admin HON. HENRY HAMILTON PERSONS, former Senator, President of the State Water Supply Commission, banker and head of extensive business interests, has united important personal activities with a distinguished public career.
Mr. Persons comes of a family well-known in Western New York. Many representatives of the Persons name settled in Sheldon, Wyoming County, in 1806, and Uriah Persons came to Sheldon as early as 1790. He was the father of Robert G. Persons, who moved to Aurora, Erie County, about 1815. Robert G. Persons was a farmer all his life. He was a prominent man in Erie County and took an active interest in Democratic politics. He married Alta Hamilton. Their children were Harry H., Henry Z., Lucy T. (Mrs. Horace Prentice), Robert G., and Byron D. Persons. Robert G. Persons died on the 31st of August, 1864.
SOURCE: Memorial and Family History of Erie County New York; Volume I