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Mr. Clark married September 12, 1869. Celestine Jennings. They have no children. Mrs. Clark is a daughter of Elias Jennings, a na- tive of Massachusetts, who came in early life to New York state and settled in Jefferson county, making his home in Lorraine. He mar- ried Betsy A., daughter of Jesse and Vertue (Perkins) Clark. The former is mentioned above as one of the three sons of John Clark, Sr. Mr. and Mrs. Jennings were the parents of two sons and three daughters. Celestine, who was the youngest, was born October 25,
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1845, in Lorraine, and became the wife of Brayton S. Clark, as men- tioned above. Mr. Jennings died May 3, 1863, at the age of fifty- six. and his wife passed away December 29, 1885, being then seventy- six years old. Both Mr. and Mrs. Jennings are remembered by their friends and neighbors with the respect and affection inspired by their many estimable traits of character. They were members of the Bap- tist church, of Mannsville.
GENERAL BRADLEY WINSLOW, a leading attorney of Watertown, New York, who has a distinguished record as a soldier of the Civil war, is a representative of one of the oldest families in America. He is seventh in the direct line of descent from Kenelm Winslow, a brother of Edward Winslow, who was one of the passengers on the Mayflower. His ancestors have been prominent in the history of New England, in civil and in military life, and the family was among the first to push across the frontier into New York state.
Bradley Winslow was born August 1, 1834, on a farm in the town of Watertown. He attended the district schools as a boy, and when he was sixteen entered Cazenovia Seminary. He was a bright and ambitious student, and continued his studies in 1850 and 1851 at Falley Seminary, Fulton, New York. Still later he attended the Kingston Seminary at Kingston, Pennsylvania. He began to read law in the office of Honorable James F. Starbuck of Watertown, and in 1854 he entered the Poughkeepsie Law School and was admitted to the bar in 1855. The first year of his active practice was in the office of Mr. Star- buck, and then he opened an office in Watertown with Mr. J. L. Bigelow as partner. It was characteristic of Mr. Winslow to throw himself ener- getically and unreservedly into the business in hand and the life about him, and it was not long before he had gained reputation in his pro- fession and prominence in politics. In 1859 he was nominated for dis- trict attorney and elected after an exciting campaign. The outbreak of the Civil war interrupted the career begun with such show of prom- ise, for the young lawyer was among the first to offer himself as a volunteer. He was first lieutenant of the Black River Corps, one of the earliest of the local military organizations to tender their services to the governor of the state. The company was sent to Elmira under command of Captain Potter, and in the rearrangements of the regi- mental organization Lieutenant Winslow was made captain, with W. C. Brown colonel. In July the regiment was sent to the defenses at
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Washington, and so favorable was the impression which Captain Wins- low made upon those in authority that in August he was made lieu- tenant-colonel of his regiment. His command was present at the battle of Cedar Mountain and took an important part at the second battle of Bull Run, where Colonel Winslow was conspicuous for bravery and readiness in the field. He was obliged, however, to resign his com- mission on account of broken health, and it was not until the closing years of the war that he was able again to enter military service. He then raised and organized the One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Volunteer Infantry, of which he was at once commissioned colonel. The regi- ment was immediately detailed to General Meade's command, where it was assigned to the second division, ninth army corps, stationed in front of Petersburg. This regiment took an important part in the capture of the Weldon Railroad, October 31, 1864, and led the attack that captured Fort Malone, one of the outposts of Petersburg, April 2, 1865. In an attack on another fortification, Colonel Winslow was seri- ously wounded, a minie ball having passed entirely through his body. For his gallantry and the able management of his regiment, he received a highly commendatory and eulogistic letter from the general in com- mand, General S. G. Griffin. He was afterward complimented by an unsolicited appointment from the president as lieutenant in the Twenty- second United States Infantry, but he declined the honor. In 1868. however, he was appointed by Governor Fenton brigadier-general of the New York National Guard, and put in command of the Sixteenth Brigade, where he served for three years. He showed the same capacity for leadership that had distinguished him in active military service, and the same hold on the affection and respect of his men. These qualities brought him into civil service, and he was elected mayor of Watertown in 1875. In 1879 he was elected to the state senate from his district, and served two years. He is an enthusiastic member of the Grand Army of the Republic, and was elected junior vice-commander of the state of New York on the first organization of the order.
He married, November 15, 1855, Geraldine M. Cooper, daughter of John C. and Alvira ( Fox) Cooper, Jefferson county pioneers. Three children were born of this marriage, namely: John C .. born in 1856, who was graduated from Dartmouth College, studied law with his father and practiced with the firm until he received an appointment in the office of the attorney general of the state, and died in California of pulmonary trouble in 1800: Charlotte, born in 1859. who is the widow
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of William G. Johnston of Watertown; Florence W., born in 1866, who married Samuel A. Upham, a prominent manufacturer of Water- town. On January 22, 1901, General Winslow married Miss Poppie Holmes Burdick, a native of Alexandria, daughter of a prominent citizen of that town.
General Winslow is still actively engaged in the pursuit of his profession, and takes high rank among the attorneys of the state.
JOHN COOPER WINSLOW. whose portrait accompanies this sketch, was born October 22, 1856, in the city of Watertown. His parents were General Bradley Winslow and Geraldine M. Cooper Wins- low (q. v.). His mother taught him the first rudiments of the fine education he afterwards acquired: he commenced to attend the public schools of the city in his eighth year, and continued to have, without any break, the benefits of our public school system until he graduated from the Watertown high school in June, 1873. During the most, if not all, of his four years at the high school, the late Hannibal Smith was principal. Ambitious for a collegiate education, he entered Dart- mouth College in the fall of 1873: from this institution he graduated in the spring of 1877; he entered his father's office as a law student, where he continued until January 1, 1880, in the meantime having been admitted to the bar and for a few months practicing law with his father under the firm name of B. & J. C. Winslow. In January, 1880, he was given an important appointment in the office of Attorney General Ham- ilton Ward at Albany. New York; in December, 1881, his health showed marked symptoms of failing, and on the recommendation of his physi- sian, in January succeeding, he went to Florida, where he remained until in May following, when he returned to his duties in the attorney general's office, apparently his health much improved; but in July fol- lowing symptoms of disease again became so prominent that he, upon the advice of a New York specialist in pulmonary diseases, gave up his position in the attorney general's office and took up his residence in the Adirondacks, where he remained during the balance of the summer and through the fall and winter of 1883-84. Again consulting his physician, he decided to go to New Mexico, stopping at Santa Fe. where he re- mained until April, 1885; he then traveled in the southwest until July 4th of that year, when he arrived in California; he located in Pasadena in August, and in November following built a residence there. Feeling ambitious to succeed in his profession, he opened a law office in Los Angeles, which is near Pasadena, in December, 1885. His abilities in
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his profession and his genial manners gave him recognition as a young lawyer of great promise. In January, 1886, he removed his office to Pasadena, and in the fall of the same year was made city attorney, and formed a partnership with M. C. Hester. Esq., under the firm name of Winslow & Hester. This partnership was continued until April 12, 1888, when Mr. Winslow succumbed to the fatal and insidious disease that he had bravely fought against for so many years, and died. His remains were buried in Mountain View Cemetery in Pasadena.
On May 13, 1880, he was married to Isabel Bates of Syracuse, a niece and ward of the late William A. Sweet of that city. His wife accompanied him to New Mexico and California, and devoted herself with tenderest solicitude and affection to caring for him, until death took him away; she has since remained in Pasadena. It seems to all those who knew John Cooper Winslow .- and to know him was but to love him,-a mystery that one so well equipped to achieve success in the battle of life should have met with such an untimely death. He was temperate in his habits, and his failing health was in no manner attrib- utable to any improper mode of living : he gave every promise that, could his life have been prolonged, he would have taken a prominent place among the men who have contributed so well to the growth and promi- nence of the commonwealth of California. During the brief period that he practiced his profession he argued a case for the Agricultural Insurance Company, on appeal before the general term, now the appel- late division of the supreme court for the fourth department of the state of New York, and Judge Hardin, the presiding justice of the court, afterward informed the writer of this sketch that John acquitted him- self in a most creditable manner: the judgment appealed from by the insurance company, and which had been recovered upon a trial before Edwin Allen, Esq., as referee, a brother of the late Judge William F. Allen, was reversed. Not until the mysteries of this life are disclosed in the life that we fondly believe exists beyond the portals of the tomb, will it be known why the career of John Cooper Winslow should have been cut off when it gave promise of great usefulness to the community in which he had cast his lot.
ORIN H. LOWREY. Among the farmers and citizens of Jeffer- son county none is more highly or more deservedly respected than is Orin H. Lowrey, of Lorraine. He comes of New England stock, being descended from James Lowrey, who was born in Rhode Island,
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and about 1800 settled in Galway, New York. He was a farmer, and married Lucy Harris. They were the parents of seven children, of whom Daniel, born in 1788, was one of the pioneers of Jefferson county. About 1805 he settled in Lorraine on a tract of wild land which he cleared and converted into a farm. He was one of the fore- most men in the community. He married Anna Grinnell, and they were the parents of nine children, seven of whom reached maturity : Eliza ; Lorenzo; Daniel Harris, mentioned at length hereinafter; Philo; Lozina, who became the wife of John Wells; Hannah; and Lucy, who married William Beebe.
Daniel Harris Lowrey, son of Daniel and Anna (Grinnell) Low- rey, was born August 7, 1819, on the home farm, and all his life fol- lowed agricultural pursuits. He married Elsie Wells, who died in 1848, and in 1851 he married Phoebe, born in 1831, in Sandy Creek, daughter of Andrew and Sally (Powell) Coulter. By this marriage he was the father of two sons: Brayton D., of Belleville, and Orin H., mentioned at length hereinafter. The mother of these children died in 1865, and in 1866 Mr. Lowrey married Betsy E., daughter of George T. and Sarah ( Beard) Harding, of Sandy Creek. The death of Mr. Lowrey occurred in 1892.
Orin H. Lowrey, son of Daniel Harris and Phoebe (Coulter) Lowrey, was born August 19, 1861, on a farm in Lorraine, and has all his life followed his ancestral pursuit of farming. He now re- sides on and cultivates a farm belonging to the estate of his father- in-law.
Mr. Lowrey married, November 17, 1886, Mary, born March 3, 1865, on the farm which is now her home, daughter of Aaron B. and Caroline R. (Grinnell) Allen. The former was born May 19, 1820, on the farm which is now the home of his daughter and son-in-law, and died January 7, 1898. His wife, who was born May 4, 1823, died in April, 1901. Mr. and Mrs. Lowrey are the parents of two children : Charlotte, born July 16, 1887, and Nellie, born January 31, 1890.
HERBERT JERMAIN HOWLAND. The Howland family, worthily represented in the present generation by Herbert J. How- land, of Watertown, New York, traces its ancestry to William How- land, who was born in Rhode Island, February 8, 1747. In 1769 or 1770, at Gloucester, Rhode Island, he married Miss Mary Richmond, who was born in Gloucester, Rhode Island, or Taunton, Massachu-
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setts, in 1751. a daughter of Seth and Esther ( Walker) Richmond, and a descendant of John Richmond, who was born in 1594, and came to America from Ashton Keynes. Wiltshire, England, as early as 1637, in which year he was one of the original purchasers of Taunton, Massa- chusetts. From this John Richmond her lineage was through John, Joseph, Joseph, and Seth Richmond. William Howland and his wife resided in Gloucester for many years, where they are of record Sep- tember 24, 1791, on which date they signed receipt to David Rich- mond for her share in the estate of her father, Seth Richmond. Soon after this they removed to Ballston, New York, whence they came to the town of Rutland, this county, in 1806. They belonged to the Society of Friends, and their deaths occurred in the town of Rutland, respectively in 1835 and July 3, 1828. Their children, recorded in Gloucester, were Richmond, John and Oziel, David and Rufus.
Richmond Howland, eldest son of William and Mary ( Rich- mond) Howland, was born January 2, 1772, in Gloucester, Rhode Island, and subsequently resided in Providence, Rhode Island, remov- ing thence with his parents to Jefferson county, New York, in 1804. He cleared a tract of land which he afterward disposed of for one hundred dollars. He then took another farm, three miles south of Felt's Mills, which he also cleared, and which became his home for the remainder of his life. He took an active part in local affairs and was the incumbent of various township offices. He served in the army during the war of 1812, and was present at the battle of Sacketts Har- bor. Prior to his departure from Providence, Rhode Island, he mar- ried Rachel King, who was born January 25, 1769, daughter of James and Phebe (Allen) King, and six children were born to them, all of whom are deceased, namely: Oziel, Sarah, Richmond, James, Hiram, and William. Mr. Howland, who was in all respects a most estimable citizen, died July 5. 1862, aged ninety years. His wife, who was a most excellent woman and a member of the Society of Friends, passed away December 10. 1855, aged eighty-six years.
Oziel Howland, eldest son of Richmond and Rachel ( King) How- land, was born in Rhode Island, July 18. 1799. His parents removed to the town of Rutland, Jefferson county, New York, when he was a child, and his education was received at the common schools. He resided with his father until he was of age, and then located on a farm near the center of the town of Pamelia, where he followed farm- ing until his death, October 4, 1875. He held the offices of assessor.
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and road commissioner, and was a Democrat in politics. Through- out his entire career he enjoyed the respect of his fellow-townsmen for his integrity, honesty and good qualities as a citizen. In 1824 he mar- ried Cynthia King, who was born August 15, 1799, daughter of Jeptha and Lucretia King. Their children were: Richmond W., born July 20, 1825, died 1901, in North Dakota; Eugene B., born Febru- ary 6, 1827, mentioned at length hereinafter. Josephine M., born in 1829, became the wife of John Gailey. Cornelia, born in 1831, re- sides with her brother Jerome in Watertown, New York. Jerome, born September 13, 1833, was educated at the public schools, succeeded his father to the home farm in the town of Pamelia, where he followed farming, and in 1898 located in the city of Watertown and retired from business. He is a Democrat in politics, a member of Watertown Grange, No. 7, and life member of the Jefferson County Agricultural Society. Jeptha K., born in 1835, died in Kansas in 1901. Hortensis M., born in 1837. Angeline S., born in 1839, became the wife of the late James Smith; she resides in the city of Watertown. Rachel, who died in infancy. Mary A., born March 30, 1844, resides with her brother in the city of Watertown.
Eugene B. Howland, second son of Oziel and Cynthia (King) Howland, was born in the town of Rutland, Jefferson county, New York, February 6, 1827. When a child his parents removed to the town of Pamelia, where he attended the common schools and resided until 1850, when he went to California, where he followed mining for about six years, and conducted a sheep ranch for a period of four years. In 1860 he returned to Jefferson county, and four years later purchased a farm located at East Watertown, in the town of Watertown, where he carried on general farming quite extensively until his death. In politics he was a Democrat, but never sought or held public office. On March 7, 1856, shortly after his return from California, he married Louisa Tallinan, who was born July 21, 1827, in the town of Schuyler, Herkimer county, New York, a daughter of Abram and Phiía (Eddy) Tallman, the former named having been a son of William and Rhoda (Atkins) Tallman, and the latter a daughter of Welcome and Rhoda (Bennett) Eddy. One child was born to Mr. and Mrs. Howland, Herbert Jermain. Mr. Howland was a man highly respected by all, a good neighbor, and a kind and loving husband and father. He died July 11, 1894, and his remains were interred at Lafargeville, New York.
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Herbert Jermain Howland, only child of Eugene B. and Louisa (Talhnan) Howland, was born December 18, 1859, in the town of Pamelia, Jefferson county, New York. He was educated at the public schools of Pamelia, Orleans and Watertown. He assisted his father in the work on the homestead, and upon the death of the latter succeeded to the estate at East Watertown, where he has devoted his attention exclusively to farming and dairying. In addition to this he is the owner of considerable real estate in the city of Watertown, and a portion of his time is spent in real estate transactions, from which he realizes a fair profit. In politics he is a Democrat, but has never aspired to public office, preferring to devote his time to business affairs and to looking after the comfort and welfare of his mother, with whom he resides at the present time ( 1905) at No. 113 State street, Watertown. He, like his father and early ancestors, is a worthy citizen, taking an active interest in all measures which tend toward the advancement of society.
CALEB N. LYMAN, a highly respected and prominent citizen of the town of Lorraine, Jefferson county, New York, where he was born, March 14, 1835, is a man of keen discrimination, sound judgment and excellent common sense, and these characteristics have aided materially in the success which has attended his active career. His parents were Caleb and Theda ( Butler) Lyman.
Having been reared upon a farm, he naturally chose that occupa- tion as best suited for his life work, and after completing a common school education turned his attention to that line of industry, which he has followed in connection with that of lumbering. In 1862 he enlisted in Company B, Tenth Regiment, New York Heavy Artillery, and served three years in that terrible struggle, the Civil war, and is now a pensioner of the United States government for disabilities inci- dent thereto. He participated in the battle of Petersburg and the battle of Cedar Creek, and throughout his term of service displayed both courage and heroism. Since attaining his majority he has cast his vote with the Republican party, whose interests he has served faithfully and well. He is a member of the Protestant Methodist church, a mem- ber of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and of the Grand Army of the Republic.
On July 20, 1861, Mr. Lyman married Amelia Walker, who was born May 3, 1844, a daughter of Abram and Lucinda ( Weaver ) Walker, residents of Worth township. Their children are as follows: Henry
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C., born February 10, 1868, resides on the homestead farm; he married Belle Ripley. Theada A., born April 9, 1870, wife of Franklin Wilcox, of Allendale, a blacksmith by trade. Clinton A., born February 12, 1872, who was shot by accident at the age of twenty-one years. Myron O., born April 18, 1881. Maud M., born September 29. 1883, wife of John Redway, a farmer of Ellishurgh. Sarah, born March 22, 1890.
OTIS BROOKS, one of the most active men of his years, and a prominent business man of Jefferson county, is a native of the town of Antwerp, born March 29, 1833. He is a son of a pioneer settler of the county, Julius Brooks. The latter was supposed to have been born in Connecticut, but may have been born in Champion, where his father was an early resident.
Julius Brooks was reared in Champion, attending the district school, and aiding so far as he was able in clearing up a farm. He married Sally Otis, a native of the town of Rutland, a daughter of an early settler in that town. She died in 1836, leaving five children. Mr. Brooks located about 1830 in the northern part of Antwerp, in a neigh- borhood known as "New Connecticut," where he purchased a farm. This he sold, and moved to the town of Theresa. He bought and sold, until he was living on his fourth farm at the time of his death, in Octo- ber, 1874, at the age of seventy-four years. This farm consisted of one hundred acres, in the northwestern part of Antwerp. He was an industrious and successful farmer, strictly honest and very sensitive by nature. He was a Democrat in political sentiment, but joined the Re- publican party when the issues that precipitated the Civil war drove him from his former allegiance.
For his second wife, Mr. Brooks took Sally Davidson, daughter of John Davidson, of Fowler, St. Lawrence county. She was the mother of four children. The first of Mr. Brooks's children, Franklin, by name, was killed by a falling tree when eleven years of age. Almena, the second, became the wife of John Randall, of Antwerp, and died in Philadelphia. Edwin left home when eighteen years old, and was never heard from by his family. Sarah married Nathaniel Hanson. and now resides in Sterlingville. Otis receives further mention below. Lucinda, eldest and only surviving child of Mrs. Sally (Davidson) Brooks, is the wife of Ely Hanson, residing at Rensselaer Falls. Achsah died unmarried, and Gurley died at the age of eleven years. Mary died unmarried. Destin, fifth child, died aged twenty-one years.
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Otis Brooks has spent his entire life in the vicinity of his birth- place, except three years passed in the Union army during the Civil war. He remained on the parental farm until eighteen years old, receiving such instruction as was afforded by the district school, until he reached the age of sixteen. His life has been one of continued and industrious application, and he was early counted as a full man in farm labor. When eighteen years old he left home to learn the carpenter's trade, and about 1854 began to build houses on his own account. He con- structed a considerable number of houses in the village of Theresa and adjacent country, beside other buildings, maintaining a shop on the river for making doors and other parts of houses used in his business. His shop was swept away by a flood, causing him to abandon the busi- ness temporarily.
On August II, 1862, he enlisted as a member of Company F, Tenth New York Heavy Artillery, and went shortly to the front. For a period of over twenty months this organization did garrison duty about the defenses of Washington, and was then sent into the field about Petersburg and the Shenandoah Valley. It saw active service at the battle of Petersburg and along the James river. Mr. Brooks was one of the fortunates who received no injury in the service, and the hard- ships endured do not seem to have diminished his vitality. He was discharged in June, 1865, having acted as duty sergeant, quartermaster and orderly.
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