Historical gazetteer and biographical memorial of Cattaraugus County, . rn in Washingtoncounty about 1821 and married Emeline, daughter of Lemuel Rounds. In1864 he moved to Sandusky, where he died July 22, 1892. His widow andchildren survive him. Children: Denis, Rose (Mrs. C. Haskell), Cora ( B. Lewis), and Ada (Mrs. George Davis). Harvey Lanckton, son of Seth and a native of Massachusetts, born , 1797, settled in Freedom in 1842, and purchased the wool-carding andcloth-dressing-mill of Josiah Cheney and Guy C. Mead on the present site ofthe Hayden woolen-mills at Sandusky. He


Historical gazetteer and biographical memorial of Cattaraugus County, . rn in Washingtoncounty about 1821 and married Emeline, daughter of Lemuel Rounds. In1864 he moved to Sandusky, where he died July 22, 1892. His widow andchildren survive him. Children: Denis, Rose (Mrs. C. Haskell), Cora ( B. Lewis), and Ada (Mrs. George Davis). Harvey Lanckton, son of Seth and a native of Massachusetts, born , 1797, settled in Freedom in 1842, and purchased the wool-carding andcloth-dressing-mill of Josiah Cheney and Guy C. Mead on the present site ofthe Hayden woolen-mills at Sandusky. He had previously lived in Holland,where he built a saw-mill and woolen-mill, and in Hurdsville, where he hadconducted similar business. After a few years in Sandusky he sold to his sonAlbert, who transferred the property to Hayden. Harvey Lanckton pur-chased a saw-mill of Elias Wood, rebuilt it, and with it built a furniture andundertakers shop. He constructed the hearse that he used, which was thefirst one in the town, and continued the furniture and undertaking business. iL\\.N ui- rKLLJUUM. 065 till his death in 1870. Mr. Lanckton married Eunice Chapin. Children:Albert, Ann C. (Mrs. George Cheney), deceased, Rosetta (deceased), WilliamMearns, Emeline and Elvira (deceased), Millard F., Maynard W., and Harriet(Mrs. L. H. Ferrand). Mr. Lanckton was succeeded in business by his sonsMillard F. and Maynard W., who continued together until 1878, when May-nard W. retired and is a merchant at Delevan. M. F. continues alone. Laban Lewis, son of Reuben and Mary Lewis, was born in Chesterfield,N. H., Sept. 17, 1787. In 1810 he married Sarah Tarbell, of Groton, Mass.,who was born Jan. i, 1793, and by her he had fifteen children, of whom onlyWilliam F., of Arcade, N. Y., was born in Freedom. Laban Lewis was asoldier in the War of 1812. He came to Freedom from Sherborn, Mass., in1832, and settled in the east part of the town. Mr. Lewis died Nov. 26, 1861 ;Mrs. Lewis survives him at the age


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