NORTHERN NEW YORK
Genealogical and family history of northern New York: a record of the achievements of her people
in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation.
New York: Lewis Historical Pub. Co. 1910.
BICKFORD
Transcribed by Coralynn Brown
Levi Bickford, of an old New England family, was an early settler of Lowville, N.Y. He married Esther Berry. Among his children was Charles, mentined below.
(II) Charles, son of Levi Bickford, was born at Lowville, Sept. 3, 1807, and died there April 6, 1867. He married Jane M. Plopper, born April 26, 1826, died Aug. 7, 1892. Among their children was Abel C., mentioned below.
(III) Abel C., son of Charles Bickford, was born at Lowville, Dec. 22, 1856. He was educated in the common schools and at Lowville Academy. For a time after leaving school he taught in the public schools in his native town and vicinity. He assisted on the farm of his father during boyhood, and later in life purchased the homestead. In 1884 he bought one of the finest farms in the county, Oak Grove, beautifully located in the town of Lowville, on the West road, a mile north of Hamblin's Corners. He has made a specialty of his dairy. He has a herd of forty thoroughbred Holsteins, all registered, and has been very successful in raising thoroughbred stock. He has also been successful in breeding Berkshire hogs from stock imported from England. His buildings are modern in construction and tasteful in design. The barns are spacious, clean and well-ventilated, and the stock is provided with every comfort of modern dairying. Everything about the farm gives evidence of the successful modern American farming methods. Mr. Bickford himself is a hearty, whole-souled, hospitable man, having the esteem and friendship of all his neighbors and possessing a wide and wholesome influence in the town and county. He ranks among the most substantial men of the community.
In politics he is a Republican, and he takes an active part in politics. He and his family attend the Methodist Episcopal church.
He married, April 21, 1892, Celia A. Bradt, born Jan. 8, 1868, died June 10, 1905, daughter of Henry and Lois (Bowen) Bradt.
Children:
Bertha May, born Feb. 28, 1893.
Charles Arthur, July 26, 1896.
Dewey Abel, Oct. 28, 1898.
Ethel Jane, Oct. 6, 1900.
John Henry, Feb. 28, 1903.
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