A. W. Bemis, retired farmer and claim agent, was born in Worcester county, Mass., in 1814, and is the son of Aaron and Martha (Frost) Bemis, who settled in Summer Hill, this county, in 1835, where he purchased land and resided until his death, in 1874. The subject of this sketch married Mary P. Ford, a native of Greene county, and they have 2 children, Albert and Laurie. He first settled at Atlas, then on the old homestead at Summer Hill, then in 1851 he engaged in the lumber business in Montezuma, and in 1853 he became extensively engaged in the mercantile trade at Time, where he resided until 1873; he then returned to his present place in Montezuma. He was Township Treasurer 13 years, Justice of the Peace many years, was the first Supervisor of Martinsburg tp., and in 1851-3 he was Postmaster at Montezuma.

Source: History of Pike County by Charles M. CHapman 1880