HUSON BIOGRAPHY, YATES CO., NY Copyright (c) 1999 by Bonnie Bunce (bmbunce@juno.com). ************************************************************************ USGENWEB NOTICE: These electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or presentation by any other organization or persons. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material, must obtain the written consent of the contributor, or the legal representative of the submitter, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. ************************************************************************ Excerpt from HISTORY AND DIRECTORY OF YATES COUNTY, NEW YORK by Stafford C. Cleveland published in 1873 in Penn Yan, New York, pages 1018-1020 (as well as additional excerpts from the other pages indicated in brackets) in the chapter on the Town of Starkey. NATHANIEL HUSON. Was born in Fredericksburg, N. Y., in 1767, and married Anna Spink, born in 1770. She died in 1798. He had a second wife, Betsey Warren. She was born in 1764, and they were married in 1799 at Hillsdale, N. Y. She died in 1836. His third wife was Phebe Boyd, widow of Jacob Crawford. She was born in 1786. They were married in 1836. He died in 1847. He came to Starkey, then Reading, in 1818, settled on the first farm north of the corporation line of Dundee, and resided there through life. His children by the first marriage were Ruth, Elijah, Calvin, Betsey and Richard; by the second marriage, Samuel, Nathaniel, Anna and Sally. Ruth, born in 1790, married Judson Millard. They came to Starkey quite early, and lived on Millard St., Dundee, which took its name from him, where he was a prosperous farmer and a good citizen. Their children were Anna, Lewis M., Jane and Squier. Anna married Robert, brother of Eli Townsend. [From p. 1022: Robert [son of Richard (1774-1851) and Zeruah (Kline) Townsend] married Ann, daughter of Judson Millard. Their children are Jane and Janett."] Lewis M. married Harriet, daughter of Richard Henderson, Sr. [From pp. 673-74: "Harriet born in 1816, [daughter of Richard (1766-1850 of Ireland) and Maria (Wagener) (1777-1864) Henderson, daughter of David Wagener] married Lewis Millard of Starkey. They emigrated to Loudon, Va., and since the war have returned to Milo. For a time he was confined in Libby Prison by the rebels, and was finally released through the efforts of his wife. Their children were Myron, Jane, George, Willis, Frank, Stacey, Anna and Hersey."] Jane married Franklin Holden. They have a daughter, Hattie. Squier married Emily Phillips. Elijah, born in 1792, married Alzada Tyler in Columbia Co. He settled in "Beartown" in 1818, on the farm afterwards long occupied by Charles Hause. He moved West many years ago, and died in Illinois. His children were Nelson, Richard, Judson, Louisa, Semantha and Burgess. Nelson born in 1816, married in 1836, Alzada, daughter of Charles Truesdell. He died in 1838, leaving a daughter, Janett, born in 1837. Janett married John J. Humphries in Starkey, in 1861. They live in Elgin, Ill., and their children are Alice, Arthur and John. Alzada married a second husband, William E. Gabriel. Richard Huson married Sarah Tyler, and lives in Illinois. Judson married Ann, sister of Harvey G. Stafford. Louisa married Martial H. Booth. Semantha married Gabriel Torrance. Burgess married and lives in Illinois. Calvin, born in 1794, came to Starkey in 1818, living sometime on the next east and west road south of "Beartown." He then moved to the town of Seneca, and resided there until after the death of his father, whose place he then bought, and lived thereon till near his death in 1869. His wife whom he married in Columbia County, in 1817, was Betsey Crego, who survives him living in Starkey. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and a Democrat of the strictest sect. Their children were Jane, Susan, David C., Calvin, William H., Eli T., Emeline, Elizabeth, George E., Lewis M., Clark, Samuel, Charles, Mary Ann and James K. P. Jane married James Beattie. They live in the town of Seneca, and have two children, John and Lizzie. Susan married Haines Clark and their children are Mary and Rosalie. David C. married Margaret Robson of Seneca. Their children are John R., Calvin J. and Mary Jane. David C. died in California, and his widow with her children resides in Penn Yan. Calvin Huson, Jr., was a lawyer of good reputation, resided at Rochester, and in 1856 was elected District Attorney of Monroe county. He died at Richmond, Va., a rebel prisoner in November, 1861. He was captured by the rebels at the battle of Bull Run, where he was present as a spectator. His wife was Catharine Miller, and their children were De Lancey, Clara, Hattie, Hobart and Katy. William H. married Emma Reed. He kept a public house at Washington during the war of the Rebellion, and is now the keeper of a public house at Starkey Station. Their children are Josephine, Cass, Martha and Mary (twins.) Josephine married John Maloney, and has a daughter, Emma. Eli T. died in California. Emeline married Uriah Hair. [From p. 933: "Uriah [son of Luther and Polly (Raplee) Hair] married first, Julia A., daughter of David Smith. They had a daughter, Mary, who married William Stanton of Barrington. Uriah has a second wife, Emily, daughter of Calvin Huson. They have a son Luther."] Elizabeth married David Clark. George E. married Lucy Easton in Illinois. Lewis M. married Jane, niece of Gov. Macomber of Washington Territory. Clark married Ann Shimpf, a German girl. They live in Starkey and have two children, Frank and John. Samuel was a Union soldier, and was killed at the Battle of Shilo in 1862. Charles married Mary Terry. They live in Starkey and their children are Charles T. and John B. Mary Ann married John Gray of Groveland, N. Y. Their children are Samuel, John and Harry. James K. P. was a Union soldier and was killed in the battle of Gettysburg. Betsey born in 1795, is the wife of Eli Townsend. [From pp. 1021-22: "Eli born in 1797, in Columbia county, [son of Richard (1774-1851) and Zeruah (Kline) Townsend] married in 1821, Betsey Huson, daughter of Nathaniel Huson. . . . Their children are Nathaniel, Richard, William, Mary Ann, Elizabeth and Angeline. . . ."] Richard born in 1798, married Rebecca, daughter of Samuel Kress, Sr. They resided in Dundee, where he was a Homeopathic physician. They moved to Kansas about 1856, where they still reside. Their children were Eliza Ann, Catharine and Samuel K. Eliza Ann was the wife of Edward Hoogland, for some years well known in Yates County as Editor of the Dundee Record. He died in Kansas, leaving a daughter, Mary. Catharine was the first wife of James Spicer, and died leaving one daughter. Samuel K. married Polly Ann, daughter of John Spicer. He was a Homeopathic physician and moved to Kansas. Samuel born in 1801, married first, Mary Ann, daughter of Samuel Harpending. He had a second wife, Rachel Cosad, cousin of his first wife. He was long a merchant in Dundee, and prosperous in business. George W. Simmons and Augustus Maltby at different times were his partners. He died in 1870, and his wife survives him. Their children were Larissa and Mary. Nathaniel born in 1804, married Ann, daughter of Tewalt Swarts, 2d. He was a farmer living near Dundee, where he died recently. Their children were Eliza M., Sally A., Emeline, Matilda, Nancy J. and Susan A. Eliza M. married Joshua, son of Daniel Raplee. They had a son Nathaniel. She married a second husband, Alonzo Eaton. Sally A. married James Swarthout, and they have two children. Emeline married David Swarthout, and they have one child. [From p. 922: "David F. [son of Andrew D. and Joanna (French) Swarthout] married Emily, daughter of Nathaniel Huson, Jr. of Starkey."] Matilda married Oliver, son of Joshua Raplee. Nancy J. married Thomas Robson. Susan A. married William Wortman. Anna born in 1808, married Alonzo Simmons. [From p. 1023: "Alonzo Simmons was a son of Shubael Simmons and Anna Wales his wife, and was born 1798 at Whitehall, N. Y. He came to Dundee in 1824 with Calvin Honey, and they started a store . . . He married in 1827, Anna, daughter of Nathaniel Huson, Sr. Their children are Mary Susan, Charles, Laura E. and George."] Sally born in 1811, married in 1834, Charles E. Truesdell, who was also born in 1811. They reside in Eddytown, and have a son Warren, born in 1836, who married in 1867, Minnie Robinson and resides in Syracuse. Charles E. Truesdell was a son of Charles Truesdell, and Semantha Tyler, his wife. Burgess Truesdell, who was a son of Josiah Truesdell, and a cousin of Charles E., was for many years a merchant at Dundee and Starkey Corners, and a leading citizen. He built the public house which burned down where the Ellis house now stands.