Historical gazetteer and biographical memorial of Cattaraugus County, . d has many friends—to quote a promi-nent Republican lawyer of Chautauqua county: In law, in sociality, ineverything h\.\\. his politics, Hud. Ansley is a fine fellow. Mr. Ansley ownsa farm near Salamanca, where he raises fine breeds of cattle and horses. In1880 he made an extensive tour through Scotland, England, Holland, Ger-many, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, and France; in 1889 he visited the islandof Cuba, and in 1891 he passed some time in Mexico. Norman M. Allen is a son of Luther and Huldah (Benedict) Allen, andw
Historical gazetteer and biographical memorial of Cattaraugus County, . d has many friends—to quote a promi-nent Republican lawyer of Chautauqua county: In law, in sociality, ineverything h\.\\. his politics, Hud. Ansley is a fine fellow. Mr. Ansley ownsa farm near Salamanca, where he raises fine breeds of cattle and horses. In1880 he made an extensive tour through Scotland, England, Holland, Ger-many, Austria, Italy, Switzerland, and France; in 1889 he visited the islandof Cuba, and in 1891 he passed some time in Mexico. Norman M. Allen is a son of Luther and Huldah (Benedict) Allen, andwas born in Dayton, December 24, 1828. His parents were natives of Onon-daga county, N. Y., and emigrated early to Cattaraugus county, settling inDayton. His mother died when he was but ten years old and his fatherwhen he was seventeen. His educational advantages were extremely lim-ited, the merest rudiments of an English education being acquired by a *TliL-Southwoi-tli Ilimily wiis ulthat bistoriu band of Mayflmver passengers that landed at Plymouth,;.. ill J/t,,^^^(dMyi^ ^^^^ Attorneys Ax\d Counselors. 373 few years attendance in the common schools of his native town prior to thedeath of his father, which event prevented his further attendance at , however, used his leisure hours for many years in study and thus acquireda substantial store of knowledge. For several years after the death of hisfather he taught in the common schools in his vicinity in the winter andworked at farming in the summer. As the result of his continuous labor hishealth became impaired so much that for three years he was unable to per-form outdoor work. During this time he devoted himself to hard study, butwithout the aid of a teacher. In [848, at the age of nineteen, he marriedHuldah Merrill, daughter of Heman Merrill, of Dayton. In 1855 he waselected county superintendent of the poor upon the first Republican ticketnominated in the county, and held that office until 1857, whe
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