admin 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. Gains 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.
SOURCE: Memorial and Family History of Erie County New York; Volume I