BIOGRAPHY

CHESTER ORCUTT - OF BATAVIA NY

Chester Orcutt, son of Moses, a soldier of the Revolution, was born in Great Barrington, Mass., and came to West Bloomfield, thence to Riga in 1808, and then went to Summit County, Ohio, where he died at the age of 77 years. He married Nancy, daughter of John Phillips, of Richmond, N. Y. Their children were Olive, Parnell, Elizabeth, and Chester E. For his second wife he married Jerusha Chamberlain, and their children were Esther, Elmira, and Chester E. Chester E. Orcutt was born in Richmond, N. Y., March 1, 1818. In April 1848, he came to Batavia, where he now resides. He married, first, Amelia Howell, of Chili, and their children were Burdette, Louisa A., Jane A., and Frank H. His second wife, Mary A., daughter of Danforth and Olive (Sprague) Tounsley, of Gates, N. Y., bore him, children as follows: J. Elwood, Willis T., Ida, Martha, Charles, Arthur, and George. Mr. Orcutt has lived on his farm 41 years.

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