BIOGRAPHY

HENRY W. HOMELIUS - OF GENESEE COUNTY, NY

Henry W. Homelius was born in Buffalo, N. Y., in 1850. He was the first and is now the only architect in Genesee County. Since 1875 he has been engaged in contracting and building, and now employs from 10 to 12 men, making a specialty of fine house building. He has built many of the finest residences in the County, and also does work in Rochester, Buffalo, and surrounding towns. Henry B. Homelius, son of Henry B., was born 1860, and came to America when six years of age. He married Catherine Knight, settled in Batavia in 1856, and is engaged in contracting and building.

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