Family Sketch

"S" to "Sil" Surname Family Sketches

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Charles C. Sackett, Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua January 17, 1859, a son of Frederick A. Sackett, a farmer of this town. The grandfathers, both paternal and maternal, were natives of Connecticut. Charles C. was educated in the academy, with a course at Poughkeepsie Business College, and his father having several farms, Charles acted as manager of these. When, in 1887, the subject was agitated of building the Canandaigua Street Railway, Mr. Sackett, in company with Mr. Clement, Mr. Cooley and Mr. Milliken, was among the first to take hold of it, and Mr. Sackett was the general manager and constructor of the line, with F. O. Chamberlain as president. In July, 1892, Mr. Sackett, as trustee, became the owner of the road, and he is now president, the company having $30,000 capital stock. Mr. Sackett served as supervisor during the years of 1890-91-92, being a staunch and active Republican. He married in 1884 Charlotte Houghten, of this town, sister of Judge Houghten, of Saratoga county.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Frederick A. Sackett, Canandaigua, was born in Canandaigua, January 30 ,1818. Augustine, father of Frederick A., was born on the farm cleared by his great-grandfather in Warren, Conn., April 24, 1789, and was the son of Homer, one of twelve children. He taught district school at the age of nineteen, though he did not follow it up. In April 1812, Augustine settled in East Bloomfield, where he remained nineteen months, then bought a farm in company with his brother, Theron, in Canandaigua. The next year he returned to Connecticut and married Arze, daughter of Platt Starr, born in Warren, June 11, 1793. They returned to Canandaigua and in 1825, erected the Sackett homestead, now occupied by H. N. Day. Mr. SACKETT rose from the ranks of the State militia to the rank of lieutenant-colonel of a regiment of State troops. He served as assessor and school commissioner. He had eight children: Sarah L, who died January 7, 1846, aged 31 years; Henry A., who died April 21, 1884, aged 64 years; George B. died November 1, 1890 (born in 1824); Mary E., widow of J. S. Cooley of Canandaigua; Martha J., widow of Rev. George Barr of Virginia; Julia M. of Canandaigua; Rev. Darius C., born December 7, 1839, died February 10, 1871; and Frederick A. Col. Augustine Sackett died December 6, 1883, and Mrs. Sackett died November 20, 1871. The whole life of our subject, with the exception of two years spent in Ohio, has been passed in this town. He was educated at the academy and lived with his parents until December 1840, when he went to Ohio, and two years later, returned. June 19, 1848, he married Mary, daughter of Charles Cassort, of Canandaigua, and a year later bought 142 acres in East Bloomfield. This he sold after two years and lived on the Cassort farm a number of years. In 1858 he bought 142 acres in Canandaigua of William Reed, who built the residence in 1844. This is one of the landmarks of the old style Gothic architecture and is built of stone. Mr. Sackett has also made many improvements on the place, which is devoted mainly to grain, hay and stock. Mr. and Mrs. Sackett have one son, Charles C., the present supervisor of Canandaigua. Charles Cassort, father of Mrs. Sackett, was born in Cayuga county, May 3, 1792. His father, James, was a native of New Jersey, of French extraction. His mother, Elizabeth Suydam, was a native of New Jersey and of Holland descent.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

John F. Sadler, Farmington, was born in the town of Phelps, September 28, 1845. He was educated in the commons schools and the Union School of Phelps. For several years, he followed the trade of carriage making and blacksmithing. March 10, 1873, he married Diantha C., daughter of John and Caroline Macumber of Farmington, who was born in Mendon, Monroe county. They have had two children: Minnie L., who is now a school teacher, residing at home, and Edna, who died in infancy. Mr. SADLER has been justice of the peace for eleven years, and a resident of the town for seventeen years. His father, Winslow, was born in the town of Ashfield, Mass., in 1815, and came to Phelps with his parents when a child at the age of three years. His father died, and his mother returned to their old home. He married Louisa C. Allen, formerly of Massachusetts, and they had three children: Aretus A., John F. and Myra S. Mr. Sadler's father died December 31, 1890, and his mother, September 13, 1871. His grandfather, Aretus, was born in Massachusetts in 1790. In 1813 he married Naomi Rogers, formerly of Massachusetts. Her grandfather, Captain John Rogers, was burnt at the stake by the Indians. They had one son, Winslow. Mr. Sadler has a whale-bone plaited rope that has been willed down in successive generations, that came, or was brought over on the Mayflower, through the Roger family. Mrs. Sadler's father, John Macumber, was born in Farmington, February 20, 1821. He married in April 1845, Caroline Payne and had two children, Diantha C., and Albert P., now of Manchester. Mrs. Sadler's mother was the daughter of Elisha Payne.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

William Henry Sadler, Canandaigua, was born in Gloucestershire, England, July 19, 1830, and came to this country in 1863, locating first at Whitestown, L. I., where he was engaged in the John D. Lock Tin Manufactory. He learned the trade of making hollow ware in Birmingham, England, where he spent nine years. July 19, 1864, he moved from Long Island to Aurora, Cayuga county, where he was employed in the manufacture of reapers and mowers. Mr. Sadler was selected first steward of the Wells College and Mrs. Sadler was housekeeper. He resigned this position in 1870 and for seven years supplied the College, Military Academy, hotels, etc, with milk. He sold the interest in the milk farm and bought a meat market there which he conducted for five years. During this time he built two residences, and in 1881 he sold these places and bought the old Exchange Hotel in Auburn, changing the name to Sadler's Hotel. He also conducted a coal yard in Auburn, handling from 1,200 to 1,500 tons per year. He spent nearly ten years in the hotel business and in April 1891, traded his property in Auburn for the farm of 213 acres, where he is now located, exchanging with Horace M. Drake. Since coming here, Mr. Sadler has made many improvements, new buildings, setting new orchard, etc. Mr. SADLER has made many improvements, new buildings, setting new orchard, etc. Mr. Sadler has always been a Republican up to Cleveland's time, when he became a Democrat and has been many times selected as delegate to conventions, etc. He married in England, in 1852, Maria Anna Green and they have had five children: Harry T., is on the farm with his parents; Frederick W., spent 10 years as inspector of watches at Elgin, and is now a land agent in Elgin, Ill.; Walter Lincoln is in the watch factory, as is also the youngest son, Albert Edward. The only daughter, Carrie C., wife of Dan Brown, of Elgin, died November 18, 1886, aged 31 years. Frederick William's wife was a great niece of General U. S. Grant. Their beautiful place is called the "Hillsdale farm".

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

The late William Sale, was born in Victor, November 30, 1820, was educated in the public schools and was a farmer. October 16, 1844, he married Nancy, daughter of Samuel and Nancy (Forgason) Stafford, and they had one son, Willie, born February 4, 1847, who was educated in the public schools and Lima Seminary, and was a dentist. He died July 8, 1874, in the full bloom of manhood, was mourned by a host of friends and a bereaved mother. Mr. Sale died September 7, 1847. Mrs. Sale's father, Samuel Stafford, was born in Dutchess county December 31, 1782, and was well educated. In the year 1806 he married Nancy Forgason and they had 10 children: Betsey, Amos, Sally, Rachael, Polly, Emily, Samuel, Nancy, George and Milton. Mrs. Sale's father, Samuel Stafford, died January 5, 1861 and her mother, Nancy, February 5, 1868. Mrs. Sales is conducting a bakery and fancy grocery store.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Joseph F. Salisbury, Phelps, was born in Yates county. His parents, Benjamin F. and Elizabeth (Vandermark) Salisbury, both natives of Phelps, returned to their native town when Joseph F. was one year old. John Salisbury, the grandfather, was born in Conway, Mass., and came to Phelps with Jonathan Oaks in 1791. He returned to Conway then came back to settle in 1796. Stephen Salisbury, a brother of John, settled on a farm adjoining his brother's on the north in 1801, so that the Salisburys in this town are descendants of the two brothers. Elizabeth was the daughter of Joseph Vandermark, who came here from Pennsylvania in 1792 (the family having at an early been located near Albany) and settled on the farm where Elizabeth was born, and where she lived until her death in 1892. Lodawick, a brother of Joseph Vandermark, settled on a farm adjoining his brother's on the east, in 1794. The Vandermarks in this county and Seneca county are descendants of the two brothers. Joseph F. Salisbury married February 25, 1863, Mary Jane Stoutenburg of Hopewell, daughter of Isaac and Anna (Reese) Stoutenburg. He has lived for twenty-two years upon his farm of 112 acres, which is devoted to general farming.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Franklin A.W. Salmon, East Bloomfield, is a native of East Bloomfield, born April 26, 1831, and a son of Stephen, who is the son of Gershom, whose parents were Reuben and Dorathy (Foote) Salmon, who had six sons and two daughters. The family is of English descent. Gershom was born in Connecticut, September 26, 1753. On August 8, 1789, he married Cynthia Kellogg, by whom he had six sons and four daughters. Gershom was a soldier in the Revolutionary War. He was a teacher by profession and early came to East Bloomfield, where he died May 12, 1843. Stephen was born June 22, 1794, in Connecticut and in early life worked in a woolen factory. He then came to East Bloomfield where for many years he was engaged in the manufacture of woolen goods. He was the first agent appointed at East Bloomfield for the Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad company, which position he held for seventeen years. In 1854 he built the house where subject of sketch now resides and here spent his last days in retirement. He was in the War of 1812 and was a Free Mason. He was twice married, first in December 1822, to Ann Hawley, by whom he had two children. On January 4, 1827, Mrs. Salmon died. On February 17, 1828, he married Elivia Willey, a native of Williamstown, Mass. Stephen died November 27, 1888, aged ninety-four years, five months, five days. To Mr. Salmon and second wife, were born two sons, Franklin A.W. and Stephen J. Stephen J. was born August 23, 1834, and was married to Mary E. Robinson, by whom he had one child, Daisy, who died in infancy. Stephen J. was a private secretary to R. W. Brown, superintendent of the Buffalo and Erie RR Co., and died November 29, 1866. Elivia (Willey) Salmon, mother of Franklin A. W., was born June 30, 1800 and died April 25, 1863. She was a daughter of John and Susanah (Rogers) Willey, natives of Connecticut, who had four sons and five daughters. The father of John Willey, was John senior, a captain in the Revolutionary War. Franklin A. W. was reared in East Bloomfield and educated in the academy; he learned the trade of an iron foundry man and followed it for two years; then engaged as first clerk in the office of the superintendent of the Canandaigua and Niagara Falls Railroad Co., remaining two years. He then spent seven months in a railway freight office at Prairie Du Chien, Wis., and then returned to New York State, where for over thirty years, Mr. Salmon very acceptably filled the position of railroad and express agent at East Bloomfield. As an accountant he is remarkably exact and as a penman unexcelled. He was married March 20, 1860 to Adeline Willey, a native of Churchville, Monroe county, and a daughter of John and Julia (Stratton) Willey, natives of Massachusetts, who had four sons and two daughters. John Willey served in the War of 1812, and came to East Bloomfield in 1844, and there died, May 21, 1869 Mrs. Willey died October 6, 1867.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Hugh Sinclair Salter, Canadice, was born in Alexandria, N. J., November 1, 1827. He came here first in 1847, and then worked by the month on a farm in Springwater. He married there, Harriet Adelia Chapman, who was born in Independence, Allegany county, in 1832, the daughter of Amos Chapman, a Christian minister, and the founder of that church in Springwater. He died in 1841, aged fifty-four years. The father of Hugh was Matthias, a son of James Salter, a Revolutionary soldier, who lived and died in New Jersey. Hugh and his wife have had three sons, all now living: Austin S., born July 22, 1851, lives in Wayland; John R., born June 25, 1853, is a farmer in this town; and Frank M., born in June 1857, is also a farmer here. Mr. Salter's farm of 100 acres is located in the southern part of the town. He is a Republican and has been assessor for six years. Mr. Salter is a member of the Christian church.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Rev. John Wentworth Sanborn, Naples, was born in Epping, N. H., November 3, 1848, and while he was young the family removed to Manchester, N. H., where they remained for thirteen years, and where John W. attended the public schools. They then returned to Epping, and while living there he attended the New Hampshire Conference Seminary at Tilton, N. H. His parents next removed to South New Market, N. H., and he then took a full classical course at Phillips Academy to fit himself for college, also taking a course at Wesleyan University at Middletown, Conn. He was one year principal of Kingston Academy, New Hampshire, and school commissioner, then went to Western New York and entered the Genesee Conference in the fall of 1874. His first pastorate was Spencerport, then at Scottsville, then Gowanda and Indian Mission, next Perry, and next Batavia; then Albion, Lockport, and Naples. Mr. Sanborn is manager of the New York Indian Exhibit at the World's Fair. While pastor in Albion he was invited by the British Science Association to lecture on the Indians before that body and did so at Manchester, England. In 1883 Dartmouth College conferred upon him the degree of Master of Arts, without solicitation on his part. It was done in recognition of services rendered by him to the cause of education in the authorship of three Latin and Greek Text books, which are used in forty schools and colleges. Mr. Sanborn was first married July 18, 1873, and had two children, Marion and John W. Jr. He married his present wife, Adelaide Hiscox, November 23, 1886, and had three children: Arthur Prescott, Olive Adelaide, and Ralph Carlton. The latter was born November 6, 1892.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Daniel W. Saunders, Canandaigua, son of William, was born in Bolton, England, in August 1851, of Welsh ancestry. In May of the following year his parents came to this country, and located in Canandaigua. William was born in Agibavana, Wales, in 1821, and when 17 years of age, was bound, as a parchment in possession of Mr. Saunders reads: To spend four years to learn the art of carpenter and jointer. He was the builder of a great many of the best houses in Canandaigua. He died in June, 1886, and his wife in November, 1891, aged seventy-eight years. They had five children, of whom three are still living: Sarah Saunders, a teacher of Cortland Normal School; Elizabeth, wife of Byron H. Wilson of Chicago; and Daniel W. The latter was educated in Canandaigua Academy, and on leaving school engaged in the trade of his father, and has ever since followed it. He is a Mason and he and his family are members of the Presbyterian church. He married in 1872, Rose Townsend, by whom he had four children, only one of whom is living, Edith, now in her eleventh year. Two of the children died in infancy, and Lizzie Irene died in August, 1891, aged years. Mrs. Saunders died in October, 1888, and he married second, Carrie, daughter of Willard Bates of Canandaigua, by whom he has one child, Grace.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

William H. Sawyer, Farmington, was born on the farm where he now resides, October 26, 1834. He was educated in the common schools and Macedon Academy. May 19, 1875, he married Helen J. Pratt of Marion, Wayne county, and they had three children: Clara A., who is attending school in Palmyra; Henry P., who lives at home, and Howard J., who died at the age of four years. Henry, father of our subject, was also born in Farmington (now Manchester), April 25, 1803. He married Susannah S. Dewey of his native town, but formerly of Connecticut, who was born September 11, 1806, and they had six children, three sons and three daughters: Cornelia, Joseph H., William H., Frances M., Edwin D., and Louisa M. The grandfather, Joseph, was born in Vermont and came to this State with his parents. He was twice married, first to Desire Root of this State, and second to Anna Coates. Mrs. Helen J. Sawyer died January 20, 1890, mourned by a bereaved family and many friends.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Dr. Ellis Brooks Sayre, Richmond, was born in Rushville, July 27, 1848. His father, John Sayre, was born in Romulus, Seneca county, in 1814, where he spent his youthful days at school and in the service of his father, Coe B. Sayre. In early life he engaged in business in Penn Yan, became a lawyer, and settled in Rushville, where he married in 1840, Sarah Peabody, who died in 1859. He was a justice of the peace for twenty-five years and justice of sessions one term. Of his seven children three sons were in the army. The last ten years of his life he spent at the home of his son, Dr. Sayre. The latter was educated at the academy and Union school at Rushville, and at Albany Medical College, when it was under the presidency of Dr. Armsby. He practiced in his native village one year, and then came to Allen's Hill where he has since remained and won a large practice. Dr. Sayre married, June 29, 1882, Anna C., daughter of David P. Bancroft of West Bloomfield, and their only child, Grace Peabody, was born August 12, 1883. Responding to the call of his country Dr. Sayre, while yet very young, entered the army as private in the Twenty-sixth NY Independent Battery.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Wellington K. Sayre, Phelps, was born in Rensselaerville, Albany county, August 9, 1837, one of four children of Cooper Sayre of the same place. His mother, Julia Ann Kirtland, was born in Durham, Greene county, her ancestors being Connecticut people. His grandfather, Enoch Sayre, was born at Southampton, L. I. In 1839 the family moved to Phelps, the father dying in 1881. He was a man possessed of ability both as a lecturer and a writer. Wellington K. married January 7, 1880, Weltha Eleanora, daughter of Joel W. and Emma (Billings) Bacon of Waterloo.

From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons; 1931;

John V. R. Schermerhorn was at one time a prominent merchant and largely connected with the Glass Works, but the failure of that enterprise brought financial difficulties upon him.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Major Peter Schlick, Canandaigua, was born in Rhine, Bavaria, Germany, February 24, 1832, and came to this country in 1851. He located the next year in this town, and has ever since been a resident, with the exception of about three years spent in Seneca Falls. He is a bookbinder, by trade, and conducts a bindery on Coy street, in the Messenger building, where he does all styles of binding. In August 1852, Mr. Schlick enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty Eighth N. Y. Vols. as first sergeant and was with this regiment at Suffolk, Portsmouth, Norfolk, Yorktown, etc. In February, 1864, Mr. Schlick was commissioned first lieutenant of the Thirty-eighth U. S C. T., and in April the same year, he was promoted to the captaincy of Company D, same regiment, by General Butler. With this regiment he was at City Point, at Petersburg, Second Battle of Fair Oaks, and all the late engagements before Richmond; and then he received the appointment of major of the Twenty-second U. S. C. T. for gallantry in the engagement at New Market Heights, October 21, 1864. He was mustered out under general orders November 24, 1865, in Texas, and returned home. Mr. Schlick married in October 1853, and has eight children: Henry R., Peter E., Elizabeth, Sara M., Minnie V, Frederick J., Agnes and William L. Mr. Schlick and family are members of the Catholic church of Canandaigua and he is also a member of Murray Post No.162, G. A. R.

From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons; 1931;

Reinhold A. Schnirel was born in Posen, Germany, March 25, 1856. He was educated in his native city and completed his three years military service in the German Army in 1879. He conducted business in Posen until 1881, when he emigrated to the United States, and shortly afterward came to Geneva where he found employment. In 1886 he established himself as a building contractor in which business he made a notable success. He is responsible for many local buildings and built the Schnirel Building, which he continued to own for many years. He also devoted himself to real estate development and opened up several tracts for residential purposes. He served on the Board of Aldermen for the First Ward, and upon the organization of the City Government was appointed by Mayor Herendeen a member of the Board of Public Works. Mr. Schnirel was married June 15, 1882, to Miss Augusta Buchholtz.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Henry C. Schroder, Geneva, was born in Hanover, Germany, August 22, 1846. He was educated in the schools of his native country and came to the United States in 1869, locating in Geneva. He worked at the butcher business and began on his own account in 1872. He was married twice, first September 25, 1872, Anna M. Myer of Waterloo, Seneca county, and they had three children: William H., a farmer; Sabina D., who resides at home and John G., who helps his father in business. Mrs. Schroder died March 19, 1881, and he married second, November 3, 1881, Margaret Baker of Newark, Wayne county and they have had three children: Arthur F., Nellie M., who died in infancy, and Lena M. Mr. Schroder has been a farmer for several years. He returned to his native country on a visit in 1874, returning in the spring of 1875, and is now doing a prosperous business at butchering, having a first class market on Castle street.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Franklin N. Schu, Naples, was born in Wayland, Steuben county, August 5, 1861. He attended a German school for eleven years at Perkinsville and the Wayland district school three years. At the age of twenty-four, he began traveling for a Philadelphia house, which he continued for three years, then returned to Wayland and remained several years. August 24, 1886, he married Gettie, daughter of R. L. Stone of Avoca, Steuben county. He kept a saloon in Wayland for two years, then went to Swains, Allegany county, and was in a hotel for one year; was one year in a factory at Avoca, then conducted a fruit store in Corning. He was in Fall Brook for about a year, also in the railroad shops six months, and from there moved to Naples, where he engaged with Capt. E. A. Griswold as collector, etc., in his fruit basket manufactory.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

A. P. Schutt, Manchester, was born in the town of Manchester, April 22, 1828. He is a son of John Schutt, and a brother of Mayor Schutt of Manchester. Early in life Mr. Schutt went to California, where he remained for many years. He is now living on his farm in Manchester, containing one hundred acres of fine land. He never married and his sister takes care of his household affairs. Mr. Schutt is a stalwart Republican and a gentleman of strong convictions, and an earnest party worker. His ancestors participated in both the wars of the Revolution and that of 1812.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Hiram Schutt, Manchester, was born in the town of Manchester, November 17, 1824. Prior to the war he was engaged in mercantile transactions at Port Gibson. In 1852 he raised Company K, One Hundred and Eighty-Fourth Regiment, which was ordered to the seat of war. He participated in a number of battles and skirmishes, and was wounded in right arm, and shot through the side at Drury's Bluff on May 16, 1861. On July 3 his regiment joined the Army of the Potomac, with which it remained until the close of the war, after which he was mustered out with a major's commission. Major Schutt has served as justice of the peace and justice of sessions. In 1865 he was elected on the Republican ticket to the State Legislature for three years.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Willis J. Schutt, Manchester, was born March 31, 1864, in Manchester. He is a descendant of a Revolutionary family, whose members have been prominent in the local and political offices of this State for generations. Willis J., received a good education in the schools of this town, since which he has been engaged in agricultural pursuits. He has a fine farm of 103 acres located near Port Gibson, upon which he lives. He is a staunch Republican in politics and has filled some local town offices such as inspector of elections, pathmaster, etc. He married Lulu B. Miller hand they have one daughter.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

William E. Schwing, Clifton Springs, was born in Germany in 1862. He came to this country in 1883. Mr. Schwing established a bakery and confectionery at Clifton Springs in 1889, which he sold to his brother soon afterward. He then went West, where he remained until 1892, when he returned, and is about to establish a new bakery enterprise at Phelps. He is at present with his brother at Clifton Springs. Mr. Schwing is a member of the K. of P., etc.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

John D. Scott, Geneva, was born in the northeast part of Geneva, March 17, 1860. He was educated in the common schools and Geneva Commercial College. He is a grower of nursery stock at present, and also does a jobbing trade, employing six salesmen. March 5, 1888, he married Nellie J., seventh daughter of Benjamin and Jane Learch of Fayette, Seneca county. They have three children: J. Dean, Helen F. and Sarah M. Mr. Scott's father, Charles S., was born in London, England, and came to the United States when a young man. He married Frances Dixon, formerly of Yorkshire, England, and they had six children: John D., Minnie, James, Phoebe, Anna and Fannie. Mrs. Scott's father was born in the town of Fayette in 1832, and married Jane Gougher of his native town. They had eight children: Nora, Susanna, George, Anthony, Perry, Carrie, Nellie and Isadora. Mr. Scott is a member of Lodge No. 299, I.O.O.F.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Winfield Scott, Geneva, was born in Canajoharie, Montgomery county, June 28, 1834 and received a liberal education. He has had a variety of occupations, for a time being a bookkeeper in New York. In 1856 he married Caroline Scott of Missouri, and they have seven children: Genio C., a resident of Kansas; James R., a merchant in Bellona, Yates county; Walter, who resides in the State of Washington; Samuel W., a resident of California; Helen M., who married Fred C. Barnes; Frank W. and John C., both of whom reside at home. Mr. Scott's father, Genio, was born in Livonia, Livingston county, in 1806. He was a farmer and was twice married. His first wife was Catharine Roof, by whom he had four sons: George M., Walter, Winfield and one who died unnamed. Mr. Scott died December 19, 1879, and his widow in 1889. Our subject has been one of the assessors of his town six years, and was also the enumerator of the town in the last census. In politics he is a Democrat.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Edward Scribner, Victor, was born in East Bloomfield June 21, 1827. His parents moved to West Bloomfield and shortly afterwards to Victor when he was six years old. He was educated in the public schools, and has always been a farmer. He married twice, first in 1857 Phoebe Sheldon, of the the town of Farmington. They had two children, Jennie, and John A. who married Catherine Thompson of Albany, and have one daughter, Helen. Mrs. Scribner died in 1860. The daughter, Jennie, resides at home with her parents. February 14, 1861, he married second Sarah E., daughter of Isaac and Esther Drake of Webster, Monroe county, and they have had two sons: Frankie W. who died in infancy, and Burton E., who married Ludora H. Bortle, of the town of Perrington. Mr. Scribner's father, Abram, was born in Massachusetts in 1789. He married Henrietta Southworth, and had eight children: Charles, Delia, Caroline, Jane, George, Edward, Mary and Henry. They came to East Bloomfield after several children were born, other were born in East Bloomfield and Victor. Mrs. Scribner's father, Isaac Drake, was born in Pennsylvania in 1793, and married Esther Burnett, formerly of New Jersey, and they had six children: Stephen B., Mary, William, Webster S., Sarah E. and Sylvester. Mrs. Scribner's father was in the War of 1812.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Edwin Seager, Phelps, was born in the town of Phelps, December 4, 1821. He was a son of Levi Seager, who was born in Connecticut, near the city of Hartford, who came to Phelps and settled in 1812. The grandfather, Micah Seager was also a Connecticut man. The great-grandfather was Joseph Seager, whose birthplace is not at this time definitely known. The mother of Edwin Seager was Sophia Streeter, who was born in the town of Phelps. Edwin Seager married, September 4, 1850, Mary Jane Pritchard, one of six children of Benjamin and Jane Ann (Stoutenburg) Pritchard of Phelps. The grandfather, James Pritchard, was born in London, England, and came to this country and settled at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., about the period of the Revolution. Mr. and Mrs. Seager have four children: Charles S., Hattie Sophia, George C. and Edwin J. George C., is a stirring newspaper man of Rochester, is court reporter, and also identified with various important enterprises. The Seager farm is a farm of seventy acres largely devoted to grape culture.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Isaac A. Seamans, lawyer of Naples, was born in Middlesex, Yates county, May 12, 1836, a son of William and Berthena (Adams) Seamans, the father a native of Vermont, who came to Yates county with his father, Oliver, about 1790. The grandfather Adams came to the above place as early as 1785, one of the first settlers. William Seamans removed to Michigan in 1837, when that State was mostly a wilderness and remained there, a farmer, all his life. Isaac A., when ten years old came to live with an uncle in Yates county, where he was educated in the common schools, Rushville Academy and Hillsdale College, Michigan. He commenced the study of law and was admitted to the bar in 1861. Two months later, he was mustered into service in Co. K., One Hundred Twenty-sixth N. Y. Vols., as second lieutenant, served until May 1864 and returned home as a captain. He participated in many battles and received two wounds, one on his head and the other in his hip. He has been a pensioner since the war, and is as staunch Republican. He settled in Naples in the practice of his profession in 1865, where he has enjoyed a good patronage. He married June 17, 1875, Tryphena E. Hartwell, by whom he has one son, Cyrillo E. The family are all members of the M. E. Church.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Henry W. Sears, Bristol, was born in Bristol, February 8, 1861, and is a son of Dewitt C. Sears, a son of John Sears, whose father, Alden Sears, was a native of Massachusetts. Dewitt C. Sears was born in Bristol, July 1, 1823. He was twice married, first to Caroline Smith, by whom he had two children. In 1858 Mrs. Sears died, and Mr. Sears married Laura M. Wilson of Richmond, daughter of Henry Wilson, by whom he had one son, Henry W., and two daughters, only one of whom is living. The last three years of his life he lived retired in Canandaigua. He was a Republican, was justice of peace several years, and town clerk one term. For eighteen years he was deacon of the First Congregational church of Bristol. He died March 1, 1893. Henry W. Sears was reared on the old homestead, where he now resides. February 8, 1887, he married Lizzie J. Taylor of Bristol, daughter of Chauncey O. Taylor, who bore him one child, Howard Dana, born May 26, 1889. Mr. Sears is a Republican and a member of the Farmers' Alliance of Bristol, and he and wife are members of the Congregational church.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Simeon H. Sears, East Bloomfield, was born in Sharon, Conn., September 6, 1816, a son of John, son of Stephen, a sea captain, who was lost at sea. His wife was Sybil Hunt, who died in Connecticut about 1825, aged about ninety-four years. They had a son and four daughters. Subject's grandfather was three times married. John Sears was born in Sharon, and came to East Bloomfield in 1856, where he died in 1860, aged seventy-six. His wife died at the age of eighty-three years. He was a physician, and their children were: Sybil, Mary, Simeon, John, Vincent, Albert, Sarah and Fannie. Albert died of yellow fever in Mississippi, and Mary and Fannie died young. Simeon B. had a district and academic education, and at the age of twenty-two years started for himself on a farm of his own of 100 acres. This he sold and located on 150 acres, where he now lives in East Bloomfield. He was a trader in sheep and wool for several years, and is a Republican in politics. January 18, 1839, he married Mary J. Roberts, who was born on the adjoining farm to her husband in Connecticut, November 19, 1816. She was a daughter of Samuel and Pamelia (Patchen) Roberts. Her grandfather was a Revolutionary soldier. Mr. and Mrs. Sears have had five children: Mary, wife of Charles E. Eastman; Albert R.; Amanda C., wife of Henry C. Brown; Louisa M., wife of George Parmalee; and Almira, wife of Francis Ellis.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

James R. Secor, Gorham, a native of Potter, Yates county, was born March 6, 1821. His father, Isaac, was a son of Isaac, who was a native of Westchester county, and who died in Potter. His wife was Elithere Smith, by whom he had five sons and three daughters. Isaac was born in Westchester county and married Sarah Reed, by whom he had two children: James R., and a daughter, who married James H. Newcom of Benton. Isaac Jr., was justice of the peace twelve years, and was assessor and constable. He died in 1850 aged fifty-seven, and his wife in 1885 aged eighty-seven. James R. Secor was educated at the common schools. September 24, 1849, he married Jane Hoeltzel, a native of France, who came to America with her parents. George and Christiana Hoeltzel, about 1828 and settled in Potter. The children of James R. and wife are: Isaac G., Sarah J., Mary M., Gertrude and Florence. In 1866 he came to Gorham and purchased and improved 137 acres of land, which he has increased to 150. Mr. Secor is a Democrat, and has been highway commissioner and assessor.

From Ontario County Journal 31 December 1886; News from Reed's Corners;

Dr. John A. Shannon was born in Albany, N. Y., in 1846. His birthplace was on State street, within a stone's throw of the old capitol. His parents moved to Cleveland, Ohio, when he was but four years old. This was his home until the time of the Rebellion. During the intervening years of these two periods he was kept a large share of the time in school. He spent some portion of his school days in Berea, and was for several terms a student in Oberlin. When the bugle notes went echoing through the land, and there arose the cry "to arms!" he joined, in 1861, the 29th Ohio Regiment as a private, and remained in the service until the time of, and participated in the struggles and triumphs incident to Sherman's memorable "march to the sea." He was in numerous engagements, among which were Winchester, Antietam, Chancellorsville and Gettysburg. At the latter place he received a wound from a ball which struck his foot and remains there to this day. In the "march to the see" he received a bad wound at Buzzard's Roost which crippled his left arm. A Minie ball did the work, entering the shoulder blade and passing down the arm, shattering the bone so terribly that about seven inches was entirely removed, and still the arm was preserved. After the sanguinary conflict of war had ended, and the angel of peace spread her wings over the land again, the doctor decided upon a professional course of study, and entered the Cleveland Medical College. From this he graduated in 1866; thence he went as an assistant to Dr. Hubbard Foster of Buffalo. Thence he went to Cleveland and took charge of the Homeopathic Hospital, from there he went to Lockport and practiced his profession for a time, then went to Washington, D. C., where he remained two years. In 1874 he came to Reed's Corners, where, with the exception of a short period, he has resided ever since. He has once been elected Coroner, and served a term of three years in a very satisfactory manner. He has been county physician during the past three years, and is now retained as town physician for the towns of Gorham and Hopewell. During the years when the '"Greenback" party was in its greatest glory, the Dr. was such an important element in that party, they saw fit to once elect him as representative in the Assembly, and so satisfactory was his services then, the same party afterwards saw fit to elect him Controller of the State. As a physician and surgeon, his reputation is all he could desire.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Richard H. SHEKELL, Hopewell, was born in Manchester, May 25, 1809, a son of Benjamin, who was a native of Maryland. The latter married in Frederick county, Md., a Miss Simmons and they reared seven children. About 1803 he and his family (excepting two daughters who married in Maryland) came to Clifton Springs. He gave a lot for the First M.E. Church of that place, and land for the first cemetery. He died at Clifton Springs in 1822. His first wife died in Maryland. His second wife, Mary Burgess, died in Hopewell, leaving a daughter, Mary. Benjamin was born in Maryland in 1773. In 1779 he came to Clifton Springs, where he followed his trade of carpentry. His first work was on old Oaks Stand and Geneva Hotel. The same year he returned to Maryland, passing on his way, the churches where the funeral of George Washington were being conducted. In 1800 he came back to Clifton Springs again and spent the remainder of his life. By his wife, Ann Jones, he had nine children, six of whom grew to maturity. He died in 1849 and his wife about 1859. Richard H. Shekell, his only son, was educated in the common schools and also the select schools of Phelps, under Professor Kniffen. He married Elizabeth Cost of Manchester, by whom he had two daughters. Mrs. Shekell died in 1844 and in 1845 Richard married Lucretia Cost, sister of his first wife, by whom he had eight children. Mr. Shekell's surviving children are : Mrs. M. A. Archer of Clifton Springs; Mrs. Cornelia L. Osgood of Rochester; Mrs. Hattie E. Warner of Canandaigua and Henry C., who was born in 1848, is a farmer and has been twice married: first to Marcelia Stillwell and second to Cynthia Aldridge, by whom he had one son, Richard. Mr. Shekell is an active member of the M. E. Church.

From Shortsville Enterprise 12 February 1914

Enos Chauncey Sheldon was born in the township of East Bloomfield on November 4, 1820, and was the son of Abel P. and Lorena (Hunn) Sheldon. At the early age of one and a half years he moved with his parents to the township of Canandaigua where his education was obtained in the district schools. He worked on a farm in that township until about 20 years of age when he moved to Richmond township, Michigan, and purchased a farm. At the end of a year he sold his place and returned to Canandaigua. township and remained for two years. The next five years were spent at the above location in Michigan. He has also owned farms in the townships of Canandaigua and Manchester. For one year he conducted a general store under the name of E. C. Sheldon at Clifton Springs, and for two years, with Job Wolverton as a partner, conducted a grocery store at Canandaigua. Mr. Sheldon's advent in Shortsville was in the Spring of 1869. at which time he purchased the Shortsville Hotel. He conducted that business until 1876, when he purchased the coal and lumber business of John Browning. the latter business was continued by him until 1897, when he retired. The subject of this sketch has always been a model resident, and witnessed the growth of the Parlor Village with much pride. His name has been associated with many movements for its uplift and advancement. Having a kindly and unassuming nature, he is possessed of a wide circle of friends in this section of the State. Although he has already passed his 93rd birthday anniversary, he is in apparent sound health and his activity is almost beyond belief for one of such advanced years. Predications are that he will be permitted by his Master to pass his 100th birthday on this mundane sphere and it is to be hoped that these predictions are not without foundation. Mr. Sheldon is of a family of ten children, all of whom are now deceased but himself. His wife was formerly Miss Ruth Persons, of Clifton Springs, the ceremony being performed in Bristol township during the year of 1844. Her death occurred in this village on April 13, 1872. One child blessed their union, Mrs. Eugenia Harlow, of Shortsville, with whom Mr. Sheldon now resides.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Gardner L. Sheldon, Farmington, was born in Farmington, September 20, 1826. He was educated in public schools and followed farming. October 17, 1849, he married Huldah A., daughter of Edward and Harriet Herendeen of this town. They have three children, two sons and one daughter. Edward J., was born January 1, 1851, was educated in the common schools and Canandaigua Academy. May 1, 1873, he married Harriet E. Bullock of Brighton, Ontario, Canada. They had four children: Edward C., Lulu I., Fred G., and Frank C. (twins), who died at the age of three months. Mr. Sheldon was a miller by occupation, and died February 23, 1885. Albon G., born September 15, 1857, was educated in the public schools and Palmyra High School. He too is a farmer by occupation. December 17, 1884, he married Lizzie, daughter of Cullen H. and Mary C. (Beebe) Rogers of Palmyra. They have two daughters and one son: Evelyn R., Albon G., Jr. and Mary A. (twins), Hattie E, died in infancy. Mr. Sheldon's father, John, was born in the town of Farmington in the year 1796, was educated in the district schools of his day, and married Eliza Gardner, who was born in the eastern part of this State. They had five children, three sons and two daughters: Sarah, William B., Gardner L., William P., Hannah B. Mr. Sheldon's grandfather, Nathaniel, married Sarah Winslow, and had nine children, four sons and five daughters: Stephen, Joseph, John, Elizabeth, Anna, Ruth Webster, Sarah and Vania. The ancestors of the Sheldons are Scotch.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

H. E. Sheldon, Geneva, was born in Attica in 1858 and in 1883 came to Geneva and established the Star Bottling Works and is a manufacturer of soda and other light drinks, having the largest business of the kind in Geneva. In 1888 he married Catharine A. Ford. Mr. Sheldon is a son of Horace and Hannah Sheldon of Attica, Wyoming county.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

George B. Shepperd, Phelps, one of six children (four now living), of Benjamin and Eurania M. (Westfall) Shepperd, was born in Phelps, January 29, 1863. John Shepperd, the grandfather, was born in New Jersey, and emigrated to Phelps about 1799, and settled on the farm where George B. was born. He was a soldier of the War of 1812. George B. is one of the representative young men of the town, having served the town as supervisor for the year 1891.

From Ontario County Journal 31 December 1886; News from Reed's Corners;

James B. Sherburn was born in the town of Canandaigua in the year 1847. Since old enough to work he has spent the greater part of his life in farming pursuits. During the past eight or ten years he has devoted the most of his time at carpenter and joiner work. In 1885 he conceived the idea of affording the farming community better facilities for obtaining mill feed, and started a mill for that purpose, but his power was insufficient, and results were not what hope had painted them.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Daniel Short, Richmond, settled in Honeoye, where Dr. Wilbur now resides, in an early day, coming from Massachusetts. His son, Daniel 2d, and grandson, Daniel 3d, were born in Williamstown, Mass., and all came here. Daniel 3d was eighteen years of age when he moved here, and had been previously drafted into service in the War of 1812 for three months. He and his sister, Speedy, came here in a buggy and both entered into service with their uncles, William and Abel Short, who had come here a little earlier. Daniel 3d married Mary Doolittle, born in Bristol, whose ancestors came from Connecticut. Three of his children died young; the others were: Speedy, Harriet, Daniel 4th, Clarissa, Lucy, Adaline, Spencer D., Nancy, and Emeline. Daniel 3d was commissioner of highways fourteen years. He died in 1867, and his wife in 1869. Daniel 4th was born in 1823. He was educated in the common and select schools, taught two winters after his majority, and worked by the month on his father's farm until twenty-seven years of age. He then married Persis E. Doolittle, whose father, Dr. Willard Doolittle, was a practicing physician here for forty years. She had been a school teacher for several years and died in 1889. They had five children, two of whom died young; the others are: Louis Daniel, born in 1864, graduated from Rochester University, class of 1888, and has been mostly employed since in newspaper work; Mary D. was born in 1869, graduated from Lima Seminary and is now at home; and Willard Scott, now a student in Lima Seminary. Mr. Short was a revenue assessor two years, county superintendent of the poor in 1889, town assessor four years, and has been an auctioneer for thirty years, and a farmer all his life. He is a Republican and a member of the Congregational church here. His farm consists of 125 acres. Spencer D., son of Daniel 3d, was born in Livonia, July 31, 1832. He was educated in the schools of Honeoye, and his residence has been on the homestead, first taken up by Philip Short, a cousin of Daniel 2d, about 1792, then owned by Philip 2d, then by Daniel, and now by Spencer D. The latter has been assessor, commissioner of highways, and supervisor 1869-70-71 and ' 72, and was chairman of the Board during the latter two years. He is a Republican. In 1861 he married Lorinda A., daughter of Gideon Pitts, whose father, Gideon, was one of the founders of the town. Six children have been born to them: Abbie L., (Mrs. E. O. Terry of Nunda); Nellie E. (Mrs. James B. Bothwell of Missouri); Spencer Wells, a banker in Iowa; Florence N., lives at home; Ralph Richmond and Gideon Pitts, both students at Lima Seminary. Mr. Short's farm consists of 160 acres. He makes a specialty of sheep, and for several years has been purchasing agent for large breeders of sheep in the South and West.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Fayette D. Short, Richmond, was born June 15, 1842. His father was Hiram, a son of Philip. Hiram was born in 1816 and died in 1883. His wife was Elizabeth Hoppough, of Canadice, daughter of Peter Hoppough, and they were the parents of six children as follows: Persis E., Fayette D., Peter A., John, Othello A., and Emma B. (Mrs. Othello H. Hamilton). He settled on the farm now owned by his son, Othello A., and there his children were born. Fayette D. Short was educated at Lima Seminary. He married Adelaide E., daughter of Philip Reed 2d, and they have had these children: Myra B., born in 1866, wife of Arthur B. Newton of Fairport; Clark Reed, born in 1869, a clerk in Livonia; Bessie E., born in 1870 (deceased); and Richmond B., born in 1872, now at Lima Seminary. Wheeler Reed (brother of Philip 2d, father of Mrs. Fayette D. Short) was born in Vermont in 1788. He was twice married and had twenty children, fifteen of whom raised families, among whom are Mrs. Benjamin Coy, of Livonia, Mrs. Emily Longyear, of North Bloomfield, Fitch of Kansas, and several in Michigan.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

George D. Sidway, East Bloomfield, is a native of Shiawassa county, Mich., born October 8, 1840, a son of Charles, whose father, William, was many years a resident of Newburg, Orange county, and there died in 1811. The wife of William was Elizabeth Danes, by whom he had three sons and a daughter. In an early day the family came to Canandaigua. Charles was born in Orange county in 1808 and was a child when he came to Canandaigua. He was educated in the common schools and learned the carriage maker's trade in Rochester. In 1836 he married Susan Lee, a native of Yates county, and a daughter of James and Sarah (Smith) LEE. Mr. Sidway and wife had nine children. In 1835 he went to Michigan and resided until 1864, then returned to Ontario county and bought a farm of 150 acres now owned by George D. Here in 1874, Mrs. Sidway died, and in 1875, Mr. Sidway married second, Lydia Crosby of Benton. He next went to Genesee where he lived until his death, August 21, 1882. James Lee was born in 1778 and was the father of ten children. He was a farmer and miller and died in Penn Yan in 1868, and his wife in 1857. James Lee had a brother, Dr. Lee of Penn Yan, who was assemblyman in 1817, and in 1833 and 1834 was in the United States Congress. The parents of James Lee were Thomas and Waty (Sherman) Lee, he a native of Fishkill, NY, born in 1739. They were the parents of ten children. Mr. Lee settled in Ontario county in 1790 and there lived and died in 1814. He owned 1,300 acres of land and a grist-mill, and ground the first rye west of Cayuga Lake, July 4, 1790, and the first wheat, July 5. Subject of sketch was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools and Leona Academy, Jackson county, Mich. He is a wagon maker by trade and followed it some years in Cleveland, Detroit, London, Hamilton, Canandaigua and Rochester. In 1864 he came to East Bloomfield with his parents and has since been a farmer except two years spent in the grocery business in Canandaigua. June 3, 1874, he married Maria Clark, a native of Greece, Monroe county, NY and they have one child, Susan S. Mr. Sidway owns the old homestead and also another farm near Canandaigua, known as the Eastman place. He is a general farmer and makes a specialty of breeding White Leghorn chickens for egg production. In politics he is a Republican, in religion he and his wife are Presbyterians. The parents of Mrs. Sidway were David and Sophia (Putnam) Clark, native of New Jersey and she of Victor, N. Y. and they had seven children. Mr. Clark is a farmer and at present, resides in Victor. The parents of David Clark were David and Catherine (Gifford), he a native of New Jersey and an early settler of Monroe county, N. Y.

From The Story of Geneva; compiled by E. Thayles Emmons; 1931;

William Eaton Sill, who was one of Geneva's prominent lawyers during the middle part of the last century, was the son of Elisha and Susan Hopkins Sill. He was born in Utica, Oct. 14, 1806 and came to Geneva in 1817, where he resided until his death, which occurred in 1888. He graduated from Hamilton College and later the degree of LL.D. was bestowed upon him. His first wife was a daughter of his uncle, Hon. Samuel Miles Hopkins. His second wife was a daughter of Judge Sutherland. Mr. Sill was at one time president of what is now the National Bank of Geneva, founded by his step-father, Henry Dwight, in 1817, and under his management the institution is said to have flourished. Eventually he retired from the bank as its president and resumed the practice of law. For many years he attended to the legal affairs of the Pulteney Estate. The latter years of his life he limited his practice to the office work of Referee, and in this branch of his profession became noted far and wide.

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893;

Peter Silvernail, Canandaigua, was born in Berlin, Rensselaer county, NY, September 22, 1821. The paternal ancestors of this subject were Hollanders, and the name of Silvernail appears in the early history of our country. His grandfather, Philip, was a resident of Dutchess county and had seven sons, of whom William was the fifth. He was born in 1797 and married at twenty-one years Christina Mills. In 1822 they removed to Potter, Yates county, where Mrs. Silvernail died in 1865, and William February 17, 1877. William was prominent in church and other good works, and was a deacon of the church in Potter a great many years. Our subject is one of a family of ten children, three of whom are living: Jane, wife of Milton Shotts of Potter; Catherine, widow of Joseph Seymour of Sodus, Wayne county, and Peter. The latter was educated in the common schools, and assisted on his father's farm until of age, when he learned the carpenter and joiner trade, which he followed until 1865. He then bought a farm of over 100 acres in Canandaigua where he has made many improvements, and has now a beautiful residence erected in 1876. The principal product of his farm is grain. Mr. Silvernail has always taken an active interest in church work, and for several years was superintendent of the Cheshire Sunday school. He married in 1845, Sarah A., daughter of Seth Beeman, a farmer of Canandaigua, and they have had three children, all of whom are now deceased: Marion Antoinette, died October 18, 1872, aged twenty-six years; Dr. William M. died April 23, 1883, aged thirty-three years; and Adelbert died April 17, 1878, in his twenty-fourth year.

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