Phineas moved from Stephentown to Allegany Co., NY around 1825. He purchased 66 acres of land, later the farm property of his son Milo. Phineas brought with him his widowed mother Dinah, his sister Lydia, and brother John. Phineas was a carpenter as well as a farmer and was industrious and frugal. He held the offices of Constable, Collector, and Assessor for many years. Both he and his wife Melissa, daughter of Rev. Spencer Sweet, an early settler, were active members of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. They had 11 children. Their son Milo married Alzina daughter of Daniel Coon of West Edmund, Otsego, and succeeded his father in possession of the homestead. He has been a successful farmer, Assessor for three years, and Justice of the Peace for eight years. Another son, Phineas A., born 3 May 1835, was a soldier in the Civil War. In Aug 1864 he married Fanny Stillman. (source: Allegany County and Its People)
1804 - 1886 (81 years)