Southworth, Edwin M., was born in the town of Bergen, Genesee County, N. Y., August 8, 1828. At the death of his mother, when Edwin was seven years of age, he was bound out with his uncle and aunt in Henrietta, Monroe County, N. Y., where he was educated in the district schools, and became a farmer by occupation, and in 1850 came to the town of Irondequoit. December 20, 1853, he married Ellen C. Wright of this town, and they were parents of two daughters: Clara W. and Libbie B. Clara W. married James H. Luitwieler of Rochester, N. Y. Libbie B. presides over her father's household. Mrs. Southworth died March 3, 1862, mourned by a bereaved family. Mr. Southworth's father, Isaac, was born in Cayuga County, N. Y., in 1793, and was a farmer by occupation. He married Rachel Tone of that County and they were the parents of eight children; Emerett, Luranda, Andrew, Clara, Edwin M., Samuel, Irving and John, who died at the age of four years. He died in 1870, and his wife in 1835. Mrs. Southworth's father, George Wright, was born in Schoharie County, in February, 1804. He married Clarissa Holmes of Cayuga County, N. Y. and three children were born to them: Thaddeus, Ellen C.. and Arietta. Mr. Wright was a justice of the peace for several years. He died in 1892, and his wife in 1891. Mr. Southworth's father was a soldier in the war of 1812. The ancestry of this family is English and German.

From Landmarks of Monroe County, NY
by William F. Peck (1895)
Part III, p. 242