Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, Part 18

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

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locating at Rhinebeck, where he has since suc- cessfully prosecuted his profession. He has built up a large and lucrative practice, but has that true love for his work, without which there can be no success.

In 1885 Dr. Goodell was married to Miss Fanny Tripp, of Millbrook, Dutchess county. The Doctor is inclined to be independent in political matters, but usually votes with the Democracy. He holds membership with the Episcopal Church, of which he is now serving as warden, and wherever he goes he not only wins friends, but has the happy faculty of being able to retain them.

F RANK ENO, a well-known and successful lawyer of Pine Plains, Dutchess county, was born in 1845, in that village, in the house he is now occupying. The family is of Eng- lish origin, and the name is sometimes spelled Enos.

The first of the name to come to this country was James Eno (1), who, in 1648, lo- cated in Windsor, Conn., married Hannah Bidwell the same year, and had one son, James (2), who was born in 1651, fought in the King Philip's war, and had his home in Windsor. He married Abigail Bissel in 1678, and died in the "Swamp fight," 1714. Their second son, William (1), wedded Mary North. The next couple in direct descent was William (2) and Lillias (Hicks) Eno, the former of whom was born in Simsbury, Conn., about 1726, and inherited a valuable farm from his father, William ( 1). William (2) and his wife had a son, Stephen, who was the grandfather of our subject. He was born at Simsbury, Conn., October 4, 1764, and was the first of the family to come to Dutchess county, locat-

ing at Amenia. Later he removed to Pine Plains, there building the office which is now occupied by his grandson, Frank Eno, and which has always been used as a law office. He remained at home until ten years of age, being taught to read by his father, and never attended school more than two months during his entire life. At that time he went to live with an aunt at Egremont, Mass., where he remained for about five years. He had formed a great desire for study, and not having the opportunity to go to school, he taught himself, slowly acquiring a knowledge of arithmetic and writing. For a short time he worked at several places after leaving his aunt's, and then

entered the army at New Haven, Conn. Learning the shoemaker's trade, he worked at that occupation at Salisbury, that State, for six months, and later was employed by a Mr. Sanders until he reached his majority.

At that time Stephen Eno began teaching, while his vacations were spent in study. After following that profession for about six years, he began looking about him for some other employment, and began the study of law in the office of Philip Spencer, Jr., of Amenia, where he had been engaged in teaching. For a while he taught school and practiced law at the same time. After following his profession in the towns of Amenia, Stanford and North- east, Dutchess county, he purchased a house and lot in Pine Plains for $650, paying two- thirds of the amount down, and the remainder in one year. He was a man of fine attain- ments, and became one of the most able law- yers of his time in the county. His death oc- curred in Pine Plains, in 1854, at the advanced age of ninety years. He continued to wear knee trousers and his hair in a queue up to the time of his death. He was twice married, his first union, being with Mary Denton, by whom he had three children: Henry, who went to California, and there became a judge; William, the father of our subject, and Edward, who became a resident of Springfield, Ill. His second wife bore the maiden name of Olive Shores, and to them was born a son, Rufus.

On April 21, 1800, Williamn (3) Eno was born, and, like his father, he was largely self- educated. In the office of the latter he studied law, was admitted to practice in 1823, and for forty years he was one of the prominent and leading members of the Dutchess County Bar. having a large and lucrative practice. In 1836 he was elected a member of the Legislature on the Democratic ticket, and for two terms served as district attorney when the office was filled by appointment of the supreme court justices. Soon after the adoption of the constitution of 1848 he was mentioned as judge of the su- preme court; but, being fond of agricultural pursuits, he retired, spending the remainder of his life at Pine Plains, within two miles of his landed estate. He was a contemporary of Henry Swift, Charles Johnson, Stephen Cleve- land, Seward Barcolo, Morton Swift, Elias Cole, R. D. Davis, John V. A. Lyle, John Armstrong and D. V. N. Radcliff, and was sec- ond to none of them in point of ability and ex- tent of his practice. He was a man of great

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natural ability, and became exceedingly promi- nent throughout the county. He always sup- ported the Democratic party, and attended the Presbyterian Church. He died November 17, 1874. He was married to Eliza A. Stewart, daughter of William Stewart, of Pine Plains, and to them were born four children: Will- iam Stewart, who was one of the ablest law- yers of Dutchess county, is now president of the Bunnell & Eno Investment Co., of Phila- delphia, Penn .; Henry W., who died Decem- ber 14, 1884; Mary, now the wife of Matthew Ellis, who is also connected with the Bunnell & Eno Investment Co., Philadelphia; and Frank, the subject proper of this review. The mother's death occurred April 10, 1882.

Frank Eno was educated at College Hill, under Mr. Bisbee, where he took the four- years' course. After leaving school he began the study of law in his father's office, and was admitted to the bar May 13, 1868, since which time he has successfully engaged in general practice in the surrogate court, and has had much to do in the settlement of estates. He has one of the finest law libraries in the county, accumulated through three gen- erations, and has ever been a thorough stu- dent of his profession, possessing many of the traits that distinguished his father and grand- father as sound advocates and able lawyers. Mr. Eno is also interested in agriculture, hav- ing a fine farm of between 500 and 600 acres, whereon he has an excellent herd of Jersey cattle. He had "Signal Queen" at the World's Fair, and took a medal in the grand contest for cheese. On June 15, 1881, Mr. Eno married Miss Rachel Rudd, daughter of Charles Rudd, of Gallatin, Columbia Co., N. Y., and of this union have been born five children: William Rudd, Charles, Fanny, Mary and Rachel.

In political campaigns, Mr. Eno has long been a potent factor in the support of Demo- cratic principles, and during President Cleve- land's second term he was appointed post- master at Pine Plains. He has always taken a deep interest in educational matters, is presi- dent of the Seymour Smith Academy, and established the Pine Plains Free Library. With Stissing Lodge No. 615, F. & A. M., he holds membership, of which for fifteen years he has been master, and also belongs to the Chapter and Commandery in Poughkeepsie. He and his wife attend the Meth dist Church. Socially, he is deservedly popular, as he is

affable and courteous in manner, and possesses the essential qualification to success in public life, that of making friends readily and of strengthening the ties of all friendships as time advances.

W ILLIAM AUGUSTUS DAVIES (de- ceased ) was born in Poughkeepsie, May 10, 1808. His great-great-grandfather, John Davis, of Kington Parish, Hereford, En- gland, was of a distinguished Welsh family de- riving an unbroken descent from the famous Cymric Efell, Lord of Elwys Eyle, who lived A. D. 1200, son of Madocap Meredith, Prince of Powys Fadoc, sixth in descent from the heir of Merwyn, King of Powis, third son of Rodic Maur.

John Davies came to America in 1735, and settled in Litchfield county, Conn., where he purchased large tracts of land, and where his name is still held in honored remembrance for his good works, especially for his generous gifts toward the support of his mother Church of England, then struggling for existence in the Colonies. He was the grandfather of Rev. Thomas Davies, missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts, who was ordained to the priesthood by the Archbishop of Canterbury, Dr. Secker, in Lam- beth Chapel August 23, 1761. The ministry of Rev. Thomas Davies, though brief, was ex- ceedingly useful. He had charge of several parishes in Connecticut, among them St. Mich- ael's Church, Litchfield, of which his grandfa- ther was the founder. He died in 1766 at the early age of twenty-nine, leaving two children -a son and a daughter, the former being Will- iam Davies, who settled in Poughkeepsie early in the present century. William Augustus Davies was the youngest of William Davies's seven children, and was born in his father's house at the foot of Main street, where he lived (except during the time he was at school and at Trinity College, Hartford, Conn.) until 1842. He devoted himself to the management of his property in Dutchess and Ulster coun- ties, of which he and his brother, Thomas L. Davies, inherited several thousand acres from their father; and was one of the original Board of Directors of the Farmers' and Manufacturers' National Bank of Poughkeepsie, remaining on the board till his death, and holding the office of president from 1843 until 1892.

He was a faithful communicant of the

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Church of which his grandfather was a priest, and for many years represented his parish in the conventions of the Diocese of New York, and was several times a deputy to the general convention as a delegate from that Diocese. His greatest work among his many works for the Church, was the building, entirely at his own expense, of the Church of the Holy Com- forter, which stands at the corner of Main street and Davies place, and is one of the younger Upjohn's best designs. In the noble work it has done and is still doing, it is a wor- thy monument of his generosity and benevo- lence.

In 1842 he married Miss Sarah Van Wag- enen (daughter of Herbert Van Wagenen), who died in 1858, leaving no children. It was in her memory that the Church of the Holy Comforter was built. In 1861 he married Miss Frances Mary Barritt, daughter of Josiah Barritt. To them were born two sons, Will- iam and Augustus, the first of whom died in infancy.

Only those who knew Mr. Davies intimately could fully appreciate the beauty of his char- acter, which was remarkable from his earliest childhood for the same generosity, unselfish- ness and simplicity which distinguished him through life. It can be said with truth that he never intentionally hurt anybody, either by word or deed, but was ever thoughtful and considerate, courteous and pitiful, honoring all men. He died on the sixth of August, 1896, in the eighty-ninth year of his age.

B ARCLAY HAVILAND, a well-known cit- izen of Millbrook, Dutchess county, was born in the town of Dover, December 18, 1812. The first of the name to come to this country was either William or Benja- min Haviland, who emigrated from England and settled on Long Island at an early day in the history of the Colonies. From him in direct descent was his son Benjamin Haviland, who was born on Long Island; his son, Ben- jamin (2), was born in 1698; his son, Isaac Haviland, was born in August, 1751, in West- chester county, N. Y .; his son, Eleazer, was born May 27, 1777, in New Fairfield, Conn .; his son, Barclay, is the subject of this sketch.

Benjamin Haviland, our subject's great- grandfather, inarried Charlotte Park, the daughter of a French Huguenot. They settled in Westchester county, where they owned a

farm of 400 acres, and there reared a family of thirteen children.

Isaac Haviland, our subject's grandfather, grew to manhood in his native county, and after his marriage to Anna Howland, removed to Fairfield county, Conn., where he owned and carried on a farm of 800 acres of land, and was well-to-do. Eleazer, the eldest of his five children, was married in 1798 to Abi- gail Hiller, daughter of Nathan Hiller, a farmer in the town of Dover. Like his ancestors, Eleazar Haviland, was a tiller of the soil, which occupation he followed throughout his life. For many years he was a minister in the Hicksite branch of the Society of Friends, and made frequent journeys to the different States and to Canada in that capacity, which journeys were made either on horseback or in a car- riage. He died December 27, 1863; his wife passed away March 4, 1848. Five children were born to this worthy couple, only two of whom lived to maturity: Isaac E., the elder of the two, removed to Long Island in 1828, and became a prominent resident of Queens county, where he died in 1885; our subject is the younger.

Barclay Haviland grew to manhood on his father's farm at Chestnut Ridge, and at Me- chanic, town of Washington, where the family moved in 1826. He was educated at the Nine Partners Boarding School at Mechanic, and later at the Jacob Willets private school. On June 11, 1845. he was married to Susan Hart Tredway, daughter of Dr. Alfred Tred- way, of the town of Washington. They made their first home on the farm at Mechanic, re- maining in that place until 1855, when they purchased the homestead of Mrs. Haviland's grandfather, Philip Hart, at Hart's Village, where they have since resided. Five children were born to them, three of whom are living: Katharine A. married Dr. John C. Otis, of Poughkeepsie; Isaac E. is a resident of Toledo, Ohio; and Caroline E. resides with her parents.

Mr. Haviland is a Democrat, and has been justice of the peace two terms. He was pres- ent at the meeting which organized the Dutchess County Agricultural Society, în 1841, and of this society he was treasurer for a num- ber of years. Long one of the leading citizens of Dutchess county, his upright life and sterling qualities make him respected and es- teemed by all who come in contact with him. He is a prominent member of the Society of

Barclay Haviland

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Friends, and is always ready to assist in works of benevolence.

Elijah Tredway, the grandfather of Mrs. Haviland, was born in Connecticut, and from him the genealogy is traced to Nathaniel Tredway, born in Sudbury, England, in 1637. Dr. Alfred Tredway, his son (and the father of Mrs. Haviland), in his day a well-known physician, merchant and land owner of the town of Washington, was born in 1782, and died in 1826. He married Catherine Hart, who was born in what is now Millbrook, but at that time was known as Hart's Village, be- ing so named for her father, Philip Hart, who was then the owner of nearly all the land in that locality. Philip Hart was the youngest son of Richard Hart, and was born January 12, 1749, in Little Compton, Rhode Island, and came to Dutchess county in 1767, where on December 18, 1774, he was married to Susanna Akin, daughter of Benjamin Akin. He was a prominent business man in his local- ity, being engaged in the manufacture of cloth. His death occurred August 31, 1837.

Benjamin Akin came to Dutchess county, between 1762 and 1765, from Rhode Island; the family is of Scotch extraction, and his father, " Squire Benjamin Akin," was born in Scotland in 1663, became a leading citizen and represented his district in public matters. He was appointed chairman of a committee which was formed in 1774 to oppose English taxation.

J AMES H. DUDLEY (deceased) was a na- tive of Dutchess county, born in the town of Stanford, July 14, 1817, and was de- scended from worthy New England ancestry.

The founder of the family in America was William Dudley, a native of England, where he was married, August 24, 1636, to Jane Lutman, and on coming to America in the spring of 1639 located at Guilford, Conn., on a tract of 1000 acres of land, which he and his neighbors bought of the Indians, and which was divided among them. They gave the town the name of Guilford, and there Mr. Dudley followed farming. He was one of the prominent men of the community, and died there March 16, 1684. In his family were four children: William, Joseph, Ruth and Deborah. Of these, Joseph Dudley was born in that locality in 1643, and on reaching man's estate he followed coopering in Guilford, where 7

he died June 3, 1712. He married Ann Robinson, and the reared a family of nine children, namely: Joseph, Benjamin, Caleb, Joshua, Miles, William, -Mary, Mercy and Anna.

Miles Dudley, the next in a direct line to our subject, was born at Guilford, Conn., December 17, 1676. He married Rachel Strong, by whom he had nine children: Miles, Timothy. (1), Timothy (2), Stephen, Selah, Beriah, Rachel, Mercy and John. The father of this family was a blacksmith by trade, and followed that occupation until his death, August IO, 1753. His son, John Dudley, was born at Guilford, October 16, 1721, and there passed his early life. He was united in marriage with Tryphena Stone, and to them were born eleven children: Timothy (1), William (1), Try- phena (1), Ruth, John, Tryphena (2), William (2), Polly, Lois, James and Timothy (2). With his family the grandfather removed to Berk- shire county, Mass., where he purchased a large tract of land on the day the battle of Lexington was fought, and became one of the best farmers and most prominent citizens of the county. He died there in 1808.

James Dudley, the father of our subject, was born November 19, 1772, in Guilford, Conn., and was a child of three years when taken by his parents to Massachusetts, where he married Miss Lydia Leete, a descendant of the first governor of Connecticut Colony. Her father was born on Leete's Island, in Connecticut, January 16, 1746, and wedded Lydia Leete, by whom he had eleven children: John, Lydia, Amie, Lois, Eber, Olive, Mina, Orrit (1), Orrit (2), Harvey and Eli. In April, 1793, he moved to Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and in the town of Stanford, Dutchess county, purchased a farm, where he spent his remain- ing days, dying in 1822. His father, Rowland Leete, was born at Guilford, Conn., in 1708. and by his marriage with Mercy Dudley had feleven children : Timothy, Ruth, Anna, Sarah (1), John, Asahel, Hannah, Sarah (2), Abner, Miles and Rachel. William Leete, the father of Rowland Leete, was born March 24, 1671, and by his marriage with Hannah Stone had seven children: Anna, Elizabeth, Margery, Rowland, William, Jordan and Sol- omon. He was a son of Andrew Leete, who was born in 1643, and wedded Elizabeth Jordan, by whom he had six children: Will- iam, Caleb, Samuel, Dorothy, Abigail and Mercy. The father of Andrew Leete was

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William Leete, who emigrated from England in 1639, on the vessel on which our subject's paternal ancestors came to these shores. He was joined in wedlock with Anna Rogers, and to them were born nine children: John, Andrew, William, Caleb, Gratiana, Perigrine, Joshua, Anna and Abigail. Both the Leete and the Dudley families were members of the Congregational Church, and leading citizens in the localities where they made their homes.

After their marriage, the parents of our subject remained for some time in Massachu- setts, but later became residents of the town of Stanford, Dutchess Co., N. Y. Four chil- dren were born to them: Chester L., who was born July 4, 1806, and became a farmer of Ulster county, removing to Memphis, Mich., in 1855, where he died June 24, 1879: George A. (1), who died in infancy; George A. (2), who was born in 1810, and became a banker of Ellenville, Ulster Co., N. Y., where he died March 3, 1886; and James H., subject of this sketch. The father's death occurred Jan- uary 26, 1835, that of the mother on August 22, 1842.

On the farm, in the town of Stanford, James H. Dudley spent his boyhood until fif- teen years of age, when he went to Ulster county, and in 1835 he located in Poughkeep- sie, where for three years he worked for others at the carpenter's trade. He then carried on that business for himself until 1853, during which time he erected many houses which are still standing. In that year he began dealing in lumber and coal, continuing the same for sixteen years, at the expiration of which time he bought the Poughkeepsie Foundry, and continned its operation until 1880, when he laid aside business cares.

On January 4, 1842, he married Miss Char- lotte Wiltsie, who was born in the town of Lagrange, Dutchess county, May 29, 1819, and died at Poughkeepsie, September 4, 1895; she was of Holland extraction. Her father, John C. Wiltsie, was a prominent farmer and justice of the peace of that locality. Four children were born of this union, of whom, Guilford, a hardware merchant of Poughkeep- sie, is the only one now living; the others were Lavinia, Jeromus W. and Lydia L.

In Mr. Dudley the Republican party found an earnest supporter, and he served his fellow citizens as supervisor for several terms, was alms house commissioner one term, and one of the original trustees of the Old Ladies Home.

For half a century he was a member of the Poughkeepsie Lyceum, was actively identified with the Temperance cause, and was one of the leading and influential men of the city. Both he and his wife were consistent members of the Congregational Church, of which he was clerk some forty-four years, and trustee for many years. He was called from earth June 30, 1896.

J OHN H. COTTER, M. D., a prominent physician of Poughkeepsie, Dutchess coun-

ty, whose success in general practice has brought him speedy recognition as a profession- al worker, has given, with his struggle with ad- verse circumstances in early life, a proof of the truth of the old saying -- " Where there's a will, there's a way."

He is a descendant of an old Irish family, and the ancient freehold known as the "Mt. Katharine " farm, situated in the parish of Wa- ter Grass Hill, County Cork, Ireland, has been in the possession of his forefathers con- tinuously for many generations, and is still owned and occupied by a branch of the family. James Cotter, the Doctor's grandfather, passed his life there as a farmer, and was also interested in a weaving-mill. He was a thrif- ty, prosperous man, of unassuming manners, never taking any part in public affairs, and like his ancestors and descendants was a devout Catholic. He and his wife reared a family of six sons: John, Patrick, James, William, Garrett and Cornelius. James came to America and settled in New Orleans, and served in the Confederate army as a member of the Engineer corps.

John Cotter, our subject's father, was born in the old home in December, 1805, and was married in 1840 to Mary Haggerty, a native of the same county. He was a farmer by occu- pation, and for a short time was engaged in business as a miller; but in 1850 he left his native land owing to some trouble with the English government over the question of gathering tithes. Naturally he turned to America as a place of refuge, and on coming to this country settled in Pleasant Valley, Dutch- ess county, where for many years he worked as a farm laborer; but gradually he accumu- lated a fund of money which enabled him to purchase, in 1870, a farm in the town of Clin- ton, Dutchess county. His wife died there in 1872, and there his own remaining years were

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spent, his death occurring in 1878. He was a member of the Roman Catholic Church of Rhinecliff parish. He had received fair edu- cational advantages in youth, and in later years he kept well posted upon the topics of the day, taking especial interest in political questions and in the success of the Democratic party, although he was never an active worker in the organization. The Doctor was the fifth in a family of nine children. Of the others, Hannah (Mrs. Patrick Coffey), died in 1877; James lives at Clinton Corners; Lawrence is a resident of Rock City; Mary married John Flemming; Catherine died in infancy; William lives in Dover, N. J. ; Cornelius is a farmer in Schultzville, and Nora Frances married John O'Neil.

Dr. Cotter was born in the town of Pleas- ant Valley, April 6, 1851, and owing to his father's reduced circumstances he was obliged to make his own way from the age of twelve years, when he began working for John Van- Wagenen, of East Park, with whom he remained five years, attending school in the winter and occasionally finding a chance to go during the summer term. He was employed as a farm hand until the age of twenty-three; but his great desire for knowledge, and determination to make the most of every opportunity, never failed him. In 1868 and '69 he attended Dutchess County Academy under Prof. Pel- ham, but was compelled to give up his studies one month before graduation, and return to his labors upon the farm. In 1874 he began his medical studies with Dr. Denny, and later continued them with Dr. Hoyt. After a pre- liminary course of reading he entered the Albany Medical College, a branch of Union Univer- sity, and his vacations were also devoted to study in the office of his preceptor. On Feb- ruary 3, 1878, his long toil was rewarded by the bestowal of the degree of M. D., and he immediately began practicing at Mt. Ross, Dutchess county, where he remained until Au- gust, 1880, when he moved to Jackson Corners and continued his professional work. In May, 1894, his nephew succeeded him there, and he moved to Poughkeepsie, where he has built up a flourishing practice.

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Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, Part 18

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