Bently, M.D., Francis E., Canandaigua, was born in VanBuren , Onondaga county, April 23, 1816, a son of Isaac Bently of that town. The earliest ancestors of this family came to this country from England in 1740. The father of our subject was born in Rhode Island, and came to Onondaga county in 1804, locating in Pompey, and in 1811 moved to the homestead where Francis B. was born. Subject was educated at Cazenovia Seminary, and attended Geneva Medical College two seasons, graduating January 24, 1841. He then went with his preceptor, Dr. Root of Memphis, with whom he practiced for three years, and then moved to Cheshire, in the town of Canandaigua, where for the last fifty years he has had a very extensive practice. He has now retired from active work and is taking a well merited rest. He has been a member of the Ontario County Medical Society from its organization (about 1848) and has held all the offices in the society. He is also a member of the New York Medical Association. He married first June 25, 1843, Sophia Ball of Marcellus, Onondaga county. His second marriage, December 27, 1847, was with Almira, daughter of Squire Warren Brown of South Bristol and they have two sons; Frank, who conducts the farm in Canandaigua, and Victor, who is a musician.
History of Ontario County
compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich
edited by George S. Conover
1893
History of Ontario County
compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich
edited by George S. Conover
1893
Bently, M.D., Francis E., Canandaigua, was born in VanBuren , Onondaga county, April 23, 1816, a son of Isaac Bently of that town. The earliest ancestors of this family came to this country from England in 1740. The father of our subject was born in Rhode Island, and came to Onondaga county in 1804, locating in Pompey, and in 1811 moved to the homestead where Francis B. was born. Subject was educated at Cazenovia Seminary, and attended Geneva Medical College two seasons, graduating January 24, 1841. He then went with his preceptor, Dr. Root of Memphis, with whom he practiced for three years, and then moved to Cheshire, in the town of Canandaigua, where for the last fifty years he has had a very extensive practice. He has now retired from active work and is taking a well merited rest. He has been a member of the Ontario County Medical Society from its organization (about 1848) and has held all the offices in the society. He is also a member of the New York Medical Association. He married first June 25, 1843, Sophia Ball of Marcellus, Onondaga county. His second marriage, December 27, 1847, was with Almira, daughter of Squire Warren Brown of South Bristol and they have two sons; Frank, who conducts the farm in Canandaigua, and Victor, who is a musician.
History of Ontario County
compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich
edited by George S. Conover
1893
History of Ontario County
compiled by Lewis Cass Aldrich
edited by George S. Conover
1893
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