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Elliott, Jonathan |
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Steuben County, New York
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VAN WORMER, FRANCIS M.
FRANCIS M. VAN WORMER, lumberman, P.O. Ceres, N.Y., was born in Cohocton, Steuben Co., N.Y., February 18, 1836, a son of Henry and Hannah A. (Elliott) Van Wormer. His paternal grandfather, Lawrence Van Wormer, was born near Kinderhook, N.Y., and was of the old Dutch Knickerbocker stock. He settled in Cohocton, N.Y. in 1816, with a family of fourteen children, as well as a number of negroes, remnants of slavery days, who remained with the family. He was a farmer by occupation and a large landholder. The maternal grandfather of Francis M. was Jonathan Elliott, also a pioneer of Steuben county, N.Y., formerly of Otsego county, N.Y. Henry Van Wormer was a large real estate dealer and speculator in Steuben county, N.Y. Francis M. Van Wormer was reared in his native county, and educated in the common schools and Macomb Street Academy, Monroe, Mich. He settled in Ceres, McKean Co., Penn., in 1858, where he worked in a lumber-mill until the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion. April 15, 1861, he enlisted in Company A. Twenty-third New York Volunteers, and particiapeted in the battle of second Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Cedar Mountain, and other engagements, and was honorably discharged in June, 1863, at the expiration of his term of service. He then returned to Ceres, and, with L. P. White, purchased the grist-mill and lumber business of Eleazer Harmon, the business being conducted under the firm name of Van Wormer & White up to 1882, when Mr. Van Wormer purchased his partner's interest, and has since successfully conducted the business alone. Mr. Van Wormer married, in 1864, Elizabeth C., daughter of Rev. David B. and Alice H. (Pusey) Brown of Coudersport, Penn., and they have three children living: A. Castella, Edith M. and Henry B. Mr. Van Wormer is a self-made and successful business man, and a prominent and respected citizen. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and politically he is a Republican. [History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Selections; Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers 1890, p. 535]
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Male |
| Pioneer |
Steuben County, New York, USA  |
| The maternal grandfather of Francis M. was Jonathan Elliott, also a pioneer of Steuben county, N.Y., formerly of Otsego county, N.Y. |
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Steuben County, New York
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VAN WORMER, FRANCIS M.
FRANCIS M. VAN WORMER, lumberman, P.O. Ceres, N.Y., was born in Cohocton, Steuben Co., N.Y., February 18, 1836, a son of Henry and Hannah A. (Elliott) Van Wormer. His paternal grandfather, Lawrence Van Wormer, was born near Kinderhook, N.Y., and was of the old Dutch Knickerbocker stock. He settled in Cohocton, N.Y. in 1816, with a family of fourteen children, as well as a number of negroes, remnants of slavery days, who remained with the family. He was a farmer by occupation and a large landholder. The maternal grandfather of Francis M. was Jonathan Elliott, also a pioneer of Steuben county, N.Y., formerly of Otsego county, N.Y. Henry Van Wormer was a large real estate dealer and speculator in Steuben county, N.Y. Francis M. Van Wormer was reared in his native county, and educated in the common schools and Macomb Street Academy, Monroe, Mich. He settled in Ceres, McKean Co., Penn., in 1858, where he worked in a lumber-mill until the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion. April 15, 1861, he enlisted in Company A. Twenty-third New York Volunteers, and particiapeted in the battle of second Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Cedar Mountain, and other engagements, and was honorably discharged in June, 1863, at the expiration of his term of service. He then returned to Ceres, and, with L. P. White, purchased the grist-mill and lumber business of Eleazer Harmon, the business being conducted under the firm name of Van Wormer & White up to 1882, when Mr. Van Wormer purchased his partner's interest, and has since successfully conducted the business alone. Mr. Van Wormer married, in 1864, Elizabeth C., daughter of Rev. David B. and Alice H. (Pusey) Brown of Coudersport, Penn., and they have three children living: A. Castella, Edith M. and Henry B. Mr. Van Wormer is a self-made and successful business man, and a prominent and respected citizen. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and politically he is a Republican. [History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Selections; Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers 1890, p. 535]
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| Pioneer |
Otsego County, New York, USA |
| The maternal grandfather of Francis M. was Jonathan Elliott, also a pioneer of Steuben county, N.Y., formerly of Otsego county, N.Y. |
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Steuben County, New York
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VAN WORMER, FRANCIS M.
FRANCIS M. VAN WORMER, lumberman, P.O. Ceres, N.Y., was born in Cohocton, Steuben Co., N.Y., February 18, 1836, a son of Henry and Hannah A. (Elliott) Van Wormer. His paternal grandfather, Lawrence Van Wormer, was born near Kinderhook, N.Y., and was of the old Dutch Knickerbocker stock. He settled in Cohocton, N.Y. in 1816, with a family of fourteen children, as well as a number of negroes, remnants of slavery days, who remained with the family. He was a farmer by occupation and a large landholder. The maternal grandfather of Francis M. was Jonathan Elliott, also a pioneer of Steuben county, N.Y., formerly of Otsego county, N.Y. Henry Van Wormer was a large real estate dealer and speculator in Steuben county, N.Y. Francis M. Van Wormer was reared in his native county, and educated in the common schools and Macomb Street Academy, Monroe, Mich. He settled in Ceres, McKean Co., Penn., in 1858, where he worked in a lumber-mill until the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion. April 15, 1861, he enlisted in Company A. Twenty-third New York Volunteers, and particiapeted in the battle of second Bull Run, Chantilly, Fredericksburg, Cedar Mountain, and other engagements, and was honorably discharged in June, 1863, at the expiration of his term of service. He then returned to Ceres, and, with L. P. White, purchased the grist-mill and lumber business of Eleazer Harmon, the business being conducted under the firm name of Van Wormer & White up to 1882, when Mr. Van Wormer purchased his partner's interest, and has since successfully conducted the business alone. Mr. Van Wormer married, in 1864, Elizabeth C., daughter of Rev. David B. and Alice H. (Pusey) Brown of Coudersport, Penn., and they have three children living: A. Castella, Edith M. and Henry B. Mr. Van Wormer is a self-made and successful business man, and a prominent and respected citizen. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and politically he is a Republican. [History of the Counties of McKean, Elk, and Forest, Pennsylvania, with Biographical Selections; Chicago: J. H. Beers & Co., Publishers 1890, p. 535]
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I86351 |
WETZEL-SPRING |
