John KfSHPAucH. 



f4RS. John Kishpaugh 



JOHN KISHPAUGH. 



John Kishpaugh was born in Sussex Co., N. J., June 15, 

 1818. He was the son of Joseph and Catharine Kishpaugh. 

 His ancestors were of German des(^ent. Joseph Kishpaugh 

 and family came from New Jersey, and settled in the town of 

 Milan, Yates Co., in the year 1832, John Kishpaugh being 

 then fourteen years of age. From a boy he was taught the 

 lesson of self-dependence. Beginning at the age of fifteen as a 

 driver on the Erie Canal, and after that working summers on a 

 farm and attending school winters, he never since that time 

 has known what it was to be dependent upon anybody. One 

 of the prominent features in the history of J ohn Kishpaugh 

 was his uniting with the Baptist Church at Lodi, N. Y., at the 

 age of twenty-one years. In 1837 he enlisted in the Hector 

 Rifle Company, of Hector, N. Y., and held the offices of 1st 

 sergeant, lieutenant, and captain. From 1839 until 1843 he 

 lived in Tompkins County. In December, 1843, he married 

 Margarette Clawson, and on March 17, 1846, with his wife, he 

 came to Bradford, Steuben Co., and settled upon the farm upon 

 which he now resides, surrounded by the results of his ambition 

 and toil. To Mr. and Mrs. Kishpaugh were born two children, 

 viz. : Garry B., who married Agnes M. Ayers, and is a farmer of 

 Yates County, and Elanor Jane, who married Francis L. Drake, 

 and lives in Schuyler County. Mr. Kishpaugh has always fol- 

 lowed the occupation of a farmer. Coming into Bradford in 1 846 , 

 he cleared land upon his own farm, and for a time lived in a 



log house upon the same farm, where since he has erected a fine 

 farm-house and commodious buildings, which stand to-day as an 

 exponent of what his industry and economy have accomplislied. 

 His wife, Margarette, after bringing up her children so that they 

 are useful members of society, and ever performing her duties 

 as wife and mother, died Sept. 10, 1872. 



Politically Mr. Kishpaugh is a Democrat, and has always 

 adhered to the principles of that party. He has held the offices 

 of overseer of the poor and justice of the peace. Mr. Kish- 

 paugh is essentially a self-made man, and by his own energy and 

 labor has made himself one of the successful farmers of Brad- 

 ford. On the 29th of January, 1874, Mr. Kishpaugh married 

 Christina Brymer, of Schuyler County, whose father was one of 

 the pioneer farmers of Steuben County, having served in the 

 war of 1812. Mr. Brymer was regarded as one of the repre- 

 sentative farmers of the county. John Kishpaugh is now an 

 acting justice of the peace, and deacon of the Baptist Church 

 at South Bradford. His wife is also an active member of that 

 denomination and society. Mr. Kishpaugh has never taken 

 any steps backward in regard to the principles shown when he 

 was twenty-one years old, but has endeavored to strengthen 

 them by age. He is regarded by his townsmen as a good citizen 

 and an honest man. Mr. and Mrs. John Kishpaugh live upon 

 the old farm in Bradford, and after lives of toil they are in- 

 dependent in a good degree and enjoying the fruits of their labor. 



