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Memorial and Family History of Erie County, New York
Vol. I, Biographical and Genealogical
The Genealogical Publishing Co., Buffalo; 1906-8

   [27-28]

        GAIUS BARRETT RICH, grandfather of Gen. RICH, about the year 1806
     removed from Richville, near De Kalb, N. Y., to Rome in this State.
     Thence he went to Rochester, where he built the first frame house in
     that city. Later he removed to Attica, and in 1842 to Buffalo. GAIUS
     BARRETT RICH was the founder of the Bank of Attica, in both its Attica
     and Buffalo branches. October 14, 1816, he married ALPHIA SALISBURY
     at Western, Oneida County, N. Y. He died in Buffalo, October 25, 1861.
     His wife survived him several years, dying Feb. 15, 1868. The children
     of their marriage were seven: JANE ANTOINETTE, SARAH RANDOLPH, ANDREW
     JACKSON, HARRIETT ROCKWELL, FRANCES, EDWARD SALISBURY and MARTHA
     SOPHRONIA. ANDREW JACKSON RICH, the eldest son, was the father of GEN.
     G. BARRETT RICH.

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