Aaron Barber III

          1836 - 1925


Barber dedicated funds from his estate to build

   the Avon Free Library in

 1928. He served as the Bank of Avon president and four terms as town supervisor. As a farmer, he raised nationally recognized shorthorn

 cattle at his farm on Barber Road, on the

    north border of Avon.


            People of Historic Significance





Dr. Timothy Hosmer (1745-1815): Founder of Hartford (now Avon), Revolutionary War surgeon, County Judge



Ebenezer Merry (1748-1809): Avon’s first Town Supervisor




Pedie Joiner Avon’s first school teacher.




Gilbert R. Berry (d. Dec. 1797): Established the first ferry across the Genesee River in 1789.



John Hubbard Forsyth (c. 1802-1836): Avon's Alamo war hero, lost his life in the Battle of the Alamo.



William Henry Cuyler Hosmer (1814-1877) “The Bard of Avon”, soldier, “War of the Rebellion”.



Jane Ann Hogmire Williams (1825-1927): Avon’s first 100 year old resident.


Captain Orange Sackett (1837-1925): Civil War hero: Captain of 136th New York Infantry; participated in erecting Soldier's Monument in Avon's Village Circle.



Matthew T. Cleary (1893-1918): Soldier 1st NY Cavalry, Fallen War Hero, Battle of LaSalle River.



Heather Grant Knight (1910-1998): Distinguished horse breeder, race champion.