Historical gazetteer and biographical memorial of Cattaraugus County, . arged all his duties, both public and private, with scrupulous fidelity. John R. McConnell practiced law in Allegany from 1857 to 1861, when hemoved away. He married a sister of Stephen Welch, of Allegany, and is nowin the Department of the Interior at Washington, D. C. Alexander Wentworth is a native of Aurora, N. Y., and was born July 26,1837. He is a son of Alexander and Asenath (Harmon) Wentworth. In1840 his parents moved to Ellicottville ; they lived there until 1844, when theymoved to Randolph, where Mr. Wentwort
Historical gazetteer and biographical memorial of Cattaraugus County, . arged all his duties, both public and private, with scrupulous fidelity. John R. McConnell practiced law in Allegany from 1857 to 1861, when hemoved away. He married a sister of Stephen Welch, of Allegany, and is nowin the Department of the Interior at Washington, D. C. Alexander Wentworth is a native of Aurora, N. Y., and was born July 26,1837. He is a son of Alexander and Asenath (Harmon) Wentworth. In1840 his parents moved to Ellicottville ; they lived there until 1844, when theymoved to Randolph, where Mr. Wentworth has since resided. He was raisedupon a farm about two miles west of the village of Randolph. He attendedthe district school winters until the Randolph Academy was opened in thefall of 1850, and then attended that institution three winters, working on thefarm during the summer. He then engaged in teaching, taking charge ofschools in the winters of 1854-55 and 1855-56. In the latter year he beganthe study of law in the office of Weeden & Henderson in Randolph and was. // ukyuiX-^i W-^yTTlyUT- Attorxevs and Counselors. 363 admitted to the bar at the May General term at Buffalo in 1859. GroverCleveland, now president of the United States, was a member of the sameclass. Soon after his admission Mr. Wentworth entered into partnership withMr. Henderson under the name of Henderson & Wentworth, and this firmlias continued since and is now the oldest law firm in western New York, hav-ing been in existence thirty-four years. Mr. Wentworth has given his entireattention to his profession and has taken little interest in politics; at least hehas held no official positions except one or two local offices of minor impor-tance. In 1859 ^^^ ^^^^ married to Ellen C, daughter of Asahel Crowley, andtwo children have been born of this marriage: Isabel C, now the wife of W. Lee, formerly of Randolph, now of Omaha, Neb., and CrowleyWentworth, who graduated at the College of New Jersey in J
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