The History of Cayuga County 1789-1879 page 322
Town of Brutus

ever advising and doing in the kindest way that which has promoted the welfare and best interests of her family.

WILLIAM ELLERY.

WILLIAM ELLERY is the son of William and Jenefar Ellery, who were natives of, and always lived in England. His father was born in the year 1799, and was by trade a mason. He died about the year 1828. Mr. Ellery's mother's maiden name was Cox. She was born in 1783, and died in 1837.

William Ellery, the subject of this sketch was born in Wadebridge, Cornwall county, England, January 31st, 1809. He learned the trade of brick laying and masonry and followed that occupation till he came to America in 1832. The following four years he lived in New York City, still following his chosen occupation. In 1836 he returned to England, and on the 2d day of May, 1837, he married Miss Caroline Trevarton, the only daughter of Richard and Mary Trevarton, residents of the Parish of St. Braock. Her father was of some note, and died March 6th, 1854. Her mother came with her to this country, where she died December 31st, 1868 at a good old age.

In 1837, Mr. Ellery, for the second time, left his native land, and determined to settle permanently in this country. He first located in Albany, where he was engaged in building enterprises till 1860. At that time he abandoned the trade he had followed so many years, and, with his family, came to the town of Mentz. He purchased 60 acres of fine land on lot No. 72, where he has since resided, devoting his time to the cultivation of his farm.

To Mr. and Mrs. Ellery have been born six children, three of whom are living. Their names are, Joseph, living with his father, Edmond T., of the town of Throop, and Mary J., still at home.

Mr. Ellery is a relative of William Ellery, one of the signers of the declaration of independence. On another page may be seen a view of the Ellery farm.

THOMAS Mc CULLEN.

THOMAS MC CULLEN was born in the county of Wicklow, Ireland, April 7th, 1834. At the age of thirteen he emigrated to this country, settling at Port Byron, where he arrived on the 14th day of September, 1847. The same season he commenced chopping cord wood for Daniel McQuigg & Co., and the following summer hired to Daniel C. Austin as farm hand for eight months at $14 per month. During the next fifteen or twenty years he was variously engaged in farming and boating, acting as superintendent of construction on section 9, under T. H. Hotaling, and managing the running of boats for the American Transportation Company, and for G. A. Sprague. April 10th, 1873, be married Elizabeth J. Henry, daughter of John J. Henry, who was born, lived and died on the property now owned by Mr. Mc Cullen. The father of John J. Henry and grandfather of Mrs. Mc Cullen, a native of Ireland, settled on the same place in 1800, arriving at Port Byron with an ox cart, which contained his family and goods, leading their only cow behind them, settling in the wilderness, having for the nearest neighbor Philip King, living one and one-half miles distant. The same day that Mr. Mc Cullen married, he purchased the farm (a sketch of which appears in this work) where he now lives ; the farm on which, through his wife, lives the third generation, the place being now known by many as the old Henry farm.

The present condition of the farm shows Mr. McCullen to be an expert as a farmer and one thoroughly posted in the best modes of making every rod of land produce all it possibly can. April 1st, 1875, Mr. McCullen joined the Presbyterian church, with which his wife had been connected since she was 16 years old. In politics Mr. McCullen takes but little interest, always voting for whom lie considers the best man or men, having no choice in party, preferring principles above them all.

CHAPTER XXXVIII.

TOWN OF BRUTUS.

BRUTUS lies upon the east border of the County, north of the center, and is bounded on the north by Seneca River, on the east by Onondaga county, on the south by Sennett and Throop, and on the west by Mentz. It was formed from Aurelius, March 30th, 1802. Sennett was taken off March 19th, 1827.

The surface in the north and west is gently undulating, with an average elevation of ten feet above the river. In the south and east it is broken by ridges and detached, conicalshaped gravel hills, having an elevation of two hundred feet above the river, and from fifty to seventy-five feet above the general level. It is watered by Bread Creek and Cold Spring Brook, the former of which is a canal feeder. Both are

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