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Descendants of Joseph Bemis


      1516. Mathew Prendergast7 Bemus (Charles6, William5, Jotham4, Ephraim3 Bemis, Ephraim2, Joseph1)7180 was born 03 Jan 18177180, and died 28 Mar 18797180. He married E. Marcelia Walters7181 04 Oct 18387181. She was born 18227182.

Notes for Mathew Prendergast Bemus:
Colonel Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper, C.E.M.E., "The Bemis History and Genealogy" by Colonel Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper,1900, published San Francisco, California, copies in the Library of Congress, (San Francisco, California 1900).p52.

He was a prominent citizen of Chautauqua County, N.Y. being County Treasurer at the age of 22, and later County Clerk. He represented the First Chautauqua District in the Legislature from 1868-1872. He was the promoter of the Cross Cut Ry. and Treasurer of the Company. He built the Mayville Mills, and conducted other large enterprises in that place. A shrewd and successful politician widely known throughout the state.

More About Mathew Prendergast Bemus:
Name 2: Matthew Bemus7183
Burial: Bemus Point Cemetery, Bemus Point, Chautauqua, N.Y.7184

More About E. Marcelia Walters:
Name 2: Marcellia Walters7185
Burial: Bemus Point Cemetery, Bemus Point, Chautauqua, N.Y.7186

More About Mathew Bemus and E. Walters:
Marriage: 04 Oct 18387187
     
Children of Mathew Bemus and E. Walters are:
  2864 i.   Frances R.8 Bemus7187. She married Silas W. Bond7187.
  2865 ii.   Robertson Whitesides Bemus7187, born 15 Feb 18407187.
  More About Robertson Whitesides Bemus:
Burial: Bemus Point Cemetery, Bemus Point, Chautauqua, N.Y.7188
  2866 iii.   Helen Mary Bemus7189, born 03 Nov 18417189. She married Dr. R. I. Curtes7189.


      1517. Daniel7 Bemus (Charles6, William5, Jotham4, Ephraim3 Bemis, Ephraim2, Joseph1)7190 was born 24 Feb 18207190, and died 31 Dec 18897191. He married (1) Adalene Strong7192 30 Sep 18407192. He married (2) Jane Griffith.

More About Daniel Bemus:
Burial: Bemus Point Cemetery, Bemus Point, Chautauqua, N.Y.7193

More About Adalene Strong:
Name 2: Adaline Strong7194,7195

More About Daniel Bemus and Adalene Strong:
Marriage: 30 Sep 18407196
     
Child of Daniel Bemus and Jane Griffith is:
  2867 i.   Mary8 Bemus.
  More About Mary Bemus:
Residence: married and resides on the family farm near Jamestown, N.Y.7196



      1518. Jane Miles7 Bemus (Charles6, William5, Jotham4, Ephraim3 Bemis, Ephraim2, Joseph1)7196 was born 18 Feb 1822 in Pine Grove, Pa.7196, and died 17 Oct 1886 in Maysville, N.Y.7196. She married Edward Coffin7196 21 Jan 18407196, son of Thomas Copp and Phebe Coffin. He was born 15 Jun 1821 in Marcellus, N.Y.7196, and died 12 Sep 1857 in Knights Landing, Calif.7196.

More About Jane Miles Bemus:
Residence: They moved from New York to Wisconsin, in 1843 he went overland to California.7197

More About Edward Coffin:
Name 2: Edward Copp7198,7199

More About Edward Coffin and Jane Bemus:
Marriage: 21 Jan 18407200
     
Children of Jane Bemus and Edward Coffin are:
  2868 i.   Martin Thomas8 Coffin7201, born 02 Jan 1841 in Ellery, N.Y.7201.
+ 2869 ii.   Helen Mehetable Coffin, born 30 May 1842 in Ellery, N.Y..
+ 2870 iii.   Phebe Relepha Coffin, born 22 Aug 1846 in Albany, Wisconsin.
  2871 iv.   Cornelia Jane Coffin7201, born 15 Sep 1848 in Albany, Wisconsin7201.
  More About Cornelia Jane Coffin:
Residence: North East Pa.7201
  2872 v.   Charles Watson Coffin7201, born 01 Apr 1850 in Madison, Wis.7201; died 27 Apr 1874 in New York, N.Y.7201.
  More About Charles Watson Coffin:
Cause of Death: Died from injuries received on a steamboat on Chautauqua Lake in 1872.7201



      1519. John Silsbee7 Bemus (Charles6, William5, Jotham4, Ephraim3 Bemis, Ephraim2, Joseph1)7201 was born 16 Dec 18237201, and died 22 Jul 18737201. He married Adelaide Catherine Howell7202 15 Jan 18467202.

Notes for John Silsbee Bemus:
[Draper:52] He was a warm-hearted generous man, a prominent citizen of Chautauqua County, held local offices, and was for a time in the Customs services in New York City. He was also a successful merchant and farmer. His death was the result of a boiler explosion on a steamer upon which he was a passenger.

More About John Silsbee Bemus:
Died 2: 24 Jul 1862, Bemus Point, Chautauqua, New York7203
Died 3: 18727204
Died 4: 24 Jul 18727205
Burial: Bemus Point Cemetery, Bemus Point, Chautauqua, N.Y.7206

More About John Bemus and Adelaide Howell:
Marriage: 15 Jan 18467207
     
Children of John Bemus and Adelaide Howell are:
  2873 i.   Emmet H.8 Bemus7207, born 12 Oct 18467207; died 19257208. He married Gertrude M. Kent7209 22 Jan 18897209; born 18467210; died 19297210.
  More About Emmet H. Bemus:
Burial: Bemus Point Cemetery, Bemus Point, Chautauqua, N.Y.7210
Residence: Jamestown, N.Y.7211

  More About Gertrude M. Kent:
Burial: Bemus Point Cemetery, Bemus Point, Chautauqua, N.Y.7212

  More About Emmet Bemus and Gertrude Kent:
Marriage: 22 Jan 18897213
  2874 ii.   Charles W. Bemus7213, born 13 Oct 18487213; died 19307214. He married Libbie A. Blanchard7215 02 Apr 18747215.
  More About Charles W. Bemus:
Burial: Bemus Point Cemetery, Bemus Point, Chautauqua, N.Y.7216
Residence: Bemus Point, Chaut Co., NY7217

  More About Charles Bemus and Libbie Blanchard:
Marriage: 02 Apr 18747217
  2875 iii.   J. Willard Bemus7217, born 04 Apr 18547217; died 24 Oct 18647217.


      1520. Dr. William Prendergast7 Bemus (Charles6, William5, Jotham4, Ephraim3 Bemis, Ephraim2, Joseph1)7218 was born 11 Oct 18257218, and died 19 Sep 1890 in Buffalo, New York7218. He married (1) Helen Olivia Norton7219 18557219, daughter of Morris Norton. She died 07 Mar 18747219. He married (2) Sarah Elizabeth Prather7219,7220,7221 03 Jan 18757222, daughter of Abraham Prather and Sarah McCalmont. She was born 31 Aug 1838 in Venango county, Pennsylvania7223.

Notes for Dr. William Prendergast Bemus:
[Draper:52] Few men have been more universally beloved and honored in the community in which they lived then Dr. Bemus. He received his medical education, at the Berkshire Medical Institute; prefacing it by a course of study at Oberlin College. He first settled at Ashville, N.Y. but soon removed to Jamestown, and was in the active practice of his profession for 43 years. His natural adaptation to his calling and his wide reading made him remarkably successful, and his practice at all times was large. His kind heart, cheerful disposition and great skill made him an ideal physician.
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[Genealogical and family history of western New York, 61-2]
(IV) Dr. William Prendergast Bemus, seventh child of Charles and Relepha (Boyd) Bemus, was born at Bemus Point, Chautauqua county, New York, October 4, 1827, died at Buffalo, September 18, 1890, where he practiced his profession for thirty-eight years, without interruption. He was educated in the Ellery public schools, Fredonia high school, and under private tutors. He studied medicine with Dr. Shanahan, of Warren, Pennsylvania, attended lectures at Oberlin College, and was graduated, M. D., from the Berkshire Medical Institute, of Springfield, Massachusetts. He began the practice of his profession at Ashville, New York, four years later removing to Jamestown, continuing there in practice until his death. He was a skillful physician and held a commanding position among the practicioners of Chautauqua county. He was ever ready to respond to any appeal for medical assistance, and the amount of his free practice was immense. It is known of him that he never went to law to collect a bill for professional service. He was gentle and sympathetic in the sick room, and so constantly mindful of the comfort of his patients that they came to regard him with sincere and deep affection. He died deeply regretted and the exceptionally large number of persons that attended his funeral demonstrated the respect and love in which Dr. Bemus was held by his community. He was a member of the St. Luke's Episcopal Church, of Jamestown, and an ardent Democrat in politics. He was president of the Cleveland Democratic Club, and, though active in the Democratic party, never aspired to or held any political office. He was secretary of the board of pensions at Jamestown, a non-political office. He was a member of the Chautauqua County Medical Society, the members of which attended the funeral in a body.
He married (first), in 1855, Helen O. Norton, who died March 7, 1874, daughter of Squire Morris Norton, of Ashville, New York. He married (second), June 3, 1875, Sarah Elizabeth Prather, born in Venango county, Pennsylvania, August 31, 1838, daughter of Abraham C. and Sarah (McCalmont) Prather (see Prather IV). She survives her husband and resides in Jamestown, in which city she has made her residence since October 11, 1873. Early in life she became a member of the United Presbyterian Church, but, after her marriat to Dr. Bemus, became a member of St. Luke's Episcopal Church, of Jamestown. Children of first marriage: Helen L., married Fred E. Hatch, of Jamestown (see Hatch V): Dr. Morris N. Bemus, of Jamestown. Child of second marriage: A daughter who died in infancy.

More About Dr. William Prendergast Bemus:
Date born 2: 07 Oct 1827, Bemus Point, Chautauqua, New York7223

More About William Bemus and Helen Norton:
Marriage: 18557224

More About William Bemus and Sarah Prather:
Marriage 1: 03 Jan 18757224
Marriage 2: 03 Jun 18757225
     
Children of William Bemus and Helen Norton are:
+ 2876 i.   Helena Le Ferre8 Bemus.
  2877 ii.   Dr. Morris Norton Bemus7226, born 03 Jun 18627226. He married Lucy Fitch7226 28 Sep 18937226; born 05 Sep 18727226.
  Notes for Dr. Morris Norton Bemus:
"The Bemis History and Genealogy" by Colonel Thomas Waln-Morgan Draper,1900, published San Francisco, California, copies in the Library of Congress,p53.

Dr. Morris Norton Bemus graduated at Rutgers College and then at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York City. He has succeeded to his father's extensive practice, and has recently been appointed a Pension Examiner.

  More About Morris Bemus and Lucy Fitch:
Marriage: 28 Sep 18937226
     
Child of William Bemus and Sarah Prather is:
  2878 i.   <Unnamed>8, died in infancy7227.

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