Wayne County NY Ancestral Sightings, Part 4

Ancestral Sightings contains notices and brief mentions of Wayne County residents found in out-of-county and out-of-state 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.

WAYNE COUNTY, NY ANCESTRAL SIGHTINGS: From Other States, Part 4

These sightings and profiles of former Wayne County residents come from various books, newspapers and articles published in other states. Many states "Out West" published books with short biographies about their local residents, telling where they originally came from. Occasionally these contain important genealogical information. Michigan and Ohio genealogical journals are another source to look for the stray Wayne County record. The persons whose short bios and info appear below may or may not be your ancestors, but it's worth scanning through them to check out migration patterns out of Wayne County for clues as to where your own families' relatives went and when.

NEW 10/17/03: The following sighting contributed by co-coordinator Martha.

From: "Delegates' Directory. General Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, Atlantic City, N.J., May 2, 1932":

Delegate from Central New York Conference (Buffalo)
Thorpe, Jarvis, L., physician, Clyde, N.Y. (reserve delegate)

From: "Delegates' Directory. General Conference, Methodist Episcopal Church, Columbus, Ohio, May 1, 1936":

Delegate from Central New York Conference (Buffalo)
Thorpe, Jarvis, L., physician, Clyde, N.Y. (reserve delegate)

NEW 10/10/03: The following bio of Williamson native Bradner Curtis was contributed by Hamilton County NYGenWeb coordinator Lisa Slaski.

From: "History of San Joaquin County, California, with Biographical Sketches of the Leading Men and Women of the County Who Have Been Identified with Its Growth and Development from the Early Days to the Present," by George H. Tinkham. Los Angeles: Historic Record Company. 1923.

BRADNER CURTIS.- It is ever interesting to recount the life events of the pioneer, who endured the privations of this new country and passed through the hardships and dangers incident to a sea voyage in a sailing vessel following the gold discovery in California. Bradner Curtis was born in Williamson, Wayne county, New York, January 9, 1825, and in young manhood he learned to be a pattern maker and was employed by his brother, who engaged in the foundry business and in manufacturing agricultural implements, up to the time he left for the West.

During his school days Bradner Curtis formed the acquaintance of Miss Kezia Benton, who was born in Canajoharie, N.Y., December 20, 1822, was educated in Canajoharie Academy, on the Mohawk River, and still later was a pupil in Cortland Academy, both in New York State. She was a daughter of Hiram and Cynthia (Hodge) Benton, on her mother's side, being a descendant of a colonist who came in the Mayflower. The acquaintance of the young people formed during school days ripened into a deeper affection that resulted in their marriage September 23, 1849. In December of the same year, they sailed from New York harbor bound for California, on a vessel that had formerly done service as a packet, but had been reconstructed for use as a sailing craft. Eight months were consumed in the voyage, although they were at no time out of sight of land, and while passing Valparaiso they could hear the natives calling to them. Some of the delay was due to the fact that at Cape Horn they were compelled to lay over for one month, owing to heavy storms prevailing at the time. They reached San Francisco in July, 1850, and after remaining there for two days, having been met in the meantime by Mrs. Curtis' two brothers, Hyland and Byron Benton, the latter conducted them to Mormon Gulch, near Tuttletown, Tuolumne County, where the brothers lived while they teamed from Stockton. Mr. Curtis also became interested in mining and started a trading camp there, but finally hired a man to help him at that, while Mrs. Curtis took charge of the trading camp and she baked pies and pastry, which were rapidly bought up by the miners and Indians. Mr. Curtis was the first man to build a sluiceway on the creek at Columbia and this creek was named after him. Mrs. Curtis was the first white woman in the mines near Sonora, Tuolumne County. They remained in that vicinity about three years, during which time he made sufficient money to enable him to start ranching here.

Removing to Stockton from Tuolumne County, Mr. Curtis bought 320 acres of land just north of the city, some of it being purchased for twelve dollars per acre; this land was part of a Spanish grant which Captain Weber had bought in the early days. The assessed valuation of this land is now $200 per acres; this ranch was farmed to grain. Thirty acres of this tract sold in 1885 to the Caledonian Club for $10,000; later it was bought by the Stockton Electric Railroad Company and sold by them to the City of Stockton for $30,000. It is now Stockton's amusement park, known as Oak Park, and is valued at $75,000. Mr. Curtis named this thirty acres Goodwater Grove, from a fine well of cold water on the place; this grove was used as a picnic ground for many years by the residents of Stockton. Mr. Curtis bought a block of land in Stockton from Charles Whale, bounded by Center, Commerce, Vine and Rose streets. At the time of purchase it was a grain field and Mr. Curtis built on this property and made his home there until his death, March 4, 1881. Later Mrs. Curtis moved a house from the ranch and these two houses are still standing on the property. Mrs. Curtis has reached the advanced age of 100 years, December 20, 1922. Mr. Curtis was a prominent Odd Fellow for many years, holding a membership in Charity lodge. Mrs. Curtis erected a family vault in the Odd Fellows' cemetery at Sonora, where in life Mr. Curtis had made his first start. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Curtis: Mrs. Belle K. Jackson, born in Tuttletown; Frank B. and Forest D., both deceased; and Fornia S., all born in San Joaquin County.

NEW 10/10/03: The following sightings of Finger Lakes Region doctor and nurse graduates were contributed by co-coordinator Martha. Locations are last known residence in 1909.

From: "The University Homoeopathic Observer, Vol. VII, No.2 April, 1909", this issue about the Homoeopathic Department of the University of Michigan, a medical school.

Class of 1881
Thatcher, Edward Parish, Newark, N.Y.

Class of 1888
Lee, Sarah Idella Ives (Mrs. John M. Lee), died Savannah, N.Y., Oct. 10, 1897

Class of 1893
Doud, Franklin Henderson, Lysander, N.Y.

Class of 1903
Zimmerman, E.R., Waterloo, N.Y.

The following sketches and sightings were contributed by an anonymous donor.

From: "History of Will County, Illinois: containing a history of the county, etc." Wm. LeBaron, Jr., & Co. 1878, 995 pp. (Note: this is the county that Joliet's in.)

James L. ALEXANDER, farmer, P. O. Lockport; was born in New Marlboro, Mass., Aug. 22, 1805. He was married to Betsy HEALY, of Elbridge, Onondaga Co., N.Y., May 17, 1834; after marriage, he lived three years in Sodus, Wayne Co., N.Y., where he engaged in farming; in 1837, he came West and settled near Lockport, taking contracts on the I. & M. Canal on the section at Kankakee, and subsequently on Secs. 62 and 45; after the completion of the canal, he purchased a farm in the present limits of Dupage Twp., and occupied it in 1841; in 1860, he moved to the farm now owned and operated, by his widow and son, James H.; he died Dec. 29, 1876; has two children living - James H. and Sarah E. (now wife of C. W. RATHBURN, of Joliet). The home farm contains 382 acres, worth $70 per acre. Never having sought political preferment, he held no offices higher than those of School Trustee and School Director. He was a well-read, thorough-going business man; perhaps no man in the communities in which he lived enjoyed the respect and confidence of his neighbors to a fuller extent than did Mr. ALEXANDER; starting in life a poor boy, he, by manly exertions, accumulated a competency for his family, and, at his death, no man could truthfully say that he had accumulated one cent in a dishonest manner. (Lockport Township)

Guy M. BECKWITH, farmer; P.O. Kankakee; was born in Wesley Twp., Will Co., IL, Sept. 12, 1840, and is the son of Geo. M. and Phoebe S. (BARDEN) BECKWITH; his father was born in Bedford Co., Penn., about the year 1816; when he was 21 years old, his parents moved to Newark, Wayne Co., N.Y.; he and his brother left New York together for the Far West, first stopping on the Wabash River near Terre Haute, Ind., thence to North Ann Prairie, four miles northeast of Paris, IL, which is thirty-six miles south of Danville, IL, where they broke land; in 1818 or 1819, they came to the salt-works, four miles west of Danville, where they worked hard for several years. June 22, 1827, George M. BECKWITH married Charlotte GILBERT, by whom he bad one child - Lucy E.; the wife died Feb. 10, 1831, 26 years old. He was a Captain, and his brother was a Major in the Black Hawk war. He came to Wesley Twp., Will Co., at an early day, being about the first settler here; he engaged in farming; he died respected and honored. Guy M. BECKWITH enlisted as a private in Co. A, 100th IL V.I., in August, 1862; participated in all the battles of this regiment; was mustered out in June, 1865. In 1873, was Supervisor of Wesley Twp, owns 228 acres of fine improved land. Married in 1868, to Miss Orcelia F. PAIN, of Michigan, by whom he has three children. (Wesley Township)

George S. BROWN, farmer and stock-raiser; P.O. New Lenox; was born in Tolland Co., Conn., May 18, 1825; came to this State in 1850, and settled in Mokena, where he remained two years; he removed from there to Lockport in 1852, and from there to New Lenox in 1876, where he now resides; his farm consists of eighty acres, valued at $5,000. Was married in New York Dec. 5, 1848, to Miss Martha A. PETTEYS, who was born in Wayne Co., N.Y., Dec. 23, 1830; they have had seven children, five of whom are living - Ida E., G. W., Rose Belle, Edward C. L. and Lillie May; deceased - Millard P. and Frankie. Mr. BROWN was a participant in the Mexican war of 1846. In his boyhood, he had a curiosity to see the world, and travel; he, therefore, left his home at the age of 16, and set out for New London, where he shipped on board the ship Mystic, bound for the northwestern coast of North America; she left her port Sept. 14, 1844; he was discharged at the Sandwich Islands, and there shipped aboard the sloop Portsmouth, a man-of-war, for the Mexican service; he served two years, and was discharged at the close of the war, at Boston, Mass., in May, 1848. (New Lenox Township)

Nathan CORWIN, farmer, Sec. 21; P.O. Lockport; was born in Wayne Co., N.Y., March 15, 1810; he lived there, engaged in farming, up to the time he was 24 years of age, when he came West, and first moved to Wayne Co., Mich., and was engaged in clearing up timber land; two years afterward, he moved to La Grange Co., Ind., where he remained thirteen years; he came to this county in 1848, and first lived in Plainfield two years, and then in Lockport Twp. three years, farming, and in Lockport three years, keeping hotel; in 1855 he came to this township, where he has since resided; has been Poor Master and School Director. Married his first wife Sophia JEWELL, of Arcadia, Wayne Co., N.Y., June 30, 1831; she died Jan. 26,1843; they had five children - Melissa, Mary U., Horace T., Henry E. and Lydia. He married his second wife, Eliza Ann COLE, of Wayne Co., N.Y., in 1848; they had seven children - David R., Austin, Leroy, De Witt C., Alice, Edward L. and William F. (Homer Township)

Joab GASKILL, farmer, Sec. 29; P.O. Minooka; is a native of New Jersey; he was born July 6, 1805, and married Miss Emily GREEN in August, 1829; she was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio, in the year 1810, and died in February, 1855; they had six children, viz., W. G., F. J., L. H., J. J., Anna M. and Miletus B.; the latter enlisted in the 104th Ohio, V. I.; was in service about nine months, and died from sickness at Covington, Ky. Mr. GASKILL came to this county in 1869, and settled on his present place. In 1871, Mr. L. H. GASKILL moved here and took charge of the farm; he was born in Columbiana Co., Ohio March 4, 1834. He married Miss Cornelia WHITTLESEY Jan. 5, 1871; she was born in Clyde, Wayne Co., N.Y., Feb. 18, 1851; they have three children, viz., Emily A., Clara W. and Anna A. He lived in Ohio until he was 21, when he came to Illinois, and settled in Kendall Co. and engaged in farming. In 1862, he enlisted in the 127th I. V. I. as Orderly Sergeant; was in service until the close of the war, and took part in the battles of Vicksburg, Mission Ridge, the Atlanta campaign, etc. (Troy Township)

Isaac M. GILLETT, Jr., farmer and stock, Sec. 36; P.O. Spencer; was born in Wayne Co., N.Y., Oct. 6, 1850; he lived in New York about six years; then with his parents came West and settled in Homer Twp., Will Co.; he remained here on the farm about sixteen years when he came to his present place and has remained here since; the place belongs to his father, and contains 300 acres, 240 of which are located on Sec. 1, in Manhattan Twp., and is principally devoted to stock-raising; he makes a specialty of pure Suffolk swine. (New Lenox Township)

John HALEY, farmer, Sec. 35; P.O. Hadley; was born in Waldec, Prussia, Germany, April 2, 1822; he lived there until he was 25 years of age, when he came to America in July, 1847, and settled first in Wayne Co., N.Y., living there six and a half years, blacksmithing; moved from there to Prince Edward Co., Can., working at the same trade; in the spring: of 1860, he came to Will Co., and settled where he now resides; farms 250 acres. Has been Highway Commissioner six years and School Director many years. He married Miss Elizabeth KUNZEN, of Prussia, in Alliance, Wayne Co., N.Y., in July, 1847; she was born Oct. 21, 1823; they have eight children - John, born May 14, 1848; George L., born Jan. 7, 1850; Carrie, born Nov. 3, 1852; William H., born Nov. 17, 1854; Charles F, born Sept. 26, 1857; Alexander, born Oct. 3, 1860; Frank, born Dec. 18, 1864, and Emma, born June 16, 1868. (Homer Township)

G.L. HALEY, farmer; P.O. Hadley, was born in Wayne Co., N.Y., Jan. 7, 1850; came to this State in 1860, and settled in Homer Twp., he removed from Homer to New Lenox in 1876; he has now under cultivation thirty-five acres, valued at $2,100. He was married Nov. 25, 1875, to Miss Emma L. DANCER, who was born in Homer, Will Co., IL, May 14, 1851; they have had one child - Mary Edna, born Nov. 19, 1877. (New Lenox Township)

Henry HOPKINS, farmer; P.O. Lockport; was born in Wayne Co., N.Y., May 3, 1826; he remained at home till he was 18 years of age; his early life was that of a farmer's son; in February, 1865, he came West to Illinois and settled near his present residence; in December, 1874, he purchased his house, and occupied it the following, February. He was married April 12, 1853, to Caroline M. SLY, a native of New York; has bad three children - Irving W., Eugene S., Lillian D.; of these, Irving W. died in November, 1875. Mr. HOPKINS has been very successful in his business transactions; what he possesses today, he has accumulated through honest toil and well-directed energy. In the death of his eldest son he lost a most valuable factor from his working and his accumulating force; he was a young man of more, than ordinary promise. Mr. HOPKINS owns 160 acres, with fine improvements, valued at $15,000. In early life, he worked on the farm during the summer, and, engaged in teaching school during the winter for six terms; in this way, he saved about $600, a sum which, when he came West, started him on the road to success and competency. (Lockport Township)

JAMES W. MOONEY, farmer, Sec. 32; P.O. Lockport; was born in Ulster Co., N.Y., Nov. 6, 1815, where he was engaged in farming, except four years, when he clerked in a grocery store; he came to this county in 1848, and first settled in Homer Twp.; in 1861 he moved, into Lockport Twp. and after remaining sixteen years, returned to Homer Twp, and for two years was engaged in boating on the Illinois & Michigan Canal, and now resides with his sons, John H. and Charles W., who work the Garden Farm in this township. Was Township Assessor and Highway Overseer in Lockport Twp. Married Lydia Ann BURT (daughter of Harlow and Hannah BURT, of Wayne Co., N.Y.) in Wayne Co., N.Y., Dec. 31, 1836; had eleven children - Jane M., born Aug. 16, 1839; Julia A., May 1, 1841; Francis, born Aug. 30, 1842, died Aug. 26, 1843; Charity, born Feb. 3, 1844; died March 4, 1849; Mary, born April 14, 1846; Helen, Aug. 24, 1847; John Henry, Dec. 30, 1849; Harriet Francelia, March 17, 1851; Lydia Josephine, Sept. 11, 1853; William Burt, April 7, 1855, died May 4, 1856, and Charles Wesley, born July 7, 1857. (Homer Township)

Mungo PATTERSON, farmer; P.O. East Wheatland; was born in Dumfriesshire, Scotland, and is the son of John and Jane (HOWELL) PATTERSON; his father was a farmer; Mr. PATTERSON was raised on his father's farm; in 1841, he emigrated to America, and landed in New York City; he then went to Wayne Co., N.Y.; here he was engaged in farming, and remained there until 1844. While in New York, he was married in 1842 to Miss Agnes CLOW, of Scotland. In 1844, they immigrated West to Illinois, and settled in Wheatland Twp., Will Co.; here he has remained ever since, engaged in farming. Mr. PATTERSON is a Presbyterian in religion. Have six children; John was in the late war; enlisted in the 52d I. V.I., served full time and at the close of the war was honorably discharged, and is now living in Indiana. (Wheatland Township)

The following two obituaries from Michigan newspapers were contributed by Dorotha Simmons Piechocki:

From obituary of Alanson YOUNGS in "The Advertiser", Saranac, Michigan, Thursday, June 22, 1911, Vol. 19, Issue 12:

"OBITUARY -- Alanson Youngs

Alanson Youngs was born in Wayne county, New York, June 22nd, 1830. Departed this life June 11th, 1911, lacking eleven days of being 81 years of age. He was the last one living of a family of twelve children.

He came to Michigan in 1855. In 1857 he was married to Mary J. AUSTIN, of Lima, Ind., coming immediately to their home in Berlin township, being one of the pioneers of Ionia county. To this union eight children were born, four of whom died in early childhood. Enlisting in the war of the Rebellion in 1862 he served till the close of the war. In 1886 he moved to Saranac, where he has since resided.

He united with the Baptist church in 1856. He was an honest and upright man and a kind friend to everyone, a patient sufferer for many months and his life's work being finished was ready and anxious to be at rest. He leaves to mourn his loss, his wife, one son and three daughters, Ralph Youngs and Mrs. Frank SISSEM, of Saranac, Mrs. Chas. KYSER and Mrs. Walter TRUMBULL, of South Boston, also 17 grand children and 8 great grand children, besides a host of other relatives and friends.

A good man gone to his reward, his children rise up and call him blessed. . . . The funeral was held at the M. E. church in Saranac, Wednesday afternoon, June 14. . . . Six of his grandsons acted as bearers, Harold Sissem, Royal, Howard, Carl, Edward, and Ralph Kyser.

The G.A.R. attended in a body and conducted the services at the grave. The great profusion of flowers attested the respect and esteem in which he was held.

Those from away who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Clark Youngs and Mrs. Carrie Hatch, of Grand Rapids; John Youngs, of Edmore; Mr. and Mrs. Joseph Bennett, and Mr. and Mrs. Edson ARNOLD, of Ionia, and Mrs. Miles Monks, of near Ada.

Burial in Saranac cemetery."

[Note: from "Declaration for Pension" (Civil War service, certificate #300.864) of Alanson YOUNGS - "states that he was born June 22nd, 1830, at Marion, N.Y."]

From obituary of Mary Jane AUSTIN YOUNGS in "The Advertiser," Saranac, Michigan, December 17, 1914, vol. XXII, p 3, col. 6:

Obituary -- "Mary J. Austin was born in Wayne Co., NY, May 5, 1834, she departed this life December 8, 1914, aged 89 years, 7 months and 3 days.

While quite young she removed with her parents to Lagrange Co., Indiana, where in 1857 she was married to Alanson Youngs, coming immediately to their home in Berlin Township when it was nearly a wilderness. They resided on the farm for 30 years coming to Saranac in 1886 to the home in which she passed away.

To this union eight children were born, four of whom died in early childhood. She was a member of the Baptist church since 1856. She was a woman of strong character in upholding the right, she was a great worker in the temperance cause, being a member of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union of Saranace since it's organization, never missing a meeting unless prevented by sickness. . . .

Her husband, with whom she had lived a happy wedded life for 54 years preceded her to the better land June 11, 1911.

She leaves to mourn her loss, two brothers, Smith Austin of Leipsic, Ohio, aged 87 years, and George Austin of Jackson, Michigan; one son and three daughters; Ralph Youngs and Mrs. Walter Trumbull of Saranac, Mrs. F.H. Sissem of Lowell, and Mrs. Charles Kyser of South Boston; nineteen grandchildren and ten great grandchildren. . . .The funeral was held at the Methodist church, Friday afternoon, December 11....Six of her grandsons acted as bearers: Harold Sissem, Royal, Howard, Carl [?], Edward, and Ralph Kyser. The W.C.T.U. attended in a body. Those from away who attended the funeral were Mr. and Mrs. Clark Youngs and Mrs. Carrie HATCH of Grand Rapids, Mr. and Mrs. Joseph BENNETT of Ionia, Mrs. Miles MONKS of Ada, and Mrs. William MILLER of Lowell, a lifelong friend. She was laid to rest by the side of her husband in the Saranac cemetery."

[Note: Mary Jane was dau. of Noah Howe AUSTIN, b 2 Dec 1794 in Ontario, Wayne Co., NY, son of George Austin. Mary Jane's mother was Ursula FREEMAN, b 28 May 1800 in Ontario, Wayne Co., NY, dau. of Smith FREEMAN and Huldah FREEMAN. Smith d. 15 Jul 1834 in Williamson, Wayne Co., NY; Huldah followed her son and family to LaGrange Co., IN, where she d. 4 May 1865. Noah and Ursula were m. in Ontario, Wayne Co., NY, abt 1818.]

The following sketches and sightings were contributed by an anonymous donor "In Memory of E.E.".

From: "The History of Tuscola County, Biographical Sketches and Illustrations, etc.", Chicago: H. R. Page Company, Copyright 1883. (Note: Tuscola County is Michigan)

CAMERON C. STODDARD, who died at his home in the village of Caro, January 24, 1876, was one of the pioneers of Tuscola county. The following is from an article published in the Advertiser after his death: "Mr. Stoddard was born in the town of Lewis, Essex County, N. Y., in February, 1829, and removed to Fair Grove, in this county, in 1852. He was married in July, 1856, to Miss Jennette E. Sanford, of Wayne County, N. Y., who now survives him; with two sons and one daughter. He was elected to the State legislature from this county in 1860. Enlisted as a private in Company A, Twenty-ninth Regiment, Michigan Volunteers, in 1864, served a little over a year, and at the time of his discharge was commissioned as first lieutenant and acting as captain of the company. After the war he returned to his home in Fair Grove, where he remained until 1872, filling the office of supervisor and nearly every other township office during the time. In 1872 he was elected county clerk, and re-elected in 1874. He has been secretary of the County Agricultural Society for seven years, and was unanimously re-elected at the last annual meeting of the society. Since he became a resident of the village of Caro his valuable services have been in constant demand, and at the time of his death he was president of the village, director of the school board, and president of the board of trustees of the M. E. Church in this village. Mr. Stoddard was a man noted for his firmness of character, sustaining every principle of right, frowning on all wrong; for his correct business habits, and quiet demeanor, and no man says aught against him; never seeking place or position, but always receiving from a people who appreciated him as a faithful public servant, an honest man, an exemplary citizen. His death is a loss to the county that will long be mourned."

DANIEL KINYON:Among the early settlers of Tuscola County was Daniel Kinyon, who died in Caro October 1, 1882. He was fifty-six years of age at the time of his death and was one of the victims of that insidious, but deceiving disease, consumption. The Jeffersonian of October 5, 1882, says of him: "The funeral took place from the Universalist Church, which was handsomely draped, Tuesday afternoon, under the direction of the Masonic fraternity. During the hours of service, and during the funeral procession, the places of business in town were closed and flags displayed at half mast as at token of regard to one who was universally respected by the whole community."

"Daniel Kinyon was born in Arcadia, Wayne County, N. Y., in 1826, and moved to Wayne County, Mich., with his parents in 1831. In 1851, in company with Mr. Frank Fairman, of Juniata, he came into Tuscola County and took up a piece of land in that township oposite Mr. Fairman's. The two young pioneers built a shanty on the line between their places, where they labored as only pioneers know how for many a weary day. Success followed their efforts. Mr. Kinyon finally bought a farm in the west part of the corporation and moved to Caro, where he has since resided, and was, perhaps, one of the best known men in these parts. He was always noted for his kindness, and seemed to move through life bearing good will to all and malice toward none. Many a poor man will bless the memory of Daniel Kinyon for pecuniary assistance in the time of need. Mr. Kinyon was the youngest of six brothers, four of whom are living, his brother John living in this village since 1875, and the others living in the southern part of the State. Mr. Kinyon leaves a family consisting of his widow and five children behind him, with whom the many warm friends of the deceased mingle their sorrow."

Mr. Kinyon was a member from its organization of Mt. Moriah Lodge, F. & A. M., which body passed resolution of sorrow for his death and sympathy with his family, as also did Caro Lodge, No. 173, I. O. O. F., he being a member of that fraternity.

Mrs. Louisa Kinyon, widow of the deceased, was born in Plymouth, Wayne County, Mich., and was married to Mr. Kinyon some twenty-nine years at the time of his death. The family consists of two daughters and three sons. The eldest son, Willie B., resides on the farm originally purchased by his father in Juniata township. The remainder of the family reside with their mother at the homestead in the village of Caro, at the time (1883) we write.

From: William G. Cutler's "History of the State of Kansas", Chicago: The Western Historical Company, A.T. Andreas, Proprietor, Copyright 1883

REV. JARED W. FOX, farmer, Section 11, Township 14, Range 16, P. O. Ridgeway, was born in Sherburne, New York, December 5, 1810, son of Amasa Fox and Abagail Ware. Mr. Fox grew to manhood in his native town and was apprenticed at Burlington, New York, for five years. He entered the Oneida Institute at Whitesboro in the fall of 1832, and graduated from Union Theological Seminary, New York City, and was ordained at Adam's Basin, N. Y., as pastor of the Congregational Church and subsequently became pastor of the Congregational Church in Chili, Monroe County, N. Y., which he served faithfully several years. He came to Kansas in 1860, and settled on a farm containing a quarter section which he owns in Elk Township. He erected a substantial stone house and barn in a few years since. Since coming to this State he has managed the farm and served the church in Burlingame as pastor a part of the time, and continues to hold forth the Word in the surrounding country. Mr. Fox was married in Sherburne, N. Y., January 21, 1839, to Miss Mercy C., daughter of Jonathan Copeland, Esq. And Mrs. Rebecca Edwards Copeland. They have seven children - Charles G., Jared C.., Irving C., Herbert E., Elliott H., Jonathan C. and Mirtie R. C. Charles G., son of the above, was born in Adams Basin, N. Y., January 9, 1840, and was educated in Walworth Academy. He came to Kansas in 1859, and settled in Elk Township, where he owns a good farm. He was elected Surveyor for Osage County and filled the office for seven years. He has also been engaged in teaching school most of the time since coming to the State. He was in the militia and participated with Sterling Price on the blue. He was united in marriage in E., daughter of Johnathan Pratt, Esq. and Clarissa Jennings. They have four children - Frank E., Mertie C., Nellie A. and Grace B. Mr. Fox is a member of the Congregational Church. [Osage County]

GREEN, M. D., Moodyville, was born in Amherst Mass., March 6, 1823. At the age of six years his parents moved to New York, and at the age of twelve years he was removed to Ohio. He was educated at an academy in Wayne County, N. Y. Studied medicine, alternated with teaching school. Attended his first course of lectures at the Medical Department of Willoughby University, and the following year graduated from the Medical Department of the University of Buffalo, class of 1849. He settled in practice in Lucas County, Ohio, and practiced there until 1878, when he moved to Kansas, settling at Alma, Wabaunsee County. In 1882 he moved to Pottawatomie County, locating at the Mineral Springs near the new town of Moodyville. He, in partnership with Dr. Woodard, erected, in the spring of 1883, a bathing establishment at that famed resort. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. He was married May 29, 1849, in Wayne County, N. Y., to Miss Catherine Stoutenberg. Mrs. Green having departed this life, he again married, February 8, 1855, at Monroe, Mich., Miss Eveline Bancroft. They have four children - Kate S., William C., M. Anna and Mattie. McComas is the proprietor of the Mechanic's Hotel, Louisville, Kan. [Pottawatomie County, Rock Creek Twp]

A. S. KEMPER, stock-dealer, was born in Wayne County, N. Y., August 24, 1852. He was educated at an academy at Newark. In 1870, he came to Kansas, settling in Pottawatomie County near Louisville on a farm. Continued to farm for five years, and then clerked for Mr. Bittman for two years. He returned to New York in 1877, and began business at Lyons as a clothing merchant. Two years later, he returned to Kansas, relocating at Louisville, and has been engaged in the livestock trade since, his shipping points being Wamego and Onaga. He is a member of the Masonic order. Was married, January 6, 1883, at Westmoreland, Kan., to Miss Hattie A. [Pottawatomie County]

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