Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, Part 39

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

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there, he in company with eighty other offi- cers who were prisoners jumped from the cars at Pocataligo Station, and made a bold dash for freedom, but were hunted down by hounds, only one succeeding in escaping. He was afterward exchanged by special order of Gen. Foster, and was sent back to New York on board the steamer "Arago," in August, 1864. In October he resumed his duties on the staff of the First Battalion, First Division, Second Corps, remaining at his post until February 20, 1865, when worn out by the hard life of a soldier he took an honorable discharge. He wears a bronze cross of the 7th Regiment, N. Y. S. V., which was given him for long and faithful service, and is among his choicest treasures.

In 1865 Mr. Rogers was married to Miss Julia Kavanagh, of New Rochelle, a descend- ant of the Kavanaghs of Ireland, a very old family. To this union four children have been born: Philip Clayton, Jr .. Juliana, Virginia and James M. The latter, who was a favorite child of his father, was killed when seven years old by the discharge of a gun in the hands of a playmate.

Capt. Rogers has seen many stirring events in the course of his long and eventful life, and bore an active part in one of the strangest and bloodiest wars in history, when brother was arrayed against brother and State against State. He lived to see a re-united country, more prosperous and happy than ever before, and with most brilliant prospects for still greater power and glory in the future. He is now passing the evening of his life in peaceful retirement, happy in his family and friends and with the consciousness of having done his part well in whatever he has engaged.

R OBERT RIDER THOMPSON (de- ceased), at one time a prominent citizen of Smithfield, widely and favorably known, was a native of Dutchess county, born in the town of Stanford, December 14, 1814. His grandfather, Elias Thompson, was also a resi- dent of the county, where the birth of his fa- ther, James Thompson, occurred. The latter served his apprenticeship to the hatter's trade, but never followed that business, devoting his time principally to agricultural pursuits in the town of Stanford, where he died at the age of seventy-six years. His political support was given the Democratic party. He was married

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to Rebecca Rider, daughter of Robert Rider, and to them were born nine children: Eme- line, Robert R., Hannah, Jane, David, Melis- sa, Edwin, Elias M. and Henry P., ail of whom are deceased except David and Elias M.

After attending the district schools for a time, our subject entered the Nine Partners Boarding School, but finished his education in the Amenia Seminary, alter which he aided in the work of the home farm during the sum- mer season, while the winter months were de- voted to school teaching until his marriage. That important event of his life was celebrated in 1841, Catherine Sanford becoming his wife. After a long and happy married life of over half a century she was called to her final rest in 1893.

Fourchildren blessed their union, as follows: ( I) Ellen C. is the wife of William J. Clanney, of Amenia, by whom she has five children Grace, George, Robert, William and Clarence. (2; George married Nellie Le Roy; he died in 1895, leaving no children. 13. John R., a leading resident of Amenia, is the superintend- ent of the water works at that place and at Pine Plains and Wassaic. In 1877 he married Mary F. Bertine, and they have three children -Kate, John R., Jr., and Anna Frances. (4) Edward B. was born at Smithfield, November 8, 1862, and there spent his boyhood, later attending the Amenia Seminary. At the early age of ten years he took quite a fancy to ducks, which he engaged in raising for a few years, and then turned his attention to Plymouth Rock chickens, paying $8 for his first setting of eggs. He then began dealing in fancy fowls and eggs, and now makes two shipments a week. He has successfully exhibited his fowls in New York City, Chicago and Philadelphia, and has won many premiums. Socially, he is connected with Amenia Lodge No. 672, F. & A. M., of which he has twice served as master, is a Democrat in politics, and is a member of the Smithfield Presbyterian Church. At New- burg, Orange Co., N. Y., in February, 1891, he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Ada Smith, daughter of Rev. W. E. Smith, and has two children-Edward Valentine, born in 1892, and Walter Carlyle, born in 1893.

After his marriage, Robert R. Thompson located at Smithfield, where he made his home, and for forty years was successfully engaged in the fire, life and accident insurance business. For twenty-five years he also served as post- master of Smithfield, and was school inspect-

or. He cast his ballot in support of the prin- ciples advocated by the Democratic party, and affiliated with Amenia Lodge No. 672. F. & A. M. He was a pleasant, genial gentleman, winning many friends, and faithfully discharged every duty that devolved upon him. He passed away at his home December 26, 1896, at the ripe age of eighty-two years and ten days, in full possession of his business faculties to the very last.

M ILTON H. ANGELL, M. D., one of the leading physicians of Dutchess county, is established in Salt Point, where he follows a career of usefulness, having thoroughly fitted himself for the duties of a most responsible position. He gives his entire attention to his chosen profession, with most satisfactory re- sults to himself and patrons.

Ephraim Angell, the paternal grandfather of our subject, was born in Rhode Island, of English origin, and after his marriage with Mary Thorne he located in Columbia county, N. Y. Their family included nine children, namely: Augustus carried on farming in Columbia county; Joseph died in early man- hood; Stephen is the father of our subject: Henry (deceased) was in early life a farmer, but later became a coal dealer in Chicago; William carries on agricultural pursuits in Columbia county; Ephraim is engaged in the same occupation in that county; Sarah is the wife of Elisha Clark, a farmer of Columbia county; Martha first wedded Ashley Niles, a merchant of that county, and after his death became the wife of Nodial Hill, a very learned man; and Emma (deceased, married Dr. William Vail (now deceased), who was en- gaged in the practice of medicine in New Hampshire. The father of this family fol- lowed farming exclusively in Columbia county until his death.

Stephen T. Angell, the father of our sub- ject, was a native of the village of Spencer- town, Columbia county, where he grew to manhood. He married Hannah E. Ham, who was born in the town of Clinton, Dutchess county, and is a daughter of George Ham, an agriculturist. They began their domestic life upon a farm near Salt Point, in Pleasant Val- ley town, where their five children were born as follows: Evelyn: George H., a merchant of Wappingers Falls, N. Y. ; Augustus, a physi- cian and oculist, of Hartford, Conn. : J. Thorne,

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engaged in railroad business in Pine Plains, Dutchess county; and Milton, the subject of this review. Besides general farming the father was successfully engaged in breeding Shorthorn cattle and Southdown sheep. For many years he served as justice of the peace, was ever identified with the Republican party, and a man of most estimable character. His death occurred in October, 1889, his faithful wife still surviving.

On the family homestead at Salt Point, Mil- ton H. Angell was born October 8, 1856, and under the parental roof spent his boyhood, dur- ing which period he attended the district schools. Later he entered the Military Acad- emy at Poughkeepsie, and for three years pur- sued his studies at De Garmo Institute, Rhine- beck, N. Y., after which he taught school for one year. He then began the study of medi- cine, taking a course of lectures at the New York Homeopathic Medical College, where he was graduated with the class of '82. Shortly afterward, the Doctor located at Wappingers Falls, where he engaged in practice for a year and a half. Then he removed to Stanfordville, Dutchess county, where he followed his chosen profession for six years, and in 1890 succeeded his brother, Dr. Augustus, at Salt Point, where he enjoys a large and lucrative practice.

On October 13, 1886, Dr. Milton H. Angell was married to Miss Frances McKay, a daugh- ter of Robert MeKay, a native of Brooklyn, N. Y., who is now living retired; he is of Scotch descent, and a son of Samuel Mckay, a prom- inent hatter and furrier. Two children have been born to the Doctor and his wife: Evelyn and Milton. Dr. Angell stands high in the ranks of the medical fraternity of Dutchess county; politically, he is an adherent to the principles of the Republican party.

W ILLIAM HENRY TABER. One of the first grants of land in the far-famed Oblong Valley, in Dutchess county, was made by King George III, in 1760, conveying the title of 500 acres to Thomas Taber, the great- grandfather of the subject of this sketch. came from New Bedford, Mass., where he was born in 1732, and in 1760 made his home upon this estate, which has ever since been in the possession of the family.

His son. Jeremiah Taber, our subject's | grandfather, was born there in 1762, and like

his father was a farmer by occupation. He was prominent in local affairs, also in the So- ciety of Friends at Quaker Hill, and being a man of unusual sagacity he was greatly re- spected throughout the locality. He lived un- til 1834, and his wife, Dillalah Russell. daugh- ter of Elihu Russell, departed this life in 1852. They had six children: (1) Eliza, who mar- ried Joseph Carpenter, a native of Harrison township, Westchester Co., N. Y., a farmer, and they had three children-Harriet A., mar- ried to Daniel Griffin; Mary T., wife of Joseph Parks, of the firm of Parks & Tilford (they had two sons-George and Herbert-in business with their father), and Arthur, now deceased. (2) Russell, who succeeded to his mother's homestead, and lived there during his life, mar- ried Deborah Hoag, and had four children- Mary H., who married Alfred Wing, brother of Ebby P. Wing; Eliza, who died when young; Ann, unmarried, and John, who wedded Delia Ross. (3) Thomas, a farmer, settled in Broome county, N. Y., where he left descend- ants; he married Mary Gilbert, and had four children-Amelia, who married Morton Crane, of Putnam county; Gilbert, who first married Amanda Tripp, and had one daughter, Hattie (now Mrs. Birdsell); Delilah, who married Warren Merchant, and Jeremiah, who lives in Delaware county. (4) William, our subject's father. (5) Harriet, who married Jonathan Akin, and with her husband was greatly es- teemed in the Society of Friends, as well as in the community at large. (6) John, who died at the age of sixteen.

William Taber, who was born December 10, 1796, inherited 260 acres of the old farm, by buying out the other heirs. He was a suc- cessful farmer, a Quaker in religion and an ex- emplary citizen, noted for his unfailing kind- ness to the unfortunate. Although he never took an active part in politics, he was a stanch Democrat in principle. He married Eliza, daughter of Abial Sherman, a leading resident of the southern part of the town of lawling.

She died February 5, 1841, and he survived her until 1863, when he breathed his last at the old homestead. Of their three children, one died February 4, 1846, at the age of six years. Walter F. Taber, the youngest of the two surviving sons, is a well-known resident of Poughkeepsie.

William Henry Taber, the eldest son, was born May 4, 1825, and has spent the greater part of his life on the old estate. After finish-

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ing the course of study afforded in the district school of the neighborhood, he attended the Jacob Willets select school for some time, and then studied one winter in Poughkeepsie, with Prof. Hyatt. He received a fair education for the times, which his naturally active mind has enabled him to enlarge by reading and observa- tion. He remained at home until his marriage in 1852 to Miss Catherine Flagler, daughter of Benjamin F. Flagler, a prominent citizen of Beekman, when he settled upon a farın be- longing to an aunt of his wife, conducting same for two years. In 1854 he bought J. J. Vande- burg's interest in a general store at Pawling, and gave his whole attention to the business. In the following year Mr. Merritt sold his in- terest in the same store, to Walter F. Taber, and the two brothers continued in partnership until 1863, when our subject moved to the old homestead, buying up all other claims upon it. Here he has carried on general farming, and has also engaged in other lines of business, dealing extensively in live-stock, in the slaughter of cattle, and in the sale of meat at retail. His purchases of Western cattle to supply the local demand for milk cows have been large and profitable-in fact, his enterprises have been uniformly successful. He was an incorporator and one of the original trustees of the Pawling Savings Bank, has been for many years its vice-president, and for more than twenty years has been an inspector of the National Bank of Pawling.

Mr. Taber's first wife died on September 26, 1855, leaving two daughters: Eliza, the wife of William H. Osborne, of Pawling; and Amelia, who married Edwin R. Ferris, of Jer- sey Heights. In 1858, for his second wife, Mr. Taber wedded Elizabeth Thomas, daughter of Charles Thomas, a well-known resident of the town of Dover, and three children were born to them: George A .; Nellie, wife of Stephen Moore; and Charles W., who resides at Gaylords Bridge. The mother of this family died April 6, 1874, and Mr. Taber formed a third matrimonial union January 10, 1888, with Miss Louise Frost, daughter of Alva Frost. They have had two sons: William Henry, Jr., and Sherman, both at present attending school.

Mr. Taber is an influential worker in the Democratic party, and served as supervisor and justice of the peace in 1854. He is active in local affairs also, and has been assessor for nineteen years, during which time he has re- vised the entire assessment list.

H ENRY D. WHITE, M. D., a leading physician and surgeon of Hopewell Junc- tion, Dutchess county, belongs to a family that has had several able representatives in the medical profession. His great-grandfather, Ebenezer White, was an eminent practitioner of Westchester county, N. Y., where his en- tire life was passed. The White family is of old English stock, and was founded in this country during the early period of its settle- ment. In religious belief they have been principally members of the Reformed Dutch Church.

His grandfather, Dr. Bartow F. White, was a native of Westchester county, N. Y., but engaged in the practice of medicine in Connecticut. In politics he was a stalwart supporter of the Democratic party. He mar- ried Ann Augusta Belcher, a native of Round- hill, Conn., and a daughter of Elisha Belcher, M. D., who served with distinction during the Revolutionary war, and whose ring, worn by him at that time, is now on the finger of the Doctor. Four children were born to the grandparents: Stephen; Alethea, who mar- ried Dr. Henry A. Weeks, of New York City (and whose son, Bartow F., was assistant dis- trict attorney of that city); and William and Elisha, deceased.

Stephen White was born at Roundhill, Conn., was reared to manhood in New York City, and has been engaged in mercantile pur- suits exclusively, both in that city and in Brooklyn, but is now hving retired. He was united in marriage with Caroline Elizabeth De la Pierre, whose birth occurred in New York City. Her father was a native of Hol- land, but of French-Huguenot parentage. The Doctor is the third in order of birth in a fam- ily of three children, his sisters being Alethea A., and Caroline De la Pierre, who died at the age of six years. His parents are highly-es- teemed people, members of the Protestant Episcopal Church, and his father is an adher- ent of Democratic principles, always supporting that party.

Dr. White was born at Brooklyn, Febru- ary 8, 1866, there received his primary educa- tion in a private school, and later attended the Polytechnic Institute. After the coin- pletion of his literary course he entered the College of Physicians and Surgeons, of New York City, where he graduated with the class of 1887, after which for one year he was house physician of St. John's Hospital of Brooklyn,

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thus gaining much valuable practical experi- ence. He located at Hopewell Junction in 1896, and from the present outlook will soon be at the head of a large and lucrative prac- tice. He has that love for his profession which is sure to win success, and his skill can- not fail to be recognized. Like his ancestors, the Doctor is also an ardent Democrat, and socially holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Royal Arcanum, both in New Jersey lodges; also in the New Jer- sey Society of the Sons of the Revolution. Professionally, he is a member of the Dutch- ess County Medical Society.

D AVID COLE (deceased) was one of the most genial and whole-souled men of Dutchess county. He had accumulated a good property by his own thrift and industry, owning at the time of his death the property in the town of Red Hook, known as the Will- iam Waldorf farm, which contains sixty-nine acres of rich and fertile land. His tastes always inclined him to agricultural pursuits, and that industry found in him a most able representative. He was a son of David Cole, a leading farmer of the town of Rhinebeck, Dutchess county.

In 1846 our subject was married to Miss Catherine Lewis, who was born in Woodstock, Ulster Co., N. Y., in 1825, and educated in the common schools of that place. To this worthy couple were born six children. (1) James Lewis was born in the town of Red Hook, and when eighteen years of age enlisted in the Union army at Albany, N. Y., becom- ing a member of the United States Cavalry. In an engagement he was taken prisoner by the Rebels, and while confined in one of those loathsome Southern prisons contracted the measles, from which he died when in the nine- teenth year of his age. (2) Prudence is the next in order of birth. (3) Alida married Al- fred Henion, and had four children-Jennie Louise, born March 24, 1872; Philip Hiram, born November 9, 1874; Watson Lewis, born January 9, 1879, and died in infancy; and Ethel Catherine, born August 21, 1888. (4)

Luella is the fourth in the family. (5) Eliza- beth died in infancy. (6) Philip Henry was also born in the town of Red Hook. He be- came a student in Union College at Schenec- tady, N. Y., and also attended the New York College for one year. He then became pro-

fessor in the former institution, which position he held until 1895, at the same time being pastor of the Second Reformed Church at Schenectady. He has been quite an exten- sive traveler, having visited Europe several times. He married Miss Anna Furbeck, of Schenectady, and they have two children: Edward Martin, born August 30, 1892, and Lewis Furbeck, born June 6, 1893.

Garrett Lewis, the father of Mrs. Cole, was a native of Woodstock, Ulster county, and during his boyhood and youth attended the public schools of the locality. He fol- lowed farming as a lifework. He was united in marriage with Miss Fannie Ewyrie, of the same place, and they became the parents of ten children, as follows: Bowen remained single; William H. married Nellie Kipp; John married Eliza Smith: Christopher married Sophia Homer; Marie married Andrew Wol- vern: Nellie married John Whittaker; Leah mar- ried Peter John; Philip died in childhood; Mat- thew died in infancy; and Catherine (widow of David Cole, of this review) completes the family.

C ARPENTER FAMILY. Tradition, Par- ish and Church records, and other infor- mation quite conclusive, tell us that the first of the Carpenters, of whom this sketch relates, was a German of the name of (I) Gotlieb Zim- merman, who about the year 1500 emigrated from Prussia to England, where he angliced his name to Caleb Carpenter. William and (II) Richard Carpenter are supposed to have been his immediate descendants, and the only children of their parents to attain to man's es- tate, (II) Richard being the only one of the two who left issue. William was engaged exten- sively in ship chandlery, and later in the ship- ping business, chiefly with the West Indies, and when he died in 1700 at the age of ninety- seven years, he left an estate said to have been valued at three million pounds sterling, devised by will bearing date 1684) to his legal heirs, who are supposed to have been his nephews Ill) Ephraim and Timothy Carpenter, then residing in America; and Josiah and Phebe Car- penter (both then residing in Wales), children of (III) Ephraim Carpenter, only son of (II ) Richard Carpenter.

(III) Ephraim Carpenter had issue: Eph- raim, (IV) Timothy, Josiah, and Phebe, who died in Wales; the other three emigrated to

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America about the year 1678; but Josiah re- turned to Wales a few years afterward, and died there. Ephraim and (IV) Timothy pur- chased a large tract of land of the Indians on Long Island, in the then Province of New York, embracing a large portion, if not all, of the town of Hempstead, and settled thereon at or near what is now known as Jerusalem.

(IV) Timothy Carpenter was born in Eng- land December 19, 1665. About 1688 he mar- ried Mercy Coles, of Oyster Bay, Long Island, and a short time thereafter they moved to Westchester county. Their family consisted of the following children: John, born June 13, 1690; Hulda, August 29, 1692; Jeptha, Decem- ber 18, 1693; (\') Benjamin, March 25, 1696; and Timothy, Jr., April 1, 1698.

(V) Benjamin Carpenter was born in Westchester county, N. Y., March 25. 1696, and for his first wife married, October 30, 1718, Dinah -, who was born March 19, 1698. Children as follows were born to them: Eliza, September 12, 1719; Elijah, December 23, 1722; Ezra, May 6, 1726; Luther, August 16, 1730; Sarah, July 11, 1734, and (VI) Caleb, September 25, 1736. After the death of his first wife, November 3, 1758, (V) Benjamin married Lydia --- , born August 4, 1712, died November 25, 1778. (V | Benjamin died March 26, 1778 or 1779.

(VI) Caleb Carpenter was born Septem- ber 25, 1736, in Westchester county, N. Y. For his first wife he married Amy , who was born November 25, 1738, and children as follows were born to them; Sebe, born July 4. 1760; Benjamin, April 1, 1762: Mary, June 26, 1767; Lydia, August 4, 1769, died August 27, 1796; (VII) John, October 20, 1771 ; Zeno, December 8, 1773, died February 8, 1795: Ruth, January 24, 1776, and Caleb, October 24. 1778, died December 3, 1814. The Incther of these died January 18, 1795, and for his second wife (VI Caleb married Zip- porah Kip, who died February 12, 1818, aged sixty-nine years. (VI) Caleb died December 20, 1826.

(VII) John Carpenter was born at White Plains, Westchester county, October 20, 1771, and died October 10, 1828. He was married February 16, 1799, to Amy Green, who was born January 7, 1781, daughter of Isaiah and Elizabeth Green, and children as follows were born to them: Leonard, November 8, 1799; (VIII) Emory, March 5, 1801; William G., October 24, 1802; Jacob, November 24, 1804:

Caleb, February 5, 1807, and John G., in No- vember, 1812. The father of these followed farming exclusively, and he and his wife were members of the Hicksite Quakers Society. He died ioth gth Mo., 1828, she on 8th 7th Mo., 1851. aged seventy years, six months, one day.

(VIII) Emory Carpenter was born March 5. 1801, in Westchester county, where he lived until he was sixteen years old, and then came to the town of Clinton, Dutchess county, later removing to Ulster county. In that county, at New Paltz, by Rev. Bogardus, Oc- tober 22, 1825, he was married to Jane Ann Du Bois, who was born April 15, 1806, in Plattekill. Ulster county, daughter of Joseph and Abigail ( Cooper› Du Bois, of Ulster coun- ty, whose children were: Jane Ann, Hannah, Martha, Rachel, Josiah C. and Elias M. Joseph Du Bois was a lifelong farmer. Peter Du Bois, son of Jacques, who was the Hugue- not who emigrated to America in the year 1674. was the great-great-great-grandfather of William J. and J. Du Bois Carpenter, both of Poughkeepsie. His descendant, Elias Du Bois. married Elizabeth Tompkins. Soon after their marriage (VIII) Emory Carpenter and his wife located on a farm near Poughkeepsie, later re- moving to New York for a time. They had the following children: Edmund, born June 29. 1826, died September 10, 1827: Caleb, August 25, 1827, died August 5. 1828; IX) William J .. December 10, 1828; Amy J., May 8, 1831; (IN) J. Du Bois, March 14, 1833; Harriet N., November 13, 1834; George E., May 13, 1836; Elias Du Bois, December 11, 1837; and Jacob G., August 2, 1843. Of these, William J. lives a retired life in Poughkeepsie: Amy J. married Capt. Smith, who is deceased; Harriet N. be- came the wife of Nathan Williams, of Ulster county; George E. is a clerk with his brother. J. Du Bois; Elias D). is captain of a steamer on the Hudson; and Jacob G. has been con- nected with the Brooklyn Eagle for twenty- three years. After leaving the farm near Poughkeepsie, the parents moved to another in the town of Lagrange, where the father died August 17, 1844: politically, he was a Demo- crat, in religious faith a Hicksite Quaker. The mother, for her second husband, married Sel- leck Carpenter, August, 1856. She died June 10, 1891.

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Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, Part 39

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