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Hewes, Marcena Ballard. is one of the old and eminently respectable citizens of Genesee County. He was born in the town of Lee, Oneida County, N. Y., March 7, 1822. His grandfather Hewes was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, was taken prisoner by the British and held a captive on board an English man-of-war until the close of hostilities; he was a nephew of Mr. Hewes one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Marcena Ballard Hewes grew to manhood in the town where he was born at the home of his grandparents, his mother having died when he was an infant, and his father marrying again In 1848 Mr. Hewes came to the town of Le Roy, where an uncle of his lived. When he arrived he had but fifty cents to his name, but he was full of energy and pluck and went to work with vim; he purchased a tract of eighty-four acres and added to this a few years later forty-five acres more. In 1879 he traded the forty-five acres as part payment for a 218 acre farm in the town of Bergen, and after many years of hard and successful toil on his farm is now taking the ease he has so justly earned by retiring from active farm duties, leaving the farm in care of his sons. In politics Mr. Hewes has always been a strong and consistent Democrat and stands firm in the principles of bi-metalism. He has been twice married; his first wife was Cordelia Banister of Le Roy, whom he married on October 10, 1848; they had five sons and three daughters; his wife died in June, 1868, and for his second wife he married Mary Jane Stevens; they had two sons and one daughter.

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


LEROY TOWN, GENESEE COUNTY, NEW YORK GENWEB PROJECT
BIOGRAPHY MARCENA B. HEWES - OF LE ROY, NY

Marcena B. Hewes, son of Ralph, was born in Oneida County, N. Y., March 7, 1822. He came to Genesee County when about 20 years old, locating in the town of Le Roy, where he resided till 1879, when he moved to Bergen. He has a fine, large farm of 290 acres, about four miles northwest of Bergen village, and also owns 30 acres in Riga. He married Cordelia Banister, October 10, 1848, and 10 of their 11 children are living. Dayton Hewes, the fourth son, was born in Le Roy, April 3, 1862, and by occupation is a farmer. He was educated for a teacher, and taught a few terms, but the farm duties predominated and he drifted to farming exclusively. October 27, 1886, he was married to Cora, daughter of George and Amelia Snyder, of Bergen. He and his brother Otis now work the farm of their father. Source: Gazetteer and Biographical Record of Genesee County, New York, Edited by: F. W. Beers, J.W. Vose & Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1890
Hewes, Marcena Ballard. is one of the old and eminently respectable citizens of Genesee County. He was born in the town of Lee, Oneida County, N. Y., March 7, 1822. His grandfather Hewes was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, was taken prisoner by the British and held a captive on board an English man-of-war until the close of hostilities; he was a nephew of Mr. Hewes one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. Marcena Ballard Hewes grew to manhood in the town where he was born at the home of his grandparents, his mother having died when he was an infant, and his father marrying again In 1848 Mr. Hewes came to the town of Le Roy, where an uncle of his lived. When he arrived he had but fifty cents to his name, but he was full of energy and pluck and went to work with vim; he purchased a tract of eighty-four acres and added to this a few years later forty-five acres more. In 1879 he traded the forty-five acres as part payment for a 218 acre farm in the town of Bergen, and after many years of hard and successful toil on his farm is now taking the ease he has so justly earned by retiring from active farm duties, leaving the farm in care of his sons. In politics Mr. Hewes has always been a strong and consistent Democrat and stands firm in the principles of bi-metalism. He has been twice married; his first wife was Cordelia Banister of Le Roy, whom he married on October 10, 1848; they had five sons and three daughters; his wife died in June, 1868, and for his second wife he married Mary Jane Stevens; they had two sons and one daughter. 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

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