BIOGRAPHY

JOHN C. HASTINGS - OF ALEXANDER, NY

Hastings, John C., Alexander, N. Y., son of Jude and Mary (Curtiss) Hastings, was born in the town of Oppenheim, Fulton County, N. Y., July 4, 1840. He attended the public schools of his native town and was employed for a number of years at the glove trade in Gloversville, N. Y. In 1877 he bought the farm where he now lives and has since that time been engaged in agricultural pursuits. Mr. Hastings served three years in Co. D, 153d N. Y. Vols., in the war of the Rebellion. On October 3, 1862, he married Mary Ann, daughter of Henry and Sophia (Parker) Atty; they have four children: Cora Alice, wife of Charles D. Kelsey; George S., Ella and Amy E.

Source: Our County and its people, A descriptive work on Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890