254 LYMAN OATMAN
254 LYMAN6 (David5, Samuel4, George3, John2, Johannes1), son of David and
Betsy (Clough) Oatman, was born 21 October 1816, Hartford, Washington County,
New York, and died 9 September ____ in Angola, Erie County, New York.
He married Desire
Barrell, daughter of Colburn and Lois (Mattison) Barrell; she was born 10
September 1816 in Gouverneur, New York, and died 8 March 1888, in Angola.
In 1863, and again
in 1865, Lyman was a supervisor of the town of Evans. He was a member of the State legislature from
Erie County, New York, in 1870, and was listed as a "prominent
citizen" of Evans, New York.
"The place was at first called Evans Station, and a village was
laid out under that name, but in 1854 or '55 a postoffice was established there
by the name of Angola. . .Since then the village has borne that
appellation." (History of the
City of Buffalo and Erie County, Vol. I, p. 580)
A general store,
built on the site of the Farmer's Hotel in Evans, was purchased by Lyman
Oatman, whose son, David, succeeded him in the business.
The Michigan DAR
Bible and Pioneer Records list him as the "Hon." Lyman Oatman,
indicating he may have a Justice of the Peace.
Children of Lyman and Desire (Barrell)
Oatman:
990 David
Colburn, b. 11 Sep 1840, Hartford, Washington Co., NY; d. 10 July ___ Buffalo,
Erie Co., NY; m. Alletta , who was b. ca 1846 in Norway
991 LeRoy
S., b. 6 Jul 1844, Hartford, Washington Co., NY; d. Buffalo, Erie Co.,
NY; m. Lucinda E.
"Lucy" Stray.
Sources: Illustrated Historical Atlas of
Erie Co. New York from actual surveys
and records [Publ. by F. W.
Beers & Co., 1880]
Family records
Michigan DAR Bible
& Pioneer Records, Vol. 10, p. 24, 25
1850, 1860, 1870
census, Evans, Erie Co., NY
1880 Soundex,
Angola, Erie Co., NY
History of the
City of Buffalo and Erie County, H. Perry Smith, Ed.,
1884
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