Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, Part 124

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

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subject, Mrs. Vincent was the wife of Charles Coates, a brakeman on the Harlem railroad, and to them were born two children: Will- iam, who died at the age of seventeen years; and Emma, who married Edwin Carey, and has four children-Charles, Eva, Ernest and Millard.

(3) Allen, the father of Mrs. George Vin- cent, is the third of the family. Like his brother, he also was born, educated, and fol- lowed farming in the town of Dover. On reaching manhood he was married to Miss Mary Stage, daughter of David and Mary A. (Colby) Stage, agriculturists of the town of Dover. Six children were born to them, as follows: Ida is the wife of John H. Ensign, and they have one child, John O. Addie, the wife of our subject, is next in order of birth. Martha married William Brown, a farmer in the town of Dover, and they have two children, Allen and Frank. Augusta is the wife of Fred Wil- cox, a farmer of Dover. Daisy is at home. Mary is the wife of Martin Wilcox, a farmer of Dover, and has three children, William, Julia and John.

(4) Isaac, the fourth son of Jonathan and Martha (Duncan) Vincent, was born in the town of Dover, where, on reaching manhood, he engaged in farming. He first married Miss Jane A. Beers, by whom he had six children, only two of whom - Stephen and Hattie - lived, but Stephen also is now deceased. His second wife bore the maiden name of Imogene Butts.

(5) Edgar, the fifth son, never married.

(6) Eliza was twice married, her first union being with Harvey Wheeler, a farmer of Dover, and to them were born four children: Mary, who became the wife of Nicholas Edmonds; Phoebe, who remained single; William, who married Mary Sheldon; and Elizabeth, who married George Brown. After the death of her first husband Mrs. Wheeler became the wife of William Colby, and they had four children: Loretta, who married Frank Talla- day; George A .; Katie, who married Peter Chase; and Myron, who died at the age of twenty-five years.

(7) Amanda was united in marriage with Oscar Wilcox, a laborer of Dover, and they had a family of eleven children: Lewis, who married Lydia Clarkson; Justina, who married Oscar Fiero; Mary, who wedded Arthur Som- mers; Martin, who married Mary Vincent; Nettie, who married George Tompkins; Lydia,

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who married William Forbes; Dora, who mnar- ried Earl Yale; Fred, who married Augusta Vincent; Oscar, who remained single; and Nellie and Amanda, who died in infancy.

J EDGAR MOITH, M. D., of Fishkill, Dutchess county, has a record as a prac- titioner which does him honor, and has gained for him a reputation as one of the most talented and successful members of the med- ical fraternity in his section. He is a native of Fishkill, where he was born September 22, 1855, and is of an excellent German family.

His father, August T. Moith, was born in the Fatherland, at Wiesbaden, Prussia, and came to America when a young man, locating at Fishkill without delay, and engaging in the drug business in a small way, in partnership with Cornelius Van Vliet. Two years later the firm was dissolved, Mr. Moith becoming sole proprietor, and he continued the business alone until his death, which occurred Novem- ber 15, 1885. For some time he and Mr. Mapes were the only druggists between Fish- kill village and the river. Mr. Moith had ac- quired a knowledge of chemistry and surgery in his native land, and being naturally of a scientific turn of mind, he made many experi- ments, some of them producing valuable re- sults. He invented a process for making sponges elastic for beds, cushions, etc., and secured a patent, but it was literally stolen from him, and the fortune ($100,000) derived from the idea went to others. Another illus- tration of his skill was given in his analysis of a sample of oil obtained from a swamp near Fishkill. He proved that the oil was not in a crude state, but was doubtless a portion of the contents of a barrel of refined oil which had been emptied into the swamp in furtherance of a scheme to sell the property at a high figure. He married Miss Caroline Wade, a native of Blooming Grove, now known as Washington- ville, Orange Co., N. Y. She was a daughter of Colvin and Malinda (Moore) Wade, who were probably of English origin. Ten chil- dren were born of this union, our subject be- ing the eldest. (2) Theodore is now deputy sheriff at Fishkill; (3) Ferdinand is a dentist at the same place; (4) Bertha married Charles Schlagel, a druggist in New York City; (5) Emma is a student in the College of Pharmacy in New York; (6) Ivanhoe is a machinist at St. Louis; (7) Lenna died at the age of nine

years; (S) Blanche married Jacob Schlagel, a mechanical designer in New York, and a brother of her sister Bertha's husband; the two last children died in infancy.

Dr. Moith's boyhood was spent in Fishkill, and as a clerk for his father he began at an early age to gather information concerning drugs which has been of great practical value to him. Greek and Latin were learned under the tuition of J. Hervey Cook, of Fishkill. In 1876 he began a course of professional study at the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York, and completed it in 1879, receiv- ing the degree of M. D. His class contained a number of men who have achieved promi- nence in the profession, and Dr. Moith's stand- ing among them is shown by the fact that he gained one of the few coveted positions open to graduates for practical experience, being appointed assistant physician of the out-door department of Bellevue Hospital. The knowl- edge there gained could hardly be equalled in many years of ordinary practice. In March, 1879, he returned to Fishkill and engaged in professional work, and his success has been most gratifying. He has had 913 accouche- ments, twenty-eight cases of twins and two of triplets. He is president of medical staff of General Hospital, town of Fishkill. At present he is medical examiner of a number of life-insurance companies, including the North- western, the Mutual Reserve, National Life Insurance Company, Vermont, the Union Central, the Industrial Benefit, and the Metropolitan. Since 1894 he has been health officer of Fishkill Landing, and he is also physi- cian to the order of Foresters, all these duties, in addition to the claims of his private practice, making him one of the busiest of men. From 1883 to 1886, he held the office of coroner; but although he is a stanch Republican and influential, he is not a politician or an office seeker. Financially, the Doctor ranks among the substantial citizens of the town, and he owns nine houses with other valuable property. He is a stockholder of the First National Bank, Matteawan, N. Y. He is a friend to public improvements, and can always be de- pended upon to assist a worthy cause. On September 22, ISSO, the Doctor was married to Miss Grace E. Collins, daughter of Gilbert and Susan Collins, of Carthage Landing, and a descendant of an old Dutchess county fam- ily. No children blessed this union. Social- ly, Dr. Moith is a Freemason, and he is also

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an honorary member of the Tompkins Hose Co., in which for five years he served as an active member.

C YRUS PERKINS, a resident of the town of Unionvale, is a well-known business man of Dutchess county, where he follows farming, and also the trade of a mason. He is an honored and representative citizen of the community, public-spirited and enterprising, and has the high regard of his fellow-men. He married Miss Sarah Barmore, who was born in the town of Lagrange, Dutchess county, in 1847. and there obtained her education in the public schools. They have a son, John E., who was born in 1881.

Henry Barmore, the grandfather of Mrs. Perkins, was a native of Westchester county, N. Y. By his marriage with Bethany Car- penter, he had thirteen children: Clark C., Abigail, Stephen, Anor, Lydia, Annie, Susan, Henry, Philip, Mary, Sarah, Elizabeth and James.

Clark Barmore was also born in Westches- ter county, and was united in marriage with Miss Mary C. Alley, daughter of James Alley. Their family consisted of nine children: Phœbe, who married Cromoline Patterson; Edward, who married Lucy Wanzer; Stephen, who died unmarried; Caroline, who married Andrew Wanzer; Eliza M., who died unmar- ried; Sarah, wife of Cyrus Perkins, whose name introduces this sketch; John, who mar- ried Josephine Phillips; Charles, who died un- married; and Mary Adelia, who became the wife of Gilbert Downing.

G ARRET DU BOIS, now living in the vil- lage of Fishkill, Dutchess county, is a worthy representative of a .family who left France and Holland during religious persecu- tion, and sought homes here in the midst of the wilderness, where they would have to encoun- ter all dangers and privations incident to life in a new country, inhabited only by the savage red men and wild animals. This they did in or- der that they might worship God as their con- science dictated. The founder of the family in the New World was Jacques Du Bois, who was born in Leyden, Holland, and married Miss Pierronne Bentyn, of the same place. They reared a family of eight children: Marie (1), 43

Jacques, Marie (2), Jean, Anne, Jehan, Pierre and Christian.

Pierre Du Bois came with the family to America in 1675, and located in Wiltwyck, Ulster Co., N. Y., but grew to manhood in Kingston, that county, where he married Jannetje Burhans, October 12, 1697. In 1707 they came to Dutchess county, locating in the town of Fishkill, about three and a half miles east of the village of that name. Here he se- cured a tract of land, and lived with his family. His eldest son was born at Kingston, but the births of the others all occurred in Dutchess county. They were as follows: Petronella (1), Johannes (1), Jacobus, Christiaan, Jona- than, Peter, Abraham, Johannes (2), Helena, Elizabeth and Petronella (2). The fourth child, Christiaan Du Bois, married Nelltje Van Vliet, and they became the parents of three children: Jannetje, Elizabeth and Chris- tiaan. The last named was born June 13, 1746, and was married in 1768 to Helena Van- Voorhis, by whom he had these children: Coert, Henry, Abraham, Garret, John, Eliza- beth, Catherine and Cornelius.

Garret Du Bois, the fourth son, was the grandfather of our subject. He married Han- nah Cooper, and located upon a farm near Johnsville, now in the town of East Fishkill, where they reared their family of three chil- dren: Maria, who married Peter T. Montfort, father of Peter V. W. Montfort, of the town of Wappinger, Dutchess county; Eliza, who married Peter Fowler, a farmer of Orange county, N. Y., and Charles L.

Charles L. Du Bois was born in 1799, on the home farm in the town of East Fishkill, where he grew to manhood, and married Cath- erine Hasbrouck, whose birth occurred in the same town in 1Soo. Her father, Tunis Has- brouck, belonged to the same family as those of the name in Ulster county, N. Y. Upon their marriage they lived upon the farm near Johnsville, where were born their four children: Jane E., who married Augustus Bartow, now a resident of Hackensack, N. J .; Mary, de- ceased wife of Isaac Sherwood, a farmer of the town of Fishkill; Garret, of this review, and Hasbrouck, a minister of a Reformed Dutch Church in New York City. Throughout life the father carried on farmning, and died in January, 1878; the mother departed this life in 1880. Both were sincere members of the Re- formed Dutch Church, and he was a Repub- lican in politics.

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Upon the home farm Garret Du Bois was born, September 27, 1828, and during his boy- hood attended the district schools in the neigh- borhood. He was, later, a student at Andover, Mass., and completed his education at College Hill, in Poughkeepsie. In September, 1860, he was united in marriage with Mary Ida Van- Wyck, who was born in the village of Fish- kill, where the birth of her father, John C. Van Wyck, also occurred. He was a son of Cornelius Van Wyck, and a farmer and mer- chant by occupation. Upon their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Du Bois located upon their present farm, and there their three children were born: Charles, a farmer, who wedded Ethel Moore, of New York City; John V. W., now engaged in business in New York City; and Kate W. The wife and mother was called to her final rest May 28, 1873.

Mr. Du Bois owns a valuable farm of 142 acres, a part of which is devoted to fruit rais- ing, and he continued its cultivation and im- provement until the fall of 1893, since which time he has lived a quiet, retired life in the village of Fishkill. The family, which is one of prominence in the community, are mem- bers of the Reformed Church, of which our subject is serving as elder. His political sup- port is unswervingly given the Republican party. He holds an enviable position in the esteem of his fellow-citizens, to which he is justly entitled, for his pure and honorable life is above reproach.

0 RLIN B. ABEL. Jacob Abel, grandfather of our subject, was born in the town of Unionvale, Dutchess county, where he passed his days in agricultural pursuits. He married Miss Margaret Uhl, by whom he had three children: William W., John M. and Mary.

William W. Abel, father of our subject, was born March 1, 1814, in the town of Unionvale, and during his boyhood attended the Nine Partners School, after which he en - gaged in teaching for a time. Later he fol- lowed agricultural pursuits exclusively, be- coming one of the most extensive farmers in his town. He took quite an active interest in political matters, always voting with the Whig or Republican party, and held a number of township offices, including those of supervisor, justice of the peace and revenue collector. He wedded Miss Mary Jane Austin, daughter of Beriah and Sarah (Waite) Austin, and four

children were born to them: Orlin B., Dwight, H. Clay and one whose name is not given. Of these, Dwight is fully spoken of elsewhere; H. Clay was born in the town of Unionvale, and received a good common-school education, after which he followed the profession of teach- ing. He is now engaged in mercantile busi- ness at Wappingers Falls, Dutchess county. Socially, he affiliates with the F. & A. M. He married Miss Maggie Traver, by whom he had two children: William C. and Melburn T., and after her death he wedded Miss Mary Manning.

Orlin B. Abel was born in the town of Unionvale, in 1845, was educated in the schools of Fayette, lowa, taught school several terms, and is now carrying on farming in Unionvale. In politics he is a Republican, and has held some minor township offices. He was united in marriage December 27, 1865, with Miss Mary Alice Vincent, daughter of Jonathan G. Vincent, of the town of Union- vale, and to them were born two children: Ellanita L., wife of Oscar Shaffer (they have one son-Harold F.), and Orlin Claude Lewis.

J AMES HERRICK, a well-known stock- dealer and agriculturist, residing near La-

fayetteville, Dutchess county, was born August 21, 1832, in the town of Milan, where his family has long held a prominent place in local affairs.

The first American ancestor came at an early period from England, settling in New England, and our subject's great-grandfather, Ephraim Herrick, was born in Massachusetts, but settled in Dutchess county on arriving at manhood. His son, Ephraim Herrick (2), our subject's grandfather, was born in Amenia, and became a prominent fariner of the town of Milan. He married Anna Dixon, and their son, Ephraim Herrick (3), our subject's father, was born September 28, 1788. He settled upon a farm near his birthplace, and married Phoebe Albertson, daughter of John Albertson, a leading farmer of Hyde Park, and a descend- ant of an old Holland-Dutch family. They had eight children : (1) John A., a farmer in the town of Pine Plains, married Margaret Sherwood. (2) William, a farmer of Pleasant Valley, married (first) Elizabeth Brown, and after her decease wedded Mary Harris. (3) Walter, a prominent physician, married Ilelen Sherwood, and died January 13, 1895, aged

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seventy-four years. (4) Gurdon B., who was a farmer in the town of Milan, married ( first) Fannie Bentley, and after her death wedded Hulda Cornelius, also now deceased; he died April 28, 1894, aged seventy-one years. (5) James, our subject, will be fully spoken of farther on. (6) Elizabeth married Isaac Sher- wood, and she is now a widow. (7) Susan died in infancy. (8) Caroline married Henry Butts, and is now a widow. The mother of this family died in 1835, and for his second wife Ephraim Herrick (3) married, October 22, 1840, Mrs. Susan Ann Andrews, of Kin- derhook, Columbia county, and they had four children: (1) George, now of Danbury, Conn., married Kate Taylor. (2) Anna, wife of Ferderand Taylor, of Danbury, Conn. (3) Edward, farmer of Bull Head, N. Y., married Emma Bentley. (4) Ephraim, of Rhinecliff-on- Hudson, married Henrietta Hermance. The mother of this family died in 1895, aged nine- ty years. The father passed away in 1868; during the war of 1812 he was one of the sol- diers stationed at Brooklyn Navy Yard.

The subject of our sketch passed his boy- hood at the homestead, and was educated in the district schools of that neighborhood and at Rhinebeck Seminary. On March 6, 1859, he married his first wife, Miss Jennette Cook- ingham, a descendant of one of the prominent families of the town of Milan, who died June 2, 1860, leaving one daughter, Mary Ida, who was married December 31, 1896, to Gurdon Ricket, a farmer of the town of Rhinebeck; our subject's second wife was Josephine Hape- man, a daughter of Andrew Hapeman, and granddaughter of John Hapeman, both in their day prominent farmers of the town of Milan. Her mother was Catherine Alendorf, a native of the same town, and a daughter of Henry Alendorf, who was born in the town of Red Hook. The Hapeman family is of German extraction, while the Alendorfs are of Holland stock. Mrs. Herrick's father died in the town of Milan, October 9, 1860, but her mother is still living. They had nine daughters: Julia A., who married Alfred Coon, of Catskill Sta- tion, N. Y. ; Martha, the wife of Robert Leator, a fariner in the town of Red Hook; Josephine (Mrs. Herrick); Abby, the wife of John Phillips, of Ravenna, N. Y., a conductor on the W. S. R. R .; Catherine E., who married P. Traver, a farmer in Red Hook, and died June 24, 1879; Emily I., who died March 30, 1869; Luella, the wife of Sylvester Stall, a fruit

grower in Columbia county; Ada, who died April 18, 1872; and Fannie, who is at home.

After his second marriage Mr. Herrick set- tled upon his present farm, where two sons were added to the family: Thaddeus J., born July 1, 1869, was married September 7, 1893, to Bertha Dederick, of Milan, and they have one daughter, Ethel; and Charles S., born September 4, 1875, still at home. From early years Mr. Herrick has been engaged in buying and selling live stock, and the care of his fine farm of 114 acres does not prevent him from carrying on this business largely, purchasing in the West to sell in the East. His family are prominent members of the Methodist Episco- pal Church, and take an active part in its work. In local affairs Mr. Herrick is influen- tial, being a valued adviser in the Democratic party, and he has been supervisor of his town for several terms. His son Thaddeus J. was appointed school commissioner of the Second District of Dutchess county, in 1892, and elected in 1893, served two years, and is now a coal dealer in Hyde Park, New York.

W LADYSLAWA J. PRALATOWSKI, a well-known resident of Fishkill-on- Hudson, Dutchess county, has displayed abil- ity and energy while gaining a foothold in this new country for which he cannot be too highly praised, and has, in spite of all difficulties, made a place for himself in business life that could not readily be supplied. The facilities which his office affords to the intending tour- ist-whether he desires information, letters of credit, or tickets to any part of the known world-are many, and his acquaintance with European customs and legal formalities has smoothed the way for more than one perplexed client.

He is a native of Pakaslaw, Province of Posen, Poland, and was born April 23, 1843, the son of Jacob and Marguerite (Van Kaust) Pralatowski, and grandson of Vincent and Marguerite ( Wulerd) Pralatowski. His family was highly respected, and his father was a pro- fessor in a college at Posen. Our subject was the youngest of three sons, the names of the others being Ludwig and Leon. His mother died when he was but three days old, and at the age of twelve years he was left fatherless. He was educated in the schools of Lissa, Po- land, and at nineteen he came to America, landing in New York City November 6, 1862.

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Although he was fitted by nature and educa- tion for other work, he went to Newburg, N. Y., and engaged in the first employment to be found, that of shoemaking. On December 1, 1862, he went to Matteawan to work for Mr. Budny, but after a few months he returned to Newburg, where he remained for some time, spending, however, a short period in Pough- keepsie. Later he moved from Newburg to New York City, and in the fall of 1865 he re- turned to Matteawan, where in the following year he opened a shop of his own. In 1868 he transferred his business to Fishkill-on-Hud- son, and has since resided there. His present office was opened in October, 1890, and his business (which includes real estate and fire insurance, in addition to the other lines men- tioned above) has steadily developed as time has passed.

On July 13, 1871, he married Miss Mary E. Rowland, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Clark) Rowland, and has two daughters: Mary Marguerite and Anna Helena. His fam- ily are all members of the Roman Catholic Church, and he is an active worker in the Catholic Benevolent League. In politics he is a Democrat, and is interested in all progress- ive movements in his locality. From 1869 to 1879 he was a member of Excelsior Engine Co. No. 1, Fishkill Fire Department, and for ten years he has been a worker in the Inde- pendent Order of Good Templars. For ten years he belonged to Company H, 21st Regi- ment, New York National Guards, and for two and one-half years served as its captain. At present he represents a combination of business, such as is seldom handled by one in- dividual; his correspondence reaches more than 1,600 banks all over the world; he rep- resents all the steamship lines, at home and abroad; he prepares all kinds of legal docu- ments for foreign nations, and in foreign lan- guages; he procures passports from the U. S. Government-in fact, he does a combination of home and foreign work which is seldom found done by one man with the same success which he achieves.

H ENRY WORRALL, a well-known farmer of the town of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess county, was born on the farm where he now lives, near Poughkeepsie, October 22, 1844. Here he grew to manhood, attending the dis- triet schools, and, later, the Dutchess County

Academy. After finishing his schooling he re- turned to the farm, where he has continued to reside.

On April 27, 1885, Mr. Worrall was mar- ried to Miss Clementine Lawson, who was born in New York City, a daughter of Casper Law- son, a farmer of the town of Poughkeep- sie. One child, Donald L., was born to our subject and his wife December 16, 1893. Mr. Worrall is a general farmer, and has 100 acres of land on the Hackinac road. He is a . Democrat, has been clerk of election, and was elected assessor of the town of Poughkeepsie in 1886, holding the office for three years. He is a prominent young farmer, and stands high in the community. His wife is a member of the Reformed Church.

George Worrall, father of our subject, was born in England February 26, 1817, a son of William H. Worrall, who came to Poughkeep- sie in 1825, and bought property there. On this George was reared to the occupation of a farmer. He married Miss Jane E. Van De- Berg, who was born in the old town of Pough- keepsie, near her present home, a daughter of Henry Van De Berg, a farmer, born in the town of Poughkeepsie, whose ancestors were of Holland stock. George Worrall's death oc- curred July 26, 1889. For five years he rented his farm and lived in Poughkeepsie, and in 1869 he built the residence which still remains in the family. Our subject was the only child born to Mr. and Mrs. Worrall. George Worrall was a Democrat, and at one time was com- missioner of highways for several years. He was a worker in politics, and to a certain ex- tent controlled the politics of his town. He was a member of the Episcopal Church.

L OUIS E. KAMPF, of Matteawan, Dutch- ess county, was born at Lenox. Mass., December 29, 1859, of French parentage.

Stephen Kampf, his father, was born and reared in the old French province of Alsace (now a part of Germany), and his ancestors were for many generations connected with the hotel business there. Our subject's mother, Emily (Brielmann), was a native of the same locality, and a daughter of Conrad Brielmann, the famous soldier who accompanied Napoleon throughout the Austrian campaign, and was with him in the Russian campaign, at Moscow, holding high rank in the service. Twenty-four wounds attested his courage and devotion, and

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Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, Part 124

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