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Martin Washburn,
son of Luther Washburn, was born in Vermont, May 21, 1782. His father,
Luther Washburn, emigrated from England previous to the Revolutionary war,
in which he served till its close. He married Sarah Spinning, by whom he
had eight children, viz., Martin, Freeman, Luther, Rufus, Sally, Malinda,
Rachel, and Calvin, all of whom were born in Vermont except Calvin. Martin
came with his parents and other members of the family to Lee, Oneida County,
NY, about the year 1795, being then about thirteen years old; was married
to Martha Curtis in 1802, by whom he had twelve children, viz., Manford,
Electa, Julia A., Irene, John, Fanny, Alvira, Euphemia, Daniel, Albert,
Samuel, and Alpheus; all of whom lived to be men and women. Manford, Samuel
and Alpheus are now dead. Mr. Washburn, by occupation, ever followed that
of the farmer, and purchased in 1814 the farm now owned by his son-in-law,
Curtis Spinning; sold the same in 1828, and moved nearer to Lee Centre.
In politics he
affiliated with the Democratic party, and
died January 1, 1867. His wife, Martha Curtis, was born in Oneida County,
NY, 1786 and died March, 1844. His father, Luther Washburn, died September,
1848, at the advanced age of ninety two. it is a pleasure to preserve the
memory of these staunch pioneers and defenders of our common country, Martin
having served in the war of 1812.
History of Oneida County by Samuel Durant,
pg. 480 Published 1878
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ABRAM B. WEAVER Member of the Assembly
in 1863
There are but few men
in either branch of the Legislature who equal this gentleman in his personal
appearance. Tall, erect, manly, well-proportioned, and fully developed,
with jet black hair and heavy black whiskers, and a countenance denoting
unusual decision of character and marked ability, it is rarely the case
that we find any one so gracefully constituted. His manner and general
bearing -- kind, courteous and agreeable to all with whom he comes in contact
-- is equally captivation, and all combined, contribute to render him a
leader among his peers, and one of the bright particular stars in the Legislative
galaxy of the State. Mr. Weaver was born in Deerfield,
Oneida county, N.Y., on the 18th of December, 1830, and is, therefore,
in the thirty-third ear of his age. He is of pure German extraction.
His father, George M. Weaver, is still living at the age of seventy-four,
as is also his mother, whose maiden name was Delia Bellinger, and who has
now attained the age of sixty-seven. His parents are both natives
of the State of New York. Mr. Weaver was educated
at the Utica Academy and at Hamilton College. He pursued his course with
a view to the study of the law, and was in due time admitted to the bar,
but although standing well in his profession, he is now devoting himself
chiefly to agricultural pursuits. In 1856 he was appointed School
Commissioner, and in the following year was elected to the same office
for three years. He has always been a bold, fearless and unyielding
Democrat of the National Conservative school, and is a leading spirit in
his party in the county of Oneida, where he has always resided. As a speaker
he ranks prominently among the very best in the Assembly, and his speech
in that body on the Governor's Message will long be remembered as one of
the best efforts of the Session. Mr. Weaver is
unmarried, and attends the Reformed Dutch Church in the city of Utica.
From BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES of the STATE OFFICERS
and MEMBERS OF THE LEGISLATURE of the STATE OF NEW YORK In 1862 and
'63 By Wm. D. MURPHY Printed in Albany for the Author 1863 pages 35-37
Sheila Hoffman shoff@borg.com
"Commemorative
Biographical Record of the Counties of Rock, Green,
Grant, Iowa and Lafayette " Wisconsin - 1901",
page 812, 813.
WILLIAM WEBB. From tillers
of the soil have arisen some of the most influential and celebrated men
of this and other lands, and even cursory reading will demonstrate the
truth of the assertion that agriculture is the surest path to affluence.
Among the substantial farmer-citizens of Albany, Green County, is William
Webb, who was born in Oneida county, N.Y., May 16, 1819, a son of James
and Anna (Scott) Webb, both of whom were natives of New York. They
had born to them a family of eight sons and five daughters, but time has
made sad inroads and but three of that large number still survive: William,
who is our subject; Lois, who married Harrison Chase, resides near Utica,
N.Y.; and Anna, who married a gentleman of Vernon, New York.
The paternal grandfather of our subject
was James Webb, a native of New York, of English descent, who followed
a sea-faring life and at death left one son and one daughter. The
maternal grandfather was Enos SCOTT, a native of New York, born in the
neighborhood of Black River, where he engaged in farming; lived to an advanced
age, and was the father of three sons and
two daughters.
William WEBB, the subject of this sketch,
was reared on a farm in Oneida County, N.Y., and was early taught lessons
of industry and honesty, which have been of advantage to him in later life.
The educational advantages were those of a settled locality, and in his
youth our subject was well grounded in the primary principles. At
the age of fifteen he accompanied his father to Ohio, where the latter
settled on a good farm in Geauga County, where he died in 1841, aged sixty-one
years. The mother of our subject survived him some ten years, being
seventy-two years old at the time of her death. She had all her life
been a devoted member of the Methodist Church, while Mr. Webb had accepted
the Univesalist faith. During the war of 1812 he had been a teamster,
and during his residence in Oneida county served a long time as supervisor
of his town, and was a well-known and respected citizen.
About 1860 William Webb removed to
Wisconsin, taking up 160 acres of government land, which he improved and
lived upon for some years, but advantageously sold and then located in
Green county, where he bought 312 acres, which he improved, this farm being
in Section 25, Albany township. In 1882 his two sons, Charles and William,
bought this farm, and our subject retired to the village of Albany, where
he built a substantial and comfortable residence, with twelve acres of
land, and now resides there,
enjoying the fruits of a well-spent life.
Mr. Webb was married April 26, 1842,
to Miss Fannie Rice, a daughter of Roswell and Sarah Rice, six children
being born of this union: Albert, who married Mary Kibbie, lives in Evansville,
with four children, Arthur, Frank, Nellie and May; Jane, who married Hiram
Brown, who died a number of years ago, leaving six children, Clara, Myrtie,
William, Helen, and a pair of twins (who died in Nebraska), and Mrs. Brown
then married O.C. Healy, and resides at Mapleton, Minn.; Mary E., who married
Samuel Harn, is deceased, leaving one daughter, Emma, who is now the wife
of F.L. Holiday, of Janesville; William R., who married Dell Bump, and
resides in Albany, with five children, William, Rufus, Homer, Fern, and
Hazel; Charles E., who married Eva Harte, and resides in Evansville, with
one son, Mark; and Emma, who married Benjamin Sutherland, but is now deceased,
leaving one daughter, Jessie. The mother of these children died on
May 26, 1889, aged sixty-nine years, having been a devoted member of the
United Brethren Church. On June 5, 1890, Mr. Webb wedded Mrs. Sarah
A. Hubbard, the widow of Henry Hubbard, and her death occurrred in March,
1897.
An active and prominent member of the
Democratic party, Mr. Webb has been called upon to serve in many of the
local offices for some years, being supervisor and a justice of the peace
for many terms, displaying judgement and discretion in managing the township
affairs that made him a valuable officer. Ever since locating in
Green county he has engaged in farming and stockraising, but has found
time to be interested in all progressive movements in his neighborhood,
and willingly assissting when he was convinced they were for the best interests
of all concerned. Much respected, he is one of the representative
citizens of Albany.
Carol carolannh@ticon.net
Asa Wheeler, of Green's Corners, in
this town (Rome), recently celebrated his 80th birthday. He is hale and
hearty and does an average day's work with ease. He is father of Wm. H.
Wheeler of this city. Asa Wheeler is one of a family of eleven children,
eight sons and three daughters, who emigrated with their father and mother
in 1810, from Glastonbury, Conn. The family then consisted of Lazarus Wheeler,
the father, and Hepsy, the mother, Shubel, George, Asa, Jared, Orson, Harvey,
Imlay and Phineas, sons, and Lucinda, Hepsibah and Sohpia, daughters. They
made the journey in an emigrant wagon. A journey that now is made in a
few hours then consumed a week or ten days. They all located in the vicinity
of Green's Corners, and some of the members of the family still remain
on the old homestead.
This part of the country was known in those
days as the 'far west'. All the country in the neighborhood of what is
now the city of Rome was then an unbroken wilderness, and there were but
few houses here. The members of this family, like hundreds of others in
those days, went to work with their hands to make for themselves a home
and a habitation in the wilderness, and they succeeded well. They have
lived to see their children grow up and around them, and the wilderness
to blossom as the rose. They endured the privations incident to frontier
life, and have lived to reap their reward. The members of this family
are remarkable for longevity. The father lived to be 93 and the mother
77. All of those now living are more than 70 years of age, and some are
over 80. George, the eldest, passed his 87th. birthday some time ago. He
was a soldier in the war of 1812. The daughters and three of the sons are
dead. Of those remaining, George and Asa still reside on the old homestead;
Shubel lives at Palmyra, Wis., Jared at Peach Corners, Owsego County, in
this State, and Orson at Vineland, NJ. George Wheeler comomonly called
'Uncle George' is the father of Phineas, George L., and Azael of Rome,
Russell of Utica and other sons at the West. George, Chester, Henry and
Sophia of Rome are children of Imlay Wheeler.
Rome Sentinel (undated)
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Moses T. White, deceased, was born
in Western July 12, 1796, a son of Otis and Mercy (Comstock) White, and
grandson of Levi White. His father and grandfather were natives of Rhode
Island, who settled in Western prior to 1795, and were farmers by occupation,
both of whom died in Western. Moses T. White cleared and improved a good
share of the farm now occupied by his daughter, Caroline, where he settled
in early manhood, and where he died in 1876. In 1819 he married Phoebe,
daughter of Otis and Phoebe (Edmunds) Phillips, of North Adams, Mass.,
and their children were: Mercy (Mrs. Edwin Brainerd), Otis P., Orson, Julina,
Phoebe R., Israel, Belinda, Caroline, Moses T. and Franklin. Mr. White
was a member of the Presbyterian church of Westernville and of the Masonic
fraternity, was justice of the peace of Western for some years, and politically
was a Republican. Of the above named children only three at this date,
1896, are living. Orson died in California near Stockton, in 1853, Mercy,
in Oneida, Ill., in 1887. The others died in Western. In a field above
the house on the farm adjoining on the east, that of the late Moses T.
White, stands a large and aged white ash tree, consisting of two trees
grown together, one much smaller than the other, and twisted partly around
the larger. This tree to Mr. White was pleasantly associated
with the memory of his grandfather, Levi White. When a child, he was one
day walking with him through this field, which then was probably partly
or wholly covered with trees; coming to these two, standing so near together,
the grandfather bent the small one around the larger, and remarked 'This
will make a good scythe for somebody some day.' The tree has outlived for
many years the use of the snath as a handle for the scythe that cuts the
meadow grass, and now his children's children's children love to visit
it, and they call it 'The Twisted Tree.'
Our County and its People, a Descriptive
Work on Oneida County, New York, edited by Daniel E. Wager, 1896
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