Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, Part 96

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

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As a Democrat Mr. Payne takes great in- terest in political questions, and has served as collector of Stanford town. In religious be- lief he is a Baptist, holding membership with the Church of that denomination at Bangall, and socially is identified with Warren Lodge No. 32, F. & A. M., at Schultzville, N. Y. As a soldier he displayed bravery, sagacity and true patriotism; as a business man his actions have been above reproach or criticism, and as a citizen he is an illustration of a high type of American manhood. In social circles he and his wife occupy a prominent position. She is an earnest worker in the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, and for four years has been recording secretary for the Dutchess County Woman's Christian Temper- ance Union.

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C HARLES W. HOAG (deceased) was one of the most genial and whole-souled men of Dutchess county, where was spent his long and useful career. The genealogy of the fam- ily can be traced to John Hoag, who was born in 1643 and died in 1728. On April 21, 1669, John Hoag married E. Emery, by whom he had the following children: John, born Feb- ruary 28, 1670; Jonathan, born October 28, 1671; Joseph, born January 10, 1677; Ben- jamin; Hannah, born January 3, 1683; Judith, born April 20, 1687; and Mary.

For his first wife Benjamin Hoag wedded Sarah Morris, and they became the parents of six children: Mary, born April 5, 1704; John, born September 3. 1706; Jonathan, born in December, 1708; Sarah, born May 3, 1711; Benjamin, born November 15, 1714; and Judah, born April 29, 1716. By his second wife, who bore the maiden name of Esther Sneatt, he had ten children, whose names and years of birth are as follows: Patience, 1719; Daniel, 1720; Moses, 1721; Elizabeth, 1723; Anna, 1724; Mary, 1728; Isaiah, 1730; Aben- ezer, 1731; Theodore, 1732; and Esther, 1734.

John Hoag, the second child of the first union, was joined in wedlock with Mary Hoag, who was born January 9, 1706, and they had six children: Elijah; Enoch, born in 1731; John, born May 10, 1734; Abner, born in 1736; Mary; Paul, born in 1741. For his sec- ond wife John Hoag married Patience Rogers, and to them were born four children: Isaiah, in 1754; Rachel, in 1756; Jeremiah, in 1759; and Nathaniel, in 1765.

The next in direct line was John Hoag, a resident of the town of Washington, Dutchess county. He was united in marriage with Mercy Tripp, who was born March 16, 1738, and they became the parents of eight children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Abel, December 12, 1761; Philip, December 6, 1764; Lucy, March 17, 1767; Amy, June 2, 1769; Charles, December 25, 1771; Ruth, April 22, 1775; Tripp, March 6, 1778; and Mary, May 25, 1782.

The fifth child of that union, Charles Hoag, was the grandfather of our subject, and died January 23, 1840. On November 21, 1793, he married Betsy Denton, who was born April 5, 1772, and died August 30, 1852. Their family included nine children, as follows: Anna, born October 2, 1794; John T., Sep- tember 27, 1796; James D., February 14, 1799; Henry C., May 3, 1801; Phoebe, Au-

gust 13, 1805; Ezra B., December 11, 1807; Benjamin, October 23, 1810; Deborah, Octo- ber 18, 1812; and Mary, February 25, 1815.

The father of our subject, John T. Hoag, spent his boyhood days at Pine Plains, Dutch- ess county; on November 30, 1825, he was united in marriage with Mary C. Bedell, born July 20, 1800. By this union they had two children: Charles W., born October 7, 1826; and Mary B., born June 10, 1835. For some time the father engaged in farming in Colum- bia county, N. Y., and on his return to Dutch- ess county first located in Clinton town, but later removed to the old homestead in Pine Plains town, which he operated up to his death, May 8, 1849. He was reared in the faith of the Society of Friends, and was highly re- spected and honored. His wife departed this life on July 14, 1858.

Charles W. Hoag passed his early life in the usual manner of farmer boys, in the town of Pine Plains, and secured a good education at the Nine Partners Boarding School, in the town of Washington, Dutchess county. He assisted his father in the labors of the home farm until he was married, June 10, 1857, to Laura Bryan, whose birth occurred April 21, 1831. They became the parents of five chil- dren: Ward B., now a physician of New York City; he was born July 3, 1859, and married L. Lilian Sills, of New York City, May 9, 1895; John E., born November 2, 1861; Mary E., who was born November 25, 1863, and December 9, 1891, wedded William H. Ulrich, of Greenfield, Mass .; Anna Ger- trude, born July 6, 1868; and Charles Will- iam, born February 14, 1870.

For two years after his marriage Mr. Hoag remained in the town of Pine Plains, and the following eight years were passed near Miller- ton, Dutchess county. In April, 1869, he re- moved to the town of Stanford, where he erected the large house at the upper end of Upton Lake, now known as the " Upton Lake House," and there continued to live until his death, which occurred March 4, 1893. He was classed by his fellow citizens as one of the public-spirited and representative men of the county, and merited and received the warmest confidence and esteem of the entire com- munity.

The family of Mrs. Hoag has also long been identified with the history of Dutchess county, her great-grandparents, Ezra and Sarah Bryan, being residents of the town of

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Northeast. Their son, Amos Bryan, who also lived in that township, married Betsey Finch, and to them were born nine children, of whom Ward W., the father of Mrs. Hoag, was the eldest. His entire life was passed upon the old homestead farm in the town of Northeast. On December 12, 1829, he was united in mar- riage with Elizabeth Wanzer, and they became the parents of eleven children, whose names and dates of birth are as follows: Laura, April 21, 1831; Calvin, January 6, 1833; Elihu (de- ceased), July 26, 1835; Amos (deceased), Oc- tober 9, 1836; James, March 25, 1839; Sarah (deceased), November 25, 1840; Jane, Febru- ary 25, 1843; Ezra, December 16, 1844; Phoebe, February 5, 1847; Reuben, June 20, 1849; and Coralie (deceased), February 9, 1853. The father, who was a faithful mem- ber of the Friends Church, died December 14, 1863; his wife survived him till July 27, ₹885.

E DWARD BARMORE, of the town of La- grange, Dutchess county, is a representa- tive agriculturist, his farm, near Moores Mill, being among the best of its size in that locality.

He is a native of Dutchess county, but his father, Clark C. Barmore, was born May 25, 1805, in Westchester county, N. Y., and came to Dutchess county with his parents when he was six years old. He attended the district schools of the town of Unionvale, and taught for several terms in early manhood. On De- cember 26, 1831, he was united in marriage with Mary C. Alley, who was born December 8, 1810, the daughter of James Alley. For a few years after his marriage Mr. Barmore was engaged in farming in Unionvale, but, in the spring of 1836, he moved to the town of La- grange, and settled upon the farm now occu- pied by his grandson, Clark Barmore. He was a birthright Quaker, always adhered to the old forms of speech, and was a regular attendant at the Friends' meetings, serving as clerk for many years. A self-made man, he was very successful as a farmer, and his fine character gave him great influence among his acquaint- ances. He was a life-long Democrat, and held several offices in the town of Lagrange. His death occurred there September 30, 1873, and his wife followed him February 22, 1880. They had nine children: Phæbe, who mar- ried Crumline Patterson, of Arthursburgh, N. Y. ; Edward, our subject; Stephen, deceased;

Caroline, the wife of Andrew S. Wanzer, of Moores Mill; Eliza M., deceased; Sarah, who married Cyrus Perkins, of Moores Mill; John, deceased, who married Josephine Phillips; Charles, deceased, and Mary Adelia, the wife of Gilbert V. Downing, of Poughkeepsie.

Edward Barmore was born in the town of Unionvale November 8, 1835, but accompa- nied his parents to the town of Lagrange at the age of four months. He was educated in the district schools of his neighborhood and at a boarding school at Oswego village. He taught successfully in Lagrange during the winter terms of 1856 and 1857. On Novem- ber 24. 1858, he was married in the town of Beekman to Miss Lucy E. Wanzer, daughter of Isaac Wanzer, and a native of the town of New Milford, Litchfield Co., Conn. Immedi- ately after their marriage they settled upon the farm, where they now reside, in a house built by Mr. Barmore. Three children blessed their union: (1) Clark, a farmer in the town of Lagrange, born February 13, 1862, is a grad- uate of Eastman Business College; he was married December 17, 1885, to Gertie Tripp, daughter of Daniel Tripp; he is a member of the Lagrange Farmers Alliance and Industrial Union; was one of the organizers of the Farm- ers' Insurance Co., of Lagrange, of which he is a director and the treasurer. (2) Mary Eliza is president of the local W. C. T. U., and treasurer of the County Union; at the time of the Constitutional Convention of New York State, in 1894, she canvassed the town of Lagrange for signatures to the Equal Suf- frage petition, securing nearly 300 names; she was also secretary to the county campaign committee. (3) Emma B. was married Jan- uary 2, 1890, at the age of twenty, to Charles Huestis, of Unionvale.

Mr. Barmore is a Prohibitionist politically, and his wife is one of the leading members of the W. C. T. U. of Lagrange. He is a non- combatant, and, having been taken in the first draft during the war, he was released by Pres- ident Lincoln, owing to his conscientious scru- ples against the use of arms.

L EWIS SMITH. Among the young and enterprising citizens of Barrytown, Dutch- ess county, there is probably none more ener- getic or thorough-going than the gentleman whose name introduces this sketch. He made his appearance on the stage of life at Rondout,

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Ulster Co., N. Y., in 1868, and acquired a good practical education in the schools of Canarsie and Brooklyn, N. Y. He learned the art of piloting, and was granted a license as a pilot on the Hudson river, New York harbor and Long Island sound. He now follows that calling, being mostly engaged in taking freight steamers. He is one of the prominent and representative young men of Barrytown, where he now makes his home, and has the respect and esteem of all who know him. His estima- ble wife was Miss Hattie Moody. daughter of George and Lucinda Moody, of Clinton town- ship. Dutchess county.

Mr. Smith is of German descent, his par- ents, Robert and Sophia (Helm) Smith, both being natives of the Fatherland, the former born at Glangstadt in IS41, and the latter at Maxfeld, Prussia, in 1844. They were edu- cated in Germany, and in 1865 took passage on the same vessel, bound for the United States. They met on board the ship, and, their friendship ripening into love, they were married on reaching Rondout, N. Y. The father had been a sailor previous to his loca- tion in this country, and had visited almost every country on the globe. At present he is a boatman, and makes his home in Barrytown. In the family were seven children, namely: William, who died at the age of seventeen years; Lewis, subject of this review; Eliza- beth, who died in infancy; and Robert, Mar- tha, Rebecca, and Albert, all at home.

John Helin, the maternal grandfather of our subject, was born at Mecklenburg, where he was educated, and there married Miss Eliza- beth Yager, also a native of Prussia. They became the parents of eight children, but the names of the oldest three are not known. The others are: William, who married a Miss Rus- sell; Mary, who became the wife of Charles Klopp; Sophia, the mother of our subject; Caroline, who wedded August Heidman; and John, who when a young man served in the Prussian army, and who died of a fever soon after his return home.

P LATT V. AND JOHN J. HALL, leading and prominent citizens of the town of Unionvale, are worthy representatives of an honored family of Dutchess county. William Hall, their grandfather, was born in what was then the town of Beekman, but is now Union- vale, and secured his education in its public

schools, after which he followed the vocation of farming. He wedded Miss Mary Vale, daughter of Israel Vale, who held the commis- sion of captain in the Colonial army during the Revolutionary war. The following children were born of this union : Levina, who mar- ried Solomon Duncan; Ruth, who became the wife of Henry Deyo; John, the father of our subjects; Israel, who married Catherine Albro; Isaac, who wedded Mary Rogers; Gideon and Benjamin, who remained single; Mary, who became the wife of William Pine; William; Abigail, who married Isaac Titus; and Rebecca, who married Joseph Losee.

John Hall, Sr., who was born in the town of Beekman, in 1776, was educated in the schools near his home, and there engaged in agricultural pursuits. He married Miss Mary Waite, daughter of Joseph and Catherine Waite. Her father was a lawyer by profes- sion, and also followed auctioneering, and was a prominent member of the Masonic order.

Thirteen children graced the union of the parents of our subjects, as follows: (1) Cath- arine, born in the town of Beekman, Noven- ber 10, 1802, married David Hawes. They had eight children: John D., who married a Miss Fuller; Daniel; Charles, who married a Miss Briggs, and, after her death, wedded a Miss Wheeler; Erthemer, who married 'a Miss Edmonds: Phoebe, who married George Hall; George; Benjamin; and Judson. (2) Mary, born August 3, 1804, married Smith Titus. (3) Phæbe A., born August 13, 1806, married Henry P. Emigh, by whom she had one child that died in infancy. (4) Pauline A., born August 2, 1SOS, married Levi Haskel. (5) Abigail, born March 3, 1810, married Fred- erick Davis. (6) Levina, born December 10, ISII, married Smith Titus. (7) Ruth, born January 6, 1814, died unmarried.

(S) Platt V. Hall, one of our subjects, was born in Beekman, Dec. 25, 1815, and, after completing a common-school education, turned his attention to farming. He was united in marriage with Miss Louise Paul, daughter of Alfred and Levina Paul. Her father was a hotel keeper in Chenango county, N. Y. Two children were born to Platt V. Hall and his worthy wife, namely: Mary L., who was born September 6, 1865, and died in infancy; and Alfred P., who was born in the town of Union- vale, July 26, 186S. For twenty-five years their father served as postmaster of Mansfield. Alfred P. Hall was educated in the State

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Normal School, at Albany, N. Y., and as a life work chose the occupation of farming. Since 1894 he has acceptably filled the office of as- sessor of Unionvale town, has been inspector of elections and held other public positions of honor and trust. In 1890 was celebrated his marriage with Miss Loda K. Pitcher, daughter of Charles J. and Wealthy (Tanner) Pitcher, the former a farmer and lumberman of Sheko- meko, Dutchess county. Two children were born to Alfred Hall and wife: Susie V., born April 6, 1892; and Paul A., born January 8, 1894, and died in infancy.

(9) Rebecca, the ninth child of John Hall, Sr., was born April 24, 1818, and married George Hopkins, by whom she had two daugh- ters: Sarah and Mary, twins, the former the wife of Egbert Benson, and the latter the wife of George Tillinghast. After the death of her first husband, Rebecca became the wife of Victor Fuller, who was a soldier in the Civil war, and to them were born two children: Ruth and Estelle, both of whom died in in- fancy. (10) Helen, born March 31, 1820, married Joseph Benson. They had eight chil- dren: Levina, deceased; Mary, who became the wife of Truman Case; Platt J., who first married Flora Dickerman, and after her death wedded Louisa Benson; Franklin D. married Carmel Gay; Homer, deceased; Fred J., de- ceased: Augusta, who married Clarence Oak- ley, and Ella, who wedded Fred Irish. (11) Sarah E., born October 26, 1821.

(12) John J. Hall, another of the subjects of this sketch, was born in the town of Beekman, February 10, 1824, and obtained an excellent education in the State Normal School, of Albany, N. Y. He was admitted to the bar in 1868, but has never engaged in practice. His early life was principally devoted to teach- ing, but in later years he has carried on farm- ing with good success. For eight years he has filled the office of justice of the peace, having the unanimous vote of the people; was also the first postmaster appointed at Mansfield, and was superintendent of the schools of Unionvale town, all of which offices he creditably filled, proving a most trustworthy and capable offi- cial.

(13) Fred D. Hall, the youngest of the family, was born in the town of Unionvale, September 17, 1827. After finishing his liter- ary education, he entered the law school at Ballston, N. Y., under Professor Fowler, and was admitted to the bar in 1852. He removed

to Chickasaw, Iowa, where he was elected dis- trict attorney, but is now engaged in farming. He married Miss Harriet Moore, by whom he has children as follows: Amos, John and Mary Emily.

The farm now occupied by Alfred P. and John J. Hall is the old Hall homestead, which has been in the possession of the Hall family from 1767 to the present time.

HAVILAND HAIGHT was born in the town of Washington, Dutchess county,

February 12, 1828. He spent his early life in Clinton, where he attended the district and Quaker schools, finishing his education at the Amenia Seminary, in the eastern part of the county.

After leaving school our subject settled on a farm in the town of Washington, where he remained two or three years, removing then to Poughkeepsie, and engaging there in the coal and lumber business for a short time with James Collingwood, later with Charles Pearl, in the saddlery and hardware business. In 1855 he went to lowa, stayed there until 1864, returned to Poughkeepsie and lived here until 1871, when he went to Kansas and engaged in farming for some twenty years. In 1866 he was united in marriage with Miss Mary Wanzer, daughter of Dr. H. C. Wanzer, of Rochester, N. Y. In January, 1891, Mr. Haight moved from Kan- sas to Poughkeepsie, where he is now living a retired life. Mrs. Haight died August 23, 1894. Although our subject takes an interest in politics, he is no politician, being independ- ent in politics more than anything else. He is a member of the Hicksite Quaker Meeting, and is interested in all matters pertaining to the development and improvement of the city in which he resides.

Dr. Charles Haight, father of our subject, was a native of the town of Washington, born June 15, 1806. After obtaining a common- school education he went to New York City and studied medicine. He returned to Dutch- ess county, and at Four Corners practiced un- til 1845, when he moved to Poughkeepsie and practiced there until his death, September 26, 1891. He married Miss Elizabeth Haviland, who was born in the town of Washington, a daughter of Jacob Haviland. After their mar- riage Dr. and Mrs. Haight located at Four Corners, which, with Hart's Village, is now known as Millbrook. Our subject was the

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only child. Mrs. Haight died in 1856. Dr. Haight was a Republican, and he was a highly successful physician.

Jacob Haight, the grandfather of our sub- ject, also born in Dutchess county, married Amy Clement, and they settled on a farm where they reared a family of four children, as follows: Charles, father of our subject ; Alonzo, a prominent farmer and physician in Dutchess county; Alexander, who was a farmer in Vir- ginia; and Maria, married to James Barlow, a merchant of New York, but at one time a farmer in Virginia. Mr. Haight followed farin- ing in Dutchess county until 1840, when he went to Virginia and farmed there until his death.

Jacob Haviland, father of Mrs. Haight, was a native of Dutchess county, where he followed the occupation of farming. Daniel Haviland, great-grandfather of Mrs. Haight, was a Quaker preacher, and followed farming as a vocation.

J TOSEPH HARRISON BENSON was born in the town of Amenia, Dutchess county,

September 8, 1815, and acquired his educa- tion at the district schools. At the early age of sixteen years he left the home farm and began working by the month and year as a farm hand. His attention has always been devoted to agri- cultural pursuits.

While still a young man he and his brother, Samuel K. Benson, bought the Thomas Swift farm. After running this farm together for three years, he decided to branch out for him- self, and, selling his interest to Samuel, he bought the Reuben Reed farm on the hill near the Steel works, where he lived for twenty-five years. Wishing to enlarge his farming opera- tions, he bought the farm known as the Judah Swift farm, one and one-half miles south, where he still resides.

In the meantime he was united in mar- riage, in March, 1842, to Hellen S. Hall, of the town of Unionvale, Dutchess Co., N. Y., daughter of John Hall, who was an influential member of the Friends (or Quaker) Church at Mechanic, N. Y. Mrs. Benson passed to the better land in June, 1880. Unto them were born eight children: Lavina and Frederick De Peyster (both deceased); Mary E., wife of Truman Case, of Norwich, N. Y .; Platt J. ; Franklin De Peyster; Augusta, wife of Clar- ence Oakley, of Norwich, N. Y .; John Homer

(deceased); and Ellen, deceased wife of F. M. Irish, of Wassaic, New York.

Like his father, Mr. Benson was first a Whig, and now advocates the principles of the Republican party, but has never aspired to political preferment. In 1877 he purchased the handsome residence and farm situated at the junction of Tower Hill and Dover Plains road, known as the Cal. Nase property, also a place on Chestnut Ridge, both of which he presented to his two sons, Platt J. and Frank- lin D. He is now in his eighty-second year, a living monument to the coming generations, showing what a young man with a pair of will- ing hands and good judgment may accomplish.

FRANKLIN DE PEYSTER BENSON, one of the sons of Joseph Harrison Benson, and a thorough and systematic farmer of the town of Amnenia, Dutchess county, was born there March 22, 1854. He belongs to a family that has for several generations carried on agricultural pursuits within the borders of that town. Samuel Benson, his great-grandfather, was a native of Horseneck, R. I., but early became a resident of Dutchess county, locat- ing in the southern portion of Amenia town, where he engaged in farming. He married Rachel Darling, and reared a family of four sons and three daughters: Samuel, Joshua, Bethiah, John, Abigail, Phila and Polly. The grandfather, who also bore the name of Sam- uel, was born in Amenia town, where he spent his boyhood days attending the district schools. He was married at Otsego, N. Y., to Sarah Knapp, but soon afterward returned to Amenia town, and there followed farming until his death. In early life he was a Whig, and on the organization of the Republican party he joined its ranks, becoming one of its faithful supporters. There were eleven chil- dren in his family, namely: Joseph H., father of our subject; Samuel K. and John, deceased; James V., of Dover town, Dutchess county; Ebenezer, of South Dover; Darius, of Amenia; Charles and Sarah Jane, both deceased; Ada, wife of J. G. Dutcher; Harriet, wife of Van- Nest Dutcher, of South Dover; and Joshua, deceased.

Franklin De Peyster Benson obtained his literary education in the district schools, Fort Edward Academy and the Amenia Seminary. After attaining his majority he went to western Kansas, where for five years he was engaged in the stock business, and he still owns a large cattle ranch there. Returning to Amenia, he

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located upon his present farm in 1887, and has since been engaged in its cultivation and improvement. He follows in the political footsteps of his father and grandfather, voting the Republican ticket, and is deeply interested in the success of his party. In Lane county, Kans., January 24, 1887, he was united in mar- riage with Miss Carmel Gay, a daughter of Rev. E. L. and Mary A. (Massey) Gay. Her father, who was from Boston, Mass., is now serving as pastor of the Baptist Church at Dighton, Kans. Three children bless the union of Mr. and Mrs. Benson, namely: Luther Joseph, Frank De Peyster and Fannie Augusta.

Platt J., a brother of Franklin De Peyster, and a prosperous farmer of Amenia town, was born April 29, 1852, and attended the district school and the Amenia Seminary. In Amenia he married Flora Dickerman, who died April 3, 1892, and to them were born nine children: Clarence, Sadie, Helen, Joseph, Hadley, Milo (deceased), Anna, and Flossie and Flora (twins). For his second wife he wedded Louisa Benson, daughter of Samuel Benson. Politically he supports the Republican party.

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Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, Part 96

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