History of Chautauqua County, New York, from its first settlement to the present timeWith numerous biographical and family sketches . POMFRET. 491 of Buffalo, now of Dunkirk. 6. Minerva, wife of Frank Gushing, who diedabout 1855 ; was son of Judge Zattu Gushing. William Risley, son of Elijah, Sr., came to Fredonia with his father in1807. He was bom Dec. 15, 1802. He was married, Jan. 28, 1828, toGaroline Patrick, of Attica. His business has been miUing, farming, andhorticulture. He had 5 children, of whom two daughters only are living :Sarah C, who married Rev. Gharles Arey, lately rector of S
History of Chautauqua County, New York, from its first settlement to the present timeWith numerous biographical and family sketches . POMFRET. 491 of Buffalo, now of Dunkirk. 6. Minerva, wife of Frank Gushing, who diedabout 1855 ; was son of Judge Zattu Gushing. William Risley, son of Elijah, Sr., came to Fredonia with his father in1807. He was bom Dec. 15, 1802. He was married, Jan. 28, 1828, toGaroline Patrick, of Attica. His business has been miUing, farming, andhorticulture. He had 5 children, of whom two daughters only are living :Sarah C, who married Rev. Gharles Arey, lately rector of St. Johns church,Buffalo; and/u/ia C, wife of Edward H. Lord, banker, New York. Hanson A. Risley, son of Gen. Elijah Risley, was born in Fredonia,June 16, 1814; and was married to Harriet Crosby, daughter of Dr. OrrisGrosby, of Fredonia. Mrs. Risley died in Washington, D. G., Sept. 28,1868. Mr. Risley is a lawyer by profession, and has practiced in Fredoniaand Dunkirk. He was appointed master in chancery by Gov. Seward. Hewas elected county clerk in 1854 for three years; and was clerk of the assem-bly in 1861. In the time of the
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