Oliver B. York (1823 - 1905)

Born 14 Sep 1823 in Brookfield, New York, United States of America [uncertain]

Ancestors

Husband of Mary (Lines) York — married 4 Mar 1846 in Brookfield, Madison County, New York, United States

Descendants

Died 21 Apr 1905 at age 81 in Edmeston, Otsego County, New York, United States

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Biography

Oliver B. York, b. 14 Sep 1823, was the fourth child of Nancy (Breed) York (abt.1798-1856) & John York (1796-1870) ^[1]. His birth location probably was in Brookfield (Madison County) where his birth family resided, or perhaps in nearby Columbus (Chenango County), New York ^[2].

He married Mar. 4, 1846, @ Brookfield, New York, Mary Lines (1821 - 1893). They had 5 children:

1. John Henry York (1847-1915)
2. Gracie (York) Hurlbutt (1849-1903)
3. Harriet O. (York) Stanbro (1850-1945)
4. Charles O. York (1853-1924)
5. Frank Hall York (1855-1928)

This family moved from Brookfield, N. Y., to Edmeston, N. Y., where Oliver held the office of Town Clerk for eight years. During the Civil War he was enrolling officer and Deputy Provost Marshal. After the war he was appointed Deputy for the Bureau of Military Statistics ^[3].

From 1870 onward, the family of Oliver B. York was again charted in Brookfield ^[4],^[5],^[6]. Among these records his occupation is listed as farmer.

At the 1900 census, Oliver (by then widowed) resided in Morris, New York, in the household of his daughter Grace and her husband, Oscar M. Hurlbutt ^[7].

Oliver B. York died 21 Apr 1905 @ Edmeston, New York. His grave is in Brookfield Rural Cemetery, Brookfield, Madison County, New York, USA ^[8].

Sources

1. ↑ Breed Family Association #16 (March, 1963), Charles B. Newhall et.al.; p. 71, no. 579: https://archive.org/details/BreedFamilyAssociationVol161963OCR/page/n114
2. ↑ "History of Chenango and Madison Counties", James H. Smith; 1880, D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, NY
3. ↑ Brown Genealogy, Vol.1 Many of the Descendants of Thomas, John, & Eleazer Brown, 1628-1907, By Cyrus Henry Brown, 1907 pg. 215 https://archive.org/stream/browngenealogyof00brow#page/215/mode/2up
4. ↑ "United States Census, 1870", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:M8JW-RBH : 29 May 2021), Oliver B, 1870.
5. ↑ "New York State Census, 1875," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:VT86-2ZJ : 18 February 2021), Oliver York, Brookfield, Madison, New York, United States; citing p. 27, line 16, State Library, Albany; FHL microfilm 408,497.
6. ↑ "United States Census, 1880," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MZD8-6M2 : 14 January 2022), Oliver B. York, Brookfield, Madison, New York, United States; citing enumeration district , sheet , NARA microfilm publication T9 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.), FHL microfilm .
7. ↑ "United States Census, 1900", database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:MSL8-DK1 : 13 January 2022), Oliver B York in entry for Oscar M Hurlbutt, 1900.
8. ↑ Find A Grave: Memorial #21086212