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GENEALOGICAL AND FAMILY HISTORY

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COUNTY OF JEFFERSON

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A RECORD OE THE ACHIEVEMENTS OE HER PEOPLE AND THE

Phenomenal Growth of her Agricultural and . Mechanical Industries

COMPILED UNDER THE SUPERft'ISION OF

THE LATE R. A. CAKES ci'STonnN OK the jefferson county histokicai. soctktv

'■ h'lio-cj/cifi^f of kindred and tlu gt-malogirs of tlu- ancient families i/c:u-n',t/i t/ic /iig/u's/ fruise. Herein consistetli a part of the knowledge of a man's own self. It is a great spur to --irtiie to look back on the liwrth of our line.'' — Lord Bacon.

" There is no heroic poem in the world but is at the bottom the life of a man." — .S» IValter .Scott.

I L L II S T R A T E D

Volume II

NEW YORK CHICAGO

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ADDISON WI.GHT GOODALE, M. D., one nf tlie oldest and best kiKJwn pliysiciaiis of Jefferson county, lias had a waried profes- sional career, and is now enjoying in contentment the fruits of a busy life. His ancestry has been traced to an early day in New England, and he preserves intact those qualities which were essential in settling a wilderness three thousand miles from tlie base of operations and inhab- ited by savages.

(I) Robert Goodale. aged thirty years, came from Ipswich, Eng- land, with his wife Catherine and three children, to America, arriving April 3. 1634, at Ipswich, Massachusetts, and settled in that part of the town now Danvers. They crossed in the ship Elizal>eth, William Andrews, master. Five children were liorn to them after their arrival.

(II) Isaac, son of Roliert and Catherine Goodale, was Ixirn in 1633, in England, and died at the age of seventy-nine years. His wife was Patience Cook.

(III) Isaac (2), son of Isaac (i) and Patience (Cook) Goodale, was bom March 29, 1670, and lived in Salem, where his will was proved in 1739. From this document it is learned that his wife's name was Mary, and that he had seven children.

(IV) Enos, son of Isaac (2) and Mary Goodale, was born No- vember 2, 1 718, in Salem. He married Mary Angier and lived in Marl- borough and Shrewsbury. Massachusetts. He had three children.

(V) Aaron Goodale, son ol Enos and Mary (Angier) Goodale, married Eunice Marshall, of Holden, Massach.usetts, in 1767, and sul> sequently settled in Salem, New York.

(VI) Aaron Goodale, of Salem, New York, married Betsey Rug-

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gles, February 9, 1802. She was a daughter of Beujamin and Ehzabeth Ruggles (the latter, probably, a dauglitcr of Deacon James Fay), the former a son of Benjamin Ruggles, who was a son of Benjamin Rug- gles (see Ruggles, V). Betsey Ruggles was born August 9, 1780. Aaron Goodale was a pioneer settler of Fowler, St. Lawrence county, this state, and passed his last fifteen years with a daughter at Hailesboro, in that county, where he died at the age of ninety-five years. His wife died about 1865-8. They had two sons and four daughters.

(VII) Ruggles Goodale, eldest child of Aaron and Betsey (Rug- gles) Goodale, was born September 10, 1S03, in Salem, New York. He settled in Fowler, where he continued farming until 1865, when he moved to the village of Antwerp, this county, and passed the balance of his life in retirement from the arduous labor of the farm, and died December, 1886. In August. 1830, he married Betsey \\'ight, who was born September 10, 18 10, in Oppenheim, Herkimer county, this state, a daughter of Abner and Polly (Hooper) Wight. She died Sep- tember, 1888, in Rutland. She was the mother of fi\e children. Addi- son W. is the eldest. Helen married Alvin Conklin, of Rutland. She died while visiting a daughter at Carthage. Warren Johnson Goodale, the third, resides in Binghamlon, this state. One child died when one week old. Estelle E. died, unmarried, in .\ntwerp, aged twenty years. Mr. Goodale was a member of the Baptist church at Fowler. He served several terms as assessor of his town. A Democrat in early life, he was a supporter of the Republican party from its org-anization.

(VIII) Addison W. Goodale was born August 17, 1831, in Fow- ler, St. Lawrence county. He attended the country schools as a boy, and later studied at the Gouverneur Wesleyan (subsequently Ives) Sem- inary. In 1855 he began the study of medicine in the office of Dr. Ira II. Abel, of Antwerp, meanwhile attending lectures at the Albany Med- ical College. At the end of three years, in June, 1858, he was graduated from the Medical College, and began practice in South Rutland. He remained there in successful practice until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he enlisted in the Tenth New York Heavy .\rtillery, and remained with this organization as assistant surgeon until the close of hostilities.

After two years more of jiracticc in South Rutland, he removed to Watertown and took up practice in that growing city. A year later he was engaged by the Phoenix Life Insurance Com])any, of Hartford, Connecticut, as adjuster and superintendent of jjbysicians. For the suc- ceeding twenty years he was in this service, being located successively

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at Canandaigua, Syracuse and Hartfard, and, for four years following 1884, in New York city. Since 1888 the doctor has been a resident of Watertown, in retirement from active practice, but interested in various undertakings for the promotion of the material and moral prog- ress of the community.

Dr. Goodale has lieen a trustee of the Thousand Island Park Asso- ciation since 1883, was for several years its treasurer and is now secre- taiy. He is also a director of the Alexandria Steamboat Company, and president of the Farmers' and Traders' Bank, of Kimball, South Dakota. He is one of the censors of the Jefferson County Medical Society and, for ten years, has been a health officer at Thousand Island Park. He is a member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and has affiliated with the Masonic fraternity since 1863. He is a member of the First Pres- byterian church of Watertown, and of the Union Club, of which he has been president two terms.

He was married August 12, 1858, to Miss Helen J- Fowler, of Antwerp, a daughter of Lester N. Fowler (see Fowler, VIII). Two daughters complete the family of Dr. and Mrs. Goodale. Hattie G. is the widow of Arthur B. Abernetliy, of New York city. Florence is the wife of Francis M. Hugo, an attorney of Watertown. Mrs. Aber- netliy has a son, Grenville Goodale Abernethy, who is a student at Princeton University, in the class of 1907.

CEPHAS R. STODDARD, one of the successful fanners of Cham- pion, has made his way in the world by industry and intelligent appli- cation. He was born December 12, 1840, in the town of Pinckney, Lewis county, this state, a son of Levi Stoddard, who was born in the same town.

James Stoddard, a native of Brookfield, ■Massachusetts, was among the pioneer settlers of Pinckney. He was a son of Sanniel and Betsey (Dunn) Stoddard, of English and Scotch descent, respectively. He was married, in 1807, to Huldah Goodenough, a native of Chesterfield, Mass- achusetts, and immediately began housekeeping in the town of Den- mark, later removing to the frontier home in Pinckney, where he cleared land and lived out his days. They had three sons and three daughters. The eldest, Levi R., is further mentioned in this sketch. Eliza Dinah is the widow of David Richards, residing in Belleville, this county. Amy married Eli Penniman, and died in Libertyville, Illinois. Juliana is the widow of Dr. N. D. Ferguson, with home in Carthage, New York.

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Justice (lied near Carthage, Missouri, previous to 1S70. JdIiii Blodgett was a farmer in Pinckney, where he (hed.

Levi Robbins Stoddard was born September 29. 1808, in Pinckney, where lie foHowed farming during his active hfe, varying this occupa- tion by working at liis trade of cooper. His last years were spent in Copenhagen, where he passed away Decemljer 28, 1893. at the ad\anced age of eighty-iive }ears. He was married June i, 1828. to Alarinda Orvis, who was born ]Ma}- 6. 1807. in Champion, and died May 8. 1903, at the home of her son. L. ^\'. Stoddard, in Champion. She was a daugh- ter of Samuel and Sally (Sage) Orvis, early residents of the town. The Orvis family was descended from Roger Orvis. who came to America from Wales and settled in Connecticut in th.e seventeenth cen- tury. For various services in defense of the colony he was presented with a silver-mounted cane by the then ruling King of England. This bore a number of inscriptions in royal recognition of such ser\'ices against the hostile tribes led liy King Phillip and others, wlm ravagetl the white settlements and made women and children the \ictims of their tomahawks and scal])ing knives. This cane has been handed down in the family, and is now' presiunably in the possession of an Orvis descendant residing iri Canada. Roger (2), son of Roger (i), the immigrant, was father of Roger (3), who married Ruth Howe, of English descent, and their cliildren were: Roger, Lorenzo, Philander, Samuel (who Avas father of Marmda, wife of Levi Robbins Stoddard), Ruth, Rachel, L'rana. Susie, Elmira, Diantha and Saloma. Roger (3), with his wife and daughters Rachel, Urana, Elmira, Diantha and Saloma, settled in Genes- see county. New York, and Samuel and Susie settled in Lewis county, in the same state. Roger. Lorenzo and Philander lived to be ninetv years of age, and Samuel to within twelve days of one hundred years. These older men were in the revolutionary war, and Samuel ser\ed m the war of 1812. Samuel married Sallie Sage, of English descent, of Sandvs- field, Massachusetts. In 1806 their possessions w'ere packed in two loads and drawn by ox teams to Lewis county. New York. In 181 3 thev moved into the town of Champion, Jefiferson county, same state, set- tling near Pleasant Lake, on the ]\Iaple Grove farm, where thev passed the remainder of their days. Samuel Orvis became a well-to-do farmer and a prominent resident of the town, in which he was among the found- ers and first settlers. He was a Methodist in religion and a Rqiublican in politics. His children were: Elias. Sallie. ]\[arinda. Fannie. Sam- uel, Elmira and Betsey. Levi R. Stoddard and wife were members in

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good standing of the Methodist church, and he was a RepubHcan from the organization of the party. They had fi\-c sons and three daughters. Norton Stoddard, the eldest, is a farmer in llie town of Denmark. Em- ily, the second, married Jnhn Hodge, and after his death married ^Moses Lang, of Copenliagcii ; she died October 4, 1898. Clnrinda died in Ty- lerville, this count}-, whde the wife of Henry Hodge. Sarah resides in Allen, Michigan, tlie wife of James Clobridge. Cephas R. is the fifth. Orvis is a ma.son by trade, with home at Copenhagen. Levi ^^'esley is mentioned at length below. Duane is a farmer in the southern part of the town of Lowville, near the Harrisburg border.

Cephas R. Stoddard remained on the home farm in Pinckney until he was nineteen years of age. after which he worked out on farms of the vicinity. He gave some time to study in the district schnol, and was for a short time a student at an academy in Copenhagen, but his school days were over when he was nineteen years old. Possessed of manly independ- ence he was eavh- resolved to possess a farm of his own, and made such use of his opportunities and so husbanded his earnings that he was alile in 1869 to assume the responsibility of ownership. At that time he bought one hundred and twenty-five acres in the town of Denmark, which he owned and tilled until 1880, when he exchanged it for his present farm of one hundred and fifty-five acres, on the "State road," in the w'estern part of Champion. He illustrates the fact that intelligent management leads to success in farming, as in other occupations. Be- sides maintaining a dairy of fifteen to twenty cows, he also raises stock tor the market, and so varies his interests as to secure an income from his lands each year. Mr. Stoddard is a member of Champion Grange, in which he has filled nearly all tlie chairs, and is a factor in every intelli- gent movement for the betterment of the farmer's condition. He affili- ated with the Masonic Lodge at Copenhagen while he lived near it, but is not now an active nieml>er. He attends the Methodist church at Cham- pion, with his family.

Mr. Stoddard w^as married. May 10, 1871, to Miss Mary Tracy, w ho was born January 10, 1849, '" Bombay, Franklin county. New York. a daughter of Noble Everett and Cynthia (Spencer) Tracy, nati\es, re- spectively, of Vermont and Martinsburg, this state. Mrs. Stoddartl is a cultivated and sensible woman, an able coadjutor of her husband in the work of the Grange, and in rearing sons creditable to the family and to the town. The elder son, Wilbur Tracy, is his father's capable as- sistant in the cultivation of the- farm. The younger. Leon Arcellus. has

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laught four terms of school, and is now a student of the State Normal School at Potsdam, New York, in the class of 1904.

Noble E. Tracy was born in Shelburne, Vermont, and died in Feb- ruary, 1899, in Champion. His wife died in Bombay. Noble E. was a son of Christopher Tilnian Tracy, who settled early near Black Lake, and died in Moira, New York, about i860, aged seventy-five years. His ancestors were among the earliest in New England.

Cynthia Spencer was a daughter of William Spencer, who was born in Dutchess county, New York, Septembers, 1795, and died in Martins- burg, Lewis county, this state, November 7, 1877. His great-great- grandfather came from England and settled in Rhode Island before the revolution, and had a son and grandson who served as revolutionary soldiers. The name of the grandson was Rufus, and he was the father of William Spencer. After the revolution, Rufus Spencer settled in Dutchess county, and moved thence to Martinsburg in 1805. He had started with a sleigh in March to go to Spencerville, Canada, which was founded by his brothers, but the melting of the snow stranded him, and he settled in Martmsburg instead. He died there in 1836, over eighty years old. His wife's name was Cornelia Christy. William Spencer married Diadama Root, daughter of Salmon and Diadama (Byington) Root, who came from Salem (now Naugatuck), Connecticut, and set- tled in Martinsburg. Salmon Root entered the revolutionary army when fourteen years old, and fought through the struggle for independence. He was a well-read man and an interesting talker.

Levi Wesley Stoddard was born September 15, 1847, on a farm in Pinckney, whence the family moved to Copenhagen when he was nine years old. He attended the village school, and learned the trade of cooper with his father. He followed the trade until he was twenty-five years old, being a partner with his father in the manufacture of casks at Copenhagen from his majority. He then purchased thirty acres of land in Denmark, and has been chiefly engaged in farming since. For the last twenty-one years he has lived in Champion, and has given his time wholly to agriculture during the last fifteen years. He acquired thirty acres on the "State road," in the western part of the town, which he afterward traded for eighty acres southwest of Champion village, near school number 6. where he now resides. Beside tilling this land he has rented other ground near by, and is a successful farmer. His dairy in- cludes twenty cows, and he is abreast of the time in methods. Mr. Stoddard embraces the faith of the Methodist church, and gives support

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tc all moral and upward movements. He is an earnest believer in the principles and policy (if the Republican party, but is not a politician.

Air. Stoddard was married February 4, 1S74, to Aliss Ella Tracy, who was bom in Bombay, Xew' York, and is a sister of Mrs. C. R. Stod- dard, \\hose ancestry is given above. Two children complete the fam- ih' of yir. and ]Mrs. Stoddard — Eva Luella and W'oolsey Everett, both at home.

JilcALLASTER. This is the name of a very old family of Argyle- shire, Scotland, and has been established in this country for seven gener- ations. It had numerous representatives among those who tied, for re- ligion's sake, to the northern part of Ireland, and established what is known as the "Scotch-Irish" people. The IVIcAllasters were numerous in Londonderry and Antrim counties, Ireland.

(I) Richard JMcAllaster, the founder of the tamily in America, was a scion of a Scotch family which settled in Northern Ireland. He was married about 1735, in Ireland, to Ann ililler, and together they came to Londonderry, Xew Hampshire, in tlie winter of 1738-9. Thence they went to the settlement called Bedford, in the town of Narragan-" sett, New Hampshire, probably in the spring of 1743, and Mr. McAl- laster was reckoned among the large landholders of the town in 1750. He was elected constable in 1763. His wife died there March 12, 1776, in her sixty-seventh year. They were the parents of eight children.

(II) Richard, seventh child of Richard (i) and Ann (Miller) McAllaster, was born October 20. 1749, in Bedford. New Hampshire, where he married Susan Dimond. He was last taxed in Bedford in 1772, and for two years thereafter was engaged in clearing land in Antrim, same colony, and moved thither in 1775. His farm was on the north slope of "Meeting-House hill," and he was prominent among the first settlers of Antrim, where he was a member of the first board of select- men, in 1777, and again a selectman in 1784. He w-as a member of Captain Wilkins' company, of Colonel Bedell's regiment of the revolu- tionary army, and was among the band surrendered to a force of British and Indians at "The Cedars," in Canada, May 19. 1776. These prisoners were most brutally treated and suffered great hardships until exchanged, through the efforts of Colonel Bedell, who was absent after reinforcements w'hen the fort was surrendered. In 1795 Richard Mc- Allaster mioved to Alstead, New Hampshire, and was subsequently at Springfield, Vermont, whence he came to Antwerp, Xew York, with his

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son, among tlie pioneer settlers of that town. He died here February II. 1813, a httle over two weeks after his wife, who passed away Jan- uary 23. Brief mention of his children follows : \\'illiam, the eldest, spent his life in Antwerp. Sarah died here, unmarried, at the age of eighty-eight years. Susan died, unmarried, at sixty-four. Athildred died in Antwerp, at a good age. Elizabeth married Henry Baldwin, and died in Antwerp. Francis died in Antwerp in 1841. Richard and Ann lived for a time in Springfield, Vermont, where the latter became the \\ife of Daniel Heald, and died in Antwerp.

(HI) Francis, sixth child and second son of Richard (2) and Su- san (Dimond) ;\IcAllaster, was born August 16, 1773, in Antrim, Xew Hampshire, and died December 25, 1841, in Antwerp. He married Anna, daughter of John and J\Iary (Bradford) Averill. She was born May. 29, 1777, in Alount Vernon (now Amherst). Xew Hampshire, and died December 7, 1862, m the town of Antwerp. ]Mr. INIcAllaster was a farmer, a quiet and modest citizen. His life was an industrious one, and he aided in reclaiming from the wilderness- the present prosperous agricultural region about the thriving ^'illage of Antwerp. The fate of his children is herewith indicated. Polly, the eldest, became the wife of Francis Butterfield. and mother of William Butterfield, a prominent citizen of Redwood, this county (see Butterfield). David died in Erie, Pennsylvania. Nancy married Horace Hamlin (see Hamlin. \T)„ and lived and died in Antwerp. Emerson died in 1893. at Antwerp. Eliza, wife of William Buckley Bostwick, died in Gouverneur. Susan married Columbus Pinne}-, and died at Aurora, Illinois, over ninety years of age. Eucretia was the wife of Joseph Lyon Wait, and li\ed and died in the town of Antwerp. Cordelia married Charles Lewis, and. after his death, John Joyce, and is the only survivor of the family, now residing in .Aurora. Illinois, a widow.

The ancestry of Mary (Bradford) Averill is traced back to the pioneer period of the Xew England colonies, as follows:

(I) Robert Bradfoid, emigrant, was born about 1626. and died January 13. 1707.

(II) \\'il]iam. son of Robert Bradford. Ijorn about 1650. married. November 14. 1676. Rachel Raymont. of Beverly. ^Massachusetts. He was a ropemaker Ijy occupation.

(Til) \\'illiam. son of William Bradford (i), was born 1686, and uiarried. December it,. 1707. Grace Elliot, of Beverly. Massachusetts.

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He was a sailor and removed from Beverly to Boxford in 1721, and thence to Middleton, Massachusetts, where he died in 1761.

(IV) William, son of William Bradford (2), moved from Mid- dleton, and settled m Sowhegan West (now Milford), New Hampshire, at an early date. His marriage to Mary Lambert is of record in Mid- dleton, as occurring January 16, 1737. She was born March 11, 1718, and died February 18, 1770. Mr. Bradford marrietl, second, Rachel Small, who died in 1802. He died in 1791. His first wife bore him nine children, and the second two. Two of his sons, Joseph and W'illiam, were soldiers of the revolution, and the former died in the service at Medford, Massachusetts, in 1775. The latter served also in the war of 1812.

(V) Mary, third child and second daughter of W'illiam Bradford (3}, was baptized in 1742, in Middleton, Massachusetts, married John Averill, and died August 21, 1814, in Mount Vernon, New Hampshire, aged seventy-three years.

(VI) Anna, daughter of John and Mary (Bradford) Averill, wa.s born May 29. 1777, and becnme the wife of Francis McAllaster, as be- fore noted.

GILL. There can be little doubt that this name is of Scotch origin. Many worthy citizens of this country are found l:earing the name, in various states.

(I) The first record now known of the family herein traced is found at Exeter, Rhode Island, where Daniel Gill married his wife, Hannah (surname unknown^, in 1730. The reo.rd shows that they had six children born there, namely: John, June 29. 1732: Sarah, Sep- tember 30, 1733: Daniel, September 25, 1734: Hannah, April 2, 1740: Susannah, June 30, 1746; and Samuel, May i, 1752.

(II) Daniel, third child and second son of Daniel (ij and Han- nah Gill, was born as above noted, at Exeter, Rhode Island. He was married there, January i, 1760, to ^lercy Whitford, daughter of John Whitford, the ceremori}- lieing performed by a justice of the peace named Benjamin Reynolds. Their family included several children. In 1770 they moved to Springfield, \'ermont, where the lialance of their lives was passed. Mr. Gil! was a colonel in the revolutionary army, and in spelling his name used the Scotch prefix. "]Mc." which has been dropped by his descendants.

(III) John, eldest son of Daniel (2) and Mercy Gill, was born

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in Exeter. He married Thankful Bates, and liad three sons — John, Daniel and Bates, but had no daughters.

(IV) John, eldest son of John (t) and Thankful (Bates) Gill, was anidiig the pioneer residents of the town nf Antwerp, this county. He was married July 12. 1809, to Theodocia Henry, whuse ancestry is traced to about the beginning of the eighteenth century, as follows :

(1) William Henry was a native of Lunenljurg, Massachusetts, and was married. December 6. 1753, to Mary Harper. They settled in Charleston, Xew Hampshire, where he dietl Xriveml)er 15. 1807, and his wife, September 14, 1818. They had eight children — David, Rob- ert B.. \\'illiam. Harper. Hugh, lonathan. Samuel and John. All these, save the voungest. who muved to Rockingham. \'ermont. lived in Charleston or Chester. \'ermont.

( n ) William, third son and child of William ( 1 ) and Mary (Har- per) Henry, was married, August 30. 1784. to Pnlly Holden. She was a daughter of Captain \\'illiam Holilen and Annis Xutting, who were married ^lay 10. 1747, in Grotc-n, Massachusetts. I'olly Holden was born February 15, 1703, in Charleston, Xew Hampshire.

(HI) Theodocia, daughter of William and Polly (Holden) Henry, became tne wife of John Gill, as alicxe noted.

John Gill was born about 1781. came to Antwerp in 1808. and be- gan clearing land for agriculture, and soon took ]3rominence in the town as a business man and citizen. He purchased the stage route between Denmark and Ogdensburg. and continued tn operate it until his death, which took place January 6, 1838. at the age of fifty-seven years. He was survived many years liy his widow. Both were liberal in religious views, and did not affiliate with any religinus organization, because they could not accept the creed of any church near them. ^Ir. Gill was a ^Vhig. and passed away before the time of the organization of the Re- pul)lican party, with whose principles he was in sympathy. He served as highway commissioner and overseer of the poor, and was many years a justice of the peace, so continuing up to the time of his death. The fate of his thirteen children is herein briefly noted : William, the eldest, lived and died in Antwerp. ]Mary. the second, married (first) Ephraim Taylor and (second) John Biu'ton, sm"\-iving the latter, and died in Philadelphia, this county. Joint died in Hendersi»n and was buried at .■\ntwerp. "Fdutheria died and was interred at .\ntwerp. Alarcus set- tled earlv in life in Minljurn. Iowa, where he died. James is mentioned at length in succeeding paragraphs. Harriet died when eighteen years

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old. Lucius (lied in Watertow u. aud his reuiains rest in Antwerp. Hugh died and was l;uried at Atlanta. Georgia. Fanny, wife of Calvin Pier, died January 15. 1903, in Chicago, aged over eighty years. Ralph resides near Chamberlain, South Dakota. Susan died at the age of thirteen years. Robert kept a Iiotel many years at Carthage, where he now resides.

(V) Janies, son of John and Theodocia (Henry) Gill, was born July 19, 1817, in the town of Antwerp, and died July 9, 1899, in that town. Being of studious nature, he marie rapid progress in school and was given a better education than most boys of his time and locality. After leaving the district school, he attended the public schools of Wa- tertown and Gouverneiu- W'csleyan Seminary. He settled near the pa- ternal homestead in Antwerp, and married, when aliout thirty years of age, Sarah Beaman, daughter of Joseph and Annis (Bemus) Beaman, of Antwerp. She was born July 28, 1819, and died July 3, 1885, in her sixty-fifth year. They were the parents of four children, three of whom are now living. Abbie P., the first, resides in Antwerp village, unmar- ried. John D. was a citizen of Chicago, Illinois, and now resides in Watertown. F'rancis B. was an attorney at Syracuse, where he died July 19, 1904, and Bion resides on a farm in the town of Antwerp.

Janies Gill was a public-spirited citizen, lilieral and well-informed. He endeavored to shape his life according to the golden rule, and was universally respected and honored. He did not afhliate with any re- ligious organization, but w'as a true Christian in his daily walk. He was a stanch Republican, but sought no political preferment. At the earnest solicitation of his fellows he consented to act as assessor of the town, in wliich capacity he served several years. He was a charter member of Antwerp Grange, and was master one term. Industrious and careful of his resources, he accumulated a handsome property, and was able and w illing to aid his fellows in distress. In youth he was apprenticed to a shoemaker, and followed the trade in early life, but purchased a farm before his marriage and cleared most of it himself. His energies were directed in the line of caring well for his family, and his home was the dearest place on earth to him. To the interest and general welfare of mankind he gave considerable thought, and was ever ready to foster any undertaking calculated to improve the condition of society. He viewed questions of current interest with a broad intelligence, and his ojiinions and advice were often sought.

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GEORGE ADAAIS TAYLOR, a successful farmer and business man, passed away at liis home in Watertown. January 14, 1904, and was mourned by a large circle of acquaintances and friends. He was descended from the g-ood old New England stock, which has made the United States what it is to-day, respected among nat'ons and prosperous in its home economy.

Daniel Taylor, the first of the line known to his descendants in Jefiferson county, lived and died in Springfield, Massachusetts, where he is supposed to have been born. His wife's name was Eunice, and their children were: Daniel, Sally (married Solomon Kellam, of Turin. New York), Loami. Eunice (died unmarried), and Fellows, who was a farmer in Constableville, Lewis county.

Loami, second son and third child of Daniel and Eunice Taylor, was born November 9, 1784, in Springfield, Massachusetts, and went to Turin, New Yoik. when about twenty years old. Soon after he returned to his native place and married Betsey Kendall, who was born January 9, 1784, in that town, and died January 9, 1865, in Harrisburg. To- gether they made a home in the wilderness of Lewis county, whence they removed to the town of Pamelia, Jefferson county, prior to 1825. In the last-named year he settled in Harrisburg, and continued farming there during the balance of his life. His remains now rest in the town of Denmark. His family included six children, of whom the following record is given : Julia died at the age of twenty-six years, while the wife of Daniel Bailey, of Edwards. New York. Isabel, married Perry Crofoot, and died m Constableville. Elizabeth died in the same town, being the wife of Norman Higby. A sketch of Richard, the eldest son, forms the succeeding paragraph. Henry, the second son, born October 5, 1822, died October 15, 1902, in Harrisburg. John, the youngest, born March 28, 1825, rn Pamelia, resides near Carthage. He was two weeks old when his parents moved to Harrisburg. Loami Taylor was a member of the Presb}terian church, and was a Whig and later a Re- publican. He served as a soldier at the battle of Sacketts Harbor in 18 1 3.

Richard Taylor, eldest son of Loami Taylor, was born August 27, 1809, on his father's farm near Copenhagen, and his education was such as the local school of that day afforded. On attaining manhood he left the paternal farm and jiurchased land in the town of Watertown. which is now owned and occupied by his grandson. Fred Emory Taylor. Fie was a successful farmer, being industrirms and persevering, and ap-

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plied sound judgment to the conduct of his affairs. With an inteUi- gent interest in tlie progress of events, and an earnest desire for tiie betterment of mankind, he was universally respected and esteemed. He died January 13. 1865.

Mr. Taylor was married, January 25, 1836, to Charlotte M. Twitch- eil, who was born July 6, 1806. and died July 25, 1883, in W'atertown, aged seventy-eight years. Their children were: Duane De Wm&w born January 23, 1837, died November 25, 1892; George Adams, mentioned below; and Emma Jane. The last-named was born October 26, 1845, married Nathan Rose, and resided at Milford, New York, where she died May 15, 1890.

George Adams Taylor, second child of Richard and Charlotte M. (Twitchell) Taylor, was born November 16, 1838, near Copenhagen, New York, and was educated in the public schools. With practical nu'nd. he made use of the knowledge thus gained, and attained success as a business man and respect as a citizen. He purchased a farm adjoin- ing that of his father's, in Watertown. being succeeded by his son. He was diligent in business, and continued to till his farm with gratifying results until 1890, when he moved to tiie city of Watertown and en- gaged in the retail harness business. To this he gave the same persistent application which gained him success as a farmer, and was thereby a gainer, while catering to the wants of his agricultural friends and neighbors. At the end of six years of trade he retired from active life and enjoyed a few years of well earned rest from toil.

]\lr. Taylor was a life member of the Jefferson County Agricultural Society, to whose welfare he was always devoted, and in politics he affiliated with the Democratic party. An advocate of liberal educational facilities, he served his district long as school trustee. He was a good neighbor, a worthy citizen, and a kind and loving husband and father.

He was married, January 20, 1864, to Lucinda Ball, daughter of John Ballard and Melinda (Bailey) Ball (see Ball). She was born March 2, 1840, at Miller's Bay, now Riverview, in the town of Cape Vincent, this county. They were the parents of two sons, Eugene Richard and George Edgar.

Eugene Richard Taylor, elder son of George A. and Lucinda (Ball) Taylor, was born February 3. 1865, on the farm in Watertown, on which he now resides, and which wiis the homestead of his grand- father. His educational training began in the public school adjacent to iiis home and he subsecpiently graduated from the Watertown high

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schudl. He lias made farming his dccupatiou, and suceeeded his father in tlie ownersliip of tiie homestead, which he devotes to dairy farming. Ihe farm is kept under a higli state of cultivation, and is furnished with residence and barns as elegant and commodious as any in the town. 3.1r. Taylor is a n:ember of Watertown Grange Xo. 7, and of the Jef- ferson County Agricultural Society. In matters of governmental inter- est he follows the traditions of his father, and acts with the Democratic party. He is one of the leading agriculturists of his town, and enjoys the respect of his townsmen.

He was married November 22, 1888, to Miss Hattie E. Hardy, who was born May i, 1S64, in the town of Leray, a daughter of David and Anna (Slack) Hardy. They have a son, Richard Hardy Taylor, born November 12, 1893, on the homestead, and now a student of the Watertown city public schools.

George Edgar Taylor, junior son of George Adams and Lucinda (Ball) Taylor, was born February 24, 1872, and attended the schools of the city of Watertown. He is an expert bookkeeper, and resides with his mother in Watertown. Though not an active partisan, he supports Democratic policies and candidates.

THE RUGGLES FAMILY. (I) Thomas Ruggles and Mary Curtis were married at Nazing, England, about 1623, and with his wife and two children came from England to Roxbury in 1637. A son John came over with Philip Eliot. Mr. Ruggles was a son of a godly father. Thomas Ruggles and his wife united with the church soon after coming to Roxbury, and both were zealous Christians. Mr. Rug- gles died 15th day 9 mo.. 1644. His wife was baptized in Nazing in April, 1589. She survived her husband, remarried and lived to be about eighty-six years of age. Their children were: Thomas, born about 1623; John, about 1625; Sarah, about 1627; and Samuel, about 1629.

(II) Samuel Ruggles, born about 1629, married (tirst), January 10. 1654-55, Hannah Fowde, of Charlestown. She died October 24, i66g. He married (second). May 26, 1670, Anna, daughter of Deacon Henry Bright, of Watertown. His children were: Hannah, born Jan- uary 21, ir)55-5C; :\[ary, January 10, 1656-57; Samuel, June i, 1658; Joseph, February 12, 1659-60; Hannah (2), December 11, 1661 ; Sarah, November 18, 1663; :\Iary, December 8. 1666; Sarah, August 30, 1669; Thomas. March 10, 1670-71; Ann, September 30, 1672; Nathaniel,

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November 22, 1674; Elizabeth, May i, 1677; Henry, July 7, 1681 ; and Huldah, July 4, 1684.

Samuel Ruggles, the father, resided in Roxbury, where he kept a tavern. He was very actively engaged in public lite. He served as selectman for fourteen years, and was also assessor during the same period of time. He was representative for the four critical years preced- ing the Revolution. He was for several years captain of militia, and when Governor Andros and his associates were seized and imprisoned, Joseph Dudley (afterwards governor) was committed to his special charge, while temporarily released from prison. He died August 15, 1692. His wife Anna died September, 171 1, aged sixty-seven years.

(HI) Samuel Ruggles (2), horn June i, 1658, married, July 8, 1680, Martha, daughter of the Rev. John Woodbridge, of Newbury, and granddaughter oi Governor Thomas Dudley. Mr. Ruggles resided in Roxbury, where he was an innholder, and a "set-work cooper." He inherited his father's militar}' sjiirit and succeeded him in many of his offices, having Ijeen captain of militia, 1702: assessor, 1694; representa- tive, 1697; and selectman continuously from 1693 to 1713, except in 1701 and 1704, nineteen years. He died February 25, 1715-16. His wife Martha died in 1738. Their children were: Samuel, born 1681 ; Lucy, 1683; Timothy, 1685; Hannah, April 10, 1688; Patience, No- vember 9, 1689-90; Martha, February 1, 1691-92: Sarah, June 18, 1794; Joseph, July 21, 1696; Mary, September, 1698; and Benjamin, July 4, 1700.

(IV) Timothy Ruggles, born November 3, 1685, married, Sep- tember 2/. 1 710, Mary, daughter of Benjamin White. She died Janu- ary 23, 1749. Mr. Ruggles married, second, (intentions published March 26, 1750). Anne \\'ondworth, of Little Compt(in. His children were: Timothy, born October 20, 171 1: Benjamin, May 19, 1713; Samuel, July, 1715; Josejih, June 13. 1718; Mary, January i, 1719-20; Susanna, January 6, 1721-22; Edward, August 30, 1723; Nathaniel, April 12, 1725; Thomas, July 13, 1727; Hannah, October 18, 1728; Thomas, March 2, 1730; and John, September 2, 1731.

Timothy Ruggles was graduated from Yale in 1707, and was or- dained pastor of the church in Rochester, November 22, 17 10. He held high rank in the ministry, and was pre-eminently a man of business. He was apparently more active and efficient than any other individual in promoting the settlement of Kardwick. Through his influence and exertions, six sons and a daughter of his own family, five sons and two

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daughters of his sister, Patience, wife of James Robinson (also their father and mother, later in life) and many members of his parish, were among the early settlers. He died as sole pastor of the church, Octol>er 26, 1768, aged nearly eighty-three years.

(V) Benjamin Ruggles, born May 19, 1713. married October 19, 1736, Alice, daughter of Nathaniel Merrick, of what is now Brewster. After her death Mr. Ruggles married, for his second wife, December 28, 1778, Mary Smith. He was one of the earliest pioneers and residents on the River Road to Barre. He possessed great vigor and energy, both physical and mental, and became the father of three children after he was sixty years of age. He was captain of the militia, selectman for six- teen years, assessor for eleven years, and was chairman of the committee of correspondence in 1774 and 1775. He was one of the most active and resolute opposers of his brother, the Tory brigadier, in the stirring political contest preceding the Revolution, He died October 11, 1790, aged seventy-seven years. His children were: May, born May 7, 1738; Benjamin, December 11, 1741 ; Sarah, February 6, 1743-44; Elizabeth, April 16, 1746; Elizabeth (2), January 31, 1748-49; Thomas, baptized June 24, 1750; Alice, born November 23, 1754; Seth, October 21, 1781 ; and David, November 30, 1783.

(VI) Benjamin Ruggles, son of Benjamin and Alice (Merrick) Ruggles, born in 1741, as above noted, married Elizabeth (supposed to be), a daughter of Deacon James Fay, and they were the parents of (VII) Betsey Ruggles, bom August 9, 1780. She was married Feb- ruary 9, 1802, to Aaron Goodale (see Goodale, VI).

CURTIS CORY. \Miile recognized throughout the length and breadth of Jefferson county as an authority on agriculture, Curtis Cory is numbered among the most valued citizens of Leray. His grand- father, James Cory, was born in 1762, in New Hampshire, wheTre he passed the greater part of his life and then moved to Jefferson county and settled on the farm which has been ever since in the possession of his descendants. Here he built a log house, which was the dwelling of the family until a permanent abode could be erected. He married Polly (surname unknown) and they were the parents of a large famih'. Mrs. Cory survived her husband several years and was ninety years old at the time of her death. Both she and her husband represented the best element among the pioneers of the county.

Curtis Cory, son of James and Polly Cory, was born April 30, 1793.

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in Sullivan, Cheshire county, New Hampshire, where he passed his early life, coming to Jefferson county at the age of eighteen. In company with an elder brother, he walked from Keene, carrying an axe on his shoulder. His first employment was in the clearing of land in the serv- ice of a Mr. Woodruff, at Sanford's Corners. Returning to New Hamp- shire, he stayed there four years. About 1820 he purchased a farm, on which he built a log house, which he later replaced with a frame dwell- ing, at that time the only one in the region. He was one of the found- ers of a Methodist Episcopal church at Sanford's Corners, of which he W9s a member, and in which, in 1825, he became a class leader, holding that office for twenty years. He married (first) Annis Burlingame, of Pillar Point, November 5, 1822. She died January 29, 1824. Mr. Cory was married, January 31, 1835, to Nancy Parkinson, who was born May 5, 1795, in Scoharie county, New York, and they were the parents of six children, two of whom are living: Curtis, mentioned at length herein- after, and Nancy, who makes her home with her brother. A daughter of the first marriage, named Lucy, became the wife of John W. Acker- man, and died at Houseville, New York, in 1902. Of the second mar- riage, Mary J. married Joseph Child, and died May 24, 1862, aged

twenty-eight years. Aaron settled in , Iowa, where he died.

Two sons died in boyhood. Mr. Cory, the father of the family, died April 30, 1868, leaving behind him the memory of a kind-hearted and upright man and a good citizen. The death of Mrs. Cory occurred Octo- ber 3, 1872. Like her husband, she was an active member of the Method- ist Episcopal church and foremost in every good work.

Curtis Cory, son of Curtis and Nancy (Parkinson) Cory, was born November 22, 1837, received his education in his native town, and was early trained to the labors of the farm. On reaching manhood he as- sisleil in the care and management of the homestead until the death of his father, when he came into possession of the estate. He has culti- vated the farm for the purposes of general farming and dairying, ni both of which he has been eminently successful. His life has been de- voted to agricultural pursuits, in consequence of which he has acquired a fund of that skill and knowledge which only experience can bestow. The exercise of this practical ability, aided by scientific information, has placed him in the front rank of the farmers of the county. As a citizen he possesses the fullest confidence and esteem of his neighbors, and for three years filled the office of assessor. He is a member of the Watertown Grange, and formerly affiliated with the I, O. O. F. His political affil-

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iations are with the RepubHcans. He and all his family are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he is a class leader, and for the support and advancemer.t of which he has always been an earnest w orker.

Mr. Cury married, m 1859, Hannah Burdick, a native of LeRay, and they are the parents of the following children: William B., who resides in Black River and married Florence Martin: Andrew E., wdio lives in \A'atertnwn and married Elizabeth oNIartin, a sister of his lirother's wife: Mar_\' J., who is the widow of Simeon W'aful, of Black River, and has one son. Clarence: John M., who is employed in \\'atertown. mar- ried Ella Roberts and has one son, B_\-ron : Hannah May and Xettie, both of whom reside at home.

^Irs. Cory is a daughter of \\'illiam Burdick, wdio was born Sep- tember 30, 1808, in Dutchess county, whence he came to Jefferson county, where he took up forty acres of land. He married Rachel Child, a nati\-e of this county, and three children were born to them : .Annie, who mar- ried \A'inchester Wright and resides in Philadelphia, New York : Hannah, who became the wife of Curtis Cory, as mentioned above, and Ephraim. who lives on the homestead farm near Mr. Cor}-. Neither iMr. nor IMrs. Burdick attained to an advanced age. the former dying at forty-nine and the latter at fifty-two. Both are remembered with the feelings of affec- tion and respect, which their good and useful lives inspired in all who knew them, whether in business, social or church relations. \\^illiam Burdick was a son of Ephraim and Nancy (Parsons) Burdick.

ISAAC McGINNIS. It is probable that no one resident of Jeft'er- son county has been longer or more prominently identified with educa- tional, agricultural and insurance interests than has Isaac McGinnis, of Watertown. He comes of sturdy North-of- Ireland ancestiy, from whom he inherited the trails of character which ha\e contributed so largely to his success in lile, both as a business man and a citizen.

His grandfather, \\'illiam McGinnis, was born October 26, 1746, in county Down, Ireland, where he received his education. He sailed for America, June 3, 1772, in the ship Philadelphia, and landed at New- Castle, Delaware, August 22, of the same year. He settled in Marble- town, Ulster county. New- York, where he lived till his death. He was a weaver by trade. Before his departure from Ireland he married Eliz- alicth Bei r_\-, wlio accompanied him to the United States, or the Ameri- c'ui C( ill lilies, as thev were then. Vr. and ?ilrs. McGinnis were the parents

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of the following children: John, who was born September 29, 1773: JIary, November 24, 1776; Isaac. January 16, 1779; James, August 26, 1781 ; Alexander, February 21, 1784; William, mentioned at length hereinafter; Rachel, born January 31, 1788; Phoebe, February 7, 1790; and Ann, May 29. 1792. Each one of these nine children lived to be over eighty, and their mother attained to the great age of one hun- dred and two years.

William McGinnis, son of William and Elizabetli (Berry ) JMcGinnis, was born August 28, 1786, in ]\Iarbletown, Ulster county. Xew York, where he recei\ed his education. He was a weaver by trade, and in 1815 moved to the Black Ri\er Country and settled in th.at part of Brown- ville which is now Pamelia, where he bought a small farm, which he cultivated in connection with the practice of his trade. He also owned and managed a small dairy. He and all his family attended the Method- ist Episcopal church. He married Rachel Harper, a native of New York city, and the following children were born to them: Alexander, who died, very old, at Oconto, Canada; Henry, who died young: James, \\ho resides in Kingston, Canada: Roliert. who settled in Arkansas; Catherine, married James Spike, and died at .Vrrowsmith, Canada : ^la- ria, wife of Moses Spike, died in August, 1902, in Colfax, California; William, Jr.. who lives at Olioji, Iowa: Isaac mentioned at length herein- after: Eliza Ann, who is the witlow of Robert iVddison, and now resides in Athens, Canada; Phoebe J., who is the widow of Edward Upham, of Quebec, Canada : and Sarah Jane, who died when five years old. Mrs. INIcGinnis, the mother of this family, died in 1868. at the age of eighty- one, and her husband passed away in Januar}-, 1881, having com- pleted his ninety-fourth year. Both were sincerely loved and respected by all who knew them.

Isaac, son of William and Rachel (Harper) McGinnis, was born May 4, 1825, in Pamelia, where he received his early education in the common schools, and at the age of eighteen engaged in teaching, a profession which he continued to j.iractice for twenty years. During the father's declining years the son became the manager of the farm and later purchased the adjoining estate. At the time of his father's death the son was in possession of two hundred acres, which, since 1865. he has devoted to general farming and dairying, and to the raising of blooded stock. He was the first in Pamelia to raise Ayrshire cattle. In 1869 he became connected with the Agricultural Insurance Company as an assist- ant to the agent at Watertown, and at the end of two vears was made

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special agent. The business of the company was at this time confined to New York state, but Mr. McGinnis soon began appointing agents in other states and constantly enlarged the field until, in 1884, when he resigned, he had established agencies in sixteen states of the Union and in Canada. In 1881 he purchased a cottage in the Thousand Island Park, one of the first erected there, which he has made his summer home. For some years before he had spent his summers there, beginning with the establishment of the park.

Mr. McGinnis is a member of Watertown Lodge No. 49, F. and A. ]\I., with which he has affiliated since 1852, being the only member now living out of the number who joined in that year. He is also a member of Watertown Chapter No. 57, R. A. M., and Watertown Com~ mandery No. 11, Knights Templar. He w-as a charter member of the Roque Club of the Thousand Island Park, in which he now holds the office of president, and which has very fine grounds, covered with a tent In politics he is a Democrat and has frequently been called upon by his townsmen to fill positions of honor and trust. In 1850 he was elected superintendent of schools and served three years, when he resigned in consequence of being chosen supervisor of the town, to which position he was elected five times, serving from 1852 to 1857, inclusive. He also served two terms of four years each as justice of the peace. He attends the State Street Methodist Episcopal church, of which his wife is a mem- ber.

Mr. McGinnis married, in 1850, Lasira, daughter ot Lyman W'hite, who was a farmer of Pamelia and an early settler in this region, where he and his w-ife, Hannah Wilson, natives of Massachusetts and Vermont, lived and died. His family consisted of eight children. Of this number only three are living : Mrs. McGinnis and her two brothers : Otis, who is a resident of Gladstone, North Dakota, and Morris, who lives in Northport, Michigan. Mr. and Mrs. McGinnis are the parents of two daughters, the elder of whom, Ida M., is the wife of George A. Fenner, of Watertown, one of the trustees and appraiser for the Jeiiferson County Savings Bank. Mr. and I\Irs. Fenner are the parents of two children: Louis, who is chemical engineer for the New York Air Brake Company, and Inez L. Ella, the younger daughter of Mr. and Mrs. McGinnis, is the wife of George M. Haven, who is a contractor and builder in Wa- tertow-n. and they have one child, Clara Beth.

Mr. jMcGinnis attended the first world's fair in America, at the Crystal Palace, in New York ; also visited the Centennial Exposition in

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Philadelphia, 187C. In 1893 '^^ crossed the continent, accompanied by his wife, visiting the Columbian Exposition at Chicago, en route. After stopping at Des Moines, Council Bluffs, Omaha. Denver. Salt Lake City, Stockton, Sacramento, San Francisco, Los Angeles and other California cities, they visited the ^lidwinter Fair at San Francisco. Since their return their winter home has been in Watertown. and they are enjoying, in the midst of family and frieiuls, the rewards of long years of industry, quietly and contentedly.

WILLL'\M HENRY UNDERWOOD. It is safe to assert that no citizen of Dexter is more generally popular than is William H. Un- derwood. He is a great-grandson of Joseph Underwood, a revolution- ary soldier, whose son, also named Joseph, was born in 1771, in Ver- mont, whence he moved to Jefferson count)' and was one of the first settlers of the town of Rutland, where he lived for many years. He married Rebecca Hayes, by whom he was the father of seven children : William, Elizabeth, Sarah, Clarissa, Joseph, mentioned at length here- inafter; Huldah. and Warren. Mr. Underwood spent his last years in Brownville, where he died in 1843. He is remembered as a worthy member of that pioneer class to which the county is so greatly indebted for its worth and prosperity.

Joseph Underwood, son of Joseph and Rebecca (Hayes) Under- wood, was born in 1806, in Vermont, and was educated in the town of Rutland, where he learned the shoemaker's trade, which he afterward followed for many years in Dexter. He married Louisa, daughter of Jeremiah and Sally (Bush) Scott. The former was one of the early set- tlers of the town of Brownville, where he cleared eleven farms and was a higlily respected citizen. His daughter, Louisa, was born in iSio, in Hamsley, Lewis county. New York. The Scotts belonged to a brancli of the same family as that of which the late General Scott was a mem- ber. Mr. and Mrs. Underwood were the parents of three children : Wil- liam H., mentioned at length hereinafter; Charles, who lives in Limer- ick; and Morell, who resides in Terre Haute, Lidiana. Airs. Under- wood, the mother of these children, who was a most estimable woman and a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, died in 1858, at the age of forty-eight years, and Mr. Underwood subsequently married Julia, daughter of Daniel and Arvilla (Marsh) Whitney, of Brownville. Mr. Underwood, at the time of his death, was eighty-two years old. and has left the memory of an industrious, worthy man and a good citizen.

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William H. L'nderwood, son of Joseph and Louisa (Scott) Under- wood, was born Aiiril 23, 1843. in Brownville, where he attended the district school until reaching the age of eighteen years. In 1862 he en- listed in Company I, Tenth New York Heavy Artillery, as a private, and for eighteen months was on guard duty in and about the city of Wash- ington. In 1863 he was promoted to the rank of corporal, and was sub- sequently present at the battles of the Wilderness and Petersburg, after which he returned to Washington with a supply train, and later wit' iiessed the surrender of General Lee. May 2S. 1S65. he was honorably discharged, and retiu-ned to Limerick, where he bought a farm and was also the proprietor of a hotel, and was subsequently proprietor of a gen- eral store. In 187S he came to Dexter and purchased the hotel in the center of the village, now known as the Hotel L'nderwood, which he sokl in the summer of 1904. The popularity of the establishment ren- ders comment needless, and the simple statement of the fact that Mr, Underwood was for twenty-six years its proprietor is sufficient evidence of his success. He is now engaged in the construction of boats to be propelled by naphtha and gasoline engines.

He is popular as a citizen, having ser\ed for a number of years as a trustee of the village, and w^as president for six years, and is now serv- ing his seventh term. He is a charter member of Julius Broadbent Post, G. A. R. of Dexter, in which he held the rank of commander three years, and is a member of Brownville Lodge, F. and A. M,, of Brownville, and of Sacketts Harbor Chapter. Politically he is a Republican, and he and his family are members of the Presbyterian church.

Mr. Underwood married, in 1870, Genevieve Roseboom, and two children have been bom to them : May, who is now deceased, and Maud, who W'HS born in May. 1875. '" Limerick, and is the wife of E. P. Bin- ninger of this town. Mrs. LTnderwood is a daughter of L Alanson and Susan (Dw-elly) Roseboom. The former was a native of this town, where he passed his life as a prospeious farmer. He and his wife were the parents of the following children, all of whom are living: John, who resides in Dowagiac, Michigan ; Edgar, who lives in Watertovvn ; Jerome, who is a resident of Sacketts Harbor; Nancy, who is the wife of Harri- son S. Dean, and resides in Watertowm ; Josephine, who married William Hathaway, a banker of Watertown ; Genevieve, who was born in April, 1848, and became the wife of William H. Underwood, as mentioned above: George, who is a resident of Limerick: and Fanny, who married Albert Allen, of Petersburg, Virginia. Mr. Roseboom. the father, died at the age of fifty-five years.

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FOW'LEK. Tliis is one of tlie oldest New England names, and has had man_\- worthy representatives in America, who were active in the struggle for American independence, and in various ways ha\-e con- tributed to the welfare, prosperity and happy condition of the country now the abode of their posterity.

(I) William Fowler, a nati\e of England, was a member of Rev. John Davenport's company, which came to Boston in 1637. In 1592 he was imprisoned with other Puritans, in the efifort to suppress the spread of their religious belief, or heresy, as it was then called, in Eng- land. He arrived at New Haven, Connecticut, April 16. 163S, and par- ticipated in the famous meeting in Mr. Newman's barn, June 4. 1639. In April 01 that year he settled at Milford, same colony, of which place he was one of the first trustees and was a magistrate.

(II) Ambrose, only son of William Fowler, was at Windsor as early as 1640. The records of that town mention the burning of his house and barn in 1675. He was married there j\lay 6, 1646, to Jane Alvord, who died May 6, 1684, at Westfield. He died October 18, 1704. His will was made in 1692 and proved in 1706. His children, all of whom were residents of Windsor, Connecticut, were : Abigail, John, Mary, Samuel, Hannah, Elizabeth and Ambrose.

(III) Samuel, second son and third child of Ambrose and Jane (Alvord) Fowder, w'as born November 18, 1652, in Windsor, and was married there November 6, 16S3, to Abigail Brown. He settled in Westfield, Massachusetts, in 1684. His children, born in Westfield, were : Samuel, Jonathan, Abigail, Hannah, Hester, Isabel, Elizabeth.

(IV) Samuel, eldest child of Samuel (i) and Abigail (Brown) Fowler, was born May 31, 1698, in Westfield, and married Naomi, daughter of Luke and Ruth Noble. She was born in August, 1707, and died in August, 1797. He died January 6, 1771, in his seventy-third year, and was buried in Westfield old churchyard. Ten of his children grew to adult age.

(Y) Silas, son of Samuel and Naomi (Noble) Fowler, was born May 23, 1735, in Westfield, and married Keziah Noble.

(VI) Silas, son of Silas (I) and Keziah (Noble) Fowler, was born April 23, 1767, in Southwick, and married Betsey Hough. She was bom September 30, 1775, in Meriden, and died May 20, 1835. He died August 29, 1839. Their children were: Frances, Lester N., George Jarvis, Earl Bill, Laura, Addison, Mary E., and Betsey Elvira. Silas

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Fowler was a farmer in Sheffield, Massachusetts, and a soldier of the Revolution.

(VII) Lester Noble, son of Silas and Betsey (Hough) Fowler, was born September 21, 1796, and was married, April 12, 1827, to Dolly B. Green. She was lx)rn October 6, 1806, and died September 27, 1882, m her seventy-sixth year. Her father, Allen Green, was also a Revolutionary soldier. Lester N. Fowler was a soldier in the war of 1812, and soon after the close of that struggle settled in Oneida county, New York, where he was a farmer. He was a representative in the state legislature in 1S37, and died November 15, 1868, in Jersey City. From 1838 to 1858 he resided in Antwerp, this county. Mr. Fowler was ail Episcopalian, and a straight-out Democrat in political principle.

(VIII) Helen J., daughter of Lester N. and Dolly B. (Green) Fowler, was born November 10, 1840, in Antwerp, and became the wife of Dr. Addison W. Goodale (see Goodale, VIII).

CHRISTOPHER A. HOLDEN. In the death of Christopher A. Holden, which occurred at his late residence on Arsenal street, on Octo- ber 30, 1886, in the sixty-fourth year of his age, Watertown lost one of its most active and influential citizens, a man who was well and favor- ably known in the commercial, political, fraternal and social circles of the city, but was fully appreciated only by those who are able to estimate true manhood at its real value. The needy and afflicted always found in him a practical sympathizer who not only gave words of comfort and good cheer, but also rendered substantial assistance. Energ}^ perse- verance and thrift were his chief characteristics, and during his active business career he amassed a handsome property.

He was born at North Adams, Massachusetts, October 24, 1823, a son of Cliristopher and Sarah (Potter) Holden. Christopher Holden was a native of Massachusetts, followed his trade of shoemaker in the town of North Adams, and died at the age of about seventy years. His wife, Sarah Patter, was a native of Rhode Island, and bore him the fol- lowing named children: Lydia, Edward, William, Sarah, Francis, Christopher A. and Charles. The mother died at the age of sixty-eight years.

Christopher Anson Holden spent his boyhood and acquired his education at North Adams, and upon attaining the age of thirteen years went to Northampton in order to learn the trade of tinsmith. In 1843 he located in Bennington, Vermont, was employed as foreman in the

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shop of Graves &■ Root, with whom he remained until 1852, when he came to Watertown. Ai tiiis time he became a member of the firm, and began business m the old Sewall store on Factory Scjnare. under the style of Goodnow, Plolden & Company. On a small scale the\- besian the manufacture of tinware, disposing of their stuck !)v sendino- nut six peddlers" carts, but tiie business increased so rapidly that they so(jn outgrew their limited quarters. In 1S53 tli^y commenced the erectiun <if a wooden building on the corner of Massey and x^rsenal streets, and the following }ear located in their new quarters, which were enlarged from time to time, and they finally erected a brick addition three sturies high and one hundred and fifty feet in length. In 1859 Air. Root withdrew his interest from the firm, and in 1865 Mr. Graves sold his interest, and the business was subsequently conducted under the style of Goodnow & Holden. In 1870 the firm changed to Goodnow, Holden & C'nmpany, through admitting into partnership Mr. J. M. Tilden, who. on the death of Mr. Goodnow, in April, 1872, acquired a half interest in the business, and the fiim name was changed to Holden & Tilden. In 1882 the com- pany required the services of one hundred employes and sent out forty-five wagons on the road, and this fact alone fully demonstrates the enormous increase in business which the firm enjoyed, and which came to it as the result of honorable and straightforward transactions in all departnients. The same year Mr. Holden retired from the firm, sell- ing his interest in the Watertown business, also a similar business at Norwood, St. Lawrence county, but retaining an interest in an establish- ment in Syracuse, with C. H. Fisk as a partner, and this connection con- tinued through the remainder of his life.

The estimation in which he was held by his felknv citizens was evidenced by the fact that he was chosen from time to time to serve as a membier of the cit}' go\'ernment. as supervisor of his ward for sev- eral terms, and as a member of the board of education for sixteen con- secutive years. He was also one of the directors of the W^atertown Na- tional Bank from its organization. He was actively connected with the Masonic fraternity, being affiliated with Watertown Commandery, Knights Templar, and he also held membership in Jefferson Union Lodge and Montezuma Encampment, Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows. From the time of its organization he was an ardent supporter of the principles of the Republican party.

At Bennington, Vermont, in 1849, Mr. Holden was united in niarriage with Lucy L. Sibley, who was born August 16, 1826. and

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bore him Ihe following named children: Alice D.. who married Samuel Forsyth, and (second) Vincent W. Nims, of Painesville, Ohio, and is the mother of Louis Woodruff and Walter Holden Xims : Sarina S., Jiow Airs. W. F. Bingham, of New York city, who is the mother of two children, Anson Holden and Isaac Sabin ; Frances D., died in early childhood; Dwight Anson, died at the age of twenty-seven years; Flora N., wife of G. S. Farmer, who has two living children, Francis and Rosalind. Mrs. Holden died Jan- uary 9. 1877, and in November, 1878, Mr. Holilen married Sarina D. Sibley, who was born May 8, 1840, in Bennington, Vermont, a sister of his first wife, and who survives him. Chester Sibley, father of Mrs. Holden. was born and spent bis life in Bennington, Vermont, dying there at the age of seventy-six years ; be was a farmer and the son of Zadoc Sibley, v.'ho was the first niember of the family to settle in Ben- nington. Maria (Lillie), wife of Chester Sibley, was born in Pownal, Vermont, daughter 01 Caleb and Amelia ( Bassett ) Lillie. natives of Suffield, Connecticut. Caleb Lillie was a farmer during his mature life in Pownal, dying there at the age of eighty years. His father, Ebenezer Lillie, was a soldier of the Revolution, and drew a pension. Chester Sibley and wife were the parents of six children, two of whom are living at the present time ( 1904) — Mrs. Christopher .\. Holden, and Charles A. Sibley, who now resides with her. ]\Irs. Sibley died at the age of seventy-two years. Both she and her husband held mem- bership in the Methodist Episcopal church at Bennington. The illness which culminated in the death of ^Ir. Holden, despite the skill of physi- cians and the tenderest care of faithful nursing, was contracted during a tour of the eastern states made by himself and wife about two months prior t(5 bis death, when be \-isite(l the home of his childhood and the scenes of his struggles as a boy and young man, where he had laid the foundation of the success which attended him in bis l)usiness ventures and enter]Mnses. He was many years an active member of tlie L'ni- versalist church of W'atertown, to whose support he was a liberal con- tributor.

JOSEPH WATSON TAGGART. No name is more closely identified with the manufacturmg interests of Jefferson county than is that nf ihe fauMly represented by Josejih W. Taggart, of Watertown. Hie progenitor of the race in the new world was Henry Taggart. a .Scotchman, win emigrated from the Isle of Man before the middle of

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the eighteenth century. \\\^ son Joseph resided in Newport, ixhode Isl- and, where he carried on a shipping trade, which required him to make frec]uent trips to Europe in tlie saihng vessels which then afforded the only facilities for ocean voyages. Ahout the beginning of the nine- , teenth century he came to the Black River country. His son Henry was born in LeRay, where he became a prominent farmer. He married Julina, daughter of John Dighton, one of the early settlers of Pamelia, whose father had come to America as a soldier in Burgoyne's army, but after the battle of Saratoga had become a citizen of the United States and a sokher in the Continental army. (See \\'. W. Taggart.)

Joseph B. Taggart. .son of Henry and Julina (Dighton) Taggart, was born July 13, 1823, in LeRay, where he received his education and for a time engaged in farming. He then went west, where he remained three years, and on his return settled in Evans' Mills, where he opened a general store. After conduxting this business for some years he moved to Erie county. New York, where he again liecame the proprietor of a general store, and alter his return to Jefferson cour.ty he C(jntinued in agriculture for seven years. He has for some time been engaged in general business about the paper mill of which bis son, Joseph \V., is superintendent. He married Margaret Bemiit, a native of Chateaugay, Franklin county. New York, and they were the parents of three chil- dren : Joseph W'., mentioned at length hereinafter; George H., who is a portrait painter, and is now located in Paris, France ; and Susie, who is the wife of W. C. Jones, of Watertown. ]Mrs. Tag^gart, the mother of the family, died August 31, 1875.

Joseph W. Taggart. son of Joseph B. and Margaret ( Benoit ) Tag- gart, was born December 12, 1862, at Evans' ]\Iills, and spent bis early childhood on the homestead, obtaining bis education in his nati\'e place and also in \Vatertown, whither he went when twelve years of age. His first business experience was as clerk in a hardware store, where he re- mained two years, anrl Liien obtaineil employment in the paper mill of which his uncles, the Taggart Brothers, were proprietors. Here he has since remained, advancing, Ijy reason of ability and faithfulness, from one post of duty to another, and now holds the p(-)sition of superintendent of the mill. As a citizen Mr. Taggart has ever been ready to do all in his power for the promotion of the pulilic welfare. He served for four- teen vears as a member of the Thirty-ninth Separate Company, enlist- ing as a private and afterward being pronKjted to the rank of second lieutenant. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, affiliating with

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Watertown Lod^e and Cliapter. He is a member of the Lincoln League, his political principles being tbose of tbe Republican party.

Mr. Taggart married, in 1894. Caroline, daughter of Robert Rich- ardson, a leading manulacturer of Watertown, who died some years ago. Of his children only two are now living : John C, who is a resident of Rochester. New York: and Caroline, who was born in 1865. in Watertown. and became the wife of Joseph W. Taggart. as mentioned above.

ORA LEROY SHELMIDINE. One of those men who in every relation of life possess the full confidence of their friends and of the public, is Ora L. Shelniidine, of Lorraine. Mr. Shelmidine belongs to a family which has l>een for nearly a century and a half resident in New York state.

Benjamin Shelmidine was born in 1775. in Schoharie county, New York, and married Polly Judd. by whom he was the father of the fol- lowing children: William, mentioned at length hereinafter: Sally, who married W. Goodrich : Ehiel : Huldah, w-ho became the wife of John Cunningham: Almira. who married George Burton: Rosina, who died in Pennsylvania : Datus, who resides in Iowa : and Olive, who died young.

William Shelmidine, son of Benjamin and Polly (Judd) Shelmi- dine. was born in 1806, and was a farmer as his father had been before him. He married in 1830 Anna, daughter of Isaac and Rosanna (Lown) Lampher, and five sons and six daughters were born to them. Rosina, who died at the age of twenty-three years: Nancy, who married Samuel McCumber: Jerome, who died at the age of three years; John, who died in the army in 1862; Jerome L., mentioned at length hereinafter; Kiildah, who died in infancy; Lester, who died at the age of six years; Huldah, who married A. Wagener; Benjamin B., who resides in Lor- raine; Alvira: ]\Iary R., who became the wife of Eli Caulkins, and has one son, Willie, born April 30. 1885. The death of Mr. Shelmidine, the father of the family, occurred in i860, at bis home in Lorraine. He was survived many years by his widow, who passed awav April 25, 1S98, at the advanced age of eighty-seven. Both possessed the sincere respect and cordial regard of all who knew them.

Jerome L. Shelmidine, son of William and Anna (Lampher) Shel- midine, was torn May 9, 1838. in Lorraine, where he was reared upon the paternal farm and educated in the common schools. He took for

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his occupation that of a farmer and stock-raiser, becoming one of the largest dealers in the county. He is particularly interested in sheep, the number raised by him being exceptionally large. He also deals ex- tensively in flour, feed, wood, and groceries, selling over one thousand loads of wood annually. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married, in 1861, Betsey R., who was born in 1839, in Black River, Jefferson county, daughter of Andrew and Rox- iana (Scott) Middleton, the former one of the early settlers of Lor- raine. He and his wife were the parents of a large family, only three of whom are now living, Margaret married W. V. Walters, of Phila- delphia, and James is a resident of Lorraine. Two sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Shelmidine: C)ra L., mentioned at length hereinafter; and John D., who was born in 1869, and is a farmer and hide-dealer, also a member of the Grange, in which he has held various offices.

Ora Leroy Shelmidine, son of Jerome L. and Betsey R. (Middleton) Shelmidine, was born February 25, 1863, in Lorraine, and received his early education in the schools of the township. In 1884 he gradu- ated from the Adams Collegiate Institute, after which he was for ten years engaged in teaching, five years in Lorraine village school, and the same length of time in the district school. In 1891 he embarked in the agricultural and lumber business, in which he has been very suc- cessful. He has a stock of 800,000 feet of all kinds of lumber, and also a full line of every variety of agricultural implements. He deals largely in wagons, buggies, harnesses, sleighs, robes, fur coats, and everything to be found in a well equipped store. He purchases his buggies by the carload, and in 1903 received two carloads of double wagons and three carloads of buggies and carriages. He also handles by the carload all kinds of grain, grass and clover seeds and shingles.

As a citizen Mr. Shelmidine is active and public-spirited, and his townsmen have on various occasions testified to their appreciation of his good qualities. For two years he held the office of town collector, and in 1898 was elected supervisor for one year. In 1901 he was re-elected for two years, and m 1903 was chosen to serve until December, 1905. He is a member of the Grange and of the Maccabees, also of the I. O. O. F. of Lorraine, in which he has held all the offices, including that of noble grand, and has passed all the chairs. Politically he is a Democrat. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which he hoUls the offices of trustee and treasurer. He is

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also supciinteiident of the Sunday schuol, his wife Ijeing a teacher therein.

Mr. Shehiiidine married, August i. 1S95, Jennie, daugliter nf Carl- ton iloore, who was for many years a merchant in Lorraine, where he held the ofifice of supervisor. He died September 21, 1S99. Of the four- teen children born to himself and his wife five are now living: Martha, who married Everett Calkins, of Lorraine; Minnie, residing in Lor- raine, unmarried; Edward H., a resident of Lorraine; Stephen A., who is a merchant at East Rodman; and Jennie, who was born May 16, 1874, in Lorraine, and became the wife of Ora L. Shelmidine, as mentioned above. Mr. Moore, who was a man much respected in the community, IS now deceased, but is survived bj' his widow. Frank A. !Moore, who died November 4, 1898. was supervisor of Lorraine two years.

JOHN NILL. Among the residents of Watertown who have served their fellow citizens in positions of trust and responsibility, none stands higher in the general regard than John Nill. He is of German descent, his ancestors having been respected and prosperous farmers.

He is a son of Josias Nill, and was born May 7, 1835, in Nehren, Tuebingen, Kingdom of Wurtemberg, Germany, and Waldburge Schel- ling, his wife, a native of the same place. Josias Nill was a son of Josias Nill, a stocking-weaver, and purchased land and became a farmer. His wife was a daughter of John Schilling. Josias Nill, Junior, was a farmer, and owned his land, and lived and died upon it.

John Nill received his education in his native land, and in 1853, when in his eighteenth }ear, came to seek his fortune in the United States. His first place of abode was in Utica, where he worked as a candy-maker for seven years. In i860 he came to Watertown and at the end of three years found himself in circumstances which justified him in engaging in business for himself. In 1863 he formed a partnership with Henry Jess and established a bakery. The undertaking prospered and in 1897 the Nill & Jess Company was incorporated. The business is today one of the most flourishing of its kind in this part of the state. The company occupies a large four-story brick building, which was erected in 1885, and here conducts a wholesale and retail bakery busi- ness. An extensive cigar factory at 35 Fairbanks street is also the property of this corporation. The company employs a total of about fifty men and disposes of its goods in three or four counties. The officers are John Nill, president, and Henry Jess, secretary and treasurer.

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Mr. Nill has always taken a keen interest in public affairs, dis- charging with assiduity and faithfulness all the duties of a citizen. These traits of character have been highly appreciated by his towns- men, who, in 1881, elected him to the office of supervisor, a position which he held for seven years. In 1889 he was chosen mayor of Water- town and by his administration of the office more than justified the selection of those whose votes called him to discharge the duties of the mayoralty. He was an abolitionist in early life, and joined the Repub- lican party at its organization. He attends the Universalist church. He is a Mason of high standing, having taken the thirty-second degree, and is also a member of the I. O. O. F. and the Knights of Pythias.

Mr. Nill married, in February, i860, Dorothy Jess, and they are the parents of two daughters : Louisa Caroline and Amelia Paulina, who reside with their parents. Mrs. Nill's father was a cabinet-maker, who lived and died in Mecklenburg, Germany.

LINCOLN GRANT HAWN, supervisor of the town of LeRay, is a native of this county, born May 16, 1866, in the town of Clayton. The earliest ancestor now known was Rev. George Hawn, a German minister, who was located in Connecticut, where his son, John H. Hawn, was born October 9, 1793. The latter was early located in Herkimer county, this state, where he was a popular and influential citizen, and served as sheriff of the county. His last forty years were spent in the town of Clayton, this county, where he died April -Jy, 1882, in his eighty-ninth year. His wife, Phoebe Morse, was born May 5, 1801, in Skaneateles, New York, and died November 23, 1880. She was a daughter of Dr. Nathan Morse and his wife, Melinda Thompson. Two of the five children of John H. Hawn are now living. The daughter. Rowena, is the wife of Abial Cook, of Clayton.

Cyrus J. Hawn, son of John H. and Phoebe (Morse) Hawn, was born July 22, 1833, in the town of Ellisburg, where his parents were then residing. About the time of his majority he settled on a farm in Clayton, where he continued farming until his recent retirement, on account of advancing years. His home is now in the town of LeRay, where the majority of his children reside. His wife, Sarah Griswold, was born in Clayton, a daughter of Joseph Grisw^old, a pioneer farmer of Depauville. He was born January 19, 1796, in Herkimer county, and died April 29, 1874, at Depauville. His wife, Elsie Bushnell, was born in September, 1795, in Saybrook, Connecticut, and died Feliruary

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22, 1863. They had four (langliters and a son. The last is the only one now hving. namely. James H. Griswold, of Watertown.

Mrs. Sarah (Griswold) Hawn passed away at her home in Clay- ton, aged fifty-two years. All of iier eight children are living, as here noted: Edwin resides at Evans' Mills. Ida. wife of George W. Harter, resides at Lowville. Alice is the wife of M. VV. Doxtater, of LeRay. Elbert is a resident of Craig, Montana. Lincoln G. is the fifth. Minnie, Mrs. John Linstruth. has her home in Evans' Mills. George is a resi- dent farmer of Clayton, and Clarence is at Evans' Mills.

Lincoln G. Hawn spent his early years in his native town and pur- sued his education in the public schools of the locality until about twelve years of age, when his inherent industry prompted him to seek a posi- tion in the business world. Subsequently he became connected with the wholesale hay business, in which he continued for fi\e years, and later was proprietor of a flour and feed establishment, which he con- ducted until 1S97, when he became proprietor of the Brick Hotel, at Evans' Mills. This is one of the largest rural hostelries of the county, and has excellent accommodations for a transient trade.

Mr. Hawn is a Republican in political views and in 1899 was elected to the office of justice of the peace. He was appointed town clerk of LeRay to fill a vacancy in 1902, and was elected for the suc- ceeding year. Li 1903 he was elected supervisor of his town to serve during 1904 and 1905. He has frequently been a delegate to the county conventions of his party, and is active and influential in the local ranks of the organization. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, and has served as senior warden and secretary of his lodge, and is a member of the Lidependent Order of Foresters, in which he served as financial secretary for ten years. He is identified through membership relations with the county Grange, and also with the Presbyterian church.

In 1890 Mr. Hawn married Miss Louise Linstruth. who was born in Lewis county, New York, in 1868, a daughter of John Linstruth, one of the early settlers of that county, whence he removed to this county, and died May 13. 1904, in Evans' Mills. Mrs. Hawn was one of a family of six children, three of whom are yet living, the others being : John, who married a sister of Lincoln G. Hawn. as abo\-e noted : and Herman H.. of Evans' Mills. Mr. Hawn has two children — Iva Minnie and Hazel Esther.

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THOMAS JOHNSON ACHESON, supervisor of Philadelphia, who is noAv living retired after many years of active connection with agricultural pursuits, was born in New York city, September i8, 1852. His paternal grandfather, Thomas Acheson, was a native of Scotland, born in 1760. He became a farmer by occupation and spent his entire life in his native land, passing away at the advanced age of ninety years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Jane Williams, was born in Scotland in 1768 and died at the age of eighty-nine.

George Acheson, father of Thomas J. Acheson, was liorn in Edin- burg, Scotland, in 1800, and was one of a family of fi\'e children. He had a brother who was killed in the American Civil war. George Aclieson was reared and educated in Scotland, and came to America in 1830 accompanied liy his family. He first located in Carmel, Putnam county. New York, wdiere he purchased a farm, making his home thereon for a number of years. He afterward removed to New York city, in the year 1850, and there engaged in milling business, spending his re- maining days in the metropolis. His death occurred in i860, while his wife passed away at the age of sixty-four }'ears. She bore the maiden name of Catherme Johnson, antl was born in Scotland in 1810. Her father, John Johnson, also a native of that country, died there a very aged man. T\Irs. Acheson had four children, namely : TliLimas J. ; Mary Jane, who is the wife of John Simmonds, of [Minnesota: Susan, who died in Colorado : and Anna, who died young.

Thomas J. Acheson spent the first sixteen years of his life in New York city and acquired his education in its public schools. He then took up his abode upon a farm in Putnam county, where he remained until. 1876, w-hen he settled upon a farm in Philadelphia, Jefferson county, working by the month as a farm laborer. When his industry and economy had brought to him sutficient capital, he purchased a tract of land, upon which he resided until 1883. He then removed to the village of Philadelphia, and has since made it his home.

Mr. Acheson's fitness for leadership has led to his selection for many public ofiices. He has been street commissioner for sixteen years and justice of the peace for eighteen years. He was superintendent of the water works for three years, and in 1899 was elected supervisor. In the last named office he discharged his duties with such ability that in 1901 he was re-elected and again in 1903, so that he will remain as the n:cumbent in that position until the 31st of December. 1905. He has frec|uently been a delegate to the county and district con\-entions

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of the Republican party, and his official service has ever been charac- terized by the utmost promptness and fidelity in the discharge of his duties, so that over the record of his public career there falls no shadow of wrong. He is a prominent member of the Lincoln League of Water- town, belongs lo the Knights of the Maccabees and the Improved Order of Red Men. Li both of these orders he has filled all the chairs and of the latter he is a charter member. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Methodist Episcopal church, in the work of which he takes an active and helpful part. He is now serving as a trustee and steward of the church, and is also superintendent of the Sunday school. His family is likewise connected with this denomina- tion.

December 7, 1877, Mr. Acheson was married to Miss Minnie Phelps, who was born August 21, 1859, and is a daughter of Butler and Manb C. (Williams) Phelps. Her father was born November 28, 1830, and became a mechanic of Philadelphia. He died in 1878, and his widow is still livmg. Mrs. Acheson was one of their two children, and by her marriage has become the mother of five children : Ena, who is the wife of William J. Smith, of Great Bend. New York, and has one child, \\'ilma; Addie, who is the wife of William Conway, and re- sides in Camden, New York; Clarence, who is occupying a position as salesman in a store in Philadelphia ; Ola, at home ; and Ruth, who is attendnig school.

KINNE FAMILY. In the year 1624 there was born in Leyden, Holland, one Henry Kene. His parents were Puritans from the central or northern part of England, the native land of the Pilgrim Fathers, v.'ho. like many others of their sect, were obliged to leave their homes on account of an unholy persecution, and sought religious freedom in Holland.

In 165 1 Henry Kene located at Salem Village (now Danvers), Essex county, Massachusetts. In a deed of Henry Kene he spells his name in four different ways, with one "n," with two "n's," and twice with a "y" on the end. The name is found in several forms in the church records in Danvers, in the records of Salem, and in the docu- ments in the State House in Boston. The second generation, in Salem and Topsfield (Massachusetts) records, always spelled their name "Kenney." In the third generation the name appears as "Kinny." Af- ter tlie arrival of the two brothers, Thomas and Joseph, in Preston,

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Connecticut, tliey invariably wrote their name "Kinne," although their two brothers, Daniel and Jonathan, who remained in Massachusetts, re- tained the "Kenney; ' so also do many of their descendants today, while others have adopted the "i" and write it "Kinney."

Henry Kene and others of his name lie buried m an old ground in Danvers, not far from the house in wdiich General Israel Putnam was born in 1718. This ground is in part, at least, made up of land once owned by Henry Kene.

The descendants of Henry Ivene are now to be found in every state and territory in the Union. They also represent nearly all of the trades and professions. Those of the earlier generations were farm- ers, tanners, carpenters, ship-builders, blacksmiths, or mechanics of some sort, while among the later generations are included machinists, engravers, surveyors, mechanical and civil engineers, bankers, lawyers, merchants, ministers and doctors. In times of war they were always found ready to do their duty in defense of home and country; the name is found among the colonial records of the French and Indian war. In the Revolutionary war record of the state of Connecticut appear the names of twenty-two persons bearing the name of Kinne, and the rec- ords of Massachusetts show a large enlistment. In the records of the war of 1812, the Mexican war and the Civil war, there are many of the name who fought in them.

(I) Henry Kene, born in Leyden, Holland, 1624, died in Salem (now Danvers), Massachusetts, 1712. Anne, his wife, bore him five daughters and three sons, born at Danvers and Topsfield, ^Massachu- setts.

(II) Thomas Kene, second son of Henry Kene. liorn January i, 1656, died June, 1687. He married Elizabeth Knight, May 23, 1677, and they had four sons. The will of Thomas Kenny was dated May 30, 1687, and the estate was inventoried June 14, 1687.

(III) Thomas, eldest son of Thomas Kene (i), was born July 27, 1678. He married Martha Cox, and they had a family of ten sons and six daughters. In December, 1715, Thomas Kinne sold his lands in Salem, and bought one hundred and fifty acre? in Preston (now Gris- woJd), Connecticut, adjoining the land of his brother Joseph, who had removed thither from Salem in 1706. This was un the south side of the Pachaug river, including the site of the present Glasgo post- office. Thomas Kinne was one of the founders and one of the first deacons of the "Second Church of Christ in Preston," now the First

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Congregational church of Griswold. and known as the "Pachaug Church." He died October i, 1756, and was buried on his own land, where were subsequently interred many of his descendants, in the old Kinne burying ground, on the banks of the Pachaug.

(IV) Amos, fifth child of Thomas and Martha Kinne, was born September 3, 1708, in Danvers. ^Massachusetts, and was baptized on the tenth of the following month, in the "First Church" of that place. He died September 19, 1775, in Pomfret. Connecticut. He was mar- ried November 15, 1732, to Sarah Palmer, of Stonington, same state, and had a family of five sons and three daughters. His land comprised a large tract of what is now Elliott station, in the southwest part of Pomfret.

The Connecticut colonial records, volume 9. page 515, say: "This assembly do establish and confirm Mr. Amos Kinne to be lieutenant of the Thirteenth Company, or trainband, in the nth Regiment in this Colony, and order that he be commissionetl immediately."

Amos Kinne \\'as a man of much wealth and influence for those days. Deeds dated from 1741 to 1755 show that he dealt extensively in lands, and at his death his estate was \-alued at nine hundred pounds sterling. The following extracts from his will are quaint and inter- esting: "Item — I give to my son. Roger Kinne, the one-half of the farm on which I now li\e, with one-half of the buildings, after my debts are paid, he paying to my son, Robert Kinne, the sum of thirty pounds, lawful money, the one half in one year after my decease, and the other half in two years after my decease." "Item — I give to my son. Nathan Kinne, the other half of my home farm, on which I now live, with one-half of the buildings. * * * be, the same Nathan Kinne, paying out unto the aforesaid Robert Kinne, the sum of thirty pounds, lawful money." "Imprimis — I gi\-e and bequeath unto Sarah Kinne, my dearly I:>elo\-ed wife, the improvement of one-third part of my home farm. * * and also the in.ijjrovement of one-third of buddings thereon standing, during her natural life, she keeping the same in good tenantable repair, and also my will is that my wife have one good cow set off to her, and * * * all my indoor moveables during her natural life; and after her decease, to lie equally divided among her daughters, except Anne Trowbridge to have ten shillings less than either of her sisters." "Item — To my son. Amos Kinne, I give and bec^ueath twenty acres of land. * * To him I also give my silver shoe buckles." "Item — I hereby instruct my sons, Roger and

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Nathan, to pro\ ide a g<XKl liurse fur my wife to ride upon at all times when she requires." His children were: Simeon, Elizabeth, Robert, Roger, Amos, Anne, Nathan and P'reelove. Tlie first died at Fort Edward while serving in the French and Indian war, under Sir William John- son, in the winter of 1755-6. Amos, the fourth son, served as a soldier through the greater part of the Revolutionary war.

(V) Robert, third child and second son of Amos and Sarah Kinne, was born in 1738. and married Abigail Brown. Mav 6. 1766. She was a daughter of James Brown and Abigail Watty, his wife. In 1767 Robert Kinne was one of tiie committee for bridge-building over the Ouinnebaug river, of Plaintield, Connecticut. He was also a soldier in the Re\'olutionary war, as a private in Lieutenant CV>n- stant Webster's conijiany, enlisted August 15, 1777, discharged Au- gust 23, same )ear. His se''vice amounted to twelve days, including nmety miles travel to his home. This service was on an expedition from Worthington. Massachusetts, to reinforce (ieneral Stark, and conducting prisoners from Bennington, Vermont. About 1785, or soon after the close of the war, Robert Kinne moved, with his family, from Worthington to the town of F'lorida, Montgomery conrity, New York, where he died October 24, 1831. His children were: Roger, Percy, Polly. Rufus, Robert, James, Amos, Nathan, Anne, Esther, David, Stephen, John and 01i\"er.

(VI) Oliver, youngest of the fourteen children of Robert and Abigail Kinne, was born March 2. 1795, in Florida, this state, and died March 24, 1846, near Lockport, New York. He was married in 1823, at Franklin Springs. New York, to Oleva Angeline Amelia Pond, who was torn in 1801 (probably at that place) and died May 18, 1826. In 1828 he moved froin Clinton to Camden. New York, where three of his brothers had preceded him. He was a wagonmaker. and carried on a large business, and dealt in land extensively, becoming quite wealthy. He built a large frame house, which is still standing on Main street in Camden. In January. 1833, he married Diana Dodge, and six children were born to them, the first five at Camden. About 1840 he met with reverses m business, and lost the greater portion of his property. He then decided to move to Genesee county, wdiere some of his brothers were located, hoping to regain his lost fortunes in that new part of the country. In June, 1841, he made the removal to Ala^ baina Center. New York, and soon aftei-ward to "The Rapids." on Tonawanda creek, in Niagara county. Here he engaged in operating

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a sawmill \vith his nephew, Ebenezer Silliman Kinne. Soon after this his wife was taken ill, and died in March, 1843. His own health gave out. and after two years of sickness he died March 24, 1846. They were buried in Lockport, but the removal of the cemetery caused the subsequent location of their bodies to be lost. Their children were: George Alfred, Oleva A. E., Angeline E., Helen E., Orlando Wood- ruff and Oliver E. P. The first of these was a soldier during the last year of the Civil war, and now resides at North Bay, Oneida county. The second son enlisted June 30, 1861, served in the Fourteenth Heavy Artillery and re-enlisted in the One Hundred and Forty-sixth Regiment Volunteer Infantry, and now resides in Denver, Colorado.

(Vn) Oliver Evelyn Pond Kinne, youngest child of Oliver and Diana Kinne, born January 5, 1842. at Alabama Center, was left an orphan when very young, and his uncle, Amos Kinne, of Camden, New York, gave him a home until eight years old. He then went to live with the children of his uncle Nathan Kinne at Clinton, and resided there until the outbreak of the Civil war, when he enlisted in l^attery A, Captain Bates' First New York Light Artillery. This battery w^as lost at the battle of Fair Oaks, which was the second engagement in which it took part. Its members were transferred to other companies, and Mr. Kinne became a member of Company H. This was known as "Mink's Battery," under command of Captain Charles E. Mink, and was engaged in some of the most severe battles of the war. Mr. Kinne was soon promoted, first to corporal, then sergeant, and became second lieutenant of Battery L, First Artillery, This was commanded by Cap- tain John Reynolds. Just before the close of the war Mr. Kinne was promoted to first lieutenant, and was assigned to Battery E, same regi- ment. After being discharged from the service, he returned to his home in Clinton, and soon after received a commission as captain by brevet. In 1865 he moved to Utica, where, on March 15, 1866, he was married to Miss Margaret Anna Cessford.

Margaret A. Cessford was the daughter of George and Anna Isa- bel Cessford. The former was born at Lauder, near Edinburg, Scot- land, in the year 1802, and was descended from a very old Scotch family. He was educated at Melrose Abbey, to be a Presbyterian m.inister, but alx)ut the time he was to be ordained he concluded that he was too well fitted for a mechanic to become a preacher. Accord- ingly, upon attaining his majority, he entered upon an apprenticeship of seven years to learn the trades of machinist and millwright. About

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1838 he came to America and located in Utica, wlierc he made a spe- cialty of pattern-making. He perfected many in\entinns and took out numerous patents pertaining to heating furnaces. He was a man of high attainments, being an excellent Latin scholar, and a wide reader. His family included seven children, two of his sons Ijeing machinists. He died, aged ninety-three years, at Utica, September 5, 1S95. His wife was Anna Isabel Stephenson, a grandniece of George Stephenson, whose engine, the '"Rocket," was the forerunner of our modern locomo- ti\es. She was born in Chester-le-Street, Northuml^erland county, England, in 1805, and died February i. 1899, aged ninety-four years, in Utica. She was a large-hearted, Christian woman, and her kind deeds and charities were numberless.

In the year 1876 Oliver E. P. Kinne and his family removed frou'i Utica to Florence, this state, where he was engaged in the lumber Inisi- ness with his next older brother, Orlando. He remained there until 1879, when the family removed to Camden, where he followed his trade of a woodworker. He died May 5, 1892, after a sickness of four years. His wife removed, in 1894, with her two younger sons, Edwin and Harry, to ^^''atertown, where she has since resided with them. Ed- win J. Kinne is a machinist, and Harry C. Kinne is a mechanical draughtsman with the Bagley & Sewall Company. The children of Oliver E. P. and Margaret Cessford Kinne were: Clarence Evelyn, born April 16, i86g, at Utica: George Cessford, born April 4. 1873, at Utica, died February i, 1878, at Florence; Charles Alfred, born August 26, 1875, ^^ Utica, died July 2, 1892. at Camden: Edwin Johnson, born June II, 1879, at Florence: Harry Cessford, born June 8, 1882, at Cam- den.

(VIII) Clarence Evelyn Kinne attended the Camden union high school, but at the age of fourteen years was obliged to leave school on account of poor health. For a part of two years he was employed in a large dry goods store at Utica, and resided with his grandfather. George Cessford. As he was always of a studious and mechanical turn of mind, his grandfather urged upon him to follow some mechanical pursuit, al- though his father wished him to follow the profession of law. On May 28, 1885, he began to learn the machinist's trade with the firm of Wood & Percival, at Camden. After finishing his apprenticeship of three years he worked at various shops in Rome, Schenectady and Little Falls, and came to W'atertown on June 20, 1889, where he began work as a ma- chinist for the Watertown Steam Engine Company. During the years

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of his apprenticeship and while he was a machinist, he studied mechani- cal drawing and mathematics at night, and while many of his companions were enjoying their leisure hours he was burning the "midnight oil." In 1892 he took a position as m.echanical draughtsman with the Eames A'acuum Brake Company, of Watertown. A year later he left this con- cern and took a position as mechanical draughtsman with the Bagley & Sewall Company of the same city. Five years later he became designer and mechanical engineer for this company, a position which he still holds. He has been very successful and has made and developed several inventions pertaining to the manufacture of paper-making machines. The Bagley & Sewall Company has been in business over fifty years, and has built some of the fastest running paper-making machines in use.

He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, and a member of Corona Lodge No. 705, Independent Order of Odd Fellows.

On June 18, 1890, he was married to Miss Delia L. Brewster, of Camden. She was a daughter of George J. and Sarah (Schott) Brew- ster, and a descendant, of the ninth generation, of Eider William Brew- ster, who came over with the Pilgrims on the Mayflow-er. They have (Oie daughter, ^Margaret Cessford Kinne, Isorn September 12, 1895.

FRANK MARCELLUS PARKER, an active and prominent citizen of Watertown, for the past eight years treasurer of the county, is a worthy representative of a family whose members have been identified with Jefferson county through four generations, and with this country from the earliest period of its occupation by white people.

(I) William Parker, was a member of Rev. Thomas Hooker's Hartford congregation, and was early in Saybrook, Connecticut. He was the father of three sons — William. Ralph and John.

(H) The last-named settled in New Haven, and had a consider- able family, born as follows: John, in 1648; IMary, April 27, 1649, married John Hall in 1666; Hope, May 25, 1650, married Samuel Cook, May 2, 1677; Lydia, May 26, 1652-3, married John Thomas, January 12, 1671 ; Joseph, married Hannah Gilbert, 1673.

(HI) John (2). son of John Parker (i), born 1648. married Hannah, daughter of William Bassett, November 8, 1670. He was among the early planters of Wallingford, Connecticut, and settled about two miles west of the village of that name, giving the name "Parker Farm;'" to the localitv. which name it still bears. He was an active busi-

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ness man, and did mucl: in advancing the interests of the settlement. He died in 171 1, and his widow survived until June 7, 1726. Their children were as follows: Hannah, born Augxist 10, 1671, married Will- iam Andrews, January 12, 1692; Elizabeth, 1673, married Joseph Royce, March 24, 1693; John, March 26, 1675; Rachel, June 16, 1680, married Thomas Relzea, of New Haven, in 1700; Joseph, mentioned below; Eli- phalet; Samuel; Edward. 1692; Mary, married Joseph Clark, November 27, 1707; Abigail, March 3, 1710, married Joseph Bradley, December

8, 1765.

(IV) Joseph, fifth child and second son of John and Hannah Parker, married Sarah Curtis. June 7, 1705, and their children were as follows: Joseph, died young; Joseph, July 25, 1707; Andrew, married Susannah Blakeslee; Thomas, June 7, 1709; Hannah, August 30, 171 1; Ebenezer, March 5, 1713; Joseph (3), April 3, 1716; Ralph, January

9, 1718; Waitstill, July 24. 1721; Sarah, October 18, 1725, married Asa, son of Samuel Cook, January 15, 1744-5.

(V) Andrew, third and eldest surviving son of Joseph and Sarah (Curtis) Parker, married Susannah Blakeslee, and their children were as follows: Ambrose, born March 6, 1738; Grace, December 10, 1739, died an infant ; Patience, twin of Grace, died when three days old ; Ze- ruiah, November 28, 1741, married David ^filler, January 3. 1765; Oliver, November 20, 1743: Ezra, mentioned at length below; Susan- nah, December 2, 1747; Rachel, December 28, 1749; Sybil, February 9, 1753 ; Jason, August 17, 1764. Andrew Parker was a farmer in Walling- ford, and moved thence to the town of Adams, in Berkshire county, Massachusetts, where he died.

(VI) Ezra, sixth child and third son of Andrew and Susannah (Blakeslee) Parker, was born December 13, 1745, in Wallingford. He was one of the heroes of the Revolution, and acted as Arnold's orderly in the memorable expedition against Quebec, undertaken in the fall of 1775; through the wilds of Maine. With others he had smallpox during the winter, and he was one of the few who succeeded in making their way back in 1776. He continued in the service, and fought in the bat- tles of Bennington and Saratoga. He was offered a commission in the army but declined it. In 1772 he bought land of Samuel Perr)-, at the west end of the present Hoosac tunnel. He engaged in farming until his removal to Bridgewater, New York, after 1779. In 1802, to settle his sons, he purchased two hundred acres of land on Dry Hill, in the town of Watertown. Ezra Parker was twice married. His first wife.

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Sarah Tuttie, bore him a daughter, Sarah, who became the wife of Sam- uel Day. He married, second, Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel Perry, who sold him land, as before noted. She was born May, 175 1, in Strat- ford, Connecticut, and died November 8, 1826, in Sangerfield, New York. The children of the second marriage were : Samuel, David, Ezra, Joel, Hippocratus. William Morse, Ira, Betsey, Abigail, and a son whose name is unknown, probably because of early death. Ezra Parker, father of these, died July 7. 1842. at the home of his son. William M. Parker, m Royal Oak, Michigan.

(VII) Hippocratus, fifth son and child of Ezra and Elizabeth Parker, was born June 17, 17S5. in Sangerfield, and died February 15, 1844, in Adams, this county, aged fifty-eight years. His educational opportunities were small, and his life was devoted to agricultural and other labors. He settled on fifty acres of the land purchased by his father, on Dry Hill, which he subsequently sold. He was employed many years by Joseph Sheldon, who operated distilleries and other enterprises, and passed his last days on a farm in the town of Adams. He married Olive Fuller, who was born Deceml^er 15, 1793, probably in Vermont, whence her father, Abner Fuller, came to this state. She died October 14. 1S62. Their seven children are thus briefly accounted for : Giles was a farmer at Adams Center, this county, where he died about 1890. Jeremiah receives further mention in a succeeding para- graph. George died in Russell, Lyon county, Minnesota, about 1898. Jemima married Riley Harrington, of Watertown, and lived in Houns- field, where he died. She died in 1893, at Thousand Island Park, at the home of her daughter. Austin lived to be only twelve years old. David lived in Adams and. after spending five years at Belvidere, Illi- nois, died of typhoid fever in i860, while on a visit to Adams. Eliza- beth became the wife of John Bartlett. of Adams, wliere she died June 2, i860, aged twenty-six years.

(VIII) Jeremiah, second son and child of Hippocratus and Olive Parker, was born March 20, 18 14. in the town of Watertown. He was obliged to care for himself from a very early age, and had small oppor- tunity for education. Before he was nineteen years of age he paid for fifty acres of land in the town of Adams, out of his earnings as a farm laborer, and this afforded a home to his parents in their old age. He was a most industrious and successful farmer, being first located in the town of Adams, and later across the line in Watertown. and was the possessor of i\\t hundred and fifty acres of land at the time of his

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death, which occurred May 19, 1872. Since 1847 he had resided in Watertown. He was a most pubHc-spirited citizen, and distinguished himself in the "Patriot War," of 1836, holding a captain's commission in the invading army. He affiliated with the Whig party in early life, and was among the founders of the Republican party. Though he held fixed opinions and was zealous in their support, he took no active part in the management of public affairs, preferring the quiet of his home and the pursuit of its duties. He was married September 20, 1836, at Amsterdam, to Miss Fransina. daughter of Tliomas B. Kenyon, and his wife, Rachel Allen, later of Adams. She was born June 18, 1817, in Amsterdam, New York, was a faithful member of the Baptist church, and died i\Iarch 23, 1891, being survived by two of her three children — Frank M., whose name begins this article, and Thomas C, who died June 25, 1896. in Paris, Illinois. Ella D.. the youngest, was born Octo- ber 2j. 1852, and died in her thirteenth year.

(IX) Frank M. Parker, son of Jeremiah and Fransina Parker, was born January 20. 1842, in Adams, and continued upon his father's farm until he was twenty-two years old, gaining, in the meantime, together with the muscular development necessary to good health, the educational training afforded by the common and select schools in vogue at the time in the vicinity of his home. He began his business career in 1864, as clerk in a general store at Adams Center, where he remained until 1872. Upon the death of his father he resigned this position to take charge of the paternal estate, of which he now owns two hundred and sixty acres, comprising the original Lamon farm, on Dry Hill, and continued farming operations on an extensive scale, on Dry Hill, until 1896, when he removed to the cit)- of W'atertown. In that }-ear he was elected county treasurer, and his faithful and conscientious adminis- tration of the duties of the office have been rewarded by election to a second and third terms. He had previously served as supervisor of the town of Watertown for four terms, covering a period of five years; has been a trustee of the schools : and, during his residence in Adams, acted as assessor three years. He is a member of the Jefferson County Agricultural Society, of which organization he was treasurer fifteen years, a meml>er of the Lincoln League and has been a member of the Jefferson county Republican committee. He has affiliated with the Masonic fraternitv since 1864, is identified with all the local bodies of that order, ami holds an exalted position in it.

Mr. Parker was married October 2. 1861. to iNIiranda H. Wilder,

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daughter of Abel Wilder (see Wilder, VII ). One son and two daugh- ters ha\e been given to ]\Ir. and ]\Irs. Parker. Xettie F., the eldest, is the wife of Clinton J. Wadle}', a farmer of Watertown. Charles J. is a civil engineer, residing in New York city. He married Edith Clark Bowers, and they have a son named Franklin Bowers Parker, born Feb- ruar}- 17, 1905. Maud E. is her father's office assistant.

WILLIAM A. POTTER. No more progressive and energetic business man than William A. Potter of Glen Park can be found within the limits of JefYerson county. He is a son of Thomas A. Potter, who was liorn in 1829, in Ireland, where he received an excellent education. When a young man he emigrated to the L^nited States and settled in New York city, where he oljtained a position as bookkeeper. After a time he went to Mijntreal, whence, after a brief period, he removed to Hartford, \'ermont, where he engaged in the lumber business. His next migra- tion was to North Mills, Vermont, where he remained some years. In TiSgo he disposed of his extensive lumber business and came to Brown- ville, where he passed the remainder of his life.

Mr. Potter married Elizabeth Warren, who was born in 1S35, in Brockville, Canada, and thirteen children were born to them, of whom the following are living: Arthur, who resides in Glen Park, and is engineer in the mill of which his lirother William A. is superintendent; Rel.iecca, v\!k) is the wife of George Godsell and lives in Wilder, Ver- mont; Thomas, who is employed in a paper mill in Berlin Falls, New Hampshire; Leonard, who is engaged in the mill with his brother, ^\'ill- iam A.; Ernest, who is employed in a mill at Berlin Falls, New Hamp- shire; Isola, who is the wife of Alton Hayes, of Brownville; and Will- iam A., mentioned at length hereinafter. The death of Mr. Potter, the father of the family, occurred in May, 1902, when he had entered upon his seventy-fourth year. He was a successful business man and was also possessed of fine literary tastes, while his integrity of character com- manded the respect of all. His widow, who is a member of the Protest- ant Episcopal church, is still living.

William Aaron Potter, son of Thomas A. and Elizabeth (Warren) Potter, was born Septeml3er 7, 1873, in Stratford Hollow, New Hamp- shire, and received his education at Newton Mills, Vermont. Soon after leaving school he obtained employment in a sawmill, where he re- mained for a time, and in 1890 entered a paper mill at Berlin Falls. After working there for eight months he came, early in 1S91, to Glen Park,

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where he was employed in a paper mih, and by industry and faitlifulness worked his way up to the position of foreman. After working tor a time in two other mills in the same place he went to Marseilles, Illinois, where for eleven months he was employed in a mill as foreman of the machine room. He then returned tri Glen Park and took charge of the machine room of the Ontario mill of the International Paper Company. In July, 1903, he was advanced to the position of superintendent, and events have already more than justified his appointment. He is a mem- ber of the K. of P. and of the Lincoln League. His political principles are those of an earnest Republican, and he takes an active interest in the affairs of the organization. He is a member of the Protestant Epis- copal church.

Mr. Potter married, in 1S94, May E. Foley, and they have two children: Lillian, who was born August 28, 1896, and James, who was born May 30, 1902. Mrs. Potter is a daughter of Patrick Foley, a native of Ireland, who emigrated to this country and settled in Adams, where he became a successful farmer, and now resides. He and his wife are the parents of five children : John, who is employed and resides in Glen Park ; Stephen, who works in a carriage factory in Adams ; Frank, who is a railroad employe ; Anna, who resides in Adams ; and May E., who was born in 1874, in Adams, and became the wife of William A. Pot- ter, as mentioned above.

DEWEV. This name is borne by a large number of the American people, and includes many noted in military, naval, religious and civil affairs, from the Atlantic to the Pacific. Its representatives were nu- merous among the pioneers of different towns in Jeft'erson county, and they and their progeny have maintained the good standing of the name. The name is said to be of French origin, and has been traced to the ad- vent of William the Conqueror in England, in 1066.

(I) Thomas Dewey, the emigrant ancestor, in early manhood, seems to have become a dissenter and emigrated to America from Sandwich, Kent, England, as one of the early settlers, under Governor Winthrop and Rev. John Wareliam. Mr. Dewey is of record as among those re- ceiving grants of land at Dorchester, in 1636. He was married, March 22. 1639, in Windsor, Connecticut, to Frances, relict of Joseph Clark. Their children, all born at Windsor, were: Thomas, February 16, 1640; Josiah, baptized October 10, 1641; Ann, October 15, 1643: Israel, born September 25. 1645 ; Jedediah.

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(II) Jedediah. A-oungest child of Thomas and Frances Dewey, was born December 15, 1647. and married, about 1670, Sarah Orton, of Farmington, Connecticut, daugliter of Thomas and Margaret (Pell) Orton. They lived in Farmington, but a short time after their marriage removed to Wcstfield, Massachusetts, where he died in 1718, aged sev- enty years. Mrs. Dewey died November 20, 171 1. All their children were born at Westfield, as follows: Sarah, March 28, 1672; Margaret, January 10, 1674; Jedediah, June 14, 1676; Daniel, March 9, 1680; Thomas, June 29, 1682; Joseph, 1684; Hannah, March 14, 1686; Mary, March i, 1687; James, April 3, 1692; Abigail, November 17, 1694.

(III) Joseph, fourth son and sixth child of Jedediah and Sarah Dewey, was born May 10, 1684, and was married, in 1713, to Mrs. Sarah (Warner) Root, widow of Samuel Root and daughter of John and Sarah (Ferry) Warner. Mr Dewey was a farmer, and is also referred to as a wheelwright, and lived on the south corner of Elm and Frank- lin streets, in Westfield. He united with the church in 1727, and served as selectman of the town. He died January 3, 1757. He was survived by his wife, who passed away in 1769. Their children, born in West- field, were: Joseph, October 7, 1714; Sarah, April 15, 1716; Lydia, May 25, 1718: Mary, March 21, 1720; Roger, ]\Iarch 17, 1722; Noah, May 3, 1724.

(IV) Deacon Joseph Dewey, oldest child of Joseph and Sarah (Warner) Dewey, was born October 7, 1714, and married (January 26, 1738) Beulah Sackett, who was born January 30, 1714, daughter of Joseph and Abigail Sackett, of Westfield. She died October 27, 1767, and he married, second, November 25, 1773, Hannah Phelps, daughter of Aaron and Rachel (Bragg) Phelps. Mr. Dewey was a farmer in Westfield, where he died August 25, 1799. All his children were born in Westfield, as follows: Beulah, February 5, 1739; Joseph, March 5, 1741 ; Benjamin, April 5, 1743; Gad, January 14, 1745; Eliab, Novem- ber 2, 1746; Beulah (2), October 12, 1748: Sarah, September 12, 1750; Mary, June 23, 1753.

(V) Eliab, fourth son and fifth child of Joseph and Beulah (Sack- ett) Dewey, born November 2, 1746, was married to Lovisa Day, born March 15, 1753, daughter of Jonathan and Hannah (Bliss) Day of Springfield, Massachusetts. Mr. Dewey was a farmer and miller, and served as a soldier of the revclutinn. He was among those who responded to the Lexington Alarm, in April, 1775, and was drafted in 1776 to go to New York for two months. He died May 31, 1820. Mrs. Dewey died Tune 2s. 1806. Their children, all born in Westfield, were: Eliab.

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December 25, 1769; James, August 28, 1772; Louisa, August 4, 1775; Martin, March 31, 1778; Silas, August 30, 1780: Edward, February 17, 17S4; William, July 10, 1786; Jason, May 19. 1789.

(VI) William, sixth son and seventh child ot Eliab and Lovisa Dewey, married Sally Bush, who was born May 3, 17S8, in Westfield. Mr. Dewey was a farmer in Westfield, and died April 14, 1817. His widow remarried, and died September 28, 1866, in Lowville, New York. They had children as follows: Mary Ann, born November 6, 1805; Silas B., February 2, 1807; William, died young; Emehne, October 25, 1812; William (2), November 9, 1813; Clarissa, November 9, 1809; Sally, September 21, 1815.

(VII) William, fifth child and youngest son of William and Sally (Bush) Dewey, was married in 1836 to Fanny Seymour, who was born December u, 1813, daughter of Matthew A. and Cynthia (Betts) Sey- mour, of Greene county, New York. Mr. Dewey was a blacksmith by trade, and was an early resident of Lowville, Lewis county, this state, where he died February 11, 1890, in his seventy-seventh year. He was the owner of a farm there, which he cultivated in addition to the prose- cution of his trade. His wife, who was a most exemplary member of the Presbyterian church, died March 26, 1880. As pioneers they ren- dered valuable service in the upbuilding of the community and the ad- vancement of civilization.

(VIII) Dwight B. Dewey, son of William and Fanny Dewey, was born in 1837, in Lowville, where his early life was passed. During the civil war he went west, and engaged in the clothing business at Spring- field, Illinois, and returned to New York in 1867, settling in Water- town. For a number of years he was a partner in the old established house of J. C. Streeter & Company, clothiers of this city, and in 1879 purchased the interest of Mr. Bristol, of the firm of Bristol and Mantle, dealers in the same line of wares, and the name of the firm was thereby changed' to DcAvey & Mantle. Upon the death of the latter Mr. Dewey admitted C. M. Fairbanks as a partner. At the end of five years this association was dissolved by the retirement of l\Ir. Fairbanks, after which event Mr. Dewey conducted the business alone for the remainder of his life. His establishment was at 10 Woodruff House block, where he carried on a far-reaching trade. He was an ardent supporter of the doctrines and measures advocated by the Democratic party and took an active share in the movements of the organization.

Mr. Dewey married Mary Carey, who was born in 1840. in Ire-

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land, one of a large family, two of whom are living: Mrs. Alice Hines, of Syracuse ; and Thomas Carey, of Watertown. Three children were born to ^Iv. and Mrs. Dewey: William H., who is engaged in the clothing business in Birmingham, Alabama: Leslie D., who died in 1881; and Frank S., mentioned at length hereinafter. Mr. Dewey and his children were early deprived of the estimable wife and mother, who passed away at the age of forty-three. The death of Mr. Dewey oc- curred in 1893, while he was yet in the prime of life. He was regretted as a loss not only to his family and friends, but to the entire community, tc which he had given the example of a business man whose success was due no less to integrity of character than to executive talents.

Frank Seymour Dewey, son of Dwight B. and Mary (Carey) Dewey, was born June 4, 1876, in Watertown, where he received his education in the common schools. He was a member of the Thirty-ninth Separate Company, and upon the outbreak of the Spanish-American war enlisted in Company E, Two Hundred and Third Regiment, United States Volunteers, in which he served for nine months with the rank of corporal. After his return he entered the office of the Jefferson Paper Company, of Black River, New York, where he remained two years, and at the end of that time v.as appointed manager of the Dexter mill, oper- ated by the same owners. His position is an extremely responsible one, involving the superintendence of fifty men, this being a fifteen-ton mill. He is an energetic participant in political affairs, his principles and the- ories being those of an unswerving Democrat, while at the same time he is not a strict partisan, and places the public good before party considera- tions.

FRED HOWLAND. Among the farmers of Jefferson county there is none more deserving of the name of a successful agriculturist and public-spirited citizen than is Fred Howland, of Rutland. The fam- ily to which Mr. Howland belongs is of New England origin, but has been for a century represented in Jefferson county.

William Howland was born February 8, 1747. in Rhode Island, and died in 1835 in Rutland. He was married in 1769-70 at Gloucester. Rhode Island, to Miss Mary Richmond, who was born in 1751, in that town, or in Taunton, Massachusetts. They continued to reside for many years in Gloucester, where they are of record September 24, 1791. on which date they signed a receipt to David Richmond for her share in the estate of her father, Seth Richmond. Soon after this they removed

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to Ballston, New York, whence they came to the town of Rutland, in this county, in 1806. They belonged to the Society of Friends, and died in the town of Rutland, the latter July 3, 1S28. Their children, recorded in Gloucester, were: Richmond. John and Oziel, and they also had sons Da\id and Rufus. Mary Richmond was a daughter of Seth and Esther (Walker) Richmond, and a descendant of John Rich- mond, who was born in 1594, and came to America from Ashton Keynes, Wiltshire, England, as early as 1637. In that year he was one of the original purchasers of Taunton, Massachusetts. From this John Rich- mond her lineage was through: (II) John (2), (III) Joseph, (IV) Joseph (2), and (V) Seth Richmond.

Richmond Rowland, eldest son of William and Mary (Richmond) Howland, was born January 2, 1772, in Gloucester, Rhode Island, and subsequently lived in Providence, Rhode Island, removing thence to Jefferson county in 1804. He cleared a tract of land which he afterward sold for one hundred dollars. He then took another farm, three miles south of Felt's Mills, wdiich he also cleared, and which became his home for the remainder of his life. Fle became very prosperous, and was much esteemed by his neighbors, holding various township offices. During the war of 1812 he served in the army and was present at the battle of Sacketts Harbor. He married, before leaving Providence, Rachael, born January 25, 1769, daughter of James and Phebe (Allen) King. Mr. King spent his last days in Pamelia. Mr. and Mrs. Howland were the parents of six children, all of whom are deceased, namely : Oziel, Sarah, Richmond, James, Hiram and William. Mrs. Howland, who was a most excellent woman, and a member of the Society of Friends, was eighty-six years old at the time of her death, December 10, 1855. Her husband, like his parents, reached the age of ninety, passing away July 5, 1862. He was in all respects an estimable man and a good citizen.

William Howdand, youngest son of Richmond and Rachael (King) Howland. was born April 22, 1809, in Rutland, where he obtained his education and passed his whole life, with the excq^tion of four years' residence in Pamelia. In 18G8 he purchased the farm one mile south of Black River village, which was his home for the remainder of his life. He took an active part in township affairs and held the office of assessor. He v^as the only I'^epublican in his family, and is entitled to the honor of having been one of the pioneer members who voted for Fremont. He died April 29. igoi. at his home, near Black River.

Mr. Howland married, in 1840, Eunice P.. born in 181 5, in Rut-

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land, daughter of James Eddy, who was born in 1780, in Rhode Island, and settled in Rutland. He was the son of Enoch Eddy, also a native of Rhode Island, where he was born in 1750, and whence, in 1801, he came to Rutland. The wife of James Eddy was Cynthia Philbrooks, who was born in 1795. Of the four children born to herself and her husband only one is now living : Egbert H., who resides in Rutland. Mr. and Mrs. Howland were the parents of three sons : Cyrus, who died at the age of thirty-seven years; Walter, who is a prominent farmer of LeRay; and Fred, mentioned at length hereinafter. The mother of these chil- dren died October 10, 1898. She was a Universalist in faith, and was loved and respected by all who knew her. Her husband maintained the reputation of his family for longevity by living to the age of ninety-two, and not one of !iis brothers died under eighty. Mr. Howland, both as a* man and a citizen, possessed the esteem and confidence of all.

Fred Howland, son of William and Eunice P. (Eddy) Howland, was born March 28, 1862, in Rutland, and received his education in the common schools of the township, afterward attending the Watertown high school. Upon reaching the nge of twenty-one he went to Pierre, South Dakota, where he remained two years. He then returned to his native town, and settled on the paternal farm of one hundred and six acres, where he has since resided, devoting himself with great success to general farming. He has always taken an active interest in public af- fairs, and his fellow citizens have not been slow to assure him of their appreciation of his character as a leader in politics. In 1898 he was elected supervisor, re-elected in 1900 and 1901, and in 1903 chosen to serve until 1905. He held the otfice of commissioner of highways for six years previous to his election as supervisor. He has acted as dele- gate to county conventions and has served as chairman of the Jefferson county delegation to the Good Roads Convention at Albany. He is an upholder of the political principles advocated by the Republican party. He is a member of Watertown Grange and of Riverside Lodge, I. O. O. F., of Black River, in which he has passed all the chairs.

Mr. Howland married. September 3, 1901, Stella C. Hungerford, a member of one of the leading families of the county, the genealogy of which will be found in the sketch of Orville Hungerford, which appears elsewhere in this work. Mrs. Howland is a daughter of Ell>ert Hun- gerford.

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JOHN CLARKE STREETER. Xo one citizen of Watertown has been more strongly identified with its commercial, political and social life, during the last half-century, than John C. Streeter.

Xelson White Streeter. father (jf the subject of this sketch, was an early resident of the county and was long distinguished as a leading citizen of Watertown. Xelson W. Streeter was born January lo, 1804, in Goshen, Hampshire county. ^Massachusetts, a son of Elijah and Abigail Streeter, the former a native of Vermont, and the latter of Massachusetts. In tlie year 1819 Elijah Streeter settled, with his son, in Champion, this county. His wife died May 20, 1806, at the age of tv.oity-three years, in Massachusetts. He followed shoemaking until a short time before his death, when he moved to Watertown, and passed away at the home of his son August 2\, 1830, at the early age of forty- nine years.

In the year 182 1 Xelson W. Streeter was apprenticed to Thomas Peck, of Watertown, to learn the tailor's trade, which he completed in three years. He at once established himself as a tailor, and was imme- diately successful, as he was industrious, and so(3n accumulated means to engage quite extensively as a merchant tailor, beginning in 1830. After fourteen years he extended his business to include ready-made apparel, much of which he manufactured. After twenty years this was turned over to his son. John C. Streeter, who continued it su'ccessfully, along the lines early accjuired b}- association in the business. One of the monuments to the business sagacity and energy of Nelson W. Streeter is founti in the Streeter building, on the Public Square, which teems with the business life of the city. Being associated with the Whig party in early life, he identified himself with the Democratic part}- in 1856, and continued this allegiance until his life closed. Consistency was one of his most prominent traits, and he held tenaciously to a course once mapped out for himself. The esteem in Avhich he was held is indicated by the fact that he served the city as trustee and the county as sherifif. Out of the kindness of his heart, Mr. Streeter became respon- sible, by endorsement, for much of the paper of his friends, and his son, John C. Streeter, was called upon to meet these obligations to the amount of over sixty thousand dollars, which he did, without a dollar of discount, and with no compensation from those responsible for the loss. In 1828 j\[r. Streeter married Miss Aurelia A. Parsons, of Lewis county. She died January 19. 1837. leaving four children — John C, Cornelia, Aurelia and Augusta A. On October 22, 1837, Mr. Streeter married

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Eunice H. Burpee, of Lorraine, this county, who Ijore him one son, Henry \\\, for some years a practicing pliysician of Watertown, and who died in 1903. at Rochester, where he had been ten years engaged in successful practice.

John Clarke Streeter, son of Nelson W. Streeter, was born Novem- ber 22, 1829, in Watertown. He is the eldest of a family of four children and at a very early age was engaged in trade. For a long period he was one of the leading business men of Watertown, being distinguished not onh- for financial success, but also for honorable deal- ing and strict integrity of character. He was one of the first board of directors of the Watertown Manufacturers' .\id Association and served in the same capacity on the organization of the Watertown board of trade. He was one of the incorporators of the Watertown Spring Wagon Company and one of the first trustees of the Watertown Sav- ings Bank. In 1887 Mr. Streeter retired from business, but continued his interest in the many activities by means of which he sought to advance in various ways the welfare and prosperity of the community.

In the sphere of politics Mr. Streeter has always borne a prominent part, his personal pojiularity no less tlian his ability and worth being attested by the number cd offices of honor and responsibility which he has been called uprm to fill. In 1872 he was appointed a member of the state board of charities, and served several years in that capacity. In 1877 he was supervisor and in 1878 was elected to the mayoralty. In discharging the duties of both these offices a strict regard to the best interests of the town and city was the object to which all other considerations were subordinate. In 1885 he was appointed by Pres- ident Cleveland postmaster of W'atertown, a position which he filled with credit to himself and satisfaction to the government until 1S89 Since t86i he has been a member of the Masonic fraternity and has been identified with the Union Club since its organiaztion.

Mr. Streeter has been twice married and is the father of one son : Frederick W. Streeter. the present city clerk. The latter's mother. Mary, was a daughter of Stephen White, long and favorably known as a business man of Watertown. In December, 1900, Mr. Streeter married Mrs. Ella A. Phelps, daughter of the late Merritt Andrus, of Watertown.

JOHN D. COLE. !\I. D.. a leading physician and progressive citi- zen of Ale.xandna Bay, Jefferson county, New York, is a native of the

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state, born in Theresa, March 28. 1857. His paternal gran.dfather, Allen Cole, was one of the most extensive landholders and farmers of his day in that region, owning one thdusand three linndred acres of land in the vicinity of Theresa, and to him was due the honor of building the first saw mill on Cruoked Creek. He was united in marriage to Hope Jane

, who was horn in the vicinit}- of Paris, France, and to this union

was born twehe children, of whnm Alanson Cole, father of Dr. Cole, is the onh' survivor. Mr. and ^Irs, Cole were members of the Universal- ist church. Their deaths occurred, respectively, when they attained the age of sixty and fifty years.

Alanson Cole (father) was born in the town of Theresa, New York, wdiither his parents removed from Massachusetts in 1812. He was reared in West Theresa, educated in the common schools, and fol- lowed farming as a vocation, clearing the land for that purpose. He be- gan life in a log caliin. later built the first frame dwelling in that sec- tion, then added to his pro])erty l.iy buying the Plymton farm, and then a part of the Wakefield farm, consisting of two hundred and twenty-six acres, upon which he erected a second dwelling. There he resided up to 1886, and in that year removed to the village of Theresa, wdiere he built a fine residence in which he now leads a retired life, being in the eighty- third year of his age. He has always been considered one of the pro- gressive men of his town, aiding to a large degree both educational and religious institutions. He married Lucy Makepeace, daughter of Solo- mon and Jane Cronkhite (also spelled I-vronkhite) Makepeace. Mr. Makepeace, who died at the age of eighty-six. during his early years led the life of a farmer, cleared land, built the first sawmill at Joachum, and subsequently established a general store, which he conducted for many years. He was noted throughout the county as a man of broad and philanthropic ideas, who believed in the scriptural adage that "it is better to give than to receive.'" and this injunction he followed out to the utmost of his ability. From his store he supplied the suffering new settlers with many of the necessaries of life, thereby alleviating much suffering incident to the hardships and privations of settlers in adverse crop seasons. Mr. and Mrs. Makepeace were the parents of a number of children, four of whom are living at the present time (1904) : i. Lucy, aforementioned as the wife of Alanson Cole: she was born Feb- ruary 6, 1825, was married October 27, 1844. and died August 2, 1904, at the age of seventy-nine years, after a married life of nearly sixty years. 2. Ursula, a resident of Illinois. 3. Lydia. who resides at Alexandria

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Bay and is the widow of Alfred Avery. 4. Solomon, of Alexandria Bay. 5. John, of Clayton.

Dr. Cole received his literary education at Theresa Academy, and studied for his profession in the Hahnemann IMedical College of Chi- cago, from which institution he was graduated in 1882 at the age of twenty-five. After his graduation he located in Clayton, where he re- mained in practice for two years, and on April 15, 1884, he removed to Alexandria Bay, where he has since resided, and where he has continued to conduct a large and remunerative practice. He is a member of the Jefferson County Homeopathic iledical Society. He has always taken an active interest in educational and religious affairs, and has ever been foremost in advancing the measures that have for their object the growth and development of the town and the betterment of its people. He has served as coroner of Jefferson county for two terms of three years each, as deputy collector for a period of three years, and was the first health officer to be appointed by the village board but appointed by the state board under new law (1904) to serve till 1908. Dr. Cole was instru- mental in the organization of the local lodge of the Independent Order of Foresters, of which he is a charter member, and also examining physician. He is also a member of Alexandria Lodge No. 297, Free and Accepted IMasons, in which he has held the offices of junior and senior deacon, and junior and senior warden ; a member of The- resa Chapter, \\'atertown Commandery, and Media Temple of the Mys- tic Shrine. He also holds membership in Hopewell Lodge, Lidependent Order of Odd Fellows, of Alexandria Bay, of the Tribe of Ben Hur, and is a member and president of the Loyal Legion. Dr. Cole is a Re- pttblican in politics and, like his parents, a Universalist in religion.

Dr. Cole married. May 13, 1885, Adda E. Garrison, born in Nap- anee, Ontario, daughter of William Garrison, who was torn in Canada, was a prosperous agriculturist of Napanee, and died at the age of fifty years. His wife is living at the present time (1904), and they were the parents of six children, five of whom are now living: Mrs. Dr. Cole, Mrs. Richard Hill, T. L Park. John, a resident of Chatham, Canada, and Edward Garrison, an editor of Winnipeg. Dr. Cole and his wife have one daughter, Lottie Grace Cole, who is now a student at St. Ga- briel's Seminar}' at Peek.skill, New York.

PORTER. Among those names which have furnishe4 distin- guished citizens, in military, naval and business annals, none is more

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noteworthy than this. It \vas estahhshed in America among the earhest, and its representatives have been excellent citizens and patriots from the beginning. In the revolntion and the late ci\il war it was especially noted and active.

(I) Richarrl Porter, American ancestor of the name, was a pas- senger on the ship Susan and Elien, which sailed from W'e^-mouth, England, Alarch 20 (or 30), 1635, and was among those who settled in that year in \\'eymouth, Massachusetts. He was a memlser of the church there nian\- years, ser\-ed as constable and selectman, and kept up to the standard of citizenship then in vogue. Xo record is found of his marriage, and he died about 1689.

(II) John Porter, son of Richard, was married, February 9, 1660, to Deliverance, daughter of Nicholas and Martha (Shaw) Byrum (By- ram). He resided in Weymouth and was said to be one of the most enterprising men of his time, a useful, honored citizen, holding all the \-arious town offices at different times. He died August 17. 1717. and his widow died September 30, 1720.

(III) Thomas, son of John and Deliverance (Byram) Porter, was married, about 1706. to Susannah, daughter of Matthew and Sarah (Hunt) Pratt. She was born in 1684.

(IV j Ezra Porter, son of Thomas and Susannah (Pratt) Porter, was born September 8, 1725, and was married, in 1751. to Hannah, daughter of Joseph and Ruth (Richards) Lovell. She was Ijorn Decem- ber 17, 1723, and died early in life. Mr. Porter subsequently married Patience, daughter of Solomon and Temperance Hathawa}'. She was born October 21, 1741. They lived in Weymouth.

(V) Joel Porter, son of Ezra and Hannah (Lovell) Porter, was born June 16, 1755, in \\'eymouth, and died in September. 1824. 'He married Levina Woods, who was born in 1757. and died about 1819. In 1780 he moved to Marlboro, Nev,- Hampshire, where five of his chil- dren were born, and in 1792 removed to Dublin, an adjoining town of Cheshire county, of that state. He participated in the battle of Bunker Hill, and served two years as a soldier of the revolution. At Bunker Hill a bone in his ankle was shattered by a musket ball, but he poured rum into the wound from his canteen and continued to fight until his ammunition was exhausted and the retreat was ordered. He received a pension of twenty dollars per month during the last twenty years of his life. His children were: Joel, died in infancy; David, resided in Gil- sum, New Hampshire; Levina, married (first) Jesse Knowlton, and

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(second) Chester Lyman, of Swanzey. New Hampshire; James, subject of another paragraph ; Joel, died when twenty years old ; Ezra, resided in Winchendon. Massachusetts ; Xoah, resided in ^Marlboro, New Hamp- shire; Joseph, lived ni l-'lorida, Massachusetts; Lucy, first wife of Ches- ter Lyman ; Hannah, died in Nashua, when fifty-one years old.

(VI) James, son of Joel and Levina (Woods) Porter, was born in July, 1788, in Marlboro, New Hampshire, and married Betsey Will- iams, who was born in 1790. When a young man he spent some time in Vermont, whence he came at an early day to Norwood, this state, where he cleared up and tilled a fine farm, remaining upon it until his death. He had a large family of children, only two of whom are now living, namely : Susannah, widow of Seth Butler, residing in Como, Colorado, and Sophronia. wife of Thomas Ellison, of Colton, New York, now residing at Wanakena.

(VH) Ora Bailey Porter, son of James and Betsey (Williams) Porter, was born May 9. 1S27. in Norwood, where he received his pri- mary education, afterward attending the Potsdam Academy. After graduating from- this institution he engaged for some time in teaching, and subsequently spent a few years in Ohio and Wisconsin. Upon his return to Norwood he purchased the homestead farm, which he sucess- fully managed for a number of years. He was thrice married, the third wife beiiig Caroline E. Gibson, daughter of Roswell Gibson, who re- sided in Florence. New York, from 1840 to 1857, in which year he died (see Gibson, VH). Mr. Porter was sixty-one years old at the time of his death, in August, 1888, and his widow reached nearly sixty-three years, passing away February 3. 1903. Both were active and respected members of the Methodist church. Their children are herewith briefly noted: Charles G., the eldest, is mentioned at length elsewhere; Bela J. is a bookkeeper in New York city; William R. was for some years employed by a hardware manufacturing firm of Bridgeport, Connecti- cut, and is now assistant mechanical engineer of the S. S. \\'hite Dental Company's works on Staten Island.

(VIII) Charles Gibson Porter, eldest son of Ora B. and Caroline E. (Gibson) Porter, was born October 6. 1864, in Norwood. New York, and was educated in the common schools of that town. At the age of sixteen years he went to \A'est Camden, New York, and was employed nne and nne-half year? in a chair factory there. At the end of that period he mo\ed to Theresa, New York, where he was similarly employed six years, gaining a thorough knowledge of the business and acting a

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part of the time a? foreman. He was subsequently employed at Clayton an(.l Orwell, Oswego county. In association with A. E. Olmstead, he established a factory at the latter point, hut retired from the connection at the end of a year. For six months he was an employe of the Excel- sior Carriage Company, of Watertown, and returned to Orwell and re- mained two years, after which he again spent six months with the Ex- celsior Carriage Company. Subsequently he was engaged as superin- tendent for F. B. Woodbury in a chair factory at Onvell until 1893, in v,'hich year he went to Black River, this county. Since that time he has been superintendent of the manufacturing department of the H. C. Dexter Chair Compan}-. He is now a stockholder in the plant, which employs from seventy-five to one hundred people, and much of the pros- perity of the concern is due to his ability and energy. A genial and courteous gentleman, of upright character, he enjoys the respect and esteem of employes and associates and of the community at large.

Mr. Porter united with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Orwell, and changed his membership on removal to Black River to Riverside Lodge No. 334, of that place. He has filled all the chairs, serving as noble grand in 1900, and for one year was secretary of Jef- ferson District No. 2, of the order. He is a warm supporter of Repub- lican principles and policies, but does not seek political position. He and his family are affiliated with the Methodist Episcopal church, and b.e is active in its work, being now superintendent of the local Sabbath school.

Mr. Porter was married January 18. 1888, to Mercy A., daughter of Horace \V. Moore, who has been for many years, and is still, care- taker of the Holden property at Thousand Island Park. Mr. and Mrs. Porter have a son. Earl M., born August 5, 1889. Mr. iloore and his wife, Marcelia Antoinette (Sherman), had four children, of whom three are living, namely: Horace, residing at Fine View. New York; Carrie. 'wife of W. P. Kippler, of AVells Island: and Mercy A., born March 24. 1867. now the wife of Charles G. Porter, as before noted.

REV. OSGOOD EATON HERRICK, D. D. The Reverend Doc- tor Osgood Eaton Herrick, of Watertown. is a representative of an ancient family of English origin. The ancestral history can I)e traced back previous to the reign of Edward the Third, and it was in 1340, during the memorial half-century when this monarch was king of Eng- land, that the estate of Leicestershire Park passed into the possession

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of the Herricks. hv whom it has since been owned without interruption down to the present time.

The founder of the American branch of the family landed in 1630 in the Massachusetts colony and made liis home at Salem. For nearly three hundred years his descendants have been accorded the part of good citizens and soldiers — in colonial. Revolutionary and na- tional annals.

(I) From Charles W. Upham's "Salem \\'itchcraft." it is learned that "Henry Herrick, who * * * purchased the Cherr3'-Hill farm, of Alford, was the fifth son of Sir William Herrick, of Beau Manor Park, in the parish of Loughborough, in the county of Leicester, Eng- land. He came first to \'irginia, and then to Salem. He was accompa- nied to Amerrcan by another emigrant from Loughborough, named Cleveland." The name appears to be of Scandinavian origin, and has undergone many modifications in its progress from "Eirikr, Eric," to Herrick. taking the last form about the middle of the seventeenth cen- tury. "Henry Herrick was a husbandman, in easy circumstances, but undistinguished by wealth." He married Editha, daughter of Hugh Laskin. of Salem. She was born in 1614, and lived to be, at least, sixty years old. He died in 1671. They were among the first thirty mem- bers of the first church in Salem, founded in 1629. They had seven sons and one daughter, and all the sons were farmers.

(H) Joseph, fifth son and child of "Henerie" and Editha Her- rick, baptized August 6. 1645. d'^d February. 4, 1717-18, at Cherry Hill. Upham says: "He was a man of great firmness and dignity of character and, in addition to the care and management of his large farm, was engaged in foreign commerce. * * * He was in the Narragansett fight." The state of things at that time is illustrated by the fact that "This eminent citizen, a large landholder, engaged in pros- perous mercantile affairs, and who had been abroad — in 1692, when forty-seven years of age, was a corporal in the village company. He was acting constal^le of the place and. as such, concerned in the early proceedings connected with the witchcraft prosecutions." His title of Governor would indicate that he had been in command of a military post or district, or. perhaps, of a West Indiana colony. He married, February 7, 1666-7, Sarah, daughter of Richard Leach, of Salem. She died about 1674. and he married, about 1677-8. r\Iary Endicott, of Salem, who died September 14. 1706. The first bore him four children, and the second nine.

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(III) Martyn, sixth child and fifth sun of Joseph Herrick, was baptized January j6, 1679-80, and died in 1739. His twin brother. Kenry, died young. He settled in Lynn (now Lynnfield). ]\Iassachu- setts. on the Burnet Brown farm, given him by his father. He mar- ried. July 17. 1710. Ruth Endicott, of Salem, and they liad two sons and two daughters.

(H') Samuel, second son and child of Martyn Herrick. was born in 1713. and died in 179^. He resided in Reading. Massachusetts. In 1742 he married Elizabeth Jones, of \\'ilmington. who died 1759. His second wife was a widow, Sarah (Putnam), Whipple, and was the mother of his last four children. There were nine of the first wife's ofifspring.

(V) Ebenezer, ninth child and fourth son of Samuel Herrick, was born March 12. 1759, and died January 7, 1842. He settled in Marlborough, New Hampshire, in February, 1795, and there engaged in agriculture. He was married September 26, 1782, to Lydia Eaton, of Reading, who was born October 13, 1767, and died September 23, 1829. They were the parents of ten children. Ebenezer Herrick was a soldier of the Revolution.

(\^I) Samuel, third son and fifth child of Ebenezer and Lydia Herrick, was born ]\Iarch 21, 1792, in Reading, Massachusetts, and died October 19, 1876, in \^'atertown. New York. He was a merchant some years at Boston and subsequently in Windsor, Vermont. He spent six years at Pillar Point, this county, whence he removed to Watertown in 1846. He was married January i. 1817. in Windsor, Vermont, to Eliza Hayes, a sister of Dr. .\. A. Hayes, a distinguished physician and chemist, and state assayer of Massachusetts. She was a daughter of Allen Hayes, many years the leading merchant of Windsor.

(VII) Osgood Eaton Herrick, son of Samuel and Eliza (Hayes) Herrick, was born April 25, 1826, in Windsor, Vermont. In 1839 the family moved to Jefiferson county, and in 1846 took up their abode in WatertovvH. June 15, 1851, Mr. Herrick was ordained to the ministry of the Protestant Episcopal church by the late Bishop De Lancey, in Trinity church, Geneva, New York, and the same year became the first rector of Emmanuel church, Adams, New York. In i853Jie became rec- tor of Christ church, Manlius, New York, and in 1856 his field of labor was changed to the far south. In that year he became rector of St. Paul's church. Key West, Florida, an office which he held for thirteen years. This included the period of the Civil war and the loyalty of Dr. Herrick,

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like tliat of every Union man during those dark days, was put to a severe test. His courage did not falter, and throughout that time of trial he never omitted to ofifer in his church, unchanged, the stated prayers for the President and congress of the United States. In 1864 the story of his loyalty came to the ears of President Lincoln, who thereupon ap- pointed him post chaplain in the United States army. During his resi- dence in Key West the place was visited by several epidemics of yellow fever, and he was himself twice the victim of the dread disease. In 1870 he w-as ordered to Fort Warren, Boston, Massachusetts, and upon his departure from Key West General Sherman issued an order, of which the following is a part :

"To the Rev. Osgood E. Herrick, Chaplain, U. S. A., and his estimable wife, there is, probably, not a single otticer or soldier stricken down, who does not feel greatly indebted for their sympathies and their kind and constant attentions.

"The arduous services of the chaplain, both as pastor and friend, among the stricken of the city, as well as in garrison, were unremitting to the extent of sacrificing his own health for the good of others. Con- trary to the advice of the commanding officer and his physician, this, oincer insisted upon keeping his post in spite of ill health and continuing in the periormance of every duty — official, pastoral and social — until this epidemic was stayed, and he has thereby shown how well the great mili- tary virtue of self-sacrifice combines with the highest virtues of re- ligion."

In 1875 Dr. Herrick was ordered to Fortress Monroe, Virginia, where he remained until retired by operation of law, April 25, 1890, In the following year he took up his abode in Watertow'n, where he has since remained. For one term he was dean of the first district of the Diocese of Central New York. In 1859 he was a delegate to the general convention of the Episcopal church at Richmond, Virginia, The degrees of Master of Arts and Doctor of Divinity were conferred upon him by Hobart College, Geneva, New York. He is a member of the Military Order of the Loyal Legion of the United States, of the Commandery of the District of Columbia, In closing the order for his retirement from the service, the commanding ofificer said : "Chaplain Herrick takes with him the affection and regard of all who have been the recipients of his faithful ministrations. His nobility of character and devotion to the duties of his sacred office will ever make his welfare and happiness the object of their most earnest solicitude."

In 1866 Dr. Herrick delivered at Kev West a sermon commemora-

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ting the tenth anniversary of his settlement there as rector. This called forth the following request and testimonial, signed by the wardens and vestrymen, who were among the most conspicuous citizens of the town : "Reverend and Dear Sir: — The truths set forth and the precepts incul- cated in your learned and excellent sermon, delivered on Sunday even- ing, November 4, 1866, on the occasion of your tenth anniversary as pas- tor of this church, have suggested to the minds of the undersigned to request, most respectfully, that you would favor the public by permitting its appearance in print.

"Language fails to express the depth of heartfelt gratitude we feel for your many Christian kindnesses, your indefatigable evangelical la- bor, in disseminating the knowledge and love of God among us, and the exemplifying of practical religion, and we avail ourselves of this oppor- tunity to acknowledge it."

Dr. Herrick married, May 16, 1853, Charlotte Willard Smith, whose mother was a sister of the mothers of the late Bishop Whipple, of jMin- nesota, and the late General H. W. Halleck, of the United States army. Mrs. Herrick has been the efficient helper of her husband in his arduous labors, sharing the perils of his heroic ministrations to the yellow fever suft'ers and herself sustaining an attack of the scourge. In addition to the tribute from General Sherman quoted above. Dr. Herrick has re- ceived many others of a like nature from officers high in authority in the army and navy. He and his wife have the honor of numbering among their friends many of those distinguished in civil as well as in military life. As a resident of Watertown it may truly be said of him that he is "held in reverence of all them that are about him."

GIBSON. The founder of this family in America was John Gib- son, who is supposed to have been a native of England, born about 1601, and was a resident of Newtown, now Cambridge, Massachusetts, in 1631. He died there in 1694. His first wife, Rebecca, died there, and he was married (second), July 24, 1662, to Joan, widow of Henry Pren- tice, of Cambridge.

(II) John Gibson, Jr., of Cambridge, was born about 1641, and died October 15, 1679, in Cambridge. He was married December 9, 1668, to Rebecca, daughter of Abraham and Rebecca (Cutler) Erring- ton.

(III) Deacon Timothy Gibsim, of Sudbury and Stow, Massachu- setts, was burn about 1679, in Cambridge, a son of John (2), and died

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at Stow in 1757. He married, first, Reliecca, daugliter of Stephen and Sarah (Woodward) Gates; and, second, Mrs. Submit Taylor.

(IV) Isaac Gibson, of Stow and Lunenburg (Fitchburg), Massa- chusetts, and Grafton (originahy Tomhnson), Vermont, was born April 27, 1 72 1, in Sudbury, Massachusetts, and died in Grafton, June i, 1797. He married, first, Keziah, daughter of Deacon Samuel and Re- becca Johnson, of Lunenburg. He was married, second, at Leominster, Massachusetts, to Mrs. Abigail (Darby, or Stearns) Bennett. He was a Revolutionary soldier, servmg in Captain Wood's company, of Colonel Asa Whitcomb's regiment of militia, that marched to Fitchburg on the Lexington alarm of April 19. 1775, and served eleven days.

(\') Nathaniel Gibson, of Lunenburg, Massachusetts, and Graf- ton. Vermont, was born February 22, 1753, in the foi^mer place, and died in Salisbury, Vermont, before 1824. He was married, first, June 25, 1776, to Hannah Brown, daughter of Daniel and Anna (Bright) Brown; and, second, July 6, 1791, to Mrs. Keziah Hayward, of Grafton. He was a Revolutionary soldier, his first service being as a private in Captain Eben Bridge's company, of Colonel John Whitcomb's regiment, marching to Fitchburg on the Lexington alarm, and serving six days. He was subsequently a private in Captain John Fuller's company. Colonel Asa Whitcomb's regiment of militia, serving eight months from April 25, 1775. He was on duty October 4 of that year at Prospect Hill, near Boston. His religious views were in advance of his day, and he was fearless in expressing them, though it incurred the ilhvill of some of his neighbors, as evidenced by the following statement, dated "Grafton, June 21, 1803," and signed by Nathaniel Gibson, attested by the town clerk, "1 do not agree in religious opinions with the majority of the in- habitants of the town of Grafton."

(VI) Roswell Gibson, third child of Nathaniel Gibson, was born April 24, 1800. in Grafton. Vermont, and died June 28, 1857, in Flor- ence, Oneida county. New York, where he settled as early as 1840. He u-as for some time a resident of Mendon. Vermont, and was one of the organizers of the church at ^lendon, January zt,. 1836. He was married January 24, 1824, to Hannah Edson, who was born December 19, 1802, at Minot, Maine, and died July 22, 1893, at West Camden, New York.

(VII) Caroline Elizabeth, daughter of Roswell and Hannah (Ed- son) Gibson, was born ^Nlarch 9, 1840, in Florence, New York, and was married August 2, 1863, to Ora Bailey Porter. (See Porter, VII.)

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JAMES ROCiERS SIMPSON, for most of his life connected ivith tlie mercantile interests of Jefferson county, died in the town of Adams, October 7, 1S82. He was born July 22. 1805, ™ Windham, New Hampshire, a son of Alexander and Mary (Rogers) Simpson, of undoubted Scotch and English lineage. About two hundred years ago the British crown confiscated large areas of land in northern Ireland, and offered inducements to its subjects to settle there. A considerable num- ber of hardy and enterprising Scotchmen, who sought to spread the area occupied by Protestants, moved to these lands, establishing what are known as the "Scotch-Irish" class, from whom many pioneers of this country were drawn. As early as 17 19 a considerable emigration to the American colonies from the north of Ireland took place, and others followed during the next thirty years, settling in southeastern New Hampshire. Among these emigrants was Alexander Simpson, who had distinguished himself at the siege of Londonderry, Ireland, in 1680, and was exempted from taxation as loug as the colony remained under Brit- ish rule. He was among the founders of Londonderry, New Hampshire, rt'hence some of his sons moved to the adjoining town of Windham.

(I) In 1747 Alexander Simpson came from the linen-producing section of northern Ireland and settled in Windham. He was a weaver by trade, but purchased land of James Simpson (son of Alexander, above- named), and engaged in farming the balance of his life. His wife was Janet Templeton, and their children were: William (died young), Agnes, William, Janet (bom January 22, 1750, married James Wilson, and was the mother of three Rutland pioneers), Sarah. John. Alexander and Samuel.

(II) Alexander, seventh child and fourth son of Alexander and Janet (Templeton) Simpson, was born November 28, 1756, in Windham, and early in life settled in Bow, New Hampshire, where he married Mary, daughter of Samuel Rogers. The Rogers family was of English blood, of strict Episcopal stamp, and had a coat-of-arms. Two of its representa- tives were in the British army during the Revolution, one being a pay- master of troops in Canada. Mr. Simpson was in the Lexington alarm service, and participated in the battles of Bunker Hill and Saratoga. He enlisted at several times, serving four months in 1775, four months in 1777, three months in 1778, and in other short periods. He applied for a pension September 11. 1832, and it was granted for one year's service. He returned to Windham to reside in 1789. One of his children was born in Salem, and the others in Bow and Windham, New Hampshire.

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His wife liecame deranged l>efore her death. Aliout 1806 lie joined in the niitjratinn to the "Black River Country," and settled in the extreme south end of Champion, this county, where he cleared land and operated a sawmill. Late in life he visited his sons, at Lower Sandusky. Ohio, and died there. The children of his first wife were so unkindly treated by their step-mother that they embraced the first opportunities to care for themselves. The children of Alexander and Mary Simpson were: [anet Lindsey. horn ^larch 5, 1784, in Bow, married her cousin, John Lindsey Wilson, and lived in Rutland. Anna Caldwell, the second, mar- ried John King, of Rutland. Alexander and S_\-lvanus Leonard lived in Lower Sandusky. Ohio. Samuel Rogers, married Nancv Stoddard, lived in Alexandria Bay, and was buried at Whitesville. Isaac was drowned at Black Rock, near Buffalo, when nineteen \ears old. Margaret Flanders became the second wife of John L. Wilson, whom she siir- vived, subsequently marrying Otis Andrus, and died in Rutland Hol- low. Elizabeth McConnell was the wife of Patrick Xorris, and died in fvutland.

(Ill) James Rogers Simpson, ninth child of Alexander and Mary Simpson, was not of strong build, and was forced to abandon his effort to learn the mason's trade. He gave some time to carpenter work, and also taugiit school in early life. For a period of twenty-five years Jie lived at Sacketts Harbor, where he was employed in a store. He was engaged in farming six years, being one-half of the time at Great Bend, and the balance of the time in the town of Pamelia. Immediately after the close of the Civil war he W'Cnt to the village of Smithville. in the towns of Adams and Henderson, where he kept a general store several \ears. Having retired from business, he moved one mile east of the village, wdiere he died, as above noted. He was married September 7, 1840. to Hannah Fulton, who was born September 9. 1809. in Champion, near Great Bend, daughter of James and Sarah (Choate) Fulton. See Fulton III.) Hannah (Fultim) Simpson died January 17. 1871. at Smithville. leaving an onh- child — Cleantha, who is now the wife of Alonzo P. Hall (q. v.). residing on Ten Eyck street, Watertown.

Mr. Simpson was a faithful attendant and supporter of the INIeth- odist church, ;uid lived his religion, while making few professions. A nian of few words, he accomplished much by quiet acti\'ities. A \\'hig in early life, he was an earnest Republican, but took no part in active politics.

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CHARLES HAMILTON WALTS, ex-county judge of Jefferson county, and long prominently identified with its legal and political his- tory, IS a descendant of the early Dutch settlers of the state. They lo- cated in Otsego county, whence William Walts moved to Jefferson county, settling on a farm in the town of Pamelia. His wife, Louisa Allen, was. like himself, a native of Otsego county, and they were the parents of Charles H. Walts, further mentioned below. William Walts was a successful farmer, and retired to the city of Watertown to spend his last years. He died there, Decenilier 31, 1898, and his \\idow sur- vived him only four days, passing away January 4, 1899. Their remains were deposited m North Watertown cemeter}'.

Charles H. Walts, son of \\'illiani and Louisa, was born December 7, 1839, in the town of Pamelia, and received his education in the com- mon schools and Jefferson County Literary Institute. Deciding to make the legal profession his lifework, he entered the office of Clark & Calvin, attorneys of Watertown, where he pursued his studies, afterward at- tending the Albany Law School, from which he was graduated in 1861, with the degree of Bachelor of Laws. He began practice in Theresa, but remained there only a short time and removed to Watertown, where he has since resided and continued in practice.

Having formed an association with Judge F. W. Hubbard, Mr. Walts became rapidly engaged in much of the important business of the courts of northern New York, and has been busily occupied in this man- ner down to the present time. In February, 1877, Judge Hubbard with- drew from the firm, on account of removal from the county, and Mr. Walts was joined by Wilbur F. Porter, and the firm of Porter & Walts was a powerful factor in the transaction of legal business for twenty years. On the beginning of the year 1897, Mr. Fred B. Pitcher, present county attorney, joined Judge Walts, under the style of Walts & Pitcher, which connection continues, with mutual satisfaction and advantage.

Since the beginning of his career Judge W'alts has manifested an intelligent interest in public progress and has borne a conspicuous part m the conduct of affairs. His energies have always been exerted in be- half of the welfare of the community and his efforts have invariably been directed toward the abolition of abuses and the reform of existing evils. The confidence with which his character and abilities ha\-e inspired his townsmen is indicated by the offices of honor and responsibility to which he has been called by their votes. In 1874 he was elected city attorney, and filled the position three years m a manner which testified his legal

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acumen, learning and sagacity, as well as his executive talents. In 1877 he was chosen county judge, and in 1883 was re-elected. His record upon the bench strengthened his ah'eady high standing in the profession and increased (if it were possible) the regard in which he had been held by the people. He is a staunch Republican and is still active in the coun- cils of his party, and his word and influence are always given in behalf of that which, in his judgment, stands for what is best, thereby carry- ing much weight. He is devoted to his profession, in which he still oc- cupies an influential position.

Judge Walts was married in early life to Miss Rebecca L. Law- yer, daughter of Hon. Nicholas Lawyer, of Perch River, this county. She died in January, 1895, and on June 2y, 1901, Judge Walts married Catherine L. Mitchell, of Watertown. An adopted daughter, leannette, completes the family,

ALONZO P. HALL, a well-known citizen of Watertown, for many years in business at various points in Jefferson county, enjoys a wide acquaintance, and is respected as a man of worth and character. He inherits fnjm many generations of ancestry the Yankee propensity fur business activity and the sound mind, body and principles necessary to usefulness in the world. The Hall family is one of the oldest in Amer- ica, and was established at several points in New England at almost simultaneous dates. The origin of the name has been the subject of some speculation among its bearers and three probable sources have been found. The most probable is the fact that baronial seats in England were almost always called Halls, with a title annexed. When men were obliged to take surnames, many took the names of their estates, and thus many names were made to end with Hall. One authority at- tributes it to the Welsh word for salt, which would be attached to a worker in salt or a dweller near a salt mine. Again, it is traced to the Norwegian word for hero, which is hallr, the last letter being silent and only indicative of the nominative case. As the Norwegians overran England at one time, many of their words found their way into the lan- guage. Hallett is a diminutive of Hall, and was probably given to a dwarfed or younger son, only the eldest son being entitled to the paternal surname in early times. De la Hall (translated, of the Hall) is a Norman or Anglo-Saxon usage, which accounts for most of the occasions where this became a surname, without doubt.

(I) John Hall came from Coventry, Warwickshire, England, in

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1630. to Charlestown, Massachusetts, probably in the fleet with Governor Winthrop. Ci'iventry is about ninety-five miles northwest from London. He was born about 1609. His name appears the ninteenth on the list of members of the first church of Charlestown, organized July 30, 1630. There was then no church in Boston, and this was subsequently moved to that place, becoming the first church there. On November 2, 1632, a church was again formed at Charlestown, including sixteen men and their wives and three bachelors, among them John Hall and his wife, Bethia. Mr. Hall had lot number 48 in 1633, and was made a freeman May 14, 1634. He was an inhabitant of Barnstable after 1647, and of Yarmouth in 1653. He died July 22,, 1696, and was buried on his farm, which is in that part of Yarmouth now the town of Dennis, and was owned and oc- cupied by a lineal descendant as late as 1880. His will mentions eight sons, record has been found of ten, and tradition says he had twelve, and no daughters.

(H) William Hall, sixth son of John Hall, was baptized June 8, 1651, and died June 11, 1727. He was taxed in Yarmouth in 1676, re- moved subsequently to Norwich, Connecticut, and thence to Mansfield, same colony. He bore the title of captain, earned in militia service. His wife's Christian name was Esther, and they had at least four children, namely : Isaac, William, James and Theophilus.

(HI) James Hall, son of William and Esther Hall, lived in Mans- field, where he died June 16, 1742. He was married October 15, 1716, the Christian name of his wife being Mehetable. She died October 26, 1758. Their children were: Mary, James, Mehetable, Elizabeth, Jane, William, Thomas, Ephraim, Gershom and Josiah.

(IV) James, second child and eldest son of James and Mehetable Hall, was born April 20, 1720. and died February 2, 1807, in Mans- field where he spent his life. He was a large, fleshy man. He was mar- ried October 24, 1743, to Mary Linnel, and they were the parents of ten children, namely: Vine. James, Joel, Lois, Mary, Abel, Peter, Elihu, Mehetable and Margaret.

(V) Elihu Hall, son of James and Mary Hall, was born Decem- ber 2S. 1757, in Mansfield, Connecticut, was married June 17, 1778. to Elizabeth Davison, and lived most of his life in Mansfield. His children were Elizabeth and Elihu.

(VI) Elihu, son of Elihu Hall, born 1780, married Nancy Maxon, a native of Norwich, Connecticut, born September 19, 1779, and moved in early life to Bridgewater, Oneida county, this state, where he was

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a farmer. His children are accounted for as follows : Elihu, born June

17, 1802, lived and died in Elk Grove, Illinois. Chester, December 20, 1803, lived at Belleville, this county. Eunice, November 20, 1805, mar- ried General Joseph Northrup, and died at Lowville. John Lee is men- tioned below. Henry. October 25, 1813, died at Bridgewater. Nancy (Maxon) Hall died March 31. 1833, and her husband died September

18, 1848.

(VH) John Lee Hall, son of Elihu and Nancy Hall, was born December 5, 1808, in Bridgewater. New York, and died September 18, 1894, on a farm two miles south of Smithvillc. this county. In 1835 he came to this county and settled on a farm in the town of Ellisburg, near Belleville. For a time he was an innkeeper, being located three years at Pierrepont Manor, and two years at Sacketts Harbor. About i860 he retired from business and went to Smithville, later going to Butterville, where he died.

Mr. Hall was married, first, January 9, 183 1, to Mary Ward, a na- tive of Brookfield, Madison cijunty. New York, who died in February, 1863, being the mother of two sons and a daughter. The daughter, Elizabeth, became the wife of Marcus Manville, and died at Smithville. James, the youngest, died at that place about the same time as his mother, at the age of twenty-four years. Mr. Hall married, for his second wife, Zilpha Thomas, widow of Morton Thomas, who survives him and resides in the village of Adams.

(VIII) Alonzo P. Hall, eldest child of John Lee and Mary (Ward) Hall, was torn November 21, 1833, in Bridgewater, New York, and was a small boy when his parents brought Iiim to Ellisburg, where he grew up. He attended the district school near Belleville, and the acad- emy at his native place. He remained with his father on the farm until about 1855. and subsecjuently aided in the conduct of the Ontario House at Sacketts Harbor during the two years that the senior Hall was pro- prietor. He then became a clerk in a general store at Smithville, where he continued until August 7, 1862. on which date he entered his name as a soldier of the Union army. He was first attached to a light battery which afterward became the Tenth New York Heavy Artillery, and con^ tinned as a member of that organization two years and eleven months, being discharged in July, 1865. Soon after the organization he became duty sergeant, and so continued until February, 1865, when he was promoted to second lieutenant. Most of the service of the organization was rendered in garrison and guard duty, the heaviest engagement in

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which it bore a part being before Petersburg on April 2. 1865, which re- suhed in the capture of that strongiiold. In 'the spring of 1866 Mr. Hall engaged in farming, in the town of Pamelia, and sold out his f;irm after three years and engaged in mercantile business at Smithville, where he remained until 1880. After conducting a similar business at Adams, two years, he came to Watertown to take charge of the oyster business of J. T. Ross of this city. Since that time he has been employed here as a clerk and bookkeeper, and has been clerk in the United States Internal Ke\-enue office for the last four years. Mr. Hall attends the Stone Street Presbyterian church, and is a member of the Lincoln League, a political and social organization of Watertown. He is independent in thought and action, and is not a blind partisan, though sound in Republican prin- ciple. He served four years as justice of the peace in the town of Adams, and was also ixistmaster at Smithville, while a merchant there. An up- right, intelligent gentleman, he is respected and esteemed as a man and citizen. He was married August 14, 1862, to Miss Cleantha Simpson, of Sacketts Harbor. (See Simpson.) Two sons were born to Mr. and Mrs. Hall, namely: Fred .\.. June 26, 1867. in Pamelia, and Jesse, August 5, 1872, at Smithville. The latter died January- 20, 1S96. The elder was married in October, 1893, to Cora A. Carter, daughter of Asa L. Carter (see Carter), and resides at Cortland, New York, where he conducts a five-and-ten-cent-store. He has a daughter, Ruth Cleanthe, l.iorn July 13, 1900, at Elmira, New York,

CHARLES LELAND ADAMS. Among the active and repre- sentative members of the legal profession in the city of Watertiiwn, New York, is Charles L. Adams, who was elected surrogate in No\-em- her, J 895, and is still the incumbent of that responsible position. He was born at Neenah, Wisconsin, (Dctol^er 19, 1852, a son of Charles Luther and Amelia Lewis (Leland) Adams, and on the paternal side was a descendant of an old and prominent Connecticut family. His

paternal grandfather. Dr. Adams, was a well-known and

eminent medical practitioner of Syracuse, New York, and Beloit, Wis- consin; his maternal grandfather, Ziba A. Leland, a native of Vermont, and long a resident of Bath, New York, served as a member of the assembly and county judge of Steuben county. Charles Luther Adams was a native of Syracuse, New York, became a noted Presby- terian minister, and was one of the pioneer missionaries to carry the gospel to the Indians in Wisconsin, where he died in 1853. After this

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sad occurrence his wife and child made their home with her father, Ziba A. Leland, at Mechanicsville, New York.

Charles L. Adams, son of Charles L. and Amelia L. Adams, grad- uated from Hamilton College in the class of 1878, and for several years thereafter followed the vocation of teaching. He began the study of law in the office of John Lansing, of Watertown, under whose tutelage he remained until he was admitted to the Jefferson county bar in 1883, and from that year until 1895, a period of twelve years, he was in active practice, being six years with Senator E. R. Brown in Watertown. He was appointed city attorney in 1884, in 1889, and at the present time (1904) is serving his second term as surrogate, having first taken the ofiice January i, 1896. He is an active and prominent member of the Presbyterian church, a member of the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows, a charter member of the Lincoln League, a stanch Republican in politics, and for two years served as chairman of the county Repub- lican committee.

Mr. Adams was united in marriage September 29, 1892, to Char- lotte Grennell, daughter of George J. and Flavilla Diana Grennell, and they are the parents of one child, Leland W. Adams, born June 29, 1894.

ISAAC PROCTER POWERS. Among the old residents and honored citizens of Watertown Isaac Procter Powers holds a foremost place. He comes of both old and new English ancestry, the founder of the family having emigrated from the mother country to the New England on this side of the sea.

Leonard Powers was born in Proctersville, Vermont, whence he moved to St. Lawrence county. New York. His calling was that of a farmer. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, serving at Sackett's Harbor. He was an active member of the Universalist church, in which he held the office of trustee. He married Diadence, daughter of Cald- well, a member of a family which had furnished soldiers to the patriot army of the Revolution. Mr. and Mrs. Powers were the parents of four children, only one of whom is now living: Isaac Procter, men- tioned at length hereinafter. The death of Mr. Powers occurred in 1883. He was a man whose character commanded the respect and con- fidence of all.

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York, and received his education in the common schools. On complet- ing his course of study he was for a time a teaclier at Carthage and Denmark, where he was also engaged in mercantile business. In Jan- uary, 1852, he came to Watertown and was for many years numbered among the successful and respected merchants of the city. Sixteen years ago he opened a book store, which he conducted for a considerable period with the most satisfactory results. He was one of the incor- porators of the Watertown Steam Engine Company, of which he is now a director. The leading position which this company has always held and its increasingly flourishing condition is a sufficient testimony to the wisdom and good management of its incorporators and officers. Mr. Powers was one of the first trustees of the City National Bank of Watertown and a director of the National Union Bank, of which he is now ^•^ce-president. He is also a director in the Watertown Carriage Company. Mr. Powers recently retired from active business, trans- ferring his book store to his son-in-law, and the establishment is now- conducted under the proprietorship of E. N. Smith & Compan_\-. Mr. Powers has been for fifty years a member of the time-honored Masonic fraternity and is also connected with the I. O. O. F. He attends the First Presbyterian church.

Mr. Powers married Lorenda L., daughter of Francis R. Lamoii, a member of one of the old famiHes of Watertown. The marriage took place in 1858. and three children were born to them, only one of whom is now living : Alice, who is the wife of Edward N. Smith, a prominent lawyer of Watertown. Mr. Powers is now enjoying the fruits of a useful and well spent life, happy in the aft'ection of his family and the sincere respect and friendship of his neighbors and townsmen.

JOSEPH MULLIN. With the country at large, and more partic- ularly with the inhabitants of the state of New York, the name of Joseph Mullin, father and son, is synonymous with legal acumen, far-sighted statesmanship, and all the qualifications, both intellectual and moral, which go to the making of an honorable public record.

The Mullin family is of Scotch ancestry, and remarkable for mental culture and attainments. John Mullin, father of Joseph Mullin, senior, was born in Ireland about the middle of the eighteenth century and dur- ing the greater part of his life was engaged in the work of an educator. He was a Presbyterian, and in 1808, while engaged as a teacher, estab- lished the first Sunday school in hi? district, in which in course of time

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two thousand children received instruction. In 1815 Mr. Mullin, who was then principal of a school, resigned his position and five years later emigrated to the United .States. He was accompanied by his whole fam- ily with the exception of one son, Andrew, who succeeded his father in the principalship of the school and became a noted educator. Mr. Mul- lin settled in Wateitown, New York, where he passed the remainder of his life. His wife was Martha Bodel, and they were the parents of eleven children, all of whom became useful citizens and rendered good service to the land of their adoption.

Joseph Mulliu, youngest child of John and Martha Mullin, was born August (), iSii, in Dromore, County Dowai, Ireland, and was about nine years old when brought by his parents to America. He attended the common schools and for a time worked in a printing office, but sub- sequently attended Union Academy at Belleville. Here he was prepared for college under the able preceptorship of Charles Avery, who was then principal of the academy. In 183 1 he entered the junior class of Union College and in 1833 graduated with honor. For three years thereafter he was principal of Union Academy and was for a tune teacher at the VVatertown Academy. i\Ieanwhile he read law with the Hon. T. C. Chittenden until 1835, when he came tu Watertown as principal of the academy and thencefortli studied in the office of Sterling & Bronson, of which firm he became a member when admitted to practice in 1837. After a time lie began to practice alone and at once took rank with the ablest younger members of the county bar, l)ut speedily rose to a position of commanding influence in the profession in northern New York. In 1845 he formed a partnership with John P. Brown, a former student in his office, the connection being dissolved in 1847 by the death of Mr. Brown. In the autumn following, Lawrence J. Goodale became his part- ner and at the end oi five years was succeeded by Milton H. Merw'in.

In October, 1841, Mr. Mullin was appointed examiner of chancery, sujireme court cijinniissioiier and cumniissioner in l)aiikruptcy uniler the bankrupt act. In 1843 '^^ ^^'^s elected by the Democrats district attorney for Jefferson county, an office which he held until 1845. I" 1846 he was elected member of congress serving until 1849. ^" '^'^S7 ^^^ ^^''*s elected by the Repul)licar.s justice of the supreme court for the fifth judicial district of New York .state, and in 1863 and 1873 was re- elected without opposition. In 1870 he was appointed by the governor presiding justice <if the general term for the fourth judicial district, and was re-appointed after his last election in 1873. Having attained his

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seventieth year, Judge Alullin was retired from the bench December 31,. 1881, having served long and faithfully in public office and enjoying the admiration and esteem ot the profession throughout the state. In addi- tion to the offices in which he had actually served, he was. in January, 1864, ex-officio a member of the court of appeals. The high regard in which he was held, not only as n member of the legal profession, but as a man of letters, is evident from the fact that he received from the trus- tees of Hamilton College and also from those of Union College the honorary degree of Doctor of Laws.

Arduous and engrossing as were Judge Mullin's professional duties, and unremitting as was the attention he bestowed upon them, he yet found time to take an active part in local affairs, and in 1853 and 1854 served as president of the village of Watertown. He was one of the incorporators of the A. B. Cleveland Seed Company, and was the first president of the Watertown Cemetery Association. He shared fully the interest in educational work so characteristic of all his familv, and was one of the first trustees of the Adams Collegiate Institute. From the time of the incorporation of the Young Men's Christian Association he was intimately identified with it. serving on the first board of officers as corresponding secretar}-, and delivering the introductory address at the first meeting held after its organization. He was also one of those prom- inently connected with the Factory Square Lyceum.

Judge Mullin married, in January, 1839, Lydia M.. daughter of the Hon. Egbert Ten Eyck, of Watertown, for many years one of the judges of the court of common pleas of Jefferson county. Judge Mul- lin and his wife were the parents of five children, all of whom proved themselves worthy of their ancestry. Judge Mullin died in June, 1882, at Saratoga, but his remains were interred in Watertown, of which city for more than half a century he had been an honored citizen. He left behind him the memory of an able lawyer, an incorruptible judge, and a man truly admirable in all the relations of life.

Anthony Ten Eyck Mullin, elder son of Joseph and Lydia M. Mul- lin, was born January 24, 1841, in Watertown, and died very suddenly, at the home of his father, in that city, September 21, 1877. With a thorough course in the schools of his native city, he entered the Rensse- laer Polytechnic Institute at Troy, New York, from which he graduated in June, 1861. In August of th.e same year, he entered the United States navy as third assistant engineer. Fie went at once on board the Harriet Lane, and participated in the attacks upon tiie forts below New Orleans

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and the capture of that city, under Admiral Farragut. He was also in the terrific battle of Galveston, firing the last gun on the Harriet Lane before her capture by the Confederates, and being one of only two officers of the ship who escaped injury. His bravery on this occasion elicited high praise. After being paroled he walked, with others, from Houston to New Orleans, and thence went to his home for a short visit. Being ordered to the Agawam, he was one of the three officers of that vessel who grounded an old vessel, heavily loaded with powder, under the walls of Fort Fisher one dark night and fired it, in the effort to blow up the fort, es- caping upon a launch. All the officers were promoted for this act. After the war Mr. Mullin spent three years in the cruise of the Hartford, and a like period on board the Plymouth, in European waters. Stationed on special duty at New Orleans for a time, he was ordered to the Rich- mond, on which he spent two years along the South American coasts. On his arrival at Boston he was placed in charge of his department for a few days and arrived at home on the morning of the day before his death. While seated with the family, in the evening, he fell back in his chair and ceased to breathe. He had made no complaint and seemed in the best of health, and his demise was a great shock to his family and the community. In speaking of the event the Watertown Times said : "Mr. Mullin's death is a great bereavement to his family and friends, and a great loss to the service, of which he was a valuable member. He was a kind son, a good friend, and a prompt, brave and capable officer. He was exceedingly popular among his brother officers and friends here, and his sudden death wi'l be keenly felt by all."

After Mr. Mullin's death a letter was received from S. D. Hib- bard. Chief Engineer, U. S. N., commander of the Richmond, whose assistant Mr. Mullin was, stating that he had just written to Secretary of the Navy Thompson, recommending him to the favorable considera- tion of the department for promotion.

Joseph Mullin, son of Joseph and Lydia M. (Ten Eyck) JMuUin, was born May 29, 1848, in Watertown, and received his primaiy edu- cation in the public schools of his birthplace. He afterward attended the Troy Polytechnic Institute, where he graduated with honor. He adopted as his lifework the profession in which his father had achieved distinc- tion, and it was in the office of the latter that the son's preliminary legal studies were pursued. They were continued in the office of Judge M. H. Merwm, and at an early age Mr. Mullin v.-as admitted to the bar, that event taking place in 1871. He was for a time associated in prac-

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tice with Judge Merwin, in 1876 formed a partnership with the Hon. Daniel G. Griffin, and the firm of MulHn & Griffin became rapidly influential in the practice of the law. Mr. Mullin was appointed attor- ney of the New York Central Railroad for the Rome, Watertown & Ogdensburg- system. He was a director in the Watertown National Bank, the Farmers' National Bank of Adams, the Ontario Paper Com- pany, and the Watertown Street Railway Company.

Mr. Mullin was always an active Republican, served as chairman of the Republican county committee, and was a delegate to the Rcpuli- lican national convention in 1888. In 1891 he was elected to the state senate from the twenty-first district, comprising the counties of Oswego. St. Lawrence and Jefferson. He was re-elected to the senate in 1893 under the new apportionment, in which Jefferson, Oswego and Lewis counties were grouped, and in 1895 '^^ '^^'^^ again re-elected under the later apportionment which made the district to consist of Jefferson and Lewis counties. In the senate he was a member of the senate judiciary committee, the committee on privileges and elections, and for se\^eral years had been chairman of the finance committee, the leading commit- tee in the legislative body. In his senatorial career he initiated many important measures, and as chairman of the finance committee his serv- ices were most efficient. It may readily be supposed that in a life as strenuous as his there was little time for social intercourse or for main- taining membership in fraternal organizations, but he was, nevertheless, a worthy member of the time-honored Masonic order.

Senator Mullin married, April 20, 1887, Mrs. Rose Babcock, widow of H. P. Babcock, and daughter of John and Marietta (Priest) Monroe.

The death of Senator Mullin, which was extremely sudden, occurred September i, 1897, at the University Club in New York city. The con- sternation and grief caused by the sad event were deep and widespread. The newspapers, in their biographical sketches, seemed to vie with each other in their efi'orts to do justice to his character, both as a man and a legislator. The Watertown Daily Times said in part : "Independent in his thought and action, he strove for the commendation of his own conscience and to represent the people who had chosen him." The Jef- ferson county bar adopted resolutions of regret, and men in public life all added their words of appreciation of his private and public virtues and his helpfulness for good government.

The funeral of Senator Mullin was attended by the entire com- munity, by members of the state senate, Ijy all state officials, and Gov-

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ernor Black was rejiresemed Iiy his prixate secretary. Senator jMullin was survi\-e(l tint dnlv hv liis w idriw, Init also l)v three sisters: Mrs. Henr}- Boyer, Airs. Rehecca Baker, hotli nf Watertown, and Mrs. Cath- erine Brown, of Nashville. Tennessee. Of all the tributes paid by the press to this disting;uished man, that of the Buffalo Comiiicrciai was, perhaps, the truest and best eulogy : "Whenever the test of manliness and independence has been brought to bear, he has never failed."

In the state senate at the following session memorial services were held in which resolutions of appreciation and svmpathy were passed and eulogies delivered by Senator Elon R. Brown, who had been chosen as Senatnr Alullin's successor; Senator Cantor, of Xew York, the Democratic leader; Senator Stranahan. of Oswego: Senator Guy, Sen- ator Coggeshall, Senator Lexnw and others. In the assembly Assem- blymen Clark, of Jefferson; Costello, of Oswego; Mills and Ives, of St. Lawrence counties, and the Democratic and Republican leaders, Messers. Donnelh- and Nixon, all paid warm tributes to the distin- guished public services of the deceased.

January 5, 1898. the senate adopted the following resolution;

"That the senate of the state of New York received the sad intel- ligence (if the sudden death of the Hon. Joseph Mullin with sensations of profound grief; that in his death the state of New York lost an estimable ser\'ant who, by his public spirit, broad-mindedness, high character and ability, has lieen able to and has rendered important serv- ices to the state, notably as chairman of the committee of finance of this b<uly.'"

January ^4. 1898, the following additional resolutions were passed;

"Whereas, it has pleased Divine Providence to remove from this life Joseph Mullin, late senator of the thirty-fifth district, this assembly, sharing in the general sorrow which the melancholy event has pro- duced, is desirous of manifesting its sensibilitv of the same and of showing its respect and affection for the memorv of the illustriims de- ceased :

"Whereas, bv the death of Senator Joseph Alullin this state has lost one of its most distinguished sons, an eminent citizen and legislator, a man of spotless and unstained character, of unwavering integrity, one whose genius has left ;m indelilile impress (^f good upon our political life and state policies :

"Resolved, That this assembly give puljlic expression to the pro- found sense of loss felt at this time by all classes of his fellow citizens

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in the Empire state; their gratitude for his priceless services; their sorrow for his death and affection and respect for his memory.

"Resolved, That these resolutions with the preamble be spread upon the journal of the assembly and an engrossed copy of the same forwarded to his bereaved family with the assurance of the deep sym- pathy felt for them by the individual members of this body."

To the citizens of Watertown Joseph Mullin was all this and much more. To them he was not only the brilliant lawyer and the sagacious legislator; but, over and above these, the earnest, public-spirited citizen and the warm-hearted, constant friend. In the city which was his birth- place and his lifelong home, he was the object, not only of admiration and respect, but of true affection and sincere regard.

COMSTOCK. (I) William Comstock came from England with his wife Elizabeth and probably his sons, William and Daniel, and resided in Wethersfield, Connecticut, for several years. In 1649 ^e removed to New London, Connecticut. Other sons were Samuel, and apparently Christopher, tlie latter of Fairfield, Connecticut, in lOOi. Daniel Comstock died in New London in 1683.

(II) Samuel Comstock, son of William and Elizabeth Comstock, was a resident of W'ethersfiekl, Connecticut, his native town, and Provi- dence, Rhode Island. He purchased in Proxidence, in 1654, a house and lot from John Smith, a mason. Mr. Comstock died in 1660. His widow, Ann Comstock, married John Smith, the mason, and died in 1661. The children of Samuel Comstock were: Samuel, born in 1654; and Daniel, in May, 1655.

(III) Samuel Comstock, son of Samuel and Ann Comstock, was born in 1654, married, November 22, 1678, Elizabeth Arnold, daughter of Th(jmas and Phebe (Parkhurst) Arnold, and resided at Providence, Rhode Island, where he was taxed in 1679. He was deputy in 1699, 1702, '07, '08, '11, and was captain at the time of his death. May 27, 1727. His widow died October 20, 1747. Their children were: Sam- uel, born in 1679; Hazadiah, April 16, 1682; Thomas, November 7, 1684: Daniel, July 19, 1686; Elizabeth, December 18, 1690: John, J\larch 26, 1693; and Ichabod, January 9, 1696.

Elizabeth Arnold was a descendant of a pioneer Puritan, the gen- erations preceding her being represented by (I) Roger, (II) Thomas, (III) Richard, (IV) Richard, (V) Thomas, and (VI) Thomas, who was born in 1599, and died in [674. His wife, Phebe, was a daughter

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of George Parkliurst. and the\- were the parents of (VII) Elizabeth Arnold.

(IV) Thomas Comstock, son of Samuel (2) and Elizabeth Com- stock, born November 7. 16S4, married, July 9, 17 13, Mercy Jenckes, daughter of William and Patience (Sprague) Jenckes, was a resident of Providence and West Greenwich, Rhode Island. Mr. Comstock was taxed in 1713, was made a freeman of East Greenwich in 1735, and subsequently removed to West Greenwich. He died in 1761, and his wife died in that same year. Their children were: William, Job, Thomas, Patience, Susanna, Esther, Sarah and Lydia.

(V) William Comstock, son of Thomas and Mercy Comstock, mar- ried, February 12, 1740, Ann Spink, and their children, of West Green- wich record, were: Thomas, born September 11, 1741 ; Mercy, May 6, 1743; Deliverance, November 16, 1744; Elizabeth, March 27, 1746; Ann, February 2, 174S; Sarah, March 3, 1749; Ishmael, October 9, 1750; Lydia, April 14, 1752; David, January 25, 1754; John, August 4. 1756; Susanna, September 2. 1758; and Gideon, April 17, 1760.

(VI) Thomas Comstock, son of William and Ann Comstock, horn September 11, 1741, married, November 20, 1763, Martha Matte- son, daughter of Ebenezer Matteson, and their children, of West Green- wich record, were: Lydia, born June 6, 1766; William, February 29, 1768; Ebenezer, November 9, 1770: Stephen, March 22, 1774; and Bar- bara, February 25, 1776.

(VII) William, son of Thomas and Martha (Matteson) Corn- stock, born in 1768, as above noted, married Asenath Guilford, and was a farmer in Salisbury, Herkimer county. New York.

(VIII) William Guilford, son of William and Asenath Comstock, was born in October, 1809, in Salisbury, New York. He prepared him- self for the practice of medicine at Fairfield, New York, paying his way by teaching, and practiced a short time at Auriesville, New York, re- moving thence, between 1837 ^"<^1 1840, to Evans Mills, in this county, where he was the leading physician until his death, June 3, 185 1, at the early age of forty-two years. With this he combined the mercan- tile business, in partnership with Dr. Ira A. Smith, under the title of Smith & Comstock, beginning with drugs, to which the demands of a growing community soon caused to be added groceries and general merchandise. This partnership was dissolved in 1845, ^"^ Dr. Com- stock continued alone until his death. He was highly respected as an

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upright man. A \\"hig in political principle, he desired no official honors, and was busy in caring for a large medical practice.

Dr. Comstock was married November 19. 1832, to Jane Munson. of Salisbury-, whose ancestral line is traced in another article in this work. Their family included fi\'e sons and two daughters. John Mil- ton, the eldest, was engaged several years in mercantile business at Evans Mills, succeeding his father, and was subsequently chief of the western division of the pension office at Washington for a long period. He died July 29, 18S5, in Watertown. George Gordon, the second, died at the age of three years and seven months. William Munson was for a long period in partnership with his elder brother in business at Evans Mills, where he is now living retired. He enlisted in 1862 in the Tenth New York Heavy Artiller}-. and went to the front as second lieutenant of Company C. ^^'ithin a year he was prostrated by typhoid fever, and after a long illness was discharged for disability. Emma Helena be- came the wife of Francis A. Simons, a bookkeeper in the United States treasurer's office, and resides in Washington. Jane Eliza died before two vears old. Clarence Edgar is manager of the Great Northwest Telegraph office at Watertown. Charles Guilford is a druggist by pro- fession, and resides in W'atertown. Since 1902 he has been connected with the New York Air Brake Company.

MUNSON EAjNHLY. (I) The Munson family was founded in America by Thomas Munson, who was born about 1612 and is found of record at Hartford, Connecticut, in 1637, where he performed military service in the Pequot war. He was then twenty-tive years old. His house lot, two and one-half acres, was on the east side of the present High street, opposite the head of Walnut. As early as February, 1640, he was among those who settled at Ouinnipiac (now New Haven), his name appearing sixth in the forty-eight signers of a "Fundamental Agreement," as to franchise and other things. In 1645 ^^^ ^^'^^ chosen sergeant of artillery, and was subsequently prominent in many ways. At one time, when he proposed to spend the winter in the Connecticut col- ony, he was forbidden by the authorities, as his services were judged nec- essary to the protection of the home colony. He was frequently chosen as arbitrator, highway \-iewer, and in other public capacities. In 1655 he became leader of a movement to found a settlement on Delaware Bay, Init did ni)t renio\-e thither. In 1656 he bought a new residence in New Ha\en. and in the same vear was chosen one of the seven "townesmen"

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(now selectmen), being re-elected the following year. In 1662 he ac- quired a residence on Temple street, between Grove and Wall. This was purchased from the town, at a cost of one hundred and five pounds, sterling. In 1663 he was chosen first of the six "townesmen," and deputy to the "particular" or town court for the ensuing year. In May of the same year he represented the colony at the general court. In 1644 he sold his former home, at the corner of Church and Elm streets. In this year he was again elected deputy to the general court for a year. He had now served for some time as ensign of the military, and was pro- moted to lieutenant. In 1665, after the union of Connecticut and New Haven colonies, Lt. Thomas Munson was chosen deputy to the general court, and was again chosen the following year. He was repeatedly selected as townsman, commissioner and deputy. In 1673 he was granted one bundled acres of land by the colony for his services in the Pequot war. In the same year he was chosen by the general court as one of seven, including the governor and deputy governor, as a council of war, with ample powers. In 1675 he was in command of troops at Say- brook, during King Philip's war, and subsequently commanded the dragoons sent up the Connecticut river to aid the settlers at Springfield and Hadle}^ Massachusetts. The next year he was made captain in command of New Haven county troops, and was also commissioned by the general court as captain commanding the seventy-eight men required to be furnished by that county as part of the standing army of the col- ony. He died May 7, 1685, and was buried on the Green. His monu- ment, a sandstone slab, may now be found in the Grove street burial ground. His wife, Joanna (supposed to be a second wife), died October 13, 1678, aged sixty-eight years. His estate was appraised at over two hundred seventy-nine pounds. His children were: Elizabeth, Samuel, and Hannah.

(II) Samuel, only son ijf Thomas Munson, was baptized August 7, 1643, ^"cl was married October 26, 1665, to Martha, daughter of Will- ram and Alice (Pritchard) Bradley. (See Bradley.) He died in 1693, be^ tween January 10 and March 2. He was a shoemaker and tanner, and resided first at New Haven and later in Wallingford, and returned to New Haven. His name is nineteenth in the list of thirty-nine who signed an agreement in 1670-1 to form a settlement at Wallingford. His house lot had a frontage of three hundred feet on Main street, and re- ligious meetings were held during the first ten years in his house a part of the time. In 1673 he was chosen selectman, and was allowed forty

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shillings for "maintaining and beating the drum in good order for the en- suing" year." In 1675 1^^ became "Ensigne of Wallingford Traine Band." He was chosen to ser\-e as the first school master, and was frequently elected lister, leather sealer, recorder, auditor, treasurer and selectman. In 1682 he returned to New Haven, and filled several offices there. His entire estate inventoried over three hundred and eighty-five pounds. He had nine sons and one daughter. The youngest died before ten years of age. The daughter married John Hitchcock. (2 — See Camp.)

(III) Joseph, fifth son and sixth child of Samuel and Martha Alunson, was born November 6, 1677, i" Wallingford, where he lived. By trade he was a joiner. He was married March 10, 1700, to Margery, daughter of John Hitchcock, who was born September 9, 1681, and died previous to March, 1764. He died October 30, 1725. They had nine children. He served as lister, ensign, townsman, grand iuror and a member of the society committee of the East Wallingford church. His last years were spent on a new homestead in the First parish.

(IV) Abel, eldest child of Joseph and Margery Munson, was born January 10, 1701, in Wallingford, and was a farmer in the southeast part of that town, within the parish of Northford, where he assisted in founding a church. He was one of the eighteen male members on its institution, June 17. 1750, and his wife joined by letter on the first of July following. He served the town as lister, grand jin"or, highway surveyor and on committee on care of poor. He died Februarv 13, 1779, and on the church record of his demise, his name is preceded by the title, sergeant. He was married November 7, 1728, to Sarah Peck, who died September 22, ijj^. aged sixty-three years. They had fourteen children, six sons and eight daughters.

(V) Joseph, twelfth child and youngest son of Abel and Sarah Munson, was born November 16, 175 1, in Wallingford, where he resided until 1794, when he removed to the "Royal Grant," in New York, his home being from that time in Salisbury, Herkimer county, where he died June 29, 1830, in his eightieth year. He bought land near Peck's mill, and also purchased a half-interest in the mill. On going to New York he sold a third interest to his two partners in the null. He and his wife became members of the Northford church in January, 1776, and he was entered a freeman in Wallingford in April following. He was lister in 1787-89-92, and highway surveyor in 1790. In October, 1792, he was chosen a member of the committee to divide the town into high- way districts. His migration to New York was made with two horse-

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teams and two ox-teams, and occupied six weeks. His motive was to settle his sons, and he acquired five hundred acres, and gave a farm to each of four sons. He is described as an old-school Puritan, a Presby- terian. He was married November ii. 1773. to Elizabeth Hart, who died July 2^. 1810, aged fifty-eight years, Ijeing the mother of his eight children. His second wife was a widow MunsDU. He was a Democrat in politics, and was executor of his father's will in 1781.

(V) Levi, fifth of the fourteen children of Abel and Sarah (Peck) ]\Iunson, was born August 29, 1738, in \\'allingford, and died in 181 5, in Camden, New York. He lived in ^^'allingford until 1782, when he moved to Harwinton, Connecticut, where he purchased, on April 13, fifty acres with dwelling, barn and cider mill, at a cost of two hundred pounds. Within three years he purchased thirty-four and one-half acres more, and m April, 1784, he bought a mill privilege, and this he leased to another in October, 1792, "as long as trees grow and water runs." He was among those who marched from Branford at the Lexington alarm. April. 1775, and was subsequenth^ a sergeant in Captain Douglass' Company. Colonel \\'ooster"s Regiment. He was among those cap- tured near ^Montreal. September 2^. i/J^. and was taken to Falmouth, England, returning to Halifax June 21. 1776. and was subsequently ex- changed. January i, 1777. he was commissioned second lieutenant in the Sixth Regiment, Connecticut Line. He had three sons and a nephew in the same regiment. He served along the Hudson and in New Jer- sey until September 8, 1780. and participated in the storming of Stony Point, as well as in very active movements through the period of nearly four years. He was married November 27, 1760, to Mary Cooley, who died 1826, at the age of eighty-four years. They were communicants of the Episcopal church. Their children numbered nine. Li February, t8o2, Mr. Munson sold his mill place, and subsequently lived in Wind- bam, Greene county. New York, whence he removed to Camden alx)ut 1808.

(AT) Abel, seventh of the eight sons of Levi and Mary Munson, was Ix)rn July 22, 1774, in Wallingford. He was married February II. 1798, to Lucy Osbnrn, of Waterbury, Connecticut, who died June i, 1850. He died October 12. 1831, in Camden, He moved there from ^\'in<lham in 1808. His fnurth son. }ilerritt. was a distinguished citizen of Henry county. Illinnis. where a township was named in his honor, and where he did much literary work, and owned valuable property.

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son, was born June 2, 1799. in \\'in(lham. New York, and died January 22, 1873. at Watertown, New York. He was a farmer, a Republican, and a member of Uie Congregational church. He was married May 4, 1825, to Amanda, daughter of Manning Barnes, who kept the first tavern at West Camden. She died December 1, 1869.

(Vni) Mary Annis. second of three daughters, and third of the five children of Selden and Amanda Munson, born January 16, 1836, became the wife of John Wesley Gamble, who died in Watertown. (See Gamble. )

(VI) Jacob, second son and child of Joseph and Elizabeth (Hart) Munson. was born October ig. 1776, in Wallingford, Connecticut, and lived on a farm adjoining his father's. In January, 1798. he sold land in the southern part of Wallingford. and it is probable that he moved at that time to Deerfield. Oneida county. New York, where he died December 10, 1847. The strict ideas and customs of his father were irksome to him, and he embraced the religious ideas of Hosea Ballon, becoming a faithful and consistent Universalist. In politics he was a Democrat. He was married in 180^ to Lucy Smitli. who was born near Littleton. New Hampshire. Their children were born as follows: Henry Jacob. June 26. 1807: Erasmus Darwin. April 27. i8og; Isaac, March 4. 1812; Lucy. October 31. 1814: Achsah. January 18. i8j8: Samuel. June 17, 1821.

(VII) Isaac, third son and child of Jacob and Lucy Munson. was born in Salisbury, Herkimer county, New York. March 4. 1812. He remained at home, working upon the farm and attending school, until he was seventeen, when he entered Fairfield Academy. He subsequently studied medicine in the College of Physicians and Surgons of Western New York, at Fairfield (which was then the most noted medical school north of Philadelphia), and graduated in January. 1834. Soon after- ward he removed to the Black River country, forming a partnership with Dr.' Ira A. Smith, of Evans's IMills. this association continuing for three years. Having married Miss Cornelia Stebbins, of Rutland. May 24, 1836, at the solicitation of relatives and friends he located in that town, where he followed his profession until 1849. Elected clerk of the county, he removed to Watertown in December of that year, and entered upon his official duties January i. following. In 1853 he aided in the organization of the Agricultural Insurance Company of Water- town and was elected its vice-president. This connection may be desig- nated as one of the most important events in his life, and in the history

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of the community. As executive officer of the company, he achieved an almost unparalleled success, laying tlie foundation for the large insurance interests of the city, the investments of which are now counted by millions of dollars. In 1855 Dr. Alunson was the moving spirit that effected the radical changes in the company's policy that saved the farmers from being taxed upon their premium .notes to pay the losses of the company, and wliich would have resulted in the abandonment of business and the disbanding of tlie cduipany. In May of the same year he was elected secretary, and for ten years practically carried the business in his pocket. During that period the company accumulated a surplus of more than one hundred thousand dollars, notwithstanding that for eight years the business was confined to but a few counties. In 1S63 an effort was made to largely increase the business, and in this undertaking Dr. Munson gave further evidence of his masterly executive ability and unbounded energy. From one of tlie smallest companies in the state it became one of the nine of tlie one hundred and four doing the largest business, and but two outside the city of New York. When the company became so large and its interests so extensive as to demand an increased executive force, his influence was potent in selecting able advisers and assistants to aid him, and who shared with him the exacting labors of that period. As county clerk he discharged his duties with consummate ability. During this time he took up the study of law, rather as a necessity incident to his official position, and about the time of his retirement from office was admitted to practice in all the courts of the state. As a physician he enjoyed the respect of his professional brethren, and by his kindness and devotion to his duties, combined with a well cultivated medical ability, endeared himself to the community in which he practiced. He