Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, Part 103

Author: J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1354

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Knapp, May 12, 1883; William S., born May 21, 1866; James Henry, born March 7, 1868; Sandford W., born December 12, 1869; Mar- getta, born August 26, 1870; Lewis H., born January 12, 1873; Herman, born August 5, 1875; Walter Lee, born May 21, 1876. (6) Nelson Monroe, born November 12, 1837, married Mary A. Luce, December 14, 1862; two children-Jennie Marian, born June 5, 1868, died April 21, 1869; and James Luce, born August 25, 1871. (7) Melissa Jane, born October 22, 1840, married William F. Beck- with, March 17, 1858; two children-Elmer Leslie, born April 16, 1866; and Elsie Melissa, born November 12, 1874. (8) Alfred Word- ing, born October 29, 1842, married Mary B. Chapman, May 1, 1872 ; one child-Willis Monroe, born May 17, 1875. (9) Sophia Amelia, born December 4, 1844, married James Valentine Luce, December 30, 1860. (10) Terrie Florella, born May 18, 1847, mar- ried James Valentine Luce, December 2, 1883; one child-Laura Sophia, born May 12, 1885. (II) Wilbur Edson, born October 29, 1849, married Lottie Rosella Jordan, November 25, 1875 ; three children-Arthur Edson, born September 26, 1876; Florence Rosella, born March 13, 1878; and Edith Gertrude, born November 16, 1879. (12) Herman Edgar, born February 8, 1854, married Jessie Fre- mont Beebe, February 7, 1882; one child- Myrtle Sophia, born December 23, 1882.

Edward Everett Havens, the subject of our sketch, was born February 9, 1861, and was educated in the public schools of Fishkill. On leaving school at about the age of fourteen, he secured a situation as clerk in the grocery store of R. H. Delaney, in the town of Beekman. He remained there three years, and then went to work in the A. T. Stewart mill at Glenham, and during the three or four years spent there learned several different trades connected with the manufacture of woolen cloth. After leav- ing this place he entered the employ of Rev. Father McSweegan, in Matteawan, and for about a year worked on church improvements, and the next four years were spent with James A. Murray, a carpenter and builder. In Oc- tober, 1886, the business in which he is now engaged was founded, beginning in the build- ing next door to his present establishment, which he erected in 1892.

Mr. Havens' partner in life's joys and sor- rows was Miss Mary C. McCarroll, a daughter of Robert and Mary McCarroll. They have

four children: John E., Mary A., Robert Francis, and James Herman. They are mem- bers of the Roman Catholic Church at Fish- kill

In politics Mr. Havens is a Democrat, and he has been the candidate of his party for commissioner of the poor, and also for trustee of the village. As the town is generally Re- publican, and as the years in which he led the forlorn hope exceptionally unfavorable for the Democratic party, he was defeated. He is a member of Dutchess Council C. B. L., and is at present its treasurer. He is also a member of the Catholic Knights of America, member No. 49120, of the Catholic Benevolent Society, and of Court Queen of the Hudson No. 8119, A. O. F. of A.

F RANK M. EDMOND is one of the most able and enterprising young business men of Matteawan, Dutchess county, the inventor of a wire-spring support for upholstered chairs and car seats, which promises well, his patent having been obtained and a company formed for the manufacture and sale of the appliance, with Ross Judson, president, Samuel K. Phil- lips, secretary and treasurer, and Mr. Edmond, as superintendent. No one who knows Mr. Edmond will fail to wish him well in this new undertaking, as his courageous and energetic efforts during past business reverses have won universal admiration and good will.

He is a son of the late William Romain Edmond, who for over twenty years was a stockholder in the Matteawan Hat Manufac- turing Co., and the foreman of its extensive works. He was a native of Windham, Greene Co., N. Y., and went to Matteawan at the time the late Lewis Tompkins and the Mase brothers began their investments in the hat business at that place. He died of paralysis July 10, 1889, his wife, formerly Mary E. Bump, and six sons surviving him. Our sub- ject is one of eight children: George; Addie, who died in childhood; Nelson; William; Frank M .; James; Horace; and lucius, who died in early youth.

Frank M. Edmond was born February 18, 1863, and resided at Matteawan throughout his early life, attending the public schools until the age of twenty, and later working in a straw-hat factory. After six or seven years in that employment he engaged in the furniture business at Fishkill Landing in partnership

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with Mr. Otto Deicke, one of the best uphol- sterers and carriage trimmers to be found on the Hudson. This partnership was terminated four years later by the death of Mr. Deicke; but his interest was taken by his son Herman and the firm continued for another year under the same style of Deicke & Edmond. The business had prospered, and the firm was carrying at this time a full line of household goods, including stoves and ranges, but their trade was largely "on time", and when the business depression came and their customers were unable to meet their obligations, the firm was forced to discontinue. Mr. Edmond was thus compelled to make a new start in life, but he had his tools and an abundant supply of "pure grit", which in combination with his trained abilities were a sufficient capital. In 1891 he began work in repairing bicycles and upholstering furniture, and his success enabled him to open a shop of his own in Matteawan on Main street, under the " Dibble House ", in the spring of 1896. He also holds the agency for a fine line of bicycles, and is at pres- ent the manager of Scharbauer & Sargent's Bicycle Manufacturing and Repair Shops.

On June 4, 1890, Mr. Edmond married Miss Emma Deicke, a daughter of his former partner, Otto Deicke, and his wife, Marie Deicke. They have two children, Romain and Bertha, and reside in a pleasant home on Washington avenue, Matteawan. Both attend the Presbyterian Church, and Mr. Edmond is a member of the I. O. O. F., Evergreen Lodge, Matteawan. He has always voted the Demo- cratic ticket.

D ANIEL H. MONKS, a well-known resi- dent of Fishkill, Dutcliess county, was born August 19, 1858, in Dublin, Ireland. His family has been prominent in that city for many years, and his father, the late William Monks, a native of the place and a man of in- dependent means, passed the greater part of his life there. With his wife, Anna ( Murphy), and their family, he came to America to spend his last years, and his death occurred in the town of New Windsor, Orange Co., N. Y. He took a keen interest in all the questions of the day, and especially in political problems, his sympathies being with the Democratic party. In religious faith he was a Roman Catholic, as is his estimable wife, who survives him.

Of their seven children, the eldest, James,

gave his life for his adopted country, dying in Andersonville prison in the latter part of 1864. He enlisted first in the 168th N. Y. V. I., and, after receiving an honorable discharge at the end of two years' service, he re-enlisted, this time in the 15th N. Y. Cav. He was captured three times, and the cruel hardships of the historic stockade at Andersonville finally proved too much for his gallant spirit and once strong and healthy frame. The other members of the family were: Margaret (deceased), for- merly the wife of James A. Dunn, an under- taker at Newburgh, N. Y .; Mary, wife of Nich- olas Lee, of Newburgh; John, a liquor dealer in the same city; Daniel H., our subject; Fannie, wife of Robert Greening, of New Windsor, N. Y .; and Anna (deceased).

D. H. Monks was but a child when his parents came to this country, and his youth was spent mainly in Newburgh. He learned the business of molding iron and brass, which he followed for some time; but in 1889 he en- gaged in the retail liquor business at Fishkill Landing. Since 1890 he has carried on a wholesale trade, making a specialty of How- ard & Child's beer.

Mr. Monks was married, in 1886, to Miss Elizabeth Smith, of Fishkill Landing, a daugh- ter of James Smith, whose ancestors came originally from the Emerald Isle. No chil- dren were born of this union. In politics Mr. Monks is a Democrat, and he is a prominent member of St. John's Roman Catholic Church at Fishkill.

A LEXANDER HAMILTON DUDLEY.

The Dudley family is of English origin, and the branch to which the subject of this sketch belongs traces its lineage to Lord Guil- ford Dudley and his wife, Lady Jane Grey. The first of the line to come to America left Leicestershire, England, at a very early period, and located in New England, where his de- scendants have been prominent in various walks of life, some having been Governors of States.

Asael Dudley, our subject's grandfather, married Hannah Woodhouse. He died May 31, 1830, in the eighty-second year of his age, and his wife on December 16, 1831, at the age of eighty-three, Their son, Joseph S. Dudley, our subject's father, was born in Wil- ton, Conn., in 1786, and died September 16, 1865. He was a tanner and currier by trade,

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and owned a tannery at Hughsonville. His wife, Betsey (Cole), was a daughter of William Cole, of Wilton, Conn. She was born in 1790, and died January 10, 1855. Of their nine children only two survive. John died in infancy; William S. in 1867; Harriet in 1891; John G. on April 24, 1867; Charles H., born October 24, 1823, and died September 17, 1850; Joseph H. is still living; George W., born May 21, 1828, died January 23, 1848; Alex- ander H. is the subject of this sketch; Hannah M. died October 14. 1869.

Alexander Hamilton Dudley was born April 24, 1830, in the town of Peekskill, Westches- ter Co., N. Y., and was educated in the district schools of that locality, and at Wilton Academy, Wilton, Conn., where he remained one year. On leaving school he went to New York City and engaged in the business of buy- ing and tearing down old buildings, and sell- ing the materials. His office was located on 23rd street, between Fifth and Sixth avenues. In 1864, after eighteen years in this business, he moved to Brinckerhoff, Dutchess county, and purchased the Starr gristmill, which he has conducted ever since. The water privi- leges on this property are excellent as he has never been obliged to shut down during the driest season. There is an interesting history connected with the mill also, as it stands upon the site of one which was burned by the Hes- sians during the Revolutionary war, and was built, by order of Gen. Washington, by a de- tail of soldiers belonging to the Colonial forces. There is not a sawed stick in it, all have been hewed from solid hardwood and mortised to- gether, and it bids fair to stand as solidly as ever through many years to come. On De- cember 23, 1859, Mr. Dudley was married to Miss Frances S. Hamilton, who was born No- vember 27, 1827, the daughter of William Hamilton. Her death occurred November 14, 1885, and Mr. Dudley afterward wedded Mrs. Mary (Brett) Fountain, daughter of James and Helen (White) Brett, and widow of Hosea Fountain, by whom she had one child. Po- litically, Mr. Dudley is a Republican, and a member of the Reformed Church at Fishkill.

W ALTER LIVINGSTON TEN- BROECK, an agriculturist whose pro- gressive and scientific management has made him one of the successful men of the town of Rhinebeck, Dutchess county, was born

July 8, 1830, at Livingston, Columbia Co., N. Y. The district schools of that day af- forded but limited educational opportunities; but such as they were he made the most of them, and by intelligent observation and constant reading he has since acquired thor- ough information upon many subjects, and especially upon branches of science relating to his occupation.

Mr. Ten Broeck remained at the home- stead until he was twenty-five years of age, and April 1, 1854, he purchased a farm near Rhinebeck; but two years later sold this prop- erty and moved to the estate upon which he has now resided for forty-one years. He pos- sesses fine executive ability, and the 160 acres of land to which he devotes his attention are kept in a high state of cultivation. . In 1866 he became a life member of the New York State Agricultural Society, and he has always taken a prominent part in local affairs: but although he is a firm supporter of the principles of the Democratic party, he has never held public office, having refused to serve when elected. He was married in 1855 to Helen U. Schultz, daughter of Peter I. Schultz, of Rhinebeck, and has had eight children: Derrick Wessel; Peter S., who died at the age of eight years; Helen R. (Mrs. Wallace Traver); Albertina S., who is at home; Jane L., who died at, the age of twenty-one years; and Mary E., Lucys and Walter T. L., who are all at home. Mrs. Ten Broeck is a leading member of the Re- formed Church at Rhinebeck, and a generous worker in its varied lines of effort.

The Ten Broeck family is one of the oldest and most distinguished in America, and our subject is one of the seventh generation from Wessel W. Ten Broeck, of Munster (a city of Westphalia, Prussia, situated near the border line of Holland), who landed at New Amster- dam in 1626 in company with the Hon. Peter Minnit, third director of the Holland West In- dia Company. (Cornelius May, of Hoorn, having been its first director, in 1624, and William Van Hulst its second director, in 1625). And when we reflect that the first known out- line map of New Belgium (now New York), in- accurate as it was, was made in 1618; that Boston was only settled in 1630, and Maryland in 1632; that when this ancestor of the Ten- Broecks came to this country in 1626, New Amsterdam (now the mighty city of New York) contained only 270 souls, including men, women and children; that Albany, the

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capital of our great Empire State, contained only twenty-six inhabitants, including one white woman; it may be truly said that Director Minnit and his protégé, Ten Broeck, came to New Belgium when it was a very feeble col- ony, and, dating from that origin, this family is one of the most ancient in the New World.

Nor were the early ancestors unknown or undistinguished. The first settler became the most extensive merchant of his day at Albany; and the historical records of New York show that in 1689 Dirck Wessel Ten Broeck, his son, was employed by Gov. Dougan as em- bassador to Canada to settle matters of Pro- vincial difficulty; and that in the same year he was his majesty's recorder of the city of Al- bany; and in 1690 the same recorder is certi- fied to with high commendation for energy and philanthropy in relieving the people of Schen- ectady from suffering. after the destruction of their town by the French and Indians; and subsequently for his great zeal in furthering the Governor's designs against the French in- vasion then in progress. Guided by such lights, we can safely assume that the father and son, for that primitive day, were no ordi- nary men; but it is foreign to this notice to attempt the history of the whole family.

Other descendants, too, have shared much public honor and confidence, and it may not be inopportune to say: That the able and patriotic correspondence of Abraham Ten- Broeck, president of the committee of safety of New York, with Hon. John Hancock, Presi- dent of Congress; the polish and eloquent power of Derick Ten Broeck, his son, for three sessions speaker of the House of Assem- bly of the State of New York; and the gal- lantry of Maj. Leonard Ten Broeck (the grand- father of our subject) at the taking of Bur- goyne, are matters of history so clear that no historical scholar will question the general tal- ent, influence or gallantry of the descendants of the original emigrant.

Mr. Ten Broeck's father, the late Gen. Leonard W. Ten Broeck, served as a member of the State Assembly, and one term as sheriff of Columbia county, and was one of the most influential and popular men of his day. On the maternal side our subject is a grandson of Walter T. Livingston, of Clermont, a repre- sentative of another family distinguished from the earliest periods of our country's history.

Capt. Samuel Ten Broeck, an elder brother of our subject, born in Livingston June 5, 36

1826, just 200 years after the landing of his ancestor in this country, was a soldier in our Civil war, and a hero worthy of the patriotic blood of these illustrious families, identified with the Declaration of Independence and the stern trials of our Revolutionary struggle. He devoted some years of his life to mercantile pursuits, but at the outbreak of the Rebellion he was one of the first to respond to the call to arms, joining Company M, 5th N. Y. V. C., and from that time his every energy was given to his country. He died July 4, 1863, leaving a wife, son and daughter, the parting from them being his severest trial. Columbia county mourned the death of this generous and chiv- alric officer; on the day of his burial the flags of the shipping and public buildings at Hudson, a point twelve miles distant from his residence and place of burial, were lowered to half-mast ; and a concourse, unequalled by numbers in that section of country upon any previous occa- sion, escorted his earthly remains to their last spot of rest - and affection deposited in his grave many a sprig of evergreen dedicated to his virtues and his memory. But the finale is so graphically told by one who knew and loved him well, in an obituary notice published the day succeeding his death, that we will close this notice by its insertion as follows:

Capt. Ten Broeck was one of nature's noblemen - one of the very few so happily constituted that he had no enemies. but many ardent, ardent friends: his nature was so genial, his benevolence so expansive, his affections so enthusiastic, that, as husband, parent, brother, friend, his loss is irreparable, and, therefore, deeply and widely mourned.

As Masonic brother, his heart and hand were in many charitable offices, and the tear of sorrow has often been hushed from the orphan's eye. As a companion, the light of many a social circle has been dimmed; as hus- band, father, and friend, his voice of cheerful kindness has been hushed forever, to leave a sad and aching void.

Capt. Ten Broeck was widely known and valued in Columbia county as a judicious and public-spirited citi- zen, having served as a member in its board of super- visors with marked ability, and as a member of the Assembly from its Second District in 1856.

But his brightest phase of character was unswerving patriotism which shone forth brilliantly in the first boom- ing of rebellious cannon upon the stars and stripes at Fort Sumter. Descended from a stock who were among the first settlers of this country, and whose swords leaped gallantly from the scabbards in the trials of 1776, his soul burned with native fire to resent the impious insult to our flag, and he early volunteered in a New York cavalry corps, where, amidst other active services, he endured such exposure and fatigue while following his admirable leader three weeks in the saddle, almost without inter- mission, that he was sent on a furlough to his home, a victim of severe typhoid fever; and, after partial recov- ery, urged on by over anxiety to be with his regiment and in the service of his country, he returned too soon to the scene of conflict, and still too weak to follow in the train of his intrepid commander, was intrusted with command

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of the camp, until, borne down by insidious disease, he came home on a thirty -days' furlough to recover, if possi- ble, set so spent that in three days after his arrival, sur- rounded by his loved ones and' in his own house, that manly spinnt took flight. Farewell, dear Captain; our national day of jubilee was a fitting one for the death of so devoted a patriot.

R ICHARD COURTLAND HORTON is the owner of a property in the town of East Fishkill, Dutchess county, his handsome residence being set off by a back ground of dense foliage, while the grounds are intersected by winding paths, the whole presenting a most attractive appearance. The farm, which com- prises 130 acres, has been brought to a high state of cultivation through the untiring efforts of our subject, and yields bountiful harvests.

Mr. Horton was born at Gayhead, town of East Fishkill, August 2, 1832, and is a lineal descendant of Barnabas Horton, who came from England to this country, in 1640, locat- ing in Southhold, Long Island. A wing of the old house which he erected in that year is yet standing and the property is still in the posses- sion of the Horton family. He was a minister of the Gospel, and a most excellent man.

Capt. Joseph Horton, the great-grandfa- ther of our subject, was born at Southhold, Long Island, and there grew to manhood. He removed to New York City, and from there to Moodna, Ulster (afterward Orange county, where his death occurred. During the Revo- lutionary war he had the pleasure of entertain- ing Gen. La Fayette and Gen. Washington at the old home. He married Miss Jane Van- Voorhis, and to them were born two sons and several daughters. Of the former, Jacob never married and lived but a short time after they located at Gayhead; Courtland was the grandfather of our subject. After the death of her husband, Mrs. Horton purchased the property at Gayhead, in the town of East Fishkill, Dutchess county (now owned and occupied by our subject ), and at her death was buried at Hopewell, while her husband was in- terred on Murders creek, or Moodna.

Courtland Horton was born at Murders Creek, in Orange county, N. Y., and was quite a young man when he came to Dutchess coun- ty. He wedded Hannah Van Wyck Brincker- hoff, who was born at Hopewell, in the town of East Fishkill, where Mr. L. C. Rapalje now lives. After their marriage they located at the old homestead, where they reared their four children: Richard Van Wyck, who died when

a young man; John G., who was also quite young at the time of his death; Jane, who died unmarried; and Jacob, the father of our subject. The three former were never mar- ried. The grandfather was a prominent man of his time, was a merchant at Gayhead, and was also a large landholder in the locality. Religiously he was a member of the Reformed Dutch Church, and his political support was given the Whig party.

At the old homestead at Gayhead the birth of Jacob florton occurred, and on reaching manhood he also followed farming and mer- chandising at that place. He took an active part in religious affairs, assisting in the erec- tion of the Reformed Dutch church, of which he was a member, and was first a Whig in pol- itics, later a Republican. He married Diana Storm, a native of Hopewell, and a daughter of Col. John Storin. Her death occurred Au- gust 16, 1840, that of her husband on March 9, 1865. In the family were six children, in all: Jane, who married Edward H. Seely, of Brooklyn; Richard Courtland, subject of this sketch; John Storm; Jacob, who was a minis- ter of the Gospel, and died in Bethel, Maine; Diana, who married Henry W. Brower, of New York City; and Elizabeth Van Wyck. The last three are brother and half-sisters of our subject.

Upon the farm where he still resides, Rich- ard Courtland Horton passed his early life, at- tending the local schools, and later pursuing his studies at Danbury, Conn., at the Amnenia Seminary, and at Newburg, N. Y. After fin- ishing his education he returned to the home place, where he has since resided. He was married to Miss Mary Brown, a native of New- burg, and a daughter of Judge John W. Brown, who was born in Dundee, Scotland, and held many public offices in the State, among them that of Supreme Court Judge for sixteen years, and latterly justice of the court of appeals. Two children graced this union: Mary Brown, wife of William A. Adriance, of Poughkeepsie; and Ralph Courtland, of New York City.

Since 1852 Mr. Horton has given his at- tention exclusively to agricultural pursuits. Politically, he is a Republican, and in 1844 was appointed postmaster at Gayhead, which position he faithfully filled for thirty years. Both himself and wife are members of the Reformed Church, and they certainly well de- serve the high regard in which they are held by all who know them. Their beautiful home

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indicates the refined and cultured taste of the inmates, and its hospitable doors are ever open to the reception of their many friends.

L EONARD V. PIERCE, a substantial and progressive horticulturist of the town of East Fishkill, Dutchess county, is one of the most extensive grape growers in this section of the State, having upon his place several vari- eties of fancy grapes. He has been visited by many of the leading men engaged in that par- ticular industry from all over the country, and his fruit farm has often been referred to in ar- ticles on the grape subject in horticultural magazines.

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Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, Part 103

Author: J.H. Beers & Co Publication date: 1897 Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & co. Number of Pages: 1354

Author: J.H. Beers & Co
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Chicago, J. H. Beers & co.
Number of Pages: 1354