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T. L. Baldwin & Co. as errand boy. In 1851 he became 

 a clerk in the store of J. B. Steele, and remained with him 

 one year, when he entered into partnership with Mr. Etz, 

 with the firm-name of Etz & Wellington. After the death 

 of his father at Tioga, Pa., March 1, 1854, he withdrew 

 his interest from the firm, and came to Corning, Steuben 

 Co., where he entered the office of the New York and Erie 

 Railroad Company, under the management and control of 

 A. T. Cochran. 



On the 13th day of May, 1857, he married Matilda B., 

 the accomplished daughter of B. C. Wickham, of Tioga, 

 Pa. Her father, although now seventy-four years of age, 

 is at the head of the banking house of B. C. Wickham & 

 Co., and through a long life of usefulness has retained an 

 unsullied reputation for integrity in all his business rela- 

 tions, and is known for his manly qualities and business 

 sagacity. In .the year 1859, Mr. Wellington entered the 

 George Washington Bank, at Corning, where he remained 

 until September, 1862, when he, in company with Samuel 

 Russell, organized under the individual banking law of the 

 State of New York, with the name of Q. W. Wellington 

 & Co.'s Bank. After four years Mr. Russell withdrew his 

 interest, and Mr. Wellington has since been the sole owner 

 of the bank, giving his whole attention to legitimate bank- 

 ing, acting in concert with, and aiding the full development 

 of all business interests in the locality to the extent of his 

 means, until at the present time his bank ranks financially 

 with the strongest banking institutions in the county. 



This sketch gives only another illustration of the result 

 of self-exertion by well-directed efi'orts, and adds another 

 name to the list of self-made men, who, by strict attention 

 to business, with a will to succeed, have won their way from 

 an humble position to take rank in the best leading 

 financial circle of the country. His children are Benjamin 

 Wickham, Catherine Amelia, Samuel Barney, Adelaide 

 Louise, Sarah Etz, Emily Clara, of whom Samuel Barney 

 and Emily Clara died in infancy. 



JOHN STORMS 



was born Jan. 31, 1814, in the city of New York. He 

 is the son of John and Sarah Storms, who were natives of 

 New Jersey. The family settled in New York about the 

 year 1813, and two years after removed to Guilford, Che- 

 nango Co., where they resided till the year 1832, at which 

 time they took up their residence in Steuben County, town 

 of Corning (then Painted Post). Upon his arrival in 

 Steuben County, Mr. Storms purchased quite an extensive 

 tract of timber-land and a saw-mill, and engaged in the 

 lumber trade and in farming. He died Dec. 21, 1855. 

 Mrs. Storms died on the 8th day of August, following. 



John Storms, Jr., was the fifth son in a family of six 

 children, two of whom are now living. Mr. Storms has 

 followed farming for a business, and is one of the best 

 farmers in the town, having a place for everything and 

 everything in its place. He is one of the best-known 

 tobacco buyers in the Chemung Valley, having been em- 

 ployed, for many years, by heavy New York firms to make 

 their purchases in this section. 



He has always been a Democrat, as was his father before 

 him. 



He was married, February 12, 1837, to Miss Louisa 

 Camp, daughter of Sylvester and Mittie Camp, of Owego, 

 N. Y. She was the second daughter in a family of twelve 

 children, ten of whom are living. The year following his 

 marriage, Mr. Storms moved upon the farm, where he now 

 resides, the buildings being an old log house, barn, and 

 wagon-shed which, if standing now, would present not a 

 very pleasing contrast to his present elegant buildings. 

 Mr. Storms takes much pride iji his fine stock, and is espe- 

 cially fond of a good horse. 



They have two daughters, viz., Maggie, wife of Henry 

 W. Farr, and Rachel, wife of Rufus K. Edminster, both of 

 whom are farmers, residing in the town of Big Flats, Che- 

 mung Co. 



