Person:Samuel Southworth (5)

From the HISTORY OF ONTARIO COUNTY; compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich; edited by George S. Conover; 1893:

"Dr. Samuel Southworth, Geneva, was a native of Vermont, but came as a young medical practitioner to New York, living a time at Angelica and Dansville and located permanently at Geneva about 1825. He was twice married, his first wife being Margaret Van Campen, by whom he had two children; and his second wife being Clarissa, widow of Joel Rice. The children of the second marriage were: Samuel Jr. and Martha Southworth. Samuel Jr., the subject of this sketch, was born October 11, 1828. He early became a clerk in a store but at the age of sixteen years, went to sea on a sperm whaling voyage and on his return, worked for six years in the Geneva post office. In 1855 he became clerk in the Bank of Geneva, and thereafter advanced to the position of teller and later to cashier, holding the latter until 1868, when he resigned and engaged in private banking, and the management of an extensive insurance business of which he then became proprietor and both of which he has ever since conducted successfully. In 1851, Mr. Southworth married Ansley Louisa Evans, by whom he has had two children. In politics, Mr. Southworth is a firm Democrat and has held the office of supervisor and president of the village."