From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Nathan Oaks, Phelps, one of two children of Thaddeus and Fanny
(Dickinson) Oaks, was born in Phelps at Oaks Corners November
9,
1821. His father, Thaddeus, was born in Conway, Mass., and came to
Phelps
when a boy with his father, Jonathan Oaks, in 1790, and lived and died
there.
His mother, Fanny Dickinson, was also born in Conway, Mass. Nathan Oaks
married, October 18, 1848, Susan
Hemingway, of Palmyra, Wayne
county,
daughter of Truman and Mary
(Aldrich) Hemingway. They have
four children:
Thaddeus, William A., Nathan, jr., and Edward P. Oaks. The farm
comprising
170 acres is devoted to general farming products and seven acres of
hops.
Mr. Oaks has always been a enterprising and representative citizen.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
B. F. Odell, Phelps, was born in East Chester, West Chester
county, N. Y., October 17, 1833. His father, Thomas, was born in the
same place.
He was a soldier of the War of 1812. His wife, Mary Ann
(Howe) Odell,
came from Connecticut. Benjamin Odell, the grandfather, was also a
native of West Chester county. B. F. Odell came to Phelps in 1861, and
five years later moved into the village and engaged in the grocery
business, which
he followed successfully until 1881, when he sold the business. Since
that
time he has been engaged in the real estate and insurance business. In
1874
he built the Odell Block. Mr. Odell has served the town as supervisor
two
terms, and is now serving a second term as president of the village. He
married in 1856 M. E.
Burtis, of West Chester county, and they
have
four children: Alice (Mrs. A. B.
Jones of Syracuse; Edgar B.,
of
Utica; Frank S. of Sandcoulee, Mont., and Charles W., of Torrington,
Conn.
Benjamin Odell died in his eighty-eighth year. Thomas Odell was born
January
31, 1796; died March 8, 1890, in his ninety-fifth year.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Nelson Ogden, Richmond, was born in 1822 in Kent, Conn. His
father was Robert, born in 1777, and his grandfather was killed by the
Indians at the Wyoming massacre, while his grandmother fled with the
children to the older settlements. Nelson when thirty-three years of
age came to this county. He married Charity
Hoagland, of
Canandaigua, daughter of Henry Hoagland. After spending ten years at
Havana, where three of their children were born, they came to Richmond
in 1855, where Mr. Ogden purchased a farm near Allen's Hill, on which
he now resides. Of his children, Anna Jane was born in 1846; Henry G.
in 1849; George N. in 1883, and Carrie G. in 1856. He built the tile
factory now owned by Mr. Abbey, and conducted the business for seven
years.
His wife died in 1890. His son, George Nelson Ogden, was born in Havana
in
1853, and came here with his parents. He was educated at LeRoy Academy
and
Lima Seminary, also at East Bloomfield Academy. For six years he was
engaged
in the grocery trade at Canadice Corners, but for the past ten years
has
been in charge of the homestead farm. He married in 1873 Emma C.,
daughter of Sebra L.
Case, of West Bloomfield, and they have
two children: Harry
B., born in 1878, and Hattie B., born in 1883. He is custodian of the
imported
stock horse "Halifax," owned by a company of which he is a member.
Carrie
G. Ogden, daughter of Nelson, married B. F.
Phillips, of
Bristol, a
farmer, whose grandfather, Jonathan, from Massachusetts, was a pioneer
of
this section and settled the farm now owned by his grandson.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis
Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
O'Leary, Patrick, West Bloomfield, was born February 17, 1845,
in County Cork, Ireland, a son of Humphrey and Mary
(O'Neil)
O'Leary. He came with his parents to this country in 1849,
locating first in Richmond and later in Victor, where his father died
in 1881. They had, besides Patrick, six children: Joanna,
wife of James
Appleton; Ellen, wife of Daniel
Webster;
and Humphrey, all now in Michigan; Mary, wife of Polk
O'Neil;
Catharine, widow of Thomas
McNamara;
and Margaret, wife of Philip
Scully. Patrick was educated
at
the common schools, and worked at home and by the month until of age,
when
he worked a farm at Victor three years. In 1872 he with his
father
purchased a farm in the latter town, and in 1874 removed to Miller's
Corners
where he has since been engaged more or less in the produce business
and
in farming. He was elected on the Republican ticket supervisor
for
the years 1890-91. He married, June 12, 1845, Eliza
Toomey,
of this town. They have no children.
From "Cutler's History of Kansas" written about 1883.
G. W. OLIVER, farmer and Superintendent of the Poor, Bourbon
County. He is a native of Geneva, Ontario County, N. Y.; was born in
1832, February 28, at the foot of Seneca Lake. When eleven years of
age, his father moved to La Grange, Ind., and from there they moved to
St. Joe County, Mich.
After four years' residence here, he went to live with his grandfather,
James
Goodwin, at Geneva, N. Y.
In 1854 he returned to his father's farm, and then went into the
machine shops at Sturgis' Ferry; from there he went to St. Joe, Ind.,
into an ax factory there; while in this place he married Miss
Eller
in 1858;
next year going to Taweas, Iosco Co., Mich., where he farmed and worked
at
carpenter work. In 1864, he enlisted in the Marine Corps, at
Portsmouth,
N. H., serving in the barracks; was removed to the Brooklyn barracks,
and
soon joined the man-of-war vessel St. Mary's, and sailed in the coast
service
to Valparaiso, Chili; then to Panama, where he had the yellow fever;
then
to San Francisco.
He was transferred to the Jamestown and went to Panama, then back, and
on up the Pacific coast to Sitka, where he saw a curious land and a
curious people. They touched at Vancouver's Island on their return trip
to San Francisco where he was transferred to the barracks, and
discharged September 16, 1868, and sailed for home, arriving October
24, 1868, returning to the pursuits of civil life. In 1871, he came to
Kansas, locating in Uniontown, and in
1872 he took charge of the Poor Farm, giving it up in 1874, and farming
A.
Chaffin's farm; taking charge of the County Poor Farm again in 1877,
retaining
possession to present time, 1882.
In 1880, he bought A. Chaffin's farm of 130 acres, in Section 27, which
he also farms now, in blooded cattle, horses and grain. He has four
children living; has buried two since living in Kansas. During his
eventful life, he has been on a man-of-war forty-four months and was
away from home four years.
The above information is taken from "Cutler's History of Kansas"
courtesy of the Kansas State USGENWEB pages and submitted by Wilda
Marshall Brown
From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons;
1931;
Patrick O'Malley was born in Lyons Feb. 25, 1858, and attended
the public schools at Lyons and Geneva and the Geneva High School. He
came to Geneva when a boy of nine and worked in the various nursery
grounds of the city until he was sixteen, when he became a clerk in the
grocery store of Flynn and Dorsey. He then entered the employment of
Daniel Higgins in the trucking business and eventually became foreman.
When his employer died Mr. O'Malley was admitted to partnership by the
widow, and after the entire plant of the firm was destroyed by fire,
Mr. O'Malley made a start on his own account, and still continues in
the heavy trucking business, which he has made a phenomenal success.
Mr. O'Malley took an active part in Democratic politics and was
appointed to the Board of Aldermen, was formerly Tax Collector and on
Nov. 5, 1909, was elected Mayor. Since serving as Mayor he has held no
public office but has been associated in many local business
enterprises and is still one of the city's highly respected citizens.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Osborne, David H., Victor, was born in the town of Austerlitz,
Columbia county, November 11, 1819. He received a common and academic
education. He came to Victor at the age of sixteen years and was a
clerk in a general store for a while, returning to finish his studies.
Afterwards he came to Rochester, where he entered the mercantile
business until 1845, when he
came to Victor where for a short time he conducted a general store,
retiring from business to take charge of the real estate interests of
the family, with this exception living a retired life. January 5, 1847,
he married Lavina A., daughter of William and Lavina
Bushnell,
of this town. They reside on the homestead. They have had four
children: William B., who married Laura V.
McDonald, of
Rochester; Cora B. resides at home with her parents; Carrie B. married
Mark T.
Powell, an attorney of Canandaigua; and Henry B., who
died when nearly three years old. Mr. Osborne's father, David, was born
in East Hampton, L.I. and went to Columbia county when
a young man. He married Polly
Wright, of that county, and had
five
children: Samuel W., Mary M., John W., David H. and Harriet A.
Mr.
Osborne is a member of the Presbyterian church, holds the position of
deacon
and elder, and is interested in all good work.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Samuel P. Ottley, Seneca, was born on the old homestead, Seneca
Castle. He was educated in the schools of his day, and has been a good
farmer. May 15. 1847, he married Sarah M.
Williams, of Seneca
Castle, and they have had six children: Franklin, Charles, Edna
Arvilla, Elsie L.,
Frederick S., Albert C., Nina M. who died in infancy. Franklin married
Mary
E.
Spangle, of Hopewell, and they have eight children: George
H.,
Sarah E., F. Maude, Elsie M., Samuel A., Charles F., Hattie B., and
Edwin
C. Elsie L. married Joseph
Brizzee, of the town of Hopewell,
where
they reside. Frederick G. married Mary C.
Wilson, of this
town,
and had one son, Albert W. Mrs. Ottley is deceased. Albert C. married
Bertha
L.
Vangelder, of this town, and have had two children, Mildred
and
Marie. Mr. Ottley's father, Thomas, was born in Yorkshire, England,
in
1788, and came with his parents and brother to the United States in
1805,
locating in the woods in Seneca Castle when there were no crossroads or
bridges. He married Lucinda
Porter, of Seneca, and had
fourteen children:
William, Deborah, Lucinda, Thomas, Joshua P., Samuel P., Jane P.,
Arvilla
B., Edwin and a twin of his who died in infancy, Charles and Mary, and
twins
who died in infancy. Mr. Ottley's father, Thomas, was member of
assembly
in year of 1831, also was superintendent of Ontario county thirty
years,
and was surveyor of land, administrator in settlement of estates, and
wrote
deeds, mortgages and other writings in sale and purchase of land; was
in
public office most of his life. Mrs. Ottley's father, Valentine
Williams, was born in the town of Pompey, Onondaga county, February 14,
1797, and married Elsie
Hewitt, of Waterbury, Conn., January
1, 1818, and had four
children: Mortimer, who died in infancy; Mortimer 2d, Sarah M., and
Charles
V. Her father died January 20, 1867; her mother June 25, 1876. Her
brother
Charles was a soldier in the late war and was in fifteen general
battles.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Horace D. Outhouse, Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua June
14, 1839. His father, William, was born in Dutchess county, September
4, 1797, and came to Canandaigua when a young man, where he bought a
farm of 196 acres north of Cheshire, where he died May 26, 1865, and
his wife December 24, 1867.
He married at about twenty-one Rebecca
Mather, daughter of a
Quaker
preacher of Dutchess county and they had eleven children, seven of whom
survive:
Catharine, Abbey Jane Adams, Orrin, Maria Brockelbank, H. D. Outhouse
of
this county; William H. of Madison, Wis., and George H., of Grand
Rapids,
Mich. The whole life of our subject has been spent in this town. He was
reared
on the farm his father settled on, and educated in the common schools.
When
twenty-three years of age, he bought a farm of 101 acres in
Canandaigua,
which he sold three weeks later and bought his present farm. In 1886 he
erected
on this farm a beautiful residence, its location commanding a fine view
of
the lake. County history is not the place to describe works of art, but
the
house of Mr. Outhouse is entitled to more than passing mention. His
barns
and other outbuildings are on a par with his residence. The farm
contains
175 acres of fertile land, the principal products being grain and
fruit.
He has five acres of vineyard, from a part of which he sold in 1892
eighteen
tons of grapes. He married in 1862 Sarah, daughter of Joseph
Housel,
and
they had five children: Mary, wife of Chauncey
Rogers, of
Canandaigua;
Charles, Frank B., William and Elmer J. Mrs. Outhouse died October 19,
1883,
and he married in 1886 Isabelle
McJannett, of Canandaigua, by
whom
he has one child, Burton A., born June 13, 1887. Mr. Outhouse is a
member
of Academy Grange No. 62.
From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass
Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Outhouse, Orrin, Canandaigua, was born at Peekskill, on the
Hudson, April 15, 1832. The grandfather was one of the most
extensive
land owners of West Chester county, and had a large family.
William,
his son, was born at Peekskill, September 4, 1798. In 1834 he
came
to Ontario county, locating near Cheshire, where he lived but a year,
then
bought a farm of 186 acres on lot twenty-eight in Canandaigua, where he
died. William Outhouse was married in 1818 to Rebecca
Fields
of Peekskill, by whom he had eleven children, eight of whom
survive. Orrin moved
with his parents to Canandaigua, where he has always lived. He
assisted
his father on the farm until nineteen years of age, when he started in
life
for himself, and farmed in different places until 1863, when he bought
a
farm of 100 acres on lot thirty in Canandaigua. After about two
years
there removed to the old homestead, where he lived until 1880, when he
bought
his present farm of eight seven acres. He married in 1865 Melvina
Debow, daughter of Ansel and A. Melvina
(Stanley) Debow,
and they have
three children: Franc M., wife of Mark
Gourley, a farmer
of
Farmington, Nellie J., wife of James
Steele, a farmer of East
Bloomfield;
and Clara A., wife of W. Charles
Dryer, a farmer of
Victor.
Mr. Outhouse has never taken great interest in public affairs, devoting
his
time and energy to his farm.
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