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History of Henry & Fulton Counties
edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY
Publ. D. Mason & Co.
1888.
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  SQUIRE WILLIAM ABBS, Ridgeville, Ridgeville Corners, p. o., was born in Cambridgeshire, England, in 1837, and was a son of Adna and Elizabeth (Wilson) Abbs, who emigrated to, and settled in Saratoga county, N. Y., in 1851, where Adna died in 1871 leaving a widow and eight children.  William enlisted in the 13th New York Marine Artillery, Company F, Jan. 4, 1864; was mustered out of the 6th New York Heavy Artillery, Company H, Aug. 26, 1865, at Washington.  He settled in Ridgeville in 1866 and became engaged in the lumber business and in 1873 he turned his attention toward farming.  He was married Dec. 20, 1866, to Mrs. Polly (Welder) Thompson.  They had one child, Lizzie Ann.  Mrs. Polly's first husband was Mr. Isaac Thompson, who was born in Bangor, Maine, in 1832 and died in 1865, leaving four children:  R. A., M. J., L. C. and Ida E.  Isaac enlisted in the 12th Ohio Cavalry in 1863, was taken prisoner at Richmond, wounded, and died Apr. 14, 1865.  Polly was a daughter of George and Catharine Welder, of Ashland county, who settled in Ridgeville in 1852, where they died leaving five children.  William has been constable, supervisor, treasurer form 1872-79, school director and justice of the peace.
Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888
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  CALVIN ACKLEY, Gorham, Fayette p. o., a retired pioneer farmer, was born in Winfield, Herkimer county, N. Y., in 1815, and was a son of Sterling and Lydia (Bronson) Ackley, of Connecticut.  Lydia died in Fairfield county, O., in 1837.  They had a family of nine children, but two of whom are now living, Nancy and Calvin.  Calvin was married in 1837 to Gertrude Walker, who was born in New Jersey.  She died in 1865, leaving a family of five children: Leman, Ellen, Winfield, Edward and Josephine.  He married for his present wife, Ellen Van Arsdalen, in 1868.  She was born in Fairfield county, O.  Mr. Ackley settled in Fairfield county in 1836, and in 1837 he purchased a farm of one hundred acres for which he paid two and one-half dollars per acre.  In 1840 he settled with his family in Mill Creek township, which was then Williams County, but now Gorham, Fulton county, where he now resides.  He purchased one hundred and fifty acres for three hundred dollars in 1842, which he has now cleared and under cultivation.  He was the first postmaster of the town and held that office for several years; was also a justice of the peace and a member of the school board for many years.  He was agent for the Greenland Company for several thousand acres and was one of the active, influential men of the town.  His father resided with him until 1855 when died.  Ellen Ackley married William Acker and Josephine Ackley C. A. Snow.    
Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 643
 

ANSON MASON ALDRICH, Gorham, Ritters p. o., was a son of David and Freelove (Mason) Aldrich who were born and married in Farmington, Ontario county, N. Y.  They had a family of eight children, four sons and four daughters, four of whom are now living:  George, Anson M. (born Aug. 5, 1820), Harriet and Eliza.  One son, William, enlisted from Illinois, served during the war and died at the close; Angeline (Mrs. James Baker), Laura (Mrs. Phillip Clapp) and Homer are deceased.  David, the father, died in 1859, and his wife in Cayuga county, N. Y&., in 1861.  Anson Mason Aldrich was married in 1847, to Mary Holbrook, who was born in Wayne county, N. Y.  They have had a family of three children: Huldah S., William B., Frank G.  Mrs. Aldrich was a daughter of Samuel and Martha Holbrook, who died when Mary  was an infant.  She was brought up by Samuel Paul, of Sodus, N. Y.  Mr. Aldrich settled in Gorham, coming there from Ontario county, N. Y., in 1854, and became engaged in manufacturing lumber.  He erected a steam saw-mill in company with James Baker, and in 1856 purchased his present homestead of eighty acres for which he paid $1,600, and which is now finely improved and well tilled. 
Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page
643

 

ARTHUR ALLEN, Gorham, Fayette p. o., a member of the firm of J. O. Allen & Co., proprietors of the Fayette Roller Mills which were erected in 1858, and now have all the modern improvements and improved mill machinery, was born in Clarkson, Monroe county, N. Y., in 1842, and was a son of Isaac and Mary (Terry) Allen, who were born in Enfield, Conn., married in 1818, and settled in Monroe county, N. Y., where they died, she, in 1876, at the age of sixty-nine years and her husband, Isaac in 1884, at the age of ninety years.  They had a family of ten children:  Chauncy, Isaac, Mrs. Harriet Little, Mrs. Mary Hobbie, Mrs. Julia Aldridge, Mrs. Emily Phillips, Charles L. and Arthur.  Arthur Allen spent a portion of the year 1862 in Fulton County, O., but returned to assist his parents in Monroe county, N. Y.  In 1865 he joined his brother, Charles L., in the mercantile business at Fayette.  The year 1866 he spent in Bloomington, Ill., and in 1867 returned to Fayette where he purchased an interest in the flour mills.  He was married in 1869, to Frances Dubois.  They have had four sons: George, born 1872; Harry, born 1875; Edwin, born 1877; Terry, born 1884, and one daughter, Delle Marie, who died in infancy.  Frances was a daughter of George F. and Amelia (Deming) Dubois.  George was born in Cayuga county, N. Y., and Amelia in Litchfield, Conn.  They settled in Gorham, in 1847.  Mr. Allen has held most of the township offices.  He has been justice of the peace, township clerk for a number of terms and a member of the school board and council.  He is also a member of the firm of Perry & Allen, now engaged in the general hardware business.  
Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page
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  HON. CHARLES L. ALLEN.  The parents of the subject of this sketch were natives of New England, born in the State of Connecticut, but they, at a very early day, emigrated to Western New York, and were pioneers of Monroe county.  The father was Isaac and the mother Mary (Terry) Allen.  They never became residents of Ohio, but passed their lives in New York State, where the father died in the year 1884, at the ripe old age of ninety-one, the mother having died in 1876, some eight years before her husband, and aged about seventy-eight.
     Isaac Allen was a somewhat prominent figure in the early history of the Empire State, and he lived, moreover, in a region that was fruitful of important events during the first score of this century's years.  He was an American soldier in the War of 1812, and fought therein to maintain that independence the American colonies had gained during the Revolutionary War; and in this connection it way it may be stated that during war of 1861-5 his loyalty and patriotism, and devotion to the Union arms were almost remarkable, and he even went so far as to go to the South in the hope that he notwithstanding his years, might in some manner assist the Northern army.
     In the family of Isaac Allen were ten children, and of them, all save one are still living.  Three of the sons now reside in Gorham township, Fulton county, and are numbered among its highly respected and enterprising citizens.  Isaac Allen died at hi home in Clarkson, Monroe county, N. Y., in 1884, and at the funeral ceremony each of his living children was present, and six of the sons officiated as bearers of the pall.
     Charles Luther Allen, one of the sons of Isaac Allen, and the subject of this sketch, was born in the town of Clarkson, N. Y., on the 16th day of November, in the year 1838.  Up to 1859 he lived at his father's home, but in that year he came to Fulton county and took up his abode in Gorham but in that year he came to Fulton county and took up his abode in Gorham  township, where his brother, Dr. Allen, was then a resident.  Here Charles taught school for a time, but afterward accepted a position in the store of Thompson & Cadwell, where he remained until August, 1861.  He then enlisted in Company K, Thirty-eighth O. I. V., and, upon the organization of the company, was elected second lieutenant.  In this capacity he served to duty on the staff of General Shoeppf, commanding the Ohio Brigade.  Some time later Lieutenant Allen was promoted to first lieutenant and made regimental quartermaster, serving as such nearly a year, when he was assigned to duty as regimental adjutant.
     On Jan. 1, 1864, Lieutenant Allen, on account of disabilities that unfitted him for active field service, resigned, which resignation being accepted, he returned to Fayette the same month.  For the succeeding four or five months Mr. Allen acted as enrolling officer at Fayette, and rendered efficient service in that capacity during the latter part of the war.
     In Oct., 1865 Charles L. Allen was married to Susan Gamber, the daughter of Henry and Mary Gamber, of Fayette.  Of this marriage two children have been born.
     In this same year Mr. Allen engaged in the mercantile business at Fayette in partnership with his brother, Joseph O. Allen, which firm relations were maintained and the business conducted with a fair degree of success for about four years, when our subject became its sole owner and so continued for a period of about ten years, when the mercantile department was disposed of, and he thereafter continued the produce dealing branch until the month of Nov., 1885, when this department was discontinued.
     In this year the Bank of Fayette was established, and in it Mr. Allen took an interest; he was chosen its cashier and has so acted to the present time, having practically the management of its business.  The success of this well conducted and growing institution fully attests the business capacity of our subject.
     During the years 1880-1 Mr. Allen represented Fulton county in the sixty-fourth General Assembly of the State, and upon the expiration of his first term was re-elected to the sixty-fifth General Assembly.
     Upon the organization of Gorham Lodge, No. 387, F. and A. M., Charles L. Allen was one of its charter members; he is also a member of the Stout Post, G. A. R., and A. D. C. on the staff of the department commander.

Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 573
  RELMON D. AMSBAUGH, Gorham, Fayette, p. o., was born in Richland county, in 1855 and was a son of George I. and Lavina (Hopp) Amsbaugh, who were born in Richland county.  Their parents were natives of Pennsylvania.  George settled in Gorham in 1855, as a farmer.  He had a family of five children:  Rissa, Relmon D., Frances L., Cassius O., Jannie D.  George and Lavina were married May 3, 1851.  George was born Oct. 15, 1825, and was a son of Adam and Tenia Amsbaugh, who were from Indiana county, Penn.  Relmon D. was married Mar. 16, 1881, to Estella E. Gay, who was born in Gorham township, in 1858.  They have two children:  Willard Mace and George L.  Estella was a daughter of Willard E. and Adelia (Mace) Gay.  Adelia was born in Onondaga county, N. Y., in 1823, and her husband in Herkimer county, N. Y., Mar. 27, 185.  They were married in 1842.  Mr. Gay settled in Ohio, in 1841 and purchased his farm and was married in Gorham township.  They two children: Theodore L. and Estella E.  Mr. Gay died Dec. 2, 1880, and his wife, June 16, 1883.  Mr. Gay was an influential citizen.  His parents settled in Gorham township in 1839.  His father was born in 1778 and died in 1840, and his mother was born in 1785 and died in 1867.  
Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page
644
 

ADAM ANDRE, Franklin, Tedrow p. o., one of the pioneer of Franklin, Fulton county, was born in Luzerne county, Penn., in 1815, and was a son of Jacob and Mary (Bridinger) Andre, of Pennsylvania.  They were of German parentage and settled in Seneca county, O., in 1834, with a family of ten children, where the parents died.  Six of the children are now living: Adam, Jacob, Elizabeth, Edward, Susan, and Rebecca.  Those deceased are Catharine, Peter, John and Mary.  Adam settled in Franklin township in 1845 and purchased a farm of eighty acres, for which he paid four hundred and fifty dollars.  He now owns two hundred acres of the best farm land, and one hundred and forty acres of well improved.  He was married in 1848 to Sarah Jane Provines, who died in 1850, leaving one son, Thomas J.  He was married the second time, Aug. 12, 1852, to Laura E. Rogers, of Elmira.  They have had one son, Valorous P.   Mr. Andre has held all of the township offices; was justice of the peace for six years, treasurer, trustee, supervisor, etc.  His brother, Edwin, served in the late war as a first lieutenant.  Mr. Andre is a grower of graded stock and makes a specialty of registered hogs.  He was an early carpenter and builder but now has retired.
Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page
644

 

STEPHEN S. ATKINSON, Dover, Ottokee p. o., superintendent of the county infirmary, was born in Piscataquis county, Me., in 1824, and was a son of Amos and Dorcas Ann Atkinson, who settled in Medina county, O., in 1841, where they died, Amos in 1884, at the age of ninety-six years.  They had a family of nine children, five of whom are now living:  Stephen S., Amos G., Celia A., Sarah J. and Olive C.  Stephen S. was married in 1853 to Nancy Bachelor, of Milan, Erie county.  They had a family of four children, two of whom are now living:  Mary Jane and Fred Nathaniel.  Mr. Atkinson settled in Fulton county in 1860, came to Swan Creek and served as justice of the peace for one term, and settled in Dover in 1886.   
Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888 - Page 644

  DAVID AYERS, Dover, Tedrow  p.o., one of the pioneers of Dover township, was born in Wayne county, O., in 1828 and settled in Dover in 1836 with his parents, Moses and Elizabeth (Chrisman) Ayers.  Elizabeth was born in Maryland and her husband, Moses, in Pennsylvania.  They were married in Wayne county, O., in 1826, and had a family of seven children:  Solomon C., David, Saphrona, Isabel, Gideon, Isaac and James P.  David and Gideon are the only ones now living.  Solomon C. was a physician and died Jan. 18, 1885, leaving a widow and two children.  Gideon enlisted and served through the war, was wounded in an Indian engagement.  The mother Elizabeth, died in 1855,and Moses died in Lenawee county, Mich., in 1884, at the age of seventy-nine years.  Moses was a justice of the peace for many years and also held other town offices.  His second wife was Altha Southworth.  David Ayres was married in 1858 to Elizabeth Ann Bayes, who was born in Holmes county, in 1835.  They have had three children:  Aylett W., Nettie O. and Merritt.  Elizabeth was a daughter of William and Mary (Tedrow) Bayes.  Mr. Ayers has been county treasurer for years, justice of the peace for seventeen years, town clerk, town treasurer and also held other minor offices.  He is engaged in general farming and now has a farm of two hundred and twenty acres purchased on settlement in 1838, at one dollar twenty five per acre.
Source: History of Henry & Fulton Counties edited by Lewis Cass Aldrich - Syracuse NY - Publ. D. Mason & Co. 1888
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