. History of Steuben County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. ^,(yUt^. LUCIUS WALDO. Lucius Waldo was born in Bridgewater, Oneida Co., N. Y., June 25, 1802. His father, Jesse Waldo, Wag a native of Mansfield, Conn., born in 1761; married Martha Hovey, also a native of Mansfield, Conn., born in 1770. Settled in Oneida County, where they lived for several years, and removed to Prattsburgh, this county, and settled near the town-line of Prattsburgh and Pultene
. History of Steuben County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. ^,(yUt^. LUCIUS WALDO. Lucius Waldo was born in Bridgewater, Oneida Co., N. Y., June 25, 1802. His father, Jesse Waldo, Wag a native of Mansfield, Conn., born in 1761; married Martha Hovey, also a native of Mansfield, Conn., born in 1770. Settled in Oneida County, where they lived for several years, and removed to Prattsburgh, this county, and settled near the town-line of Prattsburgh and Pulteney, in July, 1805 ; took up quite a large tract of timbered land, and spent the remainder of his life in clearing off the forest and preparing the land for cultivation. He came into the town nearly simultaneous with Captain Joel Pratt, Pixley Curtis, and other families, numbering fourteen. For several years he was chosen as justice of the peace, and also officiated as assessor for several terms. He belonged to the old Federalist party, and consequently opposed the war of 1812. He was a deacon of the Congregational Church at Prattsburgh for many years prior to his death, which occurred in 1826. His wife was an exemplary Christian woman, and proved a helpmeet in all the duties of pioneer life, and educated her children in all that makes true manhood and womanhood. She died in 1849. Their children born in Connecticut were Mrs. Isaac Pardee, Jesse, Aaron H., Otis, Albigense; born in Oneida County, Henry H. and Lucius; born in Prattsburgh, Charles, Abigail (died young), and Edmund. Of these only Lucius, Charles, and Edmund survive. The subject of this sketch was only three years of age when the family settled in Prattsburgh. His education from books was attended with tl&p then common obstacles of a long distance, rude school-house, and poor roads. A distance of four miles was often traveled to get to school, but his subsequent career as a business man has fully demonstrated that
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