Whitcomb, Frank J., was born in South Granby, January 1, 1859. His late father Jasper H. Whitcomb, who died aged sixty years, was widely known and not less widely regretted as one who contributed a full share towards the growth and prosperity of the town. Frank Whitcomb in 1888 purchased a farm of 100 acres adjacent to the village of Oswego Falls, devoting his attention to the manufacture of butter and with such marked success, that his product demands a premium above the market price in New York and elsewhere. His chief product, however, is sweet cream, which he markets in Syracuse and New York, buying of others in this county and in Onondaga, to supply his trade. For the separation of cream Mr. Whitcomb employs the famous De Laval centrifugal machine, which may be said to have effected a revolution in the dairy business. The introduction of about twenty-five of these separators into Oswego county since 1880 has been largely due to his personal effort. Mr. Whitcomb married Luella, daughter of C. C. Wilcox of Granby, and their children are Bertha M., born December 29, 1889, and Ralph J., born January 9, 1891.
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Whitcomb, Frank J., was born in South Granby, January 1, 1859. His late father Jasper H. Whitcomb, who died aged sixty years, was widely known and not less widely regretted as one who contributed a full share towards the growth and prosperity of the town. Frank Whitcomb in 1888 purchased a farm of 100 acres adjacent to the village of Oswego Falls, devoting his attention to the manufacture of butter and with such marked success, that his product demands a premium above the market price in New York and elsewhere. His chief product, however, is sweet cream, which he markets in Syracuse and New York, buying of others in this county and in Onondaga, to supply his trade. For the separation of cream Mr. Whitcomb employs the famous De Laval centrifugal machine, which may be said to have effected a revolution in the dairy business. The introduction of about twenty-five of these separators into Oswego county since 1880 has been largely due to his personal effort. Mr. Whitcomb married Luella, daughter of C. C. Wilcox of Granby, and their children are Bertha M., born December 29, 1889, and Ralph J., born January 9, 1891.
Source: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nyoswego/oswegocounty/famsketch1b.html
Source: https://sites.rootsweb.com/~nyoswego/oswegocounty/famsketch1b.html
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