1905, and has conducted it successfully to the present time. In politics he is a Democrat. He has served the town one term as collector of taxes. He is a member of the Catholic Mutual Benefit Association. He is a communicant of the Catholic Church, and belongs to St. Patrick's parish. He is a member of the Knights of Columbus. He married, September 1, 1902, Honora TOBIN, born at Victor, July 15, 1875, daughter of James and Mary (BURKE) TOBIN. Her father was born in county Cork, Ireland, August 15, 1840 and came to America in 1862 and to Victor in 1864. He is a farmer. In religion he is a Catholic and in politics a Democrat. Mary (BURKE) TOBIN was born in county Cork, Ireland, in March 1843, married, February 14, 1862, the same year in which she came to this county. Peter BURKE, father of Mary, came to this county in 1862; his wife Catherine (O'BRIEN) BURKE, died in February, 1888.
KEEFFE History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 103 KEEFFE, Maurice, was born in
Garrylaurence, Parish
of Clanmult, Barrymore, County of Cork, Ireland, in May, 1836, and came to the
United States, landing in New York March 14, 1856. He first located in Portland, Conn., where he remained a year
and returned to New York and located in Victor.
February 6, 1863, he married Ellen MEAD of this town.
They have 7 children, four sons and three daughters: David M., Mary
A., Bartholomew V., John, Nellie L., Johanna, and Maurice Emmet.
Mr. KEEFFE has been assessor of his town nine years, is also at the
present time member of the Board of Excise.
KEELEY
History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich,
pub 1893, pg 278 Keeley Institute, Canandaigua.
This is a branch of the original Keeley Institute of Dwight,
IL. When Dr.
KEELEY's remedies for the drinking and morphine habit were
acknowledged, the town of Dwight was found to be too small for the
accommodation of crowds that flocked there for its benefits, and it
was found necessary to establish branches of that institution
throughout the country for the accommodation of these patients.
Five of these branches are located in New York State: White
Plains, Babylon, Binghamton, Westfield, and Canandaigua.
This branch was opened in April, 1892, in Geneseo, and was
removed to Canandaigua October 1, 1892, on account of the poor
railroad facilities of that town. Since its removal they have had about 35 patients, and since
the establishment of the branch it has had about 90. It is under the charge of R. N. TANNABILL,
who is superintendent, and Stanley C. BABCOCK,
M. D.
KENDALL History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich,
pub 1893, pg 104 - 105
KENDALL, D.D., Rev. Henry, East Bloomfield, was born in Volney, Oswego county, August 24, 1815, a son of John KENDALL, who was born at Springfield, Mass., and emigrated to Oneida county in 1792, residing at Paris Hill till 1806, when he removed to Volney, Oswego county, then a perfect wilderness, remaining there till his death, which occurred in 1853. He was twice married. Our subject had a district school education, passing from there to the academy at Mexico, where he prepared to enter a sophomore in Hamilton College, from which institution he graduated in 1840. He then entered Auburn Seminary, from which he graduated in 1844. He was pastor of the church at Verona, Oneida county, until 1848, then came to East Bloomfield, ministering to the church there with great acceptability for 9 years. He was three years at Pittsburg, Pa.; then went to New York, where he accepted a position as secretary of the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church, which he filled until his death, September 9, 1892. He was a trustee of Auburn Seminary, Hamilton College, and the Western Reserve College, also the Western University. April 28, 1848, he married Sophronia LUCE, born in Winfield, Herkimer county, and a daughter of Almond and Anna (SPOONER) LUCE, a farmer and merchant. Rev. Henry KENDALL and wife had 5 children: Frederick G., who died aged 32 years. He was a graduate of Hamilton College and Auburn Seminary. His only charge was at Grand Rapids; Anna L., died aged 7 years; Grace W., died aged 18 years; Henry died at the age of 2 and a half years; and Eliza Birdsall died aged 3 and a half years. The following is from the pen of the Rev. L. M. MILLER, D.
D. :
"East Bloomfield was his home retreat whenever respite from labor came.
There he buried his children, and there still Mrs. KENDALL remains.
Strongly wedded to Central New York, he was interested always for the
college on the hill, and for Auburn Seminary.
When the roll of the class of ' 40 was called in the recitation room,
KENDALL, KNOX and MILLER answered side by side, so that we had the opportunity
to know Dr. KENDALL as a constant, conscientious and ready student.
Genial, conservative, and decisive in his manners, he did nothing to
antagonize those who differed from him, and by a frank and manly bearing
maintained pleasant relations with the students as well as the faculty.
These qualities he carried with him into his public life, and they guided
him to success. But it was as a
leading secretary of the Board of Home Missions of the Presbyterian Church that
he won his laurels as a great and good workman, in effective service throughout
the broad domain of its continually enlarging borders, and occupying with
general commendation the important office for more than thirty-one years.
Through
KENNEDY
History of Ontario County, NY and Its People, Pub. 1911,
Vol. II, pg. 10 - 12 Grant
Maitland KENNEDY,
who was for a number of years identified with educational
matters in the state of New York, and who has since then been
engaged in the furniture and undertaking business, is of Scotch
ancestry. (1)
James
KENNEDY,
was born in Kells, Kirkcutbright county, Scotland, June 12,
1791, died October 13, 1888.
He was a surveyor of taxes in Scotland, and a farmer
after he came to America. He attended the Protestant church. He married, October 11, 1824, Margaret HOUSTON, born
September 15, 1806, died June 18. 1881.
Children: 1. Mary, married Matthew HENDERSON,
of Yates county, New York; 2. Francis M., see forward;
3.
David, married Sarah BARKER;
4;
John
married Emerette BARKER;
5.
Robert, lived in
Geneva, New York and married Emma ROBSON; 6.
Barbara, married Joseph MC CONNELL, of
Italy, Yates county, New York; 7. Jane, married
Niram
SQUIRE of Yates county, New York. (2)
Francis
M.,
son of James and Margaret (HOUSTON) KENNEDY, was
born in Kells, Scotland, May 30, 1830.
His whole life after coming to this country was spent on
his farm in Italy, New York, with the exception of the last six
years, when he lived retired from the active work, in
Canandaigua, New York. He
was a member of the Protestant church, and adherent of the
republican party. He
married (first) in Italy, Yates county, New York, Phobe J.,
daughter of James and Rachel FISHER. Children: James, M., born September 23, 1854,
deceased; John A., born May 19, 1857, deceased;
Grant
Maitland, see forward.
Mr. KENNEDY married (second),
Lillie I.
GRISWOLD. Children:
Margaret, born July 7, 1873; Mary
J., November 25,
1875; Frances E., September 1, 1880; Frederick
G.,
December 16, 1884; Ralph H., April 20, 1887. (3)
Grant
Maitland, youngest
child of Francis M. and Phoebe J. (FISHER) KENNEDY,
was born in Italy, Yates county, New York, January 3, 1866.
His early education was received in the district school
of Italy Hollow, New York, and at the age of 16 years he
entered the Naples Academy at Naples, New York, spending three
years in that institution, and finishing with one year at the
State Normal School at Genesee, New York.
His early years were spent upon the homestead farm, and
in the fall of 1885, he made his first appearance as a teacher
of district schools, commencing in the Segar district in the
town of Italy. For
six years he was thus engaged, being in turn in the schools of
Lazalieers Hollow (now Guyunogy), the county House district,
both in the town of Jerusalem, also Italy Hollow, Italy Hill and
West Italy schools, all located in Yates county, New York.
August 7, 1891, he went to Canandaigua and formed a
partnership with Darwin CHENEY in the undertaking
business, this continuing until November 25, 1901, he took Amos
GILETT, of Canandaigua, as a partner, and the business was
conducted under the firm name of Gilett & Kennedy until the
death of Mr. GILLETT, February 26, 1903.
The business was continued under the same name until July
19, 1904, when Mr. KENNEDY purchased the interest of his
late partner from his widow, and since that date has been the
sole owner and manager of the business, which had combined
furniture with the undertaking branch.
It is located at Nos. 9, 11 and 13 Bristol street,
Canandaigua. Mr.
KENNEDY is a member of the republican party, and attends the
Methodist Episcopal church.
He is connected in various capacities with the following
organizations: Canandaigua Lodge, No. 294, Free and Accepted
Masons; Canandaigua Chapter, No., 164, Royal Arch Masons, in
which he has filled the office of king; Zenobia Commandery, No.
41, Knights Templar; Canandaigua
Lodge, No. 236 Independent Order of Odd Fellow, in which
he has filled all hairs, including the office of noble grand.
March 16, 1910, ah the most recent district meeting of
past grands of Ontario district, Mr. KENNEDY was elected
district deputy grand master of Ontario district. Mr. KENNEDY married at Italy Hollow, New York, September 28, 1892, Nettie L. GEER, born in that town September 6, 1865, daughter of George L. and Jane B. GEER, the former a farmer, and they had children: Charles, Leroy, Hebert, William, Mary, Emma and Nettie L. (GEER), mentioned above. Mr. and Mrs. KENNEDY have had children: Bertha Jane, born September 15, 1899; Howard Geer, born March 19, 1901.
KENNEDY History
of Ontario County, NY and Its People, Pub. 1911, Vol. II, pg. 12
- 13 Robert
M. KENNEDY
was born in Italy, Yates county, New York, August 26, 1848.
In his earlier years he was a farmer and was thus
occupied until 1877, when he engaged in the undertaking business
in his native town, and from there removed to Middlesex.
In 1893 he came to Geneva, Ontario county, New York,
thinking this a better field for the conduct of his business,
and established himself there, the firm being know as Kennedy
& Kennedy, and embracing Mr. KENNEDY, and his son,
James
M. They now
occupy a position in the first ranks of embalmers and
undertakers and control by far the largest amount of business in
this line, in Geneva, and still manage a branch in Middlesex.
They occupy one of the oldest buildings in the town,
which was erected by the Bank of Geneva, and occupied by that
institution for many years.
It is still in perfect condition and is honored as one of
the old landmarks.
Mr.
KENNEDY married in Yates county, New York, 1869, Emma O.
ROBSON, born in Italy, New York in 1851.
Children: James M., see forward; and
Alice B.
who married Fred WITTER the head bookkeeper at the patent
cereals office and resides in Geneva. James
M.,
son of Robert M. and Emma O. (ROBSON) KENNEDY, was
born in Italy, New York, August 13, 1870.
For the past sixteen years he has been his father's
partner in the conduct of the above described business.
He commenced active work in this line at a very early
age, taking charge of one funeral at the age of fourteen years,
and conducting it in a manner worthy of one far his senior in
years. Mrs.
James M. KENNEDY is head of the department of embalming and
is one of the first women in that line of business in the State.
Mr. KENNEDY is a member and one of the trustees of
the Methodist church, a director of Y.M.C.A., and a staunch
republican. He is
also a member of the following organizations: Damascus Temple,
of Rochester, Knights Templar, Benevolent and Protective Order
of Elks, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, Iroquis Club of
Geneva. Mr. KENNEDY married June 27, 1894, Lizzie M. UNDERWOOD, of Middlesex, New York. Children: Harold Leo, born January 3, 1897; Ruth M., born January 22, 1899; Emma K., born August 30, 1900; Robert A., born June 27, 1904. These children all attend school in Geneva. Mrs. KENNEDY graduated from the Middlesex high school, while Mr. KENNEDY was a graduate of the Naples high school, of New York.
KENNEY
History
of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 313 KENNEY,
the late William T., Geneva, was born
in Seneca county, NY, in 1839, was educated in the common schools,
and was a truckman. June
29, 1862, he married Frances P. CONDOL
of Geneva, and their children are as follows: Margaret
E., Herman F., Ida A., Arthur, and Alfred.
Mrs. KENNEY died in the year 1884, and Mr.
KENNEY April 21, 1893. Mr.
KENNEY was a colored Mason, and was much regarded by all
classes. His well-known
good character brought out at his funeral a large concourse of his
own people from many parts of the State and his own village.
He was a member of Trinity church.
The oldest daughter, Margaret E.,
has had full charge of the family since the death of her mother in
1884.
KENT
History
of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 314 KENT,
John, Bristol, a native of Bristol, born December 6, 1835, is
a son of Phineas KENT.
He was educated in Canandaigua Academy, and has made farming
his life occupation. He owns 180 acres, carries on general farming, and for 30 years has been engaged in hop growing.
In March 1865, Mr. KENT married Celesta
M. MASON, a native of Bristol, and daughter of Frances
MASON. To
Mr. KENT and wife was born one son,
Frank H., who was educated in Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, and
is now a farmer. He
married Sarah G. PENNELL, a native of
Richmond. Subject is independent in politics. He has been assessor of Bristol for 13 years.
He and family attend the Universalist church at Bristol. KENT
History
of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 314 - 315
KENT, Oliver P., Bristol, is a native of Bristol, born August 2, 1833, and a son of Phineas, son of Captain John KENT, of Vermont, who came to Bristol about 1790. Here he (John) married a Miss SEARS, and had four sons and two daughters. His second wife was Sally PITTS, and they had two children. Phineas was born in Bristol, October 4, 1804, and married Laura A. GOODING, of Bristol, a daughter of Zephaniah W. and Polly (GREGG) GOODING, natives of Dighton, Mass., who had two sons and three daughters. Mr. GOODING was in the War of 1812, and died in Bristol in 1856. Phineas and wife had two sons and two daughters. He was a noted auctioneer for many years. He was a drover also and a partner of John W. TAYLOR, the first man in the country to ship cattle by rail. He was justice of the peace for 30 years, constable, collector, deputy sheriff, highway commissioner, and under sheriff 30 years, overseer of the poor, and served one term as sheriff. He was one of the delegates to the convention that nominated TILDEN for governor, and was the only delegate from Ontario county who voted for him. He died January 2, 1891, and his wife January 22, 1888, at the age of 82 years. Oliver
P. attended Canandaigua Academy, and graduated form Bryant,
Stratton, and Lusk's Business College of Buffalo.
He was first engaged in the mercantile business at Bristol
for two years, and then went to Alton, Illinois, where he was
bookkeeper for Wendt & Pickard and William
R. PARKER. After
four years he engaged in the wholesale liquor traffic, which he
followed 12 years. He
then went to St. Louis, Mo., and engaged in the commission business.
At the same time he was interested in a distillery and flour
mill at Elsah, Illinois. In
1873 he returned to Bristol since which time he has resided on the
old homestead, and followed farming.
In politics he is a Democrat.
KETCHUM History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich,
pub 1893 KETCHUM, the late W. Nelson, was born in Victor,
March 14, 1816, was educated in the common schools, and was a farmer.
September 14, 1847, he married Nancy, daughter of
George and Mary BLAYNEY,
formerly of Licking county, O. They
had five children: Amelia S., who married Burton H. LOBDELL of this town, and
have two children: Nelson L., and Marian F; Adelia, who resides with her mother;
George W., who married Sarah L. ROSE of Victor, and have had two children:
Arthur N., and Eugene H.; Charles N. married Ida LONGYEAR
of Victor, and had one
child. His wife died February 18, 1886, and the child soon after;
and Marian J., who died at the age of 13 years. Mrs. KETCHUM's father, George
BLAYNEY, was born in Virginia
in the year 1800, and married Mary SUTTON of Ohio. They had two children, Nancy and John. Mrs. KETCHUM's grandfather, John
SUTTON, was a soldier in the War of 1812.
Mr. KETCHUM died April
6, 1876. He was a member of the
Universalist Society, and his wife is a member of that church.
KETCHAM
History
of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 313 - 314
KETCHAM, James, Gorham, a native of Hector, Schuyler county, was born January 23, 1837, a son of Benjamin, a son of Joseph KETCHAM, a native of Orange county. Joseph served in the War of 1812. Benjamin KETCHAM was born in Orange county, December 28, 1794. In 1850 he purchased the farm which subject now owns. Here he died in 1876. He was twice married. His first wife was Mrs. Charlotte ALLISON, by whom he had two daughters. He married second Elizabeth LAMERAUX, of Orange county. By his second wife he had three sons and three daughters. James
KETCHAM married in 1862, Maria,
daughter of Daniel B. SMITH, of Orange
county. They had twelve
children. Mr.
(Daniel) SMITH was born September 28, 1795, and died April
12, 1873. His wife was
born July 27, 1797, and died August 18, 1878.
Subject and wife have two children, Irwin
S., born May 25, 1867; and Elenora S.,
born February 15, 1871. Irwin
S. was educated in Canandaigua Academy, and married Annie
I. MOTT, of Seneca, and they had one child, Claud
H. Mr. KETCHAM has
always been an active republican, and is a member of Reed's Corners
Grange of which he has been master for five years. At present he is overseer.
KETCHUM
History
of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 315 KETCHUM, George W., Victor, was born in Victor, August 10, 1858. He was educated in the public schools, Eastman's Business College at Rochester, and is a farmer. February 14, 1884, he married Louise, daughter of Nathan and Hannah ROSE of this town. They have two children: Arthur N., and Eugene H. Mr. KETCHUM's father, Nelson, was born in Victor, March 14, 1816, and educated in the public schools, and was also a farmer. September 18, 1847, he married Nancy, daughter of George and Mary BLANEY, formerly of Licking county, Ohio, and they have five children: Amelia S., Adelia, George W., Charles N., and Marion, who died at the age of 13 years.
KEYES, LEWIS W. History of Ontario Co, NY & Its People, Pub. 1911, Vol. II, pg 419 Lewis W. KEYES, a prominent and popular lawyer in Geneva, was born in Geneva, Ontario county, New York. He was a student at Hobart College, from which he graduated in 1887; Columbia College Law School, 1890: and was admitted to the bar in the same year. He immediately commenced the practice of his profession at Geneva, in partnership with Hon. D. B. BACKENSTOSE, who retired from the firm in 1902, and since that time Judge KEYES has been practicing independently, representing many corporations, and engaged in trial work in all courts. His political affiliations are with the Republican party. He is a member and trustee of Kanadasaga and University clubs.
KEYES
History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 314
KING History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich,
pub 1893, pg 103 KING, Irving D(udley), Phelps, one of six children of
Kendall and Anna Maria (STILWELL) KING, was born in Manchester, October 29,
1834. The father, Kendall
KING, was
born July 25, 1801, and the grandfather, Joshua K., was born in Connecticut
October 16, 1770, and came to Manchester and settled when a young man, marrying
Lucy LOOMIS in 1793. Kendall KING
married Anna Eliza SPENCER, who had two children who were living when he married
Anna Maria STILLWELL, who had four children. He came to Phelps with his family
in 1837 and bought the old Elder RICE place. Irving D. KING married in 1857
Harriet A. MOORE of Michigan,
whose ancestors were New Hampshire people (Dec 12, 1838 - May 26, 1880).
They had three children: Clarence M., Marshall W., and Alice M.
Mr. KING's farm comprises 135 acres used principally for grain and fruit.
He is also manufacturer of the Northwestern Corn Planter.
KING History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich,
pub 1893 KING, A (delbert). H., Manchester, was born January 4, 1851,
in the town of Manchester, a son of Harvey KING, who was born April 10, 1797,
and died March 5, 1872, and Amanda KING, who was born November 19, 1815.
April 24, 1872, he married Anna, daughter of
Henry POST of Port Gibson.
Mr. KING is a farmer by occupation, and is an attendant at the
Universalist church of Clifton Springs. The
ancestors of this family come originally from Suffield, Conn., and settled in
Manchester in 1802.
KING
History
of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 315 KING,
Herbert N., Manchester, was born on the old farm April 12,
1863. He received an excellent education in the schools of
Manchester and finished at Canandaigua Academy.
His father, Lorenzo F. KING,
purchased the farm in 1859 of A. J. HANNAN.
It contains 120 acres of very fine land.
Mr. KING is a staunch Democrat
and a gentleman of considerable ability and energy, and has a host
of friends in this county.
History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 106 - 107 KINGSBURY, Sherman, Canandaigua, the subject of this
sketch, was born of English extraction, his father being Hampton KINGSBURY, and
his mother Linda Totman KINGSBURY. who came from old British stock.
The date of his birth was September 3, 1843.
His parents were residents of the town of Bristol at which place they
continued to live for several years after the birth of their son.
When the family removed to Canandaigua, Sherman, having obtained a
schooling in the schools of his native town, was prepared to enter actively into
business life, and with that object in view he went into the grocery
establishment of George PHELPS, desiring to acquaint himself with the nature of
that business. Remaining in the
employ of this gentleman for two years he at length entered the establishment of
John McCLURE, continuing as a clerk there for an equal period.
At the end of this time Mr. KINGSBURY formed a partnership with
T. C.
PARKHURST, of Canandaigua, with the purpose of conducting the produce business.
At length withdrawing from this partnership he entered into a partnership
in the fall of 1870 with
KINGSBURY
History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich,
pub 1893, pg 237-238 KINGSBURY, George W.,
Manchester, captain U. S. army, retired.
Born in Chester, Windsor county, Vt., August 30, 1840;
educated at the Chester (Vt.) Academy and subsequently engaged in
business at Chester until the breaking out of the Civil
War, when he
enlisted in business as a private in Co. K, 16th Vermont Vols.,
September 15, 1862; appointed corporal in same company October 1,
1862. Honorably
mustered out of service with company August 10, 1863; re-enlisted
January 9, 1864, as private in Co. F, 17th Vermont
Vols., for
three years; promoted second lieutenant of same company April 9,
1864. Engaged in the
battle of Gettysburg, July 2, 3 and 4, 1863, and battles of
Wilderness and Spottsylvania Court House from May 5 to 15 inclusive.
Seriously wounded at the battle of Spottsylvania, May 15,
1864, by a minnie ball, caliber 69, entering left side immediately
below axilla, passing within one-half inch of the heart, through the
left lung, thence to the spine, passing between the aorta and spinal
cord, carrying away a portion of the fourth dorsal vertebra, passing
back of the right lung and lodging in the right side outside the
eighth and ninth ribs, making one the most remarkable wounds on
record. Honorably discharged for wounds received in action October 5,
1864; received three brevets, one "for gallant and meritorious
services at the battle of the Wilderness, Va."
Appointed second lieutenant Veteran Reserve Corps, October
25, 1864, and was offered a position on President
LINCOLN's Body Guard, which was declined, and was
subsequently assigned to the command of Co. D, 23rd Regiment V.
R. C., stationed at Jeffersonville, Ind., from December, 1864, to
May, 1865. On duty at
mustering-out camps of the Wisconsin volunteers at Madison and
Milwaukee until December 1865.
On duty in the Bureau of R. F. and A. Lands in the States of
Virginia, Kentucky and Alabama, from April, 1866, to October, 1868.
Appointed second lieutenant 43rd Regiment of Infantry, U. S.
Army, May 31, 1867, and stationed at Detroit, Mich.
Assigned to Co. E, 12th U. S. Infantry, January 5, 1870,
and ordered to Camp Gaston, Cal.; post adjutant, quartermaster,
commissary, and signal officer at Camp Gaston from January, 1870, to
April, 1875. Participated
in the Modoc Indian war of 1873; in charge of the Modoc Indian
prisoners at Fort Klamath, Ore.; member of the Military Commission
for the trial of Captain Jack and other
Modoc prisoners; field adjutant in charge of the execution of the
Modocs; acting assistant adjutant-general of the District of the
Lakes at Fort Klamath, Ore. Promoted
first lieutenant 12th U. S. Infantry, July 3, 1874.
On duty at Angel Island, Cal., Whipple Barracks, Ariz., Fort
Apache and Fort Thomas, from
October, 1875, to May, 1882. Quartermaster 12th U. S. Infantry from February 1, 1876, to
July 1, 1879. Engaged
in the Apache Indian war in Arizona during 1881-82.
Retired from active service for wounds received in the line
of duty under the provisions of section 1251 Revised Statutes, May
26, 1886, and with the rank of Captain U. S. Army, by act of
Congress approved September 27, 1890.
Engaged in the insurance and real estate business at Clifton
Springs since July, 1884.
KIRTLAND,
Daniel History
of Ontario Co, NY & Its People, Pub. 1911, Vol. II, pg
229 Daniel
KIRTLAND,
the first member of this family of whom we have definite
information, was a native of Durham, Greene county, New York.
Owing to confusion in the existing records and paucity of
dates, it is uncertain whether this Daniel
is the Daniel
Sr., who married Lovisa LORD, and is the great
grandfather of Caroline KRITLAND, or his son, Daniel
Jr., who married Huldah STEVENS.
The family belongs to the border clans of Scotland and is
found in Durham, Yorkshire and Cheshire, England, whence members
of it emigrated in early days to Durham, Woodbury and
Wallingford, Connecticut. About 1784, a number of families from these Connecticut
towns, settled in what was then Freehold, Greene county, New
York, naming their settlement New Durham, and in 1805,
incorporating under the name of Durham.
It is thought that the KIRTLANDS
were among these settlers.
In the census of 1810 there were four families a total of
twenty-one persons of the name of KIRTLAND of record.
Children of Daniel KIRTLAND are: Daniel P.; Eliza M.;
Frederick W., Julia A., Caroline A.; Horace B.; Dorrance L.,
mentioned below. Dorrance L., son of Daniel and Huldah (STEVENS) KIRTLAND, was born in Durham, Greene county, New York December 16, 1818, died in Phelps, Ontario County, New York, August 11. 1885. He received his education in the public schools and at the high school in Honesdale, Pennsylvania. He came to Phelps in 1839, and after working on a farm there for a short while, returned east, where he remained until 1842. He then came to the western part of the town of Phelps, where he bought a farm on which he lived for seven years, when he settled on his final location near Oaks Corners. He was a trustee and the treasurer of the church at Oakes Corners for many years and one of its most generous supporters. He married Victoria, daughter of Colonel Asahel BANNISTER, who died September 13, 1881. Children: Irving W., Caroline M., Daniel Pratt; Orlando B., Mary B.
KISOR History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich,
pub 1893 KISOR, Wallace, Hopewell, was born in Gorham,
December 23, 1836. His father,
Jacob, was one of the early settlers of that town.
His wife was Anna PULVER, by whom
KLUBE History of Ontario Co, NY and Its People, Pub. 1911,
Vol II, pg. 412 - 414 On June 11, 1845, Gustave
Fredeman KLUBE of Oldeshaven in the German principality of
Sondershausen and Maria Ernstina VOIGHT,
of Schwarzburg, same principality were united in marriage.
Gustave F. KLUBE was born
in Oldeshaven, August 11, 1815, and Maria E.
VOIGHT was born in Schwarzburg, Sondershausen, March 19,
1822. They departed
from Oldeshaven at twelve M., May 4, 1850, sailed for the United
States, May 15, following, and landed in New York at two P.M., July
4, of the same year. After
residing in Syracuse, New York, a short time, they settled in
Geneva, where the later families engaged in the harness-making
business, and as he learned his trade in the "fatherland,"
where craftsmen are subjected to a most rigid course of training, it
must be inferred that he was a very skillful artisan.
Naturally frugal and industrious he prospered, reared a large
family and provided his offspring with good educational advantages.
Children: 1. Gustave Henry August, born
in Oldeshaven, Germany, August 28, 1846, enlisted December 27, 1863,
in Company H, 148th Regiment, New York
Volunteer Infantry, for service in the Civil War, served with credit
in the struggle for the suppression of slavery and was killed in
battle at Cold Harbor, Virginia, June 3, 1864.
(N. B.---This gallant youth was but 17 years old at
the time of his death, and his ultimately end was therefore as
deplorable as it was honorable.)
2. Augusta Johanna F., born in
Oldeshaven, February 21, 1848.
3. Theresa Louise, born in
Syracuse, August 10, 1850. 4. Mary E., born in Geneva, February 1, 1853.
5. Emelia Louise, born in
Geneva, February 14, 1855. 6. Louise Emma, born in Geneva,
October 10, 1856. 7. Henry
John Lewis, a brief sketch of whom follows:
Henry John Lewis,
youngest child of Gustave F. and Maria E. (VOIGHT)
KLUBE, was born in Geneva, July 10, 1859.
He was educated in the Geneva public schools, and upon
leaving the high school he learned the saddlery business under the
direction of his father. In
1877, when but 18 years of age, he engaged in the saddlery
trade for himself, built up a profitable business and followed it
for more than thirty years, or until his death, which occurred May
7, 1908. A man of
progressive ideas he could always be depended upon to assist in
establishing public improvements, and he was especially interested
in increasing the efficiency of the fire department, having been a
charter member of the Folger Hook and Ladder Company, of which he
was treasurer. He
affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and preserved his good
standing in the local lodge until its disbandment.
In politics he was a republican.
He attended St. Peter's (Protestant Episcopal) Church. Mr. KLUBE
married,
October 31, 1894, Carrie Isabell BUFFINGTON,
of Geneva. Children:
1. Martha Louise, born February
21, 1896, is now attending a private school.
2. Gustave F., born February 5,
1900. 3. James
Martin, born May 21, 1903.
KLOPFER History of Ontario Co, NY and Its People, Pub 1911,
Vol II, pg. 210 - 212 John KLOPFER, of Freidabach in the kingdom of Wurtemburg, Germany, was a cooper by
trade and plied his calling at a time when Central Europe was
practically demoralized by the Napoleonic wars.
He had a son, John Michael,
born in Freidabach, July 26, 1823, who adopted his father's calling. In Germany the cooper's trade is closely allied with the wine
industry, and for a number of years John
Michael KLOPFER was engaged in distributing the product of
the vine all over Southern Germany, and collecting the revenues
therefrom. This was
before the advent of railroads and the butts were transported in
large wagons drawn by horses. In
company with George Michael
KERNDTER, the latter's sister, Anna
Barbara, and several neighbors, he left Freidabach, March 6,
1854, and on March 23, took passage in the sailing ship "F. W.
White," Captain SNOW, which landed them in New York, May 11,
following. He proceeded
to Pennsylvania in search of employment, but not being successful he
returned to the metropolis, and on August 6, 1854, he was married in
Williamsburg, New York, by the Rev. C. T.
HEISEL, of St. Ohanes' Lutheran church, to
Anna Barbara KERNDTER. She
was born in Greglingen, Wurtemburg, April 17, 1834.
Her father was Christof KERNDTER,
who owned a small farm in Greglingen, and her mother was before
marriage Anna Barbara MEISENHELTER.
Mrs. KLOPFER had two brothers and six sisters, none of
whom are now living. One
brother and one sister remained in Germany; her other brother,
George Michael, and three of her sisters came to America and
settled in New York and Brooklyn; and another sister resided in
Geneva, New York. In
1856 John Michael KLOPFER settled in
Geneva, where he found employment as a gardener and also driving and
caring for horses. He
made his application for citizenship in 1858 and received his final
naturalization papers in 1860.
His death occurred in Geneva, October 30, 1885.
His widow is still residing in that city.
Children: 1.
Margaret Catherine, born in
Williamsburg, New York, June 3, 1855, married Frank
C. HOFMANN, of Geneva. 2.
Mary Magdaline, born in Geneva, born June 16, 1857, died
January 19, 1880. 3.
Michael Henry, born February 25, 1859, died April 16, 1882.
4. John
Philip, born January 30, 1861, died in Seneca Falls, October
4, 1893. 5.
Charles Bernard, born
December 31, 1862, resides in Geneva.
6. Mina
Elizabeth, born February 16, 1865, died June 12, 1884.
7.
William, born March 29, 1867, died January 12, 1903.
8. Frederick,
born May 2, 1869, died August 28, 1870.
9. Frederick,
born June 2, 1871, died June 9, 1871.
10.
Louis, see forward.
11.
Edward, born May 10, 1874, resides in Geneva. Louis, son
of John Michael and Anna Barbara (KERNDTER)
KLOPFER, was born in Geneva, May 3, 1872.
After concluding his attendance at the public schools he was
for a time employed in the optical business, and later in the shoe
business. In 1901 he established himself in the book and stationery
business at No. 75 Seneca street, and his store soon became the
centre of trade for goods of that character.
He has since added athletic goods, phonographs, office
supplies, post-cards, souvenirs, etc., and his establishment is now
regarded as a public necessity.
He is a member of Ark Lodge, Ancient Free and Accepted
Masons, Geneva Chapter, Royal Arch Masons (past high priest), and
Geneva Commandery, Knights Templar; also of St. Peter's (Protestant
Episcopal) church, and the Young Men's Christian Association.
He is an active member of the Geneva volunteer fire
department, having joined the Charles J. Folger Hook and Ladder
Company in 1897, and has served as its secretary from 1905 to the
present time. On October 29, 1907, Mr.
KLOPFER was married at St. Peter's Parish House to Mary
Catherine MOGGE; one daughter,
Dorothy Barbara, born October 6, 1908.
KNAPP History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich,
pub 1893 KNAPP, Walter H., Canandaigua, was born in
Hopewell,
March 13, 1856, a son of B. Franklin, a farmer of that town. He
attended the common schools until he was fourteen years of age, then entered the
Canandaigua Academy, where he was fitted for college under Prof.
CLARKE, and
entered Amherst College in 1875, graduating as B. A., and commencement orator in
1879. During his college days he took the Greek prize in 1876, and
in 1878 was editor of the Amherst Student.
He was a member of the Greek letter society Chi Phi, and of the honorary
society of Phi Beta Kappa. After
leaving college he went to California where he held the position of professor of
mathematics and Latin in Placerville Academy. He remained there four years, and in 1882 was the Republican
nominee for member of assembly for El Dorado county in that State.
Returning to Canandaigua in 1883 he entered the office of Comstock &
Bennett, where he studied law until admitted to the bar in 1885, since which
time he has been engaged in the general practice of law.
He is now the Ontario county member of the Republican
KNAPP History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 105 KNAPP, B. F., (Benjamin
Franklin) Hopewell, was born in Hopewell, August
16, 1829. His father was Leonard, a
native of Rensselaer county, who about 1804 came with his parents, Ezra and
Phebe KNAPP, to Hopewell. Here
Ezra
purchase a farm of 50 acres, making 150 acres (which subject now owns), where
he and his wife died.
Leonard KNAPP
married Mercy BROWN, of Hopewell, and to them were born
15 children.
He died in 1863 and his wife in 1861.
B. F. KNAPP was reared on a farm, and educated in the common schools.
In 1850 he married Harriet WARNER, a native of Canandaigua.
The children are: Chas. W., H. Edson, Walter H., J. Etta, Carrie E. and
M. Mertice. Mr. KNAPP carries on
general farming, and is a republican in politics.
KNAPP History of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich,
pub 1893 KNAPP, Z. Franklin, Naples, was born in Urbana,
Steuben county, January 9, 1840, and was educated at Dansville Seminary.
He studied dentistry here for about three years and then moved to Naples
in 1864, where he has since remained practicing his profession.
He has also manufactured grape baskets and cultivated grapes. Mr. KNAPP married, in 1863,
Martha TOWNSEND of Hammondsport,
and they have 8 children, four sons and four daughters, all of whom are
living. Mr.
KNAPP has been town
clerk eight years, justice of peace four years, and a member of the school board
12 years. Charles
S., the
oldest son, is manager of the Erie Railroad branch at Newburg; James F.,
the
second son, is a graduate of the New York Dental College, and is now practicing
dentistry at Geneva. The oldest
daughter, Fannie L., is a teacher in the Union School at Naples;
William E., the
third son, graduated at the Naples Academy, and is now deputy postmaster in
Naples. The remaining four children
are attending school in Naples.
KNAPP
History
of Ontario Co, NY, Conover & Aldrich, pub 1893, pg 313 KNAPP,
James L., Geneva, son of Z. Franklin (and
Martha), who is one of the leading
dentists in Naples, was born in that town June 26, 1866.
He studied dentistry with his father, and in 1891 graduated
from the New York College of Dentistry, and January 1, 1892, opened
an office in Geneva, where he is building up a good business.
KNICKERBOCKER History
of Ontario Co., NY, Pub 1911, vol. II, pg 74 -75 Richard
Monroe KNICKERBOCKER, an energetic and capable
representative of a family which has for many years been
identified with the agricultural interests of the state of New
York, has adhered, as far as changing conditions would permit,
to the ideals of his forefathers, and considers it one of the
most noble occupations for mankind to follow to obtain
form the bosom of mother earth the rich products she is so ready
to give to those who love and care for her. (I) Hebram KNICKERBOCKER,
grandfather of Richard Monroe
KNICKERBOCKER, was born at Naples, Ontario county, New
York, on land which has been in the possession of the members of
the family for a great length of time. His success as a farmer became proverbial in the country.
He married a Miss WHETMORE,
and by her had one child, Sidney. (II)
Sidney, son of Hebram
KNICKERBOCKER, was born in Naples, New York on March 21,
1832; died in Ontario county, NY, January 14, 1899.
As a tiller of the soil he was as successful as his
father had been and improve the property in his possession in
many directions. He
was one of the organizers and builders of the Baptist church of
his community, was elected a trustee of this institution, and
served in this office up to the time of his death.
He took an unusually active interest in all matters
relating to the education of the growing generation and served
as a trustee of the Hopewell school for many years, he having
removed his place of residence to that town. He married Helen, daughter of Murdo MC CIVER, who was born in Scotland, January 1, 1800, was a watchmaker by trade, and had been a schoolmate of Gladstone. The children of Mr. and Mrs. KNICKERBOCKER were: Richard Monroe, see forward; Adelbert C., born in the town of Phelps, served as deputy postmaster for 17 years; George B., manager of the Garlock Packing Company of New York City, and served in the post office of Clifton Springs for eleven years; Amanda G., deceased; Frederick, who died in infancy. (III)
Richard Monroe, son of Sidney
and Helen (MC CIVER) KNICKERBOCKER, was born in the town of Hopewell, Ontario County, New
York on October 14, 1865. He
attended the public and high schools of his native township, and
assisted his father in the cultivation of the home farm during
the summer months. At
the conclusion of his school days his entire time was devoted to
this occupation under the direction and supervision of his
father, and he thus became thoroughly well acquainted in a
practical manner with all the details connected with farm
culture. He made
farming his life work, and was but natural, and has introduced
the most modern and approved methods of scientific farming, with
the most gratifying results.
His farm and the buildings upon it are kept in the finest
condition and the best use is made of all available material. Like others of his family he has taken a deep interest in all
matters, which concern the welfare of his community, and is
always ready and among the first to shoulder the burden of
introducing and forwarding plans which tend to the advancement
of the town in any direction. As collector for the school district of his section, he
filled the office most capable and acceptably, and in all
probability will be called upon for further service.
In political matters he keeps well abreast of the times,
and has the courage of his convictions. Mr. KNICKERBOCKER married, March 24, 1904 to Jennie, daughter of John DEWEY, of Clifton Springs, New York.
KNOWLESThe
surname KNOWLES is identical with
the ancient English name KNOLLYS and
has been spelled in a variety of ways. (I)
Rev.
John KNOWLES,
immigrant ancestor, was born in Lincolnshire, England, and educated
at Magdalen College. He
came to New England about 1636 and was admitted to the church as a
“studyent” in Lynn, August 25, 1639; was dismissed to the church
at Watertown and ordained colleagues pastor, November 10, 1640; was
a godly man and prime scholar; was selected to accompany Mr.
William THOMPSON to Virginia in the effort to plant churches
of the New England type there. He returned from Virginia to Watertown and finally to
England. He sold land
to the Iron Works Company at Lynn, October 24, 1651.
He was living in Bristol, England, March 30, 1655, when eh
sold more land at Lynn. He
married Elizabeth ______ .
Children: Richard (according
to good authority), mentioned below; Mary,
born April 9, 1641; Elizabeth, May
15, 1643; Hannah, married
Benjamin EYRES. (II)
Richard
KNOWLES,
progenitor of the Plymouth county family, son of Rev. John
KNOWLES, was probably born in England, before his father,
Rev. John, came to this country.
He commanded a barque engaged in transporting military
supplies for the government. Before
1653, he was located at Eastham, Massachusetts.
Children: 1. Mercy, married
____, February 5, 1663; 2. Colonel
John, married December 28, 1670, Apphia
BANGS; he was killed by the Indians in King Philip’s war
and his widow married Joseph ATWOOD.
3. Samuel,
born September 17, 1651, mentioned below; 4. Mehitable,
May 20, 1653, died young; 5. Mehitable,
1655; 6. Barbara, 1656. (III)
Samuel,
son of
Richard KNOWLES, was born at Eastham, September 17, 1651,
died in 1737. He
married Mercy FREEMAN, a
granddaughter of Governor PRINCE. Children, born at Eastham: James,
1680; Mercy, 1681; Samuel,
1682; Nathaniel, 1686; Richard,
1688; Rebecca, 1690; Ruth,
1694; Cornelius, 1695,
Amos, 1702. (IV)
It has been found impossible as yet to trace the line for the
next few generations. Samuel
and Bethia KNOWLES, of this family, had at Eastham, a son, Seth,
born January 20, 1721-22. Seth
KNOWLES, son of John and Mary, was born at Eastham, August 7,
1700. Another Seth
was born about 1750 and his widow, Hannah,
died at Eastham, July 6, 18232, aged 67 years.
Another Seth married Ruth
_____, who was a member of the church at Orleans, formerly
Eastham; they had a daughter Achsah,
baptized November 14, 1773, at Eastham and a daughter, Bethia,
baptized August 12, 1781. This
Seth was a soldier in the Revolution
and was living at Eastham, December 2, 1801, when he assigned a
claim against the government for pay as a Revolutionary soldier.
We find the deaths of three Seth
KNOWLES at Eastham, but as their ages are not given, we
cannot identify them. Seth
KNOWLES died in the south parish in 1802.
Seth KNOWLES died at Eastham
in 1787 and Seth, a young son of Seth,
died there in 1774. (V)
Seth
KNOWLES,
it is known, was born in Massachusetts in 1789.
He was probably son of Seth KNOWLES
who was living, according to the first federal census, at Loudon,
now Otis, Berkshire county, Massachusetts, in 1790, and had in his
family, two sons under 16 and two females.
The father, Seth, doubtless
came with other settlers from Cape Cod, and belonged to the family
mentioned above. Seth, born 1789, moved to
Orleans county, New York, with his parents, when a young lad, and
settled in the town of Clarendon.
He died in the year 1848 at Littleville, town of Hopewell,
Ontario county. He married Hannah REYNOLDS,
who was born in Connecticut, and died in Hopewell in 1868.
Among their children were Eber A., mentioned
below. (VI) Eber
A., son
of Seth KNOWLES, was born at St.
Johnsville, Montgomery county, July 13, 1834.
He came to Hopewell, Ontario county in 1857; enlisted at
Canandaigua January 1, 1864, in the 50th NY Regiment of
Engineers, Co. L., and served until the was mustered out with his
company at the end of the Civil War.
He married in February 1855, Lydia
BASTEDO, who was born at Somerset county, New Jersey,
November 4, 1837, and came to Cayuga county, NY, with her parents
when she was 16 years old. Her
ancestors were residents of New Jersey.
Among their children was Fred, W., mentioned below. (VII)
Fred
W., son
of Eber A. KNOWLES, was born at
Hopewell, Ontario county, November 1, 1858.
After receiving his education in the common schools, he
engaged in farming to which he had been accustomed from early
boyhood, and he has always continued in this occupation.
His farm gives evidence in the substantial buildings and well
kept fields of his industry and prosperity.
Not only progressive and ready to adopt new methods, but
painstaking and thorough in his work, he has fairly won the success
he has achieved in life. His private life, his kindly, cheerful, generous disposition
and high standards of honor and integrity have won for him the
respect and esteem of all his neighbors.
He is a member of the Manchester Baptist Church.
In politics he is a republican and he as served the town four
years as justice of the peace, and is now serving a second term of
four years. He
married, at Farmington, Ontario county, December 29, 1881,
Cora A., daughter of William and Ann
(ALLEN) RANDALL. Children:
1. Mary B., born October 2, 1882, married June 12, 1907, Homer
WHITAKER, of South Solon, Ohio; she was a graduate of the
Shortsville high school and a student at the Oswego State Normal
School. 2.
William Eber, February 7,
1886, married September 6, 1910, Elizabeth
WORMSTEAD, of Seneca Falls, NY; he was graduated from the
Rochester Business College in the class of 1907 and is now employed
in the office of the Gould Manufacturing Company of Seneca Falls.
3.
Frank Lester, born January 14, 1899, student in the
public schools.
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