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b. Aug. 25th., 1770 d. Jan. 26th.,
ABRAHAN HERSHEY:: :
1856.
son of Benjamin & Ctherine Hershey.
buried Hershey Cemetery: Centralia Fort Erie.
rnarr. I"largaret
b.Apr. 4, i770. d.
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buried Hershey Cemetery.
Children of Abraham & Margaret:::
Benjamin
b,
1794, d. 1872.
bur.,Mc. Afee cemetery
single.
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Abraham A,
b. 1811. d. 1858.
B. Mc. Afee Cemetery.
marr. Elizabeth Baxter.
Margaret
b. 1811. d. 1874.
bur. Morgan's Point Cemetery.
marr. Emanuel Lee Oct. 26, 1837.
Susan
b. 1800. d.
bur. South Mill St. Old Memorial Cemetery.
marr. Jacob Baxter
Christian ?.
(1801-1855)
Dec. 22, 1830.
marr. Jane Baxter: May 3, 1834.
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Bill & Sale: Feb.27, 1838.
Abraham Hershey Sr
44 acres w .1/2
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to Abraham A Hershey Jr.
of lot 7 in the 1st. cross
concession.500 pounds.
May 8, 1858.
Abraham Hersey Jr. willed this same property to
edwin hershey:: 44 acres.
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1851. Census:::
Abraham Hershey U.S.A. 83 yrs.
Margaret Hershey U.S.A.82 yrs.
Benjamin Hershey
55yrs.
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ELIZABETH BAXTER:: : :
Abraham A.
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Hershey Jr.
Abraham Hershey Jr.
ABRAHAM HERSHEY JR.
b.
1811.
d.
1858: son of Abraham Sr.
married Elizabeth
Abraham Hershey Sr�
Baxter: b.
left.his son Abraham A.
44 acres :the west 1/2 of lot 7,
(situated on the river rd.
In 1858 Abraham Jr.
July 12.
in the lsr.
b.
1770.
1811.
d. 1856 .
d. Feb. 11.1882
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on Feb 27, 1838
con. N. R.
south of Miller's Creek)
willed this land to son Edwin Hershey.
Children of Abraham A. hershey Jr.
& ElizabethBaxter Hershey:::
Horace
b.
1853.
d.
Edwin
b.
1839.
d. Sept.
Emily
b.
d. July 14,1925.
Catherine
b.
d.
Apr. 11�1855: 2yrs.
29,1822. bur.
Mc. Afee.
bur. Ridgeway Moss.
July 15,1930.
bur.
St. Paul's�
JUil2
'Wl!izabeth
married Archibald Thompson;Jr. 1875.
d.
Mary
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b.
Ruthema Margaret b.
ARCHIBALD
born in Stamford
July 15.
1930. bur.
d. Sept. 5,1935.
d.
bur.
Feb. 17,1910.
bur.
Township on the 27th day of March, 1842.
ti n u ed farming and lu � ber ing until 1880,
w hen
since which ti me he has resided in Welland.
He is
a
son·?l
He has been
a
a
He
conÂ
appointlll'�nt,'
justice of thi�:,
he received his present
On the 9th of June, 1875, he married Eliza,
Abraham Hershey of Bertie,
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St. Paul's.
He was reared on tire .·
farm a nd received his education at the Drummond ville grammar school.
phical department.
Paul's.
s
THOMPSON, JR., license inspector for Welland C o u nty , wa
Archibald Thompson, Sr., whose biography precedes this.
since 1876.
St. Paul's.
St.
daughter of
of vvhom mention is made elsewh ere
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�THE BOl'filSTEAD HOiVJB OF
li.rchibald Hershey & �<;lizabet.'1
River r�.oad nortl'.1 of Tho:,1,?so::-i: : :
rJiagara
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{°d'31:t.-2r) aershey:::
The Hershe.1 homestead stood on the river road, dow;. rriver from the Stockdale
farm.
The front of the la rge home was constructed of b rick , with a large front
veranda.
Attached to
the rear of th i s wasa large f r ame addtion. To t.1!e back. of
the home lrrchibald had his tam1ery shop.He also had a thriving lumber business,
which emi=>loyed a large imr.1b2r of the blacks who escaped by the underground
railway and had settled near
his property.He also furmed
the
lands a.11d raised
f or sale.The Hersheys rnvned over five hundred acres, and
turkeys
were
great r.1oney
lenders.
:Vrr.
tlershey died while , Just a young man in
the tanne:t..-y
limber
his 40' s. He vs et out to wor:( in
·when a large lo� rolled over him.His son Ed c ont inued to run t,1!e
busine ss.One day in 1882 ·when returning fror11 a busine ss trip to :Slack Roc!c,
�1e r.1et is
death by accident ·when the Dummy on which he was travel ling, vlel1t through
t:1e OJ:"Jen Si.ving
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of the International Bridge.Eliza married Ard1ibald Jr.. while the
fc1nily was s till at
ti.'1.e old homestead : , Ju..rie 9. 1975.The remainder of t.1!e !Jirls
continued to live on the fm·ri1
for six years when they were persuaded to move
i11to the vil la ge. Tl. great deal of t.i.'leifing was going on at the time and the girls
felt insecure =>ftf'
was sold
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th"' tragic loss of their brother. At that time the old hor.1�
to'ltet:.ry;,,O'Brien from
buffalo. It \las l ater to become "':'he Colonial Clli:J"
Still later in a very sad condition it was occupied }::>y the Speakraan foJ,1ily, ann
in the late twenties destroyed by an explosion.
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