Genealogical and family history of northern New York : a record of the achievements of her people in the making of a commonwealth and the founding of a nation, Volume II, Part 25

Author: Cutter, William Richard, 1847- ed
Publication date: 1910
Publisher: New York, N.Y. : Lewis Historical Publishing Co.
Number of Pages: 994


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Mr. Dominy married. November 30. 1893. in West Chazy. Esta M., born in that town. July 22. 1865. daughter of Owen J. and Caroline M. (Bond) Atwood. Her father was also born in West Chazy, and her mother was a native of Beekmantown. Children: Kenneth Hartley, born March 2, 1901: Doris Elizabeth, November 22. 1903.


Rufus Newton, descendant NEWTON of an old Massachusett family, settled in Hubbard- He had sons : Rufus. Charles and Alexander.


ton, Vermont.


(II) Alexander, son of Rufus Newton, was born in Hubbardton, in 1822, died at Forestdale, town of Brandon, Vermont. in 1905. He had a common school education. and learned the trade of cabinetmaker. lu 1855 he invented the automatic turning lathe. a contrivance of inestimable value in the wood-working business, and he engaged in manufacturing turned woodenware with much success. In 1860 he admitted to partnership in his business Edward Thomp- son under the firm name of Newton & Thompson. The firm was incorporated afterward as the Newton & Thompson Manufacturing Company, with Mr. New- ton president, and the business was contin- ued thus until Mr. Newton died. The plant was located at Forestdale in the town of Brandon. Vermont, and was one of the important industries of that village. Mr. Newton was a Republican in politics and held various offices of trust and honor. He was selectman for a number of years and held other town offices, representing the town in the state legislature. He was a member of the lodge of Free and Accepted Masons at Brandon. He married ( first) Silvia Hack: (second) Esther Austin, born at Rochester. Vermont. in 1839. died in 1908. Children of first wife: Alice. Emma. Eugene, died young. Children vi second wife: Eugene A., born July 23. 1861. farmer at Salisbury, Vermont : Irving Cassius, mentioned below : Charles, July 30. 1865. resides at Brandon: Etta. October. 1869, lives at Brandon : Viola, January 18. 1874. died February, 1870: Leila, October. 1880: married Paul Field. of Salisbury : Lucy, died in infancy.


( III) Irving Cassius, son of Alexarder Newton, was born at Brandon. Vernier January 21, 1863. He received his eark education in the public schools of his nati.c


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town. At an early age he began to work in his father's factory in summer, attending the winter terms of school. He continued in his father's employ until lie was twenty- four years old. In 1887 he entered the employ of the Vermont Investment and Guarantee Company as a clerk and contin- ued three years, making his home in the meantime at Orwell, Vermont. Since 1890 he has been auditor of the Ticonder- oga Pulp and Paper Company, and is also interested in various lumbering concerns. He is director and vice-president of the Na- tional Bank of Ticonderoga. In politics he is a Republican. He has been a trustee of the incorporated village of Ticonderoga for three years and a member of the board of education for the past seventeen years. He was made a Mason in St. Paul's Lodge at Brandon, and was a member of the Royal Arch Chapter of that town. He is now a member of Mount Defiance Lodge, No. 794. Free and Accepted Masons, and of Carillon Chapter, No. 290, Royal Arch Masons, of Ticonderoga. His family attend the Con- gregational church.


Irving C. Newton married ( first) in 1884. Emma Etta Brewster, who died a year after marriage. He married ( second) November 11. 1891. Ellen Gibbard, born at Dresden. New York, daughter of Joseph and Sarah De Long, both natives of Eng- land. Child, Cleo Grace, born at. Ticonder- oga. December 25, 1899.


Thomas Safford, immi- SAFFORD grant ancestor, was born in England and settled in New England in Ipswich, Massachusetts, before 1641. He was on the list of proprietors of the town, April 6, 1641, and was admitted a freeman, December 19. 1648. He bought a farm at Ipswich, thirty-two acres, of Henry Kings- bury. February 8. 1648. He was a sub- scriber to Denison's allowance in 1610 and had a share and a half in Plum Island. He died in February. 1666-67. His will


was dated February 20, 1666-67, and proved March 26, 1667. He gave his farm to his son Joseph on condition of his care of the father and mother and paying certain amounts to daughters, Elizabeth, Mary and Abigail. He married Elizabeth , who died March 4, 1667, at Ip-


swich. Children: I. Joseph, born 1631- 32; married Mary Baker. 2. John, men- tioned below. 3. Elizabethi. 4. Mary. 5. Abigail. One of the daughters married Klum.


(II). John, son of Thomas Safford, was born about 1633, probably in England. He settled in Ipswich, Massachusetts. He had a share in Plum Island. He gave land to his son Thomas for the maintenance of his wife and daughter. He married Sarah Children : I. Jolin, mentioned below. 2. Sarah, born July 14. 1664, died July 21, 1712. 3. Margaret, February 28, 1665-66. 4. Rebecca, August 30, 1667. 5. Mercy or Mary, February 26, 1669-70. 6. Elizabeth, February 27. 1670-71. 7. Thomas, October 16, 1672; married, Oc- tober 7, 1698. Eleanor Shatswell or Watch- well, widow of Richard Shatswell or Watchwell, and daughter of Daniel Cho- ney; married (second ) at Rowley, June 29. 1725. Sarah Scott; their son Joseph was a pioneer at Hardwick, where as well as at Brimfield. the adjoining town, many of his descendants have lived. 8. Joseph. born March 12, 1674-75.


(III) John (2), son of John ( 1) Saf- ford. was born in Ipswich in 1660, died Au- gust 12, 1768. He settled at Preston, Con- necticut. He removed to Norwich, Con- niecticut. as early as 1608. He married ( first ) September 15. 1685. Hannah New- man: ( second ) July II. 1702, Abigail Mar- tin, who died March 20, 1768. Children, born at Ipswich. Norwich, Canterbury and Preston : I. John. February 28, 1687-88. 2. Hannah, September 24, 1691. 3. Sarah, December 25. 1694. 4. Mary, March 5. 1697. 5. Elizabeth, January 24, 1700. 6. Margaret, April 24. 1703. 7. Joseph. Jan-


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uary 18, 1705. 8. Gideon, mentioned be- low.


(IV) Gideon, son of John (2) Safford. was born at Preston, Connecticut, March 24, 1709. He married, January 13, 1731- 32, Elizabeth Hall. Children, born at Pres- ton : 1. Mary. September 1. 1732. 2. Thomas, October 15, 1735. 3. Elizabeth, September 17, 1737. 4. Thankful, October 15. 1739. 5. Amy, January 25, 1742. 6. Lucy, April 3. 1744. 7 .. Samuel, January 2, 1748. 8. Pagy ( daughter ), May 10. 1750. 9. Anne, July 12, 1752. 10. Gid- eon, mentioned below.


(V) Gideon (2), son of Gideon ( 1) Saf- ford, was born at Preston, New London county. Connecticut. November 4. 1754. According to the family he was an officer in the revolution, but his record does not appear. The revolutionary rolls, however. are by no means complete, and many men have been pensioned whose names are not on the rolls as preserved. He was an or- derly sergeant in rank and fought at Fort Griswold. He removed t, Salem, New York, in 1784. after the war, and lived there the remainder of his life. In 1790, according to the federal census, he was liv- ing at Salem and had in his family three sons under sixteen and four females. He married Lucy Freeman. Children: Gid- eon. Nathan, Thomas, Aden, Chester, Hannah, Matilda. Lucy, Mary, Elizabeth. Phebe and Sarah.


(VI) Gideon (3), son of Gideon (2) Safford, was born at New London, Connec- ticut, November 20. 1778, died at Glens Falls, New York. Ile married Jane Orr, born May 25, 1770. Children, born in Ar- gyle, Washington county. New York : Eliz- abeth, Martha. Luey. Sarah, Esther, Charles and Gideon Orr, mentioned belon.


(VII) Gideon Orr. son of Gideon (3) Safford, was born in Argyle, Washington . county, New York, February 10, 1809. died there in 1877. He was educated there in the district schools and followed farming. His father and grandfather were also far-


mers. He married Jane, born at Argyle.


New York, January 17, 1813. died ISgo. daughter of John and Jane ( Taylor ) Me- Coy. granddaughter of William and Nancy (Smith) McCoy. Her grandfather Mc- Coy was born in Ireland, and came to America in 1790. Children of Gideon and Jane Safford : I. Jane Elizabeth, born


.April 30. 1839. 2. John Gideon. February 14. 1841. 3. Sarah Mary, February 7. 1843. 4. Thomas Archibald, December 27. 1844. 5. Charles Henry, November 12. 1846. 6. Edwin Ruthven, mentioned be-


low. 7. Newell Alexander. October 9. 1850. 8. George McCoy, November 24. 1853. 9. Theodore Taylor, March 10. 18:8.


(VIII) Edwin Ruthven, son of Gideon Orr Safford, was born at Argyle, Novem- ber 28, 1818. He attended the public schools and Fort Edward Institute. He studied law in the office of Brown & Shel- don, Glens Falls, New York, was gradu- ated from the Albany Law School and ad- mitted to the Albany county bar in the early seventies. He located at Glens Falls, and has since then made his home in that town. He is now judge of the city court of Glens Falls. In politics he is a Republican. He is an elder of the Presbyterian church of Glens Falls. He married, May 23, 18;8. Nellie. daughter of George W. and Sarah ( Hamilton ) Sisson, now of Potsdam. Chil- dren : 1. Edwin Ruthven, mentioned be- low. 2. Grace Sisson, born at Glens Falls. June 21, 1881 : married Emmet H. Wilson. a lawyer of Los Angeles, California. 3. Rufus Lasher, born at Glens Falls, Novem- ber 30. 1886, died November, 1908. Helen Cornelia, born at Glens Falls. August 12, 1892. 5. Theodore, June 30, 1804. 6. George, September 10, 1899.


(IX) Edwin Ruthven Safford. Jr .. soy of Edwin Ruthven Safford. was born at (ilens Falls. April 15, 1880. He graduated at the Glens Falls Academy, class of Isoo He went to work in 1896 for the Sherma !! Lumber Company of Potsdam, of which his


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grandfather, George W. Sisson, is presi- dent, and has continued with that concern to the present time. He was chosen assist- ant treasurer of the company when the busi- ness was incorporated in 1903. and since then has been located at the manufacturing plant at Tupper Lake, New York. In poli- tics he is a Republican, and he has served as trustee of the incorporated village of Tupper Lake. He is a member of Mount Arab Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons, of Tupper Lake: of Wanneta Chapter. Royal Arch Masons, of Saranac Lake : of Franklin Commandery, Knights Templar, of Malone ; of Karnak Temple. Mystic Shrine, of Mon- treal. Canada. He is a member of the Presbyterian church.


The first Burdick record in BURDICK America appears to be Rob- ert Burdick. of Westerly, Rhode Island, who died in 1692. He was a freeman of Newport in 1655, and of Westerly. November 1. 1661. He and To- bias Sanders were arrested and brought be- fore Sir John Endicott charged with "forciable entry and intrusion" into the bounds of Southertown in the Pequot coun- try. He admitted he was upon the same lands and had built a small house there. They were committed to prison. both re- fusing to find security for appearance at general court. May 18, 1669. he was in a list of inhabitants of Westerly. May 17. 1671, he took the oath of allegiance. July. 1675. he and his family went to Newport on account of Indian troubles, but returned subsequently to Westerly. September 17. 1679. he again took the oath of allegiance. In 1680-83-85 he was deputy to the general court from Westerly. May 17, 1691. he and wife Ruth sold one hundred acres of land for ten pounds. March 8. 1692. he made an agreement with his son-in-law. Jo- seph Crandall. by which the latter was to take care of his father-in-law and find him with Suitable "meat, drink, washing, lodg- ing and apparel, etc." for life in consider-


ation of which Joseph Crandall was to have the dwelling house and land adjoining for- ever. He died October 25. 1692. He mar- ried. November 2. 1655. Ruth, born Janu- ary 11. 1640, died 1691. daughter of Sam- uel and Tacy ( Cooper ) Hubbard. Chil- dren: 1. Robert, married Dorcas Lewis. 2. A son, died in 1683. 3. Hubbard. died in 1758 : married Hannah Maxson, died 1752: children: Hubbard. John. John and Eze- kiel. 4. Thomas, married ( first ) Martha --: ( second ) Penelope Rhodes. 5. Na- omi. married Jonathan Rogers, and had a daughter. Content. 6. Ruth, married, in 1682, John Phillips. 7. Benjamin, died 1741 ; married (first ) Mary -: ( sec- ond ) Jane Shelley, a widow : by first wife he had Mary. Rachel. Peter. Benjamin. John. David. William and Elisha : Benjamin was a deacon of the Seventh Day Baptist Church. S. Samuel, married Mary --. 9. Tacy. see forward. 10. Deborah, married Joseph Crandall: died 1735; had John and Joseph Crandall.


Tacy, third daughter and ninth child of Robert and Ruth ( Hubbard ) Burdick, died 1747. She married Joseph Maxson, born 1672. died September. 1750, son of John and Mary ( Moshier) Maxson. Children : Joseph, John. Tacy, Mary, Judith, Ruth and Elizabeth.


.- daughter of Joseph and Tacy ( Burdick) Maxson, married a Burdick. This missing generation cannot be named. The same generation intermarried with the Greene family of Rensselaer county and northern New York. The names of Tacy and Maxson appear frequently, and in church relation they were the same. Seventh Day Baptists.


( I) Matthew T .. son of Matthew Bur- diek, and great-grandson of Robert and Ruth ( Hubbard) Burdick, of West- erly, Rhode Island, was born in Rhode Is- land about 1,80. He had brothers: Na- than. Nathaniel. Benjamin. Edward and Cal- vin : also one sister. Syble. When a young man he removed to Hudson. New York,


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where he settled on a farm. He remained several years in Columbia county, then in 1828 with wife and three children removed to Lewis county, New York. where he took up a farm in the then wilderness. With the aid of his sons as they grew to a helpful age he cleared his farin of timber, adding field by field until he had two hundred acres under cultivation, lying in the town of Tu- rin. He became a prominent figure in the town ; served as justice of the peace for sey- eral years, and as "Squire Burdick" was known far and near. He was also overseer of the poor of the town. He was reared in the faith of the Seventh Day Baptists, but in later years was an attendant of the Meth- odist Episcopal church. He was a lifelong Democrat. He married Beersheba Post. born in Hudson, New York, who bore him twelve children, the first three born in Co- lumbia county, the remainder in Lewis coun- ty : Albert, see forward: Thomas. Abel, Maria, Daniel, Warren, Henrietta. Alvin, Nathan M., Henry, John and Susan. Ten of these children married and reared fam- ilies.


(II) Albert, eldest son of Matthew T. and Beersheba ( Post ) Burdick, was born in Co- lumbia county, New York, about 1820. Ile was reared on the homestead farm in Lewis county. He remained on the farm with his father until attaining his majority, then purchased land in the same town ( Turin ) and founded a home for himself and fam- ily. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically he was a Whig, and later a Republican. He mar- ried, May 16. 1844. Emily Berrus. born in Richmond, New Hampshire, August 9, 1814. daughter of Calvin and Orphia ( Wooley ) Berrus, who came to Leyden, Lewis county, New York. Children : A child who died in infancy: Luther Calvin. see forward: Eli Albert : Elhanan Dwight, see forward ; Jefferson M .. died in infancy ; Jefferson M. : Franklin G., see forward.


( III) Luther Calvin, second child of Al- bert and Emily ( Berrus) Burdick, was born


April 7, 1846. He received his early educa tion in the common schools and this was supplemented by a course at Lowville Acad- emy. In 1863 he received from Professor Henry Clay Northam his first license or au- thority to teach in the public schools of New York state. He taught for eight consecu- tive winters in the schools of Lewis county. In 1872 he removed to Greig in the same county, where for the following ten years he was engaged in niercantile business. In 1882 he removed to Lowville. purchased the business block on State street, near Day- an, and established a grocery, restaurant and bakery. He remained in that location two years. On October 13, 1883. he re- moved to a more favorable location and founded his present general merchandising establishment. He is now one of the oldes merchants in Lowville and has had a busi- ness career of uninterrupted success. His life has been a busy one, and the prosperity he now enjoys has been well earned and richly deserved. While in Greig he was supervisor of the town, town clerk for sex- eral years and postmaster for nine year- For three years he was coroner of Lewis county, and a term superintendent of thit poor of the county. He has always been :. Democrat and these offices have been re ceived from that party. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. He affiliates ir .- ternally with the Masonic order, belonging to Lowville Lodge. No. 134. and Lowvil'r Chapter, No. 223.


Luther C. Burdick married, June 1867. Sarah M. Stephens, born in We Turin, February 7, 1853. daughter Charles (2), born in West Turin. and Mas daline ( Wise ) Stephens, born in Alsito France, granddaughter of Charles (1) S: phens, who was born in Germany. ( dren of Luther C. and Sarah M. ( Stephen. Burdick: 1. Albert C., born August 1 1871 : a merchant of Lowville. 2. Chark M., August 25, 1873 ; graduated from Wil- liams College : studied medicine at the Boi- falo Medical College; now assistant ster


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(III) Elhanan Dwight, fourth son of Albert and Emily ( Berrus ) Burdick, was born in Turin, Lewis county, New York, April 14. 1851. died December 24. 1907, and was buried with full Masonic honors. He was reared on the farm and educated in the public schools. When a young man he left the farm for a business life. He located in Glenfield, Lewis county, established a gen- eral store, and for thirty years continued his successful mercantile career in that town. During four of these years he was also the proprietor of the "Higby House," of Glen- field. He was actively engaged in busi- ness until one year prior to his death. when he retired and was succeeded by his son Spencer and son-in-law. Edwin E. Gray. He was a Republican in politics; served eight years as justice of the peace, and was postmaster of Glenfield for seven years. He was a member of Turin Lodge. Free and Accepted Masons, and Lowville Chapter. Royal Arch Masons. He was a successful business man and an honorable and highly respected citizen. He married. November 16, 1869. Delaphine A., born in Greig, New York, May 7. 1851. daughter of Wellington C. and Jane J. ( Harris ) Brown. Children : 1. Carrie E., born in Greig, May 3. 1871 ; married Charles A. O'Hara; children : Ber- nard D., born September 17, 1897, and .Al- ton C., November 9. 1905. 2. Ella J., born in Turin, January 2. 1873: married George M. Lawton, now of Scriba, Oswego county. New York; children : Mahlon E .. born Sep- tember 25. 1809: Muriel S., December 29. 1901, and Harriett Delaphine, August. 1907. 3. Spencer E., see forward. 4. Harry D., see forward. 5. Bertha, born in Glenfield, April 25. 1886; married, June 7. 1905, Ed- win E. Gray, now of the firm of Burdick & Gray, general merchants, Glenfield, New York. 6. Wallace, see forward.


Wellington C. Brown was born in New York. December 5. 1824. a son of John C. and Zada ( Mead , Brown. He was reared


on a farm and when a young man came to Lewis county and settled in the town of Greig, where he followed farming : also en- gaged for a time in the mercantile business. He married ( first ) Jane Harris, by whom he had seven children: Edna A., Charles P., Harriett, Delaphine A., Antoinette MI., Florence I., Wellington. Mrs. Brown died January 12, 1863. He married (second ) Annie Wardwell: no issue. He married (third) Naomi Utley: one child. Carrie. He married ( fourth ) Amy Simmons. Dur- ing the civil war he enlisted in Company F., One Hundred and Eighty-sixth New York Volunteer Infantry, of which he was order- ly sergeant. His son, Charles P., served in the same company and regiment. He was a prosperous man. A member of the Bap- tist church, and politically a Republican. He died April 7. 1883.


(III) Franklin G., youngest son of Al- bert and Emily ( Berrus ) Burdick, was born in Turin, Lewis county, New York. April 19. 1858. He was educated in the common schools and at Lowville Academy. Until he was nineteen he worked on his father's farm. In 1876 he entered mercantile life with his brother. E. D. Burdick. He con- ducted a butcher business for three years, 1877-78-79. in company with his brother, Jefferson M .. under the firm name of F. G. Burdick & Company. The firm dissolved in 1870, when he went in company with his brother. L. C. Burdick. in general merchan- dising. In 188t he purchased his brother's interest. In 1884 he purchased the hotel at Greig, conducting both stores and hotel un- til December. 1884. when he sold out his interest in both. During the years 1885-87 he was in charge of the Lewis County Asy- lum. In 1889. in company with H. B. Al- guire, he was engaged in the butcher busi- ness, and in isgo with Charles N. Bur- dick. In 1801 he built the "Otten Lake" Hotel at Herkimer, New York. a summer resort, that he successfully conducted for nine years. In April. 1900, he purchased the "Burdick House" at Glenfield, which he


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conducted until May, 1909, and then selling out he retired from active business life. He is a lifelong Democrat. and while in Greig held the office of postmaster for several years. He was supervisor of the town, jus- tice of the peace and notary public. He is a member of Lowville Lodge. Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Turin Lodge. No. 184, Free and Accepted Masons. He mar- ried; June 12, 1883, Katherine, born in New Bremen, August 15. 1863, daughter of Balthasar and Barbara ( Duffer) Kirsch- ner. Her father was a native of Alsace (then France, now Germany ). Children : 1. Frances Grace, born in Greig. New York, December 28, 1884; educated at Lowville Academy and Massachusetts Normal Col- lege at Lowell : now a teacher in the public schools of Springfield, Massachusetts. 2. Bernice E., born in Martinsburg, New York, March 26, 1899.


(IV ) Spencer E., eldest son of Elhanan Dwight and Delaphine A. (Brown ) Bur- dick, was born in Turin, New York, No- veinber 26, 1874. He was educated in the public schools and at Lowville Academy. His entire business life has been in mer- chandising. On leaving school he entered his father's store in Glenfield as clerk, con- tinuing until 1906, when his father retired. He then, in company with Edwin Gray. purchased the business, and under the firm name of Burdick & Gray are conducting a most successful general store business, sec- ond to none in Lewis county. lle is a Democrat in politics, and is a member of Turin Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons; Lowville Chapter. No. 223. Royal Arch Masons; Watertown Commandery. No. IL. Knights Templar: Media Temple. Mystic Shrine; and Lowville Lodge. Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married. March 25, 1901. Mary E .. daughter of S. 11. and Ada (Chapman ) Oliver, of Glenfield. Chil- dren: Ada Dorothea, born March 21. 1903: Matilda Oliver. September 19. 1904: El- hanan De Forrest. December 6. 1905 : Sarah Elizabeth, August 20, 1907.


(IV) Harry D., second son of Elhanan Dwight and Delaphine A. (Brown) Bur- dick, was born December 21, 1877. in Glen- field, Lewis county, New York. He was educated in the common schools, and. after leaving school. entered the employ of his father as clerk of the "Higby House," then one of his father's enterprises. Later he established on his own account a livery busi- ness in Glenfield. He subsequently pur- chased the hotel at Dallsville, Lewis county, which he conducted for two years. Return- ing to Glenfield, he repurchased his old liv- ery business, remaining three years, adding a sales department. In May, 1909, he pur- chased the "Burdick House" in Glenfield, and is now the proprietor of that hostelry, also retaining his livery and sales stables. In politics he is an Independent and is now serving as deputy sheriff of Lewis county. He is a member of Lowville Lodge, No. 759, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He married, July 19, 1900. Sara, born March 17. 1881, daughter of Edward and Ida ( Leland ) Burdick, of Greig. Children : Eileen Louisa. died in infancy; Delaphine Ida, born September 22, 1901 : Florence Cornelia. October 1, 1902: Madeline Sara. December 2. 1903: Elhanan Dou. October 7, 1905 : Marjorie Ella, December 14, 1907; Helen Dorothy, January 15. 1910.


( IV) Wallace, youngest son of Elhanan Dwight and Delaphine A. ( Brown ) Bur- dick, was born in Glenfield, New York, Sep- tember 8, 1883. He was educated in the public schools and at the Utica School of Commerce. After completing his education he entered his father's store, where he was employed as bookkeeper for nine years. In May. 1909. he purchased the "Windsor Ho- tel" at Lowville, and is now conducting that most popular hostelry, probably the best known leading place of entertainment in northern New York. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of Lowville Lodge. No. 759. Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows. He married. November 16. 1907. Grace K., born in Carthage. Jefferson coun-




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