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Title:  History of Livingston County, New York: with illustrations and
        biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers
Authors:  Smith, James H.
City of Publication:  Syracuse, N.Y. :
Publisher:  D. Mason & Co.,
Publication Date:  1881

Transcribed by Linda Talbott

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VARY, William
William Vary was born in the town of Berlin, Rensselaer county, N.Y., July
2, 1807.  He was the son of Samuel and Esther (Thomas) Vary, the former of
whom was born in Duchess county September 23, 1764, and died in Columbia
county, having settled there from Rensselaer county October 9, 1833.  The
mother was born in Providence, R.I., April 29, 1769.  They were the
parents of ten children, four boys and six girls, only three of whom are
now living, namely:--Mehitable, Abial T., now living in Marshall, Mich.,
and Deborah, the widow of the late Daniel Smith, of Wayne county, N.Y.
Mr. Vary was a mill-wright by trade, but also carried on a small farm, and
reared his boys in the latter occupation.  They received their education
at the district schools of the town in which they lived.  In 1836 the
widow of Samuel Vary moved with her five children, one of the number being
William, to Lima, where she resided till she was eighty-three years of
age, when she made her home with her daughter in Wayne county, where she
died July 12, 1860.  Her remains lie buried in Oak Ridge cemetery in Lima.

Calvin, William and Abial carried on the farm they had previously
purchased, and which is now occupied by Burton A. Vary.  They all lived
together four years, and then Calvin, Hannah, Mehitable and the mother
moved on to the farm now occupied by William L. Vary.

After the division of the family, Calvin William and Abial carried on
farming together several years, till the latter bought a farm in Caledonia
and moved there.  In the spring of 1861 he moved to Michigan, where he now
resides.  William continued to work his farm until December 12, 1865, when
he moved to the village of Lima.

October 12, 1833, he was married to Sarah A., daughter of Peleg and
Freelove (Arnold) Thomas, of Greenbush, N.Y.  She was born December 21,
1810.  They had two children, viz:--Mary Jane, born December 26, 1838, and
died April 11, 1867, and Burton A., born November 3, 1841, now residing on
the old homestead.  Mrs. Vary died January 26, 1849.

December 20, 1849, Mr. Vary married for his second wife, Mary E. Thomas, a
sister of his first wife, and she died November 28, 1854.

November 5, 1857, Mr. Vary married Sarah A. Kinear, of Lima, by whom he
had one son -- William L., born May 12, 1860.  Mr. Vary was the architect
of his own fortune.  Without the aid of inherited wealth or social
prestige, he made his way from poverty to affluence, and to a high
position as one of the prominent agriculturists of his town.  His greatest
pride and enjoyment was in his well-ordered farm and the associations and
comforts of his delightful home and the society of his many friends.  He
died September 14, 1873.

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