Craft Masonry in Ontario, Seneca and Yates Counties, New York
The Lodge was organized in 1823
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- Ichabod ANDREWS*, John T. ANDREWS*
- Samuel KRESS, Jr.*
- James TAYLOR*
- Dr. Enos Barnes , b.
- Ark Lodge, No 33, of Geneva, NY
- Timothy
- John DOW
- Samuel HARPENDING
- ------ BENJAMIN H. ACKLEY
- Rushville Lodge No. 377, Rushville, New York Harmony Lodge No. 293
The Lodge was organized in 1823. It was located at Starkey (now Lakemont) about two and one-half miles from Dundee. The first Master was HOSEA PALMER It continued to work until 1830, when, in common with so many Lodges in Western New York, it succumbed to the ill-effects of the Morgan excitement. Upon its revival in 1847, Dr. HOSEA PALMER was again selected as Master; SAMUEL KRESS, Senior Warden, and JOHN T. ANDREWS, Junior Warden. Its first meeting place was in the Hamlin Block, where it remained until the fire which destroyed its quarters in 1860; the next meeting place was in the Harpending Block, where it remained until 1869, when it moved to the Kingsley Block; here it remained until 1900, when for the second time its property was consumed by fire. After the fire it secured quarters in the building where it is still located. These rooms were dedicated by M.'.W.'. CHARLES W. MEAD, Grand Master, January 3, 1901. The occasion attracted a large gathering. Addresses were made by the Grand Master; R.'.W.'. GEORGE S. STUBBS. District Deputy Grand Master; R.'.W.'. WALLACE BUTTRICK, Grand Chaplain; R.'.W.'. FRANK H. ROBINSON, Senior Grand Warden, and R.'.W.'. S. NELSON SAWYER, Junior Grand Warden. The Lodge was present at the laying of the corner-stone of the People's College at Havana, in 1853; at the laying of the corner-stone of the Home at Utica, May 21, 1891, and at the laying of the cornerstone of the Masonic Temple at Geneva, June 2, 1898. On April 24, 1889, the Lodge held Jubilee services. The Grand Master's address was read by the Master, THEODORE M. HORTON, and an oration was delivered by R.'.W.'. REV. D. T. VAN DOREN. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/starkey/starkeysettlers.htm Among the early members (of Reading Lodge) were: Dr. Anson ANDREWS, Amherst ANDREWS, Ichabod ANDREWS*, John T. ANDREWS*, Sherlock ANDREWS, Daniel ARNOLD, Sylvenus ARNOLD. Jonathan BAILEY,
Samuel L. BIGELOW, Patrick BRODERICK, Elder John B. CHASE, John and David CULVER,
Philo HURD Richard HURD, Timothy HURD, Nathaniel HUSON, William HUTCHINSON, Samuel KRESS, Jr.*, Jesse S. LAYTON, Harry C. LEONARD*, Joseph C. LEWIS, James NORTON,
Patrick QUIN(N) George REEDER, John J. SMITH, Dr. Henry SPENCE, John SPICER, John S. SUTPHEN,
Elisha WARD, Rev. Samuel WHITE, Jacob WOOD, * Early Masters of Reading Lodge [in bold type]. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bbunce77/fam/fam12578.html Dr. Anson Andrews, b. 1797, Wallingford, New Haven, CT; son of Ichabod Andrews and Lola Tuttle; d. 1846, North Reading, Schuyler, NY; m. Sally Streeter. A skillful physician, he first practiced at Sodus, Wayne, NY, and then returned to North Reading, Schuyler, NY, in 1833, where he died in 1846, much lamented. http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~bbunce77/fam/fam12217.html Ichabod Andrews, b. 1767, Wallingford, New Haven, CT; d. 1840, Starkey, Yates, NY; son of Laban Andrews and Prudence Stanley; m. 1793 Lola Tuttle, b. 1771 of Wallingford; d. 1884, Starkey, NY, d/o of John Tuttle. In 1813, they settled near the New Pre-emption Line in Reading, now the Town of Starkey, Yates Co., NY. Children, b. in Wallingford, CT: i. Lola Andrews, b. 1805; m. Obed S. Thomas
iii. [Dr.] Philo Andrews, b. 1795; d. 1847 in Indiana; m. Clarissa Pelton; was a physician of good repute, and practiced in Pultney, and Kanona, Steuben Co., New York and then moved to the state of Indiana, where he died in 1847. iv. [Dr.] Anson Andrews (see above)
vi. Edwin C. Andrews, b. 1808; m. 1836 Rosetta Ward and 1855 Mary Starkey. * Bro. Amherst Andrews, b. ca 1770, Wallingford, CT; d. 1857, Starkey, Yates, NY’ m. Phebe Cady of Columbia Co., NY. He was a younger brother of Ichabod Andrews.
Children by Rebecca: Dr. Harry R., Woodruff L., Delia M., Morris T., Charles W., Emma H., Harriet N., and Edmund F. Enos Whittlesey Barnes, b. 4 Mar 1836; m. Sarah Hurd. Dr. Barnes studied medicine in Virginia with his uncle, Dr. Barnes, and was licensed in 1812. In the War of 1812, he entered the army as a substitute and was soon promoted to the position of Regimental Surgeon. He spent several years in Virginia. In 1815, he came to Rock Stream, Yates, NY with his wife and one child, accompanied by his wife's parents, her sister Maria, afterwards the wife of James Taylor and also Jonas Wickes, his wife and children, and David S. and Charles Wickes, sons of Silas. "In the same company were Phebe, widow of James Wickes, brother of Silas Wickes and sister of the wife of Silas (Elizabeth Ruscoe), with her children, James H., Eliza, who married Benjamin Cheever, and Harriet, who married John Noyes." In 1819, Dr. Barnes owned 553 acres of land and with one exception was the largest land holder and tax payer in that part of Reading (now Starkey). The land was originally bought by Silas Wickes who was a captain in the War of 1812. Dr. Barnes was a farmer and early fruit grower, as well as a physician in good standing. He practiced at Rock Stream about 25 years, moved to Geneva in either Steuben or Ontario Co., where he died in 1862. Dr. Barnes was a member of the Reading Masonic Lodge, established in 1824 at Dundee, and reorganized as the Dundee Lodge in 1848, and he had served as Master of the Lodge before 1848. September 7, 5848. "A communication was received from Ark Lodge, No 33, of Geneva, NY, recommending R. W. [?] Bro. Enos Barnes, as the representative of Columbian Lodge [Boston, MA] to that Lodge, and asking the nomination of some one as a suitable person to represent that Lodge in Columbian Lodge; whereupon, R.’.W.’. Bro. Enos Barnes was appointed as the representative of Columbian to Ark Lodge, and R. W. Bro. G. M. Thacher, was recommended to Ark Lodge, as the representative from that Lodge to Columbian." http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/starkey/starkeybios1.htm Samuel L. Bigelow, son of Rev. Samuel Bigelow, born in Whitehall, NY, in 1797, was a carpenter. His wife was Catharine VAN GORDEN, born in 1795, in New Paltz, NY. They were married in Bennett’s Settlement in 1814. Her father was a pioneer in Bennett’s Settlement, residing on the MC KNIGHT’S location. Samuel L. BIGELOW and wife commenced their married life in Eddytown. He built and lived in all the houses from the store, now occupied by Mr. MILLSPAUGH, around to and including the Isaac P. SEYMOUR residence. He moved in 1832 to the hollow where the Friend’s Mill was originally erected and lived there nearly 20 years. He built ten locks in that vicinity on the Crooked Lake Canal. He also owned and operated the mill property there. About 1848 he moved to Michigan where his wife died in 1865 at aged 70 years, and he in 1867 at the same age. He was a man of no small degree of enterprise. Their children were Niram, Levi, Decatur, Eliza, James, Samuel L., Abraham and Julia. Niram born in 1814, married Corinne, daughter of John R. STANFORD in 1837. They reside near the old mill, where his father resided many years. Their children have been Samuel L., Stanford, Francis, Corinne, John W., Clinton and Rose S. Samuel L. died in 1856 at aged 19 years. Stanford born in 1841, was a Union soldier of the 14th NY Heavy Artillery, and was killed before Petersburg, in 1865. Francis, born in 1844, enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1863, was on the blockading ship, Brittania off Wilmington, NC, for 13 months. He was later a clerk in the U.S. Express office in San Francisco. Corinne married Alpha O. DUNNING, and lived in Torrey. Their children were Frank, Lillie V, and Rose F. Levi, son of Samuel L. BIGELOW Sr., married Lucy, daughter of Ira FISHER. They lived in Chicago and had four children. The remaining children of Samuel L. BIGELOW Sr. resided in Michigan. Samuel L. BIGELOW Jr., was a Methodist clergyman at Sumner, Michigan. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/starkey/starkeybios2.htm Samuel HARPENDING was born at Perth Amboy, NJ in 1778 and was a son of Peter HAREPNDING and Anna COMPTON, his wife. The family was descend from Dutch ancestors, who emigrated from Newenhuys in Holland, landing at New Amsterdam in 1663. Peter HARPENDING spent the last years of his life with his son in Dundee and died there in 1840 at 96 years. He was a soldier of the Revolution and had a son, Peter, who lived and died in Tyrone. The mother of Samuel and Peter died while they were young, and the father had two subsequent wives. Samuel at the age of thirteen, was apprenticed to a hatter. His master in the trade was Godfrey BARTLES, a son of Frederic BARTLES, who was the original settler and builder of the mill at the outlet of Mud Lake. After four years service at his trade, he worked some with his father, and tramped from place to place following his vocation, coming as far west as Cayuga Bridge and Aurora, where Walter WOOD offered him an acre of land for every hat he would make. He worked his way back to New Jersey, where in 1806, he married Hannah COSAD. She was born in 1782 in Somerset Co., NJ and was next to the youngest of a family of nine, of whom Samuel COSAD became a wealthy resident of Junius, Seneca county. Early in 1806, Samuel HARPENDING and wife moved to Genoa, Cayuga Co., where he conducted the hatting business five years with David OGDEN. In May 1811, with three children they moved to Reading, crossing Cayuga Lake in a ferry boat and Seneca Lake in company with Joshua WYCKOFF. They landed at GOODWIN’S and stayed there all night. The next morning they started for Stark’s Mill (a saw mill), located on Big Stream, directly south of Dundee, where they took possession of a very poor log house. The east road was not then cut through, and the route was a pathway thickly impeded by underbrush. He conducted his business there a number of years, first buying one acre of land on which he erected a house where he kept a tavern as well as a hat shop, the family residing in the same building. This was directly opposite the log tannery of Hiram BELL. In 1817 he sold this place to Clayton SEMANS, who that year erected thereon what has since been known as the Raplee Red Mill. Mr. HARPENDING then built a frame house on the well know tavern stand which still belongs to his descendants, and on 25 acres of land which had previously been articled to him. That was the home of his family thereafter, and there he kept a public house widely and favorably known, as it still is in the hands of his son, Andrew. He was a prosperous man, and accumulated a good estate. Mirthful and jolly, he loved all active sports, was fond of hunting and the turf, and owned among his horses, “Old Rock,” a noted racer, who won many fields and is still well remembered by many of the older citizens of Starkey. He took an active interest in all public concerns. In politics he was an inflexible adherent of the Whig party. The place was long known as Harpending’s Corners, and the proprietor of Harpending’s tavern was justly regarded as no ordinary character. He died in 1852 and his wife is still living with remarkably well preserved bodily powers and mental faculties. She has always been held in high esteem for the excellencies of her character. Their children were: Mary Ann, Elizabeth, Anthony C., (Asbury), Abraham V., Andrew and Samuel. Mary Ann was the first wife of Samuel HUSON. Elizabeth is the wife of Jesse G. ANDREWS of Dundee. Anthony C., born in Genoa, in 1811, married in 1838, Mary Rebecca, daughter of Richard SUTPHIN Jr., She was born in 1821. He was a mercantile clerk in his early years in Dundee, Eddytown and Himrods. In 1837 he commenced as a merchant on his own account in Dundee, and continued in business many years, conducting a profitable trade. The Harpending block in Dundee was built by him. He was appointed Postmaster under Gen. HARRISON, and was Supervisor of Starkey two years. Their children were Emmett, born in 1842, died in 1845, Spencer, born in 1846, and Andrew A. born in 1851. Spencer is single, residing at Rochelle, Ill. Andrew A. married Tavia, daughter of Richmond GRISWOLD and lives in Dundee. Asbury, born in 1814, married Mary, daughter of Henry SAYRE. He died in 1853, leaving three children, Hannah, William H.H. and Henry Clay (twins). Hannah E. is the wife of Charles S. BAKER, a lawyer of ability and prominence, resident in Dundee. He is a son of Elijah BAKER, long noted as a businessman of great prominence in Hector. They have a son, Asbury H. William H.H. is single, residing in Dundee and Henry Clay is a student at law in Dundee. Abraham V. HARPENDING, born July 19, 1816, died in the city of Albany, April 23, 1871. His early opportunities of education were imperfect, but he became a sound an able lawyer, winning prominence and distinction at the Yates county bar. His study of law was begun under James L. SEELY at Dundee, and completed under Evert VAN BUREN at Penn Yan. Fore some years he was a partner of William S. BRIGGS, and afterwards practiced with much success on his own account. In 1853 he was elected District Attorney, and held the office one term, discharging his official duties with ability and fidelity. In 1857 he was elected Member of Assembly and made an influential and useful representative. In the autumn of 1869, Charles J. FOLGER resigned the office of State Senator immediately after his election. Mr. HARPENDING had been supported in the convention of his party for the office and was nominated and elected to fill the position. He served till near the close of the second Legislative session, when he was very suddenly taken ill and died, much lamented by a large circle of friends. He was a man of fine social qualities and generous feelings. His mind was well poised and discriminating, with a sound judgment of men. He was buried at Dundee with other deceased members of his family. Andrew, born in 1819, is single, residing on the old homestead, and keeping up well the name and fame of the old public house first established by his father. He is a man of wealth and probity of character. Samuel C., born in 1822, died in 1859. He was a partner of Andrew in keeping the public house and was a worthy man.
In the year 1800, Abner HURD and Simeon, Matthew and Reuben ROYCE formed a prospecting party that came to view the Genesee country. The next year together with a little colony of relatives, they settled in Frederickstown, at the place now know as Eddytown. In this pioneer company were Abner HURD and five sons, with his son in law, Simeon ROYCE and two children, Reuben HENDERSON with his wife and two children and Reuben ROYCE. Abner HURD was born in Woodbury, Conn., in 1747 and moved thence to Sandgate, VT, and from there to what is now Starkey. He was an excellent New England character and he was distinguished as a moral, religious, civil and industrious man. He bought a considerable amount of land on the Lawrence Tract, (lot 12 of Watson’s Purchase.) He built the first saw mill at Big Stream. In religious meetings he was a leader of the singing. He kept a public house, and at his house, the first town meeting in Reading was held. His farm was half a mile south of Eddytown where Thomas LAMOUREAUX now resides. He died suddenly, sitting in his chair. His children were Timothy and Sarah by his first marriage, and Roswell, Sherman, Ransom, Samuel and Aaron, by his second.
Timothy HURD was a captain in the War of 1812, and afterwards Colonel of the 81st Regiment of infantry. Still later, he was General of the 1st Brigade, consisting of Steuben and Allegany counties. He was a member of the constitutional convention of 1821, and was a supervisor of Reading when the town was divided. He had held the office six years consecutively at that time. Of the Methodist Church, he was a prominent and consistent member. The first grist mill on Big Stream was built by him, on the road leading to the head of the Lake, in 1811. This mill was burned in 1827 and he built another on the same site which was also burned in 1847.His wife died in 1842, at the age of 64 years, and he subsequently married the widow of Sherman HURD. He died in 1848, and she now resides at Rock Stream. He was a man of strong will, a good neighbor and valuable citizen. The children of his first marriage were Harry, Rochester, John K., Mary, Abner, Rebecca, Caroline, Electa, Janet and Seymour. Harry born in 1799, married in 1821, Fanny, daughter of Joshua TUTHILL. They were married by Elder Abner CHASE. As early as 1820 he was cornet of a company in the 10th Regiment of Calvary. Subsequently as Captain of the same company he was a popular and accomplished officer. A devoted Christian and a good man, he died in 1844. His widow still survives. Rochester, born in 1801 in Vermont, married at Geneva in 1823, Abigail B., daughter of Matthew LUM. She was born in 1803. He owned a farm in Reading and resided there many years. He died in 1865. Their children were: Harry S., Eliza O., Mary J. and Caroline. Harry and Mary died young. Eliza O., born in 1824, married Henry ROBERTS in 1845. Their children were, Helen E. Horace G., and Henry Hurd. Caroline married David CULVER a son of Elisha CULVER in 1848. She died in 1852. They had a daughter, Delia C. Mary HURD born in 1805 was the wife of Gilbert HATHAWAY. Abner HURD, born in 1807, married Sarah, daughter of Josiah REEDER. He was Captain of the same Company previously commanded by Harry, and was an excellent officer held in high esteem by the troop. Their children were: Horatio G., Martha, Mary, Janet, George, Mabel and Fanny. Horatio G. married Catharine, daughter of Joseph BELLIS of Eddlytown. He and his sister Mabel, residing with their uncle, George S. REEDER, are the only descendants of General Timothy HURD, now living in Eddytown. Martha married Andrew ROBERTS, son of James ROBERTS of Reading. Mary married John W. MORRIS, a successful business man at Big Stream Point. Janet married Jared SLEEPER of Schulyer Co. George married Clarissa WILMOTT, and Fanny married Newton WILMOTT and both reside in Starkey. Rebecca born in 1810, married John BOGERT, many years a merchant at Dresden, and a prominent and influential citizen of that place. He moved to Iowa and died there. Their children were, Jane, Caroline M., Nettie, Isaac and William. Caroline was the second wife of George W. SIMMONS. Caroline HURD born in 1813, married John R. MC LEAN of Dresden. They live near Elgin, Ill. Their children are Jane, Mary and John. Electa born in 1816, married Caleb GOUNDRY, a former merchant at Dresden, now residing at Marshall, Mich. Janet born in 1818, married Henry SHERMAN. They reside at Elgin, Ill. Their children are George, Caroline, Martin and Nettie. Seymour HURD born in 1821, married Rebecca, daughter of Hiram BELL of Dundee. They had a daughter Mary. He has a second wife, Charlotte BUNDY, and resides at Lima, NY. Ransom HURD settled on a farm near his father, and built a house where Thomas LAMOUREAUX now resides. He married Rebecca STILSON, who died in 1822, aged 22 years. He subsequently moved out of the county. Sherman HURD first settled on the farm now owned by William E. GAVRIET. He married in 1808, Sarah HURD, his cousin. They lived many years in Gorham, where he died a highly respected citizen. Roswell and Samuel HURD settled in Steuben County. Aaron HURD married Lucy, daughter of Reuben THOMAS. Their children were, Roswell T., Abner, Pamelia, Ferris P., Rosetta J., and William T. Abner and Rosetta J. died young, and Pamelia at aged 23 years. Roswell T. married Maria, daughter of Israel DAVIDSON of Reading. Their children are, Rosetta J., Olive A., Henry w. and Byron L. They reside at Watkins. Ferris P. HURD born in 1823, married Amanda, daughter of Amasa A. FRENCH of Wheeler. Her mother was Sally, daughter of John SEARS, whose wife was Deborah ROYCE, a cousin of Mrs. Rhoda COWING. Mr. HURD has been many years a prominent resident of Jerusalem, to which town he has recently returned, after a residence of a few years in Watkins. He had been three times supervisor of the town, and two years clerk of the Board. William T. born in 1834, married Phebe A., daughter of William P. HIBBARD of Jerusalem. Aaron HURD first resided a little south of Rock Stream, then in the Andrews settlement in Reading till 1840, after which he lived at Altay (Schuyler Co., NY) and died there in 1859. His wife died in 1863. ------
Mary HURD was the wife of Gilbert HATHAWAY Sr. Richard HURD Jr., married Deborah, daughter of Caleb FULKERSON. Among their children are Byrant R., and Richard, ministers of the Christian Church. Richard HURD, their father, was a man of social and genial qualities, a general favorite with children.
Ruth born in 1790, married Judson MILLARD. They came to Starkey quite early and lived on Millard St. Dundee, which took its name from him, where he was a prosperous farmer and a good citizen. Their children were Anna, Lewis M., Jane and Squier. Anna married Robert, brother of Eli TOWNSEND. Lewis M. married Harriet, daughter of Richard HENDERSON Sr. Jane married Franklin HOLDEN. They have a daughter , Hattie. Squier married Emily PHILLIPS. Elijah born in 1792, married Alzada TYLER in Columbia Co. He settled in “Beartown” in 1818, on the farm afterwards long occupied by Charles HAUSE. He moved west many years ago and died in Illinois. His children were Nelson, Richard, Judson, Louisa, Semantha, and Burgess. Nelson born in 1816, married in 1836, Alzada, daughter of Charles TRUSEDELL. He died in 1838 leaving a daughter, Janett, born in 1837. Janett married John J. HUMPHRIES in Starkey in 1861. They live in Elgin, Ill and their children are Alice, Arthur and John. Alzada married a second husband, William E. GABRIEL. Richard HUSON married Saray TYLER and lives in Illinois. Judson married Ann, sister of Harvey G. STAFFORD. Louisa married Martial H. BOOTH. Semantha married Gabriel TORRANCE. Burgess married and lives in Illinois. Calvin born in 1794, came to Starkey in 1818, living sometimes on the next east and west road south of “Beartown.” He then moved to the town of Seneca, and resided there till after the death of his father, whose place he then bought, and lived thereon till near his death in 1869. His wife whom he married in Columbia county in 1817, was Betsey CREGO, who survives him living in Starkey. He was a soldier in the War of 1812 and a Democrat of the strictest sect. Their children were Jane, Susan, David C., Calvin, William H., Eli T., Emeline, Elizabeth, George E., Lewis M., Clark, Samuel, Charles, Mary Ann and James K.P. Jane married James BEATTIE. They live in the town of Seneca and have two children, John and Lizzie. Susan married Haines CLARK and their children are Mary and Rosalie. David C. married Margaret ROBSON of Seneca.Their children are John R., Calvin J. and Mary Jane. David C. died in California and his widow with her children resides in Penn Yan. Calvin HUSON Jr., was a lawyer of good reputation, resided at Rochester and in 1856 was elected District Attorney of Monroe county. He died at Richmond, VA, a rebel prisoner, in November 1861. He was captured by the rebels at the battle of Bull Run (Manassas), where he was present as a spectator. His wife was Catharine MILLER and their children were De Lancey, Clara, Hattie, Hobart and Katy. William H. married (Mary) Emma REED. He kept a public house at Washington during the war of the Rebellion and is now the keeper of a public house at Starkey Station. Their children are Josephine, Cass, Martha and Mary (twins). Josephine married John MALONEY and has a daughter, Emma. Eli T. died in California. Emeline married Uriah HAIR. Elizabeth married David CLARK. George E. married Lucy EASTON in Illinois. Lewis M. married Jane, niece of Gov. MACOMBER of Washington territory. Clark married Anna SHIMPF, a German girl. They live in Starkey and have two children, Frank and John. Samuel was a Union soldier and was killed at the battle of Shilo in 1862. Charles married Mary TERRY. They live in Starkey and their children are Charles T. and John B. Mary Ann married John GRAY of Groveland, NY. Their children are Samuel, John and Harry. James K.P. was a Union soldier and was killed in battle at Gettysburg. Betsey born in 1795 is the wife of Eli TOWNSEND. Richard born in 1798, married Rebeca, daughter of Samuel KRESS Sr., They reside in Dundee where he was a Homeopathic physician. They moved to Kansas about 1856, where they still reside. Their children were Eliza Ann, Catharine and Samuel K. Eliza Ann was the wife of Edward HOOGLAND for some years well known in Yates County as the editor of the Dundee Record. He died in Kansas, leaving a daughter, Mary. Catharine was the first wife of James SPICER and died leaving one daughter. Samuel K. married Polly Ann, daughter of John SPICER. He was a Homeopathic physician and moved to Kansas. Samuel HUSON born in 1801, married first, Mary Ann, daughter of Samuel HARPENDING. He had a second wife, Rachel COSAD, cousin of his first wife. He was long a merchant in Dundee and prosperous in business. George W. SIMMONS and Augusts MALTBY at different times were his partners. He died in 1870 and his wife survives him. Their children were Larissa and Mary. Nathaniel, born in 1804, married Ann, daughter of Tewalt SWARTS 2nd. He was a farmer living near Dundee, where he died recently. Their children were Eliza M., Sally A., Emeline, Matilda, Nancy J., and Susan A. Eliza M. married Joshua, son of Daniel RAPLEE. They had a son Nathaniel. She married a second husband, Alonzo EATON. Sally A. married James SWARTHOUT and they have two children. Emeline married David SWARTHOUT and they have one child. Matilda married Oliver, son of Joshua RAPLEE. Nancy J. married Thomas ROBSON. Susan A. married William WORTMAN. Anna born in 1808, married Alonzo SIMMONS. Sally born in 1811, married in 1834, Charles E. TRUESDELL who was also born in 1811. They reside in Eddytown and have a son, Warren HUSON, born in 1836, who married in 1867, Minnie ROBINSON, and resides in Syracuse. Charles E. TRUESDELL was a son of Charles TRUESDELL and Semantha TYLER, his wife. Burgess TRUESDELL who was a son of Josiah TRUESDELL, and a cousin of Charles E., was for many ears a merchant at Dundee and Starkey Corners, and a leading citizen. He built the public house which was burned down where the ELLIS house now stands. -----
Their children were John J., Samuel, Mary, Leah, William, Rebecca, Sarah, James and Isaac. Samuel KRESS Sr., married in 1840, a second wife, Mehetabel, widow of Deacon LA FEVER, who is still living. John J. KRESS, born in 1787, married Margaret MURDOUGH in 1810. She was born in 1789. They resided in Starkey and she died in 1867 and he in 1869. Their children were Maria, Catharine, Eliza Ann. Semantha, Jane, Margaret H., John S., William, Mary B., Andrew J., Susan A. S. Minerva, Halsey S. and George W. Maria married Isaac WILKIN and their children were John and Catharine. Catharine married Elisha REED and their children were George, John, Mary and Wallace. Eliza married Shannon MC LOUD, and their children were Huldah, Montgomery, Emery and Bell. Semantha married Joshua NORRIS and their children were Nelson, John, Mary, James and Susan. Nelson died at the South of wounds received while in the service of the Union, during the Rebellion, and Susan died at the age of 17 years. Jane married John O’BRIEN and their children were Myron, Ann, Horace, Mary and Ida. Margaret H. married William KETCHUM and they had a son, James L. John S. married Rachel, daughter of Anthony B. RYAL and they had a son, Charles. William married Lucy, daughter of Anthony B. RYAL, and their children were Zeruah, Elizabeth, Jane, Anthony, Margaret and William C. Mary B. married Peter BUNCE and their children were Spencer, John, Alida, Charles, George and Melvin. Andrew J. married Adaline SHANNON and their children were John, George and Melissa. Susan A. married J. Wesley SLAUGTHER, and their children were Maggie and Ida. S. Minerva died young. Halsey S. married Martha AYRES and their children were Ida and Arthur. George W. married Sarah RAPLEE and they have one child, Lee ELLSWORTH. Thirteen of this family grew up to adult age and had families of their own. The parents reared also tow of their grandchildren, and lived to see them all married and well settled. Samuel KRESS Jr., b. 1789, m. first, Betsey, sister of John STARKEY and had a second wife, Asenath KEYES. He had two children, Catharine and Andrew P. T., by the first marriage and four, Charles, Mary E., Emily and Harriet by the second marriage. He had a third wife, Sarah HUTCHINS. He lived in Starkey and died there at the age of 63 years. Mary b. 1791, m. Levi WALLING of Starkey and had five daughters, Rebecca, Alvira, Mary, Susan and Elizabeth. They moved to Rockford, Ill., where Mrs. WALLING lives, a widow. Leah b. 1795, m. Jacob WALLING. Their children were Hannah, Catharine, Sarah A., Clinton, Amanda and Samuel. Samuel WALLYING was Captain of a Company of the 161st NYV in the war of the Rebellion, and died in the service. The mother of this family resides at Nunda, NY. William b. 1798, m. Eliza, daughter of Peter GABRIEL. Their children were Charles W., Susan, Adelaid, Isaac, Grandison, Scott, Genette and Olivette. Grandison lives at Addison, NY, a mechanic. Schott is City Marshall at Elmira. Charles is a joiner and a local Methodist preacher at Hornellsville, NY. Isaac is a carpenter at Hornellsville. Rebecca b. 1800, m. Dr. Richard HUSON. She now resides at Lawrence, Kansas. Sarah b. 1802, m. Orison SEAMAN. They lived and died at Watkins, and their children were James, Clinton, Catharine, Samuel, Eliza and DeZeng. James b. 1806 m. Mary HULSE. They reside in Michigan and have six children, Thompson, Mary, Garwood, Theodore, Richard and Rachel A. Thompson was a soldier in the Mexican war. Isaac KRESS b. 1809, is still a resident of Starkey . He m. Joanna, daughter of Wilson AYERS. They formerly occupied the homestead of Samuel KRESS Sr. He was supervisor of Starkey in 1870. Their surviving children are Elizabeth, Melissa and Samuel H. Elizabeth married James MOORE, Melissa married Jephtha F. RANDOLPH, youngest son of Daniel F. RANDOLPH. They have a son, Orville Y. Samuel H. is a classical student. George KRESS, a brother of Samuel KRESS Sr., was a very early resident, living on the Judson MILLARD place, near Dundee, where he was the original settler. He was some years a Justice of the Peace. John KRESS, another brother, was an early resident of Barrington. Moses DEAN resided on the place now owned and occupied by Isaac KRESS. ---- Patrick QUIN [or QUINN] came to America from Ireland in 1794. With him were his wife, Tomason CAFFERY and two children, Patrick and Jane. From New York the moved the same year to Bath, where he, entered into the service of Charles WILLIAMSON, and remained till 1800, when he moved to Hopeton. There he died in 1803. In 1807 his widow married William REED with whom she and her younger children lived till her death in 1810. Dominic, Daniel and Edward, were three sons of Edward QUIN, born after his emigration to this country. Patrick QUIN, born in 1789 in Dulick, Westmayth county, Ireland was at 18 years, apprenticed to Morris F. SHEPPARD to learn the trade of tanner and currier. After learning his trade he worked one year in Canandaigua. Returning to Penn Yan he married in 1811, Betsey, a sister of Dr. Walter WOILCOTT. In 1813 he bought a farm and tannery at Eddytown and remained there till 1834. In that year he purchased a tannery at Millport (Chemung Co) and lived there till 1865. He then moved to Hinsdale, Cattaraugus Co., where he still lives. His wife who is seven years younger, keeps house without assistance and takes care of her husband, a victim of paralysis, and a feeble daughter. Patrick QUIN in the vigor of his life was a man of uncommon talent, and though a workingman was a lawyer of no trifling ability in Justices’ Courts. He was also a prominent Democratic politician, and a man of integrity and honor. He was a Deputy Sheriff under John MAGEE and for a long period, a magistrate in Chemung county. Their children are Alexander H., Hannah W., Erastus W, George E., Olive W., Daniel, Betsey and Harriet. Alexandra H., born in 1812, married in 1831, Philena A. THOMPSON. They live at Hinsdale and have a daughter, Theresa, and wife of Christopher WILLOVER, a wealthy lumber dealer at that place. Hannah W. born in 1814, lives single with her parents. Erastus W. was born in 1817, died at 27 years. George E., born in 1818 studied and practiced law at Watkins with his uncle, Edward. He married Winifred, daughter of Gen. William KERNAN. In 1858 he moved to Utica, and was in practice with Francis KERNAN, till his death in 1863. He was an accomplished lawyer and a man of genial character. Their children were seven sons. Olive W., born in 1810, married Augustus H. PHELPS. They live at Hinsdale, and their children are Hamilton and Betsey. Daniel born in 1823, died in 1847. Betsey born in 1825 married in 1852, Edwin J. SHAUT. Harriet died young. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/starkey/starkeybios4.htm John J. Smith John J. Smith, son of Jacob Smith and Jane Sears, married Nancy, daughter of Thomas CLARK, whose wife, Elizabeth, was a sister of Rachel and Margaret MALIN. He was a solider in the War of 1812, afterwards became a Colonel of cavalry and was always known as Col. SMITH. He became a resident of Yates county as early as 1813, living first at Hopeton and afterwards in Starkey. They lived for a time a little east of Dundee, on the place long afterward the home of his son, David SMITH. Afterwards he built the brick tavern directly east of Dundee, were for some years the Masons held their Lodge, until the Morgan excitement. Still later he bought the Jacob HACKET farm in Dundee. At a later period he kept the tavern at the Ellis stand in Dundee. His wife receiving a farm in Jerusalem form Rachel MALIN, her aunt, on lot 22 of Guernsey’s Survey; they erected a new house there, where she died about 1840. He afterwards moved to Illinois and died there about 1860. He had a second wife, Percis, sister of Miles and William MARINER, who survived him. The children by his first marriage were David, Thomas, C., Jacob, Lewis, John J. and Dennis. All these are West, except David, whose line is mentioned with the PLUMMERS and John J., who is a merchant at Watkins. -------
The father of Dr. Henry SPENCE was John SPENCE, a native of Ireland, his mother, Rachel ROBERTS, and they were married in Pennsylvania in 1794. She was a native of Philadelphia. They had six children born in Pennsylvania, William W., Amy, John R., Henry, Isabella and Mary. In 1800 they settled in what is now Lodi, directly opposite the present residence of Dr. Byron SPENCE in Starkey. Henry, born in 1800 was the only member of the family that became a resident of Yates county. In early life he was a teacher in Lodi. He studied the medical profession with Dr. Claudius C. COAN, and received his diploma in 1823, from the college of Physicians and Surgeons in New York. He came soon after to Yates county and boarded in the family of Russell A. HUNT of Milo, where he commenced his practice. In 1824 he married Patty, daughter of Allen BOARDMAN and Phebe, his wife, of Covert, Seneca county. The same year he bought of Samuel LOOMER 100 acres of land on lot 10 of the Potter location, for $1750, which was thereafter their homestead. He added to this farm in after years 263 acres, forty of which he bought of Samuel BAYLES, 94 of Esther BRIGGS and the rest was the Jacob SMITH farm. Dr. SPENCE was a physician of eminence and widely extended practice, being often called for consultation in difficult cases far from his home. He was also an enterprising farmer and a skillful fruit culturist of large experience. He was a man of superior intelligence and liberal views, and a citizen of much worth and influence. In politics he always took an active interest, and was elected to the Assembly in 1841. In 1860 he was presented by the delegates of this county for the Republican Congressional nomination. He was a man of genial and kindly spirit and in social life was highly respected. He died in 1866. His first wife died in 1843 and he had a second wife, Elizabeth SHOEMAKER (widow DONLEY), who survived him. The children of Dr. SPENCE were all by the first marriage and their names are Byron, Flora and Riley. Byron, born 19 Mar 1825, was one of the first students of Starkey Seminary and was educated a physician. He graduated at the New York University in 1850. He was a Union officer in one of the New York Regiments during the war of the Rebellion following which he was a farmer and fruit grower on the old homestead, occupying the elegant cobble stone mansion, erected by his father in 1848. He married in 1863, Susan, daughter of Nathaniel K. BEASRSLEE. Their children were Henry, Thomas B. and Theodore. Flora, born in 1826, was the wife of Jeremiah S. JILLETT. Riley, born in 1835, resided with his brother, Byron. The second wife of Dr. Henry SPENCE had two daughters by her previous marriage, Augusta and Elizabeth (DONLEY). They were a few years members of the family of Dr. SPENCE. Augusta married William MERCER, moved to Minnesota and died in 1863, leaving three sons, William, Benjamin and Charles. Elizabeth married Henry HARROWER, resided in Wilkes-Barre, PA and their children are Levi, Carrie and Charles. Allen BOARDMAN, the father of the first wife of Dr. SPENCE, was an early setter in Covert, and had a family of 10 children, Russel, Maria, Delia, Harry, Patty, Truman, Emily, Gertrude, Lucy and Douglass. Russel was a citizen of Barrington from whence he moved West. Delia was the wife of Gilbert HATHAWAY Jr., and resided many years in Barrington. The family is now West. Truman was elected to the State Senate form the 26th district, including Yates, Ontario and Seneca counties and held the office one term. Douglass is Justice of the Supreme Court in the 6th judicial district, residing in Ithaca. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/starkey/starkeybios4.htm John S. SUTPHEN was born in 1793 in New Jersey. He was a son of Richard SUTPHEN and Mary VAN MATER, his wife, whose children were Peter, John S., Richard, Polly, Nelly, Elizabeth and Jane. This family were early residents of Starkey, and included Arthur, a son of Richard SUTPHEN Sr., by his first marriage. Peter married Elizabeth MATHEWS, and was a resident of Hector. John S., married in 1814, Ann, daughter of Andrew RAPLEE. They lived in Bennett’s Settlement till 1849 and thereafter in Dundee where he died in 1868. His wife died the following year at 72 years. They were a thrifty pair and had a goodly estate. Richard Jr., born in 1791, married in 1816, Ellen Ann MATTHEWS. She was born in 1800. They resided many years in Barrington on lot 34. She died in 1846 and he in 1866. Their children were Peter M, and Mary Rebecca. Peter M., born in 1820, married first, Marian, daughter of Orange HOLLISTER and has a second wife, Maggie WAITE, of Oregon, Ill. He and his brother in law, Ashbel HOLLISTER, were for some time merchants at Eddytown, succeeding George W. SIMMONS. The children of Peter were by his first marriage, Emmet O., Charles, Alida, Truman and John S.; by the second, one child, Lenora. Mary Rebecca born in 1822 is the wife of Anthony C. HARPENDING. Polly married Laban CRANDALL and lived in Milo. Nelly married and moved West. Elizabeth was the wife of James HYATT, of Benton. Jane married David HYATT brother of James and a soldier of the War of 1812. ------ James Taylor A name held in kindly remembrance by the older citizens of Yates county is that of James TAYLOR. His father, Simon TAYLOR was an English soldier of the army of Burgoyne and his mother, Ruth CHAPPELL, a native of Connecticut. He was the fourth son of a large family and at 19 years, his father gave him his time, that he might earn for himself the means to gratify his love for books and enlarge his studies. He went to Canada, where the destruction of a timber raft on the Lachire rapids ended a disastrous lumber enterprise in which he was engaged with others, and he took charge of a winter school. His efforts to keep in advance of his pupils made his teaching a valuable experience. The War of 1812 induced him to leave Canada, and he next taught a school at Trumansburg. About the same time he began the study of law. In 1816 he was licensed to practice in the Court of Common Please of Seneca county; in 1823, in the Supreme Court; and in 1831 the Court of Chancery. In 1816 he commenced his residence at Eddytown and in 1819, married Maria, daughter of Capt. Silas WICKES. They observed their 50th anniversary of their wedding at the residence of their daughter, Mrs. C. B. BRACE, in Leavenworth, Kansas, on 19 Jan 1869. Afther16 years residence in Eddytonw they moved to Penn Yan where they lived till 1856. They then moved to St. Paul, Minnesota and a year later to Leavenworth, where he died on 30 Dec 1869, in his 80th year. He was a lawyer of superior acquirements and more than average ability and a candid and forcible advocate. From 1823 to 1836 he was District Attorney of Yates county. Upon the adoption of the constitution of 1846, he was a candidate on the Democratic ticket for Justice of Supreme Court, and received much more than a party vote. In early life he was a great admirer of DeWitt CLINTON. Upon the unjust removal of that able statesman from the office of Canal Commissioner by a hostile Legislature in 1824, a committee of citizens in Reading consisted of John STARKEY, James TAYLOR and Stephen REEDER, presented a brief address of confidence to Mr. CLINTON, who was much gratified by their action and made a reply in which the following passage occurs: “As I feel no resentments I shall express none. In the wise and benevolent dispensations of Providence, the aberrations of man are frequently rendered subservient to his best interests; and cases often occur when we may unite with Joseph in his pathetic address to his penitent brethren, and exclaim, “Ye wrought evil against me but God meant it for good.” From early manhood, Mr. TAYLOR was an exemplary member of the Presbyterian Church. His wife was a woman of rare social worth. Their children were: James W., Henry C., Eliza, Charles C and Harriet, all of whom were born at Eddytown. James W. was a lawyer of ability, a man of great energy of character, and liberal and comprehensive views. He was long a resident of St. Paul, Minnesota. A scheme put forth by him for the preservation and civilization of the Indians, by putting them on a territory to be exclusive theirs, is the most feasible and humane of any proposition made for that purpose. He married Chloe LANGFORD of Utica, and their children were Mary, Alice, Eliza and Harriet. Mary married Charles L. ALDEN, a lawyer of Troy, NY. Henry Chappell was drowned at the age of 11 years, in Lake Keuka. Eliza married Semptimus WATKINS of Waterloo. They resided in Leavenworth, Kansas, and their children were Kitty, Harriet, and a third daughter. Charles C., then a resident of Madison, Indiana, died in Penn Yan in 1856 Harriet born in 1831, married in 1851, Claudius B. BRACE for some years a hardware merchant in Penn Yan, and later a prosperous resident of Leavenworth, Kansas. Their children were: Maria P., Kate S., Charles, Walter and James F. Maria P. and Kate S. were students of the Vassar Female College at Poughkeepsie.
Maria b. 1805, m. Anthony THOMPSON. They lived in Irwin, Steuben Co. Their children were Helen, Elizabeth, Anna, James W., and Robert. Eliza b. 1807, m. Caleb TOWNSEND, son of Richard TOWNSESND. She had a second husband, Jira ROOT. Charles b. 1809, m. Jane JOHNSON. Clark K. b. 1812, m. Alice, daughter of Robert SELFRIDGE, of Milo. He was a merchant at Himrods and Shannontown. He was a partner at the latter place, of Ira FOWLER. He was later at Bucyrus, Ohio, and was two years a member of the Legislature of that State. He was a stock dealer. By a second marriage in Ohio, he had a daughter, Sarah, wife of George W. GORMLY, banker at Bucyrus. Zelima b. 1814, m. in 1850, Frederick S. SMITH of Ohio. Publius G. C. b. 1816, was a teacher of ability, a bachelor and wanderer. Rosetta b. 1818, m. in 1836, Edwin C. ANDREWS. John Warner WARD kept a public house at Bellfonte, Ohio. C. Denslow m. Mary Jane HARPER and lived at Bucyrus, Ohio. Their children were Harper and Blanche. ------
Samuel WHITE graduated at Dartmouth Collage in 1812 and at Andover Theological Seminary in 1815. He soon after came to Western New York, and 14 Feb 1818, was ordained by the Presbytery of Geneva, pastor of the Church at Williamson, where he remained three years, preaching also at Sodus. He was then engaged in teaching at Ovid and Trumansburg. In 1824 he came to Starkey church at Eddytown. During the next 7 years by his untiring labors, Presbyterian Churches were organized in Barrington, Dundee and Rock Stream. He was an able organizer; visited from house to house, set others at work, and preached in nearly every schoolhouse, traveling often over rough and devious roads. Winds or weather seldom detained him with his light sulky and fleet horse, “Old Sorrel.” With this faithful animal he traversed the whole of Starkey, Reading and Tyrone and times without number “fetched a compass” around the southern extremity of Seneca Lake and also around the whole circuit of Keuka Lake, as well as the lesser lakes of Tyrone and Tobehannah. In the great extent of territory, which at different times comprised his field of labor, are now many flourishing churches, which are much indebted to him for their organization and prosperity. In 1831, Mr. WHITE removed to Pultney, where he remained nearly two years. During his ministry her e there was an extensive revival, and soon after, 58 were added to the church. A like success attended his labors in Havana, where he lived in 1833, preaching also at Watkins. In 1835 his home was in Tyrone where he is remembered by many of the present members of the church. His last charge was the Pultney church, which he held during his second abode there, nine and a half years. Under his care the church received large accessions and here he closed his ministry, the congregation of which had more than doubled in numbers, rebuilt their house of worship. Many of them had received baptism form his hands and as he left them, they parted from him unwillingly, as a child parts from his dying parent. From 1839 Mr. WHITE was for 2 ½ years Principal of Ovid Academy; and in 1842-3 he was Classical Teacher in Starkey Seminary. Many of his students prepared for college and many entered the ministry. Intense activity as well as an earnest devotion to the good of all whom his influence might reach, characterized his life as a minister. Accurate scholarship and an impulsive rousing of the student’s ambition, and a decided antipathy to all idleness, were the principal features of his teachings. He married in 1826, Henrietta, daughter of John TAYLOR. Their children were Samuel Braman, Charles Taylor, William Peregrine, George, Rhoda and Martha. Samuel B., born in 1827, married in 1847, Amanda TOMER of Pultney. They had two children, Flora born in 1848 and Fanny Emily born in 1859. Flora married Harrison DIXON and they had two children, Alice and a son. Charles Taylor WHITE, D.D., born in 1829, married Ann Marie CHILD of Derby, VT in 1856. He graduated at Wabash College in 1851 and at Lane Theological Seminary in 1855. He was principal of the Dundee Academy in 1851-52. Soon after their marriage they sailed for India as missionaries where they arrived after a voyage of 100 days. Their home a greater part of the time was in Pultney, Madura District, 300 miles southwest of Madras. They were absent 13 years, and in their labors among the Tamil people met with much success. On their return, after a voyage of 123 days, one night of which was spent on the Island of St. Helena, they arrived at London. Soon after they took a steamer from Liverpool for New York and arrived home August 20, 1869. Mr. WHITE later preached at Branchport, a highly esteemed pastor. On leaving India, he was a recipient of an affectionate address, prepared by a native Christina and read in the Tamil language. William Peregrine WHITE born in 1831, died at home in 1859 of consumption. George WHITE born at Rock stream in 1836, married Maria WALTERS in 1860. They reside in Ovid, Mich., and have one child, Rubie, born in 1862. Rhoda, born at Rock Stream, April 5, 1843. Martha, born in Pultney in 1847. William P., another son, died of consumption. The mother of Rev. Samuel WHITE, left a widow with two sons, Samuel and Charles, subsequently married Rev. Asa BURTON, D.D. of Thetford, VT, celebrated in his day as a Theological Teacher and as an author of what is called the Taste Scheme in Theology. The younger son, Charles WHITE, D.D., was 20 years, President of Wabash College and died in 1861 at Crawfordsville, Indiana, at the age of 64 years. Rev. Samuel WHITE was 40 years a member of the Presbytery of Steuben, and was spoken of very justly as Father WHITE. His talents were of a high order and his character elevated and highly social. He died at 72 years in 1864. His later years were passed on a farm near Rock Stream, where his society was much prized by friends from far and near. His son, Rev. Charles T. WHITE, was in all respects a worthy descendant of his venerated father. ------ In 1848 Reading Lodge was organized as Dundee Lodge, and now [1873] consists of about 200 members. GRAND LODGE OFFICERS. Theodore M. Horton, District Deputy Grand Master. Edward M. Sawyer, District Deputy Grand Master. MASTERS.
1847. Dr. Hosea Palmer. 1848. Samuel Kress. 1849. John T. Andrews, Sr. 1850. Stephen Toby. 1851. Edward Hoogland. 1852. Peter McKey. 1853. Richard Huson. 1854. Samuel K. Huson. 1855. John T. Andrews. 1856. Samuel K. Huson. 1857. Richard Huson. 1858. E. W. Rogers. 1859. E. W. Rogers. 1800. E. W. Rogers. 1861. E. W. Rogers. 1862. Dr.James A. Chapman. 1863. Dr. John H. Shaw. 1864. Dr.Emerson W.Rogers. 1865. E. W. Rogers. 1866. James Spicer. 1867. James Spicer. 1868. James Spicer. 1869. Uriah Hair. 1870. E. W. Rogers. 1871. Darius R. Perry. 1872. Darius R. Perry. 1873. Marcus M. Roleson. 1874. Marcus M. Roleson. 1875. Marcus M. Roleson. 1876. Myers T. Webb. 1877. Myers T. Webb. 1878. Joseph F. Gibbs. 1879. Darius R. Perry. 1880. G. Anson Beam. 1881. G. Anson Beam. 1882. G. Anson Beam. 1883. G. Anson Beam. 1884. Luther M. Hair. 1885. Luther M. Hair. 1886. Henry V. L. Jones. 1887. Henry V. L. Jones. 1888. Theodore M. Horton. 1889. Theodore M. Horton. 1890. Charles Goble. 1891. Edward M. Sawyer. 1892. Edward M. Sawyer. 1893. Edward M. Sawyer. 1894. Edward M. Sawyer. 1895. Edwin Jessop. 1896. Edwin Jessop. 1897. John S. Thompson. 1898. John S. Thompson. 1899. John S. Thompson. 1900. James E. Ruddick. 1901. James E. Ruddick. 1902. Edwin Jessop. 1903. Edward M. Sawyer. 1904. James E. Ruddick. 1905. Albert T. Beardslee. 1906. Albert T. Beardslee.
http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/yates/starkey/starkeysettlers.htm John DOW, first Town of Reading supervisor in 1806 was re-elected Supervisor and held the office during the first 13 years after the organization of the town. Sold to Edward HOOGLAND, in 1848 the Dundee Record was conducted with much spirit till 1854, when he sold to John J. DIEFENDORF. Under the management of HOOGLAND, who was a vivacious editor, the paper attained a circulation of upwards of 1,000. Among his enterprises was the publication of biographical sketches of leading citizens with portraits. Among those noticed in this way were Samuel HARPENDING, Abraham WAGENER, William M. OLIVER, John DOW, and HOOGLAND himself. http://www.osydistrict.org/Histories.html Canandaigua Lodge No. 294 The original lodge in Canandaigua, Ontario Lodge No. 23 F&AM, fell victim to the Morgan Affair in the 1830's; shortly thereafter, the Lodge turned in its Charter. In the early 1850s, some Masonic Brethren applied for a Charter, and in spring, 1853, they received it. They became Canandaigua Lodge No. 294. The Brothers met at various places around Canandaigua until 1920, when Canandaigua Lodge No. 294 F&AM and Excelsior Chapter No. 164 RAM purchased a building at 5 Court Street in Canandaigua. This property known as the Temple Building housed these groups until 1995, when Ontario County purchased the building. The Lodge met in numerous places until it purchased a building at 12 Canandaigua Street in Shortsville in 1998. The building has been remodeled to include a Lodge room and other appropriate rooms. The jail cell door and a lock from the jail where William Morgan had been held remains in the Lodge's possession. http://www.usgennet.org/usa/ny/county/ontario/cananvillhist.htm History of Ontario Co, NY. 1878. CANANDAIGUA LODGE, No. 294, was granted a dispensation 8 Jan 1853. This expired 25 May 1853, and on June 11 following a charter was received from the Grand Lodge of the State of New York instituting this lodge, with the following-named first officers: Samuel W. SALISBURY, Master; Jacob J. MATTESON [aka Mattison], SW; J. R. PRATT, JW; M. BEEMAN, Treasurer; James STEVENSON, SD; Benjamin H. ACKLEY, JD; and Joseph PONCETT, Tyler. William BRYANT and Richard P. PETHORIE complete the original roll of nine members. J. J. MATTESON, William BRYANT, and J. R. PRATT are the present survivors. The lodge first met in the hall of the I. O. O. F. They removed to the upper story of the Atwater block, and finally secured rooms in the third story of the McKechnie block, located on the east side of Main street. These rooms have been permanently occupied since January, 1872. The assembly-room is spacious, and handsomely furnished. A narrow dais extends along the sides of the room and widens at the ends, where rich canopies extend over the officers' chairs. In the centre of the room is a costly altar, of skillful workmanship and fine material, while the floor is covered by heavy carpeting. The lodge is remarkably prosperous and stable. It is influential and central. The nine members of 1853 have increased in 1876 to 173. The present officers are: Harrison B. FERGUSON, Master; Edward PARSONS, SW; William S. McKECHNIE, JW; Solomon JONES, Treasurer; J. J. STOBBINS, Secretary; Charles F. ROBERTSON, SD; E. R. HYATT, JD; James McENELLY, Chaplain; John RAINES, Jr., Marshal; E. B. LEWIS, Organist; C. T. MITCHELL, SMC; F. W. BEAL, JMC; and E. K. SMITH, Tyler.
CANANDAIGUA LODGE, NO. 294. Canandaigua, Ontario Co. Meets on Monday evenings, on or before the full moon. and two weeks thereafter.
1855 Register J. Richmond Pratt, Worshipful Master, James Stephenson, Senior Warden, J. Harvey Mason, Junior Warden, Samuel W. Salisbury, Treasurer, Isaac R. Parcell, Secretary, Thomas H. Stringham, Senior Deacon, Eli N. Green, Junior Deacon, Thomas D. Herbert. Steward Lyman 0. Lampmau, Stewards Saml. W. Salisbury, Master of Ceremonies, Archibald C. Bowles, Chaplain, Charles H. Brous, Tiler.
PAST MASTER. Samuel W. Salisbury.
Jet Abbey, Silas Anson, Benjamin H. Achley, Hilem F. Bennett, John L. Boyer, William Bryant, Archibald C. Bowles,
George Ewins, Josiah D. Felton,
Luther Hammond, Thomas D. Herbert, Marvin Herman, Lyman P. Judson, Alexander F. Kelsey, Lyman O. Lampman,
James McBeath, Jr., James McEnally, James B. Murray, Isaac R. Parcell, Thomas O. Perkins, Richard P. Pethoric, Richard S. Pierson, Joseph Poncett, George Pratt, J. Richmond Pratt, Moses Reim. George T. Rider, Charles H. Saxton, George Segog, Stephen L. Sterling, Thomas Stringham, Jeffrey Sweet, Samuel W. Salisbury, James Sanderson, W. Barclay Smith, William Smith. James A. Spear,
Stephen K. Stinard, Thomas H. Stringham, William T. Swart, Henry Underbill,
Joseph B. Wyckoff, * See Appendix III for more on Bro. Cheseboro and others of Canandaigua regarding the ‘Morgan incident.’ Rushville Lodge No. 377, Rushville, New York Harmony Lodge No. 293 http://books.google.com/books?id=wGIEAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA292&dq=%22ontario+lodge+no.+23%22&cd=1#v=onepage&q=%22lodge%22&f=false page 392. The [Town of] Gorham Lodge of F&AM [Harmony Lodge No. 293] received its first charter from the Grand Lodge in 1813 [sic – chartered 5 Jun 1817] and held regular meetings until 1828, when it was compelled to forego its meetings on account- of the popular feeling aroused by the Morgan abduction incident. The lodge resumed work again in 1840 and continued under the old dispensation until 1855, when a new charter was granted to it as No. 377. F. & A. M. The present membership of the lodge is one hundred and ten. It owns its building, which is located on the east side of Main street in the village of Rushville. Yüklə 0,87 Mb. Dostları ilə paylaş:
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ounties, serving one term. By 1869-73, he had resided in Dundee, Yates Co., New York for about 20 years, a member of the mercantile firm of Martin, Vosburgh & Co.