Active almost to the very end, George Higley, one of Canandaigua's best known citizens, passed away at his home on Garden street on Thursday evening of last week, aged 86 years. Mr. Higley was born in Vesper, Onondaga county, in 1823. When about 24 years of age he came to Canandaigua and learned the trade of tanner and currier with the late J. Harvey Mason. He was married to Miss Laura Penoyer in 1846, and about that time took up farming as a vocation, in which he was engaged until he retired ten years ago. Four children of the first union survive: William C. Higley and Mrs. C. E. Monks of Academy; Alvin L. Higley of Buffalo, and Henry G. Higley, of this village. Mr. Higley's first wife died in 1869 and two years later he married Mrs. Sarah Gregory, of Shelby, Orleans county, who died in 1893. One daughter by this marriage, Mrs. Fred U. Hawley, with who the deceased lived, survives. Funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon, Rev. Ward Mosher officiating, and burial was at Academy.
Active almost to the very end, George Higley, one of Canandaigua's best known citizens, passed away at his home on Garden street on Thursday evening of last week, aged 86 years. Mr. Higley was born in Vesper, Onondaga county, in 1823. When about 24 years of age he came to Canandaigua and learned the trade of tanner and currier with the late J. Harvey Mason. He was married to Miss Laura Penoyer in 1846, and about that time took up farming as a vocation, in which he was engaged until he retired ten years ago. Four children of the first union survive: William C. Higley and Mrs. C. E. Monks of Academy; Alvin L. Higley of Buffalo, and Henry G. Higley, of this village. Mr. Higley's first wife died in 1869 and two years later he married Mrs. Sarah Gregory, of Shelby, Orleans county, who died in 1893. One daughter by this marriage, Mrs. Fred U. Hawley, with who the deceased lived, survives. Funeral services were held on Sunday afternoon, Rev. Ward Mosher officiating, and burial was at Academy.
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