Historical gazetteer and biographical memorial of Cattaraugus County, . egal reared ten sons and four daughters, all of whom survived him. Asa , at the age of twenty, began business for himself. He purchased oncredit seventy acres of heavy timbered land one mile east of Arcade. Hebuilt a log cabin and Oct. 6, 1833, married Caroline E. West, who was born inGroton, N. Y., May 22, 1815. In the spring of 1853, after clearing two farmsin Arcade, he settled in the west part of Machias on lot 63, where he nowowns a farm of 225 acres, of which he has cleared about 100. They have
Historical gazetteer and biographical memorial of Cattaraugus County, . egal reared ten sons and four daughters, all of whom survived him. Asa , at the age of twenty, began business for himself. He purchased oncredit seventy acres of heavy timbered land one mile east of Arcade. Hebuilt a log cabin and Oct. 6, 1833, married Caroline E. West, who was born inGroton, N. Y., May 22, 1815. In the spring of 1853, after clearing two farmsin Arcade, he settled in the west part of Machias on lot 63, where he nowowns a farm of 225 acres, of which he has cleared about 100. They have hadseven daughters and three sons. Mr. Parker early became prominent in themilitia and at the age of twenty was promoted from lieutenant to served as commissioner of highways and since he came to Machias he hasbeen coroner nine years. Like his father he has practiced law in the lowercourts and has been extensively employed in collecting debts. He has alsodealt in horses, cattle, and wool. Prancis Smith, a native of Sligo, Ireland, was born in 1819. He read and. Town of Machias. Soi wrote both the Irish and English languages, and learned both wagon makingand dentistry. He came to America in 1847 °^ 1848, spent two or three yearsin Canada, and about 1850 settled in Machias, where he died May 4, after he came to Machias he opened a shop in which he , carriages, and sleighs, and for many years extracted teeth for thepublic. In 1858 he married Mary Killian, of Syracuse, who still resides onthe homestead. Children: Mrs. Anna M. Geveney, a teacher who has alreadytaught twenty-four terms; Dora S., widow of Francis Brissee and also a prom-inent teacher; and Matthew F. George A. Stoneman, son of Archibald and Angeline (Knight) Stoneman,was born in Michigan City, Ind., April 13, 1844. His father died whenGeorge was two years old, and his mother then removed to the neighborhoodof her relatives in Farmersville. About 1850 she settled with her son on
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