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                                                          CATLIN

Eaton Charles L, a  native of Tioga County, Pa., was born October 1, 1843, and was for several years a resident of Steuben County,N.Y, but removed to Catlin in 1883, where he has since resided. March 4, 1868, he mairied Sophia C., daughter of Samuel  and Nancy (Cogswell) Bucher,wbo was born July 11, 1844. Mr. and Mrs. Eaton have   four children: Samuel W., Nathaniel L., Edna S., and Glenn R. Samuel is connected with  the State Normal School at Oneonta and the others are living at home. Mrs. Eaton is  a descendant of a German family who came to America at an early day. Her grand  father Jacob Vucher, was one of the early settlers in Post Creek Valley and had a  family of ten children. Samuel Bucher, one of the sons, was a resident of  Catlin, was   born in 1811, and died September 4, 1883. His wife was Nancy Cogswell, whom he  married January 3,1886. She was bern February 11, 1809, and still survives. Of their
 five children two are living.

Soper, Thomas was born in Bennington, Vt. and came to Verteran NY, in 1823 with his family, where he settled on a farm, and where he died in 1875, aged 81.  He married Betsey Boon, who died October 1,. 1858. Their children were Sanuel, born November 7,1818; Johnson B., born. March 16, 1822; Louisa, born August  22, 1823; Stephen, born July 22, 1826; Thomas T., born January 22, 1828; Ann M., born November 19, 1834; Charles M., born March 24 1837 and Leonard. born March.  9, 1833. The latter matried, November 4, 1858, Eliza S., daughter of Echobed and Betsey (Riley) Meeker; by whom he had these chi1dren Frank S., born August 9, 1859; Ada E, born March 2 1861,;  Juddie R., dec. Dec. 30, 1866;Carrie  M., born July 10,1873 and Ernest L. Sept. 27,1877; Thoms Soper was the  first man  who built a frame house in Veteran. He was among the early settlers. and died on the farm he cleared. Thomas I, jr., served in the Fiftieth New York Engineers in the late  war. George W. Soper was born November 22, 1823.
 

                                                    CHEMUNG

Albertson Daniel, was born in Orange County, N. Y., and died in Elmira at the age  of seventy eight.  Ths wife bore him these children: Abraham, DanieI William, Uriah,  Lewis, Wineford, Ruth, Olive, Annie, and Penina. Abraham Albertson was born in Orange County. Fehurary 22, 1794 and died at the age of seventy-eight years. He  married Rany White, who was born August 1,1793, and died aged sixty-two. .Their   children were: Sarah, Mary, and Andrew W.  Andrew W. Albertson was born June 30,  1821, and in. 1840 he married Hannah Warner a native of Orange County, born in 1819,  who died December 4, 1876.  His second wife was Phobe E  Childs, who was born  October 10, 1841, a daughter to Thomas apd Fanny (Sears) Childs. Mr. Albertaon has
 lived on a farm in Chernung for twenty-five years.

Baldwin Family The,  The first member of the Baldwin family to settle in Cbemung county was Isaac, Sr., who emigrated with hia family from Norwich.Conn., to the   Wyoming Valley, where they remained only a few years, removing in consequences of the Pennamite and Indains wars.  They located farther up the river in the vicinity of Ulster, supposing they had crossed the boundary line between New York and Pennsylvania. Here they remained for two years; when tbey again removed still farther up the Chemnng River to what is now the town of Chemung, than a part of Tioga county, N. Y. This was in 1784. Isaac Baldwin, Sr., was born in Norwich, June 12,1730, and his wife, Patience Ratbun, was born in Exeter, R, I., September l3, 1784.  They were married November 16, 1751, and their children were  as follows; Rufus, born March 8, 1753 married Hannah Hascall, and died June 30, 1834; Thomas, born  February 23, 1755, married Molly Fuller, and died January 10, 1810; Watterman, born  January 8, 1757, married Celinda Burnham; Affa, born December 14, 1759 married, first, Mr. Jenkins and second a Mr. Harding, and died March 15, 1832 Adah born October 31, 1762, married,  a Mr. Ganger; and second, William Jenkins, and died March 1, 1845; Isaac Jr. born Jan. 8, 1765 married Alice Hasscall, second    Zeniah Hinchman and, third Ruth McDowell, and  died Novernber 21, 1815 William  born August 26, 1767, married Zuba Seely, and died April 21, 1810; Henry born February 27, 1769, married Milly Sattenlee, and died April 29, 1813; and Polly born August 3, 1772, married Anthony Lowe, and died Novarnbèr 21,1828; Silas, born March 12, 1775, married Sally Hascall, and died December 12, 1809; and Ichabod, born. October 26, 1777, married Elisabeth De Puy, and was killed in a milL at Penn Yan, NY. in  January, 1835. Adah Jenkins, who settled in Chemuug in. 1784, was the last survivor  of this family. She was takèn prisoner by the Indianans when  sixteen years of age at the  Wyoming massacre, and was painted shaved, and sent barefooted over the mountains to the Delaware River at Easton. Watterman, familiarly known as "Uncle Watterman,” was a noted hero scout with the Indian chief “Cornplanter,” and as Chedayne  is the  noted hero of that interesting  volume by Ausburn Towner entitled“ Chedayne of the   Katono.”  Thomas Baldwin was colonel of the first regiment  in the county,and was  the father of Vine Baldwin, who was first white children  born this side of the Allegheny Mountains, being born at Shequinta in  1784, while the settlers were enroute up the river. He served in the War of 1812 aud received a land warrent. William  Baldwin was known as Captain WIlliam,” “His son, Judge Grant Baldwin, was a very prominent citizen in the history of Elmira. Isaaç Baldwin, jr. was also a colonel of a regiment and a merchant at Newtown in comany with Vincent Matthews.   Isaac, Thomas, and WIlliam each took up 640 acres of land adjoining each other in  the vicinity of Wellsburg, which land is now embraced in the towns of Ashland, Baldwin and Chemung. Thomas Baldwin's  land covered the battleground of Newtown, in which  battle he was wounded in the knee while serving under Sullivan. He planted an  orchard on the spot where he was wounded. It is said that Rufus Baldwin killed the   first Indian in Sullivan’s campaign. Thomas served under General Washington in the  Revolutionary war and participated in the capture of Cornwallis at Yorktown, Va. He  commanded the seven men who recaptured the Franklin family from a party of seventeen Indians near Towanda, Pa. Watterman was taken prisoner under “Cornplanter’
and was in confinement several years at Tonawanda Creek near Niagara. He was influential  in consunatining the treaty between Washington and Cornplanter and was the  Indian agent for the latter for many years. When.General Washington gave him his commission as agent the general gave Mr. Baldwin a horse and a silver-mounted saddle.  The horse was called “Roenoak.” So intimately have the Baldwins been connected  with the progress and development of the valley of the Chemung that much  personal  history  of it embodied in various chapters throughout the work.

Baldwin,Vincent, son  of George and Harriet, was born at Bentley Creek; Bradford County, Pa., in 1835, where he has always resided. His brothers and sisters are Isaae, Samuel, John, Charles, Mark, Mary, and Harriet. Vincent Baldwin married, first, Eva, daughter of Daniel and Minervia (Daggett) Dewey by.whom he had two children: Eella and George C. He married, second, Mary Kennedy, who bore him one son, Burt., George C. Baldwin was born  at Tioga, Tioga County, Pa., Aug. 28, 1861,. and married  Ella H., daughter of Nelson and Harriet (Dewitt). Van Gaaabeck. He is a general a] merchant in Chemung village.

Beidleman, Elias, father of  Samuel, emigrated from Germany in 1730. settled in Bucks County. Pa.,  end died there at the age of seventy-three years. Samuel Beidelman came to Cheniung among the early settlers. Here he cleared what is. now known   as the Georg Beidelman farm. His wife, bore him ten children, as follows: Isaac, Abram, Jacob, Rosina, Polly, Betsey, Catharine,  Samuel, John, and Crystal. Mr. Beidehman died on his farm in Chemung in 1836 at an advanced age. Isaac Beidelman born at Easton, Pa., in 1790, married Urana, daughter of Elias Middatigh and their children were Anson, Addison,. Belinda; Harriet, Anthony. John, Arthur, Elizabeth.  George, and Samuel. The latter married Lessie Carr and by her had three children. They now reside on a farm in. Minnesota. Addison Beidelman married first,  Minerva  Curry,and second, Susan L. White. By the latter he had one son, Miles C., of Shesheqiun, Pa. George Beidelnmn was born in Chemung December 12, l824, and now resides  in Chemung on the homestead firm. Jacob Beidelman, son of Samuel, sr., was born at Easton, Pa. in 1776, and 1802 settled on the Beidelman
 farm where he died in  1863, at the age of eighty-seven. He married Sarah Caasada whe was born in 1782, a daughter of Robert Cassada, and their children were: Hannah, Eliazabeth; Enphias,Eliza, Isaac, Henry S., Cynthia, and Clarissa. Henry S. Beideldian, a native of
Chemung married Sally, daughter of John and Polly (Bennett) Kent, by whom he had  eight children, viz.: George H., Harrison, James F:, Sarah, Josephine, Simeon, Elizabeth, and John.. James F. Beidelman was born March 19, 1843 and married June 14, 1865, Marriah,  daughter of John and Sarah Danner, of Connecticut. By her he had two  children: Hattie M., born April 11, 1866, and Minnie D., born March 7, 1868. Mr. Beidelman resides on the homestead farm of his grandfather. Hannah Beidelman Mitchell survives at the age of eight-eight years, and Elizabeth  Beidelman Lloyd is living at the age of eightfive. Bliss Beidelinan lives aged eighty year.

Boswoth, David, born in Stamford, Conn. came on foot to Chemung N.Y, in 1780, guided by Indian trails. He cleared a farm on Buck’s flats, where he lived many years, finally removing, however, to Athens, Bradford County, Pa. where he lived in 1868, at  the age of ninety-three.. He married  Fanny Daley and  their children were: John, Harry, Solomon, Huldah,  Polly, Lanrinda, and Arilla. Harry Bosworth, born at Athens, Pa, May 24, 1806, married, November 18,  1829 Mary Layton, who  was born November 5, 1809, a daughter to Daniel and Sarah (Clark) Layton. Their children  were: Sarah F., born September 6, 1830; John L., born March 8, 1833; James J.,
born December 30, 1834; J. Ford, born May 4, 1841; Harriet A., born September 28, 1844; George H., born April 14, 1846; and Guy M., born March 9, .1838. The latter marrried, November 5, 1868. Mary L., daughter of Cornelius and Harriet (Kentfleld)  Beebe, of Chemung, and their children are: Walter F., born May 6. 1869, and Margaret. M, born August 11, 1872. The latter married March 25,1891, Clarence M. Sager, of Hampton,Va., son of John Sager, and now resides in that place. Walter F. Bosworth married Minnie D. Beidelrnan, of Chemung, daughter of James F. and Mariah (Tanner) Beidelman, October 15, 1890. Guy M. Bosworth served in Company E, Twenty-third New York Volunteers, re-enlisted in Company F, Eighth New York Artillery, and was
honorable discharged in April, 1865. He now draws •a pension. He has served as justice four fears and as town collector one year.

Burt, Benjamin born  Warwick, Orange County, N. Y., March 9, 1750, came to  Chemung in 1789 among the early settlers, where he died May 10, 1826. His wife was Johanna Parahall, and she was born February 16, 1754, and died at Chernung on March 20, 1850 aged ninety-three. By her he had these children: Benjamin Ruth,David, Keziah, Beldon, Israel, Asahel, and Elizabeth.  David Burt, born at Sugar Loaf, Lycoming County, Pa., in 1786, married Phebe. daughter of Kenney Burnbam, of Chemung, N. Y, and then children were Benjamin F, George W., David A. J., Mary, Isabella and  C Columbus [twins], Susan, John W., Phebe A,, and Williim H.,  John W. Burt  was born at  August, 1833.  Annie Sayre of Chemung; daughter of Thompson Sayre, and their children are Zella and Helen.. Mr. Burt owns and occcupied his father’s farm. George W. Burt was born at Ridgebury, Bradford, Pa., December 28, 1823, and in 1830 he came to Chemung, where he married Harriet daughter.cf. George and Polly Baldwin. Their children were Jacob, Sarah, Emma, and  Frank. He married second, Abbie, daughter of John and Emaline (Murry) Benedict. They had one son, John B. His third wife was Rachel, daughter of Abram and Laura (Brink) Willis, of Union, Broome County, N. Y., by whom he has one son, Willis G. He is now a farmer in Chemung where he has lived since, seven years of age. He served in Company C, Fiftieth New York Engineers, from Ithaca, N. Y.; for three  years, when he was disabled, and in 1861 he received an honorable discharge. He now  draws a pension.
 

Crispin, John M son of George and Hannah Crispin, was born at Kent, England, May21, 1820 and came to  Chemung, N. Y. in 1858, where he has since lived. In 1845 he  married Sophie, daughter of John and Sally Muize, of Bedlordshire England, by whom he had nine children: John, Sophia, Robert, George, William, Hannah, Charlotte, Charles, and James. Robert T. Crispin, born at Amptill, Bedfordshire, Eugland, April 11, 1841, came to Chem~ug with his father, and on September 21, 1881, he married Mrs. Emma Renton-Newelly. of Chermung, daughter of John and Rachel Brodenict. He is now a resident farmer. He served in the Indian war under General Merritt, at Fort D. A. Russell, Wyoming Territory, five years, and was honorably discharged. He articipated with good repute in the. General  Custer massacre, as well as  in several other important engagements, among them being the Ute outbreak in  1881 at  White River, Cal.. when the agency was burned and all  41 killed by the Indians with the  exception of the women, who were taken prisoners and afterward recued by General Merritts comand.

Decker, Jacob was born in Orange County, N.Y.; came to Chemung in 1800 among the settlers of this twon. Here be died in 1845,. aged fifty-nine years. He cleared a farm in Southport.  His wife was Eunice Kelsey, who was born March 16, 1769, and died in Cbemung in 1865, aged seveety-six years. His children were: Aaron E., Addison, Polly, George, Thomas, Jane,  Harrison, and Julia A. George Decker was born in Chemung January 7, 1815 asui died here Jan. 27, 1878. He married Sarah Bentley, who died in this  town March 27, 1884, aged sixty three, His childrern were Grove,EIiza, Jacob, Polk, Dallas M., and Alexander. Jacob Decker, born in Chemung, July 15,1845, married Sarah, daughter of G. W. and Harriet (Baldwin) Burt, and his children are George B., Hattie, Dallas M., Cora L. He married, second, Lena M., daughter of Joseph B. and Susan (Taylor) Payne, by whom he has one son, Furman H.   Mr. Decker resides on the homestead farm.

Everett, Jesse born  in England, was a descendant of the Everetts who came to America on the
Mayflower and settled in Connecticut. There he lived for many years and died in Orange County at the age of about eighty. His children were Jesse, Mehitable, and John. The latter, born in Orange County, N. Y., died in Chemung in 1849 aged eighty-two, having come to this town in 1839. He married, first, Susanne Overton, and their children were Wilmott, Isaac B., and Derrinda. His second wife was Catharine daughter of James and Betsey Brown, and his children by her were John C., Andrew D., Catharine A., William W., and James B. The latter was born in Orange County, November 5, 1826, and in October, 1859, married Ruth Struble, by whom he
 had two children, Andrew D. and Harriet E. He married, second, December 25, 1866, Harriet E., daughter of Elinus and Susan (Wheeler) Furman, who bore him these children: Bertha, born November 3, 1867; John B., born June 20, 1869; Mary H., born  September 28, 1870; and Calvin W., born August 3,1873. Mr. Everett has lived on the homestead farm since his father’s death. Bertha Everett married John Van Gaabeck a  farmer of Chemung. Andrew D: married Frances West., by whom he has two children, Clarissa and Howard. They live in Brooklyn, N. Y. Southerland T., son of  Wilmott and Jane [Robbins] Everett, was born in Chemung, June 11, 1831, and December 31, 1859, be married Ruth A., daughter of William and Sally (Smith) Albertson.   They have two children; William T, Born January 4, 1863,  and Alice B.,born February  9, 1865. He married, second, October 23., 1873, Anne, daughter of Edward M. and
Mary (Scally) Higgins,who was born May 11,1851. Their children are Adaline, born  January 4, 1877, died February 20, 1878;  Edward H. born August 15, 1879; Kate, born April 11, 1881; and Mary, born November 14, 1883. He is now a representative  farmer of Chemtmg, where he has lived since his birth.

Gere, Ebenezer, son of Amos and Elizabeth (De Witt) was born in the town of Niles, Cayuga        County, N. Y. in 1823. He worked on a farm during the summers  until twenty yeara of age, and attended district schools during the winters. In the winter of 1840 he attended Professor Ellis’s school in Skaneateles, N. Y., and in the winter of 1842 the Cortlandville Aeademy, having taught school the previous winter in the town of Skeneateles. In the spring of 1844 be entered the office of Drs. Baker and Gore in Owasco village, as a medical student He attended lectures at the Geneva Medical College during the terms of 1846-48, graduating at the latter term, and taught school one year; while studying medicine. He commenced the practice of medicine.in the town of
Chemung in the spring of 1848 and has continued uninterruptedly until the present time, He is still in active practice.  In 1854 Dr. Gere married Emily J., daughter of  Rev. Ambrose and Mary (Chamberlain) Burlingame. She died in 1880. He has three  children, one son and two daughters. Charles Sumner studied medicine with him attended medical lectures at Buffalo Unniversity  of  one year, and then  graduated in 1879, practiced in the city settled in Chemung, where he is still practicing.  His oldest daughter, A. Grace; married Dr.B. F. White, studied medicine, gradaated at the  Cleveland (Ohio) Homeopathic Medical College, and settled in the city of Bradford, Pa..
where she has a lucrative practice. His youngest daughter, Imogene B. married James P Morgan, a dental surgeon of Eldred, Pa. but now Boston Mass.

Griswold, Mijamin, son of Elisha and Ann [Sheomaker] Griswold, was born in Chemung, N. Y., March 27, 1803, and died June 28, 1875. He married, February 16, 1831; Marigarate Smith who was born October 5, 1805. She died March 1, 1872.  She was a daughter of  Solomon, and Julie (Seeley) Smith. Their children were: George W. born November 22, 1831; Edmund, born  September 3, 1833; Abner W., born October 9, 1835. and killed August 11, 1863, by guerrillas in Kansas James; born May 11, 1838; Reuben born July 17, 1840; Timothy, who died young; Hovey E., born December 16,1844, died February 6, 1866; Henry, born July 11, 1847, died August 25. 1886; and  Thomas B., born April 4, 1850. James Griswold married, February 7, 1864, Martha
Hamilton, who was born October 3, 1840. She is a daughter of David and Emily (Applegate) Hamilton. They have had children as follows: Phil S., born June 13,1866,  died May 21, 1878; William M., born July 24, 1870; Walter H born January 8,1873, died June 10, 1878; Louis, born February 13, 1876; and Hovey H., born April 30, 1879. Elisha Griswold was born at Hillsdale, Columbia County, N. Y., April 27,;  1775, and his wife, Anne (Shoemaker) Griswold, at Wallpach, Sussex County, N. Y., October 14, 1777. James Griswold served in the late war,  Company C, Fiftieth Engineers, and reenlisted in the same company, serving till December 25, 1864, when he was promoted captain in company F, One Hundred and Seventy.ninth New York Volunteers,  Serving until the close of the war he was honorably discharged on June 25, 1865.
George W. Griswold married, first, in February, 1859 Mary A. Chapman, who died March 5,
1862, at the age of thirty years. He married,second, July 31, 1864, Mary Simcoe, born in Buckinghamshire, England, December 9, 1837, a daughter of William aud Catharine (Shelford) Simcoe, 0f Baldwin, N. Y. Their children are: Eveline, born April 14, 1865; Fanny C., born November 25, 1866; Maggie, born February 11, 1868;  and Bessie born August 24, 1875. Eveline Griswold married on January 15, 1888, George B. son of Elijah and Hannah (Hillman) Smith. Tbey have one son, Guy Emmett born March 23, 1891, of Waverly, N. Y.

Gunderman,  William, was born in New Jersey and served in the War of 1812. In 1832
he came to Chemuug with his wife and ten children and cleared & farm, where he  died in  1835. His wife was Mary Perry, of New Jersey who died in Chemung, aged seventy-two. Their children were: John S:  Sarah, Peter,  Mary, Robert, George,  Susan, Jacob, Alma, and William. Gunderman.  The latter was born in. Chemunng on June 27, 1885, and married on September 13, 1862, Ida C., born December 25, 1844, daughter of  John C. and Mery.A. (Guiltner) Thorp, and his children are as follows: Carrie .M., born May 4,1863; Jümaetta, born Decemher 3, 1866; Sarah E., born May  29, 1868; Georgia A., born December 24, 1869; Nora, born September 18 1871; Charles W., born May 16, 1873; Minnie L., born February 23, 1875; Nellie E, born April 10, 1877; Susa A., born April 12, 1879; John S., born April 2 1881; Ida F. born June 26, 1883; Harry O., born November’29, 1886; Dona L., born December 3,    1888; Joe T., born September 29; 1890 Mr; Gunderman served in the late war in  Company I, One Hundred and Forty-first N.Y. Infantry Volunteers, three years, and was  honorable discharged in September, 1865. He is now drawing a pension. . Carrie M. Gunderman married Fred B. Green, son of George Green.

Holbert, Peter a native of Orange County, N. Y., served in the Revolutionary war, and died          at Orange County, N. Y., at age of  about seventy years. His   children were: Adrian, Peter, Harriet, Eliza, Beth, Sarah, Martha, Myra. Mary, John, Susan, and William. John Holbert was born at Minisink, December 29 1800: He  came to Binghamton in 1836 and in 1842 to Chemung, where Ito died in 1864 aged sixty-four. He married Amanda Sayer, of Orange County, daughter of Joshua and Amanda  Sayer, by whom be had seven children, as followe; Mary A., Joshua S., Joseph E., William, Martha,  George W., Gabriel S.  William Holbart was born at Minisink, N. Y.
where all the children of the family were born,  August 9, 1833, and February 9, 1859,  he married Hannah, daughter of John and Hannah (Bailey) Ryerson, of Goshen N. Y., and their children are: John.,R, Sayer, Gtbiiel S., and. Henry H. He is now a farmer at Chernung. N. Y.
 

Lawler, Michael was a native of Queen’s County, Ireland, where he lived and died., His children    were Clinton, James, Joseph, Sarah. and Patrick. The latter came to America at the age of twenty-one, and died in Chemung at the age of fifty seven, in 1877; He married in 1848 Ellen Cavanaugh, daughter of James and Mary Cavenaugh, and their children are: Joseph, born February 4, I850; Thomas W., born Feb. 4, 1852; Mary A,, born June 26, 1854; Sarah, born in 1858; James, born in 1856; William, born in 1860; Maggie, born in 1862; Jennie, born in 1864; Ella, born in 1866; Salina, born in  1868; Kittie, born in 1870.; Mattie, born in 1872; arid Eddie, born in 1874. Joseph  Lawler married Ida, daughter of Henry and Mary (Burtt) Chamberlain, of Bradford County, Pa., in. February, 1878, and their children are: Irving, born August 25,1881; Mattie,.born February 17, 1886; Nancy, born September 12, 1889; and Pearly, born September 14,1891.

Livings, Jonathan, of Monmouth County, N. Y., came to Sothport, N. Y.,1840, where he  died in 1875, a farmer, at the age of ninety-three years’s. He married Ann Anderson, who died in 1856,aged sixty-six years and their children were: Rachel, Eliza, Margarate, Sally, Catharine, Mariah, Daniel, William Henry, and Phebe Mariah  married Liscomb Van Gorder, son of Emanuel Van Gorder, and their children were as  follows: Annie E. and Lafayette, who now reside near Chicago, Ill. Phebe Livings is a  resident of Chemung N. Y, on what is known as the Westerbrook farm. William Henry   Livings married Sally Guney. They are now residents of Southport, N. Y.

Lowman, John G.  a native of Chemung, N. Y., born. April 28,. 1826, married Susan
E. Carpenter. She was born January 8, 1829, and was a daughter of Jesse and Emma
(Sayre) Carpenter. Their children were: Clara, born February 18, 1859; Jesse C., born. March 13, 1862; Mettie E, born May 25, 1865; and Thomas B., born August 23,1857. Mv. Lowman is now a resident farmer on the homestead which belonged to his grandfather. He has served as superviaor four years. Jacob Lowman  built two saw mills and a cremery at Lowmanville. His brother, George, also built two saw mills at the same place.

Marvin, Lewis a native of Connecticut, served in the Revolutioniry war and moved to Orange County, N. Y., where he died at an advanced age. He was a  farmer. His children were Seth, Grant; Jefferey, Hector, Hettie, and Rebecca:  Jeffery  Marvin was born in Orange County in 1780 (May 5) and died March 30. 1835, at  Mininisink. He married Mary Little, who was born January 19, 1786, and died in 1870.She was a daughter of John Little. . Their children were: Harriet, born June 28,1804; Schuyler, born July. 1, 1806; Simeon, born October 6, 1808; Andrew,  born November 26, 1810, LawrenceF, born November 27, 1812; John L. born May .9, 1813; Mary E. born April 3. 1818; Sally, born October 3, 1820; and Julia A. born December 30,  1824. Lawrence F. married, January 3, 1836,. Arminda Matteson of New Jersey, daughter of Samuel and Sarah Masteson, by whom he had children as fellows, Harriet A, born May 10,. 1837, and Jared I., born June 5, 1889. The later married Catherine, born March 3, 1827, William and Anne (Alexander) Foulke. Mr. Marvin is  now a farmer of Chemung.

Morris, Tartara,  was a son of Hezekiah and  Mercy[Baker] Morris  both natives  of Chemung county NY Hezekiah came to Chemung county NY before   his marriage, and died in Pennsylvania at the age of fifty three, in 1862.  His wife, Mercy, died in 1841, aged thirty-eight years.  Their children were as follows: Maranda, John N., Julie A., Emily, Mary A, Laura, and Celesta. The latter was, born September 9 1831,  and married, December 18, 1852, Cornelius Doolittle, who died Febauary 17, 1864, a son  of Timothy and MaryA. (Brook) Doolittle,  and they had son, Isaac C., born July 27, 1856., Isaac had two children: Lilla M, born March 29, 1887, and John P.H.  born March 3, 1889. Cornelius Doolittle served in the late war in Company I, One Hundred and Forty- first New York Volunteers, for three years, and died in a field hospital  at Sheel Mound,  Tenn. He was promoted for lieutenant at the time of his death. Isaac C. Doolittle  married Carrie Laher, March 19, 1885, and she died April 23, 1861. Celestia Morris  Doolittle searved as a missionary at Five Points Mission,  New York, with great sucess for fifteen years.

Newton, Robert was born  in Warren County,  N. J. Novermber 24, 1785, and died april 28, 1862, aged seventy six. His wife  was Ann Angle, who was married June 22, 1809, and who died March 11, 1826. aged thrity seven. She was daughter of Abram and Rachel angle, and their children  were Hughes, born July 14, 1810; George, born October 9, 1812; Permilla, born March 2. 1816; Charles W., born July 14, 1818; Isaac, born March 25,1821.; and Catherine A., born November 22,1825. Charles W. Newton was married December10, 1842, at Sussex County, town of Warren, N. J., and he is now a farmer in Chemung. His children are.: Cynthia J. born August 21, 1846; Permilla, born January 1849; Priscilla E, born April 26, 1851; Sarah, born July 20, 1854; Harriet C., born January 10,1857; Henrietta I. born May 20, 1859; Ida May, born July 18, 1861 and Carrie,  born October 8, 1865.

Parsall Israe1, born on Long Island, October 7, 1736, came to Chemung, N. Y., January 22, 1791. Some two years prior to this date; which is the date of the deed signed by Governor Clinton he took a deed of Lot No. 10, and came two years before the deed  was signed, being among the first settlers of the town. He cleared a farm on Chemung River ten miles below Elmira, where he died February 18, 1827, having served  in the war of the Revolution. His wife was Ruth Howell, born June 22, 1733, and died July 20, 1808. Their ehildreri were: Johannah (Mrs. Burt), Israel, David, Keziah (Mrs. Hultz), Jesse, Asa, Lydia (Mra Annis), and Annie (Mrs. Keeney) Asa Parshall was born on Long Island, N Y., March 26,1770, and married  in Chemung, January  22, 1797, Susanna Keeney. She was a daughter of Deacon Thomas and Mercy (Lamb) Keeney, she was born. March 5, 1781, and died October 19, 1865.. Thomas Keeney was a Revolutionary soldier and a pensioner. Their children were: Iaaac, born Feburary 5, 1798, died February 21, 1858; Amass, born June 6, 1799, died November 26, 1867; Mercy, born .March 21, 1801. died February 21. 1882; Ruby, born November 26, 1802, died March 30, 1811; Benjamin, born June 21. 1804, died January 10, 1866; Thomas K., born March 24, 1806; Ransom, born March 23, 1808; Luthar, born March 22, 1810. died January 29, 1870;  Elisabeth, born October 28,  1811, died December 16, 1854 Asa, 1st, born April 9, 1813, died January 25, 1814; Israel, born May 4, 1815, killed by accidental discharge of his gun; Susannah, born June 4, 1817, died December 6, 1888; Ruth, born February 10, 1819; Louisa, born October 24, 1820; Jesse, born March.30,  1822; Lemira, born August 26, 1826; and Asa, 2d, born A,pril 20, 1825, and married July 1, 1858. Asa Parshall, 2d, married Salina  Phelps,who was born in Schoharie  County, N. Y., near Middlebury, January 15, 1830, a daughter of Hiram and Martha (Lennon) Phelps. Their children have been as follows: Judson H., born May 1,1861, died May 18, 1865; Carrie A., born Feburary 7, 1863, died September 19, 1890; Mattie M., born March 21, 1865, died May 29, 1829; Asa I. born May 22, 1868; and Susie M., born November 14, 1870. Asa Parshall, 2d, still retains the homestead farm of his grandfather, on.which the  first brick house errected in  town was built in 1825. His father, Asa, and his brother, Isaac, built the first grist mill in  the town of Chemung in 1819, which was operated by tbem for twenty years, and  by J L McDowell until the Erie Railroad destroyed it in, 1848. Mr. Parsall is an enterprising business man aud eminentently sustains in the reputation of this pioneer family, having much statistical information contributed to their history.. The treaty at Newtown (now Elmira) was made over a year before the  date of the Governor Clinton’s. deed and Asa, then nearly twenty years of age, was able on that gathering to,beat their best Indian by  four feet in a race of twenty rods.
 

Rogers, Solomon was born on Long Islaud, where be lived and  died,  aged ninety eight years. He served in the Revolutionary war and drew a pension. The wife  Rebecca, was a daughter of Sealer Smith, and their children were Phinias,  Amelia,  Margarate, Solomon, and Bashaw. Phineas Rogers was born On Long Island and  came to Chemung in 1813 among  the early settlers He served in the War of 1812 and  cleared a farm, where he lived and died aged ninety-three years. He married  Ruth Rogers, daughter of Thomas and Sarah Rogers, and  their children were Minervia,Albert, Martin, Irvin, Edwin, Emma M., William, Rebecca, John R., Hawley B., and
Ruth A. John R. Rogers married Jane Walker and had by her two children; Mary M. and Lewis. He married, second, Delia Straitor, a daughter of Silas and Abigail (Cutting) Peck. Mr. Rogers is now a resident farmer in Chemung. His daughter, Mary M., married N. C. Cooley, and they have one daughter, Lilla. Hawley B. Rogers, born in Chemung, May 11, 1827. married Julia M. Whitney, daughterof Samuel and Catherine Whitney, and their children are: Edwin E., Frances A., Irvin H., Alvinia D., Alonzo M., Annie C., Olive M., and Sidney H. He is now a farmer in Chemung.

Rogers, William  was born in 1754 in. New Salem, Conn., and died on Long Island   in 1804.  Wife was Esther Hawley, who died on long Island in 1853. His children  were: Ruth, William, Elkana, Lydia, Lurinda,. Platt, William, 2d,. Hawley, and  Thomas. Haw1ey B. Rogers married Charlotte Lefforts, daughter of John Lefforts, by  whom he had three children: George, Louisa, and Buell L. The latter was born at  Huntington, I. I., January 14, 1840. Mr. Rogers is now a resident farmer and came  to Chemung in 1888. He married Frank Ann Rogers, daughter of Hawley B. and  Julia (Whitney) Rogers, and their children are Edith L., Julia W.,Charlotte A.,
and Hawley B. William Rogers enlisted in the Continental army in 1777 and was discharged in 1780. He was quartermaster sergeant in Colonel Malcolm’s regiment and his widow drew a pension of $120 per year.

Ruggles, Timothy, was a native of Vermont, where he died at an advanced age. His  wife bore him six children, who were Nathanial, Alvah, Abijar, Lucy, Minervia and Homer.  The_latter was born in Vermont, December 30, 1792,and came to Chemung  in the early history of the town. He served in the War of i812. He finally removed to Gaines,. Potter County, Pa., where he died April 9, 1865, aged seven two year;  three months, and ten days. He married Mercy Morse  born in Vermont,   November 5, 1794 a daughter of Jonas and Lucy Morse.  She died in, Potter County Pa July 4, 1870, aged seventy-five years, seven months, and nine days. His children were James
born July 6, 1819; Charles S., born May 2, 1821 ; . Daniel, born March 10, 1833, Lucy born
March 2, 1823, Kura, born November 20, 1825; Jane,. born January  21, 1827, Miranda, born January 2, 1829; George B., born February 14, 1831; Emily, born July 2, 1835; and Joseph, born December 28, 1837. Charles S. Ruggles married Brittania  born September 29, 1823, daughter of William and Elizabeth (White): Jackson of Dauphin-County, Caxton Township Pa., near Harrisburg. His children are Mary, born November 13, 1845; Wilson born July 8, 1852; Martha, born March 2, 1854,Elizabeth, born March 20, l856 and Cordelia, born August 28, 1857: Wilson Ruggles  married Adell Foster, a native of Chemung and a daughter of Lot and Sara (Dewitt)
Foster, by  whom he has two children, Edna and Sarah. He is now a general merchant with his father, where he has been engaged successfully for twenty-six years.. Charles Ruggies has served as town clerk for two years and postmaster twenty three years. Wilson Ruggles is now poststmaster of Chemung, has been town clerk eleven years, and supervisor  for 1891-1892.
 

Smith, Loton, was born in Orange County, N. Y. He afterward removed to Kansas, where he died at an advanced age. By his wife, Hannah (Simrall) Smith,. they had the  following children: Jackson, Mary, Luther, Moses, Charles, Daniel, Harrison, Elizabeth, Sarah, and Edward. Luther Smith was born in’ Orange County  N.Y., and came to Big Flats NY, in 1890, where he now resides. He married Hennah B. Vandermark, and their children are Rolland, Mary F, and Charles N. The latter, as born  in Sullivan County, N. Y., November 2, 1847, and married Josepbine, born in Chemung, October 25, 1853, a daughter of Dauiel R. and Mary (Webb) Harris, by whom he had four children;Albert, Harry, Ernest, and Edna. He is now a farmer in Chemung NY where he has lived seventeen years.

Snell, Abram, came to Athens, Pa., being the, first white man in the town where he lived and died at an advanced age. His children were: Abram, John, Joseph, andHenery Samuel.  The latter was born April 12, 1777, and married Catharine Beidelman,born September 14, 1778, a daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth Beidelman, their children  being Jacob, born at Athens, Pa., April 26, 1801; Elizabeth, born January 27, 1803;  Mary born September 13, 1805; Samuel, born November 14, 1808; Gordon, born in Chernung, ovember 16, 1812; Harriet~ born June 26, 1816; and George born in Chemung,  November 16, 1820. The latter married, December 24,1851 Limera Parshall, born August 27, 1827, daughter of Asa and Susanna (Keeney) Parshall. Their children  are: Alida J., born August 11, 1854, married Fletcher SnelI, now residents of Chemnng,
N. Y.; Kate A., born July 12, 1857, married Phillip Wynkoop,  and has two children, Roy B. and Fletcher S.; Nora L, born November 5; 1858, married Dr. Charles S. Geer, of Cbemung; and George B. Snell, born October 8, 1868, married Elizabeth  Dewitt and their children are: John H., born April 24, 1867, now a resident of Boise City, Idaho, and a locomotive engineer, George, Elida,  Kate, and Nora. Gordon Snell son of  Henry, married Rhdda Greatsinger, February 20, 1850, she having been born May 3, 1821, in Elmira. She waa a daughter of Christian and Mariah (Smith)Greatsinger. Mr. Gordon died October. 13, 1884, in Chemung, at which place his widow still survives him at the age of seventy, on the homestead farm. His children are: Mary E. born
 November 6,1853; William C born May 25, 1857; Sarah L., born August 3, 1850; and Fletcher W. Snell, born February 17, 1851, married June 20, 1882, Elida J.,daughter of George B. and Lemira (Parshall) Snell.  They are now residents on the homestead farm,  William C. Snell married. Mary B. Beidelman, December 4, 1878. She was born in Chernung, September 14,1857, and was a daughter of Henry S. and  Sally (Kent) Beidehman. They have one son, Ward H., born. March 15, 1837. Mary Snell married John Bennett; and, has one daughter, Lulu. They are now residents of Sayre.
 

Tarbel, Zachariah, was born  in Chenango County and came  Chemung in 1852, where he  died 1869 aged seveenty-eight. He mrried Annie Dings, of Chenango, and their ehildren were Ophelia,  Libbie, William, and Grace. William Tarble was born at Chemung Center, July 28, 1858, and December 25, 1883, married. Maggie daughter of Samuel and Sarah Cumber, by whom, he has two dilldren, Mable and Harry. Mr.Tarble  is now a farmer in Baldwin, N. V. Zachariah Tarble served in the War of 1812 and his wife, Anna is now living, aged sixty-seven, and is drawing a pension.

Theejte, Andrew   was born in Chemung. County, N. Y.  where he died, aged —.
His children were Harriet, Esther, Eliza, Rosanna, Oliver B., William, Henry. and Clinton. Oliver B. was born in Chenango County, N. Y. (where all the children were born), In 1811, and came to Chemung in 1839,where he now resides. He married Polly, danghter of John Roberts of Chemung County NY. by whom he had the following children: Betsey E., Andrew, Oliver B.
John, Robert, Julia, Aldrich, George W., William Julius, Winford, marvin F., and Daniel L.
The latter was born in MtoAfton, Chenango County N. Y., March 14, 1838, and married Emeline, daughter of David and Electra (Higg) Wheat, by whom he had seven children, viz.: William, born December 27, 1861; John W., born December 11, 1864; Emmett, born June19, 1870, Albert H  born May 29, 1871; Edwin, born August 13; 1875; said Harry, born June 2 1873
 He nerved in Company K, One Hundred and forty seventh New York Volunteers, during the war, was honorably discharged, and, is drawing a pension. He was  wounded at Mine Run, Va.  by the explosion of a shell.

VaCampen, Daniel,. a native of Pennsylvania, came to Chemung among the early settlers  and here he remained until his death. His father; Moses Van Camnpen, served in the Revolution, was taken prisoner by the Indians in Wyoming Valley. Pa, and  made his escape by kilhng seven Indians, Daniel Van Campan married Rosanna Shaw and his children were: Daniel; Jerod, Elijah, Moses, Hannah, Annia, Sally, Lorinda, Henry, and Polly. Daniel VaCampen, Jr., married Hannah, daughter of Gideon and  Molly (Mallory)Griswold, and their children are John, Mary, Margaret, EIecta,Susan, Lillis, Catherine, Clarissa and Lemuel  and Lemnuel Susan VanCampen married Alexander Vane  their children are  Theodore and John Vance. The latter married Lucinda M., daughter of Lawrence and Charlotte (Vanderlip) Carpenter. Their children are Jacob and Lawrence.

Warren, Enoch born in Connecticut in 1790, came to Chemung among the earliest settlers amd  bought 1,000 acres of land (now known as the Warren Flats.) Here he remained until his death at the age of seventy-five years. He was a prominent businessman, served, his town as supervisor many years, and held offices of trust. He married Betsey Selleek, who died in Chemimg at the-age of ninety-nine years. Their children were Sylvanus, John G., Molly, Fands, Ray, Betsey, Nelson, Guy, George, and Nile. George Warren was born in Chemug, N. Y.; where he remained until his death  in 1890, at the age of seventy-nine years. He was a farmer, and married Celestia,
daughter of Abraham and Betsey Middaugh, of Cbernung. Their children were Arminda,
Sylvauus, Sally Ann,  George H., Emeline, Ursula, Birdie, Susan, Elmer E., and James.The latter was born in Chemung, August 4,1833, of which place he has been a lifelong resident. He married, July 23, 1853, Julia A. Cooper, who was born October 30,1833, a daughter of William and Agnes (Longcoy) Cooper, and by her he had two children, George N., born September 28, 1854, and Josephine, born November 19, 1856. He is proprietor and owner of the Warren Hotel at Chemung, and is also a farmer tobacco grower, and cigar manufacturer. His son, George N. Warren, married Susan  daughter of Joseph H. Harris, of Bradford, Pa. She died in October, 1879, aged thirty  tbree, leaving one daughter, Sarah, born November 11, 1877. George N. is a resident of St. Paul, Minn., and a builder and dealer in real estate. He has served as represenative two terms. Josephine Warren married, in 1881, Henry Cornell, of Chemung who died in 1882 at the age of twenty-eight.. Nelson Warren, born Augiiet 96 1806  married, August 19, 1832, Gerucia, daughter of Gideon’and Zuba (Scott) Griswold of Chemung, by whom he has the  following children: Tabatha S., barn October 9, l832; Ray, born July 5, l834; Sally A.,born July 17, 1836; Nile, born October 20 1837; Isabella, born April 22, 1846; and Zacharias, born December 27,1847. Ray Warren  married Charlotte, daughter of William and Anges (Longcoy) Cooper  by whom he had  three children Celista I., Nelson, W. built the saw mill located in the  north part of the town of  Chemung on the Warren farm, and is living at the age of eighty-two, his wife being  seventy-eight.  Sanda Wheeler was born in Chemung, where all his children were barn and died in 1878, aged eighty-two. His wife, Electa (Griswold)Warren died in I872,aged sixty-two. She was a daughter of Gideon Griswold. Their children were Theodore M., Rulandus B., Frances, and Betsey. Rulandus B., born May 25, 1824 married Lucy Greatsinger, by whom he had four children: Sands, of Texas. Geoorge and Frank, of Wayne, and Martha (Mrs. Tuttle). She was a daughter of big first wife Emily (Mitchell) Warren. Mr. Warren resides on the  farm, which comprises  500 acres. He was named after the first physician in Elmira Dr. R Bancroft.
 

Westfall, Solomon,  was born in Sussex County, town of Wantage, N. J., where he lived and died  in 1835. aged  about eighty. He served in the War of 1812.His children-were Mariah; Rosilla, Harvey, Jacob, and John. The latter, born in Sussex, N. J. came to Steuben County,
N. Y., where he settled on a farm, and died, aged seventy -five. He married Sarah, daughter of Samuel and Mary (Rollison).Brink, and they had  one son, John Westfall, who was born in Wantage, N. J, January 17,  1828, and married, January 9, 1856, Almeda, daughter of William and Mary Babb, of New York. She  was born July 23, 1828, and died My 21, 1861. Their children were: Mary E., born December 18, 1856, and John W. born March 6, 1859. Mr. Westfnll married second Martha  E., daughter of Charles mid Aaenath (Mills) Seeley, who was born May
13, 1834, and his children by her were Emmett, borp July 10, 1865,,and Allie, born April 11, 1868. Mary E. Westfall married Elliott L. Bensley and, they have three children: Gertie L, Nellie L., and Dmiiel W. John W. Westfall married Agnes Giles and they have one daughter, Gussie R.

Wells, Henry, was born in Chemung, N. Y., about 1780. His father, Benjamin A., a native of Connecticut, was one of the early settlers of Chemung and cleared the Decker  farm, where he lived and died. By his wife, Clarissa, he had three children, Guy M., Henry, and Catherine. Guy M. Wells was born in Chemung, March 6, 1806, and died February 6,1851. lIe married Martha Warren, who was born April 18, 1812, and died September 8, 1886. She was a daughter of John G. and Anne (Burt) Warren. Their children  were: Miles, born August 30, 1831; John W., born November 7, 1836; and Escourt Cresswell, born April 1,1842. The latter married in 1863 Emma C. Pease, born at Warehouse  Point, Conn., January 20, 1848, a daughter of Harlow and Marie (Hayden-White)Pease.  They hare one daughter, Mabel C., born February 26, 1884. Mr. Wells is a farmer on  the John Macdough  farm. He enlisted in Company C, Fiftieth Engineers, in the   war for three years, and was honorably discharged Januar 25, 1862. Jolrn W. Wells  married Helen, daughter of John and Mariah MeLane, and their children are : Guy M., Ida M.; Martha, Mary, John,  Harry, Catharine, Escourt, and Lewis. Ida M. Wells married  Milton Bodine and their children are Emma and Eli; Martha Wells married Frederick Chamberlain and resides in this town.

Wood, Israel, a native of England, came to Orange Connty, N. Y., among the first settlers; and died there. His son Daniel also lived and died in Orange County. The  children, were Israel, William, James, John, Joel, Daniel, Betsey, and David: Joel Wood was born in Orange County N. Y.; near Bellvale, and died in Warwick: aged eighty-two. His wife was Betsey Grey, and their children were Joel, Elizabeth, Ellza,William, Daniel, George, Sarah, Charity, Mary, Harriet, and Sophronia. Harriet married John Colwell. Their children were: Richard, James H., Daniel Charlotte, Sarah M., Debby J., Emily, Susan, Maryette, and Harriet. Mrs. Harriet Colwell
married, second, Isaac Hicks, who died in Chemung aged about eighty. She is still living
in Chemung Center on the Sweet farm, which she has owned and occupied for fifteen  years.

Wood, John N, born in Dutchess County, N. Y., came to Chemung soon after his marriage.  His wife was Phebe Nixson and his children by her were Egbert H., Zebbe  Ann, Joseph, Martin, Charles,  Elizabeth, James, John, Lewis, and Phebe. He married second, Mrs. Elizabeth Cooley, daughter of Cornelius Quick.  Egbert H. Wood married  Adelaide, daughter of W and Lucy (Ruggles) Swayne, and his children are John, Perry, Lena, Gertie; Sadie, and Madge.  He is a farmer in Chemung. Mrs. Elizabelh Wood  is living  agèd seventy one years, She was born in 1820 and married, in 1842,Benjmin Cooley, who  died in 1871 aged fifty-seven years. Cornelius Quick served in the- War of 1812 and, had a land warrant.

Wynkoop, Family The. Two brothers by the name of Wynkôop came from the United Netherlands to New York city in the early days, and and on of -them settled in the Hudson River Valley, where he died leaving six sons. Benjamin Wynkoop, a descendant of the family, was born at Danbury, Conn.  His children were John, Adam, Peter, William (who served in the Revolutionary war and was taken prisoner on a British prision ship, where he was starved to death), and Benjamin. The faniily were living in Dansbury at the time of the burning of that place, when his  wife and children fled from the town. Benjamin Wynkoop was born in conn. April 10, 1769 and  came to Chemung in 1780, among the early settlers, where he died at the age. of sixty-four years. He married Hannah,  daughter of Maj. William Wynkoop, of Chemung  by whom he  had children as follows vis: Harriet, born May.19, 1797; Jutia A.,born May18, 1799; Alonzo, born June 17,1801; Almira, born July 19, 1803; Ninolia, born August 19, 1805, Nile F., born November 9, 1807; Annie, born January 25, 1810;. Archimides B born June 6, 1812; Cornelia A., born October 6, 1814; William T.-born May 2,1817, and Delia H born August 29, 1819. Nile F.Wynkoop married, in 1840 a daughter of  Phillip and Mary (Fellows) Hermans, of Scranton, Pa. Their children are Guy born July 14, 1841; Sayer, born May12, 1844; Delia A.born September 29, 1846, Alice L, born September 1, 1852; Philip H, born September 25, 1854; Ada B., born October 31, 1857; and Joe, born May 26, 1864. Guy  Wynkoop served in the Tenth New York Cavalry and was taken prisoner to Andersonville, where he was starved to death. Sayer Wynkoop served in Company E, Twenty-third New York Infantry, two years, and is now living in Michigan. Maj. William Wynkoop served in the Revolutionary war and was one of the earliest settlers in Chemung, coming here from the Hudson River country in 1783. The government  presented him with a deed of 600 acres of land in the town of Chemung, which he cleared.

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 Alexander, John, was born in Ireland and came to America at an early day. His son  Robert was a native of New York State.. His son Joseph, born in Tompkins Couuty, N. Y., in 1804, was a farmer and married, December 9, 1823 Loretta Starr, of Newfield, N. Y.. Their children were Benjamin S., Charlotte A. John S., Ransom W., Rachel, Arlo M, Elizabeth, Joseph R., Adelina A., and Juliette.  Benjamin S. Alexander was born at Newfield, N. Y., December 3, 1824: and was educated in the district school.  He came to Erin at the age of nine and married Sarah, daughter of John and Phebe (Ennis) Barnes, who was born February 25, 1831. Their children are Elbert F.  born  January 16, 1863, and Phiueas W., born September 20, 1865. Mr. Alexander is farming where he located in 1832.
 

Beckwith, Nathan, was born at East Haddam , Ct. in 1782. His ancestors landed on plymouth  rock; he died at Lyme, Conn., at the age of seventy-six. By his wife  Betsey, he had five children: George W., Harriet,  William, Elizabeth, and Mary Ann.. George W. was born at East Haddam, Conn. in 1799, and came to Erin, N. Y., among the early settlers. Here he cleared a farm which be retained until his death, at the age  of about sixty-five. He married Mary Ann Tredway of Salem, Conn, daughter of Alpheus and Phebe (Gates) Tredway and their  children wera Mary A. Hammond,  who has two children (Carry and Cora), and Henry B. Beckwitb, who was born at East Haddam, Conn., in 1827, and came to Erin with his father at the age of two and one-
 half years. He married Sarah A., daughter of Philip and Rachel Thomas, and is proprietor of the Beckwith Hotel, which he built in the north part of the town..

 Wheeler, Peter,  born in Schoharie, N. Y. He came to Erin and cleared tbe farm on which he now resides. He married Margaret, daughter of William Downey, and their children are Catharine J., Emily, Alice, Grace, Vira, Abner D. Jay R., and  Lewis N.  The latter, born in Erin, December 20, 1858, married Alida J. Earl of Erin,  daughter of James and Sarah (Butts) Earl, and they have one daughter, Maude A Mr. Wheeler  is now a general merchant and postmaster at park, in the north part of this  town.  He is also a publisher at the 324 East Water street, Elmira.