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Hiram Timothy, son of Nathaniel S. Hen- derson, was born May 6. 1844. was educated in the district school, at Fairfield Academy and Poughkeepsie Business College. and taught several terms. He married Mary Smith, of Norway. June 11. 1867; he re- moved with his father to Yates county. where he became a vineyardist. He is a man of extensive reading and wide information. His wife died in 1892, leaving two children : Mary Leora, born March 2. 1872, and Harvey Nathaniel. born November 14. 1878; Mary Leora married Dr. Charles M. Van Dyke. of Himrods. June 17. 1896. Dr. Van Dyke is one of the leading physicians of Yates county. They have three children : Charlena, born July 13. 1898: Mary Eliza- beth, born June 28, 1900; Charles Mal-
colm. born July 18, 1907. Hiram T. Hen- derson married ( second) Ellen M. Folt -. at llion, June 7. 1899, and they still resile at Himrods. New York.
Harvey N., son of Hiram T. Hender- son, was educated at Penn Yan, Cazeno :::. Academy, and Syracuse University. Dur- ing senior year at the University he was cap- tain of the baseball and football teams : was admitted to the bar in 1903 and entere: upon the practice of the law in Syracuse. where he has remained. He was marrie i to Marion Reynolds. April 28. 1909.
John Dryden, son of Nathaniel S. Hen- derson, was educated at the district scho. ! and prepared for college at Fairfield Acad- emy, where he graduated with the valedic- tory in 1865. He joined the sophomore class at Hamilton College in September. 1865, and was graduated in July. 1868. He took the "Head Prize." which is given i - the best oration on some subject connecte : with the life and career of Alexander Hans- ilton. the subject that year being "Alexande- Hamilton as a Political Prophet." He a.s took the first mathematical prize in juli : year and a Phi Beta Kappa key. He was a D. K. E. while in college, and has never lost interest in his college or college fra ternity, having been for many years pre -: dent of the incorporated Tan Chapter Hamilton College. After graduation came to Herkimer in December, 1868. a. studied law in the office of Samuel a Judge Robert Earl. and was admitted to : bar in April. 1869. He opened an off'c for himself in Herkimer in 1870, but account of ill health spent the year 18;1 " the vineyards at Himrods and returne ! : Herkimer in March. 1872. where he ! . since remained. He had a literary taste and has written considerable, both of pr. .. and poetry : he was the poet at the PIS rhetorian reunion at Fairfield in 1884 5: also in 1894: was the poet at the Nory Centennial Celebration in 188; and the He kimer Village Centennial in August, 19 He has published one book. "The Vils
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Charter," which went through several edi- tions ; was the orator on the field at Antietam at the unveiling of the monument to the Thirty-fourth Regiment, New York State Volunteers, September 17. 1902; delivered an address before the Johnstown Histori- cal Society in 1904. and has written several valuable papers and addresses for the Her- kimer County Historical Society, which have been published in the transactions of the so- ciety.
Mr. Henderson has always taken an ac- tive interest in politics, and has many times been a candidate of the Democratic party for office, but being in a district largely Republican has generally been unsuccessful. He was president of Herkimer village in 1876, and again in 1883. was candidate for district attorney of Herkimer county in 1873, was elected member of assembly in 1889 and served with distinction in that body, had a place on the committee on edu- cation and the judiciary committee, was the author of the bill compelling public school houses to be equipped with fire escapes, and took a leading part in many of the discus- sions of the session. He was defeated by a small majority in 1890, and in 1891 he ran for state senator against Hon. John E. Smith in the Otsego-Madison and Herkimer district and was defeated: in 1893 was a candidate on the Democratic state ticket for delegate to the constitutional convention, and in 1894 ran against Hon. James S. Sher- man for congress in the Oneida-Herkimer district, and in 1901 ran for county judge of Herkimer county against Hon. Irving R. Devendorf. Mr. Henderson was made a Mason during his senior year in college. and has taken thirty-two degrees. He was a member of Lodge No. 423 at Herkimer. He was senior warden and treasurer of Christ ( Episcopal ) Church, Herkimer, and has been a member of the vestry nearly forty years. He frequently represented his parish in the diocesan convention, was one of the committee on canons, and a pro- visional delegate to the general convention
of the church. He served as trustee of the Herkimer Emergency Hospital for several years and also as trustee of the Ilion Hos- pital. Has been trustee of the Herkimer Free Library and chairman of the book com- mittee, and treasurer of the Herkimer County Historical Society since the organi- zation of those bodies : has practiced law in the state and United States courts, and has been executor of many estates.
John D. Henderson married Frances L., daughter of David and Sarah (Tillinghast ) DuBois, at Norway, August 20, 1874. Mrs. Henderson was born December 22, 1847, being a direct descendant of Louis DuBois, the Walloon, who settled at New Paltz, Ul- ster county, New York ; the line being Louis, born 1626: Jacob, born 1661: Barnet, born 1693. of Pittsgrove. New Jersey: David, a soldier of the revolution in New Jersey militia : Jacob, born December 7. 1763. mar- ried Mary Moore, and came to Norway, Herkimer county, about 1799, died January 2, 1844: David, born June 11. 1797, mar- ried Sarah Tillinghast. December 30, 1829; was warden of Grace church, Norway. served his town as justice of the peace, post- master and supervisor. and died July 2, 18So; Mrs. Henderson's mother, Sarah Til- linghast, was a descendant of Elder Pardon Tillinghast and Lydia Tabor, and their son. Phillip, born October, 1668, married Mar- tha Holmes, 1682, died May 14, 1732 : their son, John, born April 14. 1696, died De- cember 4. 1775: his son, Pardon; his son, Stutely, who married Hannah Hopkins ; and their son. Pardon, born February 3. 1771, married Anna Crandall, and died at Nor- way. August. 1854; their daughter, Sarah ( Mrs. DuBois). was born in 1806, died in 1884. Her daughter, Mrs. Henderson, in- herits from her mother a willingness to work for others, and a desire to serve the afflicted in all walks of life: she has always been active in charitable and church matters, is deeply interested in The Old Ladies' Home at Mohawk. is a member of the Progressive ( Ladies) Club of Herkimer, and the Gen-
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eral Nicholas Herkimer Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, and her house is famous for hospitality and good cheer. Their children are: Edward DuBois, born November 27, 1877, died February, ISTS; Nellie Frances, born September 29, 1879; John DuBois, born April 11, 1887.
Nellie Frances Henderson prepared for college at Herkimer, and was graduated from Smith College, Massachusetts, in 1902; she has devoted much attention to china painting, and her work as an artist takes high rank. She married Dewey J. Carter, of New York, September 19, 1908: Mr. Carter was born at Greene, Chenango county, New York, in January, 1880, where he prepared for college, and after teaching in the district schools entered Hamilton College in 1900. He was a D. K. E., gradu- ating with distinction in 1904 and immedi- ately became a reporter on the New York Sun; he continued at journalism a little over a year, and then entered the Brook- lyn office of the Mortgage Title Company, where he still has a responsible position. Mr. and Mrs. Carter reside in Brooklyn, New York.
John DuBois Henderson attended the pub- lic school in his native town, where he was prepared for college. and in 1904 entered Hamilton College, graduating with honor in 1908. In college Mr. Henderson be- came much interested in athletics and was the manager of the college track team. Ile is a member of the D. K. E. fraternity and was highly esteemed by his college mates. After his graduation he entered the Horrock's Desk Manufacturing Company. of Herkimer, remaining for a short time, but having a leaning to the profession of law, he in 1900 entered the Albany Law School, where he remained until upon the death of his father. llon. John Dryden llen- derson, May 31. 1910. he was called to succeed him in the general insurance busi- ness established in 1873. Mr. Henderson is a member of the Masonic fraternity, being affiliated with Herkimer Lodge. No. 423.
Free and Accepted Masons. He is a mem- ber of the Little Falls Country Club, the Masonic Club of Herkimer, a member of the Protestant Episcopal church of Herki- mer, and the Church Club. He still con- tinues his law studies.
Hugh Henderson, third son of Daniel C. Henderson, studied law with Hon. Jolin Feeter at Little Falls, and removed to Joliet. Illinois, about 1836. He married Helen Myers, 1837, and their children were : Mar- garet, born 1839; Daniel C., born 18.45. James, born 1848; John D., born 1850. His daughter married Hugh Kelly and lives in Lyons, Michigan. Daniel C. married Rose Woodruff, 1880: followed journalismn at Joliet, was connected with different papers of that city, and died 1899. They have one daughter, Dorothy, born 1890. James married Kate C. Alpine, who was for a long time superintendent of the pub- lic schools of Joliet and librarian of the city library; she died in 1907; her husband survives her. John D. married Cora ----. of Lyons, Michigan, in 1884; they have one son, Louis, who is married, and has one & 11.
John D. fourth son of Daniel C. Henderson, married Helen Johnson in 1838: lived for a time at Newport. New York. where he took an active interest in all pul- lic questions and although not a lawyer had quite a practice in justices court ; removed to Wilmington, Illinois, in 1849. served as deputy sheriff of Will county, supervisor . Wilmington township, mayor of Winning- ton, member of the constitutional conventi . and was engaged in mercantile business unts his death in 1894. His daughter. Hele" .. is the wife of Dr. Watson H. Curtis, a: . resides at Wilmington. His daughter, Mary, married Charles Bushnell Garnsey, of Jolie: in 1867. Mr. Garnsey practiced law ... Joliet for many years, was county jude of Will county from 1884 until 18go, a": was circuit judge from 1903 until his dea' in 1905. They have two sons : John lles- derson Garnsey, born 1868. and Charles ! Garnsey, born 1872. John H. Garner
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a leading lawyer of Joliet, Illinois, and Charles B. Garnsey is a machinist of the same city. John H. Garnsey married, 1897, Cornelia Louise, daughter of Truman Ar- nold and Hannah E. (Caton ) Mason. granddaughter of Captain Arnold Mason. of New Hartford. Oneida county, New York, and they have one child, Charles Tru- man, born 1808. Charles B. Garnsey mar- ried, 1899, Sibyl Mary Sims, daughter of George H. and Anna ( Clark) Van Pelt, of Chicago, and they have two children. Charles B., born 1901, and Georgia, born 1904.
Mary Ann. daughter of Daniel C. Hen- derson, married Henry Tillinghast, of Nor- way, who was member of assembly from Herkimer county in 1865, and died in 1869: after her husband's death she removed to Detroit, and died there in 1890, leaving two daughters : Sarah, wife of Rev. Wilbur R. Tillinghast, of Detroit, and Angeline E. Foster, of Palmer, Nebraska: Sarah died in 1899; Angeline E. is living with her son, David W. Foster. at Palmer, Nebraska.
Juliet. daughter of Daniel C. Henderson, married Charles K. Johnson and removed to Friendship. Allegany county, where she died about 1896, leaving three children, Daniel H .. Mary and Julia.
Sarah, daughter of Daniel C. Henderson. married James W. Bragg and lived at Nor- way, N. Y., where she died about 1865. leaving two children : Helen and Horace. who still live in Norway, Herkimer county. New York.
ROSS Ross is one of the most ancient and distinguished Scotch sur- names. George Ross, the first of the name in New England, born in Scotland in 1635, settled in early life at New Haven. Connecticut : removed to Albany, New York, and thence in. or before 1669 to Elizabethtown, New Jersey, where many generations of his descendants have lived. As early as 1700 we find at Killingly, Wind- ham county, Connecticut, Daniel Ross, who
was living in the adjoining parish of Scot- land in the same county, in 1731.
(I) Simeon Ross, the first of the lineage of this family in Connecticut, may have been related to the Windham county fam- ily. He settled in Litchfield. Litchfield county, and married Mary -. His wife died in 1777, and was the first person buried in the South Farms west burying ground. Children: Daniel (?) was of Litchfield county, in 1790, having two males over six- teen, two under that age, and two females in his family: Simeon, born at Litchfield, June 29, 1753: Asher. January 20, 1755; mentioned below: Sarah, July 8. 1758; Mercy, May 6, 1761 ; Elizabeth, January 12, 1763.
(II) Asher, son of Simeon Ross, was born at Litchfield, January 20, 1755. He settled in Kent, Litchfield county, and about 1;go removed to the Royal Grant in north- ern New York, locating there about 1800. He cleared a farm and lived there the rest of his life. He died about 1828. Children : Noble, Samuel, John, William, Watson, Amanda and Sophia. Samuel and John L. Ross became prominent physicians in west- ern New York.
(III) Noble, son of Asher Ross, was born in Kent. Connecticut. December 26. 1782. He had a common school education. and learned the trade of carpenter and mill- wright, which he followed at Norway, New York, until 1806, the time of his marriage. He then settled on a farm in Herkimer county. He was a skillful mechanic and a prosperous farmer. Ile was captain of a company of state militia and served in the war of 1812. In politics he was a Demo- crat. A man of integrity and good judg- ment. he was held in high esteem by all who knew him. He married Tempa, daughter of Reuben Kelsey. Chiklren, born in Herki- mer county : 1. Dayton, February 5. 1807. 2. Charles H., May 5. 1809. died young. 3. Eliza. September 24, 1811. 4. Charles. June 28, 1813. mentioned below. 5. Je- mima. September 21, 1815. 6. Dan K., De-
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cember 15, 1817. 7. Chauncey, January 22, years and then purchased. He has made it 1819. 8. Corinne C., April 24. 1822. 9. Lester E., April 18, 1824. 10. Emily M., April 21, 1826. 11. Sophia I., November 28, 1828. 12. Almeda G .. August 17, 1831. Of this family, Corinne C., Emily M. and Almeda were living in 1910.
(IV) Charles, son of Noble Ross, was born in Herkimer county. June 28, 1813. He attended the public schools, and learned the trade of carpenter when a young man. He had a farm, 'and also followed his trade throughout his active life. In 1838 he moved to Lewis county and settled on a farm in Martinsburg, where he lived for eighteen years. In 1860 he moved to a farm in Lowville where his son Howard now resides, and in 1878 he moved to the village of Lowville, where he spent his last years working at his trade. He was captain of the militia company at Norway, Herki- mer county. In politics he was a Republi- can, in religion a Methodist. He died at Lowville, February 8, 1901. He married (first) January 4. 1838. Susannah, daugh- ter of Samuel Carpenter, of Norway, New York. He married ( second ) June 28, 1893. Mrs. Mary J. Lewis, who survives him. Children of first wife: I. Watson Frank- lin, born July 16, 1839. 2. Eugenia Viola. March 7, 1841. 3. Helen M .. March 17. 1843. 4. Walter Delavan, July 20. 18.45. 5. Samuel Noble, December 3, 1846. 6. Erwin Mandeville. December 12. 1849. 7. Orvilla Jackson, August 28, 1850. 8. Den- nis Farwell, May S. 1853. 9. Howard De- loss, October 1. 1855. 10. Charles DeWitt. January 14. 1857. 11. Herman J., July 1. 1858. 12. Susanna Victor. April 21. 1860. 13. Frederick M. S., June 10. 1862. (V) Howard Deloss, son of Charles Ross, was born in Martinsburg. Lewis coun- ty, New York, October 1. 1855, and was educated in the district schools and Lowville Academy. After teaching school two win- ters he chose agriculture for an occupation. settling March 10, 1870. on the homestead. which he leased for a period of thirteen
one of the finest and most profitable dairy farms in the county. In 1908 he took his two sons into partnership with him as H. D Ross & Sons. He has a large herd of teste ! Holsteins and Jerseys. Individual record. are kept with each cow, and the cows Te- main in the herd only upon their merits production. For many years the milk has been retailed in Lowville, and since 1908 they have built and equipped sanitary stable- of concrete and iron construction through- out, the sand, gravel, and stones being ob- tained from their pits, which are located within fifty rods of the buildings. Since 1909 they have been actively engaged in concrete construction throughout the coun- ty, having the first power mixer and equip- ment in the township. They make a busi- ness of breeding and growing farm seed- of all kinds. and are also agents for a !! kinds of farm equipments, lime and ferti- lizers. The Homestead has been named "Rossdale," and has been Mr. Ross' home since he was five years old.
Mr. Ross and family are members ci the Lowville Grange. No. 71, Patrons of Husbandry, of which he was master ier three years. He is a prominent member and deacon of the Baptist church of Lowville. In politics he is a Republican. He mar- ried, January 28. 1879. Frankie J. Bowen. born at Lowville, January 18. 1858. daugh- ter of Orrin and Deborah ( Jacobs) Bowe" Mrs. Ross is a member of the local chip- ter, Order of the Eastern Star. Children : I. Jesse H., born January 24. 1881 : 46: cated in public schools of Lowville, Lowvi ... Academy, and a business college; as". ated with his father in farming, and one .: the corporation ; he is a member of the local lodge of Odd Fellows. No. 759. also Orie. tal Encampment, No. 135, of Carthase. New York. Married. August 19. 19 Amelia S. Miller : children : Charles Ilo: : ard and Clarence Theodore. 2. Orrin F born October 10, 1885. educated at Lo ville Academy and the New York Str
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College of Agriculture at Cornell Univer- sity; associated in farming and building with his father in the corporation : is a mem- ber of the local lodge. Free and Accepted Masons. No. 134. 3. Ethel L., born .April 14, 1890: educated at Lowville Academy. 4. Clara L., born June 6, 1893. educated at Lowville Academy. Four other children died in infancy.
PEEBLES The family name of Peebles was prominent in Scotland before 1296. The family name was taken from the town where the family had its seat. Pebbles or Peebleshire. Scotland. Several of the family appeared on the famous Ragman's Roll. the first list of Scottish nobility that has been preserved. The term "Ragman Roll" had its origin, says Hanna, in good-humored banter, and far from being intended in any way to wound Scottish susceptibility, was a merry allusion to what. in the middle ages, was a famous diversion of the ladies. Ragman. or King Ragman, was a game much ai- fected in Anglo-Norman society in the thir- teenth century-a number of characters. good. bad and indifferent. were written in couplets consecutively on a sheet of parch- ment. To each character a string was at- tached, having a piece of wax or metal at the tip. This sheet when rolled up was called a Ragman's Roll: each person play- ing. drew a character by pulling a string which he or she maintained for the remain- der of the evening. When the Scottish baronage swore fealty to Edward I, of Eng- land. at Berwick in 1291. their names were written down in French by Edward's Nor- man scribes, and the seals of such as had them were attached by small strips of parch- ment. The rolls containing the signatures. when made up with a mass of seals depend- ant from them, had each much the appear- ance of this game of Ragman; and that name having probably been given it jokingly by some of the young courtiers in attend- ance, has stuck to this important state paper
ever since. By far the greater number of signatures was obtained on the occasion of Edward's progress through Scotland in 1296. Among the signers were Frere Thomas. master de la meson de la Seinte Croice de Peebles, Peebleshire. (Brother Thomas of the House of the Holy Cross of Peebles) : John visaire del Eglise de Peebles : La Communaute de Peebles.
The family has been prominent not only in the early Roman Catholic church be- fore the reformation, but later in the Scotch Presbyterian church. Dr. Robert Peebles was canon of Glasgow in 1322 and lord great chamberlain of Scotland. John Peebles was archdeacon of St. Andrews; in 1377 lord chancellor of Scotland. William Peebles, of Peebles, 'was a member of the Scotch parliament in 1468: William Peebles, of Pendor, Lanarkshire. in 1544. and Oli- ver Peebles, of Perthshire, in 1572-90-97. In 1322 Lord William. of Peebles, prior of the Monastery of Melrose, Scotland, was killed by the English, and his body cast forth upon the high altar.
The first of the name to go from Scot- land to Ireland, and the probable ancestor of the American family of Peebles men- tioned below, was Rev. Thomas Peebles or Pebbles, who before 1642 was chaplain or minister to the Scottish regiment of Colonel Egleston, and went with the regiment to Ireland. In 1641 twenty thousand English Protestants and a hundred thousand Scotch- men had been settled and granted confis- cated lands in Ulster Province, Ireland. Many English emigrated to Ireland from 1610 to 1640 and came to New England. and a century later their grandsons and de- scendants furnished the second great body of emigrants to the American colonies after the famous siege of Londonderry. Thomas Peebles was one of the leaders in the Scotch Presbyterian church in Ireland. When the first presbytery was formed with only five ministers and four ruling ehlers, June 10. 1642, he was elected clerk and held the po- sition until his death, thirty years later. He
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was probably born as early as 1600. In 1646 he became the minister of Dundonald and Holyrood. This presbytery grew rapidly. When the tables were turned and his sect was persecuted, Rev. Thomas Peebles, of Dundonald, Presbytery of Downs, was on the list of ejected ministers in Ulster in 1661. In the same list appears the name of Rev. Hugh Peebles, of Lifford, possibly his son. Nine of the name were grantees of land or holders of land in Ireland. In 1890 the name seemed to have disappeared from Ireland, though the name Peoples, a family of which lives in Donegal, is prob- ably a corrupt spelling of this surname. The spelling in the early records varies widely, some of the forms given by ingenious clerks are : Peebles, Pebbles, Pebbels, Peibols, Pay- bols, Pibbles, Peabols and as many more.
(1) Robert Peebles, immigrant. was born in Ulster Province, north of Ireland, about 1680. He came with his wife and several children among the first Scotch Presby- terians who accepted the invitation of Gov- ernor Shute to come to New England. Of the first hundred families which came in the fall of 1718 many settled in Worces- ter. Robert Peebles was one of the leading men in 1722 and there is every reason to think he was among the pioneers in this re- markable emigration. These Scotch settlers at first worshipped in the oll garrison house at the north end of Worcester. When they attempted to build a church, a mob tore it down, to the disgrace of the town. But on better acquaintance. the Scotch affiliated with their English neighbors, and Robert Peebles, with others, attended the Old South Church. In 1724 he was assigned the fifth seat in the meeting house under the right of Palmer ( from whom he bought his farm). He was prominent in town affairs: was hogreeve in 1722. fenceviewer in 1723- 24, tythingman in 1725: all important of- fices in the pioneer days. In 1725 he was in such favor that he served on a committee to prevent cattle and horses not belonging to land-owners from being brought to town.
He was highway surveyor in 1726 and field driver 1726-27, declined the office of con- stable in 1728-29, but accepted it in 1732- 36-37. As constable he had the duty of "warning" out of town all newcomers, a rather disgraceful method of keeping out possible paupers and those of other religious opinions. When the meeting house was seated May 30. 1733, Robert Peebles was placed up among the leaders and pillars of the church in the second seat in the body of the church, while his two grown sons, Patrick and John, were given seats in the second pew of the long gallery. It is evi- dent that the clan feeling was not all gone, however, for most of the prominent Scotch were together in the second pew. also in the third and fifth. while the English were mostly in pews by themselves. Not entirely, however, for many of the Scotch had al- ready married into the English families.
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