Abigail Lakin

Abigail married Joseph Lakin in 1695. Joseph (son of Sergeant John Lakin and Mary Bacon) was born on 14 Apr 1670 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 1 Apr 1747 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Named in his father probate as executor 09Nov1747 after his mother pleaded not to be to due her age.

Jacob married Eunice on 28 Jan 1730 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Benjamin Bennett on 27 Mar 1723 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Benjamin (son of Benjamin Bennett and Abigail) was born about 1696; died on 25 Sep 1757 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Lydia married Ebenezer Lakin on 13 Jan 1732 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Ebenezer (son of Abraham Lakin and Abigail) was born on 19 Jul 1707 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Sarah Lakin on 8 Jan 1747 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of John Lakin and Sarah Shattuck) was born on 3 Mar 1724 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Jul 1765 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Sybil Woods on 28 Aug 1768 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Sybil (daughter of Amos Woods and Hannah Nutting) was born on 6 Feb 1740 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died on 24 May 1836 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Joseph married Margaret Shattuck in 1751 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ezekiel Nutting. Ezekiel was born on 13 Feb 1721 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts; died in 1790. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Phebe married Gabriel Lakin on 13 Apr 1758 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Gabriel (son of William Lakin and Mariam Erwin) was born on 22 Jun 1736 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He came from Salem, MA in 1781 and located at the southwesterly extremity of Linekin Neck, building his house nearly opposite Negro Island. He lived there until his decease. No publishment is found and it is thought he was married when he came to Boothbay. His wife's name is unknown and the exact birth of his children apparently unobtainable. He followed fishing and farming. It is thought that there were some children who failed to live to maturity between John and Benjamin.

Benjamin married Sarah Lakin in 1778 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. Sarah (daughter of Simeon Lakin and Mary Lovejoy) was born on 16 Nov 1756 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49982181/mary-gregg

Mary married John Gregg, Jr. on 26 Sep 1779 in Groton, Middlesex County, Massachusetts. John (son of John Gragg and Jennet Wilson) was born in 1755 in Peterborough, Hillsborough County, New Hampshire; died on 28 Nov 1812 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

May be the Daniel Bennett died 1840 Hillsboro, NH

May be the Daniel Bennett died 1840 Hillsboro, NH

Polly married Zephaniah Walker Gooding on 27 Mar 1800. Zephaniah (son of William Gooding and Bathsheba Walker) was born on 25 Sep 1777 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 19 Jun 1856 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: John D. Trafton. John (son of Benjamin Trafton and Eunice Fisher) was born on 26 Dec 1782 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 10 Nov 1848 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Bristol Center Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

War of 1812

George married Elizabeth Gooding about 1810. Elizabeth (daughter of Job Gooding and Mary Claggett) was born on 8 May 1784 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 21 Jan 1859 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/50334675/fanny-briggs

Fanny married Artemas Briggs on 17 Nov 1809 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Artemas (son of Captain Jedediah Briggs and Bathsheba Paull) was born on 29 Aug 1786 in Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 4 Jul 1870 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Luther and Betsey raised sons on east end of Lot # 33, across from the
Burning Springs. There is a 1/2 acre burial plot close by.
Artemus Briggs was appointed Guardian of Luther's four minor sons on
August 27, 1850. Luther's youngest sons, per 1850 Census and court
records, lived with thier mothers twin sister Fanny Briggs. In 1850,
she was age 50 and husband Artemus age 74 both from Mass.

Elizabeth married Luther Bartlett on 3 Oct 1815 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Luther was born about 1793. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Fanny Pratt on 8 Mar 1814 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Fanny was born on 5 Dec 1793 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 17 Jun 1866 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Thomas Briggs. Thomas (son of Abiel Briggs and Dyer Paull) was born on 27 Jan 1790 in Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 02 Aug 1863 in Sharon Twp, Medina County, Ohio; was buried in Sharon Center Cemetery, Sharon, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

On April 15 1850, he and five others including his son Horace took an ox team by the "Overland Route" to California. They arrived September 19, 1850. The party separated but he and Horace stayed together. He soon became sick from the journey and died. ("An Excellent Citizen Gone")

Hiram married Eunice Cory on 01 Feb 1826. Eunice was born on 03 Mar 1808 in Jefferson County, New York; died on 5 Feb 1901 in Sennett, Cayuga County, New York; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Troop, Cayuga County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Richard Bailey. Richard was born on 4 Mar 1793; died on 19 Apr 1844; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ezekiel Cudworth. Ezekiel was born in 1806 in Freetown, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 18 May 1878 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Laura married Phineas Kent in 1826. Phineas was born on 4 Oct 1804; died on 2 Jan 1891; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sally married Living [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Richard Gardner. Richard was born in 1806 in Connecticut; died on 20 Nov 1857 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Sarah. Sarah was born in 1818 in New York; died on 4 Nov 1851 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Bristol Center Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Benjamin married Nancy about 1852. Nancy was born in ca 1827 in Massachusetts. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eliza A. Totman. Eliza (daughter of Calvin Record Totman and Charlotte Washburn) was born on 9 Apr 1820 in Adams, Jefferson County, New York; died on 27 Dec 1916 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

four sons and three daugters

Elizabeth married Isaiah Stephen Cornell on 22 Nov 1827 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Isaiah (son of Stephen Cornell and Hannah Simmons) was born on 7 May 1802 in Dighton, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 18 Aug 1853 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Abbey married Othniel Gooding in 1834. Othniel (son of Elnathan Gooding and Esther Simmons) was born on 30 Nov 1811 in Ontario County, New York; died on 5 Nov 1900 in Washtenaw County, Michigan; was buried in York Cemetery, York Twp, Washtenaw County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Apparently raised by her Aunt and Uncle, Polly and Zephaniah Gooding - in 1855 census Zeph is referred to has her father.

Family/Spouse: Seymour W. Case. Seymour (son of Jonathan Joy Case and Lucy Simmons) was born in 1812 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 20 Jan 1874 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Lucy Lucinda Case. Lucy (daughter of Isaiah Case and Rachel Reed) was born on 6 Jul 1822 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 31 May 1912 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Nancy Pennell on 30 Jun 1833. Nancy (daughter of John Pennell and Martha Tenney) was born in ca 1812; died on 31 Dec 1851 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

John married Eveline M. Wells about 1852. Eveline (daughter of Pascal Paoli Wells and Anna Munson) was born on 6 Jul 1820 in Manchester, Bennington County, Vermont; died on 20 Dec 1894 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jedediah married Elizabeth S. Brown about 1845. Elizabeth (daughter of Warren Brown and Elizabeth Allen) was born on 15 Aug 1822 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 15 Jan 1892 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Fanny married John Frederick Thayer on 4 Dec 1837 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. John was born on 23 Jan 1812 in New York; died on 2 Mar 1840 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cyrus, was born in 1820 in the house now occupied by his son, which was built by the father of Cyrus, Artemas, in 1817. The latter was born in 1786 in Dighton, Mass., and came on foot to Bristol, Ontario county, in 1806. In 1809 he married in Bristol, Fanny Gregg, born in 1789. His father, Jedediah, was born in 1738. He had thirteen children, several of whom came to this county. Artemas traded his farm in Bristol for one here, whither he removed in 1814. He served in the War of 1812, and fought in several of the battles on the Niagara frontier. He settled on the west side of Honeoye Lake, and owned land south of Main street in Honeoye. He and his son, Jedediah, each gave half the land for the original cemetery and he gave the land for the First Methodist church. He was one of the founders of the church here. The edifice stood on the site of Mrs. Phillips's house on Lake street. His children were: John G., born in 1811; Jedediah, born in 1815; Fanny, born in 1818; Cyrus, born in 1820, and Mary, born in 1823. Cyrus was educated at East Bloomfield Academy, and was a farmer. He married first Emeline McMichael, daughter of Thomas McMichael, a tanner here, and they had two sons: Zachary J., born in 1849, and John C. He married second Cynthia E. Hadley, by whom he had no children. He died in 1888. John C. married in 1878 Minnie A., daughter of John Van Buren. She was born November 8, 1857. They have had two children; Fred J., born in 1885, died in 1889, and Hattie F., born May 26 1889. Mr. Briggs farms the old original homestead first taken up by Abel Short and later owned by Artemas Briggs. Jedediah, brother of Artemas Briggs, was born in 1779 and was a sea captain. During the War of 1812 he was captured by the English and taken to England, returning after the war. Enoch, the oldest brother, born in 1770, came after Artemas, and settled in Bristol, where his descendants may be found at the present time. The ancestry of the family dates back to Sir Robert Briggs of England, who lived about thirteen generations back.
(History of Ontario County; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893)




Cyrus Briggs, one of the old residents of Honeoye, died at Rochester last Saturday night, aged 68. Mr. Briggs had been in poor health for about a year, and went to the house of his brother-in-law, Mr. McCrossen, of Rochester, the 6tb of last December, in the hope that a change would benefit him, Mr. Briggs was born at Honeoye, and always made that place his home. He leaves two sons Zachary and John both of whom live at Honeoye. Also, one brother and one sister—Mrs. Henry Huff of Jonesville, Mich. The funeral was held Wednesday. The appreciative obituary notice will be found in another column.

THE LATE CYRUS BRIGGS.
Cyrus Briggs of Honeoye died at the residence of his brother-in-law, R. D. McCrossen, of Rochester, on Saturday evening, Dec 29th. Though all feared there was no hope of recovery, when the news of his death reached his native place it came with a shock that was almost startling. Cyrus Briggs was a man loved by his friends and respected by all. Born at the old homestead Nov. 18th, 1890, sixty-eight years later he was carried and placed by loving hands in the very room that saw his birth. He was the youngest son of the late Artemus Briggs, who removed from Bristol to Richmond in 1814. Of his immediate relatives, a brother, Jedediah, of this place, and a sister, Mrs, Mary B. Huff, of Jonesville, Mich., survive him. His sons, Zachary and John, are residents of Honeoye, the latter occupying the old home on the farm that has been in possession of the Briggs family for seventy-four years. Mr. Briggs was twice married. His first wife, Miss Emeline McMichael of Naples, died in '66, and he married Miss M. E. Hadley of Brooklyn in '67. He leaves a successful competence gained by honesty, industry and strict attention to his own affairs. The funeral services, conducted by Rev. S. M. Day, were held from the Congregational church on Wednesday, the 2d, at 11 o'clock, the burial taking place while en route to the church, in Lake View cemetery, and which was once included in the original deed to the old farm.
(Livonia Gazette, January 4, 1889)

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/64555425/cyrus-briggs

Cyrus married Emeline A. McMichael about 1848 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. Emeline (daughter of Thomas McMichael and Lucinda Fisher) was born on 28 Sep 1828 in Bushnells Basin, Monroe County, New York; died on 28 Apr 1866 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Cyrus married Minnie E. Hadley in 1868 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. Minnie (daughter of Doctor William Warriner Hadley and Caroline Roberts) was born in Oct 1843 in Akron, Summit County, Ohio; died on 4 Dec 1925 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41893523/mary-huff

Mary married Henry Huff in 1851. Henry (son of John Huff and Rachel Allen) was born on 29 Jul 1817 in New Jersey; died on 26 Nov 1877 in Fayette Twp, Hillsdale County, Michigan; was buried in Somerset View Cemetery, Jonesville, Hillsdale County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Brooks Cementary Stones: Small Country cementary for southwest of
Chicago.
Mary Bartlet (1850 -1851)
August Valentine (1847-April 18, 1929)
Othello Bartlett (1855-1892) Milton & Rhonda's daughter
Ernest Roy Bartlett (1873-1876) son of Milton Parish & Mary Elizabeth

Family/Spouse: Harvey Beach. Harvey was born in 1810; died on 18 Dec 1882; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nancy married Ira Totman in 1834. Ira (son of Samuel Totman and Naomi McCartney) was born on 7 Nov 1810 in Warren County, New York; died on 3 Mar 1900 in West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Fannie married Thomas Morton Hunn in 1848. Thomas (son of James Gideon Hunn and Elizabeth Gillette) was born on 28 Aug 1822 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; died on 1 Apr 1902 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Bristol Center Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Hiram Peter Abbey on 12 Dec 1850 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Hiram (son of John Abbey and Elizabeth Baker) was born on 22 Jan 1822 in Allen's Hill, Ontario County, New York; died on 5 Apr 1895 in Allen's Hill, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Baker Cemetery, Richmond, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Sarah married William Henry Allen in 1855. William (son of Hoel Allen and Sophia Lewis) was born on 7 Mar 1825 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 9 Nov 1897 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: George Washington Crane. George (son of Barnabas Crane and Hannah Crane) was born on 13 Mar 1809 in Berkley, Bristol County, Massachusetts; died on 20 Jan 1884 in Sharon Twp, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Alinda Briggs was born on November 12, 1816, in Bristol, New York. She and her older sister Louisa were both married on June 29, 1834, in a double ceremony in East Bloomfield, Ontario, New York. Alinda married Barnabas Crane, and Louisa married Barnabas' brother, George Washington Crane.

Within months, the newlyweds and the rest of Alinda's family including her parents Thomas and Abigail Briggs moved to Sharon, Ohio. Alinda and Barnabas had four children on their 192-acre farm in Sharon. The youngest child was only three when Barnabas died on November 11, 1856. Two years later, on July 13, 1858, D.G. Briggs officiated at the marriage of
Alinda and the widower Ira Totman of Bristol, Ontario County, New York. Ira's son Seneca "Nick" Samuel Totman was about 13 at the time of their marriage. Alinda and Ira had a child together, Irene Imogene Totman, in 1860. In 1867, Alinda's daughter Lucy Clara Crane married her stepbrother
Seneca Totman.

Alinda's children were all still living in Sharon when she died of breast cancer on July 30, 1880. She and Barnabas Crane share a monument in the Sharon Center Cemetery.

Alinda married Barnabas Crane, Jr. in 1834. Barnabas (son of Barnabas Crane and Hannah Crane) was born on 14 Jul 1806 in Massachusetts; died on 11 Nov 1856 in Ohio; was buried in Sharon Center Cemetery, Sharon, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Alinda married Ira Totman on 13 Jul 1858 in Medina County, Ohio. Ira (son of Samuel Totman and Naomi McCartney) was born on 7 Nov 1810 in Warren County, New York; died on 3 Mar 1900 in West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rhoda Ann Pratt. Rhoda was born on 27 Jun 1817; died on 25 Jan 1898; was buried in Sharon Center Cemetery, Sharon, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Harriet C. Dinsmore. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Angeline Lake. Angeline was born on 10 Jan 1826; died on 13 Nov 1907 in Medina County, Ohio; was buried in Sharon Center Cemetery, Sharon, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

George G. Briggs, the pioneer fruit man of California, in 1861 became the owner of the Rancho Santa Paula y Saticoy, in Ventura County, and said rancho was subdivided and thrown open for settlement by him.

Notes:

There are three men most responsible for the development of the Crescenta-Canada Valley: Dr. Jacob Lanterman, Dr. Benjamin Briggs, and Senator Frank P. Flint.

DR. BENJAMIN BRIGGS

Benjamin Bennett Briggs was in terrible shape when he arrived here in 1881. Years earlier he?d been shot through the lung -- the bullet still lodged in his chest, leaving him in constant pain. He was among the very first to head west for the Gold Rush, leaving the East Coast in March of 1849.

Near Salt Lake City, he and his brothers befriended some local Indians. While showing off their marksmanship, the 22-year-old accidentally stepped in front of his brother?s target.

The bullet ripped through his right lung and imbedded in his spine, the tip just visible under the skin. His journal entry for the day reveals a stoic personality. After describing the terrain and location he merely adds, ?Got accidentally wounded.?

In keeping with the medical practice of the time, he was bled. This complicated his condition, producing terrible sweats, fevers and chills. After a eight days the caravan moved on, leaving his brothers to tend to him.

Fearing they wouldn?t make the Sierras by winter, the Briggs brothers had no choice but to continue west and if need be bury him along the way. When they arrived in California, to their utter amazement, young Benjamin stood up.

His brothers worked the gold mines while he recuperated. With little to do but stare at the ground -- he became convinced that California?s soil would be perfect for growing citrus.

After some serious cajoling, he persuaded his brothers to collect the proper cuttings. This required not only the arduous journey back to the east coast -- but ocean voyages to South America and Spain, the latter in which to learn the raisin business.

Through painful trial and error -- and years of perseverance -- the Briggs brothers pioneered California?s fruit industry -- the first to plant citrus in the Sacramento Valley. George Briggs became one of the state?s first millionaires.

The Mission Padres had experimented with fruit growing before, but never on a large scale. The Briggs ranch in Santa Paula was so vast that visitors were cautioned to carry guns as flares since many a worker got lost overnight in the endless maze of fruit trees.

But a cloud followed young Benjamin. His wife Abby died of tuberculosis. Heart-broken and still suffering from his own lung injury, he abandoned the fruit industry for medicine.

He became obsessed with finding a cure for tuberculosis and other lung diseases. Over the years he earned seven medical degrees including one from the Heidelberg Academy in Germany which at the time led the world in tuberculosis research.

Despite a successful medical practice in Indiana, Brigg?s longed for a healthier climate. With his new bride (his wife?s sister) and his daughter Irene, he traveled extensively throughout Europe and America in search of the perfect climate. He found it in Rancho La Canada.

Tall, angular and bearded, Briggs reminded locals of the late President Lincoln and they took to calling him Old Abe. After moving here, Brigg?s health immediately improved.

Brigg?s purchased the entire western half of Rancho La Canada from Lanterman and Williams. He had the land surveyed and divided into ten-acre lots for sale as ranches. This included the future site of Montrose.

From his perch atop Pickens canyon, the mountains made crescent shapes -- so he named the area La Crescenta. Before that it had been called simply ?The Big Rocks?.

Brigg?s started the first school in the valley, the first town center, the first church, the first public park, and the first full-time medical practice. He also planted thousands and thousands of trees.

Briggs? daughter Irene had married the Reverend Lawrence Ward. For over 20 years, they were missionaries in the Islamic country of Persia, part of modern-day Iran. While on furlough, Briggs asked them start the first church in the valley. They formed the First Presbyterian church in Dr. Brigg?s home.

The church would later move to this cement structure on Foothill. A rare commodity in those days, Brigg?s bought the cement after it had been used as ballast on a ship from Germany. It was said to be the first cement structure in all of Southern California. The church would eventually move to its present location on Montrose Avenue.

Briggs accomplished all this in less than 12 years. When he was 66 he decided to have the bullet removed from his chest. It had been lodged against his spine for 44 years. Shortly after doctors extracted the lead ball, Benjamin Briggs died.

Col. Pickens and Dr. Briggs lived on the same piece of land for roughly the same amount of time -- during which the former chopped down an entire forest, damned up the canyon and forced others to pay him for the water -- while the latter planted thousands of trees, established a new town, and paved the way for future generations to move here.

All that honors the memory of this extraordinary man is the name of the street which once led up to his home.



Buried:
Although Benjamin Bennett Briggs, M.D. has a grave marker in Sharon Center Ohio, he was cremated by Rosedale Cemetery, Los Angeles. His ashes were not claimed and they were interred there without record.

Family/Spouse: Abigail Crane. Abigail was born on 7 Oct 1824 in Chatham, Barnstable County, Massachusetts; died on 13 Jul 1862 in Santa Paula, Ventura County, California; was buried in Sharon Center Cemetery, Sharon, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Edwin Haskell. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

JOSEPH W. BRIGGS, deceased. The subject of this sketch was born in New York in 1832. He was the son of Thomas Briggs, of New York. In his childhood his father removed to Medina County, Ohio, where our subject was reared and schooled, obtaining such education as the schools of that date afforded. He early learned the details of the work on his father's farm in assisting in its management.

He made the overland journey to California, and upon his arrival joined his brother, who resided near Marysville, the two entering into extensive fruit-cultivation, thus becoming pioneers of that industry in this State. He continued in k until 1854, when he returned to Ohio, and there married, in that year, Miss Mary J. Oldes, the daughter of Albert and Mary (Bennett) Oldes, who resided in Medina County, Ohio. After a two years' stay in Ohio, he went to Franklin County, Kansas, where he purchased land and established himself as a farmer and stock-raiser. There he made his home for several years, in fact until, in 1862, he returned to this State, and, with his brother, John G., and his brother-in-law, Edward Haskell, entered largely into fruit-culture. His family joined him in his new home in 1863. Mr. Briggs eventually bought out the interests of his partners, and for a time managed these orchards, of hundreds of acres in extent, without other assistance than that of hired help. In 1873 he sold out these interests and came to Santa Clara County, where he bought a tract of 120 acres on the Trimble road, on Coyote Creek, in the Midway School District. He immediately began the work of planting extensive orchards and small-fruit vines, and succeeded before his death in producing a splendid farm, upon which his widow now resides. Fifty acres were devoted to the raising of plums and prunes, twenty acres to pears, ten acres to apples, twelve acres to cherries, and the remainder to pasturage. Six acres of raspberries, and five of strawberries, were cultivated among the fruit-trees. Plenty of water is supplied by five artesian wells, each of which furnishes an average flow of water. These lands, being in a high state of cultivation and very productive, testify to Mr. Briggs' skill in horticulture. In addition to the supervision of this large farm, Mr. Briggs engaged largely in fruit-raising near Visalia, purchasing in 1881, 200 acres of land. His son, Frank T., bought 160 acres near this property, and in 1885 Mr. Briggs also acquired that tract by purchase. His design was the conversion of the whole into orchards, but his plans were destroyed by the hand of death, which occurred April 19, 1887.

He left three children: Frank T., married and living in San Francisco ; John G., who married Miss Lizzie Adams, of Alviso, now a resident of San Jose; and Albert L., residing on the old homestead. He also left, besides a devoted family, f friends, by whom his loss was deeply felt. He was a man of great strength of character, of untiring energy, as the magnitude of his enterprises proves. He was well versed in the business affairs of life, and was thus able to bring to a successful issue his many plans.

His worth in social circles was thoroughly appreciated, and by his death many secret organizations mourned the loss of a most useful member. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity, being a Knight Templar, and was also connected with tcan Legion of Honor, Chosen Friends, Knights of Honor, and Ancient Order of United Workmen.


Pen Pictures From The Garden of the World or Santa Clara County, California, Illustrated. - Edited by H. S. Foote.- Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1888.
Pg. 572

Joseph married Mary J. Oldes in 1854. Mary was born about 1835. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ann. Ann was born in ca 1831 in Ireland. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Elizabeth married Henry Harrison Reed in 1862. Henry (son of Philip Reed and Louisa Wemple) was born on 12 Dec 1840 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; died on 27 Jun 1911 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 7 Oct 1861, Bristol, Ontario County, New York; American Civil War (North) 85th New York Infantry Regt., Co.B At the Seige of Yorktown, In the Battles of Williamsburg, Fair Oakes, seven days fight before Richmond, Kingston, Whitehall and Goldsboro. In the Skirmishes at Lee's Mills, Savage Station, Blackwater, raising seige of Fort Anderson, Blorents Mills, Raising seige of Little Washington, Gardners Bridge and Foster's Mills. Mustered out 31 Dec 1862 Re-enlisted 1 Jan 1863, promoted to Sergeant. Taken Prisoner at Plymouth,NC 20 Apr 1864, was conveyed to Andersonville, removed to Charleston 11Sep1864 to Florence 5Oct1864 to Goldsboro about the middle of Feb 1865 - paroled Mar 3 1865. Discharged 18 Aug 1865

Family/Spouse: Sarah E. Stroke. Sarah was born on 7 Nov 1841; died on 28 Feb 1868 in Cayuga County, New York; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Troop, Cayuga County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Zephaniah married Martha M. Jones in 1870. Martha (daughter of Arunah Jones and Olive Briggs Simmons) was born on 20 Apr 1845 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 15 Nov 1934 in Belding, Ionia County, Michigan; was buried in River Ridge Cemetery, Belding, Ionia County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Nathan H. Mason. Nathan was born on 26 Feb 1838; died on 22 Mar 1907 in Cayuga County, New York; was buried in Pine Hill Cemetery, Troop, Cayuga County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eugene W. Stowell. Eugene died in 1919; was buried in Fort Hill Cemetery, Auburn, Cayuga County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Rufus W. Travis. Rufus was born on 7 Aug 1835 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
Typhoid Fever

Other Events and Attributes:

• Military Service: 20 May 1862, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; American Civil War (North) 4th New York Heavy Artillery, Battery M. Died of disease 1864 at Fort Ethan Allen, VA

Henry married Emma Marie Crane about 1876. Emma (daughter of Barnabas Crane, Jr. and Alinda Briggs) was born on 23 Mar 1853 in Ohio; died on 27 Dec 1912 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn 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:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/49962565/merwin-eugene-cornell

Family/Spouse: George Arvillo Wilder. George (son of John Wilder and Eunice Codding) was born on 07 Nov 1833 in New York; died on 07 Nov 1913 in Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio; was buried in Lake View Cemetery, Cleveland, Cuyahoga County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich;
edited by George S. Conover; 1893;
Mark A. Case, Bristol, was born in Bristol, August 16, 1842. His
father was Seymour W., son of Jonathan J., who was born in Bristol and
married Caroline J., daughter of George Gregg. Mr. Case and wife had
five sons and a daughter. He owned a farm of 100 acres, was a Democrat
in politics and active in his party. He died January 20, 1874, and his
widow resides with her son, Horace B. Mark A. was educated in the
common schools of Bristol. In 1867 he married Mariette, daughter of
Ephraim Dunham, and they have two sons: George G., born December 14,
1870, and Seymour W., born May 13, 1875. Mr. Case has 100 acres which
he purchased in 1867, and is a general farmer and hop grower, having
ten acres devoted to the latter. Mr. Case is a Democrat in politics,
and was supervisor in 1889-90 and 1891. He was justice of the peace
one term, and assessor one term.

Mark married Mariette Dunham in 1867. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

George married Lovice Fisher Case in 1863. Lovice (daughter of Orestes Case and Lucretia Caroline Fisher) was born on 25 May 1843 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 30 Mar 1923 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Edward T. Wilder. Edward was born in 1844; died in 1914; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Annette married Horace C. Gilbert on 7 Feb 1861. Horace was born on 6 Jul 1838; died on 30 Jan 1915 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Richmond Center Cemetery, Richmond, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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

Artemas married Matilda Fifield about 1874. Matilda was born on 21 Nov 1853 in Honeoye Falls, Monroe County, New York; died on 15 Apr 1939 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Died:
died of cardiac dilation

Fannie married Frederick Leonard Ashley on 16 Mar 1876 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. Frederick (son of Noah Ashley and Minerva Tisdale) was born on 25 Mar 1845 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; died on 16 Jun 1922 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Jedediah married Mary A. Beardsley on 7 Jul 1874. Mary was born in 1858; died on 13 Sep 1880 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Zachary was educated at Canandaigua Academy and at Lima Seminary. He always followed farming. He built his residence in 1883 a half mile south of the old homestead and commands a fine view of the lake and rural scenery(even today).

Zacariah Briggs passed, away at his home on the corner of Briggs and Lake Streets Friday afternoon. Mr. Briggs had been in poor health for the past year but had gradually grown worse for the last few weeks. He was the son of Cyrus and Emeline McMichael Briggs and was born in Honeoye February 13, 1849. Mr. Briggs was married to Analiza Sleight of East Richmond in Detroit October 25. 1871. Mr. and Mrs. Briggs lived the early part of their married life on a farm on the west side of Honeoye Lake, which was still owned by Mr. Briggs and occupied by his son, Harry, and family. Mr. Briggs retired from farm several years ago and moved to the village to live and a few years ago purchased the George Ashley house, where he passed away. Besides the widow he is survived by two sons, Irving of Rochester and Harry of Honeoye, and two grandchildren. The funeral was held from the home Sunday afternoon at two o'clock. The Rev. G. E. Henshaw officiated, and interment was in Lake View cemetery. Honeoye, Dec 24, 1924***
(The Livonia Gazette, Livonia, NY, Friday, December 26,1924)

Zachary married Ann Eliza Sleight on 25 Oct 1871 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. Ann (daughter of Theodore Martin Sleight and Julia Ann Pool) was born on 15 Aug 1851 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; died on 7 May 1941 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

John C. Briggs, Richmond, was born September 21, 1853. His father, Cyrus, was born in 1820 in the house now occupied by his son, which was built by the father of Cyrus, Artemas, in 1817. The latter was born in 1786 in Dighton, Mass., and came on foot to Bristol, Ontario county, in 1806. In 1809 he married in Bristol, Fanny Gregg, born in 1789. His father, Jedediah, was born in 1738. He had thirteen children, several of whom came to this county. Artemas traded his farm in Bristol for one here, whither he removed in 1814. He served in the War of 1812, and fought in several of the battles on the Niagara frontier. He settled on the west side of Honeoye Lake, and owned land south of Main street in Honeoye. He and his son, Jedediah, each gave half the land for the original cemetery and he gave the land for the First Methodist church. He was one of the founders of the church here. The edifice stood on the site of Mrs. Phillips's house on Lake street. His children were: John G., born in 1811; Jedediah, born in 1815; Fanny, born in 1818; Cyrus, born in 1820, and Mary, born in 1823. Cyrus was educated at East Bloomfield Academy, and was a farmer. He married first Emeline McMichael, daughter of Thomas McMichael, a tanner here, and they had two sons: Zachary J., born in 1849, and John C. He married second Cynthia E. Hadley, by whom he had no children. He died in 1888. John C. married in 1878 Minnie A., daughter of John Van Buren. She was born November 8, 1857. They have had two children; Fred J., born in 1885, died in 1889, and Hattie F., born May 26 1889. Mr. Briggs farms the old original homestead first taken up by Abel Short and later owned by Artemas Briggs. Jedediah, brother of Artemas Briggs, was born in 1779 and was a sea captain. During the War of 1812 he was captured by the English and taken to England, returning after the war. Enoch, the oldest brother, born in 1770, came after Artemas, and settled in Bristol, where his descendants may be found at the present time. The ancestry of the family dates back to Sir Robert Briggs of England, who lived about thirteen generations back.
(History of Ontario County, New York; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893)

John married Minnie A. Van Buren in 1878. Minnie (daughter of John Van Buren and Mary J. Pratt) was born on 8 Nov 1857; died in 1928 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/114830063/fannie_annette-cramton

Family/Spouse: Abel Dudley Cramton. Abel (son of Abel Cramton, Jr. and Olive Dudley) was born on 21 Dec 1852 in Jonesville, Hillsdale County, Michigan; died on 27 May 1909 in Kalamazoo, Kalamazoo County, Michigan; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Hillsdale, Hillsdale County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/252816201/eva_w-dugan

Eva married Walter Eugene Dugan on 26 Dec 1878 in Jonesville, Hillsdale County, Michigan. Walter was born on 17 Jun 1856 in Ohio; died on 23 Dec 1912 in Jackson, Jackson County, Michigan; was buried in Somerset View Cemetery, Jonesville, Hillsdale County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

1931 57 N.Monroe St.,Coldwater,MI

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/41893539/mary_belle-schmedlen

Family/Spouse: William Henry Schmedlen. William was born on 13 Aug 1857 in Brooklyn, Jackson County, Michigan; died on 26 Sep 1944 in Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan; was buried in Somerset View Cemetery, Jonesville, Hillsdale County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Ann Johnson. Mary (daughter of Phineas Johnson and Catherine) was born in 1837 in New York; died on 16 Apr 1884 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Martha married Uriel Jerome Reed in 1856. Uriel (son of Uriel Reed and Nancy Frost) was born on 21 Aug 1832 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 19 Jun 1903 in West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York; was buried in West Bloomfield Rural Cemetery, West Bloomfield, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Mary married Isaiah I. Case in 1863. Isaiah (son of Isaiah Case and Rachel Reed) was born on 10 Nov 1832 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 3 Feb 1925 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Seneca married Lucy Clara Crane in 1867. Lucy (daughter of Barnabas Crane, Jr. and Alinda Briggs) was born in 1850; died on 16 Apr 1889; was buried in Sharon Center Cemetery, Sharon, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

James married Millissa H. Mack about 1870. Millissa (daughter of Jonathan Mack, Jr. and Amy S. Briggs) was born in 1850 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 2 Mar 1884 in Ontario County, New York; was buried in Hunn Memorial Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

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]

Notes:

Allen's Hill, N. Y. - Robert Abbey, 76, who had lived in this locality all his life, died unexpectedly Saturday night on the way to Memorial Hospital, Canandaigua. He is survived by two daughters, Mrs. Milton Munson of Centerfield and Mrs. Frank Earing of Canandaigua; three sons, Robert of Lima, Clarence of Canadice, and George of Canandaigua; nineteen grandchildren; and several great-grandchildren. Funeral services were held from the home Tuesday at 2 o'clock, with burial in Evergreen cemetery, Baptist Hill, Bristol.
(The Livonia Gazette, 4 December 1941)

Family/Spouse: Mary Elizabeth Hilliard. Mary was born on 2 May 1869; died on 25 Dec 1940; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Eugene Symonds. Eugene was born in 1853; died in 1917; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Alvin Levi Higley. Alvin was born on 19 Feb 1859 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; died on 16 Feb 1947 in Buffalo, Erie County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

In pursuit of that occupation to which he became accustomed in
earliest youth in Ohio, Mr. Crane, in 1883, settled in Ventura County,
where he has realized many of his ambitious expectations. He was born
in Sharon Township, Medina County, Ohio, July 7, 1835. His paternal
ancestors were all born and reared in or near Deighton, Mass., where
the original ancestor, from England, one Henry Crane, settled in 1654.
On the maternal side, Louisa (Briggs) Crane was born in Ontario
County, N. Y., in 1815, a daughter of Thomas Briggs, also a native of
Massachusetts. Her brother, George G. Briggs, the pioneer fruit man of
California, in 1861 became the owner of the Rancho Santa Paula y
Saticoy, in Ventura County, and said rancho was subdivided and thrown
open for settlement by him. In 1855 Mr. Crane came to California and
assisted his uncle, George G. Briggs, in putting out two hundred acres
of orchard, in addition to the already large orchard then just
bearing, near Marysville. He also assisted him in putting out an
orchard of one hundred acres near Oroville, and one of two hundred
acres on the Sacramento river near Knights Landing. Remaining in
California something over three years, he then returned to his native
place in Ohio, married and purchased a farm upon which he resided for
ten years, when, selling his farm, he removed to Cass county, Mo. Six
years later he removed to Denver, Colo., where he engaged in the
wholesale fruit business, shipping from forty to fifty carloads a year
from Marysville and Sacramento.
The drought in California of 1877 decided him to quit the fruit
business and go to the Black Hills of Dakota, the then new mining
region. There, in company with others, he was successful in locating
and developing what is known as the Trojan group of mines, near
Deadwood, which he and his partners sold in 1883 for $10o,000. In the
same year he removed with his family to Saticoy, Ventura County,
purchased and settled upon the ranch he now (1902) occupies. This land
was at once utilized for the raising of lima beans and the setting out
of walnut trees. Today there is a fine bearing orchard of Santa
Barbara soft shell walnuts covering fifty acres. Some apricots also
are raised on the ranch.
No one has shown more enthusiasm than Mr. Crane in promoting the
interests of his neighborhood. To further the cause of the walnut
growers he assisted in the organization of the Saticoy Walnut Growers'
Association. He was one of tile first stockholders in the People's
Lumber Company, and has also been vitally interested in the subject of
water supply. In addition to his home ranch he owns eighty acres of
land west of Pasadena, which can be developed into grape land.
Although a Democrat in politics and a stanch upholder of his party, he
has never cared for office and has never been a candidate but once,
when he was nominated for supervisor. His kindly and agreeable
personality has won for him many friends throughout Ventura county. In
1859 he married Adalina Huntley, who was born in Granger township,
Medina County, Ohio, in 1836. They are the parents of two children,
namely: Amy, who is the wife of E. E. Huntley, of Saticoy; and Abbie,
wife of L. W. Andrews, an attorney of Los Angeles.

Lucy married Seneca Totman in 1867. Seneca (son of Ira Totman and Nancy Gregg) was born in 1845; died in 1887; was buried in Sharon Center Cemetery, Sharon, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Emma married Henry Clay Trafton about 1876. Henry (son of John W. Trafton and Eliza A. Totman) was born on 17 Mar 1849 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 7 Jun 1917 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Mary Crane. Mary (daughter of Joseph Warren Crane and Olive Chatfield) was born on 23 Feb 1844 in Sharon Twp, Medina County, Ohio; died on 11 Nov 1923 in Sharon Twp, Medina County, Ohio; was buried in Sharon Center Cemetery, Sharon, Medina County, Ohio. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Elmer E. Chatfield. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

JOHN G. BRIGGS, was born in Franklin County, Kansas, December 3, 1858. He is the son of Joseph W. Briggs (whose sketch appears in this connection) and Mary J. (Oldes) Briggs, a native of Ohio. When but five years of age he was brought by his parents to this State. During his youthful days, when not in school, he was employed in his father's large orchards, and thus at an early age he had become familiar with all the details of orchard culture. In his boyhood, his father had the care of
extensive fruit interests near Marysville, but in 1873 he came to this county and purchased 120 acres of land near the Trimble road. He eventually improved 100 acres of this tract, setting that portion to fruit-trees. In this work he was most ably assisted by our subject, who, as young as he was, managed this extensive property, and in time came to have sole control of it, as for many years previous to his death, in 1887, his father was occupied in the care of his large interests near Visalia.

This magnificent orchard contains about 10,000 trees, and is known far and wide as one of the finest and most productive in the county. This is due to Mr. Briggs' thorough, practical knowledge of the business to which he was trained, ande and attention which he has devoted to the production of these telling results. Mr. Briggs is now living at San Jose, where he is engaged in settling the affairs of his father's extensive estate.

In 1882 he was united in marriage with Miss Lizzie Adams, the daughter of William Francis and Mary Ann Adams, who were natives and residents of England. Mr. and Mrs. Briggs have one daughter, Edith Violet.


Pen Pictures From The Garden of the World or Santa Clara County, California, Illustrated. - Edited by H. S. Foote.- Chicago: The Lewis Publishing Company, 1888.
Pg. 572-573



Born in Kansas, December 3, 1858, and came with his parents to California in 1861. On arrival the family proceeded to Marysville, where they resided until 1873, when J. W. Briggs, the father of our subject, purchased the property on which they now reside. This, one of the finest orchards in Santa Clara county, contains about ten thousand fruit trees in all, there being some three thousand pear, two thousand plum, fourrteen hundred cherry, fifteen hundred apple, seven hundred peach, and the balance apricot trees. No pains has bee spared by J. G. Briggs, who manages for his father, in conducting this orchard, whilehe includes in his cultivation the rarest varieties of blackberries, raspberries and strawberries. There are althogether one hundred and twenty acress on the farm, twenty of which are devoted to pasturage, and the remainder to fruit culture.

History of Santa Clara County, California San Francisco: Alley, Bowen & Co., 1881, 838 pgs.page 562

Family/Spouse: Elma Gula DeRiemer. Elma was born on 4 Dec 1868 in Bellevue, Eaton County, Michigan; died on 29 Dec 1962 in Livonia, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

GRAD: 1888 Le Roy, Genesee, NY; Graduation: Ingham University 2 6
Occupation: 1889 Le Roy, Genesee, NY; Occupation: Head of oil painting department at Ingham University 6
Occupation: 1893 Oshawa, Canada; Occupation: Artist and art teacher at Demill College 1 2 6
Religion: Honeoye, Ontario, NY; Religion: First Congregational Church 2
Residence: 1911 Honeoye, Ontario, NY 7
Note:
Louisa attended Ingham University for the "Art Course" and graduated in 1888. She taught art at Demill College which was a ladies school in Canada (and is pictured with a class in 1894). She was a painter who loved to paint landscapes.
At one time in her life she went to visit cousins in Mill Valley, California. She fell in love with a man and they were engaged. But he contracted TB and died. She then returned to Honeoye.
She returned home to care for her parents. She later regretted that much of her life was spent caring for others.
She loved birds, bugs and worms. She even kept a praying mantis on her house plants. She would put it on her finger and it would actually perform for her. (from Thelma Huff)
She was a patient at Naples nursing home for the last one and a half years of her life.
She was a member of DAR and was very proud of her family ancestry. She told stories of Governor Bradford coming over on the Mayflower.
Funeral service was held at Brown Funeral Home and officiated by Rev Vardell Swett, pastor of the First Congregational Church of Honeoye. (Obituary of Louise E Reed)

****(I (Andrew) have a water color painting of hers of Honeoye Lake dated 1908 - she was a neighbor of my great-grandparents(Briggs) in Honeoye)

Other Events and Attributes:

• Occupation: Veterinarian

Notes:

Dr.Reed was a Veterinarian in Livonia for 51 years, he also was Mayor of Livonia.

Harry married Josephine King on 30 Aug 1889 in Clifton Springs, Ontario County, New York. Josephine was born on 30 Sep 1874 in Clifton Springs, Ontario County, New York; died on 23 Jul 1951; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Harry married Wilda B. Gray on 24 Jan 1953 in Avon, Livingston County, New York. Wilda (daughter of Willard C. Gray and Frances Arabella Gray) was born on 21 Apr 1886 in Livingston County, New York; died on 8 Jan 1956 in Livonia, Livingston County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Groveland, Livingston County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Roy W. Reed of the Hemlock- Honeoye Road died Sunday, May 11, at the home of his daughter. Mrs. Robert Edwards, of Rochester, at the age of 72. Mr. and Mrs. Reed spent the winter in St. Petersburg, Fla., as has been their custom for the past four or five years. Mr. Reed had suffered for some time with hardening of the arteries and this winter underwent a serious operation in a St. Petersburg hospital. Saturday, May 3," Harold Kemp and Mr. Reed's son, Harrison, went to St. Petersburg with an ambulance and returned last week Thursday night with Mr. Reed, taking him to the home of his daughter in Rochester, where he died Sunday. Roy Reed was born Dec. 4, 1879. in the Reed homestead, now occupied by his son, Harrison. He was a son of Harrison and Elizabeth Gooding Reed and had lived his entire life in this vicinity. He is survived by his wife. Pearl Gaeke Reed, his former wife, Florence Ashley, having died in 1945; the son, Harrison of Hemlock; two sisters, Mrs. Florence Huff and Louise Reed of Honeoye; two brothers. Dr. Harry P. Reed of Livonia and Murray E. Reed of Syracuse; 10 grandchildren; two stepsons, L. B. Gaeke and Edward Gaeke; several nieces and nephews. • Funeral services were held at the Reed Funeral Home Wednesday afternoon at 2:30, with burial in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye
(Livonia Gazette, 15 May 1952)

Family/Spouse: Florance Annette Ashley. Florance (daughter of Francis Alonzo Ashley and Ellen Susan Wilbur) was born on 25 Feb 1881 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York; died on 30 Jul 1945 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Minnie married Raymond S. Lee in 1902. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Ada married James Hugh Cameron on 29 Oct 1902 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. James was born in 1873; died in 1945 in Canandaigua, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

ary Agnes Hathaway was born December 2, 1863, in Bristol, New York, the daughter of A. [Abiel] Chandler Hathaway and H. [Hannah] Augusta Cornell, all of good family. Both grandparents and parents were earnest Universalists. Her paternal grandfather, her uncle and her great-grandfather were founders of the Universalist Society. Her maternal grandfather and aunt were the first to be baptized. She was educated in a very simple country school until eighteen years of age, and studied music with a very good Oberlin professor.

When almost twenty years of age, she went to Genesee Wesley University, Lima, New York, but stayed out two or three terms on account of poor health and for teaching. She graduated in 1888 at the head of her class. After that she taught public school in Lima [for] three years, then one term in a country school and one year in Newark, New York high school, from which position she was obliged to resign on account of her mother's death. After that she taught two terms in the Newark Valley primary school. Then she went to Lebanon Normal School for eight months. She had to give this up before graduating because of lack of money. In the autumn she took a position as a grammar school teacher in Chester, Illinois. There she taught four years.

Then she went to Lombard College to be Dean of Women and teacher of academic studies. Three years later she became teacher of history, and studied to get a diploma, graduating in 1905 with Stanley and Frank Adams, as an honor student.

In May, 1905, she came to Japan, and with the exception of a very few years on furlough, she has been connected with the Mission ever since. She did, however, resign at the age of sixty, and went home, speaking far and wide for Japan and against the Exclusion Act. But in 1928, the Women's Board needed someone to send to Japan, and she came back for an intended period of three years.

She had one brother who died leaving no children, so she is the last member of her branch of the Hathaway tree, though there are some cousins on the mother's side still living.
(The Christian Leader, Boston, Suffolk County, Massachusetts.
Saturday, April 22. 1939, Page 399)

Family/Spouse: Alice C. Bliss. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Clarine A. Insse. Clarine was born in 1867; died in 1948; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

He married a second time to Alta Hayward.

Orestes married Irma Alta Muzzall on 12 Aug 1907. Irma was born on 13 March 1884 in Nunica, Ottawa County, Michigan; died in Jul 1949 in Houghton Lake, Roscommon County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Irene May McKay. Irene was born on 12 Feb 1890 in Providence, Providence County, Rhode Island; died on 10 Jan 1974 in Rochester, Monroe County, New York; was buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Bristol, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Family/Spouse: Ira Alger. Ira was born in 1872; died in 1953; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

HONEOYE - Mrs. Bessie B. Wood, 80, East Lake Road, died yesterday (July 11, 1967) in Canandaigua. Born in Honeoye Falls, she was a member of the Honeoye Congregational Church and the Honeoye Home Bureau. Survivors are a daughter, Mrs. Gerald Reynolds, Rochester, and two grandchildren. Friends may call 7 to 9 today and 2 to 4 and 7 to 9 tomorrow at the Moore Funeral Home in Naples. Services will be 2 p.m. Friday from the Honeoye Congregational Church. Rev. Bardell Swett officiating. Burial in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye.
(Democrat and Chronicle, Rochester, NY, Wednesday, July 12, 1967)

Family/Spouse: Dana Wilbur Wood. Dana was born on 13 Jun 1885 in South Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died on 15 May 1964 in Honeoye, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Removed to Oak Park,Ill before 1920.

Greenwich - Mrs. Edith Briggs Stevens, 70, died Monday night at the home of her son, Robert Stevens, Church Street. Mrs. Stevens had resided with her son for the past five years and had been ill for some time. She was born in Honeoye. The only survivors are the son mentioned above and two grandchildren. Funeral services will be conducted at 11AM today at the Kinnin Funeral Home. The Rev. Paul R. Shaub, [pastor of the Baptist Church, will officiate. Cremation will take place at the Gardener-Earl Memorial Crematory in Troy.
(The Post-Star, Glens Falls, New York, Wednesday, May 16, 1945)

Edith married George E. McWhorter on 19 Nov 1901 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. George (son of George W. McWhorter and Living) was born in Mar 1873 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died before 1910. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Edith married Wirt Allen Stevens on 21 Sep 1918 in Cook County, Illinois. Wirt (son of Doctor Walter Augustus Stevens and Elnora V. Richards) was born on 25 Mar 1878 in Chicago, Cook County, Illinois; died in 1941; was buried in Oak Woods Cemetery, Chicago, Cook County, Illinois. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Robert Bacon Jr., assault second degree, consisting of blows with a pop bottle on Irving C. Briggs' head at Honeoye, December 2d; not guilty, bail $500.
(ONTABIO REPOSITORY-MESSENGER, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 5, 1904)

Honeoye — Irving Briggs. 78, former resident here, and a brother of Harry Briggs, died at the home of his stepdaughter, Miss Elizabeth P. Swan. In Buffalo Feb. 2. His body was brought to Honeoye where services were held Sunday at the Congregational Church. Burial will be made in Lakeview cemetery.
(VICTOR HERALD, VICTOR, N.Y., FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1951)

Irving married Jennie Dunham in 1912 in Ontario County, New York. Jennie (daughter of Charles E. Dunham and Mary Lorette Wilson) was born on 20 Nov 1869 in New York; died on 16 Dec 1948 in Richmond, Ontario County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

The Flower Fadeth - So faded and perished by the dread disease, pneumonia, Fannie, only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Z. Briggs, on Thursday, March 29th, aged twelve and one half years. Seldom have the hearts of the people gone out in deeper sympathy than to this afflicted family, who are now bereft of their only and well-be-loved daughter. Not alone will her place in the union and Sunday school be vacant, but all will miss the bright face and sunny smile of Fannie Briggs. Clothed in white and lying in a casket of purest white, amid flowers (fit emblems of immortality), Fannie was laid to rest in the cemetery at Lake View. Her funeral heald at the Congregational Church on Saturday, was attended by a large concourse of people.
(Livonia Gazette, April 6, 1888)

"Come not again, dear child. If thou - By and chance couldst break that vow - Of silence at thy last hour made; - If to this grim life unafraid - Thou couldst return, and melt the frost - Wherein thy bright limo's power was lost, - Still would I whisper since so fair - This silent comradeship we share - Yes, whisper ' mid the unbidden rain - Of tears: 'Come not, come not again!'"

Died:
Died of Acute Typhoid Pneumonia after 10 days.

Notes:

Harry Franklin Briggs, lifelong resident of Honeoye, passed away at Rochester on Nov. 16. Mr. Briggs was born in the town of Richmond, May 20, 1877, a son of Zachary and Anne 'Eliza Sleight Briggs, and his entire life has been spent in that town. During the past three years he has made his home with his daughter, Mrs. Edward Haynes of Arkport. His wife was the late Lillian M. Staley Briggs. Funeral services were held at the Brown Funeral Home at Honeoye, on Saturday at 2pm. with Masonic services on Friday at 8pm. Mr. Briggs was a charter member of Honeoye Valley Grange, and of the Honeoye Masonic Lodge of which he was also past master. Burial was in the family lot in Lake View Cemetery. The Rev. Luther Cross, pastor of Arkport Presbyterian Church, officiated. Besides his daughter, Mrs. Edward Haynes of Arkport. he leaves one son, Charles Briggs of Rochester, and four grandchildren.
(THE LIVONIA GAZETTE. LIVONIA. N. Y., THURSDAY. NOVEMBER 24, 1955)

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/98775927/harry_franklin-briggs

Harry married Lillian Mae Staley on 3 Jul 1901 in Wayland, Steuben County, New York. Lillian (daughter of Isaac W. Staley and Rebecca E. Sanford) was born on 08 Sep 1871 in Kingsbourgh, Fulton County, New York; died on 3 Apr 1953 in North Hornell, Steuben County, New York; was buried in Lakeview Cemetery, Honeoye, Ontario County, New York. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Mrs. Cyrus Briggs has returned from a visit to Hopewell, Rochester, etc. She was called home by news of the death
of Freddie Briggs.
Freddie, only son of Mr. and Mrs. John Briggs, died of peritonetis on Wednesday last, aged nearly five years. The funeral services were held on Friday, Rev. Mr. Day officiating.
(The Naples Record, Wednesday, September 25, 1889)

Notes:

Died:
Died of Epilepsy

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/115176172/altha_belle-ward

Altha married Perley Franklin Ward on 7 Sep 1920 in Wood County, Ohio. Perley was born on 3 Jan 1873 in Michigan; died on 22 Dec 1954 in Michigan; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Hillsdale, Hillsdale County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/46214640/bernard_henry-dugan

Notes:

Occupation: Salesman for James Heddon's Sons of Dowagiac, Michigan,
makers of the finest fishing tackle. He retired in July 1960

Buried:
https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/110986250/henry_ehrle-schmedlen

Family/Spouse: Lulu Kramer. Lulu (daughter of William R. Kramer and Almina A. Geisel) was born on 9 Mar 1886 in Delphos, Van Wert County, Ohio; died on 7 Feb 1968 in Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan; was buried in Oak Grove Cemetery, Coldwater, Branch County, Michigan. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Florence married Marion E. Barringer in 1885. Marion was born on 15 Jul 1858 in Bristol, Ontario County, New York; died in 1929 in Ontario County, New York; was buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Canandaigua, 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]