Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, Part 131

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

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Resolved Gardner, the grandfather of Mrs. Barmore, engaged in farming throughout life. He married Miss Abiah Sweet, and to them were born eight children: Joshua; Lewis, the father of Mrs. Barmore; Isaac and Resolved, who never married; Seneca; Delwin, who never married; Ann G. ; and Herman.

The eldest son, Joshua Gardner, married Jane Doughty, and had four children: (1) Mary A. wedded Samuel Adams, and had four chil-

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dren-Mary H. (who married Thomas String- ham), Lottie (who married Edward Young, and has four children-Mrs. Emma Haight, David, Charles and Mabel), Amelia (who died when young), and George (who married Alice Gard- ner, and has five children-Lena, Blanche, Samuel, Raymond and Mary H.). (2) Char- lotte married Edwin Cabry, and has two chil- dren-Frank, and Lavina (wife of Benjamin Sutton). (3) Eliza married David Hoag, and has three children-David, Eva and Angenett. (4) Thomas wedded Mariette Thomas, and has three children-Florence, Frances, and Etta.

Lewis Gardner, the father of Mrs. Bar- more, was born in the town of Beekman, Dutchess county, June 9, 1791; obtained his education in the common schools, and learned the tailor's trade, at which he worked most of his life, but also carried on farming. He mar- ried Sarah Tifft, and to them were born thir- teen children, of whom the eldest four never married. (1) Catherine S. was born April 20, ISIS. (2) Elizabeth C. was born October 14, 1819. (3) Rhoda C. was born July 22, 1821. (4) Ruth S. was born September 1, 1823. (5) Hannah, born December 8, 1824, married Philip Barmore, a farmer. (6) Seneca L., born June 24, 1827, remained single. (7) Abiah, born June 6, 1829, was the first wife of our subject. (8) Nathaniel, born August 17, 1831, was three times married, his first wife being Leah Lynch, by whom he had two children- Sarah E. and George L .; after her death he married Miss Kate Wood, and to them was born a child that died in infancy; his third wife bore the maiden name of Sarah E. Sutton. (9) Elnathan, born March 16, 1833, married Hannah Lynch, and had four children-Hattie (who married Robert Fisher, and had one son, Robert), Sarah (who married William Pierce, and has one child, Harry), Benjamin (who died in infancy), and Mary E. (who married William Brooks, and has two children, Arthur and Mary M.). (10) Caturah, born Novem- ber 28, 1834, married Henry Stringham, a nephew of our subject, by whom she had a daughter, Ida C. (11) Mary, born September 24, 1836, is the wife of our subject. (12) Ma- tilda, born May 27, 1841, died in infancy. (13) Henry, born August 1, 1843, married Cornelia Cornell, and has one son, Lewis, who married Minnie Totersman, and they have one son, Harry.

Seneca Gardner, the fifth child of Resolved and Abiah (Sweet) Gardner, married Sarah J.

Rockfeller, and to them were born ten children: Julia never married; William; Charles married a Miss Dodge, and after her death he married Sarah A. Brown, by whom he had five children: Julia, Annie, Isaac, Charles and John; Emma never married; Jane married Lewis Cooper; Alice married George Adams; Delwin married Frances Cooper, and had two children-Ida and John; Isaac remained single; John married Emma Ludington, and had one daughter- Nina; 'and Ann married Fred Benjamin, and they have three children- Fred, Gardner and Isaac.

Ann G. Gardner, the seventh child of Re- solved and Abiah (Sweet) Gardner, married David Adams, and they had one son-James, who married Samantha Newett.

Herman Gardner, the youngest of the family, married Eliza Brown, and they had five children-John, Resolved, Daniel, Lydia and Deborah.

J TOHN P. ANDERSON is a representative citizen and substantial farmer of the town of Washington, Dutchess county, where he has now made his home since 1865, when he located upon his present farm of 165 acres of rich and fertile land. He is one of those men who thoroughly understand the business he is pursuing, and is meeting with a well-deserved success. He is the architect of his own for- tune, having started in life with but little capi- tal beyond his own industry and a laudable am- bition to rise in the world.

Mr. Anderson was born at East Fishkill, Dutchess county, November 23, 1835, and be- longs to a family whose ancestors came from Holland at a very carly period in the history of this country. In religious belief they are mostly Methodists. His grandfather, John An- derson, was also born at East Fishkill, where after his marriage he located on a farm and reared his six children: Susan, who married Abram Van Vlack, a farmer of East Fishkill; Zillah, wife of Louis Wright, a farmer of the town of Lagrange, Dutchess county; Elizabeth, who wedded Harvey Eighmic, an agriculturist of the town of Beekman, Dutchess county; Polly, wife of John Homan, also a farmer of Beekman; Peter, the father of our subject; and John, a farmer of East Fishkill. In that town the grandfather spent his remaining days.

There Peter Anderson, the father of our subject, was born March 21, 1807, and on

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reaching maturity married Sarah Van De- Water, whose birth occurred in the town of Fishkill, July 25, 1808. Her family was also of Holland origin, and her father was a fruit grower of the town of Fishkill. She was the second in his family of four children, the others being Myers, a farmer of that locality; Phœbe, wife of Nelson Lounsbury, also an agriculturist ; and Susan, wife of Stephen Scofield, a resident of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. On their farm in East Fishkill five children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Peter Anderson, namely: Amanda, wife of William B. Roe, a farmer; Myers, who en- gaged in agricultural pursuits in both the town of Beekman and East Fishkill, and died Sep- tember 12, 1872; Sarah, wife of William E. Brinkerhoff, who is engaged in the nursery business; John P., of this sketch; and Eliza- beth, wife of William H. Jaycox, a farmer of East Fishkill. The father, who was an ear- nest Democrat in politics, died in 1890; his wife had departed this life in 1882.

In the usual manner of farmer-lads, our sub- ject spent his childhood, and on reaching his majority went to New York City, where he en- gaged in the wholesale liquor business on Fifty-first street and Ninth avenue for about six years. In 1865, however, we find him in the town of Washington, Dutchess county, where he purchased his present farm.

On November 15, 1859, Mr. Anderson was married to Miss Hannah M. White, a native of Dutchess county, N. Y., and a daughter of Alfred and Eliza (Brownell) White, farming people of that county. The founders of the family came from England, and her paternal grandfather, Charles White, was a leading farmer of Greene and Dutchess counties. Her parents later came to the town of Fishkill, Dutchess county, where they reared their fam- ily of four children: Deborah, wife of Myers Anderson, a brother of our subject; Hannah M .; and Charles L. and William, both de- ceased. The father's death occurred April 3, 1880, and his wife, who survived him some years, died January 7, 1892.

Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Anderson: Alfred P., who died at the age of four years; William R., who is married and has been commissioner of schools for six years; Alfred J., a resident of the town of Washing- ton; and Eliza WV., wife of Leonard Davis, a farmer. The parents are both consistent and faithful members of the Methodist Episcopal Church, and in politics Mr. Anderson affiliates

with the Democratic party. He is quite prom- inent in public affairs and has been elected supervisor of his town, which office he held for two terms, and has also been road commis- sioner.

S ANFORD JARVIS BARTLETT is a worthy representative of the farming in- terests of the town of Amenia, Dutchess county, and in all of life's relations has been known as an honorable, straightforward man. He was born December 29, 1842, on the old family homestead, where he still resides, and comes from a family that has taken an active part in promoting the welfare and upbuilding of the county.

The first of the family to locate within the borders of Dutchess county was Daniel C. Bartlett, the great-grandfather of our subject. He was born at Redding, Conn., and was the son of Rev. Nathaniel Bartlett, a Congrega- tional minister, who located at Redding, May 23, 1753, and died January 10, 1810, at the age of eighty-three years. He had three daughters, Anna, Eunice and Lucretia. When the colonies took up arms against the mother country, Rev. Bartlett gave Daniel his sword on the Sabbath day with the instruction to fight for the freedom of his native land. He was with Montgomery at the battle of Quebec, and was at the capture of Fort St. John in November, 1775, and witnessed the burning of Danbury, Conn., in 1777. In 1803 he bought of Joel Gillett the farm in the town of Amenia, which now belongs to our subject. In his family were five children: William, Collins, Mrs. John Barker, Mrs. Thomas Paine and Mrs. William Paine. Sanford J. Bartlett has in his possession the gun bearing the initials of his great-grandfather, Daniel C. Bartlett, and which the latter probably carried and used during the Revolutionary struggle. He also has the original pictures of his great- great-grandparents, Rev. Nathaniel Bartlett and wife.

William Bartlett, the grandfather of our subject, was born February 13, 1781, and spent most of his life engaged in farming in the town of Amenia. On November 12, 1804, he married Miss Clarissa Sanford, who was born February 23, 1786, and died August 12, 1838. His death occurred December to, 1821. In their family were three children : William S., the father of our subject; Henry

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E., who was born August 11, 1813, and died December 27, 1832; and Clarissa Wade, who died May 11, 1863, at the age of forty-two years.

William S. Bartlett, the father, was born in the town of Amenia, January 23, 1809, and was united in marriage October 13, 1830, with Miss Jane E. Reynolds, who was born on Christmas Day, 1812, and was the daughter of Jonathan P. Reynolds. Her death occurred June 1, 1881, and on the 6th of the following November the father also passed away. Their four children were: Jonathan R., born July 15, 1831, married October 5, 1863, to Hannah L. Grant, and died September 8, 1872; Ade- laide Amelia, born Jannary 10, 1836, died April 27, 1838; William II., born February 14, 1839, married October 5. 1863, to Lavina Culver, and is now a prominent resident of Amenia; and Sanford J.

The early life of our subject was passed in the usual manner of farmer boys, and, after attending the district schools for some time, he completed his literary training in the Amenia Seminary. Since laying aside his text books, he has devoted ·his time and attention to agri- cultural pursuits, operating the old family homestead in the town of Amenia.

At Bridport, Vt., March 12, 1873, Sanford J. Bartlett married Mary Lizzie Hill, daughter of David Edgar Hill, and they are the parents of two children: William Edgar, born Febru- ary 14, 1874; and Sanford J., born August 14, 1876. In his political views, Mr. Bartlett is a Republican, but takes no active part in public affairs, aside from performing his duties of cit- izenship.

C HARLES H. TRIPP, M. D., a well-known physician and surgeon of Clinton Corners, Dutchess county, has been engaged in the practice of his profession there during the past twelve years, meeting with remarkable success.

The Doctor was born in the town of Wash- ington, Dutchess county, on Christmas Day, 1855. His paternal grandfather, John S. Tripp, also a native of Washington town, by his marriage with Sarah Deuel had two sons: Seneca, the father of our subject; and Isaac. His second union was with Sarah Haight, and by her he had a son: Egbert. The grandfa- ther spent his entire life in farming in the town of Washington, and was very successful in his operations, so that at the time of his death the

value of the property to be divided among his sons amounted to about $12,000. The family, which was of English ancestry, made its first settlement on Nantucket Island, whence the descendants came to Dutchess county.

Seneca Tripp was born February 15, 1802, in the town of Washington, Dutchess county, where he received a fair education and was given a good start in life. He was first mar- ried in that town, October 25, 1821, to Miss Annie Pratt, who died November 15, 1838, and to them were born four children: Milo, deceased; John; and Stephen and Sarah Jane, both deceased. For his second wife Mr. Tripp wedded, October 7, 1839, Mary Louisa Sweet, who was born February 1, 1813, also in Wash- ington town. They became the parents of six children, namely: Annie S., who was born October 4, 1841, and died September 8, 1848; Silas D., born November 11, 1843; Delia L., who was born April 4, 1846, and died Septem- ber 19, 1851; Lydia Anna, who was born Oc- tober 27, 1850, and also died September 19, 1851; Samuel Mott, born October 22, 1852; and Charles Henry, the subject of this review. The father continued to carry on agricultural pursuits in the town of Washington, until his death, which occurred December 23, 1876; his wife died in December, 1890. By birth he was a Quaker, his parents having belonged to that Society; he was an active politician. but held no office, preferring to devote his time to his business.

The primary education of our subject was begun in the district schools of the town of Washington, and he later took up Greek and Latin under private instruction, in order to pre- pare himself for the study of medicine, being ably assisted in his Latin studies by his mother. In 1878 he entered Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City, where he was gradu- ated March 15, 1881, and immediately began practice at Millbrook, town of Washington, Dutchess county. In February, 1884, he estab- lished an office at Clinton Corners, where he has since prosecuted his profession, and has secured a large and lucrative practice. Before entering the college in New York, he had tak- en up the study of medicine with Dr. John S. Thorne, of Millbrook. He holds a certificate of instruction in operative surgery and surgical dressing under Joseph D. Bryant, now surgeon- general of the State.

On June 28, 1881, Dr. Tripp was married to Miss Carrie E. Cunningham, a native of

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Vermont, and four children were the result of this union: Louis C., born March 22, 1884, and died August 29 following: Clayton S., who was born April 15, and died March 2, 1888; Mabel A., born April 13, 1889; and Charles S., born March 21, 1894.

Mrs. Tripp was born July 4, 1866, in Plainfield, Vt., a daughter of Lewis H. and Clarinda D. (Kidder) Cunningham, the latter of whom was born in 1825, in Marshfield, Vt., and died July, 1883. The father was born February 8, 1822, in Rockingham town, Wind- ham Co., Vt., and followed the business of contracting and building. They had a family of eight children, six of whom are yet living: Clara, Fred, Nettie, Samuel, Josephine, and Carrie E.

Dr. Tripp holds membership with the Alumni Association of Bellevue Hospital, and belongs to the Dutchess County Medical So- ciety, the American Medical Association, and to the Royal Arcanum, of Poughkeepsie, N. Y. He has been very successful in his prac- tice, and for three years served as health officer for the town of Clinton; is examining surgeon for the New York Life and Mutual Benefit Life Insurance Companies. He is a member of the Episcopal Church at Millbrook, and he and his estimable wife are popular in society, being numbered among the intelligent and re- fined people of their community.

G EORGE B. KINNEY is one of the old- est and most highly respected agricultur- ists of the town of Stanford, Dutchess county. Tracing the ancestral line of our subject, reach- ing two hundred and seventy years or more into the past, we are able, in the light of reliable records, to follow Henry Kinne, born in 1624, from Holland to Salem, Mass., where he loca- ted on a farm in 1651. It is believed that he was born in Norfolk, England, where his fa- ther, Sir Thomas Kinne, lived, having been knighted by the government for some signal service rendered, and that following the tide of emigration through Holland, where they sought greater religious liberty, but found less than the fullest freedom, Henry came to Sa- lem at about the age of thirty years. He was a prosperous farmer, and was employed to some extent in ecclesiastical work. His children were eight in number-three sons and five daughters.

The second son, Thomas Kinne, from whom

our subject is descended, was born January I, 1656, and May 23. 1677, was united in mar- riage with Elizabeth Knight, by whom he had four sons. He died in 1687.

Thomas Kinne, the eldest son of the above couple, was born July 27, 1678, and in 1715, at the age of thirty-seven years, removed to Preston ( now Griswold), Conn., where he died in 1756. There his grave-stone now stands on the banks of the Pachang river. He married Martha Peabody, who died Octo- ber 25, 1747, and they became the parents of sixteen children-ten sons and six daughters.

Stephen Kinne, the third of this family, was born at Griswold, Conn., and January 29, 1730, married Priscilla Herrick, by whom he has six children, namely: Stephen, born De- cember 18, 1732; Tesse, born May 25. 1735; Roswell, born May 4, 1737; Nathaniel, born April 26, 1739; Anna, born June 7, 1741 ; and Didymus, born August 7, 1743. The father of these children was the first of the Kinne family to come to Dutchess county, N. Y., where in 1740 he located in the northwestern part of the town of Amenia.

The next in direct line to our subject is Roswell Kinne, who was born at Griswold, Conn., but at an early age accompanied his father to the town of Amenia, where he re- sided up to the time of his death, August 22, 1812. He was a prominent citizen of the locality and served as captain of the militia. He married Miss Annie Burton, who was born August 7, 1739. They were the parents of two children: Roswell and Henry.

Roswell Kinney, Jr., was the father of our subject. He was born in the town of Amenia, September 30, 1776, and was united in mar- riage with Jerusha Rust, who was born in 1788; to them were born the following chil- dren: Albert, Eliza, Tryphenia, George B., Henry and Edwin. All are now deceased with the exception of our subject. The father was killed by runaway oxen, August 28, 1821. He was a strict Presbyterian in religious belief, and would not work after sundown on Saturday nights. His entire life was devoted to farm- ing in his native town. After his death his widow became the wife of Daniel Lorin, and to them were born four children, all now de- ceased, namely: Harriet, Mary, William and Charles.

The birth of George B. Kinney, subject of this review, occurred in the town of Amenia, March 26, 1816, and there his school days

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were passed. He remained upon the old homestead until his marriage, which was cele- brated in the town of Stanford, Dutchess county, October 29, 1840, Miss Elma M. Tripp becoming his wife. She was the daugh- ter of Howard and Phebe Tripp, and died in 1867, at the age of fifty years. By their union were born three children: Elma T .; Howard T., and George H. The eldest son, Howard T., married Minnie Putnam, and has two children, Laura and Roswell.

Since 1840'Mr. Kinney has resided upon his present fine farm in the town of Stanford, and in the community where he has so long made his home he has gained many warm friends. He is entitled to the esteem and con- fidence of his fellow-citizens, which he cer- tainly possesses in a high degree. His first vote was cast for the Whig party, but since its organization has been a stanch Republican. Religiously, he is a member in good standing of the Presbyterian Church.

F RANKLIN COLES TOMPKINS. The subject of this history is one of the prom- inent citizens of the town of Washington, Dutchess county, and the owner and proprie- tor of a fruit farm. He is a native of New York, born in the town of Scarsdale, West- chester county, October 5, 1827, and is a son of Coles Tompkins, whose birth occurred in Mamaroneck town, that county, in October, 1800. His paternal grandfather, Noah Tomp- kins, was also a native of Westchester county, where his father, Elijah Tompkins, who was from New England, had located at a very carly day. The family was founded in this country by three brothers, who came from Wales and made their homes either in Massa- chusetts or Connecticut.

By trade the grandfather of our subject was a blacksmith, but his later life was de- voted to fruit raising in Westchester county, where his death occurred. By his marriage with Rachel Coles, a native of Long Island, he became the father of six children, namely: Samuel, who followed farming and died in Il- linois; Elijah, an agriculturist of Westchester county; Joseph, also a farmer of Illinois; Han- nah C., who died unmarried; Coles, the fa- ther of our subject; and Noah, a carpenter of New York City. In religious belief the family were Friends.

In early life Coles Tompkins learned the

tanner's and currier's business, which he fol- lowed for many years in this State, but finally removed to Illinois, where he passed away. He married Phoebe Underhill, a native of the town of Clinton, Dutchess county, and a daughter of James Underhill, who engaged in blacksmithing in the town of Clinton. They began housekeeping in Westchester county. Only one child was born to them: Franklin Coles, subject of this review, who was-only two years old when his mother died. The Underhill family was of English origin, and at an early period became identified with the his- tory of the New World. One of the first of its members, of which any record appears, is Captain John Underhill, who took a leading and prominent part in religious, political and military affairs. He had come to America with Governor Winthrop, arriving at Boston harbor May 18, 1630, in the vessel .John and Mary," which he commanded, and which was named in honor of his father and mother. He esponsed the cause of Roger Williams, and participated in many engagements against the hostile Indians of that day. He established the first military company at Boston. In 1667 he bought from the Indians a tract of land at Matinecock, town of Oyster Bay, Queens county, Long Island, where he died in 1667, and was buried on the tract.

The childhood of our subject was passed in Westchester county, and most of his educa- tion was acquired in the Old Nine Partners School, in the town of Washington, Dutchess county, At the age of seventeen, however, he laid aside his text books and began learning the carriage maker's trade at Washington Post Office, which business he followed until 1862, and for nine years there engaged in mercantile pursuits. For three years he owned and con- ducted a fruit farm of 166 acres in Unionvale, then returned to that village, now known as South Millbrook, and there purchased the Wintingham property, that comprises twenty acres of rich land.

On October 31, 1850, Mr. Tompkins was united in marriage with Miss Ann Eliza Hues- tis, a native of the town of Dover, Dutchess county, and a daughter of Moses S. and Ann Eliza (Woolley) Hucstis, both of English lin- eage. Her maternal great-grandfather, Jehu Woolley, was one of the first settlers in Dutch- ess county, arriving there when only a foot- path led to Poughkeepsie. His son, Vaniah Woolley, the grandfather of Mrs. Tompkins,

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became a prominent merchant and farmer of the town of Washington, and represented his district in the Assembly.

Six children were born to our subject and his worthy wife, who in order of birth are as follows: Mary J., wife of Alfred Seeley, now of Brooklyn, N. Y., but formerly of Washing- ton town; Hannah C., wife of Clark A. Haight, a farmer of Washington town; Phæbe K., who died at the age of seven years; F. Walton, who married Mary Parker Dunsher, of New York City, and lives near Newark, N. J .; Clara M., at home; and Willard H., an agriculturist of Unionvale, who married Ruth Estelle Hawkins, of Oswego, New York.

Mr. Tompkins is considered a representa- tive man of the town of Washington; he has a fine character; his motives are governed by elevated tastes and aims, and he stands well with his fellowmen. He is frank and open in the expression of his opinions, and in politics he is a sound Democrat. He has held numer- ous local offices of honor and trust, including those of town clerk and justice of the peace.

J OHN D. TEAL is pleasantly located upon a farm of 108 acres in the town of Red Hook, Dutchess county, on what is known as the "inside road", which runs from the Stone church to Rock City. The improve- ments which we see to-day have been effected by his industry and good management, and he has brought the soil to a· fine state of cultiva- tion. The farm buildings are neat and sub- stantial, and, with their surroundings, present the picture of the complete country home, where peace and plenty abound.

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Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, Part 131

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