Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, Part 118

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

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W ILLIAM H. BARTLETT, one of the prominent and leading business men of Amenia, Dutchess county, traces his ancestral line back to the Colonial epoch. His great- grandfather, Daniel C. Bartlett, was born at Redding, Conn., where his father, Rev. Nathaniel Bartlett, a Congregational minister, had located May 23, 1753. The latter was called from this life January 10, 1810. On the breaking out of the Revolutionary war, one Sabbath day, he presented his sword, which he had newly ground, to his son Daniel with the instruction to go and defend his coun- try. With Montgomery's forces he went to Quebec, and was at the capture of Fort St. John in November, 1775. He was also pres- ent at the burning of Danbury, Conn., in 1777. Later in life he became a resident of Dutchess county, N. Y., in 1803 purchasing the Joel Gillett farm in the town of Amenia, on which his great-grandson, Sanford J. Bart- lett, now resides. In his family were five children: William, Collins, Mrs. John Barker, Mrs. Thomas Paine and Mrs. William Paine.

William S. Bartlett, the father of our sub- ject, was born upon the family homestead in the town of Amenia, attended the district schools during his boyhood and youth, and in later life carried on agricultural pursuits in his native township. His birth occurred January 23, 1809, and October 13, 1830, he was mar- ried to Miss Jane Eliza Reynolds, daughter of Jonathan P. Reynolds. They became the parents of four children: Jonathan R., born July 15, 1831, was married October 5, 1863, to Hannah L. Grant, and died September 8, 1872; Adelaide Amelia, born January 10, 1836, died April 27, 1838; William Henry, subject of this sketch, is the next in order of birth; and Sanford Jarvis, Sr., born December

29, 1842, was married March 12, 1873, to Mary Lizzie Hill, of Bridport, Vt., and they are now living on the home farm; they have two sons: William Edgar, born February 14, 1873, and Sanford Jarvis, Jr., born August 4, 1876. Politically the father of this family, William S. Bartlett, was a Whig in early life, later uniting with the Republican party, and at one time served as assessor in his township. He was one of the leading members of the Presbyterian Church at Amenia, in which he served as deacon, and was a generous contrib- utor toward the erection of the house of wor- ship. A broad-minded man, he was liberal in his religious views as well as in other things. After a long and well-spent life he was called to his final rest November 6, 1881. His wife, who was born December 25, 1812, died June 1, 1881.

In the town of Amenia our subject was born, February 14, 1839, and acquired his education in the Amenia Seminary. Later he accepted a position in the store of William Burrell, of Brooklyn, N. Y., where he re- mained for two years, and was then engaged in clerking in Amenia for a short time. While thus calmly employed, the storm of war which had been gathering for so many years over the country broke out, and, bidding adieu to home and its influences, Mr. Bartlett enlisted, in the fall of 1862, in Company A, 150th N. Y. V. I., and from private was promoted from time to time until he became adjutant. He partici- pated in many important engagements, and at Peach Tree Creek, in front of Atlanta, was wounded. He now holds membership with Hamilton Post, No 20, G. A. R , of Pough- keepsie, New York.

When the war was over Mr. Bartlett re- turned to Amenia and purchased the store in which he had formerly clerked, conducting the same until 1888, since which time he has en- gaged in the manufacture of brick, under the firm name of the Amenia Brick Company. In the town - of Amenia, October 30, 1867, he was united in marriage with Miss Lavina Cul- ver, daughter of Backus Culver. Our subject is devoted to all interests that are calculated to advance the welfare of his County, State and Nation, and has done much for the up- building of the community where he has al- ways made his home. With a strict regard for business ethics, he has won the confidence and esteem of all, and is to-day one of the most honored citizens of his county. For

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two terms he served as supervisor of Amenia, and was unanimously nominated by the Re- publican party for sheriff. Being elected, he took the office January 1, 1892, and acceptably served until January 1, 1895. Socially, he is connected with Amenia Lodge, F. & A. M., and is a charter member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks at Poughkeepsie, New York.

R RAYMOND RIKERT, the editor and proprietor of the Rhinebeck Gasette, is one of the youngest journalists in Dutchess county, and at the same time is one of the most prominent in all the Hudson River Valley.

The Rikert family have long occupied an honored place among the old families of New York, the great-great-grandfather of the sub- ject of this review being a patroon. George I. Rikert, his son, was born in Clermont, Co- lumbia county, and by occupation was a farm- er, operating one farm for nearly half a cen- tury. He married Margaret Snyder, and to them were born five children: Robert, Reu- ben, John, Mary (wife of Chancellor Wyllie), and Eliza (wife of John Kilmer). Although he enlisted in the war of 1812, he never took part in any important engagement.

John Rikert, the grandfather of our sub- ject, was born at Rhinebeck in ISII, and for many years was an employe at the State dock. In 1857 he began the butchering business in the village of Rhinebeck, which he continued to follow up to the time of his death in 1860, and was quite successful in that undertaking. His political support was given to the Whig party, and religiously he was a Lutheran. As a companion and helpmeet on life's journey he married Phebe Dedrick, daughter of Jacob Dedrick, of Rhinebeck, who had come from Claverack, N. Y. Five children blessed this union, but Nelson died at the age of three years; the others are, Wellington,- Franklin, Calvin and Elmore. The mother is still living.

Franklin Rikert acquired his education in the Rhinebeck Academy, and at the Flat Rock school, laying aside his text books in 1859 to enter upon the more active duties of life. He served an apprenticeship as a butcher in Rhine- beck, but on the outbreak of the Civil war he laid aside personal plans and interests, and on President Lincoln's second call for troops be-

came a member of the 128th N. Y. V. I. He was attached to the department of the Gulf, was in the Red River campaign, and in 1864 returned north with Gen. Sheridan, being with him in the Shenandoah Valley and at the bat- tle of Winchester. At Cedar Creek he was taken prisoner October 19, 1864, was incar- cerated in Libby prison, Castle Thunder, and at Salisbury, N. C., and the following spring was paroled at Goldsboro, that State. At Annapolis, Md., he was discharged in July, 1865, under general order No. 77, and re- turned home with an honorable war record.

On October 19, 1869, Franklin Rikert was joined in marriage with Miss Ellen Cramer, daughter of John P. Cramer, and to them was born a son, R. Raymond. On May 18, 1870, he formed a partnership with J. H. Rikert in the butchering business, which connection con- tinued until August, 1883, when the latter died. Through his own unaided efforts he has achieved success in the business world, and is one of the most popular and highly respected citi- zens of Rhinebeck. He takes quite an active interest in local political matters, voting the straight Republican ticket, and has been a member of the board of health for many years. He holds membership with Armstrong Post No. 104, G. A. R .; also with the Masonic fraternity; and is an honorary member of Re- lief Hook & Ladder Co. In religious faith he belongs to the Methodist Episcopal Church.

R. Raymond Rikert, the subject proper of this sketch, was born November 14, 1871, in Rhinebeck village. He received his edu- cation in the De Garmo Institute, and was graduated from that institution in 1891, a member of the first class to graduate from that time-honored school after its removal to Fishkill-on-Hudson. After completing his education, and until January 1, 1893, heacted in the capacity of bookkeeper for his father at Rhinebeck. On the above date, in connection with William R. Tremper, he purchased the Rhinebeck News of William N. Tyler, and at the same time assumed the management of the Gazette. On July 1, 1894, the Gazette was purchased from the estate of Lewis H. Livings- ton, and our subject bought out the interest of his partner, and is now the sole owner of the business, which is rapidly increasing. The office employs about six men the year round, and has a weekly circulation of 1000.

Although young in years, Mr. Rikert has made a grand success of his undertaking, both

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from a financial and from a literary point of view, and is regarded as one of the strong men of Dutchess county. Politically the paper is in- dependent, but the editor is a stanch Repub- lican. He is secretary of the Rhinebeck Gas Company; and socially is a member of the F. & A. M., the S. of V., and of the Hook and Ladder Fire Company.

L EONARD I. TRIPP, an enterprising and prosperous blacksmith of Clinton Hollow, Dutchess county, was born in the town of Rhinebeck, May 20, 1851.

The family is of French descent, and our subject's grandfather, Smiten Tripp, was one of the early residents of Clinton. He married a Miss Wicks, and had several children, among whom was George C. Tripp, the father of our subject. He grew to manhood in the town of Clinton, and was married there to Mary A. P. Haight, a native of the same locality, and a lady of rare nobility of character. She was a daughter of Isaac S. Haight, a Quaker, who was born in Rhode Island, where his great- grandfather had settled on coming from Eng- land; but he spent the greater part of his life farming in the town of Clinton. He married Hannah Bedford, and had five children, as follows: Hannah, Sarah, Susan, Leonard and David; all are now deceased except Hannah.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. George C. Tripp settled upon a farm in the town of Hyde Park, and later moved to Rhinebeck. They had nine children: Julia F .; Helen Au- gusta (deceased); James S., a contractor and builder at Rochester, N. Y .; Jacob WV., a con- tractor and builder at Salt Lake; Martin F., who is in the same business in Cole county, Mo .; Leonard I., our subject; Hiram M., a contractor and builder at Bergen, N. Y .; and Elting B., a policeman in New York City. To Mrs. Tripp belongs the credit of bringing up this family, and giving them those industrious habits and sound principles which have marked their successful careers. She was a faithful member of the Christian Church for many years previous to her death, which occurred March 15, 1895, when she was aged seventy- six years.

The subject of this sketch attended the schools of Clinton Hollow in his early boy- hood, and at the age of eleven he began work- ing out on neighboring farms. At nineteen he entered H. S. Van Dyne's blacksmith shop at 11

Clinton Hollow, and served an apprenticeship of three years, receiving $40 a year, with the privilege of working twelve sunny days in har- vest time. After learning his trade he worked one year at Washington Hollow for Charles McCormick, also for three years at Millbrook for Henry Shaw, and in March, 1877, he re- turned to Clinton Hollow and bought the shop where he had learned the business, and has conducted it since with growing popularity and success. On April 19, 1877, he married Al- meda D. Briggs, a daughter of George C. and Margaret Briggs, well-known residents of Clin- ton Hollow. Mr. Tripp is a public-spirited citizen, and takes an influential place in local affairs. He is an active supporter of the Dem- ocratic party, has been inspector of elections, and has held the office of town clerk for two terms.

J OSEPH KLINE, a well-known resident of Pawling, Dutchess county, engaged in the livery business, has also been for some time in the employ of the United States Government as mail clerk on the Harlem railroad. He learned the carriage maker's trade in early life, but did not follow it long as a business. He and his wife, formerly Miss Carrie Mabie, have three children: Anna A., Mary E. and Agnes J., who are all at home.

Mrs. Kline was born and reared in the town of Dover, Dutchess county, and is a descend- ant of early settlers in Patterson, Putnam coun- ty, where her grandfather, Samuel Mabie, first saw the light. His education was acquired in the common schools there, and he engaged in farming in early manhood. He was united in matrimony with Miss Polly Bolts, and had six children, of whom Hiram, Mrs. Kline's father, was the eldest. William married Laura Dyke- man; Phoebe married Nathan Dykeman; Ruth was the wife of James Dykeman; Adaline mar- ried J. B. Swan; and Sarah died at an early age.

Hiram Mabie was born in 1823, in Towners, Putnam county, and after obtaining a common- school education there followed agricultural pursuits. He married Miss Julia Pagsley, daughter of Benjamin Pagsley, a leading butcher of Patterson, and his wife, Polly Crosby. Mrs. Kline was the fourth in a family of five children. Of the others, (1) Mary E. has never married. (2) Washington was educated in the town of Dover, Dutchess county, and is now engaged in farming. He married Miss Jennie Fowler

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and had three children-Estelle, Gertrude and Clarence. (3) Estelle was born and reared in the town of Dover, and she is now the wife of John Haynes, an agriculturist of the town of Pawling. They have two children-Fred and Ruth. (5) Florence, Mrs. Kline's youngest sister, married John Merrick, a resident of Towners, and has no children.

J' OHN G. DOYLE, the junior member of the well-known firm, Lewis & Doyle, of Wassaic, was born at South Dover, Dutch- ess county, September 27, 1863.

The boyhood and youth of Mr. Doyle were passed uneventfully at Wassaic, where he at- tended school, and at the age of fourteen years he entered the store of M. K. Lewis, with whom he has since remained. Until the 25th of July, 1894, he served as clerk, but since that time has been a partner, and the firm is now enjoying a large and paying business. He has always been a stanch Democrat, and in 1893 was appointed postinaster of Wassaic, by President Cleveland, which position he has since capably filled to the satisfaction of all concerned. He is a business man of more than ordinary ability, and justly deserves the success which has crowned his efforts. So- cially, he is identified with Amenia Lodge No. 672, F. & A. M., and is a past regent of Council No. 1291, Royal Arcanum, at Was- saic.

At Pawling, N. Y., January 20, 1886, Mr. Doyle was united in marriage with Miss Mary F. Barrett, of Charleston, S. C., daughter of Pierce Barrett. They have had one son, Percy Vincent, who died in infancy. The young couple hold a high position in the social circles of the community.

D EWITT C. HUSTED, the enterprising proprietor of a combined bakery and con- fectionery store and restaurant at Millerton, Dutchess county, and one of the most success- ful business men of that village, was born in the town of Clinton, Dutchess county, Jan- uary 2, 1860. His ancestors were early set- tlers in the town of Pleasant Valley, where his grandfather, Nathaniel Husted, and his father, Luther Husted, were born, the latter in the year 1840.

The subject of our sketch was educated in the district school at Clinton, which was ex- cellent for that day, and being fond of reading he has supplemented this course in later years by keeping " well posted " on current events and the advance of scientific thought. At eighteen he left school and assisted his father for three years, when he started out in life for himself, first as attendant for Dr. Knight at Lakeville, Conn. Three years later he and his brother, Elmer, took charge of his father's store at Wassaic, the partnership continuing two years. The next two years, Mr. Husted conducted a store of his own, and then after one year of retirement from business he came to Millerton in the spring of 1892 and established the bakery, confectionery and restaurant busi- ness, which he has since conducted. This is one of the finest stores of its kind in the town, and enjoys an extensive patronage. A self- made man, Mr. Husted has always displayed the energy and good management which win success, and every enterprise in which he has engaged has prospered.

On January 25, 1888, he was married to Miss Etta Jenks, of Lakeville, Conn .; they have one son, Harry, born April 13, 1890. Mr. Husted is among the leaders in local affairs, and has been at times active in politics, and, not being bound slavishly by party ties, he has always worked for the nomination and election of such men as he has considered best qualified to carry out the will of the people.

Mrs. Husted is the only surviving daughter of William and Caroline (Edwards) Jenks. She was born at Hillsdale, N. Y., August II, 1858, and in her girlhood accompanied her parents to Orehill, Conn., where they made their home some six years, thence moving to Lakeville, Conn. Here she attended the pub- lic school, later taking a one-year's course at New Preston, Conn. Then, for ten years, and until her marriage, she lived at Norfolk, Conn. Her father was born October 10, 1824, in New York. Her mother was a native of Connecticut, born in New Milford, December 3, 1817. They were married October 1, 1840, and became the parents of five children, as follows: Rachel and Mary Amanda (both de- ceased); George, a resident of Torrington, Conn .; Fred E., of New Haven; and Etta (Mrs. Husted). Her maternal grandfather Ed- wards was born September 12, 1784, and in 1803 married Sarah Bennett, who was born May 2, 1783. They had five children: Ap-

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phia, Abel, Caroline, Sarah and Rachel. Of these, the last two are yet living.

John Jenks, the paternal grandfather of Mrs. Husted, was born April 9, 1782. Mary (White), his wife, was born October 11, 1793. They were married November 20, 1813. The former died September 3, 1833, the latter, December 17, 1874. Their seven children were: John Fredrick, born September 13, 1814; Mariette, born February 1, 1816; Ann Maria, born November 24, 1817; Harriet Emily, born October 20, 1819; Sarah Jane, born June 3, 1821 ; Clarissa Amanda, born De- cember 16, 1822; and William Hunt, born Oc- tober 10, 1824. Of these only John Fredrick and Clarissa Amanda survive. The paternal great-grandfather of Mrs. Husted was Thomas Jenks, who married Sarah Barton and died, aged forty-one years.

Abel Edwards, the maternal great-grand- father of Mrs. Husted was a Revolutionary soldier. He enlisted May 4, 1775, in the com- pany of Capt. Samuel Whitney, of Stratford, 5th regiment, Col. David Waterbury com- manding. He married, for his first wife, Lucy Hawley, and, for his second, Sarah Mann.

G EORGE HAM ANGELL, a leading citi- zen and enterprising, progressive business man of Wappingers Falls, is one of the prom- inent dry-goods merchants of the place. He is a native of Dutchess county, born January 8, 1852, at Salt Point, in the town of Pleas- ant Valley. The family of which he belongs is of English origin, and its members mostly belonged to the Society of Friends. Ephraim Angell, his paternal grandfather, who was also born in Pleasant Valley town, located upon a farm near Spencertown, Columbia Co., N. Y., after his marriage with Mary Thorne, where he reared a family of eight children-Joseph, Augustus, Stephen, Henry, Ephraim, Sarah, Emma and Martha-and there he continued agricultural pursuits until his death.

Upon that farm in Columbia county, Stephen T. Angell, the father of our subject, was born, October 31, 1817, and when he had attained his seventeenth year, he began teach- ing school in that locality. He was united in marriage with Miss Hannah E. Ham, a daugh- ter of George Ham, who was born in the town of Washington, Dutchess county, and was a farmer by occupation. After their marriage the parents located at Salt Point, where the

father engaged in farming until called from this life in 1889. His estimable wife still survives him. Politically, he was in early manhood a Whig, and, upon the abandonment of the old party, cordially endorsed the Republican prin- ciples, which he ever afterward sustained. He was prominent in the public affairs of the county; having served one term as justice of the peace of Pleasant Valley township, and two terms as president of the Dutchess County Agricultural Society. He was a man of ster- ling integrity, and possessed great force of character, which won for him the confidence and esteem of the community in which he lived. The parental household included five children: Eva, George H., Augustus, a prom- inent oculist of Hartford, Conn., who was graduated from the Homeopathic Medical Col- lege, of New York City; Milton H., a well- known physician of Salt Point; and J. Thorne, who is station agent and telegraph operator for the Poughkeepsie & Eastern R. R. Co., at Pine Plains, Dutchess county.

At Salt Point our subject spent his boy- hood days, where he attended the district schools, and later was a student at a private school in New Hampshire. Going to Chatham, Columbia Co., N. Y., he was there employed as a salesman in a dry-goods store for about five years. He was afterward with Luckey, Platt & Co., and Donald, Converse & May- nard, of Poughkeepsie. On coming to Wap- pingers Falls in 1880, Mr. Angell formed a partnership with William A. Clapp in the dry- goods business, which connection lasted for three years, since which time our subject has been sole proprietor, and has ever been prom- inently connected with the business interests of the place.

In 1882, Mr. Angell married Miss Margaret J. Stevenson, a daughter of Thomas Steven- son, a comb manufacturer, and a niece of George Stevenson, a prominent resident of Dutchess county. One son graces this union, Winfield Thorne. In politics, Mr. Angell is a firm supporter of the Republica party, and has taken a prominent part in public affairs, always lending his influence to promote the best in- terests of the community. His personal in- tegrity, both in private and public life, is of the highest order. He is endowed with a clear, well-balanced intellect, sharpened by a sound education and keen powers of observa- tion. Both himself and wife are consistent members of the Presbyterian Church, in which

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he is serving as deacon, and he is at present one of the trustees of the Grinnell Library, at Wappingers Falls.

E DMUND NELSON LANDON, an enter- prising and successful merchant of Miller- ton, Dutchess county, was born November 23, 1852, at Town Hill, Salisbury, Conn., which has been the home of the family for more than one hundred years. The family estate there is at present in the possession of a cousin, having been continuously passed from heir to heir since Colonial times without a single trans- fer by deed. Mr. Landon is the sixth generation in direct descent from a Landon who came from Wales to Connecticut sometime in the seven- teenth century, and after a short stay in Litch- field settled at Salisbury. A son, Capt. James Landon, who was born there about 1700, and lived until 1773, was a member of the Colonial legislature in 1759, and justice of the peace

about the same time. His title was gained by serving in the Colonial militia. He married Mary Reed, and had twelve children, three of whom were named: Ashbil, David, Joel. Capt. Ashbil Landon, our subject's great- grandfather, who died in 1838, was also an officer in the militia, and was a prominent man of his time. He lived on Tory Hill, so called from the loyalty of his family to the British government during the Revolutionary war. He married Lorain Chapman, by whom he had six children: Betsey, Letty, William, Horace, Edmund and James.

Edmund Landon, our subject's grandfa- ther, was born in 1790, and died in 1845. He was a farmer, as nearly all his family have been, and was fairly successful in that occupa- tion. He was twice married. first to Sylvia Fitch, who died leaving four children: Nel- son, Fitch, Abigail and Ann. His second wife was Sarah Lord, who survived him several years, dying in 1862. She had four children: Ashbil, Thomas Newton, George and Asa. Thomas Newton died at the age of eleven.

Nelson Landon, our subject's father, was born in 1817, and died in 1887, his life having been passed in agricultural pursuits. He owned a farin of 200 acres, acquired by his own efforts, and gave but little attention to public affairs, preferring a quiet life. He was, how- ever, a well-informed man of broad ideas, a Whig in political faith during his early years, and later a Republican. His wife was Mary

Raymond, daughter of Gershom Raymond, of South Norwalk. This family was of French descent, the name being at one time Raiment.

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Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, Part 118

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