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bility. He is a member of Mount Defiance Lodge, No. 794, Free and Accepted Ma- sons, of Ticonderoga, and is a past master of the lodge. He married, July 25, 1860, Persis Pamelia, born at Williamstown, Ver- mont, daughter of Deacon Orcutt and Mary ( Davis ) Abbott. Children: I. Georgi- anna, born at Williamstown, Vermont, died aged thirty. 2. Charles Edward, born at Ticonderoga : killed on the railroad at the age of twenty years.
Joseph Bright Estes was born ESTES in 1817, and died in January. 1867. He lived at Bangor and Brasher, New York. He was educated in the public schools and was a carriage builder by trade. For a number of years he was employed in the Brasher Iron Works. He was a member of the Metho- dist church. and took an active part in its work. He married, Abigail L. Lawrence, for his second wife. She died in 1888.
(II ) Fayette B. Estes, only child of Jo- seph Bright and Abigail L. (Lawrence ) Estes, was born in Bangor. New York. January 23. 1866. He was educated in the public schools and at the Potsdam State Normal School. He was then clerk in the Brook store at Potsdam, New York, for seven years. After taking a course in the Rochester Business College he embarked in business as a general merchant in the firm of Lawrence & Estes. At the end of four years he sold his interest in the busi- ness to his partner and went to work for the Aetna Life Insurance Company. He was unusually successful in this line of work, and in 1898 was appointed manager for northern New York of the business of the Aetna Company. He had an office at Malone. New York, and established a flour- ishing real estate agency there. He is sec- retary and treasurer of the Lawrence Land Company, and president of the Porter- Estes Realty Company of Malone. MIr. Estes is one of the substantial business men of Malone, and a factor in real estate and
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financial affairs. He is treasurer and man- ager of some large real estate enterprises in the borough of Queens, New York City. He is well known in Masonic circles in northern New York, a member of Northern Constellation Lodge: of Northern Constel- lation Chapter, Royal Arch Masons; of Franklin Commandery, Knights Templar ; of Media Temple, Mystic Shrine, of Water- town. New York: of Neshoba Lodge of Odd Fellows; Neshoba Encampment : of Wheeler Camp, Woodmen: of the Knights of Maccabees; and the Independent Order of Foresters. He also belongs to the Ma- lone Club. In religion he is a Presbyterian. and in politics, Republican. He married, December 5. 1894. Sarah A., daughter of Sanford A. and Esther ( Keeler ) Childs. Child : Marion, born October 31. 1896.
MYERS John Myers was born in Ire- land, but early in life enlisted in the British army and came to Canada with his regiment. After his term expired he made his home in this country. He was for many years agent of the Champlain Transportation Company and also agent for the Champlain & St. Lawrence Railroad, which is now part of the Grand Trunk Railroad system. He was located at Rouse's Point, New York. He formerly lived at Burlington, Vermont. He was widely known as an active. enter- prising and capable railroad man. He married (first ) Anne O'Brien: ( second ) in Burling- ton, Anna Tague: (third ) Alice McCor- mick. Child of first wife : Patrick Henry, lived at Rouse's Point: married Catharine Weldeon ; child : Henry S. now of Rouse's Point. Children of second wife. I. Francis William, born July 20, 1837 ; mentioned be- low. 2. William, died in infancy. 3. Dr. John T., served three years in the Union army in the civil war: mustered October 19, 1861, as assistant surgeon Ninety-first New York Regiment : discharged July 23. 1863, to become surgeon of the Fifty-ninth New York Regiment, and was brevetedl cap-
tain of New York Volunteers; was in the hospital service in New York City for a time after the war, and was afterward con- tract surgeon for the United States army at Key West. Florida. where he died un- married 4. Mary Josephine, born April I. 1842, died October 22, 1888; married. 1866. Michael B. MeDonough, born October 16, 1842, died March 9, 1906; children: I. John Francis McDonough, born January 5. 1869. at Burlington, Vermont. married Mary E. Collopy. 2. Mary Loretta Mc- Donough, born June 19. 1871; married Herbert A. Trombly. Child of third wife : Alice H., born 1860. at Rouse's Point ; mar- ried John H. Moffitt. of Plattsburgh, New York.
(II) Francis William, son of John My- ers, was born July 20. 1837. at Burlington." died August 7, 1908. at Rouse's Point. He was educated in the public schools, and when a young man became a railroad con- ductor. In 1860 he embarked in the cus- tom-house brokerage business at Rouse's Point and was very successful in his busi- ness career. He was an active and useful citizen, of high character and public spirit, kindly and charitable to the unfortunate. and was one of the best known men of his day in this section. He married. July 16. 1861, at St Johns, Canada, Margaret MI. Rossiter, born at St. Johns, in 1835, died March 12. 1907, daughter of John and Margaret ( Monaghan ) Rossiter of St. Johns. Children : 1. Annie B., born July 2, 1862. died July 4. 1902; married, June 23, 1885. Robert M. Casey; children: i. Joseph C., May 16, 1886: ii. Margaret A .. June 5, 1887 : iii. Alice M., March 13, 188): iv. J. Francis. August 14. 1891 : v. William Rossiter, January 8, 1893; vi. Robert E .. April 24. 1895. 2. John Rossiter, men- tioned below.
( III) John Rossiter, son of Francis Wil- liam Myers, was born January 16, 1864. He received his early education at Rouse's Point and Malone, New York, in the public schools. He then entered the employ cf
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his father and in 1882 was admitted to part- nership. Since his father's death he has continued in the brokerage business alone, with continued success, doing business un- der the old firm name. He has taken an active part in public affairs and was at one time supervisor of the town. He has also been a school trustee and is now a trustee of the public library. In politics he is a Republican. He married, January 19, 1886, at Rouse's Point. Anna Hinman, born at Weedsport, New York, daughter of George Humphrey. They have no children.
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MCCORMICK grant ancestor, was born, in Ireland. about 1763. He came to this country and was a pioneer in northern New York. He set- tled about 1838 in Oswegatchie, St. Law- rence county, and followed farming there. He died in 1853. at the advanced age of ninety years. He married twice, his second wife being Mary Burns, born 1798. died in 1874. Children by second wife: Michael (mentioned below ), Ann, Rose, Ellen and Eliza.
(II) Michael, son of John McCormick, was born in Ireland, in 1826, and died in Os- wegatchie, New York, December 19. 1908. He came to America with his father when he was about twelve years old. He had some schooling in his native place and also in the common schools of Oswegatchie. He worked on his father's farm. When he left home he became a clerk in a wholesale grocery house in Ogdensburg. When his father died he succeeded to the homestead. and he returned to Oswegatchie and con- dlucted the farm there the rest of his days. He was a Democrat in politics. He married, in January, 1853. Amanda Olds, born in Greenbush, Ontario, in 1838. died in Oswe- gatchie, June 15, 1907. daughter of David and Rhoda (Taggart ) Olds. Her mother was a native of Scotland. Children: 1. Eliza, married John Gilmour, a farmer of Oswegatchie : children : Charles J., Elmer.
Stanley Mack, John Harold and Lydia Gil- mour. 2. John David, lives on homestead farm at Oswegatchie; married Elizabeth Day, and had Edith Day. 3. Burton D., mentioned below.
( III) Burton Davidson, son of Michael McCormick, was born at Oswegatchie, Sep- tember 26, 1876. He attended the district schools of his native town and the Ogdens- burg Free Academy, graduating in 1898. and entered St. Lawrence University, from which he was graduated in the class of 1902. He was appointed principal of the Tupper Lake high school in 1902, and super- intendent of. the schools of the district. in charge of seven schools, and has held these positions to the present time. In politics he is a Republican, and he was a member of the Republican county committee 1907- 08. He was a delegate to the county con- ventions of 190; and 1908, and was a can- didate for school commissioner in this dis- trict in 1908. He is a member of Mount Arab Lodge, No. 847, Free and Accepted Masons, of Tupper Lake; of Mt. Morris Chapter. No. 361, Royal Arch Masons; of the Order of the Eastern Star ; and of Alta- mont Lodge, No. 609, and Encampment No. 122, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Tupper Lake. He attends the Methodist Episcopal church and is a teacher in the Sunday school. He married. August 1, 1906, Lena Bernice Broadway, born in Syracuse. New York, December 8. 1880, daughter of Rev. Dr. Augustine and Mary Elizabeth ( Winskell ) Broadway. Her father was born in England. November 16, 1854, and came here with his father when he was thirteen years old. The grand- father returned to England and died there. Mary Elizabeth Winskell was born near Brantford. Canada, June 19. 1856. Dr. Broadway is a graduate of Syracuse Uni- versity and a well-known Methodist clergy- man, a member of the Central New York Conference, located at present at Waterloo. Children : i. Lena, mentioned above, also a graduate of Syracuse University in the class
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of 1905; ii. Wilhelmina Broadway, born April 29, 1885, died in infancy; iii. Ken- neth Broadway, born August 15, 1890. Children of Burton D. and Lena McCor- mick: Helen Constance, born March 5. 1908, and Arthur Edwin. January 21, 1910.
KEMP Simon Kemp, born in Scotland. died in Edinburgh, Scotland. He had a liberal education and was an educator and writer of note, having a private academy for many years in Edin- burgh. He was prominent in the temper- ance movement. He married Wilhelmina Burns. Children : 1. James. 2. Rev. Alex- ander Ferrie, who was a Presbyterian min- ister : came to Canada as chaplain of a regi- ment of Highlanders: became pastor of St. Gabriel's Presbyterian church at Montreal : was first president of the Ottawa Ladies' College ; editor of the Canada Presbyterian : pastor of the Presbyterian church at Joliet. Illinois. 3. Simon, was a master mariner : died at sea: had charge of a government transport in the Crimean war.
(II) James, son of Simon Kemp, was born in Port Glasgow, Scotland, 1828, died in British Columbia. 1894. He was a col- lege graduate and a teacher in Scotland : came to Canada in 1854 and was a teacher of the classics in the Montreal high school : principal of the Royal Arthur School: re- moved to British Columbia and engaged in the real estate business, which he carried on the remainder of his life. He married (first) in Scotland. Jessie Laurie. a native of the Shetland Isles: children: 1. James Alexander. now a builder and contractor of Los Angeles, California. 2. William B., a marine engineer of Vancouver, British Columbia. He married (second ) in 1868. Margaret Patterson, of Montreal. born in 1839. died in 1874: children of second wife : 3. Patrick Arkley. mentioned below. 4. Margaret Stanley, principal of the Winne- bago. Minnesota, high school.
(III) Patrick Arkley, son of James Kemp. was born in Montreal, Canada,
March 23. 1869. He attended the schools of his native city, and began his business career as clerk in the auditing office of the Grand Trunk Railroad at Montreal. After a year he went to British Columbia, where he fol- lowed ranching for three years. In 1888 he became a compositor in the office of the Montreal Star. and worked at his trade as printer in various offices in that city until 1893 when he bought the Huntington En- terprise at Huntington, Quebec. He con- ducted this newspaper and a printing busi- ness there until 1894 when he sold out. He worked on various newspapers during the next two years in New York and New Hampshire. He became the editor of the Adirondack, at Lake Placid, New York. where he remained from 1896 to 1899. Since then he has been editor and manager of the Tupper Lake Herald at Tupper Lake. New York. In politics he is a Republican. He is a charter member of Mount Arab Lodge, No. 847, Free and Accepted Masons. of Tupper Lake, and has been its secretary from the first. He is a member of Excelsior Lodge. No. 17. Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Huntington, Quebec: of the Inde- pendent Order of Foresters and of the Mac- cabees of Tupper Lake. In religion he is a Presbyterian. He married. in 1895, Hen- rietta. born Ticonderoga, New York, daugh- ter of Thomas and Betsey ( Manley) Sin- clair. of Ticonderoga. New York. They have no children.
Charles Stewart. of one of STEWART the oldest and most distin- guished families of Scot- land. lived in Edinburgh. He married Mary Hutchinson. Among their children was Nel- son A., mentioned below.
( II) Nelson A., son of Charles Stewart. was born in Edinburgh. Scotland, and had his early schooling there. He came to this country with his father when he was four- teen years old. and settled at Johnstown. New York. He learned the trade of mill- wright and worked as apprentice and jour-
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neyman for ten years. He then embarked in business for himself at Johnstown, New York, and had contracts for the construc- tion of most of the mills in that section. He continued in this business all his active life. He was a Democrat in politics, and for a number of years was a justice of the peace of the town. He died in 1893. He married (first ) Caroline Andrews: ( second) Paul- ine Andrews, sister of his first wife: (third) Mary Hall. Children of first wife: I. Mary. married L. C. Schermerhorn, of DeKalb. Illinois. 2. Emily, married Dil- lon B. Hutchinson, of Chicago, Illinois. 3.
Charles H., mentioned below. Children of second wife: 4. George A .. lives in Johns- town. 5. Nathaniel H., an attorney of Kalamazoo, Michigan. 6. Kitty, married Fred Taylor. of Kalamazoo. Children of third wife: 7. Nelson. 8. Chauncey. 9. William. 10. Leah.
(III ) Charles H., son of Nelson A. Stew- art, was born at Johnstown, New York, in 1848. He was educated there in the public schools and academy. He learned his father's trade, and in partnership with his brother, George A., succeeded to the millwright busi- ness established by his father. In the course of time their business developed into me- chanical engineering. in which he is en- gaged at the present time. He is active in public affairs, and has served on the board of water commissioners of Johns- town. He is a member of the local lodge of Odd Fellows and held the various offices. including that of noble grand, and has been district deputy grand master. In politics he is a Democrat. He married, in 1869. Cornelia Yest, born at Johnstown, in 1849. daughter of Jacob and Phebe ( Snyder ) Yost. Her father was also born in Jolins- town, son of Peter Yost, who came thither from Holland prior to the revolutionary war when he was sixteen years old, and en- listed as a drummer boy, then as a private and eventually became a lieutenant. Child- ren of Charles H. and Cornelia Stewart : [. Charles H., Jr., born 1871, died, aged one
year. 2. Jennie Emma, born 1873. 3. Ed- ward Yost. mentioned below. 4. Harry Snyder, born 1879, an electrical engineer in Chicago.
(IV) Edward Yost, son of Charles H. Stewart. was born in Johnstown. August 19, 1876. He attended the public schools there and a business college at Gloversville. New York. He began his business career as clerk for the American Express Com- pany, where he remained until 1898. He re- signed to take a position with the Reming- ton Arms Company, remaining until 1903. when he entered the employ of the Rem- ington Typewriter Company and continued until 1900. He has held the office of clerk of the village corporation since 1905. and has also had charge of the business of the electric light company at Ilion. In poli- tics he is a Democrat. He is a member of the local lodge of Free and Accepted Ma- sons, No. 591, and of Iroquois Chapter. No. 236, Royal Arch Masons, of Ilion. He married. September 15, 1897. Cora Louise Deupser, born at Fort Plain. New York, July 24, 1870, daughter of Conrad and Caroline ( Schmidt ) Deupser, both natives of Germany, where she spent her early childhood. They have one child, Antoinette Louise, born at Ilion, August 6. 1904.
SEARL John Searl, immigrant ances- tor, was born in England. This surname is identical with Surles, Searles, and was also spelled Sale. He was among the first settlers of Spring- field. Massachusetts, and the records of that town show that he was a lot-measurer for the proprietors as early as 1637. a pro- prietor and taxpayer in 1638. He married, March 19. 1639. Sarah Baldwin, and he died September. 1641, and was buried Sep- tember 6. His widow married ( second ). April 28. 1642, Alexander Edwards. John Searl's will was dated December 21. 1640. and proved eight days before the widow's second marriage. Child: John. mentioned below.
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(II ) John (2), son of John ( 1) Searl, was born at Springfield. May 30. 1641. He settled at Northampton, Massachusetts, and died there October 31, 1718. He was a sub- scriber to the Harvard College Fund, a well- to-do farmer. He was admitted a freeman in 1690.
John Searl married (first) July 3. 1667. Ruth, daughter of William Jones. She died November 20, 1672, and he married (second ) May 10. or 30. 1675, Mary North, who died November 5. 1726. Child- ren by first wife: 1. Child, unnamed. born and died March. 1668. 2. John, born March II, 1669, died young. 3. John, born Au- gust 6. 1670. (At the massacre March II. 1704, at Passaconnuck, John Searl anst children. Abigail, aged seven. John, aged four. and Caleb, aged two, were slain : his wife Abigail ( Pomeroy) Searl. was toma- hawked, but recovered. Elisha saved his life Ly offering to carry a bundle and was taken to Canada. He was baptized in the Roman Catholic church at Montreal, Sep- tember 29. 1705. He lived with Mr. John Baptist Beloran, Esq .. Seigneur de Blain- ville, and captain of a company of the de- tachment of the marine: John Baptist was godfather and his wife. Mary Anne le Mayne, godmother, the new name given the boy being Michael. When he was twenty- eight years of age, he returned to North- ampton, in 1722. to get his share of his father's estate. He could not speak English and was not recognized at first. It is said that he found a pair of stilts that he used to walk on, and that fact served as a means of identification. He was determined to re- turn to Canada, but finally yieldled to the inducements offered him and was commis- sioned sergeant by the general court. granted ten pounds and served at Deerfield in the war of 1724 and at Fort Dummer next year. 4. Child, died November 20. 16;2. Children of second wife: 5. James, Febru- ary 12, 1676. 6. Mary. 16;8. 7. Ebenezer, January 9. 1680. 8. Ruth. December 17. 1681. 9. Sarah, February 28. 1684. 10. Na-
thaniel, mentioned below. II. Lydia, Au- gust 22, 1688.
(III) Nathaniel, son of John (2) Searl. was born at Northampton, May 3. 1686. He had a grant of three acres and a half at Southampton in 1748. His son, Na- thaniel, Jr .. had a grant at the same time. Nathaniel Searl was the richest settler of Southampton and the only one boasting of a house of two rooms. Before the meeting- house was built. his house was used as a place of worship. His homestead was a number of rods north of the house now, or lately, owned by George W. Foley, and on the same side of the street. The cellar hole is still discernible. He entertained the council when Rev. Mr. Judd was ordained. He drew his first lot in 1730 and built about 1732-35. He had nine sons, of whom Na- thaniel is mentioned below. He had also James and Eliphaz.
(IV) Nathaniel (2), son of Nathaniel ( I) Searl, was born about 1720. He came with his father from Northampton to Southampton. His name first appears in 1748 as a grantee of land. He was an en- sign in the French and Indian war in the company of Captain Elisha Hawley. 1755. Sons or nephews of Nathaniel were Zophar. Abijah, Simeon, Darius, Bildad. Enoch. Moses. Aaron, Philip. all of Southampton, and served in the revolution.
(V) Moses, Aaron, Enoch and Philip Searl, of the above family, settled in Ad- dison county, Vermont, and had families there in 1790.
(VI) Quartus Searl, of the Vermont family mentioned above, was born October 22. 1793. in Vermont. He came with his father's family to Lewis county, New York, and settled in Lowville. He was a well-to- do farmer. He died at Lowville, May 2. 1858. He married Anna Ellsworth, born October 21, 1798. died June 12, 1859. Among their children was Gilbert, men- tioned below.
(VII) Gilbert, son of Quartus Searl, was born at Lowville, New York, May 20, 1822.
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He had a common school education, fol- lowed the occupation of farmer. and was a progressive. prominent and popular citizen. He was anti-slavery in his opinions before the war and strongly supported the adminis- tration of President Lincoln. He was hon- est. industrious and persevering. and accu- mulated a handsome property. His home was known as "The Willows." He mar- ried. February 20, 1850. Janette Mathews. Children : 1. Quartus MI .. born March 30. 1853. 2. Elvie J .. October 5. 1855. 3: Ethelbert J .. mentioned below.
(VIII ) Ethelbert J., son of Gilbert Searl, was born December 24. 1860. at Lowville. New York. He was educated there in the public schools and Lowville Academy. He assisted in the management of his father's farm and soon had the entire management. continuing until Igor, when he bought a farm near the village of Lowville. It is highly productive and one of the most valui- able in the county. Mr. Searl believes in having the best stock for his dairy and con- stantly seeks to improve his herd. In ad- dition to the management of his farm. he is interested in various other properties, buy- ing old farms from time to time and putting them in order. remodeling the buildings and making them profitable. He is thoroughly up-to-date in his methods, and very active and industrious. His own home is the best evidence of his thrift. good taste and suc- cess in business. He is a member of Har- risburgh Grange. Patrons of Husbandry. He and his family attend the Baptist church. He married. September 15. 1897. Lydia A. Reape, born July 20. 1866, at Montague. New York, daughter of James and Harriet
(Combs) Reape. Her father was born in Ireland and came to America with his widowed mother when a mere youth, set- tling at Chamont. Jefferson county, New York: married Harriet Combs at Chamont in 1860, and shortly afterward located in Lewis county, where he became a prosper- ous farmer. Mr. Searl has a brother James. and sisters Eliza, Emma and Mary. Child-
ren of Ethelbert J. and Lydia A. ( Reape ) Searl: 1. Gilbert E., born December 24. 1900. 2. Elvie M., May 27, 1905. died December 21. 1907. 3. Hazel E., Septem- ber 1. 1907. died November 1. 1907.
The Ryon family is of a north RYON of Ireland stock. The first an- cestor in this country came be- fore the revolution to Connecticut. In 1790 we find in the federal census. four families at New London, of which the heads were James, Irena, William and Rebecca Ryon.
(I) Roswell Ryon, born in 1780. prob- ably in New London, of the family men- tioned, settled first in Litchfield county, Con- necticut. He removed to Hammond. New York, in 1810, and followed farming there the rest of his days. He died October 29. 1857, and was buried at Ogdensburg. New York. He married Eliza Smith, who was related to Governor Jonathan Trumbull ("Brother Jonathan." as he was called in the literature of his day). She was born in 1779 and died February 25, 1858. Children : daughter, died young ; Roswell S. and George P .. mentioned below.
( II ) George P., son of Roswell Ryon. was born in Oswegatchie, New York, April 29. 1812, and died September 6, 1893. He was educated in the public schools of Og- densburg and learned the trade of carpenter. He became one of the foremost builders and contractors of his day. Among other notable buildings he had the contract for the opera house at Ogdensburg. He con- tinued active in business to the time of his death. In politics he was a Republican : in religion he was. like many generations of his ancestors. a Presbyterian. He married Elizabeth Lum. of Ogdensburg. born Feb- ruary 3. 1816. died June 23. 1883. Child- ren : 1. Charles L. 2. George L., mentioned below. 3. Frank S.
( III) George L., son of George P. Ryon. was born in Ogdensburg in 1850, and has always lived in the house in which he was
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born. He attended the public schools of his native town, and at the age of fifteen en- listed in the Union army during the civil war. He served three years in company G, Sixteenth regiment, regular army, and was clerk at headquarters in the depart- ment of the South, most of the time during his service, though, he ranked as a musi- cian. He became quartermaster's sergeant and had charge of the records. After the expiration of his term of enlistment he re- turned to Ogdensburg and entered the em- ploy of the firm of Skillings, Whitney & Barnes, first as private secretary to Wil- liam L. Proctor, the manager, later becom- ing bookkeeper and cashier of the concern. and finally assistant treasurer, the office he now fills. This firm does a large business in wholesale lumber. Mr. Ryon is also a director of the Campbell-McLauren Com- pany ( limited ), of Montreal, dealers in lum- ber : also interested in the Cavendish Lum- ber Company (limited ), of Wakefield, On- tario: also the Strong Lumber Company of Canada. He is secretary and treasurer of the Marine Transportation Company of Ogdensburg, and one of the managers of the Town House Commissioners. He is on the board of trustees of the Ogdens- burg cemetery corporation. In politics he is a Republican of influence; in religion a Presbyterian.
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