Benton Gregg Abbey

Notes:

Benton G. Abbey, Richmond, was born February 19, 1854. His father, Hiram P., son of John, was born in 1822, and married Betsey, daughter of Benjamin Gregg, of Bristol, and settled on a portion of his father's farm. Besides Benton he had two other children: S. Elizabeth, born in 1860, and Robt. B., now living in Bristol, where he is a farmer. Hiram P. has about 550 acres in this county and several thousand acres in Texas, which he visits every winter. Mrs. Abbey died in 1888. His son, Benton G., attended Canandaigua Academy and Geneseo Normal School. In 1885 he married Jennie Garton, of East Bloomfield, and they have two children: Caroline, born August 1, 1886, and Bessie, born in January, 1888. Mr. Abbey engaged in the manufacture of drain tile in 1879, to which he has since added a cider mill and a fruit evaporator. He has twenty acres in his homestead farm.
(HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893)

Benton married Jennie Cora Garton on 23 Dec 1885 in East Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. Jennie was born on 7 Aug 1864 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 5 Apr 1932 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, New York; was buried in Allen's Hill Cemetery, Richmond, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Frank K. Green. Frank was born in 1874; died in 1931; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Howard Whiting Tellier. Howard was born on 12 Nov 1887 in Naples, Ontario County, New York; died on 24 Jan 1971 in Naples, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Rose Ridge Cemetery, Naples, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]