THOMAS HALLETf. 



THOMAS HALLETT 



MRS. THOMAS HALLETT 



was born in Canisteo, this county, April 19, 1830. His 

 great-grandfather, Nathan Hallett, with his family, set- 

 tled near the centre of the town of Canisteo about 1800, 

 and, although not the first to settle here, is numbered 

 among the pioneers of the town. The Hallett family 

 is of Irish descent, and the ancestors of the family are 

 supposed to have come from the north of Ireland. 



Not long after their settlement in Canisteo the parents 

 died. His grandfather, Nathan Hallett, Jr., came with 

 his parents to the valley from Groton, Tompkins Co., 

 N. Y., where they had resided ; reared a family of seven 

 sons and one daughter, — John, Nathan, Samuel, Elijah, 

 Isaac, Moses, James E., and Mrs. Thomas Hadley. Of 

 these children only the youngest son, James E., survives, 

 and resides in Canisteo. 



His father, Moses Hallett, a native of Tompkins 

 County, where the family resided prior to settling in 

 this valley, was. born May 8, 1796; married Nancy 

 Fulton, of Canisteo, born 1800, and now living. Of 

 this union were born seven children, — Mrs. James Ather- 

 ton, Andrew S., Samuel, Thomas, John, Mrs. Giles 

 Morgan, and James, — ^all living except Samuel. 



Mr. Hallett, senior, was a farmer by occupation, was 

 in politics formerly a Whig, and as a member of that 

 party was active and ever interested in all local elections 

 and appointments, and in local and State legislation. 



Highly esteemed for his worth as a citizen of his town, 

 for some twenty-five years he officiated as justice of the 

 peace, and his counsel in cases of arbitration and as a 

 jurist were always given to avoid litigation and promote 

 harmony in the neighborhood. He was also town clerk 

 for several years, and in all his public relations was 

 known as a man of strict integrity. He died March, 

 1866. 



Thomas Hallett, son of Moses and Nancy Hallett, 

 spent his minority at home on the farm, and since, 

 besides farming, has engaged in lumbering, and for some 

 fifteen years rafted lumber down the Susquehanna to 

 southern ports. For two years he resided In Kansas, 

 acting as assistant superintendent of the Union Pacific 

 Eailroad. On Nov. 5, 1 851 , he married Sylvia, daughter 

 of Absalom Travis, of Canisteo. Her grandfather, 

 Amasa Travis, was one of the early settlers of the town, 

 and her Grandmother Travis still survives at the age of 

 ninety-five. 



Their children are Perry J. Hallett, of the law-firm 

 of Burrell & Hallett, of Canisteo, admitted to the bar 

 June, 1877 ; and Thomas R. and Alida M., both deceased. 

 In politics Mr. Hallett is a Republican. As the result 

 of his industry and self-exertion, may be seen on another 

 page of this work a view of his residence, showing one 

 of the finest farm locations in the Canisteo Valley. 



