Almy Descendant No. 1232-1272

189. ELISHA OTIS8 ALMY (James Dorrance7, Elisha6, John5-4, William3, Christopher2, William1),b. RI, Aug 1816.

He m. 1836, NANCY TRASK, b. NY, Oct 1822.

Children, born, prob. Dundee, Yates County, NY:

iESTHER9, m. RUFUS SMITH.
328iiJAMES EZRA, b. Apr 1840; m. MARIAH BAILEY, b. NY, Jul 1841.
329iiiJOHN WINFIELD, b. Jan 1842; m. 11 Sep 1864, ABIGAIL JANE "VENNIE" KEECH, b. abt. 1846.
330ivGEORGE WASHINGTON, b. Feb 1846; m. SARAH M. BRIGGS.
vCLARINDA, b. 20 Jan 1847; d. 18 Jan 1946; m. JOHN STEPHEN GANNON, b. Seneca Co., OH, 11 May 1842. Children: 1. Otis Benjamin Gannon, b. 2 Apr 1867; 2. Stephen Henry Gannon, b. 2 Feb 1870; 3. Nancy Jane Gannon, b. 5 Jul 1875.
viJANE, m. HAZAR WHEELER.
viiSTEPHEN O., b. Apr 1848; m. SARAH J. SWITZER, b. NY, Jan 1850.

Elisha Otis Almy and his brother, Charles W., established farms in Jerusalem Township, Yates County, NY, and moved to the northern part of Starkey prior to the Civil War. Charles located on what is now Huff Road and Elisha on Sproat Hill Road backing up to that of Charles.

Nancy Almy is found in the 1900 Federal Census (Soundex) in Dundee Village, Yates County, NY. Nancy is listed as 77, b. NY Oct 1822, mother-in-law to John S. Gannon.


REFERENCES: FAMILY RECORDS; FEDERAL CENSUSES.