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Myra LARUE

Myra LARUE

Female 1850 - 1918  (68 years)

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Generation: 1

  1. 1.  Myra LARUE was born on 1 May 1850 in MI (daughter of Franklin B. LARUE and Amelia Wells CHAPIN); died on 3 Jul 1918 in Corning, Adams, IA; was buried on 5 Jul 1918 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: School Teacher
    • Birth: 5 May 1850, Stockbridge, Ingham, MI
    • Obituary: 3 Jul 1918, Adams County Free Press, Corning, Adams, IA

    Notes:

    Died:
    Death certificate states cause of death as Chronic Nephritis and cancer of abdominal organs.
    Informant on death certificate was Mrs. Clara Kennon, Myra's sister.

    Buried:
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Generation: 2

  1. 2.  Franklin B. LARUE was born on 25 Dec 1818 in Bath, Steuben, NY (son of Albertus LARROWE and Janette AULLS); died on 30 Sep 1912 in Corning, Adams, IA; was buried on 2 Oct 1912 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Education: Amherst College; Obituary does not give location of college.
    • Education: Van Rensselaer Institute, Troy, NY; Obituary states he studied civil engineering at Van Rensselaer Institute. A letter from the institute (1981) states that they have no record of his attendance.
    • Occupation: Surveyor Or Civil Engineer
    • Note: Between 1847 and 1859, Stockbridge Township, Ingham, MI
    • Residence: Aft 1848, Lansing, Ingham, MI
    • Census: 27 Jul 1850, Stockbridge Township, Ingham, MI
    • Census: 16 Jun 1860, Lansing, Ingham, MI
    • Census: 23 Jul 1870, Padua, McLean, IL
    • Census: 22 Jun 1880, Mercer Township, Adams, IA
    • Census: 1885, Quincy Township, Corning, Adams, IA
    • Census: 1 Jun 1900, Corning, Adams, IA
    • Note: 10 Feb 1909, Adams County Free Press, Corning, Adams, IA
    • Note: 29 Dec 1909, Adams County Free Press, Corning, Adams, IA
    • Census: 18 May 1910, Quincy Township, Corning, Adams, IA
    • Obituary: 2 Oct 1912, Corning, Adams, IA
    • Obituary: 12 Oct 1912, Adams County Free Press, Corning, Adams, IA

    Notes:

    DNA:
    MKM

    Note:
    Franklin LaRue held various offices in Stockbridge Township. In 1847 he was Justice of the Peace, 1848, 1851 and 1852 he was Township Supervisor and in 1859 he was listed as a trustee of the township School District.

    Census:
    1850 census at Stockbridge Township, Ingham, MI shows:|Franklin LaRue (indexed as Lakus), 31, b. NY, farmer; Amelia, 25, b. NY; "Maria", age 1/12, b. MI.

    Census:
    1860 census at Lansing, Ingham, MI shows: || F. LaRue, 41, b. NJ, Justice of the Peace; Amelia, 34, b. NJ; Myra, 10, b. MI; H.H., 8, b. MI; Eva, 4, b. MI; Amelia, 8/12, b. MI. Also in the household are Thomas Monahan, 21 a day laborer, born in Ireland and ?Lois? Marsh, age 16, a domestic, b. MI.

    Census:
    1870 census at Padua Township, McLean, IL shows: Frank LaRue, 52, farmer, b. NY; Amelia, 45, b. NY; Myra, 20, b. MI; Howitt H. 18, b. MI, laboring farm; Frank, 8, b. MI; Clara E., 5, b. IL.

    Census:
    1880 census at Mercer Township, Adams, IA shows: Franklin, age 61, b. NY, parents b. NY/NJ; Amelia, age 54, b. MA, parents b. MA/MA; Frank, age 18, b. MI, parents b. NY/MA; Clara, age 14, b. IL, parents b. NY/MA.

    Census:
    The 1885 Iowa State census shows: || Franklin Larue, age 66, b. NY; Amelia, 61, b. NY; Frank L., 22, b. MI; Daisey, 18, b. IL

    Census:
    1900 census at Corning, Adams, IA shows: Frank Larue, b. Dec 1815, age illegible, married 52 years, b. NY, parents b. NJ/illegible; Name illegible, b.illegible, married 52 years, 8 children born / 4 living, b. NY, parents b. MA/MA.

    Note:
    A news article regarding Franklin's 91st birthday.

    Census:
    1910 census at Quincy Township, Corning, Adams, IA shows: Franklin Larue, 91, widower, b. NY, parents b. FRANCE(French)/NJ; Myra, daughter, 60, single, b. MI, parents b. NY/NY.
    This is the first I've seen that Franklin lists his father as having been born in France - this is incorrect, but perhaps a clue as to nationality.
    Franklin and Myra are listed on the census lines immediately after Sarah Kennon, widow of Albert, and her three daughters.

    Obituary:
    Obituary entitled Death of Franklin LaRue states:

    On Monday September 30, about 12:30 p.m. there passed to his reward one of the best known and most highly respected citizens of Adams county, Franklin LaRue, the cause of his death being largely old age. For a few days he had been suffering from a cold but his condition was not considered critical by his family. He was conscious to the last. The machinery of the body had done its full work and he peacefully passed away.
    The subject of this sketch was born near Bath, Steuben County, N.Y., December 28, 1818, and at the time of his death was aged 93 years, 9 months, and 2 days. The funeral was held from the home in the northwest part of the city on October 2 at 10:30 a.m. conducted by Rev. Norman McLeod of the Presbyterian church. Internment in Walnut Grove cemetery along side of his faithful wife who was buried there January 6, 1901.
    In his young years he attended Amherst college and studied civil engineering at Van Rensaeller institute, Troy, N.Y.. He was the youngest of a family of twelve children. When a young man he came west and located in Michigan and was engaged in surveying. Here he was married to Miss Amelia Chapin at Mason, Mich., Sept. 25, 1848. To this union were born eight children, six daughters and two sons, four of the daughters died at Lansing, Mich., for many years the family home, in their infancy. The two sons, H. H. and F. L. died and are buried in Corning. The living are Mrs. F. A. Kennon of Corning and Miss Myra LaRue who has made her home with her father.
    The family came to Adams county in 1874 and settled in Mercer township. Soon after coming here Mr. LaRue was elected county surveyor and held the office for a number of years. He was an exceptionally good surveyor and much of the work done in this county was by him. In politics Mr. LaRue was a democrat and was a candidate for the state senate in Michigan on the ticket by James Buchanan in 1856. His first vote for president was cast in 1840 and in the present campaign he took a deep interest and from the start was an ardent admirer of Wilson and frequently remarked that he hoped he would live to cast a big vote for the New Jersey governor.
    For thirty years he had lived in the home in which his death occurred in Corning, an honored and upright citizen whom it was a pleasure to meet and discuss the topics of the day and the events of many years ago. Until a few years ago he was a great reader and since he could not read on account of failing eyesight he had his daughter and others read to him and he was thoroughly posted on the topics of the day.

    Buried:
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    Franklin married Amelia Wells CHAPIN on 25 Sep 1848 in Mason, Ingham, MI. Amelia (daughter of Levi CHAPIN and Achsah SMITH) was born on 17 Jul 1825 in Bath, Steuben, NY; died on 4 Jan 1901 in Corning, Adams, IA; was buried on 6 Jan 1901 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 3.  Amelia Wells CHAPIN was born on 17 Jul 1825 in Bath, Steuben, NY (daughter of Levi CHAPIN and Achsah SMITH); died on 4 Jan 1901 in Corning, Adams, IA; was buried on 6 Jan 1901 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Occupation: School Teacher
    • Religion: Member of Presbyterian Church
    • Birth: 17 Jun 1825, Camillus, Onondaga, NY
    • Obituary: 10 Jan 1901, Adams County Free Press, Corning, Adams, IA
    • Obituary: 15 Jan 1901, Corning, Adams, IA

    Notes:

    Note:
    The Aulls Geneology, by Leslie Aulls Bryan lists Amelia's parents as Uriel and Anna (Pratt) Chapin - this is incorrect. It also gives an incorrect date for her birth (1Aug1825).

    DNA:
    MKM

    Obituary:
    Obituary of Amelia Chapin LaRue

    The community was saddened Saturday by news of the death of Mrs. Franklyn LaRue, which occurered the night previous. She had been sick less than a week, having been confined to her bed only since the Sabbath before, and in the morning she had seemed to be in her usual health. Her death resulted from fever of the lungs with the complication of heart trouble. The funeral was held at the home Sabbath afternoon at 3 o'clock, the services being conducted by Rev. M.V. Higbee assisted by Revs. T.D. Ewing and J.A. Lovejoy. The remains were laid to rest in Walnut Grove cemetery. Amelia Chapin was born in New York and was seventy-five years of age. Hers had been a life of activity of mind and body and even down to the last days she was interested in all that pertained to the welfare of those about her. She was the mother of eight children, four of whom died in childhood. Those surviving her are H.H. and F.L. LaRue and Mrs. Fred Kennon of this city and Miss Myra LaRue of Omaha. Twenty-eight years of family life have been spent in and near Corning. Mrs. LaRue was a member of the Presbyterian church and had ever taken an earnest interest in its progress. She was a woman of serene and cordial temperment and in all the relations of life did more than her full duty. To her aged companian who has lost the helpmate of a life time and to the sons and daughters who have lost a loving mother the entire community tenders its sympathy.




    Obituary of Amelia Chapin LaRue

    The sudden and sad news passed around from person to person at an early hour on Saturday morning that Mrs. LaRue, of north Corning, had died during the night of Friday, January 4th 1901. Mother LaRue, as her friends loved to call her, was a kind neighbor, a loyal wife and a loving mother. Columns of type could not tell more in expressing her daily life. Her immediate family consisted of H.H. LaRue, the lumber merchant; Frank L. LaRue, president of the Corning Savings bank; Mrs. Fred Kennon, and Miss Myra LaRue as her children and her honored husband. The funeral was held on Sunday afternoon with a large attendance. The GAZETTE tenders its heartfelt sympathy to the bereaved family. Her children have met with the greatest loss that can ever befall them. While it is true they have reached an age of manhood and womanhood, they will find, as others have, that no one can take the place in their hearts and homes of a mother who has gone to the other shore.

    Died:
    Death Certificate lists cause of death as heart failure.

    Buried:
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    Children:
    1. 1. Myra LARUE was born on 1 May 1850 in MI; died on 3 Jul 1918 in Corning, Adams, IA; was buried on 5 Jul 1918 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA.
    2. Henry Howitt LARUE was born on 11 Jul 1852 in Stockbridge, Ingham, MI; died on 27 Aug 1903 in Corning, Adams, IA; was buried on 29 Aug 1903 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA.
    3. Eva LARUE was born about 1856 in MI; died before 23 Jul 1870.
    4. Amelia LARUE was born about Nov 1859 in MI; died before 23 Jul 1870.
    5. Frank Lander LARUE was born on 27 Feb 1862 in Lansing, Ingham, MI; died on 4 Mar 1904 in Corning, Adams, IA; was buried in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA.
    6. Clara Edith Daisy LARUE was born on 7 Jul 1865 in Bloomington, McLean, IL; died on 16 Sep 1949 in Corning, Adams, IA; was buried on 19 Sep 1949 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA.


Generation: 3

  1. 4.  Albertus LARROWE was born on 29 Dec 1776 in Princeton, Mercer, NJ; died on 12 Jan 1858 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY; was buried in Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, Steuben, NY.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Land: 1800
    • Census: 1810, Bath, Steuben, NY
    • Census: 1820, Wheeler, Steuben, NY
    • Census: 1830, Wheeler, Steuben, NY
    • Census: 1840, Wheeler, Steuben, NY
    • Census: 13 Sep 1850, Wheeler, Steuben, NY
    • Cen-Alone: 4 Jun 1855, Wheeler, Steuben, NY

    Notes:

    Birth:
    "Albertus Larrowe (LaRue) was probably of Huguenot descent. He was born in New Jersey within sound of the guns of the battle of Trenton. In 1795 he started on foot for Canada, but when he arrived in Bath, NY, he was too lame to go farther. He subseqently purchased land in the area of Wheeler, NY. He raised a family of distinction, some of whom lived in nearby Cohocton and Hammondsport. In spite of increasing farm activities, he found time to serve as supervisor of the town of Wheeler and as Master of the Masonic Lodge in Cohocton.
    Descendants spell the name both ways LaRue and Larrowe."

    Note:General George Washington’s army crossed the icy Delaware on Christmas Day 1776 and, over the course of the next 10 days, won two crucial battles of the American Revolution. In the Battle of Trenton (December 26), Washington defeated a formidable garrison of Hessian mercenaries before withdrawing. A week later he returned to Trenton to lure British forces south, then executed a daring night march to capture Princeton on January 3. The victories reasserted American control of much of New Jersey and greatly improved the morale and unity of the colonial army and militias.

    DNA:
    MKM

    Land:
    From the History of Steuben County: "Albertus Larrowe came from New Jersey in 1800 and settled on the farm now occupied by his son Albertus. He built a log house near the present dwelling, and cleared the most of his land. He was a successful farmer and died on the same farm in 1857."

    Census:
    Census lists: Albertus Larrowe, 3 M under 10, 1 M 26-45, 4 F under 10, 1 F 10-16, 1 F 26-45.

    Census:
    1820 census at Wheeler, Steuben Co., NY shows: Albertus Larrowe, 3 M under 10, 2 M 10-16, 1 M 16-26, 1 M 26-45; 1 F under 10, 2 F 10-16, 2 F 16-26, 1 F 26-45.

    Census:
    1830 census at Wheeler, Steuben Co., NY shows: Albertus Larue, 2 M 10-15; 1 M 15-20; 3 M 20-30; 1 M 50-60; 2 F 10-15; 1 F 15-20; 3 F 20-30; 1 F 50-60.

    Census:
    1840 census at Wheeler, Steuben Co., NY shows: Albertus Larrowe, 1 M 10-14; 1 M 15-19; 2 M 20-29; 1 M 60-69; 2 F 15-19; 1 F 50-59.

    Census:
    1850 census at Wheeler, Steuben, NY shows: Albert Larrowe, 74, farmer, b. NJ; Jennet, 75, b. PA; Jane, 33/23 (illegible), b. NY; Charlotte, 28, b. NY; Albertus, 37, farmer, b. NY; Lucretia, 28, b. NY; Jennet, 6, b. NY; Robert, 3, b. NY.

    Cen-Alone:
    Albertus is enumerated in the 1855 New York State census living with his son Albertus, Jr.

    Died:
    From the Steuben Farmers Advocate of February 3, 1858: "Died - At Wheeler on 12th ult., Albertus Larrowe in the 82nd yr. of his age. He was born in NJ in 1776; in 1797 he moved to Steuben and was employed by Col. Williamson as a carpenter. He married the daughter of late Wm. Aulls, one of earliest settlers of Urbana. Albertus located in Reading in 1800, then in Wheeler in 1807. His son is Hon. Jacob Larrowe, late a County Judge."

    Buried:
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    Albertus married Janette AULLS on 2 Aug 1798. Janette (daughter of William AULLS, Jr. and Elizabeth DANIELS) was born on 15 Sep 1775 in NJ; died on 9 Apr 1853 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY; was buried in Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, Steuben, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 5.  Janette AULLS was born on 15 Sep 1775 in NJ (daughter of William AULLS, Jr. and Elizabeth DANIELS); died on 9 Apr 1853 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY; was buried in Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, Steuben, NY.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Birth: 1776, Lancaster, Lancaster, PA

    Notes:

    DNA:
    MKM

    Died:
    From the Steuben Farmers Almanac dated May 4, 1853. "Died - In Wheeler on Apr. 9th, Mrs. Jenette, consort of Mr. Alburtus Larrowe, mother of Judge Larrowe of Bath; 78 yrs. of age. She was born in Lancaster, PA in 1776, daughter of Mr. Aulls, who was one of the first settlers of the town. The family removed to this county in 1793. She was Married - about 22 yrs. of age and had 12 children, 11 of whom survive her. "

    Buried:
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    Children:
    1. Daughter LARROWE was born about 1799; died after 1810.
    2. John B LARROWE was born on 14 May 1801 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY; died on 4 Jun 1867 in Cohocton, Steuben, NY; was buried in Larrowe Cemetery, Cohocton, Steuben, NY.
    3. Elizabeth LARROWE was born on 23 Jun 1802 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY.
    4. Sarah Ann LARROWE was born on 20 Sep 1803 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY; died after 1880.
    5. Catherine LARROWE was born on 27 Dec 1804 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY; died after 9 Apr 1853.
    6. Minerva LARROWE was born on 28 Aug 1806 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY; died on 31 Aug 1866; was buried in Oldfield Cemetery, Hornby, Steuben, NY.
    7. Judge Judge Jacob LARROWE was born on 19 Dec 1807 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY; died on 21 Mar 1878 in Hammondsport, Steuben, NY; was buried in Elmwood Cemetery, Hammondsport, Steuben, NY.
    8. James Madison LARUE was born on 15 Apr 1809 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY; died on 29 Nov 1874 in Pinckney, Livingston, MI; was buried in Pinckney Cemetery, Pinckney, Livingston, MI.
    9. Albertus LARROWE, Jr. was born on 17 Oct 1811 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY; died on 29 Dec 1895 in Steuben Co., NY; was buried in Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, Steuben, NY.
    10. Mary Jane LARROWE was born on 10 Jan 1813 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY; died on 18 Nov 1876 in Steuben Co., NY; was buried in Grove Cemetery, Bath, Steuben, NY.
    11. William A. LARROWE was born on 28 Sep 1814 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY; died on 31 Jan 1816 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY; was buried in Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, Steuben, NY.
    12. Jonathon B. LARUE was born on 24 Sep 1816; died on 5 Sep 1880 in OH; was buried in Rock Creek Cemetery, Eden Township, Seneca, OH.
    13. 2. Franklin B. LARUE was born on 25 Dec 1818 in Bath, Steuben, NY; died on 30 Sep 1912 in Corning, Adams, IA; was buried on 2 Oct 1912 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA.
    14. Charlotte LARROWE was born on 8 Jan 1822 in Bath, Steuben, NY; died on 15 Dec 1888; was buried in Graceland Cemetery, Webster City, Hamilton, IA.

  3. 6.  Levi CHAPIN was born on 23 Apr 1787 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA (son of Levi CHAPIN and Sarah RICHARDSON); died on 29 Jan 1864 in Detroit, Wayne, MI; was buried in Rolfe Cemetery, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Census: 16 Aug 1850, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI

    Notes:

    DNA:
    MKM

    Census:
    1850 census at Vevay, Ingham, MI shows: Levi Chapin, 63, b. MA, farmer; Achsa, 63, b. MA, Charlotte Ralph, 30, b. NY; Louisa, 23, b. NY; Wallace, 20, b. NY, farmer. On the side of the register is listed the word "Hotel."

    Buried:
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    Levi married Achsah SMITH on 10 Jan 1810 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA. Achsah (daughter of Lt. Lt. Philip SMITH and Achsa CHAPIN) was born on 27 Feb 1787 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 29 Jan 1854; was buried in Rolfe Cemetery, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 7.  Achsah SMITH was born on 27 Feb 1787 in Springfield, Hampden, MA (daughter of Lt. Lt. Philip SMITH and Achsa CHAPIN); died on 29 Jan 1854; was buried in Rolfe Cemetery, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI.

    Notes:

    DNA:
    MKM

    Buried:
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    Children:
    1. Almon Morris CHAPIN was born on 25 Nov 1810 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA; died on 6 Sep 1878 in Eden Township, Ingham, MI; was buried in Rolfe Cemetery, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI.
    2. Latham W. CHAPIN was born on 3 Feb 1814 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA; died on 20 Nov 1883 in Brooklyn, Kings, NY.
    3. Levi Julius CHAPIN was born about Apr 1814 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA; died on 13 Mar 1815 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA; was buried in Chicopee Cemetery, Chicopee, Hampden, MA.
    4. Mary Smith CHAPIN was born on 17 May 1815 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA; died on 16 Feb 1892 in Le Roy, Genesee, NY.
    5. Achsah Samia CHAPIN was born on 25 Apr 1818 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA; died on 21 Sep 1897 in Eden Township, Ingham, MI; was buried in Rolfe Cemetery, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI.
    6. Charlotte Isabelle CHAPIN was born on 17 May 1820 in Camillus, Onondaga, NY; died on 8 Mar 1869 in Mason, Ingham, MI; was buried in Hawley Cemetery, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI.
    7. Levi CHAPIN was born on 27 Apr 1822 in Camillus, Onondaga, NY; died on 28 Jun 1915 in Eldora, Hardin, IA.
    8. 3. Amelia Wells CHAPIN was born on 17 Jul 1825 in Bath, Steuben, NY; died on 4 Jan 1901 in Corning, Adams, IA; was buried on 6 Jan 1901 in Walnut Grove Cemetery, Corning, Adams, IA.
    9. Louisa Wells CHAPIN was born on 6 Dec 1827 in Camillus, Onondaga, NY; died on 30 Sep 1895 in Vevay Township, Ingham, MI.
    10. Wallace Merrick CHAPIN was born on 9 Dec 1830 in Camillus, Onondaga, NY; died on 30 Aug 1857 in Mason, Ingham, MI; was buried in Rolfe Cemetery, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI.


Generation: 4

  1. 10.  William AULLS, Jr. was born on 21 Jan 1748 (son of William AULLS, Sr. and Elizabeth CALHOUN); died on 23 Feb 1816 in Steuben Co., NY; was buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Hammondsport, Steuben, NY.

    Other Events and Attributes:

    • Immigratn: 1767
    • Note: 1775
    • Note: 1793
    • Census: 1810, Bath, Steuben, NY

    Notes:

    DNA:
    MKM

    Immigratn:
    Of Scotch ancestry, William came to the United States from Londonderry, Ireland. He returned within a short time and came to the US again in 1771 when he settled in New Jersey after a short period of teaching in Boston.

    Note:
    From the Aulls genealogy: "About 1775, Revolutionary War action being too close for comfort, he decided to go to the Scotch-Irish settlement in the vicinity of Lancaster, Pennsylvania, where he again engaged in the mercantile and milling business. All of his children except two were born there. During his stay in Pennsylvania he served in the Revolution with Captain James Clark's Company, 6th Battalion of the Pennsylvania Militia. Sometime later he decided to sell his property and join a cousin by the name of Calhoun who had come over with him on his second trip from Ireland and settled and prospered in South Carolina. After liquidating his property, Aulls found inflation setting in and his Continental currency badly depreciated, so he gave up his plans to move south and subsequently decided to homestead in the 'Genesee Country' of New York State. The 'Genesee Country' included at this time all of western New York and northern Pennsylvania. There were few roads and most travel was over Indian trails, often with directions only by blazed trees. In the spring of 1793 William Aulls accompanied by his younger son Thomas, a lad of 16, made the journey by horseback from his home in Drumore Township, Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, to a locality called Pleasant Valley, between Harnmondsport and Bath, New York, near the southern end of Lake Keuka. They built a small log cabin and planted corn and potatoes. Tom was left on the site by his father, who returned south in August for the rest of the family--his wife, stepdaughter, son, and six daughters. When near Pleasant Valley on his return trip, William sent his older son, Ephraim, by a short cut over the hills to join Tom. Ephraim found Tom sick, but with the arrival of the family in September 1793, he was soon restored to health. Their crops that fall were 63 bushels of corn and an abundance of potatoes. William Aulls decided to settle permanently in the Valley, so, in 1793, he purchased 200 acres of land from the Pulteney Estate of England, through the resident agent, and thus became the first settler of Pleasant Valley, New York. He and his wife were among the founders of the Bath Presbyterian Church, Bath, New York and William served as an Elder in 1811, as attested by a plaque in the front of the present church edifice. He was a commissioner of highways for the town of Bath in 1797."

    Note:
    "Thomas Aulls, settled with his father, William Aulls, in the town of Urbana in 1793 and about 1800 removed to the farm in the town of Wheeler, now occupied by his son Ephraim Aulls. He there made the first clearing and erected a log house and afterwards made a frame addition thereto. He gave diligent attention to clearing and improving his farm. He was the first justice of the peace in that part of the town of Bath afterwards set off to Wheeler. He was a good man and a member of the Presbyterian Church and died on the farm he settled about 1847."

    Pleasant Valley--(Town of Urbana.)

    The settlement in that well known prolongation of the bed of Crooked Lake, famed as Pleasant Valley, was the first made under the auspices of Captain Williamson, and was for many years the most prosperous and one of the most important in the country. The soil was exceedingly productive, and yielded not only an abundance for the settlers, but furnished much of the food by which the inhabitants of the hungry Pine Plains were saved from starvation. For the young settlers in various parts of the county, the employment afforded by the bountiful fields of the valley during haying and harvest, was for many years an important assistance. In the midst of pitiless hills and forests that clung to their treasures like misers, Pleasant Valley was generous and free-handed--yielding fruit, grain and grass with marvelous prodigality.

    The fist settlers of Pleasant Valley were William Aulls and Samuel Baker. Mr. Aulls, previous to the year 1793, was living in the Southern part of Pennsylvania. In the spring of 1793, he made the first clearing and built the first house in the valley. In the autumn of the same year he brought up his family. The house which he built stood on the farm now occupied by John Powers, Esq.

    Samuel Baker was a native of Bradford County, in Connecticut. When 15 years of age, he was taken prisoner by a party of Burgoyne’s Indians, and remained with the British army in captivity till relieved by the Surrender at Saratoga. After this event he enlisted in Col. Willett’s corps, and was engaged in the pursuit and skirmish at Canada Creek, in which Captain William Butler (a brother of the noted Col. John Butler), a troublesome leader of the Tories in the border wars of this State, was shot and tomahawked by the Oneidas. In the spring of 1787, he went alone into the West, passed up the Tioga, and built a cabin on the open flat between the Tioga and Cowenisque, at their junction. He was the first settler in the valley of the Tioga. Harris, the trader, was at the Painted Post, and his next neighbor was Col. Handy, on the Chemung, below Big Flats. Of beasts, he had a cow, of “plunder,” the few trifling articles that would suffice for an Arab or an Arapaho; but like a true son of Connecticut, he readily managed to live through the summer, planted with a hoe a patch of corn on the flats, and raised a good crop. Before autumn he joined by Captain Amos Stone, a kind of Hungarian exile. Captain Stone had been out in “Shay’s War,” and dreading the vengeance of the government, he sought an asylum under the southern shadow of Steuben County, where the wilderness was two hundred miles deep, and where the Marshal would not care to venture, even when backed by the great seal of the Republic. On Christmas day of 1786, Mr. Baker leaving Captain Stone in his cabin, went down the Tioga on the ice to Newtown as previously mentioned, and thence to Hudson ,where his family was living. At the opening of the rivers in the spring, he took his family down the Susquehanna to Tioga Point in a canoe. A great freshet prevented him from moving up the Chemung for many days, and leaving his family, he stuck across the hills to see how his friend Captain Stone fared. On reaching the bank of the river opposite his cabin, not a human being was seen, except an Indian pounding corn in a Samp-morter. Mr. Baker supposed that his friend had been murdered by the savages, and he lay in the bushes an hour or two to watch the movements of the red miller, who proved, after all, to be only a very good-natured sort of a Man-Friday, for at length the Captain came along driving the cow by the bank of the river. Mr. Baker hailed him, and he sprang unto the air with delight. Captain Stone had passed the winter without seeing a white man. His Man-Friday stopped thumping at the Samp-morter, and the party had a very agreeable re-union.

    Mr. Baker brought his family up from Tioga Point, and lived here six years. During that time the pioneer advance had penetrated the region of which the lower Tioga Valley is a member. A few settlers had established themselves on the valley below them, and around the Painted Post were gathered a few cabins where now are the termini of railroads--the gate of coal and lumber trade, bridges, mills and machinery. Elsewhere all was wilderness.. The region, however, had been partially explored by surveyors and hunters. Benjamin Patterson, while employed as hunter for a party of surveyors, discovered the deep and beautiful valley which extends from the Crooked Lake to the Conhocton. Seen from the brink of the uplands, there is hardly a more picturesque landscape in the county, or one which partakes more strongly of the character of mountain scenery. The abrupt wooded wall on either side, the ravines occasionally opening the flank of the hills, the curving valley that slopes to the lake on one hand, and meets the blue Conhocton range on the other, form at this day a pleasing picture. But to the hunter, leaning on his rifle above the sudden declivity--before the country had been disfigured with a patchwork of farms and forest--the bed of the valley was like a river of trees, and the gulf, from which now rise the deadly vapor of a steam sawmill, seemed like a creek to pour its tributary timber into the broader gorge below.

    In his wanderings the hunter occasionally stopped at the cabins of Tioga, and brought report of this fine valley. Mr. Baker did not hold a satisfactory title to his Pennsylvania farm, and was inclined to emigrate. Capt. Williamson visited his house in 1792, (probably while exploring the Lycoming Road,) and promised him a farm of any shape or size, (land in New York, previous to this, could only be bought by the township,) wherever he should locate it. Mr. Baker accordingly selected a farm of some three hundred acres in Pleasant Valley--built a house upon it in the autumn of 1793, and in the following spring removed his family from Tioga. He resided here till his death in 1842, at the age of 80. He was several years Associate and First Judge of the County Court. Judge Baker was a man of a strong practical mind, and of correct and sagacious observations.

    Before 1795, the whole valley was occupied. Beginning with Judge Baker’s farm, the next farm towards the lake was occupied by Capt. Amos Stone, the next by William Aulls, the next by Ephraim Aulls, the next by James Shether. Crossing the valley, the first farm (where now is the village of Hammondsport,) was occupied by Capt. John Shether, the next by Eli Read, the next by William Barney, the next by Richard Daniels. Nearly all of these had been soldiers of the revolution. Capt. Shether had been an active officer, and was engaged in several battles. Of him, Gen. McClure says:--He was Captain of Dragons, and had the reputation of being an excellent officer and a favorite of Gen. Washington. He lived on his farm at the head of Crooked Lake in good style, and fared sumptuously. He was a generous, hospitable man, and a true patriot.” The Shethers were from Connecticut.

    Judge William Read was a Rhode Island Quaker. He settled a few years after the revolution on the “Squatter lands” above Owego, and, being ejected, moved westward his household after the manner of the times. Indians pushed the family up the river in canoes, while the men drove the cattle along the trail on the bank. Judge Read was a man of clear head and strong sense of orderly and accurate business talent, and was much relied upon by his neighbors to make crooked matters straight.

    The Cold Spring Valley was occupied by Gen. McClure in 1802, or about that time. He erected mills, and kept them in activities till 1814, when Mr. Henry A. Townsend entered into possession of the valley, and resided in the well known Cold Spring House till his death in 1839. Mr. Townsend removed from Orange County, in the state, to Bath in 1796. He was County Clerk from 1799 to 1814--the longest tenure in the catalogue of county officers.

    Mr. Lazarus Hammond removed from Dansville to Cold Spring in 1810, or about that time, and afterwards resided near Crooked Lake till his death. He was Sheriff of the county in 1814, and, at a recent period, Associate Judge of the County Court.

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    The 1810 Federal Census of Bath, Steuben, NY lists a William Aulls with 1 male age 17-26, 1 male over 45 and 3 females age 17-26 and 1 female over 45.

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    William married Elizabeth DANIELS on 11 Oct 1772 in NJ. Elizabeth was born in 1746; died on 17 Aug 1823; was buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Hammondsport, Steuben, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  2. 11.  Elizabeth DANIELS was born in 1746; died on 17 Aug 1823; was buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Hammondsport, Steuben, NY.

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    Children:
    1. Ephraim AULLS was born on 17 May 1773 in NJ; died on 18 May 1829 in Pleasant Valley, Steuben, NY; was buried in Pleasant Valley Cemetery, Hammondsport, Steuben, NY.
    2. 5. Janette AULLS was born on 15 Sep 1775 in NJ; died on 9 Apr 1853 in Wheeler, Steuben, NY; was buried in Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, Steuben, NY.
    3. Thomas AULLS was born on 17 Jan 1777 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA; died on 10 Aug 1846; was buried in Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, Steuben, NY.
    4. Mary AULLS was born on 23 Mar 1779 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA; died on 23 Nov 1858 in Steuben Co., NY; was buried in Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, Steuben, NY.
    5. John AULLS was born on 14 Mar 1781 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA; died on 1 Apr 1782 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA.
    6. Sarah AULLS was born on 29 Apr 1785 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA; died on 14 Aug 1825; was buried in Wheeler Cemetery, Wheeler, Steuben, NY.
    7. Rhuhama AULLS was born on 15 Apr 1787 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA; died in 1845.
    8. Margaret AULLS was born on 17 Aug 1789 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA; died on 12 Mar 1848 in Cohocton, Steuben, NY; was buried in North Cohocton, Steuben, NY.
    9. Eliza AULLS was born on 7 Dec 1792 in Lancaster, Lancaster, PA; died on 6 Sep 1867.

  3. 12.  Levi CHAPIN was born on 23 Aug 1751 in Springfield, Hampden, MA (son of Joseph CHAPIN and Elizabeth FELT); died on 19 Aug 1835 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA; was buried in Chicopee Cemetery, Chicopee, Hampden, MA.

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    Levi married Sarah RICHARDSON in Apr 1777 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA. Sarah was born on 15 Dec 1755 in Hampden Co., MA; died on 2 Apr 1834 in MA; was buried in Chicopee Cemetery, Chicopee, Hampden, MA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  4. 13.  Sarah RICHARDSON was born on 15 Dec 1755 in Hampden Co., MA; died on 2 Apr 1834 in MA; was buried in Chicopee Cemetery, Chicopee, Hampden, MA.

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    Children:
    1. Mary CHAPIN was born on 11 Jan 1778 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 5 Apr 1866.
    2. Joseph CHAPIN was born on 20 Nov 1779 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 14 Oct 1839 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA.
    3. Phoebe CHAPIN was born on 22 May 1781 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 12 Nov 1861.
    4. Rebecca CHAPIN was born on 22 Oct 1782 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 9 Apr 1850 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA.
    5. Anna CHAPIN was born on 20 Dec 1785 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 19 Dec 1857.
    6. 6. Levi CHAPIN was born on 23 Apr 1787 in Chicopee, Hampden, MA; died on 29 Jan 1864 in Detroit, Wayne, MI; was buried in Rolfe Cemetery, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI.
    7. Julius CHAPIN was born on 14 Jan 1790 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    8. Sally CHAPIN was born on 12 Sep 1792; died in Nov 1869.
    9. Ruey CHAPIN was born on 26 Jan 1795; died on 10 Oct 1796.
    10. Gilbert CHAPIN was born on 25 Nov 1798; died on 9 May 1803.

  5. 14.  Lt. Lt. Philip SMITH was born on 8 Oct 1751 in South Hadley, Hampshire, MA (son of Silas SMITH and Sarah PRESTON); died on 11 Sep 1826.

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    Lt. married Achsa CHAPIN on 7 May 1775 in Springfield, Hampden, MA. Achsa (daughter of Timothy CHAPIN and Martha WELLS) was born on 5 Jul 1756 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 14 May 1838. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]


  6. 15.  Achsa CHAPIN was born on 5 Jul 1756 in Springfield, Hampden, MA (daughter of Timothy CHAPIN and Martha WELLS); died on 14 May 1838.

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    Children:
    1. Chester Chapin SMITH was born on 9 Sep 1777 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 8 Jan 1805.
    2. Lucretia SMITH was born on 4 Jun 1779 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 5 Jul 1781 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    3. Chauncey SMITH was born on 18 Feb 1781 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 3 Aug 1870 in Macomb Co., MI; was buried in Willow Grove Cemetery, Armada, Macomb, MI.
    4. Lucretia SMITH was born on 23 Feb 1783 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 13 Oct 1828.
    5. Lydia SMITH was born on 18 Oct 1785 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    6. 7. Achsah SMITH was born on 27 Feb 1787 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 29 Jan 1854; was buried in Rolfe Cemetery, Vevay Township, Ingham, MI.
    7. Philip SMITH was born on 27 Feb 1789 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 3 Dec 1857 in Agawam, Hampden, MA; was buried in Springfield Street Cemetery, Agawam, Hampden, MA.
    8. Martha SMITH was born on 4 Mar 1791 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 10 Dec 1862.
    9. Sarah SMITH was born on 17 Jul 1793 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    10. Mary SMITH was born on 10 Sep 1795 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 29 Dec 1811.
    11. Selina SMITH was born on 8 Jul 1798 in Springfield, Hampden, MA.
    12. Preston SMITH was born on 23 Nov 1800 in Springfield, Hampden, MA; died on 21 Mar 1837.