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He was married August 26, 1903, to Emma L., daughter of David and Lovina ( Hunt ) Resseguie, of Sulphur Springs, town of Hounsfield, this county. ( See Resseguie).
IVES. This is one of the oldest New England families, and has numerous representatives in Jefferson county, among whose pio-
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neers were several of the name. They and their descendants have been reckoned among the thrifty, upright and industrious citizens. most of whom have been tillers of the soil. All of the name in the United States are believed to be of one great family, the progeny of a pioneer at New Haven, Connecticut.
(I) William Ives sailed from England in the ship " True Love " in 1635. being then twenty-eight years of age, and landed at Boston. He was a member of the Davenport colony which settled at New Haven in 1637-8, and was one of the signers of the Civil Compact in 1639. He died there about 1648, and his widow Hannah subsequently mar- ried a Dr. Bassett. Of William Ives' children there were four, namely : John. Joseph. Phoebe and Daniel.
(II) John, eldest child of William and Hannah Ives, was the first of the name to settle in Wallingford. where he was one of the early residents, the settlement being effected in 1671. He was a farmer in that part of the town which is now the town of Meriden. Connecticut. His wife was Hannah Merriman, from one of the first families at New Haven. Their children were: John, Hannah. Joseph. Gideon. Na- thaniel. Ebenezer. Samuel and Bejamin.
(III) Gideon, fourth child and third son of John and Hannah Ives, was married February 20, 1706, to Mary Royce. a daughter of Joseph and Mary (Porter) Royce, and granddaughter of Robert Royce, who was early in Massachusetts and a pioneer at Stratford. Connecticut. He finally settled at New London, where he was promi- nent for many years and lived to a great age. Mary ( Royce) Ives died October 15. 1742. aged fifty-six years. Their children were : Sarah, Jotham. Amasa. Rhoda, Martha. Amasa (2), Gideon. Joel, Mary. Susannah, and Esther.
(IV) Jotham. second child and eldest son of Gideon and Mary Ives, was born September 20, 1710, in Wallingford, and was married February 28. 1736, to Abigail Burroughs. He died September 2, 1753, being eighteen days short of forty-three years old. Most of his chil- dren settled in Cheshire. then a part of Wallingford, and were farmers.
(\') Jotham Ives was born in 1743. in Cheshire, Connecticut, and removed early in life to Torringford. Litchfield county, same col- ony, where he spent his days almost exclusively in agricultural pursuits. and died in April. 1823. He married Anna Foster. and the following children were born to them: Joel. born in Torrington, died in Brook- field. New York. He married Anna Goodwin, who was born in Tor-
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rington, and they had a daughter Julia. The last named, born in Brook- field, married a Scott, and had a daughter Lucy born in 1802. Lucy Scott married Benjamin Maxon and resided in Houndsfield, this county. Their daughter, Sophia, married Jay Dimmick, and they were the par- ents of Rufus Maxon Dimmick, now a resident of Houndsfield.
Anna, second child of Jotham and Anna Foster Ives, was born September 26, 1773, in Torrington, and died August, 1859. She be- came the wife of Samnel Hall, who was born April 3, 1771, in Walling- ford, Connecticut, and died 1841. Their children were: Levi, born September, 1796. in Brookfield. New York, and died at the age of ten years : Martin, April 14. 1798: Ira, August 26, 1800: settled in Hounds- field; Hiram, June 27, 1802, died in Houndsfield, in 1835: Joel, Feb- ruary 16, died at twelve: Anna. June, 1807. died 1831 ; Samuel. Jan- uary 26, 1810.
Lucy, third child of Jotham and Anna (Foster) Ives, was born in Torrington. in 1775.
(VI) Jotham, fourth child and second son of Jotham and Anna (Foster) Ives, was born June 8. 1777. in Torrington, Connecticut, and died in the town of Watertown, April 5, 1841. He married Amy Scott, who was born June 6, 1777, and died in Watertown. September 20. 1864. Their children were: Amanda, born March 2, 1802, married Henry White, and died --: Garrett, born January 8, 1806, in the town of Watertown: Amy Ann, born August 6. 1816, died April 25. 1831.
Jotham Ives during the year 1800 came from Connecticut and lo- cated land in the eastern part of Watertown, near the present village of Burrville. He returned to Torrington in the following winter and came again to Watertown in 1801. He located permanently in that year in the extreme western part of the town, in the district now called "Field's Settlement." He purchased his land by contract in 1801, and received his deed August 20, 1802. It is claimed that this is the first deed issued in the town. He became a large land owner, and it is said raised the first wheat in the town. Mr. Ives was a man of strong will and great industry, and became prominent not only in the town but in the county. He made a success where others might fail, and left his impress upon the young community.
(VII) Garrett Ives, the eldest son and second child of Jotham and Amy (Scott) Ives, was born January 8, 1806, in the town of Watertown, on his father's homestead. His education was supplied
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by the common schools of his native town and at Lowville Academy. He assisted his father on the home farm and followed farming all his life. He was a breeder of fine horses and an extensive dealer in cattle, which he prepared for the market. For a number of years he was the owner and operator of the grist mill in the village of Watertown, and he took part in the establishment of early financial institutions, being a stockhokler of the Jefferson County Bank, and the present prosperous condition of that institution may be attributed to the conservative man- agement of such men as Mr. Ives in its initial progress. He was a Democrat in politics, and was the nominee of his party at one time for member of assembly, but was defeated because of the strong opposi- tion majority in the district. He was respected by his townsmen as a man of strong personality and upright career, a sound and successful citizen.
He married ( first) Lorinda Lamon, born in 1812, daughter of Francis and Philena Lamon ( see Lamon ). She died January 20, 1831, leaving an only child. Francis Ives, horn December 25, 1830. He died January 7, 1897, in Watertown. Mr. Ives married (second) Louisa, widow of Elihu Sheppard, born Read. She was born in 1806, and died in August, 1847. Her children were: Brayton Charles, Titus and Lewis G. The first was born July 28, 1834. died near Fort Clark, Texas, June 20, 1857 : his education was received at the common school near his home, the Black River Institute at Watertown, and at the National Military College at West Point, from which he graduated, and was commissioned a lieutenant in the regular army. While on the way to his post of duty at Fort Clark, he was stricken with fever which terminated his life. He was brilliant and handsome, standing six feet in height, and his untimely death was regretted by many out- side of his immediate family. Garrett Ives married for his third wife Eliza Stewart, daughter of John and Olive Stewart. She was born December 2, 1824. in the town of Pamelia, and died May 7. 1894. at the home of her son in Watertown. A sketch of the son appears in a later paragraph.
(VIII) Titus, son of Garrett and Louisa ( Read) Ives, was born October 2, 1836, on the parental homestead and became a farmer and breeder of fine horses. He died unmarried April 19, 1903.
(VIII) Lewis Garrett Ives, third son of Garrett and Louisa ( Read ) Ives, was born July 20. 1847, in the town of Watertown. The schools of his home and the city of Watertown supplied his education,
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and he remained upon the home farm until he attained his majority. He then located on his present extensive farm on the road between Rice's Corners and Field's Settlement. He dwelt upon and tilled this place twenty-nine years and still manages it, though his residence has been recently moved to Rices. In 1898 he purchased the cheese fac- tory at that point, which he has successfully conducted to the present time. Mr. Ives aims to keep abreast of progress in agricultural methods as in everything else, and is a useful member of Star Grange. No. 9, of Houndsfield. In politics he follows the traditions of the fam- ily and adheres to the Democratic party, but gives little time to political movements, being fully occupied in caring for his numerous business interests. He is one of the most substantial and worthy citizens of his town, and is held in respect by his neighbors.
He was married December 25, 1873, to Mary Jane Livermore, a (laughter of Fred M. and Mary A. ( Frost) Livermore, of the town of Houndsfield. She was born December 12, 1849, and is the mother of a son, Lewis Garrett Ives, born October 14, 1874, on his father's farm in the town of Watertown. He received his education in the local public schools at home and in the city of Watertown, and resides with his father and assists in the conduct of the farm and factory. He also adheres to the political principles of the family, and is a young man of energy and business ability. He was married November 12, 1896, to Emma May, daughter of Harvey Collins and Emma Herrick Rice. She was born November 20, 1876, and they have one child, Mabel Grace, born July 3, 1898.
(VIII) Fred Stewart Ives, only child of Garrett and Eliza ( Stewart) Ives, was born August 18, 1856, near the city line of Water- town, on the road from that city to Brownville. His education was received at the public schools of the town and city of Watertown. In the vacation periods he was busy in the labors of the farm, and was thus early accustomed to the use of his hands and body, as well as of his mind. He inherited the sound qualities that have made the lves family noted among the thrifty and respectable citizens of this republic. In time he purchased a farm for himself, on which he now resides. It is located in the southwestern part of the town of Watertown, on the road from Rice's to Field's Settlement, and here he was successfully engaged in farming and the breeding of fine horses and cattle. These command the best prices in the market, because of his care and judgment in selec- tion. He is an industrious and prudent business man, a good citizen,
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and has the respect of those who know him. In politics, he acts with the Democratic party.
Mr. Ives was married October 28, 1886, to Miss Martha Ann Fields, who was born January 12, 1867, in Sackets Harbor. She is a granddaughter of John Fields, who was born in Scotland and located at Sackets Harbor on coming to America. John, son of John Fields. was born January 17, 1845, in Sackets Harbor, and was married Octo- ber 31. 1865, to Anna Stokes, who died January 13, 1893. Her daugliter, Martha A., is the wife of Fred S. Ives as above noted. The only child of Mr. and Mrs. Ives. Grovine Sadie, was born December 10, 1902, in the house where her parents now reside. Two adopted children complete the family, namely: Maud Spooner, born March 23. 1891, in the city of Watertown, and Arthur John, born September 23. 1893, in the same place.
MILON BAKER, one of the efficient assessors of the town of Champion, and a progressive and prosperous farmer, residing in the southern part of that town, is a native of Jefferson county, born April 15, 1846, in the town of Philadelphia. His parents, Perry and Mar- garet Baker, were born in Russia, Herkimer county, this state, the mother being a daughter of Nathaniel Tompkins, a prominent farmer of Herkimer county.
Perry Baker was born March 25. 1822, and was the only son of his father's family to strike out from the native locality and make a home. About 1844 he came to Philadelphia. this county, with a capital consist- ing of good health and a determination to succeed. He first bought sixty acres of land which he soon sold, and then bought a farm of one hundred and twenty-three acres on which he lived at the time of his death, April 20. 1857. Besides farming he dealt considerably in farm stock, in which he was very successful. It was his custom to purchase cattle and horses in Canada and sell them to farmers in Philadelphia. He also drove stock to New England, disposing of it to farmers along the road. By his energy and industry he accumulated an estate of over eight thousand dollars in the thirteen years that he lived in Philadel- phia. While not a member of any church he was a believer in religion, and gave his support to the Baptist church. His widow, born May 9, 1825, died June 9. 1895. They were the parents of two children, Milon and Emily Jane. the latter being now the wife of Elisha Shurtleff, of Philadelphia.
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Milon Baker grew up on the home farm in Philadelphia, receiving liis primary education in the district school of the neighborhood, and finishing at a select school in the village of Philadelphia. He was only eleven years of age when death robbed him of his father, and his self- reliance was thus cultivated at an early day. He continued to reside on the homestead, which he tilled until 1898, when he sold it and moved to his present farm in Champion. Here he acquired one hundred and fourteen acres of the finest land in the town, and is now busily engaged in its cultivation. maintaining a small dairy. He is a member of Phila- delphia Grange, of which he was master two years, and also continues his connection with the Philadelphia Court, Independent Order of For- esters, in which he has served as chief ranger. He is a member of Copenhagen Lodge, No. 831, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, in whose benevolent and fraternal principles he feels a deep interest. Mr. Baker is a reliable Republican in political principle. For the last three years he has acted as assessor, and was re-elected in 1903.
Mr. Baker was married October 29. 1868, to Miss Catherine Strickland, who was born in Philadelphia, a daughter of John and Lucy (Freeman) Strickland. the former named. now deceased, having been a prosperous farmer. Her grandfather, John Strickland, was among the first settlers of the town of Philadelphia. John and Lucy ( Freeman) Strickland were the parents of the following named children: George. a resident of Philadelphia; Caroline, deceased, was the wife of Charles Roberts; Charles, a resident of Deer River; Catherine .\., aforemen- tioned as the wife of Milon Baker; Pitt, a resident of Philadelphia; Martha, who became the wife of Dr. D. F. Lucas, and they now reside in Brooklyn, New York: John, a resident of Wilna: Miles, a resident of Mendon, Michigan; Lucy, who died in infancy. Mrs. Baker had also two half brothers, namely: Albert, who met his death by drown- ing in the winter of 1903; and Everitt, a resident of California.
Two children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Baker, as follows: Mar- garet, wife of William Lovejoy, a hardware merchant of Philadelphia; and Perry, who resides with his parents; he married Carrie Baxter, a native of Philadelphia, October 28. 1903.
CADWELL. This name has been identified with the growth and development of Jefferson county, New York, from an early period of its history.
(I) Thomas Cadwell came early to New England, and is first of
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record at Dorchester, in 1630. He was at Hartford in 1652. In 1658 he married Elizabeth, widow of Robert Wilson, and lived on the corner of Front and State streets. He was constable in 1662, and in 1681 was licensed to keep ferry. He died October 9. 1694. and was buried in the old graveyard at Centre Church. His children were: Edward. Thomas, Samuel, Elizabeth, Mary, Mathew, Hannah, Abigail, Mehita- bel, and William.
( H) Mathew Cadwell, son of Thomas, was born October 5. 1668. In 1605 he married Abigail, daughter of John Beckley. He died .April 22, 1719, and was buried in the Centre Church graveyard. His children were: Mathew, John. Abel, Daniel and Abigail.
(III) Mathew Cadwell ( second) was born in 1606. He mar- ried in 1720 Esther Burnham, and their children were: Amelia and Mathew. The father settled in West Hartford, Connecticut and was buried there.
(IV) Mathew Cadwell (third) was born in 1724. In 1747 he married Elizabeth Hubbard, and they settled in the town of Bloomfield. Connecticut, and the remains of both rest in the Centre Church burying ground there. Their children were: Mathew, born 1748; Elizabeth, 1750; Anne. 1752: Peletah. 1754: Hulda, 1756: Theodor. 1759 John. 1760: Lois and Elizabeth. All are of baptismal record in the "W" Church, the latter two on March 18. 1764, and August. 1765. respect- ively.
It is stated in Stiles' "History of Windsor" (Connecticut ) that the Cadwell family mostly resided in that part of Bloomfield in Hartford county, Connecticut, that was taken from Simsbury. Of the family Hinsman says they were good men, and prominent in church and town. It has been stated by a member of the family that the Cadwells were from Scotland, where they were manufacturers.
The founder of the family in Jefferson county. New York, was Austin Cadwell, who was born May 28. 1786, probably in or near Granby, Connecticut. He was married October 3. 1806, his wife's christian name being Anna. The family record does not give her maiden name. Soon after 1815 Austin Cadwell located in Brownville. this county, where the remainder of his life was passed, engaged in con- ducting a foundry, and where his body was interred after his death. His children were: Austin Edson, born June 12, 1808: Anna Eveline, December 3. 1800: Mercy Paritta, October 7, 1811: Kellogg Holcomb. March 7. 1813: James Smith, November 17, 1815: Edmund Jay. Feb-
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ruary 2, 1819: Annis Adeline, September 26, 1823; Rowland Pettibone, December 24, 1825.
James Smith Cadwell was born in 1815, as above noted, in Granby, Connecticut, and was educated in the common schools of Brownville. He learned the trade of baker and confectioner, in which he became an expert, and conducted business successfully for seven years at Ogdens- burg, whence he went to Belleville. Canada, in 1848. There he pros- pered until 1855, when he returned to Watertown and continued in his calling until within ten years of his death, at the age of seventy-two years. He was industrious and thrifty, and did much to build up the city. He invented the first cracker making machine, and advised the establishment of the first steam bakery in this section, and which is yet in successful operation. He invested in real estate, opened up streets and built many houses, developing the second ward rapidly, and was regarded as one of the most enterprising and public-spirited citizens of the town. He was among the active members of the Arsenal Street Methodist Church, serving as class leader and steward, and was ever ready to further any good work. He was a prominent and widely known Odd Fellow.
He married February 25. 1838, Huldah Hills Whitcomb, who was born in Granville, Washington county, New York, March 8, 1820, daughter of Rev. Lewis and Elmira ( Hills) Whitcomb. Her father was born April 10, 1800, in Windsor, Vermont, and her mother on September 8, 1802, in Hartford. Washington county, New York. Elmira Hills was a daughter of Jesse Hills, born in Hartford, Connecti- cut, and died in East Hartford. January 7, 1859. His wife, Huldah Standish, was a direct descendant of Captain Miles Standish, of "May- flower" fame, through William, son of Miles Standish. Jesse Hills was a son of Nathan Hills, who served in the war of the Revolution, enlisting February 12, 1778, and was promoted to corporal September I, 1780. He was in the First Regiment Connecticut Line, 1781-83, serving until December 31 of the latter year, and dying in the army from smallpox. The record of his service is on page 175, "Connecticut, War of the Revolution," in the military division of the State capitol at Hartford, Connecticut. His sons were Jesse, Moses, Aaron, Nathan and John. His son Jesse moved to East Hartford, New York, where he married Huldah Standish, and they had three children: Elmira, Maria and Julia. The children of Rev. Lewis and Elmira ( Hills ) Whitcomb were Huldah Hills and Lucy Elmira.
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James Smith and Huldah Hills ( Whitcomb) Cadwell were the parents of five children : I. Lewis Austin, born in Ogdensburg, De- cember 23, 1838; 2. Henry Van Rensselaer, born in Pulaski, New York, October 3, 1840; 3. Lucy Elmira, born November 4, 1844; 4. James, died in infancy ; 5. Huldah Paritta.
Huldah Paritta, youngest child of James Smith and Huldah Hills (Whitcomb ) Cadwell, was born October 5, 1852, in Belleville, Ontario. She was educated in the public schools, passing through the high school, and later graduated with honors in the four years course of the C. L. S. C. In 1873 she became the wife of Merritt De Long, who was born March 10, 1857, in Watertown. He was there educated, and at Caze- novia Seminary, and has been for many years one of the business men in his native city. Of this marriage were born two sons. John Milton, the elder, and the only one living, was born September 6, 1874. He was educated in the common schools of Watertown, and graduated from the high school. He took a position with the Agricultural Insurance Company, and has been with the company continuously to the present time. He married Harriet O. Fox, a native of Watertown, daughter of Frank C. and Rose Fox. The younger son of Mr. and Mrs. De Long, Merritt E., was born February 2, 1878. He was educated in the common schools, and was one of the brightest of his class. He came to an untimely death by drowning at the age of sixteen, and was mourned by a large circle of friends who looked forward to his just opening career with fondest hope and confidence.
Mrs. De Long early developed literary tastes and ability, and has for years been known as a ready writer. She has written many news- paper and magazine articles, and her notes of a trip to California brought her the highest commendation. She is a woman of good business abil- ity, and for years has dealt quite largely in real estate in Watertown, and for two years was interested in a factory for ladies' wear in Kings- ton, Canada.
ANDRUS. This is among the earliest English names transplanted to New England in the pioneer period of that region, and its represen- tatives bore no mean part in the transformation of a savage wilderness to the abode of civilization. They were an industrious, moral and intel- ligent people, and their descendants in Jefferson county need not hesitate to honor their memory. The sound and substantial character of the colonial fathers has been well preserved in their descendants.
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(I) John Andrews ( AAndrus, Andros, etc. ) was among the orig- inal settlers at Farmington, Connecticut, in 1640. . His farm was on the east side of the river, two miles above the present village of Farmington. It is supposed that he and his wife Mary came from Essex county, Eng- land. They were the parents of nine children, and were members of the church at Farmington. He died in 1681, and his wife in 1694.
(II) Benjamin, youngest child of John and Mary Andrus, mar- ried Mary Smith in 1682. She died in 1707, and he subsequently mar- ried the widow, Dorcas Wetmore, of Middletown, Connecticut, who died in 1716. His third wife's name was Sarah. He died in 1727.
( III) Samuel, son of Benjamin and Mary ( Smith ) .Andrus, was born November 20, 1695. and married in 1721 Mary Scott. She died in 1741 and he married ( second ) Widow Sarah Hubbard. He resided in Southington, and was a lieutenant in the militia. Southington adjoins Farmington, and was originally a part of the latter town.
(IV) Ezekiel, son of Samuel and Sarah Hubbard Andrus, was born in Southington, Connecticut, in 1745. He was married June 26, 1782, to Martha Munson, daughter of Reuben Munson (see Munson), and resided first in Farmington, later in the adjoining town of Bristol or Burlington, whence he removed to Kinderhook, Columbia county, this state. Here one of his children was born, and he soon thereafter moved to Utica, where the death of his wife occurred, August 20, 1799. from accidental poisoning. Through sickness and other causes, he suffered the loss of nearly all his property there, and resolved to make a new start in the "Black River Country." In the spring of 1800 he came to Rutland and located on a tract of one hundred and forty-four acres of land, in the wilderness, midway between the state road and the "Middle Road," as they were located in the following summer. This he set about clearing and improving at once. \ part of his children accom- panied him, and the others followed in the fall of the same year. His belongings were brought on a two-wheeled cart drawn by a yoke of oxen, and one horse was also included in his live stock. This animal carried part of the time, two and sometimes three of the daughters of his family. He built a log house with a cobblestone floor, and rapidly (leveloped his estate into a fine farm, on which he continued to dwell until his death, March 14, 1828. His body rests in Brookside cemetery, Watertown. He was a worthy scion of a worthy ancestry, with the Puritan simplicity and love of justice which characterized his forefathers. He was the father of eleven children and grandfather of sixty-seven per-
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