Walter H. Lackey, a native of Vermont, was born in 1811, and came to Genesee in 1833, where he married Martha E. Crandall. Of their family of 10 children 5 survive, Benjamin F. a merchant in Chicago, Edward B. of Kossuth, Pa., Susie A. (Mrs. George W. Ward of Austin, Pa.), Mary A. (Mrs. Allen Peckham), and Angelina who resides in Genesee. Mr. lackey enlisted in Co. C, 85th N. Y., and was discharged in 1863 on account of illness. He was a Baptist in his religious affiliations, a farmer, and for 18 years he with his family resided in Ohio. Mr. Lackey died May 2, 1891.
