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of Stephen Hopkins, came over in the good ship, Mayflower, and was one of the signers of the solemn compact made in Cape Cod harbor November 11, 1620, and was in the party, that in the following December landed at Plymouth Rock. He was in the party with Captain Miles Standish and William Bradford, who first went ashore in search of a suitable place to land the party. After wandering about for several days they selected a place at Plymouth Rock. He married Faith Clarke January 6, 1635; the entry on the colony record is: "6th. jany, 1635 Edward Doty and Fayth Clarke were maried." In book two, on pages 15 and 16 of the Plymouth Colony Record of Wills is the will of Edward Doty, and an inventory of his estate, also showing the division of the same among his widow and children, the last numbering nine, all born at Plymouth. He died at Plymouth, August 23, 1655. Isaac Doty, the fifth son and seventh child of the foregoing couple, was born at Plymouth, February 8, 1646, and married Elizabeth England about 1673, at Oyster Bay, N. Y. He was a party to a number of conveyances of real estate at and near Oyster Bay, a record of which may be found in the office of the County Clerk of Queens County, N. Y. Six children, all born at Oyster Bay, consti- tuted his family. Joseph Doty, the second son and child of Isaac, was born about 1680, and died at his native place, Oyster Bay, in 1716. His will is recorded at Jamaica, Queens County, N. Y .; it bears the date of July 7, 1716, and divides his estate between his widow, Sarah, his sons, Joseph and Isaac, and his daughters, Sarah and Elizabeth.
Joseph Doty (2) receipted for his share of the estate May 6, 1729, and this makes it appear that he was born about 1708, for this was a legal proceeding that was performed when the children reached the age of twenty- one. He married Lucretia De Long at Charlotte, Dutchess County, N. Y., in 1744, and had ten children, of whom the eldest, Ormond, was born at Charlotte, N. Y., November 24, 1746. Ormond Doty, the father of our subject's grandmother, Lemira (Doty) Clinton, was married to Phebe Vail, by whom he had eleven children. He died at South Wallingford, Vt., November 18, IS26.
Ormond Doty Clinton, the fourth child of John and Lemira (Doty) Clinton, was born in the town of Lisle, or Triangle, which was formerly a part of Lisle, Broome County, N. Y., December 4, 1807. He married Almira Payne at Virgil village, N. Y., August 9, 1840, Rev. Hiram Green, a minister of the Universalist faith officiating. Almira Payne was born in Leicester, Providence County, R. I., November 17, 1816, and was a daughter of William and Lydia (Barnes) Payne. Our subject's father died at German, Chenango County, N. Y., June 18, 1881, and was buried in Sylvan Lawn Cemetery, Greene, N. Y. His widow lives with her son Charles, a prominent attorney-at-law of Smithville Flats; the children are six in number, the eldest son having died in infancy. The family record reads as follows: De Witt, born March 3, 1847, died October 18, 1849. Jane, born April 12, 1849, married Lorenzo D. Leach September 19, 1871, and bore him five chil- dren, viz: Elmer C., born September 8, 1872;
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Albertus, born January 23, 1874, died Septem- ber 10, 1880; Elpha, born September 18, 1878, died September 17, 1880; Mattie C., born August 7, 1880; and Carl, born June 26, 1886, died July 17, 1887. Phebe, born May 20, 1852, married George Schouten, June 13, 1874, and has five children, as fol- lows: Gertie, born December 5, 1876, died September 22, 1880; Alta, April 29, 1879, died March 22, 1895; Lennie, January 20, 1885 ; Bertic, November 12, 1888 ; and Mary, August 15, 1890. Eugene, the subject of this personal history, is the next in order of birth. Mary, born September 19, 1856, married Charles C. Curtis of McDonough, N. Y., February 8, 1877, and has two children : Bertha, born May 28, 1885 ; and Lillian M., born July 8, 1895. Charles, born August 2, 1858, married Emma Fosgate of German, N. Y., September 15, 1880, who has borne him five children, as follows: Almira L., born January 5, 1882 ; Hattie M., February 22, 1884; Charles D., September 14, 1886; George C., March 17, 1889; Julian B., Feb- ruary 22, 1892. Charles Clinton is an able lawyer of Smithville Flats, and has served as school commissioner of the Second District, Chenango County, continuously since 1890. Emma, the youngest child, born June 2, 1861, married John S. Mason of McDonough, N. Y., November 30, 1880.
Eugene Clinton received his education in the district schools of Clintonville, Otsego County, N. Y., German, McDonough, and in Bainbridge Academy. After completing his schooling, he read law with George Windsor of Bainbridge, N. Y., and later with Isaac S. Newton of Norwich, N. Y. He was admitted
to the bar May 4, 1880, in Ithaca, N. Y., and was admitted to practice in the U. S. Su- preme Court, December 5, 1888. He first located in Smithville, where he remained until 1883, when he moved to Greene, his present location. He is a wide-awake, enter- prising man of much more than ordinary ability. His knowledge of legal principles is accurate, while his extended practice has given him an intimate acquaintance with the working details of his profession, that makes him an antagonist to be feared, when he is supporting his client in a case, where great interests are involved.
Mr. Clinton was united in marriage ties with Bertha L. Johnson of Greene, N. Y., January 10, 1884. He is a Mason of consider- able standing, and belongs to Eastern Light Lodge, No. 126, of Greene. In politics he is known as a stanch supporter of the Republi- can party. Eugene Clinton is of the 8th generation in direct line of Edward Doty, spoken of above, a Pilgrim of the Mayflower.
J ESSE HUNT. The gentleman, whose name stands at the head of this sketch, is an old pioneer of Che- nango County, and a successful farmer, who now lives in retirement in the village of Holmesville, New Berlin township. He owns a fine farm, which is under a high state of cultivation, and stands among the first- class men of the community, noted for his energy and enterprise. Mr. Hunt is a son of Jesse and Lucina (Evans) Hunt, and was born in New Berlin township, near where he
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now resides, July 25, 1825. The Hunt family is of English origin, four brothers having emigrated to the United States in the early colonial times; the ancestor of our subject settled in the State of Rhode Island, one in Vermont, one near Utica, this state, and the other in the South. The paternal grand- father, George Hunt, served in the Revolu- tionary War, as did the maternal grand- father, Richard Evans, who emigrated from the Old World to the State of Rhode Island.
George Hunt was born in the State of Rhode Island, near Providence. In 1820 he came to New Berlin on a short visit, and while here he died. The greater part of his life was spent near the village of Rome, N. Y., where he followed agricultural pur- suits. He was the father of seven children- four sons and three daughters.
Jesse Hunt, the father of our subject, was born near Providence in 1784. He was a farmer by vocation, and spent his whole life on the farm, engaged in agricultural labors; he was very successful in his chosen occupa- tion, and was considered to be one of the leading farmers in his community. He was married to Miss Lucina Evans, and they reared nine children. In 1812 he moved with his family to Chenango County and located near Holmesville, where he again took up his occupation of a farmer. He died in 1859. Mrs. Hunt died in 1865, at the age of eighty- six years.
Jesse Hunt, the youngest of a family of nine children, and the only one who is now living, was reared and educated in the town of New Berlin. The early days of his life were spent in operating a gun smithy, which
he followed twelve years, when he turned his attentions toward carpentering and farming. Continuing in the two occupations until 1885, he then retired from active life. He is the owner of 163 acres of fine cultivated land. His farm is stocked with some thirty head of COWS.
Mr. Hunt is a strong Republican and up- holds the principles of his party both by voice and vote. He has served as overseer of the poor and as assessor. October 3, 1866, he was joined in matrimony with Jane L. Harrington, daughter of Elisha and Lucy (Goff) Harrington of New Berlin. Three children bless their happy home, namely : Charles H., who assists his father in operat- ing the farm; Edwin E., who is a carpenter and joiner in the village of Holmesville; and Philo J., who is a prominent farmer of New Berlin. Mr. Hunt has witnessed the devel- opment of this county from an uncultivated condition to its present prosperous state, when it is regarded as one of the most pro- ductive agricultural counties in the state, and during this time he has been more or less connected with its progress and advance- ment. His farm is a fine one, and in the prosecution of his vocation he has met with more than ordinary success.
TILLMAN S. SMITH is a promi- nent and prosperous farmer of the town of Guilford, Chenango County, N. Y. He was born March 28, 1820, and is a son of Noah and Nancy (Blake) Smith. His paternal grandfather was a native of
CALEB B. BARR.
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New Hampshire, where he was engaged in tilling the soil. Noah Smith was born in Keene, N. H., March 10, 1780, where he lived until 1819, when he moved to this county, locating in Coventry. He was a mason by trade, but engaged in agricultural pursuits after coming to Coventry ; he was quite an extensive farmer and owned 250 acres of good land. He married Miss Nancy Blake, a native of New Hampshire, and they became the parents of nine children, eight sons and one daughter; their names are as follows: George, who died young; Harry, who died at an advanced age, was a mason of Linn County, Iowa; Charles died young ; Rev. Lucius, a minister of the Congregational Church, resided in Ohio,-in 1892, he was taken sick while visiting in Washington, D. C., and died there; Clark, deceased, was a farmer of Coventry ; Mary Ann was married to Ging Smith; Samuel, deceased, was a mason and farmer of Coventry; Stillman S., the subject of this sketch ; and Francis, a farmer of Bergen Point, N. J .; Noah Smith reached the advanced age of eighty-six years, when he passed away, October 6, 1866.
Stillman S. Smith was reared on a farm and received his education in the district schools of his native town. He engaged in farming at Coventry, where he remained until 1867, when he moved to Guilford and bought the farm upon which he now lives.
It contains 100 acres of good and well im- proved farm land, and is well supplied with ncat and substantial buildings.
Mr. Smith's first wife was Miss Pamelia Whitmore, and two children were born to them, namely: Franklin, who is farming on
the homestead ; and Luella, who is the wife of Otto Ives, a farmer of the town of Guil- ford. Mrs. Smith passed to her eternal rest, April 1, 1874. January 14, 1875, our subject married Miss Adelia Lyons, daughter of Charles Lyons, a prominent farmer of Bain- bridge. Mrs. Smith early attached herself to the Presbyterian Church, and has ever exhibited the genuineness of religious ex- perience and true Christian life. Mr. Smith is also a member of the Presbyterian Church, of which he is a trustee, and a teacher of the Sabbath School.
ALEB B. BARR, whose portrait is shown on the opposite page, is one of the prominent business men of White Store, Norwich township, Che- nango County, having been engaged in the grocery business for the past eighteen years at his present location. His record as a fair dealing, upright and conscientious business man admits of no question, and his customers place in him their entire confidence. He was born in the town of New Berlin, this county, and is a son of Matthew C. and Elizabeth (Briggs) Barr, and a grandson of Abijah Barr, who came from Massachusetts and engaged in farming near the village of Nor- wich. From there he moved to the town of Preston, and continued farming during the remainder of his life. He was a Democrat. He was the father of five children, among whom were Alanson, Orin, Matthew, the father of our subject, and Samnel.
Matthew Barr was born in Massachusetts,
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but was brought to this county when but two years old. When he reached man's estate he followed agricultural pursuits, residing in "King's Settlement." He was twice married, his first wife being Miss McNitt, by whom he had four children : John, Alvira, Eleanor and Orlando. His second wife was Elizabeth Briggs, who bore him four sons and two daughters, viz: Caleb B .; Charlotte M. ( Harrington) ; Roena (Perry); Charles S .; William Mc .; and Ham- lin H. Matthew Barr died at the age of seventy-eight.
Caleb B. Barr attended the district schools of his native town until he was twenty-one years old, receiving a good common school education. He then engaged in farming, giv- ing agricultural pursuits his entire attention for a number of years. In 1875 he took up his residence in White Store, and a few years later he opened his groccry, and has worked up a very lucrative business. For the past ten' years he has served as postmaster, and has the good will of the entire patronage of the office. He is still interested in farming ; besides the farm of 25 acres, which he owns, he conducts one for his daughter, Mrs. Lottie Curtis. This farm contains 120 acres, and was formerly owned by Mr. Barr, having been sold by him to Stephen Curtis, his son- in-law, now deceased. Our subject was for- merly a Whig and is now a Republican ; he has held several town officcs, is at present justice of the peace, an office he has held for seven years, and has served as collector, inspector, etc.
three children : Annie E. (Cook); Lottie M. (Curtis); and Frank J. He is a member of the Royal Templars, and for twelve years has been financial secretary of the local lodge of that organization. During this time he has paid out to beneficiaries $11,000.00. He keeps all the books and accounts of the socicty, whose councils are held at Holmes- ville. He has held all the offices and served as delegate to the Grand Council of Royal Templars. He is also a great church worker, being a member of the M. E. Church, and acting as its steward and recording steward. He has been superintendent of the Sunday School. Mr. Barr is a very busy man, but is never appealed to in vain for any worthy object, and always finds time to attend to the duty lying nearest at hand.
J OSEPH E. JULIAND. Social and political distinction in the United States is not dependent, as in most of the Old World monarchies, on titles or on long lines of family ancestors, but is rather based on a man's own achievements ; if a person has estimable qualities he will be well thought of. A shrewd, thrifty, economical business man, one who owes his success in great part to his own individual efforts, is the type of a man of whom we Americans are pardonably proud, perhaps, because his struggles against adverse circumstances and a comparatively humble beginning to suc- cess and honor so nearly resemble the life of our own nation. Among the brilliant num-
Mr. Barr has been twice marricd; his first wife was Julia Johnson, by whom he had ber of such men of whom Chenango County
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boasts, we would be extremely unwilling to pass by, without due mention, the name of the subject of this sketch, Joseph E. Juliand, the present president of the Juliand State Bank, located at Greenc, this county. Our subject was born in the above village Octo- ber 28, 1843, and since he has attained his manhood, he has made an honorable record, lending his means, counsel and enterprise toward the upholding, not only of the village of Greene, but of the county.
One hundred years ago there occurred a great upheaval in the Empire of France, which has gone down in history as the French Revolution, in which the social and economic world and the map of Europe was reorganized. Louis XVI, the weakly, stub- born Bourbon King, and Marie Antoinette, his frivolous Queen, were to all extent and purposes prisoners of the powerful Third Estate. The baleful star of Robespierre, Danton and Marat was rising above the national horizon. A majority of the Royal family and thousands of the nobility were fugitives across the boundaries to other lands, and were known to the world as Emigres. Already the nations of Europe, through the demands of France, were taking measures to force them without their bor- ders. America offered inducements as a safe and desirable asylum, and thousands were seeking its hospitable shores, eager to place the wave of the broad Atlantic between then and the horrors that drenched their native land in blood.
Of the many French families who emi- grated to the United States, a large number congregated in the City of Philadelphia,
where they decided to form a settlement in the State of New York, and accordingly sent one of their number, Simon Barnet, to select a site for their settlement. He traced his way along the Susquehanna River to- ward "Chenango Pint," which was then known by that name, but now Binghamton, and from there he followed the course of the Chenango River to the present site of Greene. He was so pleased with the situa- tion that he decided with little delay upon it for the proposed settlement, and entered into a contract with Malachi Treat and William W. Morris, the original patentees, for a tract of land, which became known as the "French Tract," or "French Village Plot." From the history of that time it is evident that this occurred about 1792, and that the settlement was located on the east bank of the Chenango River, and embraced the farms which are now the exhibition grounds of the Riverside Agricultural Society. At the head of this enterprise, as the signer of the contract for the purchase of this large tract of land, was Charles Felix de Bolyne, one of the most learned and wealthiest men in the colony. In 1795, Talleyrand, the celebrated French states- man, who had journeyed to this country, and who had landed in Philadelphia, was entertained by the French colonists when he passed through their settlement on his way to Albany. While at Greene, Talleyrand formed the acquaintance of a son of M. Dutremont, one of the refugees, and was so ·pleased with him, that he took him back to France, and made him his private secretary. Soon after this, in 1795, the colony mourned
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the loss of one of its members, M. de Bolyne, who was drowned while fording a river on horseback, as he was making a journey to Philadelphia in behalf of the interests of the settlement. With his death, the financial affairs of the colony became sadly deranged. As he had not paid in full for the land, it reverted to the original patentees. A few years later the colonists became discouraged and some of them moved to parts unknown.
The plans of operation adopted by the French Colony for carrying on their agri- cultural pursuits were the same which pre- vailed in their native country, where the agriculturist with his family resided in the village, and owned and worked a farm, more or less remote from his residence. Rude dwellings were constructed from the material on hand, and each settler proceeded to put a small piece of land under complete cultiva- tion, while their supplies of provisions were drawn from great distances with much labor and expense. " Under the circumstances," writes the Dr. Purple, "it is not strange that persons, reared in affluence and accustomed to the pleasures of refined society, should yield to the pressure of the misfortunes that soon overtook them."
In 1798, Captain Joseph Juliand, a native of Lyons, France, who was among those who fled from their native country during the Revolution, came to Greene, where he lived in the little French settlement, following the vocation of an agriculturist. When the col- ony was in sore financial distress, which caused many of them to seek homes else- where, Joseph Juliand was not to be discour- aged and he remained, and to him and Judge
Elisha Smith the foundation of the village of Greene is ascribed.
Captain Juliand received a good academic education and then took up the study of medicine, which he abandoned later to adopt maritime life. He worked upon the vessel but a short time when he was appointed commander of a vessel in the mercantile marine of France. He made many voyages across the Atlantic, principally between Nantes and Bordeaux, France, and Boston and Philadelphia in this country. During his short stays in this country he became acquainted with many people, and it was during one of these trips he met at New Haven, Connecticut, Hannah Lindsey, the daughter of a respectable farmer of that town. In 1788 he married her and took up his residence on a farm in Greenfield, Mass. In 1798, having heard of the French settle- ment at Greene, he sold his farm and with his wife and two small children he set out to find the new colony. When he arrived there he found that many had gone and others were preparing to follow, but he purchased a farm and followed farming until the time of his death, which occurred October 13, 1821.
Joseph Juliand, the father of our sub- ject, was born near the village of Greene, where he grew to manhood and where he received his schooling. His first business venture was that of a merchant. He was associated with his brothers until 1839, at which time the firm dissolved partnership and Mr. Juliand conducted the business alone for several years. In 1859, Joseph Juliand started a private banking business
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and was interested in it until the date of his death, which was in February, 1870. His progress in business was steady and constant from his first start as a young man, and his excellent judgment stood him in good stead in many an anxious hour, and never failed to point out the right course. His life reveals the success that may be attained by self- reliance, integrity and persevering industry. Mr. Juliand was formerly a Whig, but upon the breaking-down of that party he joined the ranks of the Republican party, and was one of the leaders of that political organization in his county. He was a member of the State Legislature in 1827 and in 1834, and during his term he was one of the prime movers in the securing of the Chenango Canal. He was a member of the state militia of which he was colonel, and ever after he was known as Col. Joseph Juliand. Religi- ously, he was a member of the Episcopal Church, and was one of the founders of the church of that denomination in Greene. He was joined in the bonds of matrimony with Miss Ann Maria Perkins of Oxford, N. Y., and they were the parents of three children, who were as follows: Cornelia J. (Russell) : Ann M .; and Joseph E., the subject of this biography. Mrs. Juliand passed to the world of rest, aged fifty-six years, in 1860.
Joseph E. Juliand received his primary education in the public schools of his native town, and then took a course in the Hobart College, Geneva, N. Y., graduating with the class of 1864. Immediately upon his gradu- ating from college, he entered his father's bank and soon became familiar with the bank- ing business. He remained in the bank, and
upon the death of his father he formed a partnership with Mr. Russell, his brother-in- law, and the bank was continued under the name of Russell & Juliand. Although the bank is still operated by the same parties, it was rcorganized in 1893 into a state bank, and has since been known as the Juliand Bank, and our subject has been president since that time. He is also president of the Lyons Iron Works of Greenc, and has been ever since its reorganization and incorpora- tion in 1890. He has been treasurer of the Riverside Agricultural Society for the past thirteen years.
Our subject was joined in Hymen's bonds in 1870 with Mary A. Stevens, daughter of Charles A. Stevens, and two children blessed their home, Adelaide M. and Clara C. Mr. Juliand is a spirited character, whose mem- bership in the Episcopal Church means more to him than it does to many excellent people, as he takes pains to live up to his spiritual duties in every sense. He has been vestry- man of the church for twenty-seven years. As a citizen, Mr. Juliand is abreast of the times, and keeps himself well informed on topics of the day. He understands pretty thoroughly the political history of our coun- try, and delights in expounding Republican principles and theories. On questions of local issue he is irvariably consulted, as he influences a large following. He has served in official capacities for his town many years, being county supervisor for twelve years; he has been sent as delegate to conventions time after time, and acted as chairman for the last county convention. Mr. Juliand has distinguished himself as an excellent busi-
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