Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, Part 99

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

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Mr. Fredrick is of the fifth generation in direct descent from Peter Fredrick, a native of Holland, and a miller by trade, who came to this country at an early date and settled in New Jersey. His son Peter, our subject's great-grandfather, was born and educated in New Jersey, but he and two brothers left home and settled in Ulster county, where he en- gaged in farming. He married, and reared a family of seven children: Jacob; William; Catherine, who married Mr. Decker; Lucy, the wife of Louis Palmater; Hannah, who married John Banker, and two whose names are not known. William Fredrick, our subject's grandfather, was born in Ulster county, and after acquiring a common-school education, also engaged in agriculture. His wife was Miss Devoe, and they had two children: Dor- cas, the wife of Abram Tompkins; and George, our subject's father, who was born in 1836, in the town of Lloyd, Ulster county, and always lived in that neighborhood, receiving his edu- cation there, and spending his later years as a farmer. He married Miss Emerett Johnson, daughter of Andrew Johnson, a well-to-do farmer of Ulster county, and had six children, of whom our subject is the eldest. The two youngest children-William, and one whose name is not given-died in infancy, and the others are: Maria, who married Warren Palmer; Evelena, the wife of Joseph O'Don- nel; and George W., who is not married.

Mrs. Fredrick's ancestors were early set- tlers in Ulster county, and her grandfather, Cornelius Terwilliger, was a native of New Paltz, and a leading farmer there. He mar- ried Miss Wicklow, and had five children, of whom Ira Terwilliger, Mrs. Fredrick's father, was the youngest. Hiram died at the age of twenty; Elijah married Catherine Freer; Elmira married David Dunn, and Sarah was the wife of Anthony Dunn. Ira Terwilliger was born in New Paltz in 1826, and passed his entire life there, following the carpenter's trade. His partner in life was Miss Harriet Van Noy, daughter of Andrew J. Van Noy, a well-known

wagon-maker of the town of Lloyd, Ulster county, and Hester Johnston, his wife. Mrs. Fredrick was the oldest of five children-the others being Annie, the wife of Wallace Phil- lips; Andrew, who married Alice Smith; George, who is not married; and Carrie, who died at the age of twenty-one years.

H ENRY LIVINGSTON CAMPBELL (de- ceased), in his day an honored and wor- thy citizen of the town of Unionvale, Dutchess county, was born March 23, 1829, in the town of Pawling, in the same county. He was a grandson of Archibald Campbell, who followed farming and merchandising throughout life. He married Miss Elizabeth Mitchell, of Pough- keepsie, Dutchess county, and they became the parents of ten children, as follows: (1) Cap- tain Archibald married Miss Samantha Sher- man. (2) Mary, born in Pawling, wedded Benjamin Hurd, and they had six children- Harriet E., who married Leonard Hall; Irving, who married Miss Howard; William T .; Mrs. Mary J. Brill; Stacia, who married Jerome Dodge; and Julia. (3) Harriet Louise mar- ried Dr. Fowler, and they had one son-Archi- bald, who also became a physician; after the death of her first husband she married Rev. John Pierpont, the paternal grandfather of John Pierpont Morgan, the great railroad mag- nate. (4) Stacia married Cushen Green. (5) Jane became the wife of Rev. Dr. Foss, father of Archibald Campbell Foss, and Cyrus Foss, Methodist Episcopal Bishops. (6) Catherine married Haxton Van Deburg. (7) Duncan was the father of our subject. (8) Sarah married a Mr. Merrick. (9) Thomas Clement married Cordelia Noxon; he was district attorney of Poughkeepsie some time, but now a prominent lawyer of New York; (10) Eliza married Mr. Calhoun.

Duncan Campbell was born and educated in the town of Pawling, and also at Pough- keepsie Academy, and engaged in farming in Pawling, becoming quite prominent in business affairs. He married Amanda Ferris, and five children graced their union: Amanda Ferris; Henry Livingston; Priscilla; Harriet Louise, who died when young; and Duncan, who died in infancy.

Henry Livingston Campbell was educated at Pawling and Amenia. As a lifework he took up the occupation of farming, in which he was successful. In public affairs he took

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an active and leading part, and by his fellow citizens was called upon to fill such offices as supervisor, justice of the peace, and others of equal honor and trust, the duties of which he discharged in an able manner. He married Miss Emeline C. Collins, and five children were born to them, as follows: (1) Duncan was educated at Helmuth College, London, Ontario, Canada, and at the Bisbee Military School, Poughkeepsie, N. Y., graduating with the highest honors, in 1874; he is now en- gaged in operating the home farm, also the father's farm in Pawling. (2) Ada Ferris Campbell was educated at Linden Hall, Poughkeepsie, and Helmuth College; she mar- ried 1. Reynolds Adriance, a manufacturer of Poughkeepsie, by whom she has two children -Marion C. and John P. (3) Elizabeth Bor- den Campbell was educated at Linden Hall, Poughkeepsie; she is now the wife of Albert Adriance Simpson, superintendent of the Buck- eye Binder Department of the Adriance Platt & Co .. manufacturers of mowers, reapers and binders, of Poughkeepsie, by whoni she has one son-Albert Adriance. (4) George Collins died in infancy. (5) Harry Borden died at the age of four years.

Hezekiah Collins, the paternal great-grand- father of Mrs. Campbell, was the son of Heze- kiah Collins, who was the son of Humphrey Collins. Hezekiah was the father of eight children: Hezekiah, Joseph, Solomon, Joshua, Samuel, Jabez, Nathan and Mary. The last named Hezekiah Collins was the grandfather of Mrs. Campbell. He was born December I, 1739, and in 1765 married Miss Rhoda Ricketson, whose birth occurred August 8, 1748. Their family included thirteen children: Catherine, born in 1767, married Zachariah Flagler; Meredith, born in 1768, married Gen. Barker; Mary, born in 1770, married David Arnold; Lydia, born in 1772, married Martin Doughty: Elizabeth, born in 1774, married a Mr. Manney, of Poughkeepsie; Phœbe, born in 1776, married Jacob Doughty; Rhoda, born in 1777, married Morton De la Vergne; Ricket- son, born in 1779, married Elizabeth Robin- son; Martha, born in 1781, married Gurline Ackerman; Ann, born in 1784, married Dr. Burrows; Gilbert, born in 1786, married Miss Susan Bogart; George, born in 1788, was the father of Mrs. Campbell; and Lancelot Wen- del, born in 1792, never married.

George Collins, the father of Mrs. Camp- bell, was born in the town of Unionvale, at-

tended the schools of that locality, and there engaged in farming throughout life. He mar- ried Miss Elizabeth Borden, by whom he had three children-Phebe (1) who died in infancy; Phebe (2) who married (first) Isaac Ackerman, by whom she had three children-Emma, George C. and Jacob H .- and after his death wedded Willis Case, by whom she had two children-Oscar and Olive A .; and Emeline C., who was born in Unionvale April 22, 1835; she was educated in Pough- keepsie and New York City, and, as already related, married Henry Livingston Camp- bell, the subject proper of this review. She is a most estimable lady, whose circle of friends is only limited by the circle of her ac- quaintances. The Collins family crest is two doves and an olive branch, emblems of love and peace.

Perry Borden, Mrs. Campbell's maternal grandfather, was a son of Samuel and Peace Borden; Perry married Phoebe Sisson. His nephew, Simeon Borden, was at one time a member of the Massachusetts Legislature. In 1830, Simeon Borden devised and constructed for the State of Massachusetts an apparatus for measuring the base line of the trigono- metrical survey of that State, which at that time was the most accurate and convenient in- . strument of the kind extant. Mr. Borden as- sisted in the measurement of the base, and in the subsequent triangulation. In 1834 he took charge of the work and completed it in 1841. It was the first geodetic survey ever completed in this country, and its precision has since been proved by the coast survey.

ACKSON GIDDINGS, a leading citizen of the town of Dover, Dutchess county, who throughout his active business career fol- lowed wagon making, is descended from a family that for many years made their home in Connecticut.

At Chestnut Sand, in that State, his grand- father, William Giddings, was born, reared and educated. He was a prosperous tiller of the soil, and during the old training days served as captain in the militia. By his mar - riage with Miss Armida Noble he had eleven children: (1) George married Phoebe Hunger- ford, and two children were born to them- Orissa, who married Nelson Hoag: and Susan, who married Edwin Hungerford. (2) William . was married, and had two children. (3) David

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married Betsy Salmon, and had two children -Amini, who married Augusta Page; and David B., who married Hannah Beecher. (4) Noble remained single. (5) Buell was the father of our subject. (6) Daniel, who was born in Connecticut, married Betsy Gorman, and has three children-Ralph; Jay; and Pau- line, who died at the age of sixteen years. (7) Sarah married Bennett Picket, and had five children-Noble, who married Laura Gid- dings; William, who married a Miss Stewart; Daniel; Eunice, who married David Strong; and Buell, who now lives at Rockford, Ill., and is nearly eighty-six years of age. (8) Dor- cas married William Leach. (9) Lucinda married Abraham Seaman, and had seven children-Hannah, who married Joshua Mor- gan; Eliza, who married Timothy Holloway; David, who married Malissa Howard, and was elected sheriff of Dutchess county in the early forties; Nancy, who married Archibald Wing; Polly, who married Benjamin Soule, and they settled in Kent, Litchfield Co., Conn. (they had three children-John, Adaline and Sea- man; in 1835 they removed to Chemung coun- ty, N. Y .; the youngest son, Seaman, now lives in Michigan); and Harvey and Permnelia, who remained single. (10) Ann became the wife of John Seeley, and has four children --- Franklin, who never married; Morgan, who married Minnie Page; Abel became a merchant, and enlisting as a soldier during the Rebellion died in the service; and Charlotte. ( 11) Lydia married Samuel Giddings, and has seven chil- dren-Rebecca, who married Hiram Giddings; Sallie A., who never married; Dorcas, who married William Turner; Alfred, who married Sophia Picket; Henry, who married a Miss Leach; Ann, who remained single; and Caro- line, who married David Fuller.

Buell Giddings, the father of our subject, was born September 20, 1781, in the town of Sherman, Fairfield Co., Conn., and at his na- tive place acquired his education in the com- mon schools. . On leaving the school room he learned the wagon maker's trade, at which he worked the greater part of his life. On com- ing to the town of Dover, Dutchess county, he established business at Webatuck. In early life he was connected with the Whig party, and on the organization of the Republican party joined its ranks, ever afterward being one of its stalwart supporters. By his fellow citizens he was called upon to fill a few minor offices in the town. He was united in mar-

riage with Miss Sarah Reasoner, daughter of Peter and Betsey Reasoner, farming people of the town of Beekman, Dutchess county. By this union five children were born: (1) Adelia A. married Luther Dutcher, a manufacturer, of Dover, by whom she had four children-Hiram, Gilbert, George and William. (2) Jackson, the subject of this sketch, is next in order of birth. (3) Orin N. at the age of sixteen went to Poughkeepsie, where he clerked in a dry- goods store, and married Miss Harriet Cox; in 1835 he removed with her father's family to Kalamazoo county, Mich., and became a mer- chant; after the financial crash of 1837 he en- gaged in milling, but was soon after elected clerk of the county, and removed to Kalamazoo, where he is now engaged in the insurance and real-estate business. He has represented his county in the State Legislature, and was ad- jntant-general of the State during the Civil war. He has one son, Theron F., now State commissioner of insurance for Michigan. (4) Martin L. learned the wagon-maker's trade with his brother Jackson, but did not follow it, becoming a cattle drover. He married Miss Mary Hoag, and died in 1862, leaving no children. (5) William M., the youngest, did not marry.

Jackson Giddings was born in the town of Beekman, Dutchess county, in 1812, and in the common schools of the town of Dover re- ceived a fair English education. Learning the wagon maker's trade, he followed that occupa- tion until eighty years of age, since which time he has laid away business cares, and is now enjoying a well-earned rest. In early life he took quite a prominent part in public affairs, and served as assessor and in other town offices. His ballot is always cast in support of the men and measures of the Republican party. Mr. Giddings married Miss Deborah Hoag, a daughter of John and Delila Hoag, of the town of Dover, and to them have been born four children: (1) John H. first married Amanda Chase, and after her death wedded Maria Olivet; (2) Almira became the wife of James Reynolds, and has two sons-Jackson and Harry B. (3) George W. married Jennie Vill- inger, and has four daughters-Grace, born in 1886; Almira in 1887; Laura, in 1888; and Hazel, in 1891. (4) Andrew completes the family.

Mrs. Gidding's ancestors have long been residents of Dutchess county, the birth of her great-grandfather, John Hoag, occurring in the

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town of Dover, where he engaged in farming. In his large family of children was Nathaniel, an agriculturist, who married Mollie Howland, and had three children: Priner, who married Eliza Griffin; John, father of Mrs. Giddings; and Deborah, who wedded Russell Tabor.

John Hoag was a native of the town of Dover, followed general farming and stock raising. For his first wife he married Miss Delia Whitley, and to them were born five children: Almira, who married Isaac Geroe; Deborah, wife of our subject; William, who first married Betsy Baldwin, and after her death wedded Phcebe Bowman; Elizabeth, who never married; and Mary J., who wedded Hiram Whitley. After the death of the mother of these children, Mr. Hoag was united in marriage with Phoebe Preston.

A RTEMAS SACKETT BARTON, a valued citizen and popular business man of Pine Plains, Dutchess county, is a native of Colum- bia county, N. Y., born at Ancram October 30, 1838, and is descended from an old English family that long made their home in Dutchess county. His great-grandfather was Josiah Barton, of the town of Stanford, and his grand- father, Dr. Leonard Barton, who was born in that town, was one of the early practitioners of the county.

Dr. Leonard Barton married Rachel Gale, granddaughter of William Gale. and daughter of Josiah and Rachel (Mead) Gale, who lived in Stanford, and had eight daughters and two sons, as follows: Sarah Gale, born October 17, 1767, married Henry Kinney; Rebecca, born March 23, 1769, married Enoch Good- ridge; Rachel, born February 2, 1771, mar- ried Leonard Barton; Phebe, born April 6, 1773, married Andrew Finch; Roba, boin July 26, 1775, married Lewis Austin; Nancy, born April 19, 1777, married Henry Griffin; Betsey, born April 19, 1779, married Nathan Beck- with; Clorinda, born November 12, 1783, married Ebe Lete; Josiah, born August 11, 1786, died in 1809; and George W., born December 3, 178-, married Harriet Sheldon. Dr. Leonard Barton and his wife had eleven children, as follows: Hiram; James married Caroline Canfield; Nelson, not married; George \V. married Elizabeth Hoffman; Josiah mar- ried Eliza Briggs; Edward married Malissa J. Worthy, of Northeast town; Eliakim mar- ried Tammy Germond; Julia married Morgan

Hunting; Sally married Anthony Hoffman; Rachel married Stephen Sackett; Nancy mar- ried John Davis.

George W. Barton, the father of our sub- ject, was also born in the town of Stanford, Dutchess county, May 14, 1795, and was a farmer by occupation. He became quite wealthy, owning two farms, each of 250 acres, in Columbia county, one in the town of An- cram and the other on Pugsley's Hill, the old homestead. He was a man of great natural ability, and was essentially self-made. He was identified with the Democratic party in politics, and attended the Presbyterian Church. He died September 17, 1872, and his wife died August 26, 1879. He had married Elizabeth Hoffman, daughter of Henry Hoffman, who lived near Bethel, N. Y., and to them were born nine children: Mariette, born March 1, 1824, married Warden Hiserodt, of New York City, and died September 12, 1873: William H., born August 25, 1825, married Cornelia Decker, and died January 24, 1879; George, born May 19, 1827, married, first, Sarah Col- lins, and, second, Mary French, and resides in the town of Northeast, Dutchess county; Catherine, born December 15, 1829, wife of William McArthur, of Wisconsin; Rachel, born December 16, 1831, married James Col- lins, of the town of Northeast; Leonard, born December 14, 1834, married Henrietta Pulver, and is now living in the same town; Anthony H., born July 4, 1836, married, first, Emily Sackett, and, second, Isaphene Wilkinson, and resides in Pine Plains town; Artemas S., sub- ject of this review; and Frederick, born May 24, 1841, married, first, Libbie Hoysrodt, and, second, Zada Tripp, and resides at the old homestead in the town of Ancram, Columbia county, which he owns, and also a half inter- est in the old Dr. Barton homestead in the town of Stanford. The children were lovers of mu- sic, especially our subject, who organized a string band, called "Barton's Band," com- posed of his brother, uncle and others, and playing for nearly all the public and private parties in northern Dutchess and southern Co- lumbia counties, from 1865 to 1880, the music not so artistic, but the prompting excellent.

The education of our subject was such as the district school of the neighborhood afford- ed, and he early became familiar with the du- ties of the agriculturist. Being a great read- er, he has become a well-informed man, and is posted on the current events of the day.

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On leaving home at the age of twenty-four, he opened a general store at Ancram Lead Mines, which he conducted three years, and the fol- lowing year he spent in Wisconsin and lowa. He was then with the Van Ambergh show for a year, and on returning to Pine Plains. he worked on the railroad for the same length of time, building fences. He was next engaged in the commission business, dealing in coal and hay from 1882 until 1893, when he re- moved to his present site, buying a part of the Clark estate, where he now carries on the lumber trade. He has been quite successful, and is one of the steady-going, reliable busi- ness men of Pine Plains.

Mr. Barton has been twice married, his first wife being Anna Rockafeller, of Columbia county, who died in 1866. For his second wife he chose Jane Tripp, daughter of DeWitt Tripp, who has lived in both Pine Plains and Northeast town, Dutchess county. Two chil- dren grace this union, Carrie and Artie. So- cially, Mr. Barton is prominently identified with the Masonic order, being one of the old- est members of Stissing Lodge No. 615, F. & A. M., in which he has filled nearly all the chairs. He is a stanch adherent of the Dem- ocratic party. For three terms he served as justice of the peace, was pathmaster two years, and inspector of elections for a number of years at Pine Plains; while in Ancram he served for about three years as town clerk. He takes an active interest in public affairs, and earnestly supports measures for the bene- fit of the community. He attends the Method- ist Church.

Henry Hoffman, father of our subject's mother, married Catherine Betesle, and lived in Ancram, Columbia county. They had the following children: Margaret, born Septem- ber 25, 1786, married Rowland Sweet; Cath- erine, born October 12, 1788, died young: Eleaner, born December 28, 1790, married Walter Dorchester: Henry J .. born May 17, 1793, married Almyra Culver; Polly, born Au- gust 27. 1795, married Jeremiah Conklin; Catherine (2), born January 28. 1798, died young; an infant, born in 1799; Betsey, born May 28, 1800, married G. W. Barton; Laura, born June 23, 1803, married Artemas Sackett; Anthony, born September 15, 1805, married Sally Barton. The father of this family was born January 6, 1761, and died in 1840; the mother was born January 6, 1762, and died in 1850.

Anthony Hoffman resided in the town of Pine Plains, and he and his wife had four daughters and three sons, as follows: Henry, born December 26, 1829, married Mary A. Strever: Sarah, born December 6, 1831, mar- ried Herman Snyder; Leonard, born Novem- ber 24, 1833, died January 8, 1865: Catherine, born February 22, 1835, married J. C. Hoag; Julia, born October 30, 1837, married Elias Halsted; Laura, born January 20, 1840, mar- ried Edgar Eggleston: and Anthony, born Sep- tember 8, 1844, not married, died November 21, 1882.

E DWIN SUTTON (deceased) was a popu- lar citizen of the town of Washington, Dutchess county, where, a leader among men, his memory is held in reverence and honor. Almost his entire life was passed in Dutchess county, and by his strong force of character and undoubted integrity he gained the confi- dence of the people. His death, which oc- curred September 16, 1887, left a vacancy difficult to fill, and it was considered a severe blow to the material and moral interests of the township.

Mr. Sutton was a native of Brooklyn, N. Y., born in 1836, and was a son of Abram and Jane (Mabbett) Sutton, the former born in Westchester county, N. Y., and the latter on Chestnut Ridge, in the town of Washington, Dutchess county. Shortly after their marriage his parents removed to the farm where Hal- cyon Hall is now located. The paternal house- hold included six children, three of whom, however, died in infancy. The two brothers of our subject who reached adult age were: William H. (now deceased), who was a farmer and merchant; and Franklin, who is engaged in the insurance business in Poughkeepsie, New York.

When but two years old Edwin Sutton was brought by his parents to the town of Wash- ington, where his childhood was passed, and after finishing his education he went to New York City, where he engaged in the retail feed business for several years. On the death of his father, however, he returned to the town of Washington and took up farming, which he continued until his death. In 1878 Mr. Sut- ton married Miss Mary L. Donington, who was born in Elizabeth, N. J., and is the daughter of Henry and Mary (Badgley) Donington, also natives of Elizabeth, where the father lived

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retired. Mrs. Sutton is one of their family of nine children. The father's death occurred in 1861, while his wife passed away in 1887. He was a son of Jacob Donington, also a na- tive of Elizabeth, N. J., and of English de- scent. On both sides of the family Mrs. Sut- ton is descended from Revolutionary heroes, Cornelius Badgley, her maternal great-grand- father, having been an officer in that war, and William Shute, her great-uncle on the father's side, was a major in the same struggle.

After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Sutton located at South Millbrook, where Mrs. Sut- ton still makes her home. They became the parents of a daughter, Carrie Donington, born in 1879. Our subject was an earnest Chris- tian man, taking an active interest in religious affairs, as an adherent of the Hicksite faith, while his wife holds membership with the Pres- byterian denomination. His political views were in accordance with those of the Repub- lican party, and for a number of years he served as postmaster of South Millbrook, pre- vious to which time he had been assistant postmaster, when the office was known as "Washington."

H IRAM H. BRIGGS, a general merchant of Hyde Park, Dutchess county, has done much to promote the commercial activity, ad- vance the general welfare and secure the ma- terial development of the place. As a business man, he is enterprising, energetic and always abreast with the times, and has been rewarded by success in his undertakings. He was born in the town of Hyde Park, Dutchess county, December 27, 1834, a son of Stephen D. and Phœbe T. (Hewlett) Briggs.

His father was born in 1806, and was the son of Stephen Briggs, Sr. In early life he followed the occupation of a farmer in the northeast part of the town of Hyde Park, and then, after living for a time in Pleasant Val- ley, located in the northwest portion of the town, where he carried on the same occupa- tion. In 1853, however, he came to Hyde Park, where for twenty-five years he engaged in contracting and building, which business he followed until the day of his death, dying while at his work. He was a man of great energy, became a successful contractor and builder, and was widely known throughout the county, where he had been employed in the capacity of mover. He was essentially a self-made

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Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, Part 99

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