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CHILD'S GAZETTEER OF JEFFERSON COUNTY
TOWN OF HENDERSON
The following family group descriptions are adapted from Hamilton Child's "Gazetteer of Jefferson County, N.Y.", published in 1890. The families are arranged alphabetically by township, and wherever possible, a link has been made to a Jefferson County Pioneer. We welcome any corrections and additions to the information presented.
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Captain George Wescott was born in 1813, and died in the town of Henderson, in 1863. He married Catherine, daughter of Thomas Bell, and they had four sons and one daughter, viz.: Flora A., who died in 1859, aged 20 years; Wellington, of Adams; Edwin, of Winona, Minn.; Byron M.; and Nelson L. Byron M. Wescott married Hattie M., daughter of Henry and Laura (Fuller) Murphy, of Dexter, in 1869, who bore him two children, Belle M. and George H. Nelson L. Wescott married Sarah E. Murphy in 1878, who bore him a son, Frank N. Byron M. and Nelson L. Wescott were drowned by the upsetting of a boat September 5, 1879, an account of which calamity see in preceding page.* Their widows and children reside on the homestead on road 2.
*The account of this tragedy appeared on p. 450 in the text preceding the biographical sketches:
"On Friday, September 5, 1879, a sad casualty occurred, which resulted in the death by drowning of seven persons. Captain Byron M. and Nelson L. Wescott, owners of the sailboat West Wind, left Campbell's Point with a crew of seven men, intending to go to Henderson Harbor to participate in a yacht race. Soon after starting their boat sprung a leak and was almost immediately capsized by a sudden puff of wind. The boat was heavily ballasted, and at once sank in 18 feet of water. Two of the men, Morgan Weeks and Charles Washburn, clung to the mast of the boat and were saved. The other attempted to swim to the shore, about 60 rods distant, and were drowned. The names of the unfortunate ones were Byron M. and Nelson L. Wescott, Allen Ramsey, Drake Lewis, Shuler Howard, Edgar York, and Edward Benjamin."