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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