Harmony
DAVID APPLEBY
(post-office Watts's Flats), farmer, was born in New
Hampshire January 1st, 1814, and married Miss B. Eddy, of Rutland, Vt., October 20th,
1836. He came from Livingston county, in 1837, and has served the town as overseer of the
poor. He was a non-commissioned militia officer. His father was Justus Appleby, born in New Hampshire about 1787.
GEORGE W. APPLEBY,
dealer in country produce, lumber, shingles and lath, Watts's Flats, was
born in Clymer, N. Y., in 1846, came to Harmony in 1862 and married Miss Morley in 1865.
SAMUEL BABCOCK,
farmer, (post-office, Ashville), was born in Scio, Allegany county, in 1852,
came to Harmony in 1872 and married Ette M. Carpenter, of Busti, in 1873.
ELMER C. BAKER
(post-office, Ashville), was born in Groton, Tompkins county, June 28th,
1830, came to Harmony, from New Hudson, Allegany county, in 1843, and married
Sarah Thimblebee,
a native of England, in 1879.
CHARLES L. BARSTOW,
farmer, (post-office, Watts's Flats), was born in
Peru, Maine, April 15th, 1858, and came to Harmony from Union city,
Erie county, and married Alice A. Burt,
in 1878. His father, Frederick A Barstow,
was born in Peru, Maine, in 1824, and died
in 1868.
J. B. BATES,
(post-office, Harmony), was born in Sugar
Grove, Pa., in 1851,
married Jenny Frank, of Harmony, in
1874, and became a resident of the town, where he is a blacksmith, in 1879.
AMBROSE BLOCKMER
was born at Rutland, Jefferson county, January 13th, 1822, and came
to Harmony in 1830, with his father, Holland Blockmer (born at Buckland, Mass.;
removed to Rutland, Jefferson county; married Mary Yeamans November 24th,
1808; served in the war of 1812; died in 1862.) He married Rhoda Rice in 1840; she died in 1861; in 1870
he married Martha Berry. He was once
a militia captain.
H. HARRISON BLY,
farmer, (post-office, Harmony), was born in Edmonston,
Otsego county, in 1815, came with his parents to Harmony in 1818, and married
Nancy Lord, of Bradford county, Pa.,
in 1852. His grandfather was one of the earliest land purchasers in the town.
His father, Hon. Theron Bly, was supervisor and justice
of the peace many years and member of Assembly in 1831 and 1832.
EDSON E. BOYD, M.
D., was born in Carroll December
9th, 1832. April 3rd, 1854, he married Miss Marion S. Weldon, of New York city, who
died January 7th,
1857. February 2nd,
1860, he married Miss Mary E. Bly, of Ashville. He graduated
at the University of the City of New York March 8th, 1854, and began
practice in Jamestown,
removing to Ashville in August, 1856. In August, 1862, he received a commission
as first assistant surgeon of the 112th regiment New York volunteers. He was discharged on
account of ill health, in November, 1863.
H. J. BOYD, M. D.
(post-office, Watts's Flats), was born in Kiantone in
1852; studied medicine in Chautauqua county and Minnesota, and began practice as physician
and surgeon in 1879. His father was H. S. Boyd,
who was born in Vermont,
and married Minerva Moore, of
Carroll.
JEHIEL BROOKS,
farmer (post-office, Panama),
was born in Truxton, Cortland county, December 28th, 1816, and
came with his parents, James and Rhoda Brooks,
to Harmony in 1827. December
8th, 1842, he married Resella Powers, of Harmony. Their eldest son, Stillman Brooks,
enlisted in the 112th N. Y. volunteers in 1862, and died at Cold Harbor in 1864.
MILTON BROOKS,
farmer (post-office, Panama),
was born in Harmony, April
13th, 1848, and married Alvira
Harris in 1873. Daniel Brooks, his father, was born in Madison county, August 8th, 1826,
and accompanied his father when he settled on the farm now occupied by Milton.
E. B. BURT,
farmer, was born in Hinsdale, N. H., in 1801, and married Arcena
Allen, of Avon, Livingston
county, January 10th,
1826. His father was Simeon Burt
(born in New Hampshire), who served in the war
of 1812 and died in Michigan
about 1868. His mother was Mary Bass.
Mr. Burt came to Harmony from Ogden,
Monroe county, in 1824, and served as captain of the Ashfield militia company.
JOSEPH F. BUTTON,
farmer (post-office, Panama),
was born in Wells, Rutland county, Vt., in 1817; came to Harmony in 1833 from Wells, Vt., and married Adeline
Ransom in 1839. He has been highway
commissioner six years and assessor 23 years. Joseph Button, his father, was born in New York, and married Mary Gifford.
A. C. CARPENTER,
farmer (post-office, Blockville), was born in Harmony
in 1826. His father, Daniel B. Carpenter,
was born in Pittstown, Rensselaer county, in 1789; came to Harmony in 1812, and purchased
property in lots 45 and 48 in 1818; married Huldah Carpenter; served in the war of 1812,
and has been justice of the peace and highway commissioner.
ISRAEL
D. CARPENTER, farmer (post-office,
Open Meadows), was born in Harmony in 1840, and has always lived there except
during fifteen years. In 1867 he married Mary Eddy, of Harmony.
GARDNER
CARD, mechanic and farmer, was born
in Harmony, March 26th,
1837, and has been highway commissioner three years. In 1865 he
married Jennie Marcy, who died in
1869. His present wife was Caroline Fields.
WILLIAM H. CASSELMAN,
farmer, was born in Johnstown, N. Y., February 2nd, 1818; came to
Harmony from Groton, Tompkins county, February 2nd, 1829, and
September 22nd, 1842, married Susan Roof, of Canajoharie, N.Y.
ALFRED CHENEY, farmer
(post-office, Harmony), was born in Harmony in 1810, and married Rachel Burch, of Chautauqua, in 1843. He was a
lieutenant of militia. Jonathan Cheney,
his father, was born at Pomfret,
Conn., and came to Harmony in
1806. He participated in the Indian war under Wayne,
and married Amy Cole, of Rhode Island.
BUSHNELL COOK,
dealer in cattle, sheep and country produce (post-office, Panama), has been highway
commissioner six years and auditor five years. He was born in Harmony in 1833,
and married Marinda Morse in 1855.
D. F. COOK,
dealer in groceries, provisions, flour, crockery, etc., post-office, Panama,
was born in Harmony July 4th,
1846, and married Edelia R. Hawkins, of Harmony, in 1868.
HON. EBENEZER G. COOK,
father of the above mentioned, was born in Oneida county in
1808; was supervisor of Harmony in 1856 and 1857, and represented his district
in the Assembly.
EDWARD COOK,
farmer, was born in Harmony, August 14th, 1839, and married Mary E. Hartson, of
German Flats, Herkimer county.
H. B. COOK,
farmer, was born in Byron, Genesee county, in 1837, and married Betsey L. Spinney, of Canada, in 1861. He has been
highway commissioner.
H. J. COOK,
farmer, (post-office, Panama)
was born in Poland,
July 2nd, 1848,
and married Mary E. Ransom, of
Harmony, January 20th,
1870.
WILLIAM G. COOK,
2nd, was born in Byron, Genesee county, in 1842. November 17th, 1864, he married Mary M. Sweet, of Harmony. Wareham
Cook, his father, was born in Oneida county in 1810, married
Amelia Boione,
removed to Genesee county, and thence in 1850
to Harmony.
A. W. COWLES,
farmer, was born in Harmony in 1840, and married Martha J. Taylor, of that town, in 1864. He has been assessor two terms.
GEORGE W. COWLES
(post-office, Ashville) was born in Fabius, N. Y., in
1823. In 1844 he married Phebe A. Cushing;
in 1872 Helen F. Baker, of Meadville, Pa.
He came to Harmony in the year of his birth.
J. S. CRAMER was
born in Victory, Cayuga county, May
24th, 1832, and came to Harmony the following July. In
1858 he married Cynthia Ransom, of Plymouth, Chenango county.
AMBROSE CRASS,
farmer, has served the town as collector. In 1861 he enlisted in the 72nd
N. Y. volunteers, and served until September, 1862, being present at Yorktown
and other engagements, and receiving a wound at Fair Oaks.
He was born in Harmony, November
6th, 1839, and married Jane Howles, of Freehold, Pa.
NEHEMIAH DAVIS,
farmer, (post-office, Spencer) was born in Harmony, June 7th, 1838. In 1862 he
enlisted in the 112th N. Y. volunteers, participating in a number of
engagements, and receiving wounds at Petersburg
and Fort Fisher, in consequence of which he was
discharged. In 1868 he married Lydia Maria Wood,
of Harmony. His father, Runnells S. Davis,
was born in Rensselaer county
in 1789.
JAMES DEAN,
farmer, was born in Lafayette, Onondaga county, February 27th, 1821,
came with his parents to Harmony about 1831 and married Eliza A. Cowles, of Onondaga county, February 14th,
1849.
D. A. DURHAM was
born in Harmony, in 1819. In 1843 he married Fidelia Truesdale,
deceased, and later A. Adna,
of Crawford county, Pa. His father, Allen Durham, was born in Rhode
Island in 1763, came to Harmony in 1819 and married
Harley Wood. The children of Mr. Durham have been Charles H., born in
1844; Samuel P., in 1846 (died in 1860); Denzill
Delos, 1848; Betsy M., 1850 (died 1852) ; John Wesley, 1856.
SETH EGGLESTON,
farmer, was born in Harmony, November
22nd, 1843, and married Julia A. Cook, in 1865. Myron Eggleston,
his father, was born in Onondaga county, October 11th, 1810,
came to Harmony in 1832 with Benjamin his father, married Elvira Skinner in 1834, belonged to the county
militia and held several town offices.
E. D. FAULKNER,
farmer, (post-office Watts's Flats), was born in
Freehold, Pa.,
July 26th, 1851,
and married Mary Clark, of Busti, in
1871, and came to Harmony in 1877. His father, W. R. Faulkner, was born in Sherborne, Pa.,
in 1776, and married Annie A. Robinson,
of that place.
JOHN FAWCETT
(post-office Sherman), was born in Preston, Yorkshire, England, July 27th,
1837, and married Susan Brightman,
of Harmony, December 2nd, 1861, having come to the town, from
England, the previous year. John Fawcett,
his father, was born in Scotter, Lincolnshire,
and is living in England.
C. C. FISHER,
agent for the Empire Drill Company, Stedman, was born in Harmony, April 26th, 1841,
and married Mary M. King, of
Lafayette, Onondaga county, March 24th, 1862. Lewis Fisher, his father, was born in
Lafayette, Onondaga county, in 1806, came to Harmony
in 1828 with his father Spencer Fisher,
and married Sally Eddy, of Clarendon.
ALFRED P. GRAVES.
farmer, post-office, Panama, was born in Harmony, February 4th, 1844.
His father, Phineas Graves, was born
at Corinth, Vt.,
February 6th, 1805,
removed to Essex county,
and thence in 1835 to Harmony. His wife was Sally Lathrop, of Wells, Vt.
December 1st, 1874, Alfred Graves married Charlotte Brightman, of
Harmony.
RUFUS GLEASON,
farmer and fruit grower, post-office, Open Meadows,
was born in Harmony in 1829, and
married Mariette Northrup,
of Busti, in 1856. His father, Albert Gleason,
was born in Massachusetts
in 1798, and came to Harmony in 1826. His mother was Hannah P. Catlin.
SIDNEY GOODRICH,
farmer, post-office Panama,
was born in Harmony in 1844, and married Ensebia A. Oliver, of Chautauqua county, January
1st, 1865. His father, Harvey Goodrich, was born at Owasco, Cayuga county, and removed to Marcellus, Onondaga county, and
thence in 1828 to Harmony. His mother was Delia Eggleston.
ALBERT H. GREEN,
farmer, was born in Warren county, Pa., in 1850; married
Emma Butts, of Brokenstraw,
in 1871, and came to Harmony in 1878. Halsey Green, his father, was born in 1816; married Serena Crouch, of Sugar
Grove, Pa., and lives at Youngsville, Pa.
A. C. GREENE,
farmer, post-office Harmony, was born in Chautauqua in 1835, and in 1838 came
to Harmony with his parents. In 1857 he married Adeline Moore, of Chautauqua. James Greene,
his father, was born in Tompkins county in 1808. His
mother was Eunice Cheney.
MATTHEW L. GUNTON,
farmer, post-office Watts's Flats, was born in Harmony in 1857, and married Eva Hubbert, of
Harmony, in 1877. John Gunton,
his father, was born in England;
came to Harmony in 1855, and died in 1876.
AUSTIN HAINES for several years a blacksmith, now a farmer was born in
Harmony, August 29th,
1831, and married Martha M. Baker,
of Genesee county, in 1852.
JAMES HAWKINS has
been assessor seven years. He was born in Harmony March 18th, 1830. In 1856 he married
Adeline Austin; and Amanda Parker, of Ellery, September 3rd, 1878.
E. B. HOBART,
farmer, was born in Harmony March
26th, 1833, and married Annis Kent,
of Busti, May 9th,
1854. His father, Loren Hobart,
was born in New York,
November 8th,
1804, and died September
25th, 1867. His mother was Betsey Preston. His grandfather, Martin Hobart, who came to Harmony with his father, was a soldier in the
war of 1812.
MRS. DELIA H. HUBBARD
was born in Groveland, Livingston county, in 1820, and married Lucius E. Hubbard in 1836. The latter was born at Westford, Otsego county, in 1816, and came to Harmony with his father, Josiah
Hubbard, in 1833.
JESSE KING, Mrs. Hubbard's father, was born in New Hampshire, married Abigail Noyes, of Rutland, Vt.,
removed to Sweden, Monroe county,
thence to Black Creek, and thence, in 1830, to Harmony.
E. J. HUBBARD,
farmer, (post-office, Watts's Flats), was born in Harmony December 16th, 1838, and
married Eliza Hobart September 26th, 1867.
He served as corporal in the 9th New York
cavalry two years beginning in 1861, taking part in the battles of Winchester, Cedar Creek,
Fisher Hills and other engagements. His father, William Hubbard, was born in Otsego county and
came to Harmony with his parents about 1830.
J. W. HUBBARD was
born in Rome, Oneida county, December 28th, 1822,
and married Angeline Felch,
in 1845. His father, Joel Hubbard,
was born in Connecticut March 15th, 1784, and married
Orinda Abbott,
born in 1786. While young he removed to Oneida
county; thence to Harmony in 1837.
EDSON HURLBUT,
for 25 years a manufacturer of lumber, now a farmer, at Blockville,
was born there in 1818 and married Martha Walradt, of Cherry Valley,
Otsego county, May 8th, 1851. He served as musician to a rifle
company, under the militia system. Samuel Hurlbut, his father, was born in
Rutland, Vt.,
in 1784, removed to Bradford county, Pa., at nineteen, and to Harmony in 1815. He
married Susannah Palmer, of Chenango
county.
HOSEA HURLBUT,
farmer, (post-office, Blockville), was born in
Bradford county, Pa.,
in 1816, and came to Harmony in 1817. In 1848 he married Mrs. Anne Tanner. He was identified with the
independent rifle company and served as school trustee. Mrs. Hurlbut's father,
Amos Cook, was born in Marcellus,
Onondaga county, in 1800, and came to Harmony at the
age of nineteen. He was a member of the independent rifle company and held town
offices. He died in 1874; his wife in 1879.
EDGAR KEITH purchased
the property where he lives, in 1867. He was born in Sardinia, Erie county,
October 15th,
1828. He married Abigail Williams
in 1849, and Maria Williams in 1852.
ORSON KEITH,
farmer, (post-office, Sherman), was born in
Sardinia, Erie
county, August 7th,
1830, and married Philat Ploss, in 1852.
He came to Harmony from Jamestown in 1831, when
his father, Flint
Keith, died. The latter was born in
1784, and married Eurina Durham.
WILLIAM KELSO,
for over fifty years a blacksmith and wagon maker, Ashville, was born in Westford,
Otsego county, November 18th, 1805, married Sally Hubbard of his native place in 1828 and
came to Harmony in 1834. He has served as assessor and school inspector.
JAMES KNAPP, real
estate dealer, Panama,
was born in Harmony, September
23rd, 1841, and married Ellen Lewis, January 6th,
1869. His father, Darius Knapp,
was born in Onondaga county, in 1805 and with his
father, John Knapp, came to Harmony
about 1821, possessed of only $1. When he died he owned 1,100 acres of land and
was considered wealthy.
C. A. LEWIS was
born in Busti in 1849 and is a farmer. He came from Busti with his parents in
1855, and in 1873 married Eunice S. Polley, of Harmony. Perrin Lewis was born at Wells, Vt.,
in 1803, married Lucy Cook, of his
native place in 1828 and came to Harmony in 1832.
N. T. LEWIS,
farmer, was born in Vermont, July 20th, 1813, and married Sarah A.,
daughter of Ezra and Betsy Babcock,
of Curtis, N. Y., in 1840. They had eleven children, nine of whom are living,
B. F., born in 1841; A. M., 1842; Harriet M., 1844; A. W., 1845; Louisa J.,
1847; Deette E., 1854; I. Annette, 1855; Leona A.,
1857; Frank W., 1861. B. F. served in the 112th N. Y. State volunteers from August 27th, 1862,
to June 13th,
1865. Mr. Lewis's
father, Miles Lewis, married Lydia Doolittle,
of Vermont, about 1811 or 1812, came to
Harmony in 1818 and died in Pennsylvania
in 1823. Nathaniel Lewis, Mr. N. T. Lewis's grandfather, came to the town
in 1818 and died in 1819.
HIRAM MARCY,
post-office, Stedman, was born in Rushford, Allegany county
in 1819 and removed to Harmony in 1828. He has been a commissioned officer of
militia and a justice of the peace nineteen years. In 1839 he married Cenith Hurlbutt; in 1850 Ruth A. Smith and in 1873, Mrs. I. C. Gleason.
Clinton Marcy,
his father, was born in Hartland,
Vt., in 1791, married Cynthia Blanchard, removed to Rushford,
Allegany county and thence to Harmony in 1828.
PATRICK McGRAW was born in Limerick county,
Ireland, in 1814, married
Catherine McMahon, of Kerry, in
1844, came to Niagara Falls
in 1849 and thence to Harmony in 1853.
JOSEPH MILLS was
born in Chautauqua in 1833, married Seena Perkins, of Stockton and came to Harmony in 1857. Ketcher Perkins,
Mrs. Mills's
father, was born at Luzerne, Warren county, in 1808, married Almina Ralph in 1829 and settled in Stockton in 1834.
JOHN J. MOORE was
born in Marcellus, Onondaga county, May 17th, 1817,
came with his father, Daniel Moore
and family to Harmony in 1825, and married L. N. Daniells, of Middleville,
Herkimer county, November 4th, 1841. He has been highway
commissioner three terms and served in the independent rifle company. His
father was born at Union, Conn., January 11th, 1784, married Cynthia Joslyn, April 30th, 1809,
and died May 27th,
1872.
VENUS MORLEY was
born in Aurelius, Cayuga county, in 1810, and came that year to Harmony with Obediah Morley,
his father. January 1st,
1831, he married Martha Holbrook,
of Hamburg, Erie county. He
served seven years as sergeant of militia.
RANSOM A. MORTON,
son of John and Betsy Morton, was
born on the farm where he now lives, in 1819. March 6th, 1843, he married Martha M.
Pease, of Harmony. Both are members
of the United Brethren church. They have had five children, four of whom are
living. His father, John Morton,
whose portrait appears in this work, was born in Stoughton, Mass., about 1784,
and married Betsy Green, of Onondaga
county, by whom he had four children, two of whom (Ransom A. and Eliza) are
living. He located early on the farm where Ransom A. now lives, where he encountered
the usual difficulties of pioneer life and died in 1860.
SAMUEL A. PARKER
was born January 10th,
1852, at Forestville, N. Y., and
married, in 1873, Mary C. Tiffany,
of Busti. He has been in the railroad mail service for some years. His father, Dr.
Charles Parker, was born at Burlington, Otsego county, in 1812; came to Ellery with his parents; commenced
the practice of medicine in 1838 and continued over forty-two years. He married
Orlinda Sinclair,
and later Elizabeth Anne Ather.
C. M. PHELPS, farmer,
(post-office, Blockville), was born in Busti, in
1855, came to Harmony from Greene, Chenango county, in 1867, and married Jennie
E. Lewis, of Harmony, in 1879. His
father, Eli Phelps, was born in Northampton, Conn.,
in 1828.
ALLEN PECK,
farmer, (post-office, Panama), son of Daniel Peck, who married Nancy M. Barber,
was born in Sherman December 14th, 1853, came to Harmony in 1859 and
married Lucy B. Eadie
in 1876, and Martha Eadie
in 1879.
JAMES RANDOLPH,
farmer, was born in Warwick, Orange county, July 25th, 1830, and came with his
parents to Harmony in 1842. March
25th,1852, he married Emeline Knapp, of Harmony.
REUBEN F. RANDOLPH
was born in Warwick, Orange county, January 27th, 1806,
and married Julia Belle, of Stamford, Conn.,
in 1828. He removed to New Windsor, N. Y., thence to Panama in 1842. He was supervisor
in 1860.
WILLARD RANSOM,
M. D., was born in Lawrence, Otsego county, January 2nd, 1811, came
with his parents to Harmony in 1826; married Mariette Briggs, of Warren county, Pa., in 1836, graduated at Syracuse about
1848 and has since been practicing his profession. Cyrus Ransom, his father, was born at Pownell, Vt.,
in 1770, and married Sarah Fulham.
LORENZO M. REXFORD,
son of Rev. Levi and Lucinda Rexford,
was born in Sullivan, Tioga county, Pa., January 19th, 1827, and
married Rhoda R. Powers, of Harmony,
September 3rd, 1848. He came to Harmony, from his native place, in
1834, and is engaged in farming. In 1832 he was ordained a Free-will Baptist
preacher.
THOMAS E. REXFORD,
farmer, was born in Harmony in 1819 and married Elizabeth Smith, of Sullivan,
Pa., in 1843. N. Isaiah Rexford, his father was born in
Bradford county, Pa., in 1776, and married Caroline Powers. He came to Harmony about 1816.
ALVIN B. RICE, M.
D., Panama, U. S.
pension examining surgeon, was born in Harmony, October 22nd, 1841, and married
Helen M. Davis, of Harmony, February 23rd, 1868.
He attended the Panama high school several years and prepared for college at
Quincy, N. Y., entered Amherst College in the fall of 1863, was compelled to
leave before graduation for want of means; studied medicine and attended
medical college at Ann Harbor, Michigan, in 1864-65; graduated in medicine at
Bellevue Hospital Medical College, N. Y., March 1st, 1867, and has
since practiced his profession at Panama.
ROBERT RISLEY,
farmer, (post-office, Panama), was born in Ellington, January 29th,
1843; came to Panama in 1850; served in the 112th N. Y. volunteers,
from 1862 to February 15th, l863; and married Ann Smith, of Hamilton, Madison county,
March 9th, 1864. F. Lyman Risley was born in Madison
county, May 29th, 1811, and came to Ellery in 1832 and
to Harmony in 1850. His son Walter S., a soldier in the United States army, died at Suffolk, Va.
EZRA C. SCOFIELD,
merchant tailor, Panama, was born at Schroon, Essex county, June 9th,
1824, came to Panama in 1846 from Jamestown (having previously lived in
Chautauqua), and married Esther P. Pray,
daughter of Hon. John H. Pray,
deceased, of Wells, Vt., April 14th, 1847. He has held the office of
town clerk, at different times, twelve years. His father, Azariah
Scofield, was born at Stamford, Conn., February
1st, 1776, graduated from Yale
College in 1801; married
Rheuhennah Scofield, and died in
1854.
W. H. SCOFIELD, post-office
Ashville, was born in Greenfield, N. Y., in 1815; came from Groton,
Tompkins county, to Harmony, in 1836, and was married
to Olive Tinkcom, of Columbia,
Bradford county, Pa.,
January 6th, 1841.
HON. LOREN B. SESSIONS,
who represents the thirty-second senatorial district, was born at Brandon, Vt., October 12th, 1827,
and resides at Panama.
His early education was gained at the Westfield
Academy; but he afterward entered the
State normal school at Albany,
where he graduated in 1848. For a time he taught school, but
early adopted the law as his profession, and is now a member of the Chautauqua county
bar. He has represented his town in the board of supervisors eleven
terms, having been elected six times without opposition in a town which polls
900 votes. He has served five terms as chairman of the Chautauqua county board
of supervisors. Mr. Sessions was
elected to the present Senate by a majority of 2,630 over Flint Blanchard,
the Democratic candidate, who was also supported by the Greenback and Labor
Reform parties.
LEANDER SIMMONS,
farmer, post-office Harmony, was born in Portland,
August 19th, 1823;
resided thirty years at Jamestown,
and came to Harmony in 1876. He is now a farmer, but was for twenty-five years
a cabinet maker. In 1850 he married Jane Quinn,
of Portland.
His father, Philander Simmons, was
born in Washington county
in 1798, and came to Portland
in 1817.
EATON B. SMITH
was born March 26th,
1826, at Panama.
He married, January 30th,
1855, Sarah Fletcher,
daughter of Eleazer Fletcher. She died July
7th, 1860. Benjamin Smith,
his father, was a son of Moses Smith,
who came to the town of Carroll in 1817 from Bridgewater, N. H. He was
married to Eunice Dix, a daughter of
Captain Joseph Dix, of the
Revolutionary army. Captain Dix came
to Jamestown in
1814. Benjamin Smith (aged 83, June 19th, 1880)
and wife (died at 84 in 1876) came to Panama in 1825, accompanied by one
child, Emeline M.
ROLAND SPERRY,
farmer, was born in Russia, September 3rd, 1832; came with his
parents to Harmony in 1833, and married Mary Cowles, of Harmony, in 1857.
C. H. SPOONER,
post-office Watts's Flats, was born in Harmony, April 24th, 1840,
and married Kate Walradt,
of Cherry Valley, Otsego county,
February 2nd, 1865.
E. F. SPOONER,
farmer, post-office Harmony, was born in Harmony, February 16th, 1844, and married
Nellie Alexander, of Harmony, September 7th, 1876.
SARDIUS STEWARD
is a son of John Steward, who was
born June 14th, 1786, was married to Eunice Wilcox in 1821; settled on lot 24 in Harmony, and died April 15th,
1826. He was born in Frankfort,
October 29th,
1808, and married Rhoda Ward
March 15th, 1832.
They have five children Almira, William, Sylvia, Levantin
and Andrew. Mr. Steward removed to
Ashville in 1869.
JOHN SWEEZY,
farmer, was born in Russia,
Herkimer county, in 1817;
came with his parents to Harmony in
1836, and married Laura Randall, of Otsego county, in 1848. She died in 1878.
Daniel Sweezy
was born on Long Island in 1778, and died in
1847.
E. J. SWETLAND,
dentist and editor of the Panama Herald, was born in Chautauqua county, March 14th, 1856; came to Panama from Sherman in 1876, and married Sarah E. Casler, of
Clymer, September 30th, that year. His father, Horace Swetland, was
born in Springfield, Mass., February 22nd, 1830, was a
stonemason until twenty-five, a farmer in Chautauqua county
about twenty years, and a merchant in Summerdale, Cattaraugus county, until his
death, in 1878. His widow, formerly Rachel Lathrop,
survives him.
H. M. SWETLAND,
post office Panama, was born
in Union City, Pa., November 15th, 1854, and has been a
school teacher ten years. September 30th, 1876, he married Clara
Adella Dummond,
of Lowville, Erie county,
and came to Panama from
Findley's Lake, December 15th,
1878. Bennett Swetland,
his father, was born in Springfield,
Mass., October 31st,
1827; married Harriet Augusta Bates
(died September 20th, 1870) December 25th, 1851. His
present wife was Harriet Vanscoy. Formerly he was a stonemason; he is now a farmer.
ROBERT THIMBLEBEE,
farmer and butcher, was born in Chartres,
England, in 1828, married
Betsy Ganton
October 9th, 1849, and came to Harmony from England in
1852.
A. WELLMAN,
farmer, collecting agent and justice of the peace, Ashville, was born in Busti,
July 20th, 1828, married Laura Alexander,
of Harmony, January 17th, 1856, and came to Ashville, February 1st,
1865. He has been for three years commissioner of the town, three years
assessor, nearly four years justice of the peace and trustee of school district
No. 13.
CHARLES H. WICKS
was born in Ellery, October 15th, 1849, married Florence R. Robbins, of Clymer, November 6th,
1873, and came to Panama
from Gerry in April, 1876. He is school commissioner for the first district of Chautauqua county, and was justice of the peace
in Gerry 1871-76. His father, James H. Wicks,
was born in Saratoga county,
August 2nd, 1817, and came to Ellery with his father's family in
1818, and has since lived in the county, except during a short time passed in Illinois, residing now
in Gerry.
DANIEL WILLIAMS
was born at Norwich, Mass.,
in 1806; moved to Otsego county, thence to Westfield, thence into Harmony in
1824; has been supervisor two years, coroner six years, justice of the peace
many years and postmaster at Harmony twenty years. He was one of the organizers
of the Atlantic and Great Western Railroad, going to Albany
to procure the charter, and one of the organizers of the Buffalo Company and Pittsburgh road. He
procured the charter and organized the County Agricultural Society. He was a
lieutenant in the Army of the North till he lost the sight of his eye, when he
was relieved from military duty; has been a director, secretary and
superintendent of both roads mentioned. In 1829 he married Elmeda
E. Comstock, of Pine Grove, Pa.
DARIUS C. WILLIAMS,
farmer, was born in Harmony, June 2nd, 1834, and married, in 1860,
Mary Jane Oliver, who died in 1877.
Edmund Williams was born in Montgomery county in
1803, removed to Harmony in 1827 and married Esther Barber.
C. J. Appleby,
Prince Clark, Merrit.
A. Comstock, J. E. Darrow, P. J.
Morton,
Alonzo Pease, A. M. Tennant, John Valkenberg and Mrs. R. L.
Williams also
gave their support to this publication.