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• Gender	Female
  Person ID	I11669	Whole Family
  Last Modified	29 Sep 2009
  Father	John S. Agate,   b. Abt 1805, New York
  Mother	Emily Beers
  Family ID	F4428	Group Sheet
  Family	B. W. Gaskin
  Family ID	F5051	Group Sheet

• Notes

  [nwtntylr.FTW] http://www.rootsweb.com/~nymonroe/bios/biographies002.htm noted 27 March 2007 From Landmarks of Monroe County, NY by William F. Peck (1895) Part III, p. 25 - 26 Gaskin, B. W., of Pittsford, prominent as a builder and architect, and aresident of the village since 1846, was born in Waterville, Oneidacounty, November 30, 1830. Edward, the father, was an English gardenerand florist, and in 1822, accompanied by his wife and family of fivechildren, came to this country, having as capital less than $500. Heengaged in farming, and was successful. The family residence at varioustimes during our subject's boyhood has been in Oneida, Madison, andChenango counties, and the educational facilities afforded him were quitelimited. However he possessed a strong bent for the acquisition ofknowledge, and during his youth, after coming to Pittsford, took uppractical surveying under the tuition of L. L. Nichols, whose daughter,J. Adelaide Nichols, was Mr Gaskin's second wife, and the mother ofBertha Adelaide, now the wife of George Hooker of Pittsford. Mr. Gaskin'sfirst wife was Martha Simonson, who died in 1862, leaving two daughters:Florence May and Myra M. The present Mrs. Gaskin was Emily, daughter ofJohn S. Agate of Pittsford, and her children are Emily N. and R. Edward,who is at present a student at the Rochester Business College. Mr.Gaskin, not only as architect and builder, but as a citizen in privateand official capacities, has been closely identified with the growth andprosperity of Pittsford. In 1870 he was instrumental in procuring a newcharter. lie was a village trustee for not less than sixteen years, andseveral times its president, besides serving as justice of the peace andassessor.