John Southwick

Family/Spouse: Sarah Burnap. Sarah was born about 1625. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas Buffington. Thomas (son of John Buffington and Joan Bushnell) was born about 1647 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts; died in 1728. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Thomas married Hannah Ross on 28 Feb 1698/1699 in Salem, Essex County, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of John Ross and Mary Barrett) was born in 1679 in Malden, Middlesex County, Massachusetts . [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Quakers

Family/Spouse: Hannah Buffum. Hannah (daughter of Caleb Buffum and Hannah Pope) was born on 10 Jun 1677. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Possibly the Mary/Hannah Buffington that married Nathaniel Marsh or
Jonathan Marsh in Killingly,CT 23OCt1734

Thomas married Sarah Utter on 5 Oct 1740 in Thompson, Windham County, Connecticut. Sarah (daughter of Samuel Utter and Joanna Preston) was born on 27 Dec 1724 in Killingly, Windham County, Connecticut. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elizabeth Gould. Elizabeth (daughter of Thomas Gould and Abigail Needham) was born about 1710. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Isabel Chase. Isabel (daughter of Joseph Chase and Sarah Sherman) was born on 6 Aug 1705; died on 6 Apr 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Susanna Chase. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Moved to the Beekman Patent of Dutchess County,NY

Family/Spouse: Abigail Sherman. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Phebe Hoskins on 17 Apr 1762 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Phebe (daughter of Samuel Hoskins and Jonanna Harvey) was born in 1738 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Isabel Baker. Isabel was born on 4 May 1741; died on 11 Mar 1781. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah. Sarah was born about 1749. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Phebe Luther. Phebe (daughter of James Luther and Martha Slade) was born on 26 Aug 1731. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Stephen Cornell on 14 Nov 1751 in Swansea, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Stephen was born about 1730; died about 1804. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Celia, a Quaker, married outside her church and was seperated for "non-conformance." No record of her parents has been found; it is believed that whatever record existed was expunged with her seperation.

Birth:
Possibly born in Hartford,Conn.

Died:
22 March 1843
DIED - In East Bloomfield, on the 6th of March inst., Sela Wheeler,
consort of the late Benjamin Wheeler of that town, aged 81 years.

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45180397/celia-wheeler

Celia married Sergeant Benjamin Wheeler on 28 Jul 1782 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Benjamin (son of Reverand Aaron Wheeler and Hopestill Daggett) was born on 07 Feb 1764 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 6 Feb 1836 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Wheeler Cemetery, East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Joanna Wells. Joanna (daughter of John Wells and Francis) was born on 25 Oct 1778; died on 30 Nov 1862. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Stephen married Hannah Simmons on 13 Jan 1790 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Hannah (daughter of Constant Simmons and Silence Soper) was born on 28 Jan 1770 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 21 Jan 1854 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

William married Abigail Briggs on 24 Dec 1801 in Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts. Abigail (daughter of Captain Thomas Briggs and Sarah Phillips) was born in 1780 in Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 12 Sep 1811 in Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts; was buried in Berkley Common Cemetery, Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elijah married Amelia Shephard in 1801 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut. Amelia (daughter of Eldad Shepard and Rebecca Seymour) was born on 28 Mar 1782 in Hartford, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 20 Jun 1853 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Wheeler Cemetery, East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45333742/phebe_haskins-wheeler

Phebe married George Arnold Wheeler on 4 Nov 1802 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. George (son of Joshua Wheeler) was born on 21 Apr 1777 in Westchester, New London County, Connecticut; died on 11 Aug 1837 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in George Wheeler Cemetery, East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Celia married Lyman Miller about 1803. Lyman (son of Jesse Miller and Tryphena Rose) was born on 23 Dec 1781 in Granville, Hampden County, Massachusetts; died on 31 Jan 1867 in Medina County, Ohio; was buried in Town Line Cemetery, Brunswick, Medina Co., Ohio, USA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Benjamin D., son of Benjamin and Celia (Buffington) Wheeler, was born in Massachusetts, April 10, 1789, died September 30, 1818. He removed from his native state to New York state, settling in East Bloomfield, where he was a prominent citizen, advancing the interests of the community in which he resided. He married Deborah Reed, and they were the parents of five children, two sons and three daughters, among whom was Simeon R., see elsewhere

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45333578/benjamin_daggett-wheeler

Benjamin married Deborah Reed about 1808 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. Deborah (daughter of Simeon Reed, Jr. and Hannah Wheeler) was born on 12 Mar 1793 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 7 Jun 1860 in Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sally married Major Seth Lee about 1813 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. Seth (son of Captain George Lee and Olive Jones) was born on 17 Feb 1792 in Massachusetts; died on 9 Sep 1861 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lee Cemetery, East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Soldier in the War of 1812.

John married Betsey Allen Lee on 17 Oct 1813 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. Betsey (daughter of Amos Lee and Hannah Bowen) was born on 1 Mar 1795 in Taunton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 30 Mar 1882 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lee Cemetery, East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cyrus married Sarah Colt about 1816 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. Sarah (daughter of Isaac Colt and Nancy Morris) was born in 1796; died in 1881. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/59887701/frances_jarvis-sleight

Fanny married Andrew Hoag Sleight on 12 Oct 1823 in Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. Andrew (son of Henry Sleight, Jr. and Mary Van Vliet) was born on 30 Sep 1798 in Clinton, Dutchess County, New York; died on 11 Jun 1876 in Allen's Hill, Ontario County, New York; was buried in West Avenue Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From Ontario County Journal 10 April 1874

Obituary - Died at the residence of her son, Benjamin F. Hicks, in Bristol, on the morning of the 2nd , inst. Mrs. Hannah Cornell, wife of the late Aaron Hicks, Esq., aged 79 years, 2 months and 28 days. Mrs. Hicks was a native of Dighton, Bristol Co., Mass., and came to the Genesee Country with her parents at an early age. She was married to Mr. Hicks January 1st, 1812, and lived with him in the same neighborhood, and most of the time on the same farm, for more than sixty years. She was the mother of ten children, nine of whom, one daughter and eight sons lived to adult age, and seven of the sons are still living and were present at her funeral. She was a woman of strong mind and her influence was on the side of right. In the days of the anti-slavery struggle she sympathized deeply with the friends of that cause, and when the ranks of the advocates of Temperance were thin indeed, her voice was ever raised in favor of total abstinence from everything that can intoxicate, and the poor and oppressed always found in her a sympathizer, and so far as her means would allow, a helper. Her funeral was attended at the Universalist Church on Sunday, the 5th inst., the services being conducted by the Pastor, Rev. Henry Jewell, assisted by Rev. Henry Shepard, of Orono, Maine.

Hannah married Aaron Hicks on 1 Jan 1812 in Ontario County, New York. Aaron was born on 12 Dec 1788 in Rehoboth, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 9 Apr 1872 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Isaiah married Elizabeth Gregg on 22 Nov 1827 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Elizabeth (daughter of George Gregg and Elizabeth Gooding) was born in 1811 in Ontario County, New York; died on 14 May 1843 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abigail married Leonidas Wilbur on 14 Apr 1831. Leonidas (son of Josiah Wilbur and Bathsheba Briggs) was born on 16 Nov 1798 in Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 09 Jun 1876 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Stephen married Esther Wetmore in 1830. Esther was born on 14 Jul 1814 in Trenton, Oneida County, New York; died on 4 Aug 1889 in Honeoye Falls, Monroe County, New York; was buried in Tibbals Cemetery, Canadice, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John Sweaney. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Richard Lewis. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Daughter of George & Phebe Wheeler.
Wife of William H. Handley

(birth date from "The Family of Benjamin & Celia Wheeler..." by Harriette M. Wheeler)

In an article• about her brother, Ulysses, a minister, it reads:

In June 1829 Wheeler received a diploma from the General Theological Seminary of the Protestant Episcopal Church, New York. In September 1830 he was appointed "a Domestic Missionary" by the church's Domestic and Foreign Missionary Society. For the next five years, Wheeler served various churches in Mississippi and Louisiana. There are two letters in 1830 (3 January and 6 December) in which Wheeler was informed of his election as rector of St. John's Church, Port Gibson, and Christ Church, Jefferson County, Miss. **During the year the death of his sister prompted Wheeler to compose "Thoughts upon the Death of my Sister Eliza, who deceased August 15 (Sunday) 1830—aged 23 years" (27 August 1830) which was published the following month in The Sunday Visiter; and Sunday School Magazine.**

•John DeWitt McCollough Papers 1824-1900

Arabella married William Handley about 1825. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Laura married Wright Newton about 1830. Wright was born in 1804; died on 10 Jul 1860; was buried in South Lyons Cemetery, Lyons, Wayne County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Henry Gaines. Henry was born in 1806 in New York; died on 23 Feb 1887 in Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Son of George & Phebe.
Married 1st, Eliza Tabor, Oct, 1837. Married 2nd, Eliza Dixon.
Father of George A., Charles C., Phebe H., Adaline M. & Isabella M. by Eliza Tabor, and Frank D. by Eliza Dixon.

on the Sept. 1850 census with his sister Laura (after first wife Eliza Tabor dies in 1849), and married Eliza Dixon after that.

His Brother-in-law, Wright Newton was appointed administrator of his estate Nov 13, 1854, "Mason Wheeler, late of the Town of East Bloomfield who died intestate on or about the 7th of October 1854..." Simeon Wheeler was appointed guardian of his six minor children. Final Settlement was made 6 May 1858 and heirs were George A., Charles C., Frank D., Phebe H., Adaline M. & Isabella M.

Mason married Elizabeth Tabor about 1840. Elizabeth was born in 1819; died on 26 Jul 1849 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in George Wheeler Cemetery, East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mason married Elizabeth Dixon about 1850. Elizabeth was born in 1818; died on 30 Dec 1853 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in George Wheeler Cemetery, East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John D. Westfall. John was born on 11 Feb 1813 in Montague, Sussex County, New Jersey; died on 31 Oct 1888 in Lyons, Wayne County, New York; was buried in South Lyons Cemetery, Lyons, Wayne County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Richard Sanford Pitkin. Richard was born on 6 Oct 1806 in Manchester, Hartford County, Connecticut; died on 31 Mar 1879 in Medina County, Ohio; was buried in Westview Cemetery, Brunswick, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Richmond Simmons, Jr. in 1828. Richmond (son of Richmond Simmons and Eleanor Sears) was born on 11 Jun 1806 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 11 Feb 1862 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Calvin Wheeler on 10 Oct 1877 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Calvin was born in 1806 in New York; died on 23 Mar 1882 in Michigan; was buried in Salem-Walker Cemetery, Salem Twp, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Deborah married Frederick L. Converse about 1832. Frederick was born on 17 Jun 1806 in Connecticut; died on 25 Oct 1889 in Massachusetts; was buried in West Stockbridge Cemetery, West Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Celia married Benjamin Simmons about 1835. Benjamin died on 18 Mar 1868 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/45333594/benjamin_t-wheeler

Benjamin married Miranda Ham about 1835. Miranda (daughter of Robert Hamm and Eunice Gyle) was born in ca 1818 in Ontario County, New York; died after 1870. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Reared by his uncle Major Seth Lee. Simeon held many offices in the county and town. He was a Republican in politics and Protestant in religious faith, with liberal and enlarged views. "A true representative of an American gentleman." He lived on the old homestead until his death in 1898.

Simeon R., son of Benjamin D. and Deborah (Reed) Wheeler, was born in East Bloomfield, Ontario county, New York, December 28, 1817, he died in April, 1898. He acquired his education in the Genesee Wesleyan Seminary, and has always been one of the leading agriculturists of the town, being the possessor of two hundred and fifty-three acres of land, which is under a high state of cultivation, yielding good returns for labor expended. He was a Whig in politics until the formation of the Republican party, when he transferred his allegiance to that organization, with which he has since been connected. He served as commissioner of highways for six years, assessor seventeen years, justice of the peace three years, superintendent of county poor twenty-one years, and in 1882, when the office of postmaster at South Bloomfield, was organized, was appointed thereto and has since retained the same, his service being noted for efficiency and prompt attention to all details. He has been for sixty years an active worker in the Universalist church of Baptist Hill, and for many years served in the capacity of trustee. He is a member of the Monumental Lodge, Good Templars, of Bristol. The Simeon R. Wheeler farm is now (1910) (1911) owned by Thomas Welch, of East Bloomfield. Mr. Wheeler married (first) April 2, 1839, Betsey Bently, born in Richmond, 1819, daughter of Isaac and Hannah (Dubois) Bently, of Saratoga county, New York, the former of whom died January 10, 1863, and his wife, April 12, 1855. Mr. and Mrs. Wheeler had one daughter, Gertrude, who married in 1858, Theron P. Buell, born August 10, 1834, died May 28, 1889; Mrs. Buell died May 30, 1859. Mrs. Betsey (Bently) Wheeler died May 9, 1878. Mr. Wheeler married (second) November 5, 1879. Clara (Daily) Hinman.
(Ontario County History)

Simeon married Betsey Bentley about 1840. Betsey was born in 1819; died on 8 May 1878 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in East Bloomfield Cemetery, East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Colonel of the 7th Div. NY Vols. Inf

Seth married Sarah A. Peck in 1848. Sarah (daughter of Honorable Reynold Peck and Nancy Wheelock) was born on 14 May 1824 in West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; died on 15 Dec 1910 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lee Cemetery, East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Canandaigua, N. Y. - Mrs. Hannah B. Wheeler Park, an aged resident of this town, died Thursday at her home on the Bristol road, a few miles from this village. Mrs. Park was eighty-eight years of age, and death was due to the infirmities of old age. She was the widow of the late Myron Park, and leaves as survivors one son, Henry O. Park, and two daughters, Miss Mary U. Park and Miss Ellen M. Park, all of Canandaigua. The funeral will be held on Sunday afternoon at 3 o'clock at the late residence. Rev. J. Scott Ebersole of the Baptist church will conduct the services and the burial will be in Woodlawn cemetery in this village.
(Geneva Daily Times, 22 April 1905)

Family/Spouse: Myron Park. Myron (son of Joel Park and Lydia Williams) was born on 24 Jan 1812 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; died on 26 Mar 1879 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1870 living with his widowed sister, Carintha Gooding in
York,Washtenaw Co.,MI. With sons Desmond and Louis.
Check 1855 census of East Bloomfield page 29 (wife is possibly
Isabella or Sophia)

Died:
In Ann Arbor, Michigan on 13 Feb 1876 of pneumonia, NATHAN H. WHEELER,
age 55. Funeral 17 Feb in Bristol, NY, Rev. John F. Gates officiating

Family/Spouse: Unknown. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Carintha married Jerome Gooding about 1840. Jerome (son of Elnathan Gooding and Esther Simmons) was born on 31 Aug 1817; died on 27 Jan 1869 in Saline, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Roxanna married H. Bacon about 1851. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Achsah Melvina Andrews on 7 Mar 1855 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Achsah (daughter of Royal Aldrich Andrews and Hannah Everts) was born on 28 Aug 1835 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died in 1924 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Removed to Highland,Oakland Co.,MI

Notes:

Died:
Ontario Repository Newspaper 2Apr1845- DIED - In this town on Friday,
the 28th ult., Henry A. Sleght, son of Andrew Sleght, aged 20 years 8
months and 18 days.

Notes:

He was unable serve in the Civil War on account of being subject to asthma and rheumatism, which renders him wholly unfit for military duty. East Bloomfield, July 1862.
On June 9th 1884, County Court Juror

Died:
Dennison's Corners

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/53657028/theodore_m-sleight

Theodore married Julia Ann Pool about 1849. Julia (daughter of John Pool and Deborah Reed) was born on 30 Apr 1824 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; died on 17 Mar 1909 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Living in Varick,Seneca Co.,NY at the time of his father death in 1876.

Cyrus married Charity Gertrude Van Riper about 1860. Charity (daughter of Mariah) was born on 30 Jun 1837 in Romulus, Seneca County, New York; died on 19 Jan 1930 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan; was buried in Riverside Cemetery, Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Teacher

Notes:

1860 living with her parents, working as a Teacher

Buried:
Episcopal Diocese of Rochester Church Records Indicate that Sarah was buried in Mount Hope Cemetery in Rochester on 15Aug1874. However, her cemetery marker is in Canandaigua on her parents' lot.


Died:
Died of ‘confinement’ at her residence, 11 Centre Park, Rochester. Death by confinement referred to at the time was often related to childbirth. Doctors had patients stay in bed, however this could result in blood clots and other complications after a period of long confinement (some sources state postpartum confinement was 30 days or more). We may assume than that Sarah had a child born in July/August 1874.

Sarah married Nathan Campbell est 1870. Nathan was born est 1830. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 4 Aug 1862, Richmond, Ontario County, New York; American Civil War (North) 1st Regt. Mounted Rifles, K Co. Sergeant; discharged 07 Jul 1865.

Notes:

ONTARIO COUNTY JOURNAL December 30, 1904 PAGE 2 COL 4 Death of Mortimer Sleght. About midnight on Sunday, at his home on Scotland Road, occurred the death of Mortimer Sleght, a long time and respected resident. Mr. Sleght had been in failing health for several years, and since November had been confined to the home with a complication of heart and kidney troubles. Deceased was born here sixty-six years ago, and most of his life had been spent here. He was a Constable for over twenty years, and was turnkey under Sheriff Robert H. Wheeler. In 1870 he married Harriet L. Scott, of Rochester, who with three sons, Walter S., Francis J., and Carlton M. Sleght, all prominent in the business life of the village survive. One brother, Carlton W. Sleght, of Allen's Hill, also survives. Mr. Sleght wasa a member of Company K, N Y Mounted Rifles, which did valiant service in the Civil War. Funeral services were held on Wednesday afternoon, Rev. Lewis Sweet of the Presbyterian church conducting the service. His body was interred 1904 Canandaigua, New York, Woodlawn Cemetery. Section 7 52.

In the 1892 Canandaigua Census he is listed as 54 years of age, a Constable. 1900 Canandaigua Census shows them married 29 years. At the Ontario County Archives in Hopewell, NY, I found a copy of their marriage recorded in 1904 amongst the miscellaneous records. It read as follows, This certifies that on the twenty first day of September, in the year of our Lord 1870,A. Mortimer Sleght and H. Louise Scott were by me united in marriage at East Bloomfield, according to the laws of the State of NY. L. D. Chapin, Minister. Witnesses were H. C. Gilbert and Chas. McKinney. A true copy of the original recorded 30th December 1904. (Harriet Louise Scott is #4263.)

Some humor has come to light concerning the changing of the spelling of the surname. According to a descendant of Mortimer, he sent a letter to his wife Louise explaining that they would change the spelling from Sleight to Sleght because the military had recorded his name as Sleght. Changing their name to Sleght was the only way to collect his pay and pension. The descendant related to me that there was a family joke that he lost an i, a verbal pun for eye, in the Civil War.

Andrew married Harriet Lousie Scott on 21 Sep 1870 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. Harriet (daughter of Isaac Scott and Phebe Fisher Reed) was born on 23 Sep 1847 in Monroe County, New York; died on 21 Feb 1923 in Canadice, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Carlton died after falling off a corn harvester on the family farm.

Carlton married Nettie Earl about 1870. Nettie was born in 1849; died in 1930; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Deputy Sheriff S. C. Hicks (brother of our next Senator) seems to be doing a lively business in his official capacity; his extensive experience, and good sound judgement stamps him as one of the shrewdest detectives in the county. Evil doers should learn better than to undertake to escape his grasp.
(Th Naples Record, November 8, 1877)

Was nominated for Sheriff of Ontario County New York in the 1880's under the Prohibition party.

Stephen married Pheobe A. Pool on 1 Jan 1839 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Pheobe (daughter of John Pool and Deborah Reed) was born in Dec 1822 in Ontario County, New York; died on 24 Apr 1893 in Cheshire, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edwin married Mary Elizabeth Jones on 16 Oct 1855 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Mary (daughter of Arunah Jones and Mary Packard) was born in 1830 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 18 Jun 1864 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in West Avenue Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Hannah married Abiel Chandler Hathaway on 7 Dec 1862 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Abiel (son of Abiel Hathaway and Mary Pool) was born on 23 Feb 1822 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 17 Oct 1894 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 15 Oct 1861, Lima, Livingston County, New York; American Civil War (North) 102nd New York Regt., D Co. Killed - Battle of Antietam 1862

Notes:

Won Best Speaker--Club 873-F on 6/28/05.
By Bill Baxter

"Isaiah Cornell was born in 1801. He had a son named Captain M. Eugene Cornell, who was an unsung war hero of the American Civil War.

Fellow Toastmasters and honored guests....

Eugene Cornell was born on April 11, 1842 . He was not a famous person himself, but he had an uncle who was very famous. His name was Ezra, the brother of Isaiah. Ezra Cornell founded a major university in Ithaca, NY; on a hill overlooking Lake Cayucas. You have probably heard Cornell University's Alma Mater Song, "High Above Cayucas Waters."

After, Eugene Cornell grew up, he became an Officer in the Union Army. In 1862, after the outbreak of the American Civil War, Capt. Eugene Cornell served under General McClellan, who at that time, headed up the Union Forces in The Eastern Campaign, but was always at odds with Honest Abe Lincoln. It was during this time in 1862, that The Union Army was in desperate need of a victory in the East, as the Confederate Army under General Lee had a pretty good stronghold on the Eastern Campaign. As desperate as the Union was for a victory, the South was just as desperate to maintain their stronghold in the East, because in the Western Campaign, The Union Army under General Ulysses S. Grant was dominating the Confederate Army. And so, the two sides met head on at a place in Maryland called Antietam Creek, on Sept. 17, 1862.

The North and the South fought each other at very close range. The Battle of Antietam lasted one day, and I have to say, it was a massacre. The Battle of Antietam was the bloodiest battle of the entire Civil War, and the bloodiest one-day battle in the History of America. A total of 3,650 dead soldiers, Blue and Gray, littered the countryside surrounding Antietam Creek. At least 17,300 people were wounded at the Battle of Antietam. Although the losses were heavy on both sides, General McClellan and his Union Army had obtained their much needed victory at Antietam Creek. This prompted Abraham Lincoln to write his Emancipation Proclamation, which would free all of the slaves in America.

One of the soldiers who died at the Battle of Antietam was Captain Eugene Cornell. There were no confetti brass bands, no medals, just a man who willingly gave his life for his country, and for Abe Lincoln's Cause, which was to reunite a country which was torn apart by slavery and secession. That is my definition of an unsung hero. An unsung war hero is one who willingly lays down his life for his country, without expecting anything in return, whether he lives to tell about it or not. Capt. Cornell did not live to tell about it; but, he was indeed an unsung war hero.

Capt. Cornell had a nephew whose name was George Cornell. George was born in 1854, and was 8 years old, when his uncle died at The Battle of Antietam. When George grew up, he had a daughter named Myrtle Cornell who was born in 1892. Myrtle married a Navy Man by the name of Chief Warrant Officer, Leroy Edwin Baxter--Grampa Baxter to me. Myrtle Cornell, who became Myrtle Cornell Baxter, was my Grandma. Capt. Eugene Cornell was Grandma's Great Uncle and my Great Greet Great Uncle. Capt. Cornell and I are both part of "Uncle Ezra's Family Tree" which grows on top of a hill, "High Above Cayucas Waters." And so, I created this Civil War Website, and named it the Capt. M. Eugene Cornell Memorial Civil War Showcase. During this upcoming Fourth of July Holiday, Let us remember those "Unsung War Heroes" who gave their lives for the freedom which we share here in America."



HDQRS. ONE HUNDRED AND SECOND NEW YORK STATE VOLS.,
Camp in Field near Antietam Creek, September 18, 1862.

Colonel STAINROOK,
Commanding Second Brigade.

COLONEL: I have the honor to report that in the action of yesterday the One hundred and second New York State Volunteers entered the field for duty, according to orders, at 6.30 a. m., in common with the rest of the brigade; that we marched to the woods held by the rebels in close column by division, and that line of battle was formed by deployment of column. While the line was forming, under fire of sharpshooters of the enemy, Captain M. Eugene Cornell, of Company D of this regiment, fell, dead, at the front of his command while bringing them into line, being shot through the head. After line was formed we advanced in order, driving the rebel before us, this regiment going, however, to the left of the brigade, and, after passing through the woods, taking the left of the burning building in the field beyond. From this building our men pursued the enemy to the corn-field in advance, where the One hundred and second halted and commenced firing at a battery which was playing on the right of the brigade, just beyond the corn-field. This battery retired immediately after our opening fire upon it.

At this time I marched the regiment by the right flank to rejoin the brigade, which was in position behind the battery of Parrott guns, to the right of the corn-field. Soon after the brigade moved forward past the battery, and drove the enemy through the woods beyond. The One hundred and second, however, remained supporting the battery, by order of General Sumner's aide. This battery retired after expending its ammunition, and was replaced by a battery of brass guns, which remained in position about twenty minutes, and returned, being threatened by a brigade of the enemy, the right of this brigade being out of ammunition and unsupported, retiring at the same time. The One hundred and second also retired, joining in with the rest of the brigade, and were reformed into line by the general commanding division (General Greene), at the rear of the woods behind the burning building. The brigade was here rested, and, after some two hours, was again marched one-half mile to the rear, and, after forming line, arms were stacked and ration given out.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

JAS. C. LANE,
Lieut. Col., Comdg. One hundred and second New York Vols.

Buried:
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Family/Spouse: Caroline Frances Martin. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married Lucius Leach Pierpont in 1858. Lucius was born on 17 Mar 1835 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; died on 18 Apr 1894 in Allen's Hill, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Francis Alonzo Ashley. Francis (son of Noah Ashley and Minerva Tisdale) was born on 3 Oct 1842; died on 16 Jan 1895; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Phebe married George Oliver Alger in 1847. George was born in Feb 1824 in New York; died on 2 Apr 1909 in Wayland, Steuben County, New York; was buried in North Bloomfield Cemetery, North Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]