La Grande, Oregon John Logan Cobb, 71, who taught voice and conducted choirs at Eastern Oregon University for 30 years, died July 4 in Portland from complications due to pneumonia. A celebration of life in music and words will begin at 2 p.m. Aug. 19 at the Portland First United Methodist Church. Everyone is welcome. …
Patrick Henry Leahy, who is clerk of and counsel for the board of supervisors of Ontario county, New York, in addition to attending to his large legal practice, is a fine example of what may be achieved by earnest and unremitting striving, when heavily handicapped by adverse circumstances. He owes his present high standing in …
R. J. A. Mack, of Redlands, is a native of Syracuse, New York, born June 24, 1842. He received his education in the schools of Syracuse and Fulton, New York, and commenced the study of medicine with Dr. Townsend, of Syracuse; he also attended and graduated at the college at Geneva. He began practice at …
HERMAN BORTH. Herman Borth, senior member of the firm of Borth, Barrett & Co., at Doniphan, is a man popular with all classes, and has a host of business and social friends. He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, October 17, 1851, and no doubt inherits much of his perseverance and industry from his German …
Adelbert Clinton Merritt, who has been closely identified with a variety of business interests in the state of New York, is descended from a family which settled in this state a number of generations ago. (1) Stacy Merritt, grandfather of Adelbert C. Merritt, was a member of a large family, his brothers being: Isaac, Charles, …
Henry Perine Todd8, (Caleb7, Caleb6, Caleb5, Stephen4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Nov. 22, 1839, died June 14, 1911, married June 18, 1879, Mary Stone, daughter of Timothy Marther and Elizabeth Ann (Swain) Todd, who was born Dec. 9, 1844. She is now (1913) living in Rochester, N. Y. For her ancestry see No. 582. Mr. …
Albert Todd8, (Wright7, David6, Abraham5, Abraham4, Jonah3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Nov. 20, 1827, in Greece, N. Y.; who he married is unknown to the writer. He was a farmer and lived in Ypsilanti, Mich. Children: 2201. A son. 2202. A daughter.
Ebenezer Griffin Brown (“Judge Brown,” as he is familiarly known) is one of Riverside’s well-known pioneers. He was one of the original members of the Southern California Colony Association, and with the late Dr. Greves visited the lands now occupied by the city June, 1870, the first members of the association on the grounds. From …
Barnabas Tibbals, owner of a fine orange grove in Brockton Square, on the south side of Bandini Avenue, about two miles south of Riverside, purchased this place in August, 1887 and immediately commenced his horticultural pursuits. At this writing his land, consisting of ten acres, is all in orange trees, except a few deciduous trees …
Orrin W. Todd8, (Wright7, David6, Abraham5, Abraham4, Jonah3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Dec. 12, 1841, in Greece, N. Y.; he married and had at least one child, a son. He was a farmer. Child: 2203. A son.
John Todd8, (Wright7, David6, Abraham5, Abraham4, Jonah3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Jan. 23, 1822, at the old homestead in Peekskill, N. Y., married in 1864, Sophia Joiner, of Henrietta, N. Y. In 1826, he went with his parents to Greece, N. Y., where he received his education. He was a farmer, but during his later years, …
Marshall Todd9, (Ira8, Orrin7, David6, Abraham5, Abraham4, Jonah3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born April 12, 1852, married June 26, 1878, Mary J. Brown, who was born Aug. 12, 1852. A good part of his life, to about 1912, he was a farmer having owned a farm not so very far from Rochester, N. Y. About 1912, he …
SEYMOUR, Emma Louisa Todd9, (Luzerne8, Lemuel7, Jehiel6, Stephen5, Stephen4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Dec. 27, 1851, married Dec. 20, 1871, Elbert B. Seymour. They lived in Rochester, N. Y. Children: I. Belle, b. Dec. 22, 1872, d. June 10, 1906. II. Kate, b. Oct. 6, 1874. III. Luella Todd, b. Oct. 15, 1881, m. Oct. …
Ira Todd8, (Orrin7, David6, Abraham5, Abraham4, Jonah3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born Oct. 7, 1825, died Jan. 10, 1899, married Dec. 21, 1847, Zilpha Manchester, who was born Oct. 11, 1829. He was a farmer and owned and operated one not very far from Rochester, N. Y. In his later years he retired and went to live …
This wealthy resident of Port of Washington gained his eminence by sturdy industry and sagacious investment during the pioneer days. He is a native of Prussia, was born in 1832, and the fifth in a family of ten children. Of his father he learned the trade of a baker, and was prepared upon his arrival …
Abel C. Wilder, prominent in the free-soil movements of Kansas Territory, in the establishment of the republican party within its limits and the founding of the commonwealth, was born at Mendon, Massachusetts, March 18, 1828. With little book learning, he early became identified with business at Rochester, New York, and did much to found its …
(VIII) Fred M., son of William Morton Locke, was born at West Mendon, in the village of Honeoye Falls, April 24, 1861. He attended the common schools. He learned the art of telegraphing and followed it from 1880 to 1887. In 1887 he was station agent and telegraph operator for the New York Central railroad. …
FREDERICK COOK A MAN who has reflected great honor upon American institutions, is the Hon. Frederick Cook, ex-secretary of state of New York. He is a striking representative of the best type of a German citizen whose leading traits of character have been fully developed upon American soil. He was born on the 2nd of …
Aneta B. Vogler, 83, of the Lake View Care Center near Hope, died at 10 p.m. Monday [November 3, 1975] at the Bartholomew County Hospital, where she had been a patient for five days. She had been ill for several days. Named senior citizen of the year in 1963 by the Bartholomew County Retirement Foundation. …
Dr. James H. Stebbins, who was engaged in medical practice for about half a century, was born in Greece, Monroe county, New York, in 1834, and died in Geneva, Ontario county, New York, in 1908. He was graduated from the Medical College in Cincinnati, Ohio, and the greater number of his active years of practice …
