The Charles Hathaway family

By Douglas H. Shepard, 2014

 

Charles Hathaway was born in Massachusetts n 1823, parents unknown. On 23 April 1848 he married Lydia Silverthorn in Ashtabula OH. The 1850 Census finds them in Conneaut OH where Charles was teaching school. Their household included their son, Collins L, 1 year old, Charles’ brother Albert, 19, a printer, and maid Emily Woodard, 16. By 1860 they were living in Westfield NY where Charles, 37, taught school. The family included Lydia, 35; Collins, 11; and the twins, Adel and Ida, 4, born in Pennsylvania.

The Fredonia Censor of 5 November 1862 reported that Charles Hathaway of Westfield was one of two “conductors” of the Chautauqua County Teacher’s Institute at Panama NY in October. In July 1863 he registered for the draft. They were still living in Westfield in 1870 although Collins, now 21, was clerking in a bank in Horseheads NY and living in the family of banker Schuyler Runnels.

Charles’ brother Albert, who was also living in Westfield, died in 1873 and Charles was appointed guardian of the minor children, Carrie A., and William A. Hathaway.

By 1880 Charles, Lydia and daughter Ida M. were living in Horseheads. Albert’s son William A. was also living with them. The Silverthorn online family record notes that both Lydia and Charles died in Horseheads NY, although no dates or cemetery locations are given.

An album with photos of the twins and their relatives was donated to the Barker Museum. Most of the photos in the album were unidentified. The images appear to have been taken in the 1860s and 1870s. A list of them follows:

1.       Small boy – The Douglass Gallery, 230 Main Street, Buffalo, NY

2.       Young man – J. T. Upson & Co., Buffalo, NY

3.       Small boy – Powelson, Photographer, 58 State Street, Rochester and 302 Main Street, Buffalo

4.       Baby or Toddler – C. B. Melendy, Photographer, Cedar Falls, Iowa.

5.       Young woman – W. Knowlton’s, Photograph Gallery, W. P. Chase, Operator, 13 & 15 Lake Street, Elmira, NY

6.       Young man –  identified as P. J. Ward, Horseheads, NY (handwritten on back)

7.       Middle-aged man – W. Knowlton’s, Photograph Gallery, W. P. Chase, Operator, 13 & 15 Lake Street, Elmira, NY

8.       Baby or Toddler – C. W. Boepple, Photographer, 2011 South Peach Street, Between 20 and 21 Streets, Erie, PA

9.       Baby – no photographer or name

10.   Young boy identified as Perle, 5-1/2 yrs. – F. Sheets, Photographer, No. 43 Main Street, Wellsville, Ohio

11.   Young boy – F. Sheets, Photographer, Main Street, Wellsville, Ohio

12.   Middle-aged woman – Upson & Simson, 356 Main Street, Buffalo, NY

13.   Young girl – no ID or photographer

14.   Young girl – J. T. Upson, Buffalo, NY

15.   Young girl – Powelson & Co., Opera House Gallery, Detroit

16.   Baby  identified as Mary (handwritten on back)

17.   Elderly woman – W. W. Hawk, Photographer, Excelsior Rooms, Conneaut, OH

18.   Middle-aged man – W. W. Hawk’s Photographic Gallery, Conneaut, O.

19.   Middle-aged man – The Douglass Gallery, 230 Main Street, Buffalo, NY

20.   Middle-aged woman – Powelson, Photographer, 58 State Street, Rochester and 302 Main Street, Buffalo

21.   Young boy – identified as Carlton and Carl, 3 yrs. – F. Sheets, Photographer, No. 43 Main Street, Wellsville, Ohio

22.   Young or middle-aged woman -- Mrs. H. – F. Sheets, Photographer, No. 43 Main Street, Wellsville, Ohio

23.   Young woman – identified (handwritten on back) Ida M. Hathaway, Horseheads, NY (Hoover, Photo), Class ‘76

24.   Young woman – identified (handwritten on back) Addie J. Hathaway, Horseheads, NY (Hoover Photo), Class 76

25.   Middle-aged man – L. B. Melven (photographer), Westfield, NY

26.   Young or middle-aged woman – J. T. Upson (photographer), Buffalo, NY

27.   Unidentified house –

28.   Elderly man – J. T. Upson (photographer), Buffalo, NY

29.   Elderly woman – Abbott & Tinsley, 150 State Street, Chicago

30.   Middle-aged man – C. A. Douglass & Co., (Late Powelson’s) 230 Main Street, Buffalo, NY

31.   Young or middle-aged man --  J. T. Upson, Buffalo, NY

32.   Young boy – J. P. Vail, Palmyra, NY

33.   Middle-aged man – J. T. Upson, Buffalo, NY

34.   Young or middle-aged man – Charles D. Fredricks & Co., “Spécialité,” 587 Broadway, NY