. 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. 1^^. '^:^^yty'^^^ GEORGE DAVENPORT was bom In Speiicerto\vn, Columbia Co., N. Y., Oct. 15, 1814. The Davenport family was one of the oldest of that county, and became quite numerous. His grand- father^ Noah Davenport, settled in Columbia County soon after he was married; was a farmer by occupation. His children were four sons and four daughters, of whom the late Col. Ira Davenport, one of the fir
. 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. 1^^. '^:^^yty'^^^ GEORGE DAVENPORT was bom In Speiicerto\vn, Columbia Co., N. Y., Oct. 15, 1814. The Davenport family was one of the oldest of that county, and became quite numerous. His grand- father^ Noah Davenport, settled in Columbia County soon after he was married; was a farmer by occupation. His children were four sons and four daughters, of whom the late Col. Ira Davenport, one of the first settlers of HornellSville, was one son. William Davenport, father of the subject of this sketch, was the second son; he remained upon the old homestead in Columbia County; was mar- ried to Lavinia Davis, and by this union w^ere born two sons and one daughter, viz.: Mrs. John Olmstead (deceased), of Yonkers, N. Y., but formerly of New York City; George, and Charles (deceased). His father was a farmer during his life, and died at the age of eighty-four, in the year 1873, on the old homestead wherQ he was born. His mother died at the age of fifty-seven, in the year 1850. Mr. George Davenport, the only surviving member of the family, spent his minority on the farm and attending school. At the age of twenty-six, in the year 1840, he mar- ried Caroline, oldest daughter of Squire Mead, of Somers, Westchester Co., N. Y. She was born March 3, 1822. The Mead family were among the first settlers at Somers, and a family of prominence. For elevjen years he remained on a part of the old homestead, and in the year 1851 removed to Arkport, and settled on the farm where he now lives; a view of which, with his im- provements, may be seen on another page of this work; showing a marked contrast with its condition when he first settled on it, and bearing marks of industry, the labor of years, and the result of judicious management. Mr. Davenport belongs to that class of thrifty, en- terprising a
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