Witmer married FOWLER, Gertrude Ann on 13 Feb 1902 in Ransomville, Niagara County, NY. Gertrude (daughter of FOWLER, William M B and CLARK, Loretta A) was born in 1876 in NY; died on 2 Sep 1952; was buried on 4 Sep 1952 in North Ridge Cemetery, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

1. CANFIELD, Russell W was born in 1906 in New York; died on 21 Aug 1979; was buried in North Ridge Cemetery, Town of Cambria, Niagara County, NY.
2. CANFIELD, Iva Sarah was born in 1915 in New York; died on 27 Aug 2006.

Franklin married WITMER, Sarah about 1873. Sarah (daughter of WITMER, David and MARTIN, Fanny) was born on 21 Jan 1848 in Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; died on 11 Nov 1940 in Ransomville, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Oakland Rural Cemetery or Hosmer Cemetery, Youngstown, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Niagara Gazette - 11/12/1940

RANSOMVILLE. - Mrs. Sarah
Witmer Canfleld, 92 years old, a
lifelong resident of Niagara county,
died at the home of her son, David
Canfleld. on the Youngs town-Wilson
road, yesterday afternoon, after a
long Illness.
Mrs. Canfleld. widow, of Frank H.
Canfleld, was a native of the Town
of Niagara and had lived in the
Town of Porter for more than 60
years. She was a member of the
Porter Center Methodist church.
Surviving her are three sons. Witmer,
Frank and David Canfleld,. all
of the Town of Porter, and 12 grandchildren.
Funeral serevlces will be held at
the home of her son, David, at 2:30
p. m. tomorrow, with the Rev. John
A. Mann, of the Ransomville Methodist
church, officiating. Burial will
be in Hoeraer cemetery.

Notes:

Niagara Gazette

A few days ago Mr. O. Caufield received
a message from Youngstown stating
that his only surviviug brother James
Canfield was very low with typhoid
pneumonia with little hope of recovery.
Mr. Canfield at once started for Youngstown
remaining with his brother until
he bad passed away, Monday evening at
7.o'clock. Mr. James Canfield was s i x t y ,
six years of age and has been for tlie
past fifty years a prominent citizen of
the town of Porter. His first wife died
several years ago and about four years
since he married a second time the widow
s u r v i v i n g h i m . He also leaves four
children two of whom reside in this
county, one in St. Louis and the fourth
in California. His son from St. Louis is
expected home to-day. The death leaves
our townsmen Mr. Osborn Canfield the
only surviving member of this branch
of the family. The funeral will be observed
from his late residence Friday,
at 1 P. M., Rev, Mr. Skinner, the presbyterian
clergyman will officiate.

James married SPICKERMAN, Hannah before 1839. Hannah (daughter of SPICKERMAN, Peter and Mary) was born on 16 Mar 1820 in Schoharie County, NY; died on 15 Jan 1875 in Youngstown, Town of Porter, Niagara County, NY; was buried in Hosmer Cemtery, Porter, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David married MARTIN, Fanny on 1 Jan 1839 in Clarence, Erie County, NY. Fanny (daughter of MARTIN, David and FRICK, Veronica) was born on 9 Jul 1815 in Lancaster, Lancaster County, PA; died on 4 Mar 1904 in Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY; was buried in WItmer Memorial Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Cemetery Marker says Fanny Marten

Peter + Mary. Mary was born about 1787 in New York; and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Abraham Witmer was a pioneer settler from Lancaster County, PA, who settled on a farm of several hundred acres about one mile northeasterly from the old suspension bridge in the town of Niagara., NY


Tonawanda News - 7/18/1970

By WILLARD DITTM AR
President
Historical Society
of the Tonawandas
Witmer Road, connecting
Niagara Falls Boulevard
and River Road in North
Tonawanda, was named for
a family of early frontier
settlers.
In 1810, John Witmer and
his family, consisting of his
wife and eight children, left
Lancaster, Pa., and settled
on a 100-acre farm on
Military Road, which he had
purchased from one Isaac
Swain. At that time there
was only one other clearing
on Military Road.
Abram Witmer, a brother
of John, came to the Niagara
Frontier in 1811 from the
same place in Pennsylvania
with his wife and four children.
They settled on a tract
of land purchased from the
Holland Land Co. on
Saunders Settlement Road.
When the War of 1812 broke
out, Abram took his family,
which had grown larger,
back to Pennsylvania. The
Witmer brothers were
Mennonites and had
religious scruples against
war.
Tobias Witmer, one of
Abram's seven sons, was
born in 1816 at Bellevue
(Suspension Bridge) and
became one of the first
surveyors of the region. He
made several maps of early
Tonawanda which are still
the main reliance for lot
lines and street boundaries.
On an 1852 map of Niagara
County there are shown
nine families of Witmers
living at different points in
the Town of Niagara. The
two first Witmers. John and
Abram. reared 17 children,
most of whom survived and
married.

Abraham married HABECKER, Barbara on 8 Oct 1804 in Columbia, Lancaster County, PA. Barbara (daughter of HABECKER, Christian and HERR, Esther) was born on 23 Oct 1782 in Manor Township, Lancaster County, PA; died on 6 Jul 1859 in Witmer Homestead, Town of Niagara, Niagara County, NY; was buried in WItmer Memorial Cemetery, Niagara Falls, Niagara County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

David + FRICK, Veronica. Veronica (daughter of FRICK, Christian H and HERR, Elizabeth) was born on 29 Oct 1791 in Lancaster County, PA; died on 11 Nov 1881 in Clarence, Erie County, NY. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]