Family Sketches "Bl" to "Bo"
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by
Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Archibald Black, Geneva, father of John Black and sisters,
living one and one-half miles north of Geneva, was born in Johnstown,
Fulton county, N. Y., March 9, 1800. In 1801 his father with his family
moved to Geneva, where they made their home. Here Archibald and his
brother, John, were educated in the common school. He was a farmer. On
the 13th of October, 1825, he married Eleanor Wooden, whose
father, James Wooden,
was one of the early settlers. They had eight children: John, Janet,
Mary,
Elizabeth, Harriet A., E. Caroline, Louise and Frances. Their
grandfather, John Black, was born in Wigtown, Scotland, about 1755. He
married Janet Narrin, of Wigtown, came to America, and served
all through the Revolutionary War. They had eight children: Elizabeth,
Jane, Polly, John, Barbara, Archibald, James, and one who died in
infancy. His brother, William, was drafted by the English. At the
battle of Saratoga they were in the opposing armies, but William
deserted soon after. Their great-grandfather was killed in Scotland by
an English press gang while fighting against being deprived of his
liberty. He was a Covenanter, and his parents were among that grand
company who fled for their lives before, to them, that synonym of
cruelty, John Graham of Claverhouse.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Dexter J. Black, East Bloomfield, a native of
Smithfield, Madison county, was born April 5, 1842. He is a son
of Loring Black, whose father, John, was a native of Connecticut,
and early came to Smithfield, where he lived and died. Loring was
born in Connecticut in September, 1800, and came with his parents
to New York when a child. He married Polly Dewey, a native of
Vernon, Oneida county, and a daughter of Thomas Dewey, many years a
resident of Madison county, where he died. Loring had eight sons and
two daughters. He once owned 100 acres of land in Madison county, but
sold
this and purchased another farm in East Bloomfield, where he spent the
last twenty-seven years of his life. He assisted in building the
Baptist church at Canandaigua. The death of Mr. Black occurred June 11,
1891,
and that of his wife in 1855. Dexter J. received an academic education,
and when a young man came with his parents to East Bloomfield, where,
in 1877, he married Emma A. Crandall, a native of Naples, and
a daughter of C. Lorenzo Crandall, a native of South Bristol. The
latter was a son of John, a native of Connecticut, who with his wife,
Catherine Sweet, and ten children, came to South Bristol. Here
his wife
died in 1854, and he in 1880. C. Lorenzo Crandall was born in South
Bristol
in 1816, and married Elvira Herrick, a native of Naples, and
daughter of Eben and Lois (Hammond) Herrick, and they had two
sons and four daughters. In 1855 he came to East Bloomfield and bought
100 acres of
land, where subject now resides. Mr. Crandall died in 1881, and his
wife
in 1883. Dexter J. Black and wife had five children: Milton L., Burton
L., Ada E., Frank H. and Emma P. Milton L. married Annie Dalton, of
Rochester. He is an electrician, and resides in Canandaigua. Mr.
Black is a Republican, and he and his wife are members of the Baptist
church at Canandaigua.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Hugh R. Black, Seneca, was born on the old homestead in Geneva,
August 10, 1822. He was educated in the public schools and has always
followed farming. He came to reside in Seneca in 1861, purchasing his
present farm and now pleasant home about that time. November 5, 1857,
he married Mary Miller
of Flushing, L. I., and they have one son, William F., who was
educated
in the common schools and the Union School of Geneva. He is a farmer,
and
has full charge of the farm, relieving his father from all care. He
married
Flora, daughter of Marcus Ansley, of Geneva, and they have
three children: Lewis D., Hugh R., and Mary J. Mr. Black's father,
William M., was born
in Maryland, and came to Western New York with his father when thirteen
years old. He married Isabella Rippey, and had four children:
Hugh
R., George W., Mary and John (deceased.) His father died in 1855, and
his
mother in 1867. His grandfather, John Rippey, was a soldier in the
Revolutionary
War. His grandfather, Hugh Black, when he came north gave his slaves
their
freedom. Twenty-three of them refused it and came north with the
family.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
James Black, Seneca, was born on the old homestead near
Stanley, April 12, 1836. He was educated in the public schools, is a
graduate of Alfred University, and has always followed farming.
He is also an importer and breeder of Holstein cattle. January 8, 1865,
he married Carrie P. Means of this town. Mr. Black's father,
Moses, was born in Lancaster county, Pa., in October, 1780, and came
here with his father in 1804, locating in Geneva about two miles
northeast
of Bellona village. He too was a farmer, and married Mary McMaster
of Yates county. They had nine children: Three died in infancy;
Elizabeth,
Mary A., Newton, Aaron, John, and James. His grandfather, Aaron Black,
came here from Maryland, where he was born, and purchased 1000 acres
of land. When his father came to this old home there were only six
acres
cleared. The beautiful maple grove was planted by Mr. Black thirty
years
ago. Mrs. Black's father, George Means, was born in Pennsylvania in
1815.
He married Harriet Reed, and they had nine children, six
survive:
George N., Charles H., John, Jennie, Carrie P. and Augustus P. Her
father
died in 1870, and her mother in 1868. Mr. Black is a member of the
Holstein
Cattle Association. Mr. Black's father, Moses, George Rippey and Mrs.
Rippey
returned on horseback to the old homestead in Pennsylvania on a visit.
When they came to the Susquehanna River it was much swollen, and Mrs.
Rippey
dashed into the stream while the others followed safely.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY;
compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover;
1893;
Myron H. Blackmer, Richmond, was born in Livonia, December 12,
1830, the only son. His father was Hervey, and his grandfather was
Levi, the pioneer. The other sons of Levi had no children. Hervey
married in 1830 Elizabeth, daughter of Pliny Hayes, of
Bristol, a pioneer of that town. He settled in Livonia, and had besides
Myron H. (the only son in the second generation from Levi), two
daughters: Elizabeth, who married Carlton Plumb, of
Springfield, Mo., and Sarah, who married Francis G. Pennell of
this town. He died August 6, 1852. Myron H. was educated at Bloomfield
and Warren Academies, and engaged in farming at Livonia, where he now
owns part of the homestead. In 1854 he married Harriet, daughter of
John Pennell, who with his father, John, sr., came from Massachusetts.
Mr. and Mrs. Blackmer have had
seven children: John, born 1857, Frank, born in 1860; Carl, born in
1863, died in 1892; Elizabeth, born in 1868, married Spencer G. Sisson,
of Bristol; Harriet A., born in 1869; Thomas and George, twins,
born in 1871. They reside on the homestead farm of John Pennell, a part
of
the original purchase of John, sr. He is now engaged in general
farming, and has 225 acres.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Edward W. Blackmore, East Bloomfield, is a native of Rochester,
born November 30, 1869. His father, Harvey, is a son of William H.
Blackmore, a native of Somersetshire, Eng., born in 1805, who at the
age of twenty-seven came to America. He spent two years in Ellenville,
Ulster county, and there married Maria Davis, of that county.
He then went to Rochester where he worked for William H. Gorsline &
Son, assisting in building the Powers block, Elwood block, Erie Canal
aqueduct, St. Joseph's church and Hayden block. By his first wife (who
died in 1843) Mr. Blackmore had six children, four of whom died in
infancy.
He married second Ann Long, and died in 1884. Harvey Blackmore
was born January 19, 1836. He was reared and educated in Rochester, and
was an engineer for many years on the N. Y. C. R. R. June 10, 1860, he
married Mary E. Wardell, of Rochester, a daughter of William
W. Wardell,
a native of England, who came to Rochester. Mr. Blackmore had four
children:
William W., who resides in Indianapolis; George H., a barber of
Chicago;
Edward W., and Maud, wife of Charles Sanford, of Livonia. Mr.
Blackmore
enlisted in Company H, One Hundred and Fortieth N. Y. Vols., and served
three
years. He re-enlisted in the Fifty-fourth Regiment and afterwards
enlisted
in Company I, Fifth U. S. Artillery, stationed in Charleston, S. C. In
1880,
while at Wilkesbarre, Pa., to aid in suppressing a riot, he received a
shot in the throat which in time caused his death. He was engaged at
St.
Mary's hospital when his death occurred in 1883. His wife died in 1873.
Edward
W. was educated in the Rochester schools and in Taylor's Business
College,
graduating from the latter in 1888. He traveled with Liberty Family
Comedy
Company two years, and then for one year engaged in the livery
business.
He then traded for the farm of 85 acres, which he now owns and which is
known
as the "Fair Lawn Farm." December 30, 1890, he married Nellie Liberty,
the family being composed of Ed. Liberty, his wife Charlotte, and
six
children: Marie, John, Tessie, Eva, Nellie and Kittie. Mr. Blackmore
and
wife have had one child, Corinne M. He is a Republican, a member of the
Farmer's
Alliance of East Bloomfield, and a special correspondent for the Ontario
County Journal and The Victor Herald.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Millard F. Blaine, Geneva, son of John G. and Angeline (Gamber)
Blaine, was born at Varick, Seneca county, March 4, 1849. He was
educated at the Genesee Conference Seminary at Ovid, and graduated from
the law
department of the University of Michigan in 1879, and practiced one
year
at Rockford, Ill. From 1880 to 1884 he was manager of the Union Needle
Company of Middleboro, Mass., and was managing partner of the Kirkwood
Hotel at Geneva six years. In 1891 he organized the Genesee Carriage
Company,
and is the largest stockholder. He is trustee of the village, is a
Republican,
and takes an active interest and part in political affairs. In 1872, he
married Alice Gidding, daughter of William D. Gidding of
Romulus.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich;
edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Blaine, M.D., Myron DePue, Geneva, is a son of James
Blaine who was born in Northumberland county, Pa. His father died when
he was four years of age, and five years later his mother moved to the
town of Romulus, where he now resides, one of the leading farmers in
Seneca county. Our subject was born August 6, 1859. He attended the
common and select schools of Romulus, and in 1874 graduated from the
State Normal School of Valparaiso, Inc., and the same year began the
study of medicine with Dr. Evarts, of Romulus. He spent three years at
the Detroit Medical College, from which he
graduated in 1883. He was for six years one of the staff of
the Willard Asylum, and in 1889 located at Geneva, where he has a
large practice, making a specialty of nervous diseases, was president
of the Seneca County Medical Society two years. In 1889 he married
Zoa May Covert, of Ovid, N.Y.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Walter Blair, was born on his present farm in Canandaigua,
November 24, 1833. His grandfather, James, was a son of William and
Agnes (Mar) Blair. Agnes Mar was a daughter of James Mar, only
son of the Earl of Mar, of Scotland, James Mar came to this country at
time of the Scottish rebellion. James Blair was born in Massachusetts,
June 1, 1755, and died February 16, 1855. He was a soldier in the war
of the Revolution, and came to Madison county in 1784, where he made
his
home for fifty years. He married Mary Dick, of Massachusetts,
and
they had eight children, of whom James, the father of our subject, was
the third son. He was born in Warren, Mass., October 19, 1792. He was
eight
years old when his parents moved to Madison county, where he lived
until
twenty. He then started for himself, locating first at East Bloomfield,
then
in Victor, where he conducted a mill and distillery, and in 1829 bought
a
farm of 136 acres in Canandaigua. Here he died February 7, 1875. He was
an
Episcopalian, and a man of great firmness and character. He married,
October
3, 1822, Sabra Lyon, a native of this county, and they had
eight
children, five of whom survive: Mary E. lives on the homestead; Burton
H.,
an insurance agent of Rochester; Sophia, wife of Hiram Case, of
Canandaigua;
Alice A. and Walter. The latter was educated in the common school, and
became
a farmer. He has always taken an active interest in the success of the
Republican
party.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Blanchard Bros. -- William and George, Canandaigua,
were born in Seneca, and when but boys their father moved to
Canandaigua, where he engaged in butcher business, which he followed
until his death. He had five children, all now living. They were
educated in the common schools, and early in life began working at
their father's business. In 1859 they opened a market in Canandaigua,
where they have ever since been the leaders in the meat trade in this
village. In addition to their regular trade, they handle in its season
all kinds of game and green produce. They and their families are of the
Presbyterian Church. William married in 1876 Matilda Lapage, of
Canandaigua, and they have three children: Grace, Jessie, and James.
George A. married Ellen Schellinger, of Canandaigua, and they
are the parents of four children: Georgia, Mabel, Mary and William.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Bland, the late George J., Geneva, was born in Geneva in
1818. He was educated
in the public schools and by occupation a kalsominer. March 18,
1845, he married Mary J. Adams, who was born in
Troy. They have an adopted daughter, Mary A., who was born
in Geneva. She married, February 17, 1887, George W. Watkins,
who was born in Baltimore, Md. Mr. Bland died September
15, 1886. He was a member of the Baptist church and the
present family are members of Trinity church. Mrs. Bland
was a coworker with Frederick Douglass in the anti-slavery cause, and
is much interested in the elevation of her people, the colored race.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Philenzo P. Bliss, Bristol, was born in Kankakee county, Ill.,
June 16, 1839. He is a son of Philenzo P. Bliss, whose father was James
Bliss, of Genesee county, N. Y., where he
spent most of his life. He died in Illinois in 1839. Philenzo P.
Bliss, father of subject, was born in Genesee county, October 22,
1813, and died in Kankakee county, Ill., August 30 1839. He went to
Illinois when a young man, and married Caroline A. Gooding, who
was born October 10, 1816, in Bristol, a daughter of James Gooding, who
was born in Bristol, July 6, 1791. He was the third male white child
born
in the town of Bristol; his father was James Gooding, one of the
pioneers of the county. The subject of this sketch was reared on a
farm, and educated in Rockford Academy. He married Catherine L. Totman,
of Bristol, born in Jefferson county, N. Y., September 21, 1839.
Her father, Ward Totman, removed from Jefferson county to Bristol in
1840. Mr. Bliss and wife have had the following children: Irene C.,
Winifred K., Henry W., Mabel J., Edith S., Alice C., Lester P., Gooding
H., and Esther (deceased). He removed to Bristol in 1876, and in 1882
he purchased the farm on
which he now resides. He is a Republican, and is a member of the
Farmer's
Alliance of Bristol. He and his wife are members of the Congregational
church of that place.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Boardman, H. M., Gorham, was born in Gorham, March 4, 1829, a
son of Jesse C., [a son of Jesse,] who
was a native of Connecticut and an early settler of Cayuga county.
Jesse C. was born in Cayuga county in 1778 and came to Gorham when a
young man, and married first Mary Bunyan, a native of Seneca,
by whom he had nine children. His second wife was Betsey French
of Middlesex, a daughter of Ozias French, a major in the War of 1812.
Mr. French was one of the first settlers of Middlesex. By his second
Mr. Boardman had two sons and four daughters, and died in Gorham in
1845, and his wife in 1853. Subject was educated in the common
schools and Genesee College, which afterwards became Syracuse
University. He graduated from that college, and then entered the
Methodist ministry, which he followed seven years. His health failing,
he engaged in farming, which he has since followed. He owns 150 acres
of land on which he erected good buildings, and also has one of the
finest orchards in the town. He is a Republican, but never desired
public
office. For twenty-one years he has been superintendent of the
Rushville
Sunday school, and was president of the County Sunday School
Association
for many years. March 3, 1853, Mr. Boardman married Christine Rapalee
of Yates county, by whom he had eight children: Myrtie M., Myron
R., Lemuel D., Kittie S., Mary C., Willie F., Ellen E., and
Henriette M., all living.
From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons; 1931;
Herman H. Bogert was born October 13, 1768, and died June 25,
1851. He commenced the practice of law in Geneva in 1797. The only
lawyer there before him was Henry H. VanRensselaer, who remained but a
few years. He was one of the incorporators of the Bank of Geneva in
1817; also one of the incorporators of the Geneva Academy. He resided
on Main street next north of where Trinity Church is. He was very
largely engaged in the purchase and sale of real estate and prominently
identified with many of the early operations in the new country. He
owned the property and was the founder of Dresden, Yates County, where
he erected mills and made many improvements.
From Victor Herald Newspaper 6 July 1895
Memorial Held at St. Paul's Universalist Church, Victor, N. Y.
-
Peter Bonesteel was born at Woodstock, Ulster Co., Sept. 6th,
1810. While
a boy he moved to Seneca, thence to Victor where he lived on the
Bonesteel
farm near Valentown Hall until his death. He was always
a farmer.
He was married twice; first to Mary Burkholder, of Seneca, on
April
22, 1834, and second to Octavia Gracia Morgan, Dec. 1st, 1869.
He
served the town for some time in the capacity of Supervisor, and some
other
minor offices. Mr. Bonesteel, although never a member of the church,
was
always a worker in the society. He contributed largely towards the
building
of the church, was always ready and willing to give on all occasions
whatever
was asked of him of time or money. He died Aug. 17, 1881, being nearly
71
years old. He was a strong temperance man, liberal views and of a
generous
disposition.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Booth, Charles F., D. D. S., Canandaigua, was born in
Canandaigua November 11, 1858, a son of John E., a merchant and farmer
of this town, now retired from business and living in Geneseo. The
early life of our subject was spent in this town. He was educated at
the Canandaigua Academy under Professor N. T. Clark, and at the State
Normal School at Geneseo. After leaving the Normal School Dr. Booth
began the study of dentistry in the office of F. E. Howard at Geneseo,
from whose office he matriculated. In 1878 he attended a course of
lectures at the New York College of Dentistry, after which he took his
degree at the Philadelphia Dental College. He conducted an office in
Geneseo for a year and a half, and then came back to his home, where he
opened an office and has since practiced his profession. He is now
located in the Sibley block, and his
residence is at 35 Gibson street. He is a member of the Seventh
District Dental Society, and a member of the K. of P. Lodge of
Canandaigua.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Booth, George S., Canandaigua,
chief of police, was born in Farmington, March 31, 1840, a son
of John, who died in 1843. The boyhood of our subject was
spent in Farmington, where he lived until twelve years old, when
his mother moved into Canandaigua, where he was educated in the common
school; after leaving which he followed varied occupations until 1864,
when he bought a farm, which he conducted for seven years, and in 1872
moved into the village, where he has ever since lived. In 1878 he
was elected constable of the town, and in 1882, at the organization of
the village police, Mr. Booth was appointed to the force, and was made
chief of police. Mr. Booth married in 1863, Jane, daughter of B. F. Waring,
a farmer of Bloomfield, and they have two children: Effie, wife of
William Bridgman, of Canandaigua, and Mary.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
W. C. Booth, Geneva, furnishes the following concerning himself
and family: Born in Cheshire, England, removed to America with his
parents when three years old. My parents located at Wappinger's Creek,
where
my father was a bleacher in the print works there. Removed to Trenton,
N. J., and finally came to Pleasant Valley near Oriskany, N. Y., where
my father and my two sisters worked in Dexter's Woolen Mill for eight
or
nine years. Removed to Little Falls, where I was apprenticed to the
machinist
trade; company failed in a year and a half and then mother bought out a
bakery,
where I learned something of the baker's trade. Failed in the great
panic,
1857; the following spring went to England and tried to finish my trade
as
a machinist, but on account of the union, I could not secure a place
without
being bound for seven years; gave up the idea of being an iron worker
and
turned to what knowledge I had in baking to help me out; advertised for
a
place for improvement, hired out with Joseph Hawcroft, of Barnsley,
Yorkshire,
stayed my year out, left him, worked in York, Scarborough, Hull, Leeds,
Manchester,
and other small places as a journeyman baker. Came back from England
about
1866, worked in New York for Willson & Company, in Cherry street,
as
a baker or mixer in fancy goods; the following year removed to Seneca
Falls,
where I hired out to the Gould Manufacturing Company to learn the
moulding
trade; stayed with them about nine years; got married to Miss Frances
E.
Holmes; the result of this union was William C., Lewis G., and
Maud
Frances Booth. While at Seneca Falls removed to a bakery in Waterloo,
sold
out, went to Ithaca, removed to Utica, worked at both trades while
there.
Removed to Ilion, worked for the Remingtons as a moulder, removed to
Leonardsville,
took charge of a shop for Mr. Babcock on general work; returned to
Utica,
worked at baking; came back to Waterloo and worked for John O. Spencer
in
moulding department; got an oven while here, got things ready and
commenced
baking again in Waterloo, and removed to Geneva in 1891, and started a
bakery
on Exchange street. While in Utica I lost my oldest boy, William;
brought
him to Seneca Falls to be buried, interred him in our lot that we have
there.
Father and mother both died in Utica and were buried there; also wife's
parents are also dead. Mother died in Colburn Harbor, Canada; father
died
in Seneca Falls and was buried there.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Barney Borgman, jr., Geneva, son of Barney, was born in
Rochester, September 9, 1853. He carried on the furniture business in
Penn Yan for eight years, and came to Geneva and engaged in the
furniture and undertaking business, also upholstery. He married Mary Frear
of Dundee, and has one child, Stephen. The family are members of
the Catholic Church.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Bostwick, Daniel R., East Bloomfield is a native of East
Bloomfield, born March 16, 1816.
His father, Major Elijah Bostwick, a soldier in the War of 1812,
was a son of Elijah, an Episcopal minister of Great Barrington, Mass.
who founded many churches in that State and Eastern New York. The
father of subject was born in Great Barrington, Mass., October 28,
1786, and came to East Bloomfield when about ten years of age,
and was reared by a Mr. Sprague. He held the office of assessor,
collector and justice of the peace, and married Diantha Rice,
born July 4, 1791, a daughter of Daniel of East Bloomfield. They
had five sons and five daughters, seven of whom grew to maturity.
He died August 28, 1870. Daniel R. was educated in Canandaigua
Academy and when twenty-one years of age went to Michigan and spent one
year. Returning home he purchased a farm, which he now owns, and
afterwards owned 100 acres in Bristol, and seventy acres
in West Bloomfield. March 16, 1858, he married Amanda Reed
of Richmond, a daughter of Major John Reed of the War of 1812, and one
of the early settlers in Richmond. Subject and wife have had
three children: John, a hardware merchant of Clifton Springs; H.
Wheeler, a farmer, who was educated in Canandaigua Academy, and married
December 21, 1887, Christina, daughter of Christopher Bellinger,
and had one child, Christine A., who was born
March 25, 1892. The third child of subject is Annie A., who
resides with her brother at Clifton Springs. Daniel R. for the
last thirty-five years has been a Democrat. He was the first
superintendent of the West Bloomfield schools, and served four
years. He was
also justice of the peace there for four years, and held the same
office
in East Bloomfield for sixteen successive years. He was
supervisor one year and justice of sessions one term. He was
twice candidate for assemblyman, but the county being largely
Republican he was defeated. Mr. Bostwick is a member of the East
Bloomfield Grange. He
was formerly a member of the Congregational church of East Bloomfield.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
George W. Bostwick, Geneva, was born in Newark, Wayne county,
November 9, 1835, and fitted for college at Macedon Academy. In 1863 he
enlisted in Company D, Ninety-seventh N. Y.
Vols., and was mustered out in August, 1865. After the war he engaged
in farming four years, then in the insurance business five years.
He also taught school twelve years. In 1887 he was admitted to the
bar, and has practiced since. In 1884 he married Isabel, daughter of
James Lewis. Zadoc, grandfather of George W., settled four
miles
south of Geneva about 1800 and cleared a farm. After fourteen years he
settled in Newark, Wayne county. He had these children: Heman (father
of
George W.), David P., Lucy, Matilda, Nellie, and Polly. Heman was born
in Geneva, and was ten years of age when his father moved to Newark.
He married Lois Daggett, and lived at Newark until 1850, then
lived in several different places in Wayne county. In 1873 he moved to
Geneva, where he died January 24, 1876, and his wife June 12, 1890.
They had five sons and four daughters.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY;
compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover;
1893;
Harry Boughton, was born on the old homestead near Victor
village, May 28, 1797, and was educated in the common schools, and
followed farming until his death, November 15, 1877. He married twice,
first, Amanda Brace, and second, August 17, 1843, Mary A. West,
of this town. They had six children: Henry C., who married Annie Peet
of this town; Friend D., who has never married; Abigail (Abbie) M.,
who married James E. Bell; Frank E., who married Ida Bement,
of this town, and died September 19, 1883; Abram J., who married
Lucy Cole, of Andrews, Ind., where they reside, and Mary A.,
who married Walter E. King, of Batavia, where they reside.
Abbie M., the subject, owns the old homestead; she has four children:
Harry
B., who resides at Covington, Ky.; Edith L., Warren W. and Mary J., all
three reside at home. Mrs. Bell's father's father, Abraham Boughton,
was
born November 23, 1760, and came here at an early day. Mrs. Bell's
brother,
Henry C., was in the late war of the Rebellion and was honorably
discharged
at its close.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Walter Boughton, Victor, was born on the old homestead, June
16, 1826, was educated in the district schools, and was a farmer. He
married twice; first to Caroline Hart, of Victor, and they have
had five children: Emma, who died at the age of six years; Herman, who
married Lella C. Rawson, and have two children; Bertha and
Ruth; Amelia, who married Albert
C. Albridge, of Victor, and they have two children; Caroline
J.
and Gilbert W.; Alma, who married John R. Woolsey, and has one
son,
Homer W.; and Myron, who married Eliza Ett Tiffany, of East
Bloomfield. Mrs. Boughton died July 30, 1891. September 28, 1882, he
married Harriet, daughter of Omri and Jemima Nelson, of
Victor. Mr. Boughton's father, Caleb, was born in New Canaan, Conn.,
February 7, 1799, and came with his parents to Victor when a year old.
He, too, was a farmer, and married Irene Boughton, of Victor. They had
four children: Walter William, who married
Irene Boughton, of Victor. They had four children: Walter, William, who
married Ellen A. Ketchum, of Victor; Jane A., who married
Melancthon Lewis, jr. and James who married Frances Pardee.
Mr. Boughton's grandfather, Eleazer, was born at New Canaan, Conn.,
and married Deborah Benedict,
and moved to Victor with his wife and five children. Their marriage
took
place January 22, 1786. The origin of the family name by tradition was
as
follows: One Nicholas, who was a chorister in Burgundy, France, warded
off
the assassin's dagger with his baton, saving the life of the Duke of
Burgundy;
for this act he was decorated with a button, after a while he was
banished
and fled to North of Wales, England, where he died leaving two sons.
The
oldest one returned to France, took possession of the estates, and
became
Marshal of France. The date given is 1516. The youngest son, John, came
to
Boston, Mass., and the name Button was changed to Bouton and afterwards
to
the present form of the name Boughton. From him the numerous and sturdy
race
of Boughtons in the United States has sprung, and become a power in the
land,
and in Victor in particular.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Bowdy, James T., Victor, was born in Canandaigua, was educated
in the district schools, and followed farming. He was a soldier in the
war of the great Rebellion, serving in Company E, One Hundred and
Fifty-ninth N.Y.S. Vols., was with General Banks in the Red River
expedition in Louisiana, and with General Sheridan in the Shenandoah
Valley, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. July 19,
1887, he married Emma J., daughter of the late Stephen H. Blood,
of Victor and they have two children: James
L., born October 30, 1889, and Clara L., born May 14, 1892. Mrs.
Bowdy's father, Stephen H. Blood, was one of the reliable pioneers of
the town, was born February 26, 1807, and educated in the district
schools, also
a farmer. December 4, 1861, he married Louise J., daughter of Orrin R.
and Ruby (Hotchkin) Knapp, of Minden. They had two
children: William H., who married Constance Clark, of
Kansas City, where they reside, and Emma J. Mrs. Blood's husband's
father, Israel M., was born August 19, 1762, in New Bedford, Mass., and
came to Western N. Y. when a young
man. December 11, 1796, he married Sarah, daughter of James Upton,
of Victor, and they had nine children: Rosell L., Norman B.,
Nathaniel, Stephen H., James M., Anna, Lucy N., Jemima B. and Daniel D.
Mrs. Blood's father, Orrin R. Knapp, was born at Mount Washington,
Berkshire county, Mass., November 18, 1795. October 19, 1817, he
married Ruby Hotchkin, and they had three children and were
born in Cornwell, Litchfield county, Conn. They came to this State when
Mrs. Blood was eight months old. She was an excellent school teacher.
Her mother's uncle, Joseph, was in the Revolutionary War. Mr.
Blood's father, Israel M., was in the War of 1812,
at Buffalo. Mrs. Blood's father, Orrin R. Knapp, was in the War of
1812 at Boston, Mass. Mr. Bowdy's father, Ambrose, is a pensioner of
the Mexican war. Stephen H. Blood died January 31, 1884, on the
homestead
that the family have owned and resided upon forty years. He was
an earnest worker and member of the M. E. church.
From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons; 1931;
Ernest S. Bowen, a member of the Fay & Bowen Engine Co.,
was born in Levenna, Cayuga Co., May 8, 1858. He attended the public
schools of Aurora, then Hillsdale College, Michigan, and finally
Cornell University, from which he graduated in 1890 from the Mechanical
Engineering Department. After leaving college he was assistant
superintendent for McIntosh, Seymour & Co., of Auburn, for five
years, and then entered into partnership with Walter L. Fay. During his
residence in Geneva, Mr. Bowen was active in public affairs and served
for six years on the Board of Public Works. He died April 27, 1912.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Simon K. Bowker, Phelps, was born in Union, Broome county, in
1830. He was the only son of five children of Joseph and Hannah (Bardeen)
Bowker. Joseph, the father, was born in Connecticut near Hartford,
and came to New York State when a young man. Hannah Bardeen, the
mother,
was born in Vermont. Simon K. Bowker came to Geneva in 1844 and learned
the trade of carriage maker. In 1852 he came to Phelps, where he has
since
remained. He engaged in carriage manufacturing with John M. Nelson, who
established it in 1836, in connection with undertaking. In 1859 he
married
Caroline A., daughter of John M. Nelson, and they have two
children:
Nelson J. Bowker, in the employ of the Petibone Cataract Paper Company
as
bookkeeper; and Ellen H. (Mrs. Frank G. Walker of Texarkana,
Texas).
Since the death of Mr. Nelson, Mr. Bowker has carried on the business
of
undertaking. He is one of the enterprising citizens of the town, has
been
president of the village, and has been for fourteen years a member of
the
Board of Education; and is now president of the same.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Boyce, Chester A., of Boyce Bros., Canandaigua, was born in
Rensselaer county. His first business venture was as a butcher in his
native county. He has also worked at carpentry, and in 1876 came to
Canandaigua, where he engaged in the grain and produce business. He was
for five years on the corner of Railroad avenue
and Pleasant street, and occupied the Star building for three years.
In the spring of 1891 he, in company with his brother Henry, leased
the Canandaigua elevator and store house of H. C. Lucas, erected by him
in 1880, with a storage capacity of about 18,000 bushels, and they are
the leading grain and produce shippers of this section. They have
handled during the last year about 75,000 bushels of grain, besides
handling
1,500 tons of hay, and large quantities of potatoes and apples. Mr.
Boyce
is a member of the M. E. church, as is also his family. He married in
1878 Anna Mellions, of Rensselaer county.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Boyle, William, Canandaigua, was born in Phelps, December 7,
1858, a son of Joseph, a butcher of that town, who was a native of New
York city. The early life of William was spent in Phelps and Clifton
Springs. He was educated in the common schools and Canandaigua Academy,
and after leaving school engaged
with Price the baker in this village, with whom he remained three
years. In 1873 he went into the butchering business. In September,
1887, he in company with John Gartland established a market here, which
they conducted until August 8, 1892, when Mr. Boyle sold his interest
to
his partner and moved to his present location at 157 Main street, where
he has a large commodious market, and always carries a good stock of
meat,
poultry and game. Mr. Boyle married in June, 1886 Caroline Senglamb
of Canandaigua, and they have one child, William in his fifth year. Mr.
Boyle is a member of the Catholic church.
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