BIOGRAPHY

SAMUEL JACKS - OF BATAVIA, NY

Samuel Jacks, a native of Londonderry, N. H., came to Batavia in 1811. He was a blacksmith, but settled on a farm where he died in 1866, aged, 74 years. He came when but few settlers had located, and had a shop at the corner of Bank and Main streets. He married Betsey, daughter of Ephraim Husted, of Elba, and his children were James C., John, Mary Samuel, John, Ephraim, and Betsey. James C. Jacks, born in Batavia, married Josephine B., daughter of John C. and Eunice (McCril_ lus) Wilford, and their children are J. Wilford, Mary E., Julia W., Josephine, and J. Corwin. The latter married Emma, daughter of Joseph and Eliza (Staples) Haviland, of Glens Falls, N. Y., and they have one daughter,. Elma H. Mr. Jacks is a farmer, residing on road 13. J. Wilford Jacks is a Presbyterian minister at Romulus, N. Y. Mary E. Jacks married Rev. H. H. Kellogg, pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Windham, N. Y. Josephine Jacks married Rev. Frank L. Silliman, now a merchant of Little Falls, N. Y. Julia W. Jacks married William T. Bradley, a farmer in Batavia.

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