BIOGRAPHY

EZEKIEL HACKLEY

Ezekiel Hackley, a son of Simeon, of Connecticut, was born in Columbia County, in 1794, and came to Batavia in 1819, settling on the farm in the north part of the town, where he now resides with his son Orlando D. Mr. Hackley married Sarah Smiley, daughter of Dr. Francis Smiley, of Herkimer County, N. Y., and they had six children. He is the oldest settler in the town, being now over 96 years of age.

Source: Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890