Ancestral Sightings contains bios, notices and brief mentions of Wayne County residents found in out-of-county resources. These "stray" notices are important as an announcement of a birth, marriage, death or other event may not have appeared in a Wayne County paper or book. Please send your contribution to this page to co-coordinator Martha. **No notice is too small.** A one-line mention may be the solution to someone's brick wall.

New 10/29/06  Source: The Dundee Record, March 23, 1888, a Yates County NY newspaper:

Henry G. Tinsley, of Lyons, has become editior of the Pomona, Cal. Progress. He is a son of ex-editor Wm. Tinsley. The latter learned to "stick type" in this office, about 1850. (page 4)

New 10/29/06  Source: The Livingston Republican, April 12, 1945, p. 3 [a Geneseo NY newspaper]:

Edward Norman, an employee of the New York Central Railroad at Lyons for the past 47 years, has retired on pension.

New 10/26/06  Thank you to Darwina, coordinator of Ontario Co. NYGenWeb, for this large group of marital notices and other short articles from early 19th century Ontario County newspapers.

From Geneva Gazette, 4 January 1832

MARRIED, in Palmyra, on Christmas Eve, Mr. Hiram P. Thayer to Miss Sarah E. Williams. In Sodus, Samuel C. Gordon, Esq., of Lyons to Mrs. Elizabeth Denny, of the former place.

From Geneva Gazette, 15 February 1832

MARRIED, in Clyde on the 8th inst., Doct. William M. Smith to Miss Mary A. Gildersleeve.

From Geneva Gazette, 7 March 1832

MARRIED, in Sodus, on the 19th inst., Mr. Alexander B. Williams to Miss Sarah M. M'Carty.

From Geneva Gazette, 11 April 1832

MARRIED, in Lyons, on the 29th ult., Mr. John Carrier of Syracuse, to Miss Saphronia Farwell of that town. On the 29th ult., by Hugh Jameson, Esq., Mr. John Sebring to Miss Sally Ann Reynolds, both of Lyons.

From Geneva Gazette, 18 April 1832

MARRIED, in Lyons, on Thursday, the 5th inst., Mr. Charles T. Payne of Palmyra to Miss Rebecca M. Pudney, formerly of Waterford.

From Geneva Gazette, 22 August 1832

MARRIED, in Lyons, on the 16th inst., Mr. Charles W. Westfall of Phelps, to Miss Eleanor Sutton of the former place.

From Geneva Gazette, 7 November 1832

MARRIED, in Lyons, on the 24th ult., Doct. Daniel Chapman, one of the editors of the Lyons Argus, to Miss Elizabeth A. Gorgas, daughter of Joseph Gorgas, Esq. of Pennsylvania. Also by the same, Mr. John O. Vorse to Miss Rosetta Voorhies.

In Newark, on the 11th ult., Mr. Joshue Mandeville of Sodus to Miss Hannah White of Lyons.

In Rose, on the 6th ult., Mr. John D. Winchell to Mrs. Margaret Ackerman. Also, on the 11th ult., Mr. William Dodd, Jr., of Lyons to Miss Hannah Jeffers of Rose.

From Ontario County Journal, 14 August 1891

An attempt to poison the family of Albert Goetzman, of Lyons, was made Monday evening by means of Paris Green dropped into the well. The attempt was discovered when Mr. Goetzman, after drinking a glass of water from the well late Monday evening, became violently ill. The mixture of Paris Green was so strong that it caused vomiting, and that fact saved Goetzman's life. When Mrs. Goetzman drank of the water a half hour earlier, it was all right.

From Ontario County Journal, 28 August 1891

While Charles Covert, the son of Humphrey Covert, a farmer living two miles north of Newark, was cutting bundles of grain for a threshing machine early on Saturday morning, he became dizzy and fell into the machine. His left arm was completely torn from his body. The feeder who was nearby grabbed young Covert, but before he could be rescued from the machine, his left foot was badly mangled in the cogs. He was conscious when he was taken to the house and lingered in great pain until half past three o'clock in the afternoon when he died.

From Shortsville Enterprise 11 February 1915

The marriage of Miss Ethel Bain, oldest daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clinton Bain, of Rose, former well-known resident of Shortsville, and Clarence Converse, of Galen, this State, took place at the home of the bride's parents last week Wednesday afternoon, Feb. 3, at 3 o'clock. The ceremony was performed by Rev. Harold E. Springer, pastor of the Rose M. E. church, in the presence of the immediate relatives of the contracting parties.

From Geneva Gazette, 9 January 1833

Married in Lyons, on the 1st inst., Mr. Jesse Owen to Miss Mary Roys. Also Mr. Shem Thomas to Miss Mary Hayne.

From Geneva Gazette, 23 January 1833

In Walworth, Wayne Co., on the 10th inst., Doct. Pratt of Palmyra to Miss Mary Boynton, of the former place.

From Geneva Gazette, 30 January 1833

Married, in Sodus, on the 18th inst., Mr. Alfred Walton to Miss Sarah Buys.

From Geneva Gazette, 13 February 1833

Married in this village, on Thursday, the 7th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Alverson, Mr. Heman Bostwick to Miss Lois Dagget. At the same time, Mr. Henry Smith to Miss Matilda Bostwick, all of Newark.

Married in Sodus on the 27th ult., Ashumera Wandell Wicks to Miss Mary Ann B. Toy.

From Geneva Gazette, 27 February 1833

Married in Lyons, on the 17th inst., Mr. Thomas Brown to Miss Mary Miles. In Sodus, on the 13th inst., Mr. Benjamin D. Rolf to Miss Mary B. Pierce. In Arcadia, on the 13th inst., Mr. George M. Moore of Lyons to Miss Charlotte Worden of the former town. In Palmyra, on the 12th inst., Mr. Philo Durfee to Miss Mary White.

From Geneva Gazette, 6 March 1833

Married in Lyons, on the 21st ult., Mr. William Shaver to Miss Lucinda Weed, both of Galen.

From Geneva Gazette, 3 April 1833

Married in Palmyra, on the 13th ult., Mr. George A. Hathaway, to Miss Adaline Chase.

From Geneva Gazette, 26 June 1833

Married, in Lyons, Stephen Merrit of Tyre, to Miss Deborah Van Dyke; in Sodus, Shubel Nelson Baker to Miss Catharine Ann Mandeville.

From Geneva Gazette, 25 September 1833

Married in Sodus, 6th inst., Mr. William Buys to Miss Mary Ann Tuyl; in Palmyra, 15th inst., Mr. John S. Decker to Miss Betsey Hammond.

New 10/26/06  Source: undated article from an 1890s scrapbook. "Cartman" refers to Mr. Brinker's occupation, and is not his first name.

Snatched Child from Danger.

Lyons, Oct. 21- A lively runaway on Montezuma street this morning might have proved fatal for the little Pulser girl had it not been for the quick work of Cartman Brinker, who saw the team coming up the street at full speed without a driver. Mr. Brinker grabbed the child, who stood near a letter box in the path of the team. A second later the team ran by smashing everything in its way. The horses stopped about two hundred feet up the walk. The damage done was principally to the wagon, harnesses and letter box. The team was not hurt. It belonged to Mr. Frick, and had been frightened by some children.

New 9/29/06  Source: Wayne Democratic Press, July 20, 1887

Between four and five o'clock last Saturday afternoon William Exner, son of Mr. Horace Exner, was struck by the engine drawing a freight train on the West Shore road, and instantly killed. The accident was witnessed by several persons and there just as many versions of it as there are witnesses. All agree, however, that he was on the track and fell down, and before he could regain his feet the engine was upon him; his head was completely severed from the body. The funeral was attended from the residence of his parents at 2 o'clock on Monday afternoon.

New 9/29/06  Source: Wayne Democratic Press, February 10, 1886

Mr. Thomas Mc Eligott, of the firm of Murphy & Mc Eligott, hardware merchants, was united in marriage to Miss Hattie B. Roy on Wednesday of last.

New 9/3/06  A sighting from the Richfield Springs Mercury, Thursday, August 30, 1956 (Otsego County, NY)

Mr. and Mrs. Gordon Knapp and son of Poultneyville, N.Y. (sic) are visiting Mrs. Knapp's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Howard Miller. (p. 6, under village of Van Hornesville news items)

New 8/13/06  Newark and Lyons news briefs from The Post Standard, October 29, 1900 (Syracuse, NY)

NEWARK.

FREDERICK PEMELTON MAY
HAVE BEEN KIDNAPPED

MISSING BOY THOUGHT TO HAVE
BEEN TAKEN AWAY BY GYPSIES

Was Seen Going in the Direction of
Their Camp - People Are on the
Track of the Band and May Find the
Child - Also Likely That He May
Have Been Drowned.

Newark, N.Y., Oct. 28- (Special.) - The sudden and mysterious disappearance of Frederick Pemelton, the 7-year-old son of William Pemelton, who resides at No. 76 Palmyra street, just west of the Military Brook, has not yet been solved.

The little fellow was seen on Wednesday morning at 10:30 o'clock, when he was sailing a small sailboat back of the Grippin Manufacturing Company, which is situated not far from the boy's home.

This morning it is thought that the boy was taken away by a band of gypsies who were camping at the Newark Fair Grounds, about a mile north of this village. It was stated that he was last seen going in that direction and, as the gypsy camp moved from the fair grounds on that very morning, it is thought that probably the young boy is with the camp.

There are people on the track of the gypsies and they may find the child when the camp stops at some point.

If the child is in the canal his body will come to the surface of the water on Wednesday. (p. 2)

[Note: death listing in The Arcadian Weekly Gazette index of deaths for surnames N - Z for March 1899-March 6, 1907: PEMELTON Frederick - Newark - 287.]

Miss Smith Improving

Newark, Oct. 28.- Miss Letitia Smith, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. C. L. Smith of this village, who stepped off a trestle and was wounded quite badly, is resting easy. She had a contusion back of the right ear. She is getting along well, but it will be some time before she will be able to be about. (p. 2)

Senator Depew on Friday

Newark, October 28.- Hon. Chauncey M. Depew will deliver an address from the Northern Central Station in this village on Friday morning at 11:27 on his way from Wallington via the Northern Central Railroad. (p. 2)

LYONS.

Republican Meetings.

Lyons, Oct. 28.- The Republican meetings to be held in this county for the remainder of the campaign are as follows: Monday, October 29, JOhn Raines at Wolcott and S. N. Sawyer at Newark; Tuesday, October 30, John Raines at Williamson, Jean L. Burnett at Clyde, C. Holcombe and A. E. Sutherland at Walworth and J. Z. Armstrong at East Palmyra; Wednesday, October 31, S. E. Payne at Marion, John Raines at Savannah, J. Z. Armstrong and N. D. Lapham at LIncoln, S. N. Sawyer at Shortville (sic); Thursday, November 1, S. E. Payne at Sodus, C. T. Saxton at Newark, G. E. Benton at Putneyville (sic), Chauncey M. Depew and party will be at Lyons at 12:05, at Clyde at 12:20 and at Savannah at 1 o'clock.

Enthusiasm at Alloway.

Lyons, Oct. 28.- The Republicans of the village of Alloway held a very enthusiastic meeting last evening, at which time N. D. Lapham and Hon. Willoughby spoke and were listened to with eagerness.

New 7/16/06  Thank you to Darwina, coordinator of Ontario Co. NYGenWeb, for another large group of marital notices and other short articles from 19th and early 20th century Ontario County newspapers.

From Ontario Republican Times, 15 February 1861

The Rochester Democrat gives the particulars of the death of Thomas Gardner, of Ontario, Wayne County, on Thursday of last week. The deceased was a respectable farmer. It appeared that he started for Rochester with a load of Oats in a two horse sleigh, but before reaching the city, the severity of the storm induced him to store his Oats at a tavern and return homeward. After leaving the tavern he was never seen again alive. On Friday morning his horses were discovered by a neighbor within half a mile of his home standing in the road. They were harnessed together and the tugs tied in knots, showing that they had been purposely unhitched from the vehicle to which they were attached. The horses were so coated over with snow and ice as not to be recognizable at first, but after being taken into a stable and rubbed off, they were recognized as belonging to Mr. Gardner. Enquiry being made at that gentleman's house, it was ascertained that he had not been home since his departing for Rochester, and a search was immediately instituted in the hope that he might still be alive. His sleigh was soon found in the road, not far from where the horses were discovered, and about 9 o'clock in the forenoon the neighbor who gave the alarm originally, came across the body of the missing man. It was frozen stiff, and covered with snow to the depth of about twelve inches. From appearances, it is supposed that Mr. Gardner, finding himself unable to proceed with the sleigh, unhitched his horses and attempted to make his way to a place of shelter on foot, but became benumbed and fell down in such a state of exhaustion that he was unable to rise. The horses went but a short distance further.

From Ontario County Journal, 7 June 1889

Lewis Bates, Samuel Coon and Charles Comstock, of Sodus Point, started out in a small sailboat Sunday, and went over to Eagle Island. In the afternoon the three started for Sodus Point, all very much intoxicated. Bates steered the boat and Coon went to sleep in the bottom of it. When near the south end of Little Island, Bates noticed a hat on the water in the rear of the boat and looking to the forward part found that Comstock was missing. He had fallen overboard and did not again appear. Comstock was 26 years of age and unmarried.

From Ontario County Journal, 4 October 1889

Last Monday night, Mr. and Mrs. Philip Humbert, who were riding in the country near their home, east of Lyons, they passed Jacob Schermerhorn. They had not proceeded more than three rods after passing him before the report of a pistol was heard and a bullet whizzed through the carriage top taking away a piece of Mrs. Humbert's sack. Humbert made a complaint and Schermerhorn was arrested. A revolver with one empty chamber was found in his house. He is a victim of the morphine habit and is thought to be irresponsible. He got off with a sentence of 30 days in jail.

From Ontario County Journal, 4 July 1890

Michael Wyman, a farmer living five miles north of Newark, Wayne county, and his son, Edward, were both drowned last Saturday afternoon while engaged in washing sheep in a creek. One of the sheep pulled Edward into deep water. His father went to his rescue and both were drowned. Mr. Wyman leaves a widow, two sons and two daughters.

From Ontario County Journal, 18 July 1890

On Thursday morning of last week, Charles Smith, a prominent and popular young farmer of Red Creek, Wayne county, attempted suicide with a pocket knife with which he inflicted ugly wounds in his neck. He did not succeed however, but made another attempt with the razor. He gashed himself horribly but his wife summoned aid and a surgeon was on hand before the young man's design had been accomplished. The large blood vessels of the neck were barely missed. It is expected he will live.

From Geneva Gazette,6 January 1830

Married, in Palmyra, Allyn Williams to Delia Payne; William Hyde to Caroline Rose; Harvy Cobb to Ann Durfee; Edmund Champion of Macedon to Delia Durfee. In Hopewell, Albert G. Fuller to Eunice Lee, both of Palmyra. In Pultneyville, James Holling to Rachel Throop.

All From Geneva Gazette

January 13, 1830 - MARRIED - In Newark, Thomas Parsley to Jane Adams; Jeremiah Van Ostrand to Jane Beckwith in Pultneyville, Nathan N. Sheffield to Maria Stalp; in Lyons, Capt Bartlet R. Rogers to Belinda Leach; Stephen Roe to Betsey Smith; Richard Hough to Matilda Plumley.

January 20, 1830 - MARRIED - In Clyde, Powell Jones to Alzina Blakeman.

January 27, 1830 - MARRIED - In Lyons, Joseph Hicks to Emeline W. Hill; Reuben Dutcher to Ruth Williams; in Palmyra, H. H. Treat of that place to Addela Bosworth of Pa. In Phelps, David H. Sherman of Palmyra to Mrs. Valina Marsh.

February 17, 1830 - MARRIED - In Alloway, Margin Geer to Emeline Drake; in Lyons, Alexander Estus of Manlius to Elizabeth Burnett. In Clyde, Charles Sly to Rhoda Wright.

February 24, 1830 - MARRIED - In Lyons, Elisha D. Maynard, of Arcadia, to Delila Ray. In Clyde, Philip C. Wells to Alvira Nelson.

March 3, 1830 - MARRIED - In Macedon, Orlando Bates, of Ridgeway, Orleans Co., to Irene, daughter of Abraham Spear.

March 10, 1830 - MARRIED - In Lyons, Deacon Rastus Wilder of Galen to Mrs. Elizabeth Mead. In Arcadia, Eber Thorn to Emily Tharp. In Sodus, John O. Kelby to Harriet Shirts.

March 17, 1830 - MARRIED - In Williamson, John J. Myers to Orelia Stalp.

March 24, 1830 - MARRIED - In Lyons, Joseph Gee to Eleanor Seaton.

March 31, 1830 - MARRIED - In Lyons, Ogden Morse to Hepsta Ann C. Watrus.

April 7, 1830 - MARRIED - In Arcadia, Albert J. Stearns to Charity Dunham; Samuel H. West to Ruth Hillman; Henry W. Brink to Hannah French. In Clyde, David Tuttle to Parna Richmond; Laben Spencer to Melinda Richmond.

May 12, 1830 - MARRIED - In Pittsford, Richard S. Williams of Palmyra to Olive Ann, daughter of Chauncey Porter, Esq.

May 19, 1830 - MARRIED - In Palmyra, Samuel H. Post to Elizabeth Hathaway.

July 14, 1830 - MARRIED - In Newark, John Hawes, M. D., to Miss Laura Louisa, daughter of L. E. Lathrop, Esq. In Arcadia, David Dunham to Mary Hilliman.

From Ontario County Chronicle, 24 April 1901

Married in Palmyra, April 17, Patrick Lynch of Palmyra and Bridget Curran of Manchester.

Married in Palmyra, April 10, Isaac Vienna, Jr. of Palmyra, formerly of Farmington, and Katharine Farrell of Palmyra.

New 7/15/06  The following news briefs and death notices come from the newspaper The Ontario County Times.

The Ontario County Times, (Canandaigua) Wednesday, May 6, 1925

Farmington, May 6 - Fred Wehrlinn of Palmyra spent the weekend with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Wehrlin.

Mr. and Mrs. Lindley Gardner and children, Helen and Edwin, Mrs. A. E. Markham, Mr. and Mrs. C. H. Gardner and grandson, Walter Gardner of this town, and Mr. and Mrs. Charles Curtis of Canandandaigua were Sunday guests of Mr. and Mrs. Frank Rouche at Walworth Station. (p. 3)

MARRIAGES (p. 4)

SHERMAN-COX - At Newark, April 26, 1925, Miss Hazel Izetta Sherman and Robert Cox of that village, formerly of Canandaigua.

RAYMOND-BANKERT - At Phelps, April 15, 1925, Miss Estelle Raymond of Newark and August Bankert of Phelps.

DEATHS (p. 4)

CATLIN - At Newark, April 25, 1925, Mrs. Emma E. Catlin. Interment at Geneva.

The Ontario County Times, (Canandaigua) Wednesday, February 6, 1924

Mr. and Mrs. Howard Blair and little sons, Howard and Curtis, passed Sunday with their mother, Mrs. Helen Andrews, and daughter, Miss Frances Andrews, at Lyons.

Orleans News

Abram Johnson and family have moved to Newark where they will make their home.

Miss Ruth Van Dusen and Ray Lancaster of Newark were guests of friends here Sunday.

Shortsville

Miss Florence Stevely spent the week-end in Geneseo the guest of Miss Ethel Eddy of Lyons and Miss Doris Smith of Clifton.

Rushville

This week Friday evening the Clyde Eagles come to this village for what promises to be one of the fastest games of the season.

The following news briefs and death notices come from the newspaper The Port Byron Chronicle and Cayuga County News, for Saturday, June 26, 1926, Vol. CII, No. 23. This paper covered Cayuga County villages and towns to the immediate east of Wayne County and often had items about Red Creek residents.

Throop News

Mr. and Mrs. Charles McConigal were in Savannah Tuesday evening.

Sennett News

Mr. and Mrs. Charles F. Grant, Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Sheldon and children, were in Wolcott, Tuesday to attend the funeral of Mr. Grant's brother's wife Myrta Loveless Grant, wife of Horace Grant.

Conquest News

Mrs. Frank Blass and daughter, Mrs. Charlton Timerson, of Red Creek, Mary and Addie Johnson of Spring Lake, were entertained at the home of Mr. and Mrs. W. VanTassel, Thursday of last week.

Strictly Local News [Port Byron]

The 46th annual reunion of the 75th New York Volunteer Regiment will be held at the G.A.R. Hall in Auburn, on Tuesday of next week, June 29th. It is expected that a large number of the surviving members of the famous Civil War regiment will attend this year. Lieutenant William H. Root of this village, who is oe of the few remaining officers of the outfit, is president of the 75th Association, and will have charge of the meeting on Tuesday. Dinner will be served the veterans at 12 o'clock at the hall, and the business meeting will be called at 1:30 P. M.

As it is customary at this season of the year for many people to open their homes to fresh air children, I wish to draw their attention to the children of our County who have made their home for many months past in our Cayuga Home for Children. Many of these children would enjoy a few weeks stay in the country where they might be close to nature. If there is any one interested, they can learn more about these children who are under our charge by getting in communication with Mrs. Elizabeth S. Young, Cayuga County Children's Agent, whose office is on the 3rd floor of the County Clerk's Building at Auburn, N. Y. [Note: Cayuga Home for Children in Auburn goes way back. It was an orphanage and refuge for area children in need.]

Mrs. Harold Dobbins of Wolcott, is the guest of her parents Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Bodine.

Mrs. William Blake is spending the week in Williamson the guest of her son Leslie Blake.

Miss Gertrude Williams of Savannah was the guest of Mrs. Herbert Lade, Thursday of this week.

Mr. George Nye of Newark, spent Thursday in town, the guest of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Frank Nye.

Mr. Clayton Pratt and Mr. and Mrs. Parker VanDusen were the Sunday guests of their aunt Mrs. Sarah Harwood of Wolcott.

Conquest News

Mrs. Emma Olmstead of Clyde, is the guest of her daughter Mrs. Fred Guilfus.

Mr. and Mrs. E. S. Wilcox were Sunday dinner guests of Mr. and Mrs. Whiting at Red Creek.

[NOTE: the following death-related items have no stated Wayne County association, and are posted to help someone. The coordinators of this site have no information about anyone listed.]

CARD OF THANKS

[Note: name of lady, who appears to have 11 surviving children, not stated, but presumed to be surname Aldrich, and Cayuga County resident.]

We wish to thank the neighbors and friends for their many acts of kindness during the sickness and death of our mother. Also we extend thanks to the Ladies' Aid of the M. P. [typed as printed] Church and others who sent flowers.

Mr. and Mrs. C. W. Stevens
Mr. and Mrs. S. B. Clark
Mr. and Mrs. A. C. Aldrich
Mr. and Mrs. C. R. Aldrich
Mr. and Mrs. E. H. Sabin
Mr. and Mrs. Lewis Newkirk
Mr. and Mrs. Zack Aldrich
Mr. and Mrs. Charles Aldrich
Mr. and Mrs. R. J. Thompson
Mr. and Mrs. William Judson
Mr.and Mrs. W. Z. Aldrich

GEORGE M. DURYEA (page 2)

Mr. George M Duryea, 89 years old and a life long resident of Cayuga County, passed away at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Arthur C. Bodine in River street, on Monday of this week, June 21st.

Mr. Duryea had been ill for several months past and his passing was not unexpected. Born in the town of Niles, most of his life was spent in the southern part of the county. For several years past, after retiring from active business he had made his home with Mr. and Mrs. Bodine in this village. During his residence here he made many friends, and it is with sincere sorrow that they mourn his death.

Surviving Mr. Duryea are two daughters, Mrs. Bodine and Mrs. Jennie Sealey of Denver, Colo., one son, Fred Duryea of Auburn, and four grandchildren. Funeral services were held from the late home in this place on Wednesday afternoon. Burial in Owasco Rural Cemetery.

[Note: location of death presumed to be Port Byron.]

Thank you to Darwina, coordinator of Ontario Co. NYGenWeb, for another group of marital notices and other short articles from 19th century Ontario County newspapers.

From Geneva Gazette, 19 October 1825

Married, on the 6th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Wightman, Dr. Levi Ward of Ontario, Wayne county, to Miss Lillis Barton of Lansingburgh.

From Geneva Gazette, 7 December 1825

Married, at Williamstown, Mass., 20th ult., Mr. Russel Mallory of Lyons to Miss Harriet Taft.

At Lyons, 24th ult., Mr. Ezra M. Peet to Miss Clarinda Fabrigue.

From Geneva Gazette, 21 December 1825

Married, at Sodus, 28th, Chauncey Newell to Samson A. Stone, daughter of Rev. Wm. Stone.

In Lyons, 11th, Hiram Shepherd to Eliza Sherwood.

From Geneva Gazette, 1 March 1826

Married, in Galen, 15th, Mordecai Vanderbelt to Hannah Phillips of Fayette.

From Geneva Gazette, 17 May 1826

Married in Galen, Wayne co., on the 27th ult., Mr. Alson Woodford of Junius to Miss Betsey Petteys of the former place.

From Geneva Gazette, 31 May 1826

Married in Lyons, on the 21st, by Rev. Mr. Smith, Mr. Michael Miller to Miss Lydia Dorsey.

From Geneva Gazette, 2 August 1826

Married, in Palmyra, on the 29th June, Mr. Elnathan Bentley to Miss Diantha Wilcox.

From Geneva Gazette, 30 August 1826

Married, in Lyons, on the 22d inst., Mr. Benjamin Johnson to Miss Dorcas Brown.

From Geneva Gazette, 25 October 1826

Married in Sodus, Wayne Co., on the 18th inst., by Esq. Bancraft, Mr. Noah Rockwell of Bellona, Yates Co., to Miss Sally Mariah Stevens of the former place.

From Geneva Gazette, 23 May 1827

Married - In Palmyra, Milton Hill to Mary Bartlett. Also, Constant Merry to Lucy Brown.

From Geneva Gazette, 11 July 1827

Married - In Lyons, 4th inst., Alvah R. Turner, of Macedon, to Christina Rippinburgh.

From Geneva Gazette, 18 July 1827

Married - In Lyons, Geo. W. Farley to Caroline Smock. In Galen Nelson Roosevelt of Junius to Sally Armitage.

From Ontario County Journal, 4 January 1889

James Green of Wolcott, tried to cut his wife's throat with a razor on the morning of December 27, and then attempted suicide by the same means. He was unsuccessful in both attempts, but after being arrested for the crime, he managed to end his existence by cutting his jugular vein with a razor he had secreted. The cause of the deed was a quarrel over Green's intemperate habits. The woman's wounds are not fatal.

From Ontario County Journal, 1 February 1889

The disappearance of Joshua Granger, a prominent citizen of Pultneyville, and the attending circumstances have created a sensation in Wayne county. Granger settled near Pulteneyville forty years ago, married an amiable young lady and pursued an industrious honorable career. After his first wife died, he married another estimable lady. The other day the postmistress received a letter asking if such a man as Granger lived there. Granger heard of it and suddenly disappeared just before the arrival of a lady who claims that over forty years ago Granger was working for a wealthy planter in West Virginia. He made love to his employer's daughter, married her and ran away with a large sum of her money.

From Ontario County Journal, 8 February 1889

Last Friday, during her parent's absence, Miss Alta Wigglesworth, daughter of Superintendent of the Poor Wigglesworth, of Palmyra, eloped with Frank Utter, son of Rev. Mr. Utter, pastor of the Presbyterian church at Shortsville. Mrs. Utter is only twenty years of age and her parents had forbidden her to marry within a year. The couple were married in Rochester.

From Ontario County Journal, 15 February 1889

Small pox is still raging in Lyons and other Wayne county towns. The continuance of the disease is said to be due to neglect of strict quarantine measures.

From Ontario County Journal, 22 February 1889

Frank L. Silvens killed his wife and two children and then committed suicide at Tecumseh, Mich., last Saturday night while insane. Mrs. Silvers (sic) was the only daughter of Benjamin Shepard, a prominent farmer of South Lyons.

From Ontario County Journal, 5 April 1889

Alanson Boughton of Huron, aged 60, advertised in the Lyons paper for a wife. He received thirty-two answers and from the lot selected Mrs. Henrietta Budd, matron of the county asylum. He sent her a gold watch and $35 and was to marry her April 3d at Newark. On his arrival at Newark Wednesday he found a letter from Mrs. Budd, returning $25 of the money and the watch and informing him that match was off. She had taken the morning train bound for Michigan, and Boughton will have to try again.

From Ontario County Journal, 12 April 1889

It turns out that Mr. Alanson Boughton, of Huron, who advertised for a wife, and was reported to have been jilted by the one he selected, was made happy after all. The meeting between Mrs. Budd and Mr. Boughton was at the residence of a daughter of the former in Newark. Mrs. Budd had another daughter in Palmyra. When they parted after having arranged for their marriage, Mr. Boughton said: "I will meet you at your daughter's." Mrs. Budd assented and on the appointed day repaired to her daughter's in Palmyra, while Mr. Boughton went to her daughter's in Newark. Each feared that the other had deserted, and it was through this mistake that Mrs. Budd returned Mr. Boughton's love tokens. Mrs. Budd's daughters realized the awful mistake that was wrecking two lives and in a few hurried words explained matters. Another meeting followed, and on Thursday last there was a quiet wedding. All of which goes to show that advertising accomplishes its object in the end.

Source: Fifth Annual Report of the Education Department, For the school year ending July 31, 1908. Albany: New York State Education Department. 1909. The names of several State normal school students from neighboring Seneca County were also abstracted. All names are exactly as spelled in the original official State of New York book.

* STATE NORMAL COLLEGE, ALBANY - graduates 1908

Bachelor of Science

Stanley Bernard Covert - Interlaken

Kindergarten Course

Grace Marion Barrett - Clyde

* BROCKPORT NORMAL SCHOOL- graduates 1908

Classical Studies

Myrta Eliza Bachman - Waterloo
Margaret E. Smith - Macedon

* STATE NORMAL COLLEGE, BUFFALO - graduates 1908

Normal Course

Celia H. Raymond - Seneca Falls

* CORTLAND NORMAL SCHOOL - graduates 1908

Professional Course

Neva Ellena VanWinkle - Waterloo

* FREDONIA NORMAL SCHOOL - graduates 1908

Classical Course

Hugh Lester Gillis - Macedon

* GENESEO NORMAL SCHOOL - graduates 1908

Professional Course

Florence Honora Kelley - Clyde
Alice Madden - Clyde
Dora Madge Tallman - Savannah

* ONEONTA NORMAL SCHOOL - graduates 1908

Kindergarten Course

Harriet M. Bassett - Interlaken

* OSWEGO NORMAL SCHOOL - graduates 1908

Normal Course

Sarah Teresa Duffy - Red Creek
Lucy Sarah Park - Wolcott

Kindergarten - Primary Course

Lea V. Weeks - Clyde

School Commissioners in the State of New York for the Term of 3 Years
Ending December 31, 1908 with Post Office and Express Addresses

Revised to August 1, 1908

County, Name, Post Office, Express Office

Wayne County

Idea E. Cosad, Wolcott, Wolcott
Albert H. McMurray, Walworth, Walworth

First grade certificates issued by school commissioners

Number of certificate, county/district/name, post office address, date of certificate

WAYNE COUNTY - FIRST DISTRICT
4883, Grace M. Haslem, Red Creek, August 1, 1907
5012, Gertrude C. Hatcher, Huron, August 1, 1907
5198, Ethel E. Morey, N. Rose, August 1, 1907
4862, S. Maud C. Quick, Wolcott, August 1, 1907
4962, Albert L. Richardson, Wolcott, August 1, 1907

WAYNE COUNTY - SECOND DISTRICT
5061, Mabel L. Schnetzer, Ontario Center, August 1, 1907

Note: the following legal case brings to our attention the occurrence of a contagious, and often deadly, childhood disease that was circulating at least within the Town of Palmyra in the spring through autumn of 1907. Health authorities required that homes be fumigated after cases of scarlet fever were diagnosed in a household and before children returned to school, a regulation that parent Beverly R. Crowell resisted. Mr. Crowell believed, based on the diagnosis of the official public health physician, that his own children had not had the disease. The school board, whose members were not physicians, ignored the diagnoses of both the NYS Health Department and attending physicians and expelled the children due to their own caution and the conflicting opinions of other area physicians.

If a young relative of yours died in 1907, their dying of scarlet fever is a possibility. The report is several pages long, part of the following being illustrative excerpts. Please refer to pp. 569-573 in the original book, which should be available at the New York State Library in Albany, NY.

JUDICIAL DECISIONS OF THE COMMISSIONER OF EDUCATION

5363 - Beverly R. Crowell from the action of the board of education of union free school district no. 1, town of Palmyra, Wayne co. Appeal sustained. Decided December 16, 1907.

In the matter of the appeal of Beverly R. Crowell from the action of the board of education of union free school district no. 1, town of Palmyra, county of Wayne.

It is manifest that school authorities should give greater weight to the opinions of physicians who are officially charged with responsibility concerning the public health than to the views of other physicians who are not charged with such official responsibility.

A board of education is not justified in barring from attendance upon school, children who are alleged to have had a contagious disease when the health authorities have formally declared that such children did not have the alleged disease.

S. K. and B. C. Williams and Hon. W. P. Rudd, attorneys for appellant
Hon. Charles McLouth, attorney for respondents

This is an appeal from the action of the board of education of union free school district no. 1, town of Palmyra, Wayne co., in excluding the children of the appellant from school. There is no contention about the right of the appellant to send his children to the school, except for cause. The cause alleged by the school board is that the children had scarlet fever in May 1907 and that the house has not since been fumigated. The appellant admits that the children were ill for a brief period, but contends that the disease was not scarlet fever and that there has been no scarlet fever in the house. He resists the desire of the school board to have his home fumigated, and stands on what he conceives to be his legal right that his children be admitted to the school without it.

The pleadings show that the children were admitted to the school on September 3, 1907, and attended until October 15, when they were excluded by the board of education because of some apprehension about the matter, which was quickened by the presence of considerable scarlet fever in the school district. Fortunately, there appears to be no wrongful intent; the school board appearing to be only desirous of fully meeting its responsibilities.

Excerpts from the report -

"Several physicians in the town, some of whom saw the patients, say that the disease was scarlet fever; the attending physician says that it was not. The proper representative of the State Department of Health visited the place and saw each of the children at the time of the illness, consulted the attending physician and other physicians who saw the children, and determined that the disease was not scarlet fever."

"It also appears that the health officer reported to the village health board that the facts in the case did not authorize the board of health to fumigate the Crowell house."

"It might have been well if the appellant had thought proper to submit his home to the process of fumigation, but it can not be overlooked that his house is his castle and that when the public authorities sought to invade it he was entitled, if he saw fit, to stand upon his legal rights..."

"It is ordered, That the board of education of the union free school district no. 1, town of Palmyra, Wayne co., shall forthwith admit the children of Beverly R. Crowell, the appellant herein, to the public school maintained in said district."

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New 1/29/06  Information extracted from Fifty-fifth Annual Report of the New York State Agricultural Society for the Year 1895. Albany and New York: Wynkoop Hallenbeck Crawford Co., State Printers. 1896. All names are exactly as spelled in the original official State of New York book and will not be changed. We thank you in advance for directing ALL questions about persons listed to the appropriate historical societies, not to the site coordinators.

LIFE MEMBERS

Budd, S. Emery, Newark
Cooper, H. A., North Wolcott
Gallup, Wayne, Macedon
Kent, H. J. Palmyra
Littel, H. M., Macedon
Pangborn, William, Clyde
Rice, Albert J., Sodus

New 12/2/05   Thank you again to Darwina, coordinator of Ontario Co. NYGenWeb, for more articles from 19th century Ontario County newspapers.

From Ontario Repository & Messenger, 6 January 1869

SUICIDE - We are informed that John H. Sweeney, a respected citizen of Palmyra, and formerly proprietor of the Eagle Hotel, in that village, committed suicide about six o'clock Saturday evening, by shooting himself through the head with a pistol. A few moments before he committed the fatal act he was conversing pleasantly with his friends. No cause is assigned for the rash deed.

From Ontario County Journal, 13 July 1888

Charles Hegman, aged 40 years, a dissolute man of the town of Sodus, drove to Sodus village Saturday and got drunk. About five o'clock Sunday morning, his wife discovered his horse and cart in front of the house and the body of Hegman was found entangled between the shaft and the wheel. Apparently Hegman had tumbled out and fell inside the wheel and the horse had run away. His head had been mutilated horribly by the wheel, and life had been extinct several hours.

From Ontario County Journal, 13 July 1888

Monday last, Conrad Ellis, a well-known farmer of Walworth, made two attempts to take his own life, but was unsuccessful, though he used a razor with terrible effect. This was early in the forenoon. He remained in his room until two o'clock p.m. and then started out, saying that he wanted to look over the farm. Reaching a corn field some distance from the house, he pulled the razor from his pocket and began a second attack upon himself. He drew the keen blade across his throat from ear to ear, completely severing the anterior jugular vein. He then ran to the house and locked himself in his room where he was found soon after. Dr. Huff soon arrived and after stopping the flow of blood, put about thirty stitches in the wound. Ellis will probably recover.

From Ontario County Journal, 14 September 1888

Married in Geneva, Sept. 6, 1888, by the Rev. Halsey B. Stevenson, George P. Goetzman and Bertha L. Schwartz, both of Lyons.

From Geneva Daily Times, 8 June 1897

Clyde, N. Y. - Last Sunday morning, Mrs. Nicholas Fitzsimmons, who resides about two miles east of Clyde, left a large pan of hot water on the stove while she attended to some domestic duties. A few moments later, the mother was startled by agonizing cries of her two-year-old daughter, Nellie. She hastened to the kitchen and found that the little child had attempted to pull the pan from the stove, and in doing so had capsized it. The hot water had burned her face and hands and body terribly. Dr. T. H. Hallett, of Clyde, was summoned and everything possible was done to lessen the sufferings of the little one, but yesterday noon death came to her relief.

New 12/15/05   Contributed by Neal Smith!

"I came across an article about my great-grandfather John Conklin that was quite a shock. He was arrested in 1895 in Fulton for non-support of his family. In fact, for non-support of his two families. It seems he had a family in Newark and another in Michigan. I knew of all the family in Newark since his daughter Maude was my grandmother. However, I didn't know about Michigan.

I have checked the 1880 and 1900 census reports. In 1880, John was living in Phelps with my great-grand mother Belle Barrett Conklin. I found a Jane Conklin, 31, who said she was divorced, living with her parents in Romulus, Wayne, Michigan. She had a daughter Hannah, 3, and a son John, 2. Looks like John's other family. I don't know if he actually went to prison as the article said he would. In 1900, he was living with Belle and his 5 children in Newark. He died in 1924 in Eloise, Wayne, Michigan. I have a copy of his death certificate. In the block that says Husband or Wife on the certificate it says UNKNOWN."

A few days ago the Times published a special dispatch from Fulton relative to the arrest in that village by Deputy Sheriff Murphy of a man named John Conklin for non-support of his family. The Patriot gives some additional particulars as follows, obtained from Chief Stansell of Newark:

About eighteen years ago, Conklin left Newark and went west; he came back again and shortly afterwards returned to Michigan where he married and lived with his wife until the first child was born. He then came back and paid attention to a young girl in Newark, but soon departed for the west again. On his next visit to Newark he married the girl, notwithstanding he had a family in Michigan. And for the past fifteen years he has been playing "Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde," between the two points, until now he has a wife and two children in Michigan and a wife and five little children in Newark. He has never given either family adequate means for support and his trips between the east and west had created suspicion, and lately he was traced down and his Mormon propensities discovered. The case was then give to the police and they began a search for Conklin, with the result above given. Conklin will go to prison for a term of years on the charge of bigamy of the most reprehensible nature.

[Note: the Times is the Oswego Daily Times. The issue of the Fulton Patriot this was published in was August 24, 1895.]

This biographical sketch of Willard Brink comes from History of the Original Town of Concord: being the present Towns of Concord, Collins, N. Collins, and Sardinia, Erie County, New York, by Erasmus Briggs. Rochester N.Y.: Union and Advertiser Co.'s Printing, 1883. Page 857.

Willard Brink.

Mr. Brink's father, Anthony Brink, was born in New Jersey, June 5, 1812. He married Sophrona Aldrich, who was born in 1814, in what is now Wayne county, N.Y.; Town of Arcadia. They came from Orleans county to Aurora, Erie county, in 1847 or '48, and to Colden in 1857, where Mr. Brink died in 1869. Mrs. Brink is now living.

Their children were: Isaiah died young. William married Harriet Crump; lives in Colden. Willard. Luraine married Davis Greene; lives in Aurora. Clark married Sarah Savage; lives in Sardinia. Mary married Peter Zimmer; lives in Springville. Orrin; Austin. Eliza married George Gregson. Myron married Ella Gould. Carrie married Charles Olin. Anna married George Odell.

Willard Brink was born Aug. 13, 1840, in Phelps, Ontario county, N.Y. He was married in 1863, in Palmyra, Wayne county, N.Y., to Alberteen Miller. They have one daughter, Cora.

Mr. Brink enlisted April 25, 1861, in company I, Seventeenth New York volunteers; mustered out of service June 10, 1863. He participated in the battles of the Peninsular campaign up to the close of his service - First Bull Run, Seven Pines, etc.

Mr. Brink has been a resident of Sardinia since 1866, and has served as Commissioner of Highways and Collector in that town.

Thank you to Darwina, coordinator of Ontario Co. NYGenWeb, for this large group of marital notices and other short articles from early 19th century Ontario County newspapers.

From Geneva Gazette, 18 September 1811

MARRIED - In Lyons, the 10th inst., by the Hon. P. Swift, Capt. Elias Hull to Miss Anna Riggs, daughter of John Riggs, Esq., all of that place.

From Geneva Gazette, 3 June 1812

MARRIED - In Palmyra, Mr. Nathaniel T. Holmes to Miss _____ Robinson; Mr. Charles Peckham to Miss Jerusha Kellogg; Mr. Samuel Horton to Miss Polly Galloway; Mr. Marcus Swift to Miss Anna Orsburn; Mr. Freeman Cobb to Miss Polly Harris; Mr. William Cheney to Miss Susan Davidson; Mr. Charles Ford to Miss Sally Ellis; Mr. Isaac Davidson, jun. to Miss Clary Field; Mr. George Durfee to Miss Pamilla Starkes; all of Palmyra.

In Boyle, Mr. Robert Smith, of Palmyra, to Miss Palty Jackson, of the former place.

From Geneva Gazette, 30 December 1812

MARRIED - In this village (Geneva), the 24th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Axtell, Mr. Purchase Roberts of Junius to Susan Inslee.

From Geneva Gazette, 8 December 1813

MARRIED - In Lyons, the 18th ult., by John Brown, Esq., Mr. Joseph Beard to Mrs. Zilpha Howley, all of that town.

From Geneva Gazette, 13 April 1814

MARRIED - In Galen, the 3d inst., by W. B. Dickson, Esq., Mr. James Valentine to Miss Louisa Bidwell, both of that town.

From Geneva Gazette, 4 May 1814

MARRIED - In Lyons, the 23d April, by the Rev. Mr. Denser, Mr. Joseph Pelham, aged 21, to Mrs. ____ Rundell, aged 51 years -- sister to the groom's father's second wife !!

From Geneva Gazette, 1 February 1815

MARRIED - In Seneca, the 30th ult. by the Rev. Mr. Axtell, Mr. John H. Loper, of Lyons, to Miss Catharine Fisher, of the former town.

In Canandaigua, the 23d ult, James Smedley, Esq. to Miss Ann Hastings, late of Herkimer.

From Geneva Gazette, 26 July 1815

MARRIED - At Sodus, on the 17th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Powell, Mr. Evan Griffiths to Miss Harriet Higgins, both of that place.

From Geneva Gazette, 13 September 1815

MARRIED - In Lyons, the 2d instant, by the Rev. Mr. Pomeroy, Mr. Upton Dorsey to Miss Ann Stebbet, all of that place.

** DIED - At Sodus, on Monday the 4th inst., Doct. Samuel Barnard, ae 50 years.

From Geneva Gazette, 18 October 1815

MARRIED - At Lyons, the 10th inst., by the Rev. Lawrence Riley, Mr. Silas Chapin of Geneva, to Miss Deborah Dorsey, daughter of Mr. Daniel Dorsey, of the former place. On the 8th inst., Mr. Benjamin F. Sheldon, of Phelps, to Miss Charlotte Patton, of Lyons.

From Geneva Gazette, 7 February 1816

MARRIED - In Pittsfield, Mass., on the 15th ult., Mr. Samuel Ledyard, merchant of Pulteneyville, to Miss Sophia Childs.

From Geneva Gazette, 21 August 1816

MARRIED - In Lyons, on the 13th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Riley, Mr. Loring Stiles to Miss Keziah Stout.

From Geneva Gazette, 12 February 1817

At Pultneyville, the 29th ult., Archy B. Lawrence, Esq. of Ridgeway to Miss Sarah Fairbanks of the former place.

From Geneva Gazette, 10 December 1817

MARRIED - In Palmyra, by the Rev. J. Irons, John Rogers to Minerva Mason; Stephen Durfee to Minerva Kingman; Job Chase to Martha Miller; Olba Hill to Ellet Gannet;

By the Rev. Mr. Townsend, Jesse Perrin to _____Burd; George Wheeler to Mary Wilson; Smith Thayer to Eliza Durfee; Milo Comstock to _____ Perry; Hugh Moore to Rebecca Woodmancy; William Hunt to Polly Shadduck; Wecom Harringdeen to Phebe Osborn; Gideon Wilcox to Mercy Harringdeen; George Palmer to Harriet Foster.

From Ontario County Journal, 7 May 1886

Yesterday at Palmyra occurred the marriage of Miss Carrie Groat and H. N. Harmon, both of Palmyra. The ceremony was performed by Rev. T. M. House. Messrs. E. D. Brigham, O. C. Durfee, J. W. Rushmore and A. S. Beadle officiated as ushers.

From Ontario County Journal, 14 May 1886

John G. Cook, of Wayne Centre, was brushing a horse at his barn Monday morning, when the animal kicked him in the breast. He was thrown several feet in the rear of the horse, and struck heavily against a board partition. Several minutes later he was found unconscious and carried to his house. A physician found that two of Mr. Cook's ribs had been broken and his lungs lacerated by the broken ends of the ribs pushed into them. The wounds are serious, but it is thought they are not fatal.

From Ontario County Journal, 1 October 1886

Early Sunday morning, Mrs. Lou Reid of West Walworth, who had been visiting her uncle, Truman Carmen of Palmyra, attempted to commit suicide by taking laudanum. After drinking the contents of a two ounce bottle, she laid herself out for burial. When discovered she was unconscious, and a whole day elapsed before the physicians, Drs. Trowbridge and Hennesey, could restore her to consciousness. She will now probably recover.

From Ontario County Journal, 7 January 1887

In Geneva, Dec. 31st, 1886. by the Rev. Chas. H. Wright, Myron A. Butts of Lyons and Esther D. Riesdorft of Junius.

The following Wayne County men attended Princeton University. Names abstracted from Princeton University Alumni Directory, 18th Edition. Princeton University Press: Princeton, N.J. October 1, 1948. There was no notation regarding being deceased, or whether the villages were their hometowns when attending the university or where residing in 1948.

' = graduate of a particular class year
* = recipient of higher degree
- = non-graduate
no mark = undergraduate at time directory was printed

BILLMAN, J.H., East Marion, *35
HURST, V. W. Jr., Palmyra, '27
JEWITT, J.H. Jr., Lyons, '14
KNIGHT, T.S., Newark, 52
LANSING, E.O., Clyde, '03
LOCKHART, R.J., Sodus, *00
REYBINE, R.F., East Marion, '33
OLNEY, W.B., Sodus, -25
WHALLON, J.M., Lyons, '40
WEEKS, W.S., Lyons, '41

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