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"Brick" Pomeroy, editor of Pomeroy's Dem-
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ocrat, and a wit of national reputation, said of Mr. Adams in an article entitled "The Humor- ous Writers of America": "The Cortland Dem- ocrat, N. Y., independent, is another paper, whose editor has sense, wit and ambition, Ed. L. Adams is its editor, and he is fast making his paper noted in causing people to inquire as to the size and whereabouts of Marathon. His paper is largely quoted, as its paragraphs are unusually pointed, witty and close-fitting. Almost any man can write a long article, but it takes a good man to let go, when he has said enough." Mr. Adam's connection with the New York State Press Association has made him widely acquainted among the newspaper men of the state and he enjoys the personal friendship of many prominent writers. A con- temporary editor recently wrote a sketch of Mr. Adams, in which he said : "He is manifest- ly a character and a leader. Everybody loves Edgar, partly because he is full of wit, full of ideas, full of energy and life and is an all- round good fellow, and partly because he is just lovable. * * How Marathon would sur- vive without Edgar L. Adams is a problem. He has dipped into various branches of liter- ary work-humorous, pathetic, political and just plain news items. He has, we believe, re- frained from poetry. His readers can, there- fore, look back over his career and forgive many of his sins. As a humorous writer he has in his time pleased such raucous critics as the once famous 'Brick' Pomeroy, who praised his humorous work ; and, away along in the twenty-first century, we will say, when obitu- ary writers or rather historians, set forth the annals of the truly great and good, it is not improbable that the name of Edgar L. Adamns will shine forth in letters of burnished gold with such contemporary humorists as George Ade, Wu Ting Fang, Borge Jailey of the Houston Post, Chauncey Depew, E. Tracey Sweet of the Scranton Tribune-Republican, Irvin S. Cobb and others of the present day who are helping to brighten life with their wit and wisdom. At even a still more remote period, when some enterprising mahatma is pawing around among the spooks in search of a convivial spirit to drive away the blues, we hope Edgar may be found in his little sanctum in Marathon, buried in his paper-The Inde- pendent- for somebody must read it, you know. In the meantime, he is publishing a newspaper worth, among other considerations,
any farmer's cordwood and turnips in pay- ments of arrears on subscription."
It is hardly necessary to add that the Inde- pendent exerts a large and wholesome influ- ence in the community by virtue of its inde- pendent and public-spirited policy. He is vice- president of the New York State Press Asso- ciation. He has been a member of the Demo- cratic county committee and often represents his party as delegate to nominating conven- tions. He was president of the village of Marathon in 1894-95. For sixteen years he was a member and twelve years secretary of the board of education of Marathon. He was the nominee of his party for assemblyman in this district. He declined a nomination for county treasurer in 1893. He was one of the prime movers in securing a municipal water works and served on the original water commission, and is now a member of that body.
He is a stockholder of the First National Bank and was one of the founders and for three years was vice-president of the Climax Road Machine Company. He is a member of Marathon Lodge, No. 438, Free and Accepted Masons, of Marathon; of Cortland Chapter. No. 194, Royal Arch Masons; of Cortland Commandery, No. 50, Knights Templar ; of Katural Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Bingham- ton. For three years he was president of the A. H. Barber Hose Company of the local fire department. He attends the Presbyterian church.
He married, May 13, 1879, Ella V. Court- ney, born July 21, 1861, of Willet, Cortland county, daughter of Oscar and Carshena (Dyer) Courtney. They have no children.
The surname Benedict is de- BENEDICT rived from the Latin bencdic- tus, meaning blessed, used as a personal or baptismal name in Latin coun- tries, and, in fact, throughout all Europe. St. Benedict founded the Roman Catholic Order of Benedictine, in A. D. 520, fourteen Popes taking this name between 574 and 1740.
(I) Thomas Benedict, immigrant ancestor, was born in Nottinghamshire, England, in 1617. According to family tradition, apparent- ly verified, he was the only representative of his family when he came to America. His an- cestors, original from the districts of France, and of Latin ancestry, fled to Germany on ac- count of religious persecution, thence to Hol-
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land and finally settled in England. He mar- ried Mary Bridgum, or Bridgham, who came to New England, in 1638, in the same ship. The family history was written in 1755, by Deacon James Benedict, who had his facts from the wife of the immigrant, viz: "Be it remembered that one William Benedict about the beginning of the fifteenth century (doubt- less meaning about the year 1500), who lived in Nottinghamshire, England, had a son born unto him whom he called William after his own name (an only son) and this William, the second of the name, had also an only son whom he called William, and this third Will- iam had in the year 1617 one only child whom he called Thomas and this Thomas' mother dying, his father married the widow Bridgum. Now this Thomas was put out an apprentice to a weaver who afterwards in his twenty-first year came over to New England together with his sister-in-law (step-sister) Mary Bridgum. Afterwards said Thomas was joined in mar- riage with Mary Bridgum. After they had lived some time in the Bay parts ( Massachu- setts ) they removed to Southold, Long Island, where were born unto them five sons and four daughters, whose names were Thomas, John, Samuel, James, Daniel, Betty, Mary, Sarah and Rebecca. From thence they removed to a farm belonging to the town called Hassama- mac, where they lived some time. Then they removed to Jamaica on said island where Thomas their eldest son took to wife Mary Messenger of that town. And last of all they removed to Norwalk, Fairfield county, Con- necticut, with all their family where they all married." The generations are given down to the time of writing, March 14, 1755, by James Benedict, of Ridgefield, Connecticut.
Traces of Thomas Benedict are found on the records at Jamaica, December 12, 1662, when he was appointed to lay out the south meadows and was voted a home lot. He served on other committees and held various offices. He was appointed magistrate, March 20, 1663, by Peter Stuyvesant, the Dutch gov- ernor of New Amsterdam. In the same year he signed the petition for annexation to Con- necticut. He was lieutenant of the town, De- cember 3. 1663 ; was a grantee of Elizabeth- town. February 8, 1665, he was appointed one of the two delegates from Jamaica to a general meeting of Long Island towns in New York. This is thought to be the first English legislative body convened in New York. April
7, 1665, he was appointed lieutenant of the foot company of Jamaica. After coming to Connecticut he was town clerk of Norwalk, 1665, and reappointed the following year. He continued to hold this office until 1674, and after an interval of three years, was again appointed. The records, in his own handwrit- ing, are still preserved, and are legible and properly attested by his own signature. He was selectman for seventeen years, ending in 1688. As early as 1669 he was a freeman ; representative to the general assembly in 1670, and again in 1675. In May, 1684, he and three others were appointed by the general court to plant a town at Paquiage. This town was later, 1687, called Danbury. "His good sense and general intelligence, some scientific knowl- edge and his skill as a penman, made him their recourse when papers were to be drafted, lands to be surveyed, and apportioned or dis- putes to be arbitrated. It is evident that very general respect for his judgment prevailed, and that trust in his integrity was equally general and implicit." It is highly probable that he was concerned in establishing the church both at Southold and Huntington, and was also identified with the founding of the first Presbyterian church in America, at Ja- maica, in 1662. He was deacon of the Nor- walk church during the last years of his life. His will was executed February 28, 1689-90. Of his household James Benedict wrote: "Thomas Benedict and Mary, his wife, who walked in the midst of their house with a per- fect heart. They were strict observers of the Lord's day from even to even." Many of his descendants followed in the office of deacon of the church. "The savor of his piety, as well as his venerable name, has been transmitted through a long line of deacons and other godly descendants to the seventh generation." Chil- dren: Thomas, died November 20, 1688-89; John ; Samuel, mentioned below ; James ; Dan- iel ; Elizabeth, married John Slauson; Mary, married John Olmsted ; Sarah, married James Beebe; Rebecca, married Dr. Samuel Wood.
(II) Samuel, son of Thomas Benedict, lived with his father until after his removal to Nor- walk, Connecticut. He married there (first) name unknown. He married (second), July 7, 1678, Rebecca, daughter of Thomas An- drews, of Fairfield, Connecticut. In the fall of 1684 and the following spring, he with sev- eral others, mostly connections of the Benedict family, purchased land of the Indians and
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made the first settlement at Danbury. "They soon built a little church, only forty feet by thirty ; when its frame was raised every person in the town was present and sat together on the sills." Samuel Benedict, who had been a deacon when living in Norwalk, was also first deacon of this church. In the patent of Dan- bury, granted by the general assembly, May, 1702, he is named as patentee. His will, made at Danbury, April 15, 1718, was recorded March 20, 1719. Children : Joanna, born Oc- tober 22, 1673; Samuel, March 5, 1675; Thomas, March 27, 1679; Nathaniel, mention- ed below ; Abraham, June 21, 1681 ; Rebecca, married, June 18, 1712, Samuel Platt ; Esther.
(III) Nathaniel, son of Samuel Benedict, made his will January 19, 1767, and it was proved December 11, 1767. It mentions wife Sarah, sons Isaac and Nathaniel, also grand- son John, of Cornwall. The inventory of his estate amounted to two hundred and twenty- one pounds three shillings seven pence. Chil- dren : John; Isaac, born in 1719, mentioned below ; Nathaniel ; Samuel, 1726.
(IV) Isaac, son of Nathaniel Benedict, was born in 1719, and married Mary Videtto, of Danbury, who died November 2, 1803. He died September 15, 1813, at Monterey, Massa- chusetts. He bought land in Tyringham, Mas- sachusetts, in 1772, but was living in Danbury, when he made his will, August 3, 1801. Chil- dren : Abigail, September 30, 1745 ; Abel, men- tioned below ; Mary, November 21, 1750 ; Sam- uel, July 29, 1753 ; Priscilla, July 6, 1755 ; Eliz- abeth, February 3, 1761 ; Rebecca, November 20, 1771.
(V) Abel, son of Isaac Benedict, was born October 1, 1748, and married Hannah, daugh- ter of Hezekiah and Hannah ( Judd) Benedict. Hezekiah Benedict was the son of James, grandson of James, and great-grandson of Thomas Benedict. He was a royalist in the revolution, moved to Schoharie county, about 1775-76, and died there. Hannah, wife of Abel Benedict, was born 1747, and died De- cember 28, 1799. Abel Benedict was a lieu- tenant in the revolution. He lived at Mon- terey, and died there, December 20, 1819. Chil- dren : Mary, died young ; Hannah, married Sereno Dwight, of Aurelius; Lucy, married Pearce, of Pompey ; Jemima, married Stephen, son of Gilbert Benedict ; Phebe, died young : Clarissa, married Ethel, son of Na- thaniel Benedict; Isaac, born May 29, 1775; Abel, mentioned below.
(VI) Abel (2), son of Abel (1) Benedict, was born February 11, 1777, and married, Sep- tember 5, 1799, Betsey, daughter of Samuel Wadsworth, who died June 4, 1840. He died November 25, 1824. at Cortland, New York. Children : Laura, born September 1, 1800; Al- bert, November 4, 1802; Eliza, September 22, 1804. died October 15, 1815; Horace, men- tioned below ; Luke, January 14, 1809; Julia, July 17, 1811 ; William, May 16, 1813, died May 13, 1814; Oren, April 20, 1816, died No- vember, 1824; Orilla, April 20, 1816; George WV., November 28, 1818; Rensselaer D., Janu- ary 30, 1821, died March, 1891 ; Almon F .. October 8, 1824.
(VII) Horace, son of Abel (2) Benedict. was born October 21, 1806, married, February I, 1844, Nancy L., born 1826. daughter of Levi Bonney. He lived in Cortlandville, New York. Children: Archibald W., born August 20, 1845 : Byron A., mentioned below ; Lovina M., May 10, 1848; Orilla, July 23, 1849; Emma M., July 13, 1851 ; Elmer H., June 18. 1861, died February 17, 1862; Irving A., March 8, 1863.
(VIII) Byron Almon, son of Horace Bene- dict, was born in Cortlandville, Cortland coun- ty, New York, October 11, 1846, and died at Cortland, March 16, 1908. He attended the public schools and Cortland Academy, and was graduated from Hamilton College. After leaving college he began the study of law in the office of Judge W. H. Shankland and was ad- mitted to the bar. He became the junior part- ner in the well-known law firm of Duell & Benedict, which continned until the death of Judge Duell, after which he was alone in prac- tice at Cortland. During the six years prior to his death, he also had an office in Syracuse, but continued to reside in Cortland. Twice he was elected district attorney of Cortland coun- ty, and for many years he was one of the leaders of the bar. In addition to his law business he was interested financially in vari- ous enterprises and acquired large holdings in real estate. He was a director and attorney of the Cortland National Bank and one of the promoters and owners of the opera house in Cortland. In religion he was a Presbyterian. While in college he was a member of the Theta Delta Chi fraternity, of Hamilton.
Ile married, in 1870, Anna T. Clapp, of Hartford, Connecticut, born September 22, 1847, daughter of Aaron and Priscilla S. (Hurlburt) Clapp. Her father was born in
B. A. Remedial
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Northampton, Massachusetts, and was de- scended from one of the most prominent of the early colonial families of Dorchester, Mas- sachusetts, his grandfather, Thomas Clapp, being one of the presidents of Yale College. Children : 1. Bessie, born November 13, 1879; married, July 30, 1902, William H. McGraw, of Cortland, of the firm of McGraw & Elliott, druggists ; child : Harvey Benedict McGraw, born June 20, 1904. 2. Harriet Priscilla, born January 30, 1886; married, December 29, 1908, Levi Richard Chase, a lawyer, of Cortland, and ex-district attorney. 3. Florence A., died in infancy.
The name Hulbert is spelled HULBERT in different ways, Hulbert, Hulburt, Hulbut, Hurlbut, be- ing among those most commonly used. The coat-of-arms of the English family is : Quar- terly argent and sable, in the sinister chief and dexter base, each a lion rampant, or, over all a bend gules, charged with the amulets of the third.
(I) Thomas Hulbert, or Hurlbut, came to America early, and was a soldier under Lionel Gardiner in the fight at Saybrook, Connecticut, in 1635. It is supposed that he came with Gardiner in a fishing vessel, July 10, 1635. In an encounter with the Pequot Indians, in 1637, he was wounded by an arrow, almost through the thigh. An account of this skirmish was left in a manuscript by Lionel Gardiner, he being urged to write it, as he said, by Robert Chapman, Thomas Hulbert and Major Mason. They were a company of ten men and were attacked by about a hundred Indians, whom they successfully held off until they reached their homes. Thomas Hulbert was a black- smith by trade, and after the Pequot war estab- lished himself in Wethersfield, Connecticut, where he was one of the early settlers. He was clerk of the train band in 1640, deputy to the general court, grand juror, and constable in 1644. He had grants of land in Wethers- field, for his services in the Indian wars. It is said that the house occupied, in 1888, by Miss Harriet Mitchell, in Wethersfield, was on the site of his house. He married Sarah -. Children : Thomas ; John, born March 8, 1642: Samuel: Joseph ; Stephen, mentioned below : Cornelius.
(II) Stephen, son of Thomas Hulbert, was born in Wethersfield, Connecticut, about 1649. He was twice married. According to one au-
thority, he married, December 12, 1678, Doro- thy -, and according to another, he mar- ried, on the same date, Phebe --. He is sup- posed to have been a mechanic by occupation. He was granted by the town of Wethersfield. February 23, 1694. "a piece of land 8 feet in breadth, 70 feet in length, flanking upon his own lot next his house to set a shop upon." There is no record of his death nor of the deaths of either of his wives. Children of Stephen and Dorothy, the first four born in Wethersfield: Stephen, September 17, 1679; Thomas, January 23, 1681, mentioned below ; Joseph, July 10, 1683: Benjamin, October 29, 1685 ; Phebe, August 2, 1688; Dorothy, March 5, 1690.
(Il1) Thomas (2), son of Stephen Hulbert, was born in Wethersfield, January 23, 1681. He was a farmer by occupation and spent his life in his native town. He married, January II, 1705, Rebecca, daughter of John Meekins, of Wethersfield, or East Hartford, and grand- datighter of the immigrant, John Biddle, of Hartford. He died April 10, 1761. His will was dated November 19, 1755. and left one- third of the estate to his wife during her life. Children, born in Wethersfield: Stephen, Feb- ruary 3. 1706 ; Hannah, March 8, 1708; John, October 1, 1710: Rebecca, January 12, 1713 ; Thomas, February 19, 1715; Amos, April 14. 1717: Elijah, December 9, 1719; Elizabeth, 1721 ; Timothy, mentioned below.
(IV) Timothy, son of Thomas (2) Hulbert. was born in Wethersfield, January 16, 1723. He was a farmer by occupation and lived in his native town. He owned also land in Glaston- bury, Connecticut, which he had received from his father's estate. He married, October 5. 1757. Sarah Clark. Both his name and that of his wife appear in the catalogue of Wethers- field church, 1758. He died August, 1773, and his widow married (second) Collins,
and (third ) Chamberlain. Children, born in Wethersfield: Timothy, August 12. 1758, mentioned below ; Titus, April 15, 1760: Sarah, January 7, 1762 ; Philip, September 30. 1764, died November 30, 1766; Ruth, Novem- ber 22, 1766: Philip, January 7. 1769.
(V) Timothy (2), son of Timothy ( 1) Hulbert, was born in Wethersfield, August 12. 1758. Hle learned the trade of carpenter, but was afterwards a farmer. He lived in Pitts- field, where he applied to be exempt from church taxation. He died July 12, 1838. He married (first), March 7, 1784, Mary Robbins.
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born in Pittsfield, January 13, 1765, died there June 4, 1809. He married (second), March, 1811, Olive Caldwell, born in Pittsfield, died there, October 16, 1855, or 1856. Children, born in Pittsfield: Elizabeth, December 14, 1784; Stephen, July 31, 1786; Mary, January 17, 1788; Timothy, October 2, 1789, mentioned below; Huldah, September 11, 1791; Sarah, June 14, 1793, died June 27, 1793; Sarah (twin), September 16, 1794; Polly (twin), died September 17, 1794; Oren, October 26, 1796; Julia Ann, August 13, 1798; William Hayes, November 11, 1800; Laura Maria, March 5, 1803; Royal Alonzo, July 17, 1804; Jerome Bonaparte, August, 1806.
(VI) Timothy (3), son of Timothy (2) Hulbert, was born in Pittsfield, October 2, 1789. About 1810 he removed to Truxton, New York, where he lived until his death, May 20, 1848. He was a carpenter and joiner by trade, and did a wonderful amount of busi- ness. Much of his handiwork in those lines has remained until to-day as a witness of his careful workmanship and honest efforts. He became the owner of a large farm and attain- ed prominence and high standing in his com- munity. During his younger years he organ- ized a military company, of which he was made captain. His commission, dated April 8, 1822, was signed by Governor DeWitt Clin- ton, and his company was assigned to the One Hundred and Twenty-fourth Regiment, state militia. In politics he was a Democrat of an uncompromising type, and an ardent supporter of his party at all times. He represented his town on the board of supervisors for years, and was once a candidate for the nomination of member of assembly. In religion he was a Methodist, and trustee of the local society. He married, February 1, 1817, Mehitabel Miner, of West Bloomfield, New York, born July 20, 1797. He had six sons, all of whom were in the produce business; two located in New York City, where they were large pro- duce dealers and exporters, and the other four scattered throughout the state, buying and raising produce. Children : Emily Eliza, born March 24, 1818; William, December 26, 1819; Pauline, March 9, 1822. died August 29, 1823 ; Lafayette, June 29, 1824, mentioned below ; Jerome, February 23, 1827, mentioned below ; George Allen, September 27, 1829, mentioned below ; Marvin Miner, November 7, 1832; Ed- win Murray, January 2, 1836.
(VII) Lafayette, son of Timothy (3) Hul-
bert, was born in Truxton, New York, June 29, 1824. He was a produce dealer and ex- porter in New York City, and was associated with his brother William. He carried on busi- ness there as late as 1863. He married Helen Miner, of Jersey City, New Jersey. Children : Ernest M., mentioned below; Marvin Miner, born June 1, 1860, died January 26, 1861 ; Leila.
(VIII) Ernest M., son of Lafayette Hul- bert, was born in New York City, in 1854, died in Cortland, New York, September 20, 1905. He attended the schools of New York City, also Holbrook Military School on the Hudson, and Peekskill Military School. He prepared for West Point, but on account of his father's death, was obliged to give it up. He removed to Cortland and went into the hardware busi- ness with William Newkirk. Later he became engaged in the manufacture of window screens with W. J. Greenman. He had besides exten- sive real estate interests in Cortland, and dur- ing the later years of his life was retired from active life. He was a member of the Presby- terian church. He married Ella Roe, daughter of Jerome and Mary ( Roe) Hulbert (see Hul- bert VII). Child, Louis Roe, mentioned below.
(IX) Louis Roe, son of Ernest M. Hul- bert, was born in Cortland, New York, April 17, 1881. He attended the Cortland Normal School, Cascadilla Preparatory School, and Williams College, Williamstown, Massachu- setts. After finishing his college course, he entered the manufacturing plant of his father in Cortland. In January, 1910, he began the manufacture of shoes in Cortland in company with H. R. Rice, under the firm name of Rice- Hulbert Shoe Company. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. He married, June, 1906, Frene, daughter of William and Esther (Jennings) Hout. They have one son, Ernest Hout, born August, 1907.
(VII) Jerome, son of Timothy (3) Hul- bert, was born February 23, 1827, in Truxton, New York. He received a common school education, and afterwards learned the trade of harness-maker. He did not, however, con- tinue that occupation for any length of time, but, in 1855. entered the wholesale produce business with four of his brothers. He re- mained in this latter business throughout his life and was eminently successful in it. In politics he was a Republican, much interested in the cause of good government, and radically opposed to the rule of party bosses. He never
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sought office, however. In religion he was a Presbyterian, and a very active member of that church. For years he was the superintendent of the Sunday school, also president of the Young Men's Christian Association. He was a man of rare attainments, and held in the highest respect by all who knew him. In his business relations he united keen judgment, strict integrity and an unusual sense of jus- tice. In his home life he was loyal and most indulgent to the members of his family. He was public spirited and always ready to take up any work which would contribute to the prosperity and welfare of his town. He lived the greater part of his life in Marathon. He married Mary, daughter of Sylvester Roe (see Roe VI). He died in Marathon, December 17, 1884. Child, Ella Roe, married Ernest M. Hulbert (see Hulbert VIII).
(VII) George Allen, son of Timothy (3) Hulbert, was born September 27, 1829, in Truxton, New York. He attended the local schools, and, in 1851, entered Cortlandville Academy to prepare for Yale College. He did not, however, enter college, but instead commenced the study of law in the office of Judge Daniel Hawks, then county judge and surrogate of Cortland county. He continued his study of law in the offices of H. & A. L. Ballard, at Cortland, and with Hon. Charles Mason, justice of the supreme court of Hamil- ton, Madison county. For advanced legal study he spent a year at the law school, at Ballston Spa, Saratoga county, and finished his course at the Albany Law School. In 1854 he was ad- mitted to the bar and began the practice of his profession in Hornellsville, Steuben county. After spending fourteen months in that city he removed to Chicago, Illinois, where he en- tered the office of John H. Kedzie and re- mained about a year. He then returned to the east, and became engaged in a mercantile busi- ness in Onondaga county. In 1864 he re- moved to Marathon, New York, and with four of his brothers entered the wholesale pro- duce business, under the name of William Hul- bert & Brothers, with headquarters in New York City. He and his brother Jerome had charge of the purchasing at Marathon. The firm prospered and they became leaders in the butter and cheese business in New York City. They continued for thirty years, and each brother accumulated a fine fortune. After the death of Jerome, George Allen Hulbert dis- continued the produce business and resumed
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