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GAYLORD WILLIAM HALL. Successful and enterprising as a business man, active and public-spirited as a citizen, the name of Gay- lord \V. Hall is a familiar one to all residents of Antwerp. His an- cestors on both sides were numbered among the hardy pioneers of the Green Mountain State.
Hiram Hall was born January 3, 1809, in Whitingham, Vermont, and early in life came to Jefferson county, New York. Subsequently he removed to St. Lawrence county, settled in Somerville, and engaged in the manufacture of furniture. In 1871 he came to Antwerp, where he was actively employed during his later years. He was a life-long supporter of Republican principles and an active member of the Method- ist Episcopal church. to the support of which he contributed largely. His wife was Lestina Goodenough, a native of the same place as him- self, where she was born July 25, 1812. In her youth she came to Gouverneur, St. Lawrence county, with her parents, Asa and Lydia
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Goodenough. She was married to Mr. Hall in Gouverneur, November 19. 1831. Nine children were born to them, two of whoin died in in- fancy. The others were: Sophronia, who is the wife of Henry A. Baldwin, of Buffalo; Houghton, who is engaged in the timber business in Marion, North Carolina; Diana S., who is the widow of Allen Rogers of Antwerp; Marietta, who is the wife of A. E. Comins, a bookkeeper of Ogdensburg, New York; Charles W., who lives in Antwerp, and is in business with his brother, Gaylord W .. who is the next in order of succession in the family, and is mentioned at length hereinafter; and Hiram W., who is a traveling salesman of Canajoharie, New York. Mr. Hall, the father of this family, died in 1881, leaving behind him the memory of a truly good man and a useful citizen. His widow is still living at the venerable age of ninety-one years.
Gaylord W. Hall, son of Hiram and Lestina (Goodenough) Hall, was born February 22, 1851, in Somerville, St. Lawrence county, where he received his education, and on leaving school engaged in business with his father. He has ever since been actively and continuously iden- tified with the furniture trade, and is now at the head of a flourishing store, which is the only one of its kind in Antwerp, having attached to the main business a department of undertaking supplies. In politics Mr. Hall is a Republican, and takes an active interest in the affairs of the organization. For thirteen years he has held the office of town clerk. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church, in which for many years he has served as trustee.
Mr. Hall married, October 30, 1872, Martha B. Hunt, daughter of H. Stoughton Hunt, and three children have been born to them: Herbert F., who died at the age of fourteen years; Marion M., who was born February 21, 1884; and Harry S., who was born December 14, I888.
Mrs. Hall belongs to a well-known Massachusetts family which traces its descent from Hon. John Clauson Hunt, a member of the general court. His son Jonathan emigrated to Connecticut, where he took a leading part in public affairs, and was made the fifth governor of the colony. He was active in the church, in which from 1680 to 1691 he held the office of deacon. Emory Hunt, son of Jonathan, was the father of Simeon and the grandfather of Gad. Elihu Hunt, son of Gad, was the father of Horace Stoughton, who was born in Coventry, Connecticut, and in early life came to Jefferson county, where he engaged in business as a clothing merchant in Watertown. He mar-
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ried, in 1832, Harrict L. Bailey, of Sangerfield, Oneida county, and they were the parents of a large family, of whom the following are living : Horace H., who resides in Costa Rica; Clarissa, who is the widow of Dr. Whitton of Chicago; Emma L., who married Jesse J. Hazel; Theo- (lore L., a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work; Julia D., who is the widow of George Pierson and lives in Hardin, Iowa; and Martha B., who married Gaylord W. Hall, as mentioned above. Mrs. Hall was born in Rodman, August 15, 1852. Mrs. Hunt died at the early age of thirty-nine, and Mr. Hunt subsequently married Esther Van Hoosen. After an eventful and honorable career Mr. Hunt died in St. Paul, Minnesota, at the very advanced age of ninety years.
PRESCOTT PATCH, who has for more than a quarter of a century been numbered among the prosperous farmers and worthy citizens of Depauville, New York, is of English ancestry, his great- grandfather on the paternal side having been a native of Yarmouth, England, whence, at the end of the eighteenth century, he emigrated to Vermont, where he made his home and where some of his descendants still reside.
Ephraim Patch, son of the emigrant ancestor, was born Febru- ary 12, 1785, in Vermont. He was a farmer and a pioneer, being one of the first to settle in the northern part of the state. He made his home near Hyde Park, where he was the owner of a large tract of land, which he cleared and cultivated. He married Sarah Cram, who was born in Vermont, August 8. 1789. The family to which she belonged was a numerous one, but the records regarding it are meagre. Mr. and Mrs. Patch were the parents of the following children: Thomas, Leland, Ephraim, Jr., Joseph, Asa, Betsy, Huldah, Lydia, Hannah, Lucinda and William mentioned at length hereinafter. Ephraim Patch, the father of these eleven children, closed his life of enterprising and self-denying endeavor in 1868.
William Patch, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Patch, was born May 19, 1811, in Johnson, Vermont, and received his education in Ware, New Hampshire, where he passed his carly life as a farmer. He afterward moved his family to Depauville, New York, to a farm now owned by Prescott Patch. He married, in 1832, Elizabeth, born in November, 1815, in New Boston, New Hampshire, daughter of Thomas Giddings, a merchant of that place, and the father of a large family. The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Patch :
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I. Salomie, born December 18, 1837, became the wife of George Haas; he is now deceased, and slie resides with Prescott Patch; they were the parents of two sons, one of whom died in infancy, and the other, Charles, married Eliza Houghton.
2. John, born May 5, 1840. in Ware, New Hampshire, was six years old when his parents came to Depauville, where he obtained his education in the common schools, and he is now a very successful farmer and the possessor of a desirable home in the centre of the village. He married Jane, born January 25. 1843, daughter of John and Alice (Bickford) Somers, who were the parents of nine children, only three of whom, including Mrs. John Patch, are now living, the two others being William, born in Brockville, Canada, married Mary Ranson, and Eliza, born in Junetown, Canada, married Thomas Franklin. John and Jane ( Somers) Patch have three children living: (a) Edna, born De- cember 14, 1870, married (first) Charles Dewey, and they were the parents of one child. Harriette: Edna Dewey was left a widow and married (second) Charles Norton, of Depauville: (b) Minnie, born December 19, 1881, was educated in the common schools, and is now a clerk in the store of Walton & Potter, of Depauville. (c) Adelaide, born February 9, 18-, received primary education in the common schools, graduated in 1901 from Clayton Academy, went through the training class, taught for two years, and is now taking a higher course in Potsdam (New York) Normal School.
3. Allen, born May 17, 1842, married Sophronia B. Gloyd, born in 18.43, and was the father of three children-William J., Bertha and Salomie-all of whom are now living in Clayton. Allen Patch died September 30. 1901.
4. Prescott, mentioned at length hereinafter. Mr. Patch, the father of the family, died about 1890.
Prescott Patch, son of William and Elizabeth (Giddings) Patch, was born March 12, 1844, in South Ware, New Hampshire, and received his early education in the common schools of Watertown, New York, afterwards attending for a number of years the Jefferson County In- stitute. At the age of seventeen he began teaching, in which vocation he was engaged for about eight years. During that period he was employed as an instructor in nearly every school in Jefferson county, his efficiency as an educator causing his services to be in great demand. Desiring to adopt another plan of life, he returned to the old homestead and remained there with his brother some years. He then removed to Alexandria Bay and purchased a fine farm, in the cultivation of which he was notably successful. This he conducted for twelve years, after which he returned to the old homestead of seventy-five acres, on which he resided until July 5. 1892, when he rented his farm and removed
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to Depaniville, where he has since made his home. The favorable results which have crowned his efforts have been produced by unflagging ixlustry, indomitable perseverance, scientific knowledge and practical ability. He takes an active interest in everything relating to the public welfare, and his townsmen have testified to their appreciation of his good citizenship by electing him to the offices of road commissioner and assessor, holding the latter position for one term-three years. He is a member of the Depauville Grange, No. 59. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity, affiliating with Depauville Lodge, No. 688, Free and Accepted Masons, and was elected worshipful master in 1900, and re-elected for three other successive terms.
Mr. Patch married, March 7, 1871, Olive C., daughter of George W. and Sally ( Wadly) Bent, of Depauville, formerly of Watertown, New York. The family of Mr. and Mrs. Bent consisted of the following children: George W., Jr., formerly of Clayton, and now deceased ( sketch elsewhere ) ; Jane, who married John Walrath, of Clayton ; and Olive C., born November 3. 1847, and became the wife of Prescott Patch, as mentioned above. She was reared in Depauville, and in 1897 purchased a farm near that village, consisting of one hundred and thirty-seven acres, which Mr. Patch now superintends, and in addition to this he looks after other property, in all two hundred and twenty-five acres.
A great sorrow came to Mr. Patch in the loss of his estimable wife by death, May 18, 1904. Mrs. Patch was a member of the Eastern Star, Free and Accepted Masons, was treasurer four years and was serving in that capacity at the time of her death. She was also a mem- ber of the Grange. She attended and supported the Baptist church. of which her parents were members.
GEORGE W. BENT, deceased, for many years successfully en- gaged in extensive agricultural pursuits, was born near Gunns Corners, Jefferson county, New York, September 7, 1849, and died August 13, 1895. His parents were George W. and Sally (Wadleigh ) Bent.
George W. Bent ( father) was born in 1819. He was reared on a farm, and thus became thoroughly familiar with the details of farm- ing, which occupation he devoted his attention to for over fifty years, his operations having been conducted on the farm where his son George W. was born, in Gunns Corners, and where he resided up to the time of his death, in 1891. His wife, Sally (Wadleigh) Bent, who is living at
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the present time ( 1904) in Depauville, New York, was born in 1822. and was the mother of three children, of whom one is living-Jane, a resident of Brownville, New York.
George W. Bent was indebted to the common schools in the vicinity of his birthplace for a practical education which prepared him for an active and useful career. He remained on the home farm, assisting with the labors thereof. for a number of years after attaining manhood. and subsequently purchased a farm of one hundred and fifty-six acres which he cleared off and cultivated, and on which he resided up to the time of his demise, which was sincerely mourned by all who were asso- ciated with him in either business or social life. He was a member of the Baptist church, to the support of which he contributed most liberally. As a husband he was true and affectionate, as a father kind and con- siderate, and as a citizen loyal and public-spirited.
Mr. Bent was united in marriage to Prudence Putnam, who was born in Clayton. New York, and two children were born to them: Nellie, who became the wife of Ira Greenwood, and died March 31. 1903, aged twenty years: and Ethel L. Bent. Prudence ( Putnam) Bent is a descendant of General Israel Putnam, of revolutionary war fame. Her great-grandfather, John Putnam, was a native of Ver- mont. resided in Clayton, New York, many years, and died in Mexico, Oswego county, at the age of eighty years. He had three children- Parley, Polly and Asa. Parley Putnam (grandfather) was born in Herkimer county, and in 1818 came as a pioneer to Clayton, where he spent the remainder of his life, dying in 1883, aged eighty-four years. He married Prudence Allen, of Herkimer county, and their children were as follows: Harriet. deceased; Jolin, deceased; Amasa S., de- ceased; Caroline, deceased; Ann, widow of Reily Pierce: Albert H .. a resident of Clayton: Alvin, deceased; Sophronia, wife of Sidney Sheldon, of Clayton ; Alfred, deceased; Alvira, deceased ; and Amon T., who resides in the town of Clayton, five miles from Depauville. The mother of these children died at the extreme old age of ninety years.
Alvin Putnam, father of Mrs. Bent, was born in Clayton, reared there, and educated in the common schools. He followed farming as a means of livelihood, and died at the age of twenty-eight years. His wife, whose maiden name was Lydia Lingenfelter, was born in Ver- mont, daughter of Conrad Lingenfelter. who was also born in Vermont, the third child of John and Elida ( Winnie) Lingenfelter, who are mentioned fully in the sketch of William H. Lingenfelter, to be found
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elsewhere in this work. Elizabeth ( Podgett) Winnie, mother of Elida ( Winnie ) Lingenfelter, reared a family of children, as follows: Nelson, Charles, John, Myron, Elida, Everett, who married Alden Osburn; Elizabeth who became the wife of Myron Daniels.
Two children were born to Alvin and Lydia ( Lingenfelter) Put- manı, namely: Prudence, widow of George W. Bent; and Cora, who became the wife of George Hosmer, of Brownville, New York. After the death of Mr. Putnam she became the wife of Hiram Harter, and four children were born to them, three of whom are living: Anna, wife of Truman Daniels, of Brownville; James, who resides near Mrs. George W. Bent; and Elizabeth. Mrs. Harter now resides at Crane's Corners. The Putnam family were among the early settlers of this section of the state, coming to French Creek, now Clayton, finding their way by marked trees, and settling near the present home of Amos Putnanı.
JOHN F. EMOND, an enterprising business man of Le Ray, New York, and prominent in the public affairs of Jefferson county, having for many years served as supervisor of the town of Le Ray, is a native of Sanford's Corners, born December 25, 1850, son of John B. and Marietta ( Meeker) Emond.
Mr. Emond is of French extraction. His paternal grandfather, Joseph Emond, born in 1785, served under Napoleon Bonaparte for the long period of seven years, his service extending into the Peninsular campaign of 1813, an incident, of which was the battle of Vittoria, in which Emond bore a soldierly part. After his discharge from the army he was given charge of a large tract of government land, and of its lay- ing out and dividing. In 1825 he came to the United States and located in Le Ray, New York, taking up a tract of land of fifty acres in what was then a wilderness, where he made a productive farm and comfort- able home. He died at the age of fifty-eight years.
John B. Emond, son of Joseph Emond, was born in France in 1820, and was eight years old when his parents came to America. He became a most successful farmer, and acquired a fine tract of three hundred acres. He died at the age of seventy-nine years. His wife was Mar- ietta Meeker, who was born near Pamelia, one of the four children of Barney Meeker, the others being Ross B., Emma and Lydia. Her father was a successful lumberman, and a man of broad information. John B. Emond and his wife were members of the Church of the
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Disciples. The wife died at the age of forty-seven years, after having borne to her husband three children, of whom two are living-John F., to be further referred to hereinafter, and Louis N., who resides near Sanford's Corners, on one of the best farms in the neighborhood.
John F. Emond, eldest child of John B. and Marietta (Meeker) Emond, was educated in the common schools. He cultivated a portion of the home farm until 1874, when he bought one hundred and sixty acres of it, and he has since added to his holdings by the acquisition of two other farms, one of seventy-seven acres and the other of thirty- eight acres, which are devoted to general farming. For twenty years past Mr. Emond has given his attention to buying and pressing hay, and his operations have grown to large proportions. He owns and operates five powerful presses, and his business covers a wide range of territory. He has purchased as much as 9,000 tons of hay, and has shipped 900 carloads in a single season. He enjoys a wide acquaint- ance throughout the state, and is a valued and influential member of the Patrons of Husbandry. In politics he is a Democrat, has rendered to his party much service, and has been a member of its county conven- tions every year beginning in 1897. For six years he has been super- visor of Le Ray township, and he has discharged his duties of the posi- tion with signal ability and scrupulous fidelity to the trusts committed to him.
Mr. Emond was married in 1872 to Miss Matilda Spohn, born in Herkimer county, daughter of David Spohn, a farmer of Jefferson county, now retired at the ripe old age of eighty-six years. Mr. Spohn was the father of a number of children, of whom four are living- Mrs. M. H. Holbrook, of St. Lawrence county; Mary J., who is the wife of Milo Cottrell, of Le Ray, New York; Reuben A., who resides upon a farm in the same neighborhood; and Matilda, who is the wife of Mr. Emond. Mr. and Mrs. Emond are the parents of one child, Mary Belle, an accomplished young lady whose personal graces and womanly accomplishments are a bright adornment to the family home, which is widely known for its beautiful adornments and its cheery hospitality.
NATHANIEL SYKES PETERSON. In the ranks of the vet- eran railroad officials of Jefferson county Nathaniel S. Peterson stood second to none. He belonged to a family which during the last sixty- five years has furnished to the county some of its most useful and
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worthy citizens. His grandparents were Paul and Mary Peterson, natives of Holland, who settled in Canada, where they died. They were farmers at what is now called Peterson's Ferry.
Christopher Peterson, son of Paul and Mary Peterson, was born June 6, 1794. in Canada, where he passed his early life as a farmer. In 1839 he came to the town of Watertown, where he purchased a farm, and spent the remainder of his years. Although a successful farmer, he also engaged in mechanical pursuits, in which he greatly excelled. He married Sarah, who was born December 2, 1810, in Sackets Harbor, daughter of Ezekiel and Helen (Staples) Wilson. The latter was a daughter of George Staples, who was born and educated in New Eng- land and during the Revolutionary war served in the continental army. Through him his descendants are entitled to membership in the Sons and Daughters of the American Revolution. Mr. and Mrs. Peterson had a family of ten children: Charles Wesley. Edward Wilson, Aaron, William. Harriette, who married Orville D. Merwin and is still living in Chittenango. New York; Squire, who was born in Watertown and died in California: Emma, died in infancy; Nathaniel S., mentioned at length hereinafter; Erwin, and Frank. The death of Mr. Peterson, the father of the family, occurred July 18, 1885, when he had reached the age of ninety-one. He was a man who united to great bodily vigor, soundness of judgment and integrity of character. His estimable wife survived to the unusual age of ninety years, passing away December II, 1898. Mr. Peterson served in the British army, in the war of 1812, being then eighteen years old.
Nathaniel S. Peterson, son of Christopher and Sarah (Wilson) Peterson, was born February 20, 1846, in Watertown, where he received his education in the public schools. Until reaching the age of twenty- five he assisted his father in the labors of the farm and then abandoned agricultural pursuits in order to enter the railroad service. For the last thirty-one years he was continuously in the employ of the Rome. Watertown & Ogdensburg Railroad, as fireman and engineer, and could point to an irreproachable record. He was one of the most faithful and trusted engineers on the road and continued in active service until his death. March 19. 1904. He never used tobacco or alcoholic stimu- lants. He was a member of Social Lodge No. 713, of the Masonic Order, at Kendall, New York; of Watertown City Lodge, No. 291, Independent Order of Odd Fellows; and of the Ancient Order of United Workmen and Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers.
Frederick . C. Peterson
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Mr. Peterson married January 2, 1873, Sarah Jane Goundrill, and they are the parents of two children: Frederick C. Peterson, a physi- cian of Watertown, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work; and Frances Marion, who was born August 14, 1879, and received her primary education in the public schools of Watertown, afterward attend- ing the high school, from which she graduated with high honors in 1897. She is now taking a general course at the Pratt Institute in Brooklyn, New York, in the class of 1904. Miss Peterson is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution.
Mrs. Peterson is a daughter of Philip Goundrill, who was born in 1822 in Hull, England, where he received his education. In 1836 he came to the United States and settled in Watertown. His business was that of a dealer in high-grade horses and in all his transactions he was very successful. He married Ann Fagan, who was born March IO, 1820, in Inniskillen, Ireland, her mother being of English birth. Mr. and Mrs. Goundrill were the parents of the following children : Sarah Jane, who was born March 14, 1850, in Watertown, and became the wife of Nathaniel S. Peterson as mentioned above ; Mary E., who was born September 16, 1851, married, October 15, 1895, Jolin C. Delahant ; Charles O., who died February 14, 1893; Jessie Goundrill, who was born February 28, 1858, and is now living in Watertown; Richard J., who was born May 10. 1860, and diedl August 14. 1882. The death of Mr. Gonndrill took place March 19. 1889. and his wife expired January 18, 1897. Both received from their friends and neighbors the sincere respect and true regard which was due to their worthy characters and useful lives.
FREDERICK C. PETERSON, M. D., whose recent settlement in Watertown was hailed as a valuable acquisition to the ranks of the medi- cal profession of Jefferson county, is a son of Nathaniel S. Peterson, a well-known railroad official, a sketch of whom appears above.
Frederick C. Peterson, son of Nathaniel S. and Sarah Jane (Goundrill) Peterson, was born November 19, 1873, in Jefferson county, and received his early education in the city schools of Watertown, gradu- ating froni the high school in 1892, and the same year entered St. John's Military Academy at Manlius, New York. He remained at this institu- tion until the following year, when he began the study of medicine in the University of Buffalo, from which he received in the autumn of 1896 the degree of Doctor of Medicine. Afterward he took special courses in the New York Lying-in Hospital, followed by one year in
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Europe. During this time he pursued his studies in the university hos- pitals of London, Paris, Berlin and Vienna. On his return to this country he served for some time as house surgeon in the Fitch Hospital of Buf- falo, New York, and in 1898 came to Watertown, where he began the practice of general medicine in August, being later joined by Dr. A. J. Dick. At this time he held the position of attending physician at the City Hospital, and also at the Jefferson County Almsliouse. After being for some time associated with Dr. Dick, he began to practice alone, and met with gratifying success. In 1898-99 and 1900 he was surgeon of Company C, National Guard, State of New York.
In September, 1902. he again went abroad to pursue his studies in the colleges of Berlin, Vienna, Paris and London. While in Vienna he engaged in study with such specialists' as Professor Hinchman in pathology, Professor Shauta in gynecology, and Professor Eisselsberg in surgery, at the same time taking special courses in all branches of the study of diseases of women, and surgery, and a course under Professor Lorenz. He also studied under Professor Winckle, of Munich, and Professor Kocher, of the University of Berne. In Paris he was with Professor Pozzi, the great French gynecologist, and in London he had the honor of being appointed clinical assistant for three months in the Soho Hospital for Women. He was made a fellow in the English Gyne- cological Society, which is open only to specialists in this line, and of which there are only about fifteen members now residing in the United States, and these are, with the exception of Dr. Peterson, professors in universities. In addition to this very thorough preparation for his life work, Dr. Peterson purchased all the latest instruments which are of value in this branch of medicine and surgery. In September, 1903, he returned to the city of his youth and opened an office in the Smith Building, making a specialty of diseases of women, and abdominal surgery.
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