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(VIII) Augustus Platt Lewis, eldest son of Myron Lewis, was born August 9, 1849, at North Wilna, in the red hotel, and soon after his birth his father moved to the farm. When he was thirteen years old
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Augustus went to live with his uncle, Sanford Lewis, who had no sons, and for two years after that attended school in the winter, in the local district. He continued to assist his father on the home farm until he was cighteen years old, and then set out to begin an independent life, accord- ing to family custom. He worked one season on a farm in Deerfield, and spent a year in the sewing machine department of the Remington armory, at llion, New York. For the succeeding three years he was employed by David Gray, a market gardener at Utica, and gave his time chiefly to the sale of the product, thus gaining an experience of value to him ever since. After working a year in a grocery kept by J. W. Morris, at U'tica, he returned to Wilna and bought twenty-five acres of land, which forms a part of his present homestead. To this he has added by purchase until he now owns eighty-eight acres. He has given much at- tention to gardening, and maintains a small dairy, beside raising colts and other stock. He is a member of the Grange at Natural Bridge, and attends the Protestant Methodist church at North Wilna. A sincere Re- publican in political principle, he avoids public office, though he never forgets to vote. A successful gardener and farmer, Mr. Lewis has made his own way, and is respected by his contemporaries.
He was married, September 15, 1875. to Miss Bertha Gordon, who was born April 14, 1848, in Oldenburg, Germany, a daughter of Fred- erick Gordon. Her mother died when she was an infant. In 1860 she came with her father to Cape Vincent, this county, and she has since lived in this vicinity, receiving most of her education in this country. Mr. and Mrs. Lewis have a son, Gray Augustus, born July 12, 1880, and residing with his parents. He was married, December 24, 1902, to Miss Mabel Kinne, who was born March 23, 1884, at Antwerp, this county, a daughter of George and Nellie ( Cooper) Kinne, natives of the town of Philadelphia, now residing in Antwerp.
(VIII) Myron, fifth child and second son of Myron Lewis, was born September 1, 1855, on the farm between Wilna and North Wilna postoffices, where he grew up, attending the district school until he was sixteen years old. Ile was early accustomed to fill a man's place on the farm, and continued to assist his father until he was nineteen years old, when he set out to make his way in the world, as his ancestors had been wont to do. For some years he worked as a farm hand, saving his earn- ings, so that he was soon able to take land and till it. Since he was twenty-four years old he has worked the farm on which he now resides, which was for many years the home of the late Simeon Fulton, with the
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exception of recent years, when it has been rented. In 1896 Mr. Lewis purchased two hundred and fitty acres of land, much of which is new. and to the cultivation of this he gives his personal attention. He is a member of the Carthage Grange, and aims to keep up with modern methods of farming, in which he has been successful. In religious faith a Universalist, he supports the church at Natural Bridge, and gives po- litical allegiance to the Republican party, but has never accepted a politi- cal nomination.
Mr. Lewis was married June 11, 1879, to Julia Fulton, adopted daughter of Simcon Fulton. a much respected and old-time resident of Wilna (see Fulton IV). Two sons and a daughter are numbered in the family of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis, namely : Eon Fulton, Lyle V., and La- rilla Frances, all at honic.
LOWE GENEALOGY. The earliest ancestor of the Lowe family of whom there is any authentic record was Cornelius Low, and the name appeared in the last written form (Low), for several generations. Cornelius Low came to this country in 1659, from Halbraud, in Hol- stein, Germany, where he was born in the year 1644. He was united 111 marriage 111 1668, at Kingston, New York, to Elizabeth Blanchan, who was born in Kingston, New York, in 1648, daughter of Matthew and Madeline J. (Jarisse) Blanchan. He came to this country in 1660 with his son-in-law on the "Guilded Ottar," and Governor Stevens, came with Anthony Cushill, and his wife and daughter were captured by the Indians and kept prisoners for three months. Matthew and Made- line (Jarisse) Blanchan were the parents of eight children: Cornelius, born in 1670; Peter. 1672; Abraham, 1674: Jacob, 1676; John, 1678; Matthew, 1681 ; Madeline, 1683 ; and Antjie, 1685. Cornelius Low was an exceedingly large man, noted for his great strength, and was a suc- cessful merchant in Kingston, New York.
Peter Low, second son of Cornelius and Elizabeth ( Blanchan) Low, married, and the issue of this union was four children.
Gideon C. Low. the eldest son of Peter Low (great-great-grand- father ), was born in New York city in 1720. He was united in marriage, in 1743, to Rachel Sammons, and they reared a large family.
Peter G. Low (great-grandfather), was born in Kingston, New York, in 1750, one of three brothers, two of whom served in the Revo- lutionary war. Peter G., on account of ill health, was unable to parti- cipate in the conflict, but sent a substitute, and this fact entitles his de-
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scendants to membership in the order of the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution. For a number of years Mr. Low was a resident of Clayton, but later removed to Brownville, New York, where his death occurred in 1847, at the extreme old age of ninety-seven years. In 1775 Mr. Low married Catherine Hess, who was born in Kingston. New York, in 1753. They were the parents of a family of children, whom they reared to lead lives of usefulness and activity, namely : Jacob, Gideon, and Margaret, who became the wife of Isaac White, of Denmark, Lewis county, New York.
Gideon Low (grandfather), the first of the family to change the Spelling of the name from Low to Lowe, was born in New Paltz, Ulster county, New York, May 8, 1779. He spent the early years of his life in Deninark, New York, but later became one of the pioneer settlers of the town of Depauville, New York, where he cleared up some land, but, the ground being low and swampy, he contracted a fever and therefore was obliged to remove to higher ground. He served in the war of 1812, and received credit and distinction for his gallant and meritorious conduct on the field of battle. He was united in marriage to Polly Goudiere, who was born in Middletown, New Jersey, April 2, 1782, a daughter of Fran- cis Goudiere, who came to this country from De Vallitte, France, prov- ince of Var, where he was born in the year 1755. His wife, Annie (Trieux ) Goudiere, born in 1758, was a descendant of Philippe and Jacqueline ( Noiret ) De Trieux, or De Truax. The earliest mention of the De Trieux family is found on the Walloon church register preserved in the University of Leyden, Holland, and by this it is shown that they joined the church at Leyden, October, 1617, by letter from Amsterdam, Holland. Other members of the De Trieux family joined this church at an earlier date.
Gideon and Polly ( Goudiere) Lowe were the parents of the fol- lowing named children: I. \bel F., born July 3, 1802, died in 1859; he was one of the prime organizers, founders and a liberal contributor to the Methodist Episcopal church, and his wife at her decease left a handsome endowment for the Ives Seminary at Antwerp, New York. 2. Abraham, born September, 1803, died December 18, 1857; his first wife was a Frame; his second wife, Adelia Frye, born in 1822, died November 27, 1855; and his third wife was Harriet Payne, a full ac- count of whose ancestry is found in the sketch of Milo McCumber, found elsewhere in this work. 3. Jacob, horn in 1809, died April 6, 1874; his wife, Betsy (Hancock ) Lowe, died October II, 1895, aged eighty-seven
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ycars. 4. John, born January 7, 1810, died September 22, 1876; his wife, Eunice ( Phelps) Lowe, born November 18, 1813. died in 1900; a full account of her ancestry is found in the sketch of J. D. Lowe, which follows this. 5. Isaac, mentioned hereinafter. 6. Fanny, born in 1814. 7. Chester, born April 26, 1819, married Celestine Gould, born January 17, 1822, in Michigan, died July 28, 1894; they were the parents of three children : Charlotte, who became the wife of E. Rogers, of Mich- igan ; Alice and Eugene, both residents of Michigan. 8. Margaret, born in 1821, became the wife of Homer Phelps, and died in early woman- hood. 9. Ann, born in 1823, died at Benton Harbor, Michigan. Gideon Lowe, father of these children, died at his home in Depauville, May 14. 1853, aged seventy-four years. His wife, Polly (Goudiere) Lowe, passed away September 2. 1867, in the eighty-sixth year of her age.
Isaac Lowe ( father) was born at Deer River, town of Denmark, New York, November 12. 1812. He was reared in his native town. which was located in Lewis county, and upon attaining young manhood located in Clayton, near the town of Depauville, where he purchased a farm and engaged extensively in the breeding and handling of sheep. cows and horses, being the owner of as many as one hundred and fifty cows at a time, which he later disposed of at advantageous prices. He was a prominent and influential citizen of the community, and took a keen and active interest in religious and political affairs. Mr. Lowe mar- ried Zilla Atwood, who was born May 6, 1818, and they were the parents of nine children, three of who are living at the present time, namely : Celia, wife of D. C. Herkimer, of Depauville, New York; Alfred D., a sketch of whom follows this: and Frank D., whose personal sketch also follows this. Isaac Lowe, father of these children, died at his home in Depauville, May 31, 1879, aged sixty-six years, and his wife, Zilla (At- wood) Lowe, died November 6, 1889. aged seventy-one years.
Zilla (Atwood) Lowe was the daughter of Anthony and Polly (Chandler) Atwood, the former-named having been born in the year 1769, in Vermont, where he was a well known and highly respected hotel keeper. In 1817 he came to this section and located at Depauville, at that time there being no houses where the thriving village of Clayton now stands. Here he spent liis life, and died October 29. 1845, in the seventy- seventh year of his age. His wife, Polly (Chandler) Atwood, was born in 1786, and her death occurred in Depauville, New York, September 20, 1854, in the sixty-ninth year of her age. She was the daughter of An- thony Chandler, a relative of Governor Gorman Chandler, of Vermont.
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Anthony and Polly (Chandler) Atwood were the parents of the follow- ing named children: I. Isaac, born in 1810 in Vermont, died in Depau- ville, New York, October 29. 1845 ; he came to Clayton, New York, with his father when he was a mere child. He married Luthera Stetson, who was born in 1814, and died September 19, 1874. Their children were: Jeanette, Charles, James L., who married Arvilla Dodge, daughter of Francis Dodge, and their children are Celia and Isaac Atwood; Mon- treville W., born in Clayton, who married Emma Cleveland, daughter of Isaac and Adeline ( Hudson) Cleveland. a sketch of whom appears else- where in this work, and they have one daughter, Adeline Atwood. 2. Cynthia, born -, became the wife of Oliver Rouse. 3. Oliver P., born -, 1815. died March 21, 1845. aged thirty years. 4. Zilla, born May 6, 1818, aforementioned as the wife of Isaac Lowe. 5. Co- rilla, born 1821, died November 18, 1839, aged 18 years. 6. William C., born -, resided in Clayton, New York, and died in October, 1903.
ALFRED D. LOWE, postmaster of Depauville, New York, also the proprietor of an extensive general establishment in the same town, is a man of rare intellectual attainments and executive ability, active and prominent in political circles, and an influential factor in various enter- prises which have conduced to the material growth and welfare of the town in which he resides.
He was born September 26. 1850. on the old homestead in Jeffer- son county, New York, a son of Isaac and Zilla (Atwood). He was educated in the district school. Brownville high school and Watertown Commercial College, from which he was graduated at the age of eighteen, and Fairfield Seminary. During the winter of 1869 he taught school at Clayton Center, and the following spring he began his mercantile career as a clerk in a general store conducted by James Johnson. After the expiration of two years' service in that capacity he formed a part- nership with Mr. M. V. B. Ranney, under the name of Ranney & Lowe, and this connection continued for four years, after which the business was disposed of to Mr. Ranney. In January, 1877, Mr. Lowe entered into partnership with Mr. R. Terry, succeeding the firm of Ormshy & Terry, and they conducted a successful business until the fall of 1886 under the firm name of Terry & Lowe. After the dissolution of the firm Mr. Lowe established his present business in one of the best locations in the village of Depauville, erecting a two-story and basement building, fifty-six by sixty-five feet. the basement being utilized for storing pur- poses. He carries a full and select line of dry and fancy goods, notions,
alfred D. Pour
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clothing, house furnishing, groceries and provisions, drugs and hard- ware, and employs the services of three clerks to attend to the wants of his patrons, and also runs a well-equipped wagon through the sur- rounding country towns. He has achieved a large degree of success in this enterprise, which fully demonstrates what energy and persever- ance can accomplish in either business, professional or private life. In addition to the management of this extensive business, Mr. Lowe super- intends a farm consisting of two hundred and fifty acres, with a dairy of twenty-five cows, the property of his father-in-law, Abner Smith. and at various times he has conducted several other farms. He has also erected a number of houses in the village, which he has disposed of very advantageously, and during the excavation for these unearthed several skeletons from their burying ground, the town of Depauville being formerly inhabited by Indians. Through the village of Depau- ville, formerly known as Frog Hollow, or Podunk, runs the Chaumont river, which was known as Catfish creek in early times; this river is navigable by way of Chaumont Bay for six miles from any point on the great lakes, and during the building of his business block and also at other times Mr. Lowe has had vessels laden with merchandise and lumber come up from the lakes and unload in close proximity to his store.
Mr. Lowe has been largely instrumental in the building up and improvement of the village, and is actively and prominently identified with various important enterprises. He is one of the stockholders and a director in the Telephone Exchange, having raised four hundred dol- lars for its erection, contributed three hundred and fifty dollars to estab- lish a telegraph line and office; is a director in the Bank of Clayton, a stockholder in several of the most extensive cheese factories in this sec- tion, and also in a beautiful six thousand dollar dairy plant, which was built in 1903. He has served in the capacity of trustee of the Depau- ville Cemetery Company for twelve years, was also secretary and treas- urer of the same for a number of years, and during this period contrib- uted in no small degree to the beautifying of the ground. He served as town clerk several terms until the office was removed to Clayton; in 1882 was elected justice of the peace, and is still the incumbent of the office : was twice nominated for supervisor, and reduced the majority to thirty-two against one hundred and eight for other candidates; and has served as postmaster under every Republican President, and as deputy postmaster under each Democratic administration for twenty-five con-
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secutive years, and is the present incumbent of the position. Mr. Lowe is an honored member of the Masonic fraternity, being affiliated with Depauville Lodge No. 688: also the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, subordinate lodge, and Montcalm Encampment No. 27, of Watertown; a charter member of the Order of Foresters, and presiding officer for a number of years, and treasurer at the present time ( 1904) of the high court of the state.
August 13, 1873, Mr. Lowe married Emma F. Smith, born in Clayton, New York, August 12, 1849, a daughter of Abner and Elma (Wheeler) Smith. Abner Smith was born in Brownville, a son of Abner Smith, who came to Brownville as a pioneer and built a stone house which is still standing in a fair state of preservation. Abner Smith, Sr., died at the age of eighty-two years. Abner Smith, Jr., took a prominent part in educational matters, taught school for many years, and is supposed to have held the first state teachers' certificate ever issued in Jefferson county, New York. Subsequently he conducted a beautiful farm of two hundred and fifty acres located about three miles from Depauville, on the road to Clayton, but about the year 1880 he retired from active business pursuits, and has since made his home with Mr. Lowe. He served as town superintendent of schools, justice of the peace and assessor, being the incumbent of each office for several years. Although eighty-seven years of age he is still vigorous in mind and body, and is one of the most intelligent men in the town. Elma ( Wheeler) Smith, wife of Abner Smith, was born in Russia, Herkimer county, New York, a daughter of Myron and Sally ( Paine) Wheeler. Myron Wheeler came to Clayton, New York, by means of marked trees, was one of the very earliest settlers of that section, followed the occupation of drover, and died at the age of eighty years. Myron Wheeler and his wife, Sally (Paine) Wheeler, were the parents of a number of children, two of whom are living at the present time-Ephraim, principal of the Pulaski school, formerly connected wtih the Ives Seminary; Elma, who became the wife of Abner Smith, and died in the year 1842; and Susan, widow of Morgan Moffatt.
FRANK D. LOWE, deputy collector and inspector of customs at Clayton, Jefferson county, New York, in which capacity he has served since 1898, is a native of the town in which he now resides, having been born October 17, 1862. a son of Isaac and Zilla ( Atwood) Lowe.
Ile was reared in his native town of Clayton, New York, and ac- quired an excellent English education in the common schools of the town
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and at Hungerford Collegiate Institute, Adams, New York, graduating from the commercial department of the latter-named institution in the class of 1881. The following eighteen months he served in the capacity of clerk in the extensive establishment now owned and conducted by his brother, Alfred D. Lowe, and then by Terry & Lowe, at Depauville, New York. After his resignation from this position he returned to the old farm, which consisted of one hundred and fifty acres of rich and arable land, where he remained until 1898, and during this period he devoted his entire attention to the cultivation and improvement of the same. In 1903 he disposed of the old homestead, and now. owns a two-hundred acre farm, which was formerly the property of his wife, but resides in Clayton village, renting the farm.
Mr. Lowe has been honored by his fellow-citizens by election to various offices of trust and responsibility. He was collector of taxes for one year, supervisor during the year 1895, and appointed to his present position of deputy collector and inspector of customs in 1898, was reap- pointed in 1902, and is still serving in 1904. He has conducted this office to the eminent satisfaction of the department officials at Wash- ington, D. C., and by his courteous manner and agreeable disposition has won for himself a wide circle of friends. He has one assistant to aid him in the routine work of the office. He is a Republican in politics, and has been appointed a delegate to various conventions. He has been master for two years, and warden for three years of Depauville Lodge No. 688, Free and Accepted Masons ; a member of Clayton Lodge No. 539, and Montcalm Encampment No. 160, I. O. O. F .; and a member of Depauville Grange.
Mr. Lowe was united in marriage November 29, 1882, to Gertrude A. Plumb, a native of Depauville, New York, and a daughter of Sand- ford Plumb, a farmer by occupation, who died at the age of seventy-one years, and Betsy (Rice) Plumb, the two latter named having been the parents of six daughters, four of whom are living at the present time (1903) : Emma, who resides in Montana ; Nettie, a resident of Buffalo, New York: Gertrude, wife of Frank D. Lowe; and Winnifred, who married Merritt Andrus, and who resides in Washington, D. C. Mr. and Mrs. Frank Lowe are the parents of one son, Ross B., born Novem- ber 30, 1883. He was educated in the common and high schools; gradu- ated from Albany Business College in May, 1904, and is now bookkeeper in the store of his uncle. A. D. Lowe. Mr. Lowe and his wife attend divine services at the Methodist Episcopal church of Clayton, New York.
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JOIIN DEMSTER LOWE. a prosperous agriculturist of Gunns Corners, was born in Clayton, New York, February 9, 1857, a son of John and Eunice ( Phelps ) Lowe.
John Lowe (father) was born January 7, 1810. in Deer River, Lewis county, New York. He was reared and obtained a practical edu- cation in Deer River, New York, and upon attaining young manhood located in the town of Clayton, where he purchased a farm and was very successful in the cultivation and management of the same. In 1859 he bought a one hundred and eighty-five acre farm at Gunns Corners, now occupied by his sons, John D. and Abel F. Lowe, and here he spent the latter years of his life.
In 1832 Mr. Lowe married Eunice Phelps, who was born in Den- mark, Lewis county, New York, November 8, 1813. Her parents were Sampson and Louisa (Smith) Phelps; the father was born in New Sa- lem, Massachusetts, in 1779, and died in 1857: the mother was born Au- gust 30, 1783, a daughter of Job and Eunice (McClure) Smith. The children of Sampson and Louise Phelps were six in number : Clemina, who married French Lowe; Homer, who married Margaret Lowe; Eu- nice, who married John Lowe; Lovincis, who married a Nims; Leonard ; and John. John Phelps, the only surviving member of this family, was born December 18, 1819. He married, in Frankfort, New York, near Utica, Elizabeth Myers, who was born December 5, 1822. She was a daughter of Frederick F. and Abigail (Frank) Myers, who were the parents of seven children: Mary, Catherine, Hiram, Abigail, Martha, Elizabeth (Mrs. Phelps). the only one now living ; and Frederick. John and Elizabeth (Myers) Phelps were the parents of four children, of whom two are living: Rev. D. L. Phelps, of St. Lawrence, and Rev. Brayton M. Phelps, of Richville, St. Lawrence county. Mr. and Mrs. John Phelps reside in Chaumont, New York.
The following named children were born to Mr. and Mrs. John Lowe: I. Alzina, born August 4, 1859, wife of M. V. Cook, of Rod- man. New York. 2. John D., mentioned at length in the following paragraph. 3. Leonard, died in 1895: 4. Ashley D., a resident of Wa- tertown. New York, married Ida Baldwin, of Stone Mills, New York; they have one child, Gracie. 5. Delia A., born March 18, 1842, became the wife of Isaac Webb, of Kalamazoo, Michigan, November 28, 1860, and two children were born to them-Georgie, born September 20, 1862, wife of Herbert Clark, of Dexter, New York, and they have one child, Florence, born in 1885; and Eugene C., born November 24. 1868, died
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in New York city, March 21, 1903; he was survived by his wife, Emma (Stimpson) Webb, and their child, Delia Frances, born March 23, 1892; after the death of her first husband Mrs. Webb became the wife of F. K. Leonard, a retired capitalist of Loweville, New York. 6. Abel F., born in June, 1844, in Clayton, New York, educated in the common schools, and spent the early years of his life on the farm; he enlisted in the Tenth New York Heavy Artillery, during his two years' service participated in a number of engagements, and was honorably discharged as a private. He then returned to the homestead farm, where he has since resided, and is now interested with his brother, John D. Lowe, in general farm- ing and the buying and selling of cattle; he is a member of the Masonic fraternity and the Grange. In 1888 he was united in marriage to Kate Cummings, a daughter of A. E. Cummings, and they are the parents of two children-Maud, living, and John, deceased. 7. Sylvia, wife of David A. Van Camp of Perch River, New York, sketch elsewhere. John Lowe, father of these children, was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church. His death occurred September 22, 1876, aged sixty- six years : his wife, also a member of the same church, died November 22, 1900, in the eighty-ninth year of her age.
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