It was remarkable that in their married life of a half century, no death
occurred in the family; they lived to see their six children married, and
members of the Church; thirty-four grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren;
resided first in Byron Centre, NY, later in Johnstown, Wisconsin. (A.A.Shumway)
South Byron is a post village in the southern part of town, on the N.Y. C. and H. R. Railroad, It has
a flourishng grain market, where Boynton, Prentice & Co an extensive produce business, two or three
stores, one hotel, one church (Methodist Episcopal), a good school and a population of about 300 inhabitants.
Erastus Cash was the first postmaster. The place was for some time called 'Brusselville" named from and
early fact that an early settler, Elijah Shumway, had a "brussel head".
SOURCE: Gazetteer and biographical record of Genesee County, N.Y., 1788-1890
Author: Beers, F. W. Date of Publication: 1987
Subjects: Genesee County (N.Y.) -- History., |New York (State) -- Genesee County Page 382
BURIED: North Johnstown Cemetery, Milton, Rock, Wisconsin
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