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+ IlI) William, son of John Marshall, was born at Lisbon in 1820, and died June 3. 1002. He received his education at the : : blic schools, and for a time was employed by his uncle in the shipping business on the
St. Lawrence river. For the greater part of his life, however, he was a farmer, and for the last ten years of his life he made his home with his son Edgar in Ogdensburg. He was a Republican in politics, and a mem- ber of the Methodist Episcopal church. He married, April 12. 1844, Amanda, born 1827, died 1881, daughter of William Per- kins, an Englishman. Children: 1 and 2, died young. 3. George, born May 24, 1847: wholesale meat dealer ; married Mar- tha Randles and had Addie and Minnie. 4. Wilbert, died aged twenty-one. 5. Albert, died young. 6. Alfred, drowned. 7. Ed- gar Howard. May 4. 1860: mentioned be- low. 8. Ettie. April 12. 1865, married George Woods and had Elsie and May.
(IV) Edgar Howard, son of William Marshall, was born in Lisbon, New York, May 4, 1860. He was educated in the pub- lic schools of Lisbon and Ogdensburg, and started to work in a retail grocery in the latter city. Later he became shipping clerk in a wholesale grocery. For one year he was travelling salesman for the St. Law- rence Wholesale Grocery Company. for four years for McMillin & Sears, of Water- town, New York: and for twelve years salesman for Johnson & Murray, of Water- town. In 1905 he took a position as man- ager of Jolinson & Murray's store at Og- densburg, where he has since been located. He is an invaluable assistant to the firm. being a stockliokdler and director of said firm. and has brought the business to finan- cial success. He is director of the Business Men's Association and a trustee in the Methodist church. In politics he is a Re- publican. He married. February 18. 1885. Faith L., daughter of John and Hannah (Best ) Green of Ogdensburg. They have no children.
CRICHTON The surnames Crichton and Creighton are identi- cal, and were common very early in counties Edinburgh, Kirkoud- bright. Pebless. Dumfries, and other coun-
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ties in Scotland. The family held the earl- doms of Caithness and Dumfries; the vis- countcies of Ayr and Frendraught, and the lordships of Crichton and Cumnock.
(I) Andrew Crichton was born and died in Scotland. He had a son David. men- tioned below.
(II) David, son of Andrew Crichton, was born in Perthshire, Scotland, and. com- ing to this country. settled in Johnstown. New York. He died aged seventy. He carried on a distillery, and later removed to Ogdensburg, where he lived the rest of his life. He married Janet Duff. a native of Scotland, who died at the age of ninety-six. Children: 1. Charles Duff. 2. David John, mentioned below. 3. George. 4. Grace. 5. Janet. 6. Charlotte. 7. Louise. married Gilbert Lincoln French of Potsdam.
(III) David John, son of David Crich- ton, was born in Ogdensburg, New York. March 6, 1836, and received his education in the public schools of his native town. 1Ie established a brewery there in company with his brother Charles D. Crichton, under the firm name of C. D. & D. J. Crichton, About 1879 the brewery was destroyed by fire, and for eight years he had charge of the farm at the state hospital. For a number of years afterward he was engaged in the grain and feed business, and is now retired from active life. In politics he is a Demo- crat. He is a member of Acacia lodge. No. 705. F. and .A. M .. of Ogdensburg. Ile married (first). 1865. Josephine M .. daugh- ter of John and Nancy I. ( Magone) Barnet ; . (second ) Chloe Thomas. Children of first wife: 1. Charles D. removed west in 1880, and is now located on a ranch in Io- seph. Idaho. 2. David John, mentioned be- low. Children of second wife : 3. Harriet Grace, graduate of Mt. Holyoke College and now teacher in Indiana. Pennsylvania. normal school. 4. Malcolm.
(IV) David John (2), son of David John ( 1 ) Crichton, was born in Ogdensburg. October 13. 1866. He attended the public schools until he was thirteen years ofl.
when he went to work for his father in the grain business. For a short time he worked in a grocery store. In 1800 he went we : and was identified with the Northern Pacifi . Elevator Company in the grain business. He remained with them five years, covering different sections of the northwest, in 1805 96 being located in southern California. Re- turning to Ogdensburg in 1896, he was en :- ployed by the Rutland Railroad for ahou two years, and for a year by George F. Dar- row in the newspaper business. In 1809 1.c was appointed city clerk for all the city boards, and has since held that position. He is engaged also in the retail coal business. succeeding L. M. Bristol, and is president of the Ontario and New York Power Company of Waddington, New York. In politics he is a Democrat, and in religion an Episcopa- lian. He is a member of the Knights of Pythias, of Ogdensburg. and was instru- mental in organizing the lodge. He mar- ried. July 17. 1890, Charlotte, daughter of Thomas Dewis of Ogdensburg. They have no children.
The Gilmore or Gilmour GILMOUR family is of ancient Scote !. origin. The family was in Edinburghshire and other parts of the country before the year 1600. It pos-esse- the barony of Gilmour. Many of the American families are descended from branch of the family that settled with the Scotch in Ulster province, Ireland.
(I) Arthur Gilmour was born near Pais- ley. Scotland. 1798. died in Morristown. New York. 1869. He was educated in the schools of his native town, and when ver; young began to learn the trade of weaver His father was a weaver. When a youn_ man he came to this country and made hi- home at Scotch Bush in Morristown, Ne: York, and followed farming. He was :: Presbyterian in religion and a Republic .: in politics. He married ( first) Nare ---. by whom he had four children. : deceased. He married ( second ) Elizal c:
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Marshall, a native of England, born in 1824. died in Morristown, 1870. Children of first wife: Arthur, Thomas. Nancy, child. died young. Children of second wife: John Marshall, mentioned below; Robert. had the homestead; married Margaret Rutherford : children : Arthur D., Frank R. and Helen E .; Alexander, retired farmer, lives in Hammond, New York : married Mary Belle Russell and had one child, Ella E.
(II) John Marshall. son of Arthur Gil- mour, was born in Morristown, May 4. 1858. He was educated in the public schools and at the State Normal School at Potsdam, New York. For several years he taught school at Scotch Bush. He followed farming for many years, and is the owner of a farm in Scotch Bush, Morristown. In igot he was appointed clerk in the post- office at Morristown, and since 1905 has been postmaster. In politics he is a Repub- lican and he has been active in local affairs. attending various nominating conventions of his party and exerting a considerable in- fluence in political affairs. He has been a member of the board of education for a number of years. In 1906 he was one of the organizers of the Frontier National Bank of Morristown. and is a director. and he and Jolin D. Wallace erected the build- ing which the bank occupies. He is a mem- ber of the Independent Order of Foresters of Morristown. He is an active and earnest member of the Presbyterian church. of which he has been an elder for a number of years. He is a man of excellent business ability and great public spirit. and during his entire active career has labored efficiently for the welfare of the community. He mar- ried (first) April 23. 1885. Grace, daugh- ter of W. J. Shields, of Oswegatchie, New York. He married ( second ). Anna J .. born February 19, 1868. daughter of John Jamie- won. of Scotch Bush, Morristown, New York. Children of first wife : Ethel A. and Grace E. Children of second wife: War- ren T .. Ruth H., Jennett B., Anna V .. all born in Morristown.
The surname Persons is PERSONS identical with Pierson, Pearson, Parson's and vari- ous other forms which have been and are still in use. England was the original home of the family.
( I) Reuben Persons settled in McGraw. Cortlandt county, New York.
(II) Philander, son of Reuben Persons. was born March 8, 18It, at McGraw. He was educated in the common schools, and learned the trades of tanning and shoemak- ing when a young man, serving an appren- ticeship of three years, but, not liking the business. he left it and devoted himself to the study of theology, to which he was greatly inclined. He fitted himself for the ministry and was ordained in the church of his native town of McGraw. He gave many years of his life to the service of God and his fellowmen. His first pastorate was at Antwerp. Jefferson county, New York, where he was well received and dearly be-
loved by his parishioners. Afterwards he was located at Richville, St. Lawrence county. New York: at Boonville. Oneida county. Trenton Falls, Lowville and Den- mark. Loraine. . Antwerp and Fowler. Fin- ally he had to retire on account of ill health. In order to secure the exercise and outdoor life that seemed to be needed. he took up some wild land near Castorland. New York. intending to clear it and make a home there. But his age and ill health prevented him from carrying out this plan: instead, he bought a modest little home in Castorland. where he spent his declining years. He was a member of the Baptist denomination. and of large influence among his people. He was devout. sympathetic. kindly and sunny in disposition, always making friends who . still cherish his memory. His influence was strong on the side of good, not only in the church but in public affairs. He died De- cember 10. 1808. He married. August. 1842. Eliza Ann, daughter of Abel Stearns. She was born September 27. 18th, died Oc- tober 7. 1846 Children: 1. Rollin, born
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May 13, 1852, died at McGraw, September 27, 1883. 2. Boardman, mentioned below. (III) Boardman, son of Rev. Philander Persons, was born at Richville, St. Lawrence county, September 9, 1843. He attended the public schools, the Antwerp high school and the Lowville Academy. He enlisted in' the Union army at the age of nineteen and served three years in the civil war, remain- ing with his regiment to the end of the war. He was in the Light Artillery, but was transferred to Company C. Tenth New York Heavy Artillery. He was in the first engagement at Petersburg, Virginia, 1864. and took part in many other engagements of importance. After the war he completed his education at the academy. He cared for and supported his parents in their last years. He is an uncompromising Repub- lican, active in politics and public affairs, and influential in his party and town. He was appointed postmaster at Castorland by President McKinley and still holds that of- fice, giving the utmost satisfaction to the patrons of the office. He is a member of G. D. Bailey Post, No. 200, Grand Army of the Republic. He is active and prominent in the Baptist church, of which he has been a member for many years. He married. December 20. 1874. Ellen M .. daughter of Jacob and Mary ( Stilson ) Plank, of Castor- land. She was born December 3. 1849. died March 12. 1894.
The surname Bower is derived BOWER from the occupation of bow- maker or bowyer. The long bow was the chief arm used in hunting and war in A.D., 1100. when surnames were first adopted in Scotland. The surname is also spelled Boyer, and Bowers is a deriva- tive. The English surname Fletcher is de- rived from the associated trade of arrow- maker ( flechier). The Bower family dates from the earliest tise of surnames in Had- dingtonshire and Perthshire. Scotland.
(I) William Bower was born in Aber- deen, Scotland, about 1796. He was edu-
cated in his native land and studied med .. cine, becoming assistant surgeon of tic Twentieth Regiment. He resigned his con. mission and came to Canada when a you ... man, and there took up land and follow farming. He also taught school from time to time. He died in Canada in 1848. Ile married Elizabeth Scherdsfigur. Children: Joseph, mentioned below, John C., Robert S. and Anne.
(II) Josepli, son of William Bower, was born in Williamsburg, county Dundas. Can- ada, 1813, died 1870. He had a commo: school education. He was a general mer- chant at Kempville, Canada, during his ac- tive life. In politics he was a Conservative. and he served the county as coroner. He was a member of the Church of England and was warden for a number of years. He married Mary Ann Huntington, born at Madrid, New York, 1818, died December. 1908, daughter of Silas Huntington. Chil- dren: 1. Eliza, lives in Ontario. 2. Mars J .. lives in Toronto. 3. William J .. de- ceased. 4. Dr. Silas J .. born 1843: mer- tioned below. 5. Samuel H., lives in Mani- toba, Canada. 6. Harvey. deceased. 7 Ann, lives in Kempville, Ontario. 8 Charles H., lives in Manitoba. 9. Caroline. lives in Toronto. 10. Gideon, lives at Van- couver, British Columbia, Canada. II. Child, died in infancy.
(III) Dr. Silas J .. son of Joseph Bower. was born in Kempville, Ontario, 1843. He attended the public schools of his native town, and studied medicine at McGill U'mt- versity of Montreal, graduating with the de- gree of M.D. in the class of 1865. He opened an office in Waddington, New York. and has practiced there since graduating He is a member of the St. I awrence County Medical Society and of the New York M. 1. ical Society. He has a large practice and. ranks high in his profession. He is a mem- ber of Waddington Lodge. No. 393. Free and Accepted Masons. He is a member and warden of the Protestant Episcopal Church of Waddington. In politics he is a
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Republican. He was appointed postmaster of Waddington by President Grant, and served during the second Grant administra- tion.
He married, in 1869, Frances Martha, born in Waddington, daughter of William Clark. of Waddington ( see Clark IV). Children: 1. William Joseph, resides in Cleveland, Ohio; married Charlotte Pres- ton: children: Marvin Silas and William Joseph, Jr. 2. Henry Huntington, lives in New York City. a contracting engineer ; married Stella Plant ; child, John Plant. 3. Edith, married Charles J. Parker, of New York City, assistant chief engineer of the New York Central Railroad Company ;. child, Franklin B. Parker.
John W. Moore. the first of
MOORE this family of whom we have definite information, was of Scotch descent. He was born in Poultney. Vermont, 1800, died in Defiance, Ohio. 1842. He was a merchant, commencing business at Russell, New York, shortly after his marriage; from there he removed to Canton, New York, continuing in mer- cantile business, and later removed to De- fiance. Ohio, where he pursued his former- occupation until his death. He married, in 1830, Almira Farr, born in Oswegatchie. St. Lawrence county, New York, 1811. Children : 1. Martha Allen, died at age of two years. 2. Mary Amerett, died at age of twenty-six years. 3. Darius Alonzo, see forward. 4. Ellen Rebecca, died at age of one year. 5. Merica Ann. 6. Louisa Ara- bella. died at age of twenty-six years.
(II) Darius Alonzo, son of John W. and Almira ( Farr) Moore, was born in Canton, New York, April 13, 1833. He removed with his parents to Ohio when about two years old, and remained there until the death ni his father, at which time, he. aged nine Years, with his mother and sister, returned , Richiville, St. Lawrence county, New York. His mother married ( second ) Na- than Keyes, of Richville, and they were the
parents of four children: Martha E., Dor- ville .1., Amelia A. and Angelia Keyes. At the age of sixteen Darius A. Moore left his home, having previously received a good common school education, and commenced clerking in his uncle's store in the village of De Kalb, continuing in his employ for seven years, excepting two years, which time he attended the Gouverneur Seminary. At the expiration of this time he commenced busi- ness on a small scale for himself at De Kalb, having no capital except what little he had previously saved from his earnings. Mr. Moore continued in the mercantile business. and the success that attended his efforts was due to his own individual exertions, untiring industry, good management of his interests, and a firm and uncompromising spirit of personal honor and integrity. He removed to Potsdam, New York, 1885, and pur- chased the sash. door and blind business of George B. Swan, which business he con- ducted with his son, William A., for ten years. He removed to California in 1895. located in San Pedro, and engaged in the real estate business there. He was a di- rector in the Provident Mutual Building & Loan Association of Los Angeles, Califor- nia, at time of his death in 1905. Mr. Moore was equally successful in politics. On attaining his majority, he affiliated with the Democratic party, and cast his first vote for Horatio Seymour, but soon after the organ- ization of the Republican party he became a firm supporter of their doctrines and re- mained so throughout life. In 1858 he was elected town clerk of the town of De Kalb. which office he filled acceptably for nine con- secutive years: he was then elected super- visor of the town, retaining the same for nine successive years : he was elected to the assembly of the state in 1872, re-elected in 1873. and while in this position was ap- pointed on the committee of banks, chari- table and religious societies, and was made chairman of the committee of state chari- table institutions and of engrossed bills : he was elected to the senate in 1875 by a ma-
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jority of 5.225, serving on the committee of finance, commerce and navigation, and ap- portionnient, and was also chairman of the committee on clainis and agriculture. In these varied and exalted positions he gave unqualified satisfaction alike to his constitu- ents and to the people at large. He was a member of the Masonic fraternity at Giou- verneur. New York. Mthough not a pro- fessor of religion, he leaned towards the doc- trines of the Congregational church, of which his parents were honored members. He was a public-spirited man. liberal in en- terprises tending to the public good, and charitable where aid was deserved.
Mr. Moore married. July 17. 1856. Emily Beebe, of De Kalb. She was born in Gou- verneur. New York. August 6. 1834. died February 24. 1908. Children: 1. Frank Willard, see forward. 2. Ara James, born July 26, 1858: resides at De Kalb. Vew York; has two sons : Day Ashton and llar- old. 3. William Alonzo, born February 21, 1861: resides in New York City; married Emily, daughter of Stratfield Clarkson, of Potsdam, New York. 4. Maud Louisa. born June 23. 1863: married Frank H. Baldwin, coal dealer of Potsdam. New York; children: William Moore. Marion. Warren Frank. Emily Louise, died in in- fancy. 5. Carrie Emily. born May 12. 1865: married Henry A. Watkins. account- ant in insurance department of state of New York : children: Frederick A. and Le-ter Burdick. 6. Leon Ashton. born May 12. 1872. died April 15. 1874.
(III) Frank Willard. son of Darius Alonzo and Emily (Beebe ) Moore, was born in De Kalb, New York, May 31. 1857. He attended the town schools. Potsdin Normal School, graduating in 1870, and Union College. Schenectady, New York. graduating in ISSI. From that year t 1885 he conducted a book and stationery store in Potsdam on the site of the store i J. R. Weston: from INS; to 1880 was e - gaged in the wholesale lumber business in Potsdam: from 1889 to 1805 he was en- argent a bull passant within a bordure ..:
gaged in business at Trout Lake, near wards, New York, with Mr. Barrett, UP the firm name of Moore & Barrett; i- 1895 to 189; was president of the l'. . dam Knitting Company; from to 1903 was connected with the 18,- excise department of New York with ie quarters in Albany. New York; from [ to 1905 was with the Tennessee Lumber . Coal Company at Crab Orchard and Ozons. Tennessee: from 1905 to present t :.: ( 1910) with the A. Shipman Lumber ( pany of Potsdam, as manager of sale -. is one of the representative men of Pa .. dam. whose life and character . title them to occupy prominent posit ! - He is a Republican in politics. and elected by that party to the office of trust of the village.
Mr. Moore married. September 12. ISSA Jessie M., daughter of Samuel C. and Her- riet K. ( Bissell) Crane. Children : Barbara Crane, born August 13, 1883 : ma- ried John T. Lloyd. treasurer of Mors " Company. Oshkosh. Wisconsin ; child. Me ten Mcore Lloyd. born February 20. 19 2. Jessie Mabel. born January 6. 1885. dk April 15. 1891. 3. Merton Crane. barn May 28. 1892.
COLE The surname Cole is derive ! from the ancient personal nan .: of unknown antiquity. Coel. :.. the name was formerly spelled. was ti ... founder of Colchester, one of the early kind of Britain. Justice Cole lived in the reign of King Alfred. Another Cole de feated Swevne, the Danish chieftain. in Ien. in Pinhce. William Cole and wife Ystb !! are names in Assize Rill of counts Cer - wall in 1201, showing that Cole was at t' .. time established as a surname. branches of the English Cale famil . coats-of-arms. all indicade y relations ..... the similarity of the de vet. We Herti shire family, to which .Le American is ! leved to belong, bear -: Party per or
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on a chief of the third three bezants. Crest : A demi-dragon vert bearing in his dexter paw a javelin armed or feathered argent.
(I) James Cole, immigrant ancestor, was living in Highgate. a suburb of London, England, in 1616. He is spoken of as a great lover of flowers. He married in 1624. Mary, daughter of the noted botanist and physician, Mathieu Lobel. Her father was a physician to James 1, and was a great stu- dent and the author of a number of books. on medicinal plants ; he discovered the medi- cinal qualities of the plant which he called after himself, Lobelia. In 1032 James Cole, his wife and two children, came to Saco, Maine, and in the following year located at Plymouth, Massachusetts, where he was ad- mitted a freeman the same year. He was a sailor. In 1634 his name appears on the tax list, and he received a grant of land. His house stood on the lot next below the present site of the Baptist church. He was the first settler on what is still known as Cole's Hill. the first burial ground of the Pilgrims, and which probably included the ground on which rests Plymouth Rock. He had other grants of land and was surveyor of highways in 1641-42-51-52: constable in 1641-44. In 1637 he was on a list of vol- unteers against the Pequot Indians. Soon after his arrival at Plymouth he opened the first inn, which was one of the first in New England. This house was kept by him and his son James until 1698. Children: 1. James, born in London, 1625. 2. Hugh, 1627 : mentioned below: 3. John, Novem- Fer 21, 1637. in Plymouth. 4. Mary. 1639. (II) Ilugh, son of James Cole, was born in London, England. in 1627, and came with :i- father to Plymouth in 1633. He was mitted a freeman there in 1657. He was surveyor of highways in Barnstable and granted one hundred acres of land at Acush- spett. In 166; with others he bought of King Philip five hundred acres of land on "e west bank of the river named for him. . He's river. He was a shipwright and civil uigineer, and a great part of Swansea was
surveyed by him. He was selectman of Swansea many years, and deputy to the general court nine years. For years he was a friend of King Philip, and in 1675, at the beginning of the war, when two of Hugh Cole's sons were made prisoners by the Indians, King Philip ordered their re- lease, because Hugh Cole had always been his friend. He sent word to him that he could no longer restrain his warriors, and for him to remove his family to Rhode Island. An hour after his removal the Cole home was in flames, and was the first house burned. Hugh Cole located in Portsmouth, Rhode Island, and was given permission to build a frame to make wheels for the towns- men. He was sergeant in King Philip's war. In 1677 he returned to Swansea and built a house. The well built by him on the bank of the Kickemuit river is still there. This part of the farm is still in possession of the family, and is occupied by Miss Abby Cole. Part of his farm is in what is now Warren, Rhode Island. He died in Swan- sea, January 22. 1699. He married ( first) January 8. 1654, Mary Foxwell, born in Scituate. August 17. 1635, daughter of Richard and .Ann ( Shelly) Foxwell. . He married ( second ) January 1, 1689. Eliza- beth, widow of Jacob Cook and William Shurtliffe, and daughter of Thomas and Ann Lettuce, of Plymouth. She died Oc- tober 31, 1693. and he married ( third) Jan- uary 30. 1694. Mary, widow of Deacon Ephraim Morton and of William Harlow, and daughter of Robert and Judith Shelly. a cousin of his first wife. Children, the first seven born in Plymouth. the others in Swansea: 1. James, November 3, 1655. 2. Hugh, March 6, 1658. 3. John, May 15, 1660. 4. Martha. April 16, 1662. 5. Ann, December 14, 1664. 6. Ruth, January 8. 1000. 7. Joseph, May 18, 1668. 8. Ebe- nezer. 16;1. 9. Mary, 1676. 10. Benjamin, mentioned below.
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