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Abiel Chandler Hathaway
1822 - 1894 (72 years)-
Name Abiel Chandler Hathaway Birth 23 Feb 1822 Bristol, Ontario County, New York 
Gender Male Death 17 Oct 1894 Bristol, Ontario County, New York Burial Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York Notes - A. Chandler Hathaway, Bristol, a native of Bristol, was born February 23, 1822, and is a son of Abial, a son of Seth, a native of Vermont, who came to Bristol about 1804. His wife was Bathsheba Gooding, and they reared seven sons and four daughters. He settled on a farm (part of which subject now owns). He was an Anti-Federalist and was the first justice of the peace in Bristol, appointed by the governor. Abial was born March 1, 1786, and came to Bristol when a young man. He married Mary, a daughter of Isaac (born June 26, 1752) and Ann (born December 30, 1756) Pool, of Dighton, Mass. Abial had three sons and four daughters. He was engaged mostly in manufacturing woolen cloth at Bristol. He was a Democrat and was justice of peace many years and was a prominent Free Mason. He died November 5, 1843, and his wife June 12, 1859. Subject was reared as a wool carder and when sixteen years of age came with his parents to the farm he now owns and has here since resided. He learned the cooper's trade and followed it a number of years, but farming has been his principal occupation. He married H. Augusta Cornell of Bristol, a daughter of Isaiah S., who was a son of Stephen Cornell, and was born in Dighton, Mass., May 7, 1802, and married Eliza Gregg of Bristol, a daughter of George and Betsy (Gooding) Gregg, natives of Massachusetts. Mr. Cornell and wife had four sons and three daughters. The youngest son, Mervin E., was killed at the battle of Antietam at the age of twenty years. Mr. Cornell died in 1853, and his wife on May 14, 1843. To subject and wife were born two children: M. Agnes, who graduated from Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, and is now a teacher; and James M., formerly a teacher, but now a farmer. Mr. Hathaway has been a Republican since the organization of that party. He and family are members of the Universalist Church, and he has been chorister for fifty years. He and Billings T. Case formed the committee to raise money to build the church and carried it on very successfully, having the church paid for when built, also the parsonage. Mr. Hathaway missed but one meeting for twenty years in succession, and that was at the death of his mother.
(HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich;
edited by George S. Conover; 1893)
Person ID I17145 OurNorthernRoots Last Modified 28 Aug 2024
Father Abiel Hathaway, b. 1 Mar 1786, Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. 5 Nov 1843, Bristol, Ontario County, New York (Age 57 years) Mother Mary Pool, b. 18 Dec 1782, Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts d. 12 Jan 1859, Bristol, Ontario County, New York (Age 76 years) Marriage Abt 1806 Ontario County, New York Family ID F136 Group Sheet | Family Chart
Family Hannah Augusta Cornell, b. 24 Jan 1837, Bristol, Ontario County, New York d. 24 Aug 1893, Bristol, Ontario County, New York (Age 56 years) Marriage 7 Dec 1862 Bristol, Ontario County, New York Children 1. Mary Hathaway, b. 21 Feb 1863, Bristol, Ontario County, New York d. 13 Mar 1939, Japan (Age 76 years)2. James Madison Hathaway, b. 26 Sep 1866, Bristol, Ontario County, New York d. 11 Oct 1910, Bristol, Ontario County, New York (Age 44 years)Family ID F6184 Group Sheet | Family Chart
- A. Chandler Hathaway, Bristol, a native of Bristol, was born February 23, 1822, and is a son of Abial, a son of Seth, a native of Vermont, who came to Bristol about 1804. His wife was Bathsheba Gooding, and they reared seven sons and four daughters. He settled on a farm (part of which subject now owns). He was an Anti-Federalist and was the first justice of the peace in Bristol, appointed by the governor. Abial was born March 1, 1786, and came to Bristol when a young man. He married Mary, a daughter of Isaac (born June 26, 1752) and Ann (born December 30, 1756) Pool, of Dighton, Mass. Abial had three sons and four daughters. He was engaged mostly in manufacturing woolen cloth at Bristol. He was a Democrat and was justice of peace many years and was a prominent Free Mason. He died November 5, 1843, and his wife June 12, 1859. Subject was reared as a wool carder and when sixteen years of age came with his parents to the farm he now owns and has here since resided. He learned the cooper's trade and followed it a number of years, but farming has been his principal occupation. He married H. Augusta Cornell of Bristol, a daughter of Isaiah S., who was a son of Stephen Cornell, and was born in Dighton, Mass., May 7, 1802, and married Eliza Gregg of Bristol, a daughter of George and Betsy (Gooding) Gregg, natives of Massachusetts. Mr. Cornell and wife had four sons and three daughters. The youngest son, Mervin E., was killed at the battle of Antietam at the age of twenty years. Mr. Cornell died in 1853, and his wife on May 14, 1843. To subject and wife were born two children: M. Agnes, who graduated from Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, and is now a teacher; and James M., formerly a teacher, but now a farmer. Mr. Hathaway has been a Republican since the organization of that party. He and family are members of the Universalist Church, and he has been chorister for fifty years. He and Billings T. Case formed the committee to raise money to build the church and carried it on very successfully, having the church paid for when built, also the parsonage. Mr. Hathaway missed but one meeting for twenty years in succession, and that was at the death of his mother.
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Birth - 23 Feb 1822 - Bristol, Ontario County, New York 
Marriage - 7 Dec 1862 - Bristol, Ontario County, New York Death - 17 Oct 1894 - Bristol, Ontario County, New York 
Burial - - Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York = Link to Google Earth Pin Legend 
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