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store, ninety feet long, he has completely re- stocked with choice goods from the best man- ufacturers in his various lines, having to-day not only the most extensive, but the best- equipped establishment of its kind in Dela- ware County. His honest and square dealing in all business transactions has won for him the respect of all who know him, and enabled him to secure an extensive patronage among the good people of this vicinity.
On February 20, 1890, Maggie S. Mon- teith, a native of Martin, Mich., became the wife of Mr. Harper; and into their family circle two bright and active children have been born - Pauline and Harold Glen Harper. The parents of Mrs. Harper, Thomas and Margaret (Campbell) Monteith, were pioneer citizens of Martin, Mich., where Mr. Monteith cleared off a large tract of heavily timbered land, and improved a good homestead, on which he and his wife spent their declining years. He lived until seventy-five years old. Mrs. Monteith, who survived the death of her beloved husband but fifteen weeks, died at the age of seventy years. Both were devoted members of the United Presbyterian church.
Mr. Harper has a pleasant home in a very desirable location on Main Street. In poli- tics Mr. Harper is a firm adherent of the Re- publican party, ever sustaining its principles by voice and vote. Socially, he is a promi- nent member of the Sons of Temperance of Delhi, and is Corresponding Secretary of the Young Men's Christian Association, and is President of the County Christian Endeavor Union. Both he and his estimable wife are valued members of the Second Presbyterian Church, of which he is Trustee, and in whose Sunday-school he has been a faithful teacher for the past six years. He may be counted as always ready to lend a helping hand to the needy, and to push forward any good substan- tial enterprise that will benefit his neighbor or improve the town.
AVID W. HUBBELL, whose home is near Halcottsville, in Middle- town, N. Y., is a descendant of a family which has for several genera- tions been known and respected in America,
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The first ancestor in the colonies was Richard Hubbell, who was born in Great Britain in 1654, and came to the New World in 1699. The next in line successively were Peter, born 1688, Enoch, born 1735, Joseph, born 1758. Milow W., son of Joseph, and father of David W. Hubbell, was born February 17, 1798, and came to Hubbell Hill from Connecticut. He here bought a farm of seventy acres, and cleared the land, which he afterward sold, in- tending to remove to Indiana. This intention was never carried out, as he decided to remain in Delaware County, and accordingly pur- chased two hundred and forty acres in Bragg Hollow, which he improved by cultivation and made still more valuable by erecting a frame dwelling-house and barns. Some years later he sold that place to Daniel H. Jaquish, and bought another farm on the river, where he passed the remainder of his life. He mar- ried Mary Faulkner, a daughter of Patrick Faulkner, one of the early settlers of Dela- ware County. Eleven children were born to them here - George W., Lyman, Charles, Harvey, Patrick, John, David, Maria, Nancy, Catherine, and Fanny. Mrs. Hubbell was a member of the old-school Baptist church. Milow Hubbell was a Democrat, and held the office of Supervisor and Assessor during the anti-rent war. Having served in the army as a substitute three months at New York, at the close of the War of 1812 he drew a pen- sion from the government up to the time of his death.
David W., seventh son of Milow and Mary Hubbell, as named above, was born November 26, 1839, at the homestead where he now resides. At the age of twenty-four years he wooed and married Hulda Jaquish, who was born in Roxbury, Meeker Hollow, on March 21, 1838. She was a daughter of Daniel H. and Sarah (Hull) Jaquish, and was a descend- ant of John Jaquish, a French emigrant who came to America during the Revolutionary War, and found his way through the forest by marked trees to Kortright, where he settled. He died in Delhi, ninety-three years of age, leaving a family of twelve children - John, Joseph, David, Margaret, Daniel H., Nathan, John W., Mary, Mathias, Dolly, Betsey, and Sally. His wife died in her eighty-sccond
year, in 1887. Daniel H. Jaquish was born August 19, 1799, and died at the age of eighty-four years, in September of 1883. He raised a family of ten children - Erastus R., Sarah B., Martin B., John I., Cynthia, Polly, Eliza, Hulda, George L., Ursula.
Mr. Hubbell and his wife Hulda had a family of children, who came in the follow- ing order: John L., born October 27, 1865, who died June 20, 1868; Sarah M., born Sep- tember 10, 1867, who married John Fran- cisco, a conductor on the V. & D. Railroad; Byron, who was born October 20, 1869, and died March 18, 1876; George L., born Octo- ber 30, 1871, a graduate of the Baltimore College of Physicians and Surgeons; Burnet, born March 26, 1874; Mary F., born May 6, 1876; Ursula, born June 10, 1883.
Mr. and Mrs. Hubbell began domestic life on a farm which he bought at Halcottsville; but he has since sold that estate, and returned to the old Bragg Hollow homestead, remodel- ling the dwelling into a large and beautiful residence. Here, during the hot summer months, they entertain that class of town folks known as "summer boarders," who are delighted to exchange the din and dust and glare of hot pavements and sun-scorched walls for the cool quiet of some country retreat. The large, airy house, with its water supply from the pure hillside streams, its excellent dairy, and charming location, offers special attractions to families of children, and is a favorite rendezvous for New Yorkers each sea- son. As many as twenty-five are accommo- dated at once, and there are thirty-two fat Jersey cows in pasture whose special mission it is to minister to the appetites of Gotham's summer idlers.
Mr. Hubbell is a Democrat and a Granger, and in his religious views is a liberal Chris- tian, not being bound down by creed or dogma.
ILES BRAMLEY, favorably known in the town of Walton as an industrious and enterprising farmer, is the proprietor of a fine homestead pleasantly situated on the river road about three miles from the village. The
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place of his birth was in the town of Bovina, Delaware County; its date, December 19, 1831. Mr. Bramley is the worthy representa- tive of an old New England family, his pa- ternal grandfather, who was a Revolutionary pensioner, having been a life-long resident of that part of the Union, and one of its re- spected farmers.
Henry Bramley, the father of Miles, was reared to manhood in his New England home, but after his marriage removed to this part of New York, and, settling in the town of Bo- vina, bought the farm on which his youngest son, Girard Bramley, now lives. There he toiled early and late, and by unremitting labor improved a good homestead, where he and his faithful wife and helpmate spent their remaining years, he passing away at the age of fourscore and four years, and she living to celebrate her eighty-fifth birthday. Her maiden name was Betsey Wright, and she was a life-long resident of Delaware County. She bore her husband twelve children ; namely, Mary Ann, Phebe Ann, Sylvanus, William, John, Amanda, James, Susan, Charles, Miles, Alexander, and Girard. Of this large family five sons and two daughters are still living. The mother was a practical Christian woman, and was identified with the Methodist church, to which she belonged for many years.
Miles Bramley assisted his father in open- ing up his farm, and made his home with his parents until he was twenty-five years of age. He then purchased land in Bloomville, in the town of Kortright, and for two years was em- ployed in the labors of husbandry. The fol- lowing year he spent in Bovina, coming thence to Walton, when he bought the farm on which he has since resided. He raises hay and grain, but pays especial attention to dairying, sending his milk directly to the city of New York.
Mr. Bramley has been twice married. His union with Abigail Nicholas, the daughter of Elijah and Amanda Nicholas, members of the farming community of Bovina, was solemnized on January 6, 1857; and their happy wedded life lasted twenty-five years. Mrs. Abigail Bramley was a Methodist in religion. She died at fifty-five years of age, leaving two
children - Ella A. and Frances A. Ella is the wife of Hubert Sewell, of Walton, of whom a sketch appears on another page of this volume. Frances married Charles Sabin, a banker, residing in Susquehanna, Pa. On March 20, 1890, Mr . Bramley formed a sec- ond matrimonial alliance, with Elizabeth H. Blair, a daughter of Peter and Margaret (Mc- Cune) Blair, the former of whom was born in Scotland, and the latter in Bovina, but of Irish parentage on the maternal side.
The paternal grandfather of Mrs. Bramley, William Blair, emigrated from Scotland, bring- ing his family with him, and took up his abode in Delhi, where he bought land, and engaged in agricultural pursuits, carrying on farming in conjunction with blacksmithing, a trade which he had followed in his native country. The father of Mrs. Bramley began his career as an independent farmer in the town of Bovina, where he met and wooed the fair woman who became his bride; and on the homestead in that town, which he improved, both afterward lived until their departure from this world, he passing away at the age of sixty-seven years, and she at threescore years. They were both esteemed members of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian church. Eight of the ten children born of their union grew to maturity; namely, Nancy, Mary, William, Samuel, James, Margaret, Elizabeth H., and Jane S. Of this number Mrs. Bram- ley and one son are the only ones now living. Mr. Bramley uniformly casts his vote with the Republican party, and in all respects is a citizen deeply interested in the welfare of his county and community. Both he and his wife are members of the Methodist church.
EORGE H. BRINKMAN, M.D., is one of the most popular and success- ful physicians of the town of Frank- lin, where he has practised since December 20, 1893. He was born in Roxbury, Dela- ware County, N. Y., March 10, 1864, son of Dedrick and Elizabeth (Vareschorst) Brink- man, a short sketch of the life of whom is given elsewhere in this volume, where the biography of his brother, William Brinkman, is also narrated, When but two years of age
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George was brought to Franklin by his par- ents, who resided in the town for fourteen years, and then moved to the Chauncy Ogden farm, one and one-half miles north. After living here for two years, they removed to a farm of one hundred and seventy acres on East Handsome Brook, known as the Warren Green place. This home they occupied until the death of Dr. Brinkman's father, when his mother moved into the village.
Studiously inclined from his boyhood, young Brinkman made good use of his time at the district school, and when sixteen was sent to the Delaware Literary Institute, where he was a pupil for eight terms. He afterward taught school one term, and began the study of medicine with Dr. McNaught, in February, 1885. For three years he studied with Dr. McNaught, during which time he took three courses of lectures at the medical department of the University of the City of New York, graduating March 6, 1888, standing number seventeen in a class of two hundred. In April, 1888, he began to practise at Daven- port, in this county, where he remained until December 20, 1893, when he removed to Franklin, and entered into partnership with his old classmate, Dr. S. J. White. These two young physicians have already secured quite a large practice, which is constantly in- creasing, as their ability in their profession becomes more widely known.
On December 27, 1886, Dr. Brinkman mar- ried Miss Lotta M. Wilson, of New York City, by whom he had one son, William Earl, who died when four and one-half months old. Mrs. Brinkman passed away, after a year's illness, on December 31, 1890, being but twenty years of age. The Doctor was again married January 18, 1893, his bride being Mrs. Hannah Andrews, widow of George D. Andrews, and the only child of C. S. and Emma (Stewart) Robertson, both of whom were natives of Worcester, Otsego County. Mrs. Brinkman received her education at the Albany Female Academy.
Dr. Brinkman votes with the Democratic party; but, although displaying a lively inter- est in all political affairs, he has little time in which to take an active part. He is an energetic, progressive man, who possesses
rare qualifications for his chosen profession. The Doctor is a member of Franklin Lodge, No. 562, A. F. & A. M., of Franklin, N. Y.
OHN J. BURKE. The manufacturing and mercantile interests of Delaware County have no more worthy represent- ative than the gentleman whose name stands at the head of this sketch. He is the leading merchant tailor of the county; and at his place of business in Bell's Block, Main Street, Delhi, he carries a complete stock of both domestic and imported goods, including the latest and most desirable patterns from the largest and most reliable manufacturers of two continents. His thorough knowledge of his business and the especial pains which he takes to please his customers, personally studying the wants of each and every one, sec- onded by his genial and agreeable manners and his honorable and upright business methods, have won him during his residence in Delhi a well-deserved reputation as the best and most trustworthy tailor in this part of the State. He is of Irish parentage, and a native of West Virginia, having been born in Rowlesburg, February 27, 1865.
Martin Burke, the father of the subject of this brief biography, was born and bred in Ireland, where, on attaining manhood, he worked as a day laborcr until about 1864, when, accompanied by his wife and one child, he sailed for America, hoping in this country to achieve the independence denied him in his native land. After a short stay in New York City, where he landed, he procecded to Rowlesburg, Preston County, W. Va., whither one of his brothers had preceded him. He subsequently purchased a farm there, and car- ried on general farming the residue of his life, which was not a long time, hc being called to his eternal rest in 1878, when fifty years old. Hc was an honest, hard-working man; and both he and his wife were faithful members of the Catholic church. The bride of his youth, to whom he was united while in the country of his nativity, was Hannah Lee. She bore him four children, namely: Valen- tine; Mary, deceased; Bridget, deceased; and John J. She lived but a few short months
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after coming to the United States, dying in Rowlesburg, at the age of forty years.
John J. Burke was but two months old when he was left motherless; and, until his father again married, he lived with an uncle. Returning home after that event, he remained a member of the paternal household until the death of his father, when he was a lad of thir- teen years. The following winter he con- tinued his studies in the public school, going thence to Grafton, where he lived about six years, being first employed as an office boy. When fifteen years old he began to learn the tailor's trade, entering the shop of J. H. Ger- kin, of Grafton, with whom he served a four years' apprenticeship. He became a most efficient and skilful workman, thoroughly con- versant with every branch of the business, re- membering the adage that "whatever is worth doing at all is worth doing well," and on this fundamental principle basing his success. In 1885 Mr. Burke removed to Pittsburg, Pa., where he worked a short time, going from there to Mckeesport, and soon afterward to Washington, D.C. Coming thence to Dela- ware County, he secured a position in Delhi with Mr. O'Connor, with whom he worked for three years. The following year he worked in Watertown, N. Y., being afterward em- ployed as a cutter in a tailoring establish- ment in Turin, N. Y., for a year. Mr. Burke then returned to Delhi, and established the business in which he has since been so pros- perously engaged, easily taking a foremost rank.
On October 14, 1891, Mr. Burke was united in marriage with Miss Estelle Stoutenburg. Mrs. Burke is the daughter of Hiram Stouten- burg, cashier of the Adams Express Company of Delhi, a sketch of whose life appears else- where in this volume. Their happy marriage has been blessed by the birth of one child, Leda. Politically, Mr. Burke is a stanch supporter of the principles of the Democratic party, and holds a conspicuous position in the social organizations of the town, being a prominent member of the Masonic frater- nity, belonging to Delhi Lodge, No. 439, A. F. & A. M. Mr. Burke is also an effi- cient member of the fire department, belong- ing to Active Hose, No. 5, in which, owing
to his great popularity with the members of the company, he was in 1892 elected to the position of foreman. He is a regular attend- ant of the Second Presbyterian Church, of which his wife is a sincere and consistent member. Mr. and Mrs. Burke vie with each other in their efforts to make their home at- tractive to their many friends, extending to each one with true hospitality a cordial and hearty welcome.
AMES SACKRIDER, who for many years successfully farmed his ancestral acres in the town of Kortright, where he died May 4, 1883, was born in Schoharie County, December 1, 1813, and was the son of Henry W. and Hester (Wet- more) Sackrider. His great-grandfather, Christian Sackrider, came from Germany and settled in Dutchess County.
Moses Sackrider, son of Christian, was born August 29, 1746, and was the first mem- ber of the family to settle in Kortright. When he came to this county, it was a wooded wild, with here and there a clearing. He made the journey on horseback, and, on arriv- ing, bought the farm of one hundred and fifty acres now owned and occupied by Mrs. Sack- rider. Building a rude log cabin, he here spent the rest of his life, being at the time of his death ninety years old. The wife of Moses Sackrider was Hannah Wright, born August 2, 1745; and they had seven children; namely, Daniel, Thomas, Solomon, Mary, Timothy, Hannah, Henry. All grew to ma- turity, and all except Thomas attained a good old age. Moses was a Whig in politics, and in religion a member of the Episcopal church. He was a strong Free Mason, was a hard worker, and a prominent man in his day.
Henry W. Sackrider was born in Delaware County, and, like his father Moses, was a farmer and an able and diligent worker. The old homestead descended to him by inheri- tance; and by him and other members of the family the territory included in the first farm of the Sackriders was greatly increased, till it consisted of about four hundred and fifty acres. His religious interests were centred about the Methodist Episcopal church at
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Bloomville, of which he and his wife, Hester Wetmore, were members. They had three children - Christian, Sally, and James -all of whom lived to reach maturity, and are now deceased. Henry W. Sackrider died July 5, 1866, aged seventy-nine, and his wife Novem- ber 24, 1866, aged eighty.
James, the only son of Henry W. and Hes- ter Sackrider, grew up on the farm, received his elementary education in the district school near his home, and then went to a high school in Schoharie County. After finishing his studies, he succeeded to the management of the farm, and engaged extensively in dairy- ing. Being an excellent business man, his success was assured from the start; and he carried on his farm with much care and sys- tem. He was married September 23, 1844, to Jane Ann Thomas, who was born in the town of Stamford, March 5, 1819, and was the daughter of Abram Thomas, an early settler of Stamford. They had four children, only one of whom living - Helen S., widow of the late F. F. Gibson, of Stamford. Mrs. Jane A. Sackrider passed away in 1870.
In 1880 James Sackrider married for his second wife Mary Jane Trelease, who was born May 21, 1854, in Rondout, Ulster County, N. Y. Her father, William Trelease, was born in Cornwall, England, December 14, 1826, and died March 6, 1887. His wife, Ann Mitchell Trelease, was born in England in 1835, and died October 24, 1863. They were the parents of these children : Mary Jane, Mrs. Sackrider, the eldest; Celia, wife of John N. Boyd, of Rondout; Edward; and Burdella, who also lives in Rondout. Mr. Trelease was a public contractor and an able business man of Rondout for many years pre- vious to his death. The family were mem- bers of the Episcopal church, and he was a strong Republican in politics. The grand- father of Mrs. Sackrider was Abraham Tre- lease, born in England, October 2, 1794. His wife, Jennie Alford, was also born in England, June 6, 1797. He was an inn- keeper, one of the jovial hosts of the last century, and was father of fourteen children, thirteen of whom grew to maturity. The family trace their lineage back to Richard Trelease, who was born in Cornwall, Eng-
land, in 1664, and was connected with many of the stirring events of two centuries ago. Mrs. Mary J. Trelease Sackrider has two chil- dren: William H., born December 22, 1880; and Harry E., born May 25, 1883. Since the death of her husband eleven years ago, Mrs. Sackrider has conducted the business of the farm. She has two hundred and forty of the original acres, and carries on a dairy sup- plied by forty-five cows, grade Jerseys, selling milk at the station at an average of two thou- sand cans a year. Like her husband, she has shown in all her dealings great executive abil- ity. As members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Bloomville and liberal supporters of its work, they have always been held in high regard.
A portrait of James Sackrider accompanies this brief record of himself and his connec- tions by birth and marriage.
RS. CORDELIA HANFORD, widow of the late George M. Han- ford, of Walton, is a woman of culture and refinement, and is held in high esteem throughout the commu- nity wherein her entire life has been spent, her birth having occurred in North Walton, February 26, 1826. She is of New England ancestry, and the descendant of a prominent pioneer of this part of Delaware County, her grandfather, Caleb Benedict, having come hither from Connecticut, the State of his na- tivity, at an early day .. He was one of the first settlers of North Walton, where he pur- chased a tract of timbered land, from which he cleared a goodly portion of the wood; and on the farm which he thus improved he spent the remaining years of his life. His worthy wife cheerfully shared with him the privations of their lot, and assisted in the establishment of their new home. Both were people whose lives were directed by high moral principles, and they were devout members of the Congre- gational church of North Walton.
Ira Benedict, son of Caleb, the father of Mrs. Hanford, was born in Connecticut, and. coming here with his parents, soon grew old enough to assist them in their arduous labors of improving a homestead. He attended the
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pioneer schools of this place, and, being familiar in his boyhood with agricultural pur- suits, naturally selected farming as his life occupation. After his marriage with Hannah Fitch he bought a farm near the home of his parents, and there carried on general husban- dry many years. At length disposing of that property, Mr. Benedict removed to Wisconsin, where he spent a few years, but later returned to Walton and spent his last days at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Hanford, passing away at the ripe old age of eighty-six years. His wife was the daughter of Seymour Fitch, an honored and influential pioneer of Walton, who came here from Connecticut, bringing with him his young wife and three children, who performed the long journey, through vast forests, on horseback. They began life in their new home in a humble log cabin, on the farm adjoining the one on which Mrs. Han- ford now lives. Mr. Fitch was an important factor in building up this town, contributing his full share toward its development and advancement. Both he and his wife were closely identified with the interests of the Congregational church of Walton, of which they were active members. Ira Benedict reared a family of nine children, as follows : Edward S., who died April 17, 1894; Eliza- beth; Lewis; Maria; Nathan; Cordelia; Mary; Hiram; and Helen. Mrs. Benedict died in North Walton when but forty-nine years of age.
Cordelia Benedict passed the days of her childhood and early maidenhood with her par- ents, receiving from her mother a practical training in the domestic arts that well fitted her for her future position as a housewife and helpmate to her husband. On November 2, 1848, she became the bride of George M. Hanford, a son of Levi and Cynthia Hanford. His father was a native of Connecticut and an early settler of Walton. Mr. Hanford, who was a man of honor and integrity, possessing qualities of character which greatly endeared him to his family, and won for him the es- teem and confidence of all who knew him, departed this life November 8, 1878, being then sixty-two years of age.
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