Samuel, son of Johnson Cammett, was born in Canandaigua about the year 1826. When he was three years old his parents moved to Hopewell, and he grew to manhood in that town, taking kindly to the independent though strenuous life of a farmer, and deriving a comfortable living. He succeeded to the ownership of the homestead farm. and at the time of his death, which occurred September 6, 1906, he had resided there for a period of seventy-seven years. In politics he was a Democrat and served upon the board of supervisors for two terms. He married, July 2, 1867, Frances Barhite, sister of judge John A. Barhite, of Rochester, New York. She was born September 15, 1845. Children: 1. Watson. 2. Edward H., born October 25, 1872, is now (1910) residing at the homestead in Hopewell. 3. Frank. see elsewhere. 4. Nellie, born June 13, 1878, married Burton Mclvor, in December, 1905.
