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well Sabin, born March 14. 1823: served as major-general in the Confederate army dur- ing the civil war, and was the author of a history of the Mexican war. 3. Laura, married Charles Shepard, of Ogdensburg. (VIII ) Colonel Edward Christopher. son of Judge Amaziah B. James, was born in Ogdensburg, May 1, 1841. He pursued his early studies in the public schools and at the Ogdensburg Academy, and attended Dr. Reed's Walnut Hill School at Geneva. New York, where he was prepared for col- lege. His desire for a classical education, however, gave way to his patriotism at the breaking out of the civil war, and he ac- cordingly entered the service as adjutant of the Fiftieth Regiment. New York Volun- teers, with the rank of lieutenant. During the Peninsular campaign of the Army of the Potomac in 1862, he acted as assistant adintant-general of the engineer brigade and as aide-de-eamp to General Woodbury: was later appointed major of the Sixtieth New York Infantry, and finally became colonel of the One Hundred and Sixth New York Infantry, serving as such in the Vir- ginia campaign during the autumn of 1862 and spring of 1863. When scarcely twenty- two years of age he was frequently in com- mand of a brigade, and on one occasion. while commanding a brigade of two regi- ments, he displayed his courage and ability by rapidly planning and executing an im- portant strategic movement which pre- vented the enemy from capturing his entire command. On account of physical disabil- ity incurred in the army he was compelled to resign his commission in the spring of 1863. and. turning his attention to the study of law at Ogdensburg. he was in an un- usually short space of time admitted to the bar. In 1864 he became associated with Stillman Foote, surrogate of St. Lawrence county, under the firm name of Foote & James, and during the succeeding ten years this concern transacted a large general law business. For a period of seven years from 1874 he practiced alone, acquiring the ex-
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perience which formed the basis of his fu- ture professional achievement». In 1881 he admitted to partnership his student, .Alric R. Herriman, now surrogate of St. Law- rence county ( see sketch ), and, leaving the latter in charge of the Ogdensburg office, he removed to New York City, where a much wider field of professional activity was open to him. Colonel James entered the legal profession with the firm belief that success depended largely, if not wholly. upon his own resources. Though free from ego- tism, he was decidedly self-confident, and knew that in the pursuit of professional ad- vancement it was necessary to accept heavy responsibilities. He regarded his army training as being in many respects a good substitute for a college education, and he was accustomed to answer when asked what college he attended, that he was graduated from the University of the Army of the Potomac, and that he knew of none better for the purpose of making men.
His removal to the metropolis marked the commencement of a series of brilliant professional victories which cause I him to be recognized as one of the foremost leal- ers of the New York bar, and this enviable position he looked upon as a sacred trust. not to be used wholly for the gratification of personal ambititon. The following ex- tract relative to his career before the higher courts is taken from the Albany Low Jour- nal: "At first he was practically unknown in the city of New York, but by his tireless industry and his great ability he rose stead- ily until soon he was known to the courts and to his fellow-lawyers as one of the most active and successful men at the trial har. His reputation and his success increased rap- idly, until some time before his death he had reached the eminent position of the widely acknowledged leader of the trial har. His fame was not confined to New York City or to New York state alone. but extended throughout all the land. until he was known as well in the west and in the south as in the immediate vicinity of his .ctive l .. her. He
was essentially an 'all-round lawyer', and his range in the trial of cases was most ex- tensive. Criminal trials, equity cases in- volving highly complicated questions in the law of trusts, will contests in the surrogate's court or before a jury, actions to recover for personal injuries, patent cases, cases of every kind and description, were tried by him with equal facility and success. His arguments before the court upon appeal Were as notable as his addresses to juries in the courts below. It is difficult to say in which branch of court work he was most successful. He was eminent alike in the trials before the court at special term, in jury trials and in all branches of work in the appellate courts. He was a master of all the many kinds of legal work which fall to the lot of the active practitioner". After practicing alone in New York City for some years, Colonel James established the firm of James, Schell & Eklus, with which he was identified for the remainder of his life. It is impossible in an article of this character to enumerate or describe even a few of his many important cases. It may be stated, as a matter of fact. however, that he sel- dom lost a case, generally winning on ap- peal when a decision went against him in the lower court. As counsel for the plain- tiff in a civil action brought against a news- paper, he obtained a verdict for forty thou- sand dollars, the largest amount ever awarded in a libel case, and as counsel for the Manhattan Elevated Railway Company Le -vrce -- fully defended that corporation in many suits for damages brought by abutting property owners. Probably his most fa- mous criminal cases were those brought against Captain William S. Devery, former chief of police, and Inspector Mclaughlin. in ench of which he secured a verdict of ac- on;ital. He belonged to that fast disappear- ing race of lawyers whose chief delight was to spend the greater portion of their time in court. and, as many of his cases were bni nicht to him by professional associates. le vas laown among them as a "lawyer's
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lawyer". His last great case. Dittmar vs. Gould, was decided in his favor after his death. His printed briefs on appeal cases alone consist of over sixty large volumes. His marvelous capacity for industry contin- ued unabated until the last, and shortly be- fore leaving New York for Florida, from whence he did not return alive, he stated to a friend that if he could not continue to work as he had done he preferred to die. This preference was realized. as his death occurred at Palm Beach, March 24. 1991. and was directly the result of overwork. He was not only noted for his indomitable courage, eminent legal ability and loyalty to his clients, but also for his amiable disposi- tion, civility and kindness to all. irrespective of wealth or position. and none knew better than he how to appreciate a good joke. Spe- cial memorial proceedings, elaborated some- what to suit the extraordinary occasion, oc- curred in the various courts and at a meet- ing of the Bar Association, and were or- dered to be preserved in the records of these bodies, and these have been of use to the present writer.
Colonel James married. November 16. 1864. Sarah Welles Perkins, daughter of Edward H. Perkins, of Athens, Pennsylva- nia. Children: Lucia, born September 9. 1866: Sarah Welles. born November 27. 1869. married. December 31. 1896. Pauld- ing Farnham, Great Neck. Long Island.
(IX) Lucia, daughter of Colonel Edward C. James, was born in Ogdensburg. Septem- ber 9. 1866. She married. September 6, 1893. Grant C. Madill. M.D., son of Nelson Madill, and grandson of Abel Madill.
(The Madill Line).
(I) Abel Madill, native of Ireland, came to America when a young man, going first to Washington county. New York, and later becoming one of the early settlers in Lisbon. this state. He was a prosperous farmer. He married Eleanor Silliman, also a native of Ireland. Children : Martha. Jane. Agnes. Isabella. Thomas A .. Letitia, Benja-
min, Elizabeth. Nelson, Charles, Cornelia. All were born in Lisbon except Martha.
(II) Nelson, son of Abel Madill, was born in Lisbon in 1830. He attended the public schools, and assisted his father in farming until he was nineteen years old. when he established himself in the saw and grist-mill business. His property having been destroyed by fire, he went to Califor- nia in 1857 and engaged in the lumbering business. Returning to Lisbon in 1865, he devoted the succeeding twenty years to agri- cultural pursuits, and is now living there in retirement. In the memorable political cam- paign in 1856 he supported John C. Fremont for the presidency, and has ever since acted with the Republican party. He attends the Presbyterian church. In 1862 he married Louisa, daughter of Frederick and Mary ( Hines ) Menking, of New York City. Chil- dren: Grant C., Nellie, wife of Walter Robinson. of Lisbon; Minnie, residing with parents.
(III) Grant C., son of Nelson Madill. was born in Stockton. California, July 6. 1864. His early education was acquired in the Ogdensburg public schools and the Pots- dam Normal School, and his medical stud- ies were pursued at Bellevue College, from which he was graduated in 1886. Locating for practice in Ogdensburg. Dr. Madill ad- vanced rapidly in his profession, giving his attention to surgery and obtaining recogni- tion as one of the most skillful practitioners in Northern New York. He is regarded as an unusually able surgeon, and at the present time is in charge of the surgical de- partment of the Ogdensburg City Hospital. Dr. and Mrs. Madill have two children: Sarah Perkins, born June 18, 1894. and Ed- ward James. July 16, 1896.
JAMES (VIII) Henry Ripley James. son of Amaziah B. (q. v. ) and Lucia W. (Ripley) James. was born February 3. 1839. in Ogdensburg, and came to be one of the most prominent. useful and successful citizens of the town.
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He was possessed of a very active intellect and completed his education at the age of sixteen years, when he graduated from the Ogdensburg Academy. About that time. with two others, he started the Boy's Jour- nul, of which the first copy was issued .\n- gust 26. 1854. He developed much talent for journalistic work, as well as great busi- ness ability, and in 1856 the Boy's Journal was changed to the Daily Journal. In 1858 the owners of the Journal purchased the Saint Lawrence Republican, and issued it in connection with the Journal. Within a year thereafter Mr. James became the sole owner and editor of both papers, and con- tinned their publication up to 1874. when his interest was soll to other persons. In addition to his newspaper work, Mr. James became interested extensively in various in- dustries, and also dealt in stocks. He built and operated with success a paper mill at Waddington. The multitude of his inter- ests consumed so much of his time and en- ergy as to materially shorten his life. He took a great interest in politics and was an active force in manipulating the policy of his party, the Republican, and might have had almost any office which he desired. but he steadily refused to be a candidate, but as a leader in political movements he was un- excelled. He took much interest in St. John's Episcopal Church and gave liberally of his time. talents and means to further its prosperity, as in fact he did to every move- ment calculated to promote the general wel- fare of the community. In the midst of a busy career. Mr. James' life ended January 31. 1882. at Ogdensburg. after an illness ni less than twenty-four hours. He married. November 27. 1861, Harriet Jane, fourth daughter of Egbert N. and Julia E. ( Strong ) Fairchild (see Fairchild VI). born September 30, 1839. Children: 1. Henry F., born September 23. 1863. died January 8, 1896: was one of the organizers of the George Hall Col Company of Og- densburg, with which he was identified at the time of his death. He married (first>
May 11, 1887. Annie Ford Arnold, of Og- densburg, who died May 7, 1891, leaving two daughters, Elizabeth Arnokl and Bertha Ripley ; married ( second ) Elfreda True, of New York City. 2. Annie Bailey, married. October 3. 1888, Governor Edward Curtis Smith, of Saint Albans. Vermont. Chil- dren: James Gregory, Edward Fairchild. Curtis Ripley and Annie Dorothea Brad- ford. 3. Harriet Bertha, married, Septem- ber 9, 1891. Isaac P. Wiser, son of J. P. Wiser, M.P., of Prescott, Ontario, and has sons, Henry James, John Philip and Paul Fairchild.
(The Fairchild Line).
The name of Fairchild is of ancient ori- gin and is said to have come from Scotland into England. having in the Scotch the equivalent of its present English form. Fairbairn. It has been thoroughly identi- fied with the development of the New Eng- land colonies, and of the newer states throughout this territory, and has been borne by many good citizens, including a governor of Wisconsin, and others conspicu- ous in the professions and in various walks of life throughout the country.
(I) Thomas Fairchild probably arrived at Stratford, Connecticut. as early as 1638, with his brother-in-law. Thomas Sherwood. and was a prominent citizen of the town and colony. He was elected deputy to the gen- eral court in 1654 and again after 1664. He was four times nominated for assistant gov- erner and served on various committees in the interest of the community. He had a home lot in 1664, on what is now Elm street. Bridgeport, and was a merchant. He mar- ried (first ). in England, a daughter of Rob- ert Seabrook and ( second ) Katharine Craig of London, England. There is a record showing that he executed a bond before the second marriage, providing that the bride should have two hundred dollars out of his estate. This matter was adjusted by the court after his death. The inventory of his estate amounted to three hundred and fifty pounds. He died December 14, 1670.
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and his widow married ( second) November 8. 1675, Jeremiah Judson, and died in May. 1706. Children: Samuel, mentioned be- low; Sarah, born February 19, 1642; John. died young; Thomas, February 21. 1645; Dinah, July 14. 1648; Zechariah, December 14. 1651; Emma, October, 1653: Joseph. April 18. 1664; John, June 8. 1666; Pris- cilla. April 10, 1669.
( II) Samuel, eldest child of Thomas and Katharine ( Craig ) Fairchild, was born Au- gust 31, 1640, probably, the first white child born in Stratford, and died about 1704, in that town. He married, about 1680, Mary. born September 13. 1655. daughter of Moses and Mary ( Hawley ) Wheeler. She married (second ) December 1, 1705. Benja- min Beach. Children: Robert, born 1681; Samuel, 1683: Edward, mentioned below, and Jonathan.
(IH ) Edward, third son of Samuel and Mary ( Wheeler ) Fairchild, was born about 1685 in Stratford, where he passed his life, and married, January 25. 1711. Elizabeth. born February 10. 1688. youngest daugh- ter of Ebenezer and Patience ( Wilcoxson ) Blakeman. Children: Mary, born April 6. 1713: Jonathan, August 2. 1715 : Thomas. September 19. 1720: Moses, mentioned be- low : Betee. July 19. 1726.
(IV) Moses, third son of Edward and Patience ( Blakeman ) Fairchild, was born October 1, 1721, in Stratford, and was an carly resident of Sheffield, Massachusetts. where he probably engaged in agriculture. The records of Sheffield show a marriage December 2, 1745. to Susanna Bozwooth. Children : Sarah, born May 5. 1747: Zechariah, mentioned below : Mary. April 1. 1751: Ellis, October 20. 1753: Moses, De- cember 1. 1756; Aaron, August II. 1759: Daniel, May 4. 1762 : John. March 4. 1765: David. December 20, 1767.
(V) Zechariah, eldest son of Moses and Susanna ( Bozwooth ) Fairchild, was born November 1. 1748. in Sheffield. He was a soldier of the revolution. responded to the Lexington alarm and marched April 21.
1775, as a private in Captain William Ba- con's company, Colonel Fellows' regiment, serving seventeen days to May 7. His name appears also on the return of the same com- pany and regiment. dated at Dorchester, Massachusetts. October 6, 1775. and again in a company commanded by the same cap- tain in Colonel Porter's regiment. The company's receipt, dated Sheffield, Marchi 24. 1777. being for wages and other items. He enlisted September 21, 1777, and was a sergeant in a company of Matrosses, com- `manded by Lieutenant Paul Deney, in the John Fellows' ( Berkshire ) brigade, to serve under the management of General Gates in the northern department, and was dis- charged October 19. 1777. Soon after the war he settled on the Sekonk river, in the northwestern portion of the town of Great Barrington, probably in what is now Alford, where he engaged in farming He mar- ried Hannah Pope, and their children were : Frances, Mina, Egbert N. and Edwin. The eldest, born March 27. 1797. was married January 11, 1821, to William Cullen Bryant, of Great Barrington.
(VI) Egbert Nelson, eldest son of Zech- ariah and Hannah ( Pope ) Fairchill. was born January 12. 1802. in Great Barring- . ton, died in New York City, January IL. 1864, lacking one day of sixty-two years of age. He became a contractor in a large way and resided for some time at Rochester. New York, whence he removed to Ogdens- burg. and there became intereste ! in the St. Lawrence County Bank. Later he built the Croton water reservoir in Central Park. New York City. He married. June 5. 1827. Julia Elizabeth Strong, born July 2. 1800. in Catskill, New York, died June 18. 1868. in Ogdensburg. Children : I. Mary Strong, born March 5. 1828. married ( first ) Dr. Sammel Blodgett. of Malone. New York, and (second) Samuel T. Steele, of Geneseo, Illinois. 2. William Bryant. No- vember 1. 1829. 3. Emily Frances, Octo- ber 16. 1831 ; married Clarence Ashley. 4. Egbert Henry. September 4. 1833. 5. Julia
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Elizabeth, August 30, 1835; married Horace ried (second ) March 27, 1734, Azubah, borit A. Schreiner, a broker in New York. 6. August 2, 1710, daughter of Benjamin and Elizabeth ( Cook) Griswold. Children : Elizabeth, Sarah, Colonel John, Elijah, died young, Elijah, Abigail, .\zubah and Elisha. Harriet Jane, September 30, 1839, married, November 27. 1861, Henry Ripley James. of Ogdensburg ( see James, VH1). 7. Sarah Mina, November 1, 1841 ; married Archibald Somerville Van Duzer, a lawyer of New York City. 8. Anna Rebecca, May 20, 1847.
(The Strong Line).
(II) John (2) Strong, eldest child of Elder John ( 1) Strong (q. v.). was born 1626, in England, and died February 20, 1698, in Windsor. Connecticut. He was a tanner, residing at Windsor, and a man of importance in the community. He married (first ) November 26, 1656, Mary. baptize.1 September 30. 1638, died April 28. 1063. daughter of Joseph and France, Clark, of Windsor. ( Joseph Clark, father of Mary. died early, and his widow became the wife of Thomas Dewey, of Westfield, Massachu- setts, from whom sprang' many descend- ants ). John (2) Strong married ( second ) in 1664. Elizabeth Warriner, who died June 7. 1684. There were two children of the first marriage, Mary and Hannah. Those of the second were: John, Jacob. Josiah . and Elizabeth.
(III) John (3), eldest son of John (2) and Elizabeth ( Warriner ) Strong. was born on Christmas day. 1665, in Windsor. Con- necticut, where he passed his life and died May 29. 1749. He married. November 26. 1686, Hannah. daughter of Deacon John Trumbull, of Suffield. Connecticut dren: Mary, Elizabeth, died young. Dan- iel, Jonathan. Esther. Abigail. Deacon Da- vid, John W. and Elizabeth.
(IV) John Warham, fourth son of John (3) and Hannah ( Trumbull) Strong. wa- born September 30. 1706. in Windsor, and died September 25. 1752. He married (first) November 30. 1727. Abigail, born May 13. 1708. daughter of Captain Tim- othy and Sarah (Allen) Thrall of Win I- ham; she died within seven years after the marriage, leaving three children He pyyr
(V) Elisha, youngest child of John W. and Azubah ( Griswold ) Strong, was born December 1, 1748, and died February 28. 1826, in Windsor, where he resided. Dur- ing the revolution he was appointed agent of his native town to clothe the Connecticut troops in the Continental army, and was au- thorized to borrow three thousand pounds. lawful money. on the credit of the town. The first board of trustees of the Metho list Episcopal church in Windsor was organized at his house. June 13. 1823. and he was made one of the board. He married. May. 1781. Mary, daughter of David and Mary ( Dib- ble ) Beebe : she was born October 13. 1759. in Salisbury, Connecticut. ched April 21. 1834. at New York. Children: Elizabeth. Mary, John Warham, Julia. Elisha Beebe. Samuel. Charlotte, Almira, General Oliver and William Augustus, beside an infant daughter who died unnamed.
(VI) John Warham (2), eldest son of John Warham (D) and Mary ( Beebe ) Strong, was born July 21, 1785, in Wind- sor, and died August 10, 1855, in Detroit. Michigan. He was a merchant, located suc- cessively at Catskill. New York, Windsor. Connecticut. West Brownfield and Roches- ter, New York, and after 1832 at Detroit. Ile located at West Brownfield in 18to and at Rochester 1819. For many year- he was a forwarding and commission dealer. served as justice of the peace, and rerired from business and lived at Washington. D.C., three years before his death. While on a visit to Detroit. he ruptured a blood vessel, which caused his demise. A man of kindly nature and polished manner, he made and retained friends wherever he went. He married ( first) September 12, ISOS, Mary Banks, born September 16, 1791. at Hart- ford. Connecticut, died April In. 1824. Caughter of Jesse and Rebecca ( Fish'i Ro t.
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Mr. Strong married ( second) in December, 1830, Emily Caroline Talbot, daughter of Samuel C. and Eliza (Truxton) Cox. After her father's death her mother married a Tal- bot, and she always went by that name. She died December 9, 1840. One child was born of the second marriage, Eliza Truxton. Those of the first wife were: Julia Eliza- beth, Mary Beebe, Rebecca Root, Rebecca Tyron, John Warham, Heman Norton, Harriet Sophia, Sarah Jane and William Augustus.
(VII) Julia Elizabeth, eldest child of John Warham (2) and Mary B. ( Root ) Strong, was born July 2. 1809. in Windsor ; was married June 5. 1827, to Egbert N. Fairchild, later a prominent citizen of Og- densburg, New York ( see Fairchild VI).
The name of Pardee (or PARDY Parly, as many of the family came to spell it) has never been very common in America, but has in- cluded many prominent and useful citizens. Most of them now living in this country are of French descent, and the name was for- merly almost universally spelled Pardee. afterwards Americanized to Pardy.
(I) Jesse Pardy, whose father was a na- tive of France. located in the state of New York when a young man. By his first wife, whose name is unknown, he had seven sons and one daughter : he married ( second ) Mrs. Jersey, a widow, by whom he had chil- dren: James; Abigail. married Ira Rowl- son, and Isaac.
(II ) James, son of Jesse Pardy, was born April 29, 1805. and died in September. 1886. He worked at farming in Beekmantown. New York, until after his marriage, and in 1853 purchased seventy acres of land: here he resided the remainder of his life except the last five or six years, which he spent with his daughter, Mrs. David H. Parsons, at Saranac, New York, where his death oc- curred. He married Rebecca, daughter of Amos and Sarah ( Newcomb) Barber, born in Plattsburgh. New York: children: I.
Ruth, married David H. Parsons. 2. Charles M., married Harriet Doty ; children : Nelson and George K. ; he married ( second ) Florence Donovan; no children. 3. Solo- mon Barber, of whom further. 4. Sarah N., born September 19, 1834; married Rich- ard Morgan, who died in February, 1902; no children. 5. Lawrence D., married (first ) Emily Ayers; (second ) MIrs. Pru- dentia ( Baker) Lobdell: no children. 6. Abigail H., died unmarried, May 12, 1909. 7. Catherine E., died age of two and one- half years. S. Nelson R., died at age of seven years.
(III) Solomon Barber, second son of James and Rebecca (Barber) Pardy, was born January 15. 1832. and died in Febru- ary, 1886. He carried on a farm at Beek- mantown, New York. He married, July 7, 1863, Mary Eliza, daughter of John Henry and Elizabeth Ann (Tracy) Roosevelt, who was born February 17, 1840, at Albany, New York. Children: I. Frank T., born July 10. 1864: married Mary Kelly; one child, Irl T., born in Oklahoma, 1901. 2. Louise J .. September 1. 1866. died aged eighteen years. 3. Charles H., born May 10, 1840; unmarried. 4. Lawrence Roose- velt, of whom further. 5. Sarah E., born May 12, -; died unmarried. 6. David A .. born December. --; married Estella Lockwood : no children. Solomon B. Pardy spent his life in Beekmantown on the farm his father had purchased, and became an enterprising. successful farmer.
(IV) Lawrence Roosevelt, third son of Solomon B. and Mary E. (Roosevelt) Pardy, was born June. 1875. at Beekman- town. After attending the public schools he spent some time at a private school at Saranac. He has spent most of his life on the farm where he now lives with his bro- thers, and has made a careful study of the best way of carrying on the work of the farm. He and his brothers are progressive and enterprising, and have been successful in their endeavors to keep the place in ex- cellent condition. They have added a good
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