HUSON BIOGRAPHY, YATES CO., NY

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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.