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PART FIRST.
HISTORICAL
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Tioga County, New York,
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had been an active member, and which position he still holds. On March 17, 1878, his wife died, a lady of force of character and amiable disposition, full of charity and good works.
On December 28, 18So, Judge Clark was again married, to Mrs. Celestia D. Arnold, widow of Captain Thomas S. Arnold who was killed in battle in the war of the rebellion, and a daugh- ter of H. Nelson Dean, late of Owego, deceased, and formerly of Adams, Massachusetts, where she was born and reared. Jan- uary 1, 1884, when Judge Clark retired from the office of county judge, he and his son formed a co-partnership, under the firm name of C. A. & H. A. Clark, and since that time have enjoyed and at the present time continue to have a large and remunera- tive law practice.
Judge Clark is now in company with his son, busily engaged in the pursuit of professional duties, hoping for years of success and enjoyment in his home and with hisfamily, having concluded to shake the dust of politics from his garments and devote his life to his professional and personal duties. .
John J. Van Kleeck comes from Holland ancestry, whose family tree is readily traced back to the year 1630, when Baltus Van Kleeck emigrated from Holland to New Amsterdam, and whose descendants afterward settled in what is now the city of Pough- keepsie, Duchess county, New York, where they built the first dwelling, which was known as the " Van Kleeck House." General Washington made it his headquarters when in that vicinity, dur- ing the revolutionary war, and it long remained a very interest- ing landmark. The Van Kleecks took a prominent part in the government of the colony, and Duchess county was represented in the colonial assembly by Baltus Van Kleeck, Jr., in 1715-16: by Johannes Van Kleeck in 1726-27 ; and by Leonard Van Kleeck in 1768-75.
John J. Van Kleeck is the son of John Manning and Amy Jane (Brock) Van Kleeck, and was born in the town of Candor, Sep- tember 21, 1848. His early years were passed upon his father's farm in Candor, and in attending the district school of the neigh- borhood. And with the advantages for an education afforded by the common schools of the state, including attendance for two winters at the village schools in Candor and Spencer, supple- mented by his reading and self-instruction, he laid the foundation of his mental acquirements. Determined to embark for himself in life, alone and unaided, in the fall of 1867, he sought and obtained employment as a clerk in the grocery store of Jerry S.
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Kinney, of Candor, who was also at the time a justice of the peace. Young Van Kleeck gave to the duties of his new position great care, showing much aptitude therefor, and paying close attention to the business of the justice's office; thus evincing a predilection at that early age, for clerical work. His fine pen- manship was much admired and gained him quite a notoriety ; so much so that in February, 1868, he secured a position as a copyist in the county clerk's office, through the recommendation of Delos O. Hancock, Esq., then a prominent lawyer of the county, with whom Mr. Van Kleeck had previously considered the advisa- bility of pursuing the study of law.
It was in the county clerk's office, under the training of Horace A. Brooks, Esq., and his sister Miss Chloe, that he became con- versant with the duties of a position, he was destined to fill so acceptably. Industrious and self-reliant, he applied himself not only to the immediate, but to the future or contingent needs of the office, by examining questions in advance of the actual require- ment, and thus made himself of great value therein. And more- over, by the time he had attained his majority, he had become, through his own sterling worth, a recognized factor in the poli- tics of the county. Mr. Brooks, his senior, having served nearly twelve years as county clerk, was not a candidate for re-election, in 1873, and the Republican party nominated Daniel M. Pitcher, one of the party veterans, and since postmaster at Owego. The Greeley canvass of 1872 had divided the Republicans, and Mr. Van Kleeck was tendered a unanimous nomination for the office of county clerk by the Democrats and Liberal Republicans, which he accepted. The contest was very spirited, and the youth of Mr. Van Kleeck was urged by his opponents as an argument against his election ; but owing to his strong following and per- sonal popularity in the county, he succeeded in overcoming the usual overwhelming Republican majority, and was elected, thus becoming the first Democratic official elected in Tioga county in over a quarter of a century.
His administration of the clerk's office was most excellent, and he naturally became a candidate for re-election in 1876. He was defeated, however, by a small majority, party-lines being closely drawn in presidential years. He then engaged in the fire insurance business and the negotiation of western farm loans, which busi- ness he still carries on, and it is a well known fact that not one dollar has ever been lost by any of his clients in any loan nego- tiated through him. In 1881, he was elected a justice of the peace 24*
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of the town of Owego, for a full term, by a handsome majority. In ISS2, he was again a candidate for county clerk against the incumbent, John C. Gray, whom he defeated by a majority of two hundred and thirty. In 1885, he was re-elected over Henry W. Childs, the Republican candidate, by a majority of two- hundred and eighty, and is now serving his third term.
While attending carefully to his public duties, Mr. Van Kleeck has nevertheless found time to engage in various outside enter- prises, and much of the business prosperity of his adopted vil- lage is owing to his public spirit. Among the corporations which he has originated and promoted are the Owego Mutual Benefit Association, a popular life insurance company of which he is sec- retary and a director ; the Owego Cruciform Casket Company, of which he is secretary, a director and acting treasurer, and the Owego Electric Light and Motor Company, of which he is also a director and secretary. The secret of Mr. Van Kleeck's suc- cess lies in his urbanity, his kindness of heart, his industry, his integrity and self-reliance, joined with superior ability and capac- ity for accomplishing whatever he undertakes. Just in his deal- ings, faithful to his friends, and loyal to his high standard of manhood, he is to-day, through his own merit, one of the fore- most men in the county.
On January 6, 1875, he was married to Frances Josephine Bying- ton, the accomplished and youngest daughter of the late Lawyer Byington, of Newark Valley. The union has proved a very pleas- ant and happy one.
Nicholas Rodman, son of John and Hannah (Gorse) Rodman, was born in Middleburg, Schoharie county, N. Y., September 23, ISog, and came to Owego in 1830. He located on the farm now occupied by him about three and one-half miles from Apalachin, on the river road. He married Phoebe (La Monte) Clark, by whom he had six children, viz .: Mary J., wife of Henry Hayes, Clarissa, wife of Isaac L. Potter, of Owego, Marilla, wife of Henry Coffin, now deceased, Charles, at present sheriff of Tioga county, George, of California, and Callie, wife of James Risen, of Gaskill's Corners. Mrs. Rodman died in 1854.
Samuel Abbey, born January 18, 1755, married Miriam Hall (born March 15, 1757), April 11, 1775. They had fourteen chil- dren, born as follows: Rachel, February 10, 1776 ; Sheubel, Feb- ruary 20, 1778; Hannah, February 22, 17So; Polly, January 3, 1782; Jerusha, January 16, 1784; Miriam, January 27, 1786; Jes-
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sie, July 1, 1788 ; . Anna, May 2, 1790; Olive, September 25, 1792 ; Ruth, June 27, 1794; Pbobe, January 13, 1796 ; Lydia, March II, 1798; Reuben, July 13, 1800; Jemima, April 8, 1803. Reuben Abbey came from Schoharie county, N. Y., in 1831. His daugh- ter Sabrina married John, son of Thomas Baird, May 21, 1848. They had five children, born as follows : James Lewis and Lewis James (twins) March 4, 1849; Thomas, July 2, 1851 : William R., July 23, 1853 : and Tryphena H., July 13, 1856. Lewis J. mar- ried Georgiana (born April 10, 1850), daughter of Abner Merrick, July 27, 1881. Their children are John A., born March 20, and died May 26, 1883; Bessie R., born September 10, 1884, and Jessie S., born November 18, 1886.
Clarence A. Thompson was born in Owego, February 1, 1848. He was educated at the Owego academy, and the Oneida Con- ference Seminary at Cazenovia. On the 18th day of July, 1864, he entered the First National Bank of Waverly, as book-keeper, and was subsequently assistant cashier, and afterwards cashier of the bank. In April, 1870, he became teller of the First National Bank of Owego, and, in 1881, was made assistant cashier. He held that position till August 6. 1883, when the Owego National Bank was opened, of which institution he has ever since been cashier. Mr. Thompson is one of the progressive young men of the village. He was instrumental in having the telephone ex- change established here, and was one of the prominent men in building the various steamboats plying between Owego and Big Island. He was treasurer of the village in 1876 and 1880, and as a member of the board of school commissioners, was one of the committee who had charge of the construction of the Free Academy.
This completes the biographical sketches furnished by Mr. Kingman, and by the friends of the subjects of the longer ones accompany the portraits, and we add the following :
Additional Sketches .- Moses Ingersoll, a soldier of the revolu- tion, and who served under his father, Captain Peter Ingersoll, came from Half Moon Point, Mass., to the town of Owego, in 1791, where he bought five hundred acres of land, and settled on the farm now owned by E. F. Searles. He married Lavina Lee, by whom he had five children : Mary (Mrs. Simeon Decker), Winthrop, Sarah (Mrs. Ephraim Wood), Nancy (Mrs. Thomas Day), and John. Winthrop married Anna Hall, by whom he had five children, who arrived at maturity: Moses, Stephen H.,
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William, James, and Mary (Mrs. Merritt Ireland). William mar- ried Caroline, daughter of Elijah Walter, by whom he had five children: Mary, wife of John Miller, Delphine, wife of Gilbert Webster, George A., of Nichols, Clinton, and Carrie, wife of Garry Hunt. George A. married Huldah Cornell, by whom he has five children : Fred, Fannie, Lena, Willie, and Louie.
Hugh Fiddis was a descendant of Scotch refugees, who settled in the town of Enniskillen, in the northern part of Ireland. He came to this country in about the year 1762, and was afterwards married to Hannah Eldridge, of Groton, New London county, Conn. They had two children, Katy and Hugh Eldridge. Katy was born at Groton, in 1764. She married and died there. Hugh Eldridge was born at Groton, August 5, 1766. When he was about two years of age, his father, who was captain of a mer-
chantman, was lost at sea. In 1795, he came from Con- necticut to Owego, where, in 1798, April 15th, he married Anna Brown, who was born at Brookfield, Fairfield county, Conn., February II, 1777. Their children were all born at Owego, viz. :- Hugh Eldridge, June 15, 1793; Polly July 11, 1801; Robert November 17, 1808; James Edwin, May 22, 1819. The youngest son, James Edwin, married Emeline Rensom, at Owego, May 28, 1845. Emeline Ransom was born April 7, 1822, at Tioga Center. Kate, daughter of James and Emeline Fiddis, was born at Owego, March 11, 1851. She was married May 30, 1867, to William Head, of Owego. Cora Head, their daughter, was born at Owego February 14, 1868.
Colonel Asa Camp, born in Rhode Island in 1760, served in the revolutionary war, and though young, he was assigned the task of commanding the party that buried Major Andre, the spy. Sometime after the close of the war he came to this town and settled not far from the present eastern boundary line, on the north bank of the river, where a considerable settlement after- ward sprang up, and was named Campville, for him. At the time he located here, the country was a dense wilderness inhabi- ted by wild beasts, and he was obliged to shut up his stock at night to protect them from the ravages of the wolves and pan- thers." He had to go down the river forty miles in a canoe, to mill ; and once when recovering from a fever and his physician prescribed oysters, he was obliged to send a man with a team to · Albany, that being the nearest point at which they could be pro- cured. He was justice of the peace for a long period, and had the reputation of a loyal, conscientious citizen, and very benevo-
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lent in his conduct towards the sparse inhabitants in that section, who were struggling for a living. For many years he kept a public house for the accommodation of mail carriers and stock- men. The thoroughfares of those days were marked only by blazed trees, and travelers were not numerous. His family con- sisted of five sons and one daughter. Four of his sons settled on farms in close proximity to him. Colonel Camp died in IS48. His youngest son, John, born in November, I788, settled on a farm near Campville in ISI9, and resided there until his death in 1870. Of his children remaining in Tioga county are Mrs. R. W. Hines, and John Jr. The latter has been in the employ of the Erie railroad since 1848, and has traveled upwards of 2,720,016 miles.
David Taylor, son of Cornelius, was born in the town of Owego, August 20, 1802. He married Helena Tappan, January 8, 1827. Nine children were born to them : Nancy A., October 13, 1827; Lucy M., April 20, 1829; Cornelius, December 31, 1831; Charles H., April 13, 1834; Tappan A .. December 16, 1836; Catharine, December 23, 1838 ; David C., April 15, 1841 ; Sarah, October 11, 1843 ; and Mary D., October 17, 1847.
Richard Sykes was born early in the seventeenth century, and emigrated from London in 1630-33 with George Winthrop and others, and settled in Roxbury, Mass. He had three sons, namely, Increase, Samuel, and Victory. The latter had three sons, Jona- than, Samuel and Victory. Samuel had one son, Victory, who had two sons, viz .: Samuel and Victory. The latter had eight sons, the second of whom was George, who, in 18ti, came to that portion of Berkshire now included in the town of Newark. Valley. He married Ruth Gaylord, of Connecticut, January 15, 1811, by whom he had six children, as follows: Ambrose B., . Edward F., George M., Theodore P., of Owego, Horatio W., and Lucy J. Theodore P. married Electa B. Chapman, of New- ark Valley. Richard Sykes died in March, 1676, and Phoebe, his wife, in 1683. George Sykes died October 26, 1825, aged thirty- seven years, and his wife, September 3, 1869, in her eighty-first year.
Nathaniel Catlin, son of Nathaniel, born September 24, 1796, came from New Jersey with his parents when very young. The family settled in Nichols about three miles below Owego on the farm now owned by O. W. Young. Nathaniel, Jr., married Jane D. Broadhead, and reared six children, namely, Delinda, wife of Gen. B. F. Tracy, Maria (Mrs. Avery Olmstead), Avery B., a
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customs officer of New York city, Isaac S., a lawyer of Brook- lyn, George, of Apalachin, and Hannah, deceased. He was one of the first Abolitionists of this section, and still lives on the farm which he has occupied for sixty years. Mrs. Catlin died in 1875.
Rev. John Griffing, of Guilford, Conn., married Lydia Redfield of that place, and came to the town of Berkshire [See Berkshire], and was one of the first preachers in this section. They had twelve children born to them -- Henry, September 17, 1809; Clar- issa, December 29, 1810 ; Lydia, February 13, 1813 ; John, March 26, 1815 ; Daniel S., January 7, 1817; Beriah R., March 27, 1819; Artemesia, March 5, 1821 ; James S., October 28, 1822; Samuel B., August 1, 1825 ; Osmyn, September 22, 1828 ; Permelia, Feb- ruary 8, 1831 ; and Mary M., August 13, 1834. Samuel B., son of Rev. John Griffing, married Lucy M., daughter of David Tay- lor, of Owego, April. 17, 1848. Three children were born to them, viz .: Helena A., July 9, 1849; Lydia Permelia, who died in infancy ; and David T., March 31, 1853, now of Iowa.
Dr. Samuel Standish Tinkham, a descendent of Miles Standish, was a graduate of Dartmouth College, and came to Owego in 1793, where he engaged in the practice of medicine. He married Mary, daughter of Col. David Pixley, one of the original pro- prietors of the Boston Purchase, by whom he had three children, Sarah E., who was the first wife of William Pumpelly, Samuel Standish, who married Lois Willoughly, and David Pixley, who married Harriet G. Drake. Dr. Tinkham lived on Front street, where Mrs. Wall's house and W. C. Renwick's garden are located.
Elisha Forsyth, of English descent, was among the very early settlers in this county, having come from Connecticut to Marietta, Pa., thence up the Susquehanna in a canoe, to Union, from whence he subsequently removed to this town and located at Park settle. ment on Owego creek. He married Freelove, daughter of Capt. Thomas Park, a privateersman of the revolution. Mr. Forsyth spent the greater portion of his life in this town engaged in lum- bering and farming. Their children were George, Catherine who married Nathaniel Webster, Azor, Elisha, Experience, who married Martin Smith, Gilbert, and Eldridge, born August 5, 1812. The latter during his early years was engaged with his father in the lumber business, and subsequently in painting which has been his occupation for nearly forty years. He married first, Mary Fisher, of Ontario county, N. Y. His present wife is Eunice, daughter of the late Anthony M. Tyler, of Newark
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Valley. Gilbert and Azor were artists, the former having acquired considerable ruputation as a portrait painter. Among his students was Thomas LaClear a noted painter of New York city. George, born July 2, 179S, married first, Mary Chapman. His second wife was Rachel Puffer, by whom he had four children, namely : Ira, born August 6, 1831, now of Los Angeles, Cal., William S., born November 7, 1833, Adelaide E., born May 19, 1836, married George H. Woughter, and Augusta, born Decem- ber 31, 1838, married George Sawyer. Mr. Forsyth died Octo- ber 5, 1876. William S., married first, Maria, daughter of Charles Corbin, October 23, 1854. His present wife is Margaret, daugh- ter of Edward Howard whom he married June 12, 1882. His children born as follows, are Ettie M., August 6, 1855, George Roosa, May 8, 1872, and Clarence Augusto, November 1, 1886. Elisha, Jr., was born in Owego, February 14, 1801. He married Wealthy L., daughter of Abel Lawrence, of Newark Valley, February 1, 1827. Their children were Julia A., widow of John D. Baker, Morgiana (Mrs. Joseph Tyler) Charles, H. Truman, Gilbert T., George F., William L., Mary Lucina, and Edward A. H. Truman, born August 3, 1834, married N. Adaline, daughter of Robert Williams of Greensburg, Pa., September 6, 1863. Their children are Florence, born June 20, 1864, died August 3, 1865, George F., born August 12, 1866, Charles E., November 11, 1868, Fannie, February 24, 1871, Zenora T., June 10, 1873, and Mary W., November 7, 1875. H. Truman was a member of Co. K., 76th Regt. Pa. Vol's., having enlisted July 14, 1863, and was mustered out at the close of the war. Gilbert T., born August 29, 1839, married Susan E., daughter of John Lord, January 16, 1860. Their children are Charles F., born October 13. 1860, William M., September 9, 1862, and Minnie G. and Mettie M., (twins) July 15, 1864. Charles F., married Anna Worth of Freeport, Ill., and has one child, Lillian E., born December 3, 1884. William M., married Emma Taylor. Mary Lucina, married W. Harrison Camp, who served in Co. C. 23d Regt. N. Y. Infantry, and who re-enlisted in 1863 in the 5th N. Y. Cavalry. He served in many battles and skirmishes, and was mustered out at the close of the war. Elisha Forsyth, Jr., was fife-major in the 50th N. Y. Regt., and his son George was drum major of the same regiment.
Francis M. Baker, son of John D. and Julia (Forsyth) Baker was born March 26, 1846. He married Mary, daughter of Jesse McQuigg, of Flint, Mich., February 16, 1869. They have one
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child, George H., born August 28, 1871. Mr. Baker was presi- dent of the New York State Firemen's Association, and is gen- eral superintendent of the Addison & Northern Pennsylvania railroad. His home is in Owego.
John R. Drake, son of Rev. Reuben Drake, of Pleasant Val- ley,-now Plattekill-Orange Co., N. Y., came to Owego in 1809, and located on Front street, about where the bridge now crosses. He was elected county judge, represented this district in the assembly, and in congress. He was actively engaged in mercan. tile business here for many years, being a large dealer in lumber. He built the first dock in Owego, and the first piece of sidewalk laid in the town was laid by him, in front of his store. It is also said that he was the first to possess a two-horse carriage and covered sleigh here. Being of a progressive nature, he was very active, and evinced great interest in getting the railroad here, donating nine acres of his farm to the company. He married Jerusha, daughter of Rev. Joseph Roberts, by whom he had five children, viz : Harriet, Adaline, widow of Bradford Gere, Del- phine, first wife of Harmon Pumpelly, Theodore, of Fredericks- burg, Va., and Charlotte M., widow of Edward Raynsford, of Washington, D. C. Judge Drake died in 1857. Harriet married David Pixley Tinkham, by whom she had three children, Sarah, Arianna, who married Gen. William P. Innes, of Grand Rapids, Mich., and John F. Sarah married Edward G. Gibson, by whom she has one son, Dr. Edward T. Gibson, of Minneapolis, Minn. David P. Tinkham was a merchant in Owego, but died in 1836, at the early age of thirty-two years. In 1817 Mrs. Tinkham, accompanied by her father, left home to attend the Moravian boarding-school at Bethlehem, Pa. They went down the river on a raft as far as Berwick, and from there across the mountains in a four-horse covered wagon, called a stage. Her piano was the first in this section, having been brought here from New York in 1821.
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Benjamin Bates came from Massachusetts and settled on the large island about three miles east of Owego. They had seven children-Elisha, William, Benjamin, Prudence, Abigail, Lu- cinda and Rachel. Lucinda was born August 16, 1800, and in 1816 married Jared Lillie, by whom she had twelve children, Mary, Sarah, William, served in Co. A, 109th Regt .; Benjamin, George W .. served in the 9th N. Y. Cavalry ; Jared. Abbie J., Charles, was a member of Co. H, 109th Regt .; James, was a mem-
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per of the same company and regiment ; Darius, served in Co. G, 44th Regt., and Frederick, in Co. H, 109th Regt.
Erastus Meacham, son of Silas, was born in Cornwall, Litch- feld county, Conn., February 9, 1798, and came with his father's family to the town of Danby when but seven years of age, and remained there until he arrived at the age of fourteen, when he. was apprenticed to a blacksmith. Having served his time, he tame to Owego, in December, 1822, and engaged to work for a blacksmith named Taylor, and remained with him until the fol- lowing March, when he hired the shop which stood where the Central House now stands, and conducted the business himself. He afterward sold out and bought a farm of 150 acres in the town of Tioga, which he conducted for fifteen years. With this exception Owego has been his home since 1822. He married Betsey, daughter of Truman Lake, of Spencer, November 9, 1820. Five children have been born to them, viz .: Myron E., Mary A. (Mrs. Henry Shipman), deceased ; Maria, who died in infancy ; Melinda and Milton H .. who also died in infancy. Mrs. Meacham was born in Greenville, Greene county, N. Y., January 3. 1803, and removed with her parents to the town of Spencer when but twelve years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Meacham are in the sixty-seventh year of their married life, and he, despite his ninety years, still attends to the business of blacksmithing and horse shoeing. Melinda married John M. Head, October 3, 1849, and has had nine children, born as follows : Lottie A., October 9. 1851 ; Anna M., October 20, 1853 ; Sarah, September 9, 1856; John J., March 12, 1859: Ida M. and Eddie B. (twins), August 23. 1862 ; Frederick L. and Frank L. (twins), March 16, 1866- died in September of the same year-and Linnie B., born Septem- ber 14, 1868. John M. Head was born February 13, 1822, was a member of Co. C, 137th Regt., Infy .; enlisted August 20, 1862; taken prisoner at Chancellorsville May 2, 1863 ; was mustered out in June, 1865, and died April 14, 1869. Lottie A. married Charles D. Meacham, by whom she has had five children, born as follows : Ella M., April 30, 1876; Fred R., November 29, IS79; Leon, July 14, ISSI, died August 9, of the same year ; Clarence 1 ... born August 16, 1883, and Merle L., born July 16, 1885, died March 7, 1887. Anna married Royal B. Ferguson, April 13, 1871.
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