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Stephen Amos, son of Orrey and Amanda Merriman, was born July 2, 1837. in the town of Gouverneur, where he grew up on a farm, receiving his education in the local district schools. He continued in school during the winter terms until he was twenty years of age, and then came to Black River, in this county, and bought land in the town of LeRay, near that village. This he tilled seventeen years and then sold. Within a short time he purchased the farm on which his son, Clark G., now resides, paying ten thousand dollars for it, and which he still owns. After managing this property nine years he turned it over to his son and moved to the village of Black River, where he has since resided. For some years he was employed in the chair shop on the south side of the river, and in 1890 he acquired an interest in the Black River Bending Company, and has since been one of its directors and gives his time to the operation of its plant. Mr. Merriman is a member of the Methodist church, and of the Watertown Grange. In politics he is a Prohibitionist. as he is in practice and principle. Al- ways industrious and energetic, he has achieved success, and is in a po- sition to enjoy the fruits of past toils.
Mr. Merriman was married October 12, 1858, to Mandana Clarke, who was born January 9. 1839, in Rutland, a daughter of Asa and Betsey ( Poor) Clarke, early residents of the locality. Mrs. Merriman died February 22, 1901, and Mr. Merriman married, February 26, 1902, Mrs. Elizabeth Lanphear, widow of Perry Lanphear, and daughter of Jacob Vroman. Mr. Merriman's children are noted as follows: Lor- etta Mandana, the eldest. died when one year old: Nettie Arvilla is the wife of Myron Schofield, of Black River ; Clark Giles; Stella Belle mar- ried Rev. Clarence V. Haven, now pastor of the Methodist church at Great Bend; Ida May, Mrs. George Kimball Oakes, resides at Black River: Asa DeWitt is a merchant at Great Bend.
Mrs. Elizabeth Merriman, wife of S. A. Merriman, died at Black River, February 5. 1905.
Clark Giles Merriman was born on his father's farm in the town of LeRay, in 1863. He was married in 1885 to Miss Minnie Edith Springsteen, daughter of Charles and Caroline ( Corwin) Springsteen. of Watertown. On his marriage he took his father's farm, upon which he continues to reside. Besides managing that property, he has an interest in the cheese factory on the farm, and in the Black River Bend- ing Company, and holds some outside real estate. He is a member of the Methodist Episcopal Church of Black River, and of the Watertown Grange, and in politics is a Prohibitionist.
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Mr. and Mrs. Merriman are the parents of six children : Charles Stephen, Harvey Merle, Muriel Ruma, Carolyn Mandana. Hazel Eula, and George DeWitt, all at home.
DAVID HICKS WHEELER, a lifelong resident and farmer of Mannsville, Jefferson county, comes of New England stock. His grandfather. Jonathan Wheeler, was born August 19, 1733, at Lanes- boro, Massachusetts, and during the Revolutionary war served in the continental army. He was twice married, his first wife being Priscilla Hicks, born July 23, 1743. He was the father of nineteen children. His death occurred January 9, 1815, at Lanesboro, Massachusetts.
Hicks Wheeler, youngest of the nineteen children of Jonathan and Priscilla ( Hicks) Wheeler, was born April 8, 1790, at Lanesboro, Mas- sachusetts, and in early manhood went to West Galloway, Saratoga county, New York, whence he removed about 1811 to Jefferson county. He purchased a tract of wild land consisting of about one hundred and fifty acres in Ellisburgh, near the village of Mannsville, and paid for it with the money which he earned by working at the shoemaker's trade, which he had followed for some years. During the war of 1812 he served in the American army at Sackets Harbor. In politics he was a Democrat in early life, and from the organization of the party an active Republican. He was one of the organizers of the Methodist Episcopal church at Mannsville, to the financial support of which he was the larg- est contributor. It was chiefly owing to his appeal to the conference that that body supplied the church with its first pastor, the Reverend Moses Lyon. He married Sarah James, who was born June 10, 1794. in Galloway, New York, daughter of Edward James, and they were the parents of the following children: Lucinda M., born September 17. 1813, married, at the age of sixty-two years, Norman Thompson, of Oswego county; Anna, July 23, 1816, married Edmund Remington, a farmer of Lorraine; Diana June 8, 1819, became the wife of Nelson Adsit of Orwell, Oswego county ; Jonathan E. J., born August 19, 1820, died at Sandy Creek, New York ; David H., mentioned at length here- inafter ; Luther N. and Mary M., both died young ; George N., born De- cember 28, 1834, is a farmer of Ellisburgh ; and Melissa J., born May 24, 1837, married John Woodall, and lives with her son at Canastota, New York. Mr. Wheeler, the father of this family, a man sincerely loved and respected by all who knew him, died August 21, 1865, at the age of seventy-five years.
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David H. Wheeler, son of Hicks and Sarah ( James) Wheeler, was born December 18. 1823. in Ellisburg, near the village of Mannsville. and from boyhood was trained to agricultural pursuits. Until middle life he was a farmer, but since 1875 has been a traveling salesman. Prior to 1856 he was a Jeffersonian Democrat, but in that year voted for John C. Fremont, when the latter was nominated for the Presidency, and since that time has affiliated with the Republicans. About 1894 he became a Prohibitionist. He and his family are members of the Baptist church, in which Mr. Wheeler has always held office.
Mr. Wheeler married, September 1. 1847. Hannah Janet Marsh, and the following children were born to them: 1. Emma Jane, born August, 1849. became the wife of the Rev. Silas W. Hatch. a Baptist clergyman of Ashland, Nebraska; he was for a time pastor of a church at Smithville, and later editor of the Adams "Journal:" he went to the west in consequence of ill health, and his death occurred at Colorado Springs. 2. Rosa May, born September 28. 1855. and died at the age of fifteen years. 3. Florence Addie, born January 14, 1863, is the wife of Frank Dee Penney, a Baptist clergyman of Burlington. Vermont.
Mrs. Wheeler is the daughter of William Marsh, who was a farmer of Lorraine, and one of the pioneers of the township. He was a Demo- crat, but later became a Republican. He and his family were Baptists and were among the original members of the church of that denomina- tion at Mannsville. He married Hannah Gardner, and they were the parents of two sons and four daughters. One of the latter, Hannah Janet, who was born March 12. 1830, became the wife of David H. Wheeler, as mentioned above.
JAMES F. STARBUCK, whose brilliant professional and pub- lic career honored and elevated the bar of Jefferson county for a period of almost four decades, was born in Cayuga county, New York, Sep- teinher 5. 1815. but shortly afterward his parents removed to Niagara county, same state.
In the spring of 1839 he came to Watertown and began the study of law in the office of Lansing & Sherman, and was admitted to practice in the common pleas in 1843, and in the supreme court in 1844. The following year he opened an office for the practice of his profession and was soon recognized among the leading lawyers of the county, and especially in Watertown. a standing he maintained throughout the long
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period of his professional life. In 1846 he was elected secretary of the first convention that formed the constitution of that year. In 1850 lie was elected district attorney, and held the office three years from Jan- uary 1. 1851, his service in this capacity proving of value to his subse- quent career. In 1860 he was nominated for congress, but was de- feated at the polls, and in 1876 he was elected to the state senate from the district comprising Jefferson and Lewis counties. He was one of the managers of the Young Men's Association of Watertown, which was organized December 3. 1840, and incorporated April 17, 1841, and which from a literary standpoint was for several years one of the noted institutions of the village.
In May, 1855. Mr. Starbuck married Sarah Burchard, a daughter of Peleg Burchard, who died in 1857. leaving a daughter surviving her -now the wife of E. S. Goodale, a merchant in Watertown. In 1861 Mr. Starbuck married Mrs. Boyer, the widow of Judge Joseph Boyer. Mr. Starbuck died at his home in Watertown, New York. December II, 1880.
FRANK DEE PENNEY. son-in-law of David Hicks Wheeler. was born in Adams, Jefferson county, New York. April 26, 1857. a son of Alva and Helen ( Stanbro) Penney, and grandson of Amial and Lucy (Crumb) Penney, natives of Unadilla Forks, Otsego county, New York. Alva Penney ( father) was born in Unadilla Forks, Otsego county, New York. 1824. He acquired an academic education, and throughout his active career followed the occupations of school teacher, mechanic and farmer. He was a man of prominence and influence, held all the honorable positions in the gift of his town, and served a term as member of assembly in Albany, New York. He was an ad- herent to the doctrines of the Baptist church, and a Republican in politics. He married Helen Stanbro, who was born in Unadilla Forks. New York. 1829. daughter of Orville and Susan ( Way) Stanbro. of that town, and after completing the regular course at the common and high select schools served in the capacity of teacher prior to her mar- riage. She was a noble wife and a devoted mother to her four sons.
Frank Dee Penney attended the common schools, West Winfield Academy, Colgate Academy at Hamilton, New York, three years' course, Colgate University, four years' course, graduating in the class of 1885. and Hamilton Theological Seminary, graduating in the class of 1888. Throughout the years of his ministry he preached in Mans-
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ton, Juneau county, Wisconsin, was a student supply one year in Delhi, New York, pastor five years in Auburn, New York ( 1888-1893), three and a half years in North Adams, Massachusetts ( 1893-1897), this being the second church in size in New England, five years in Wor- cester, Massachusetts ( 1897-1902). and from Worcester the First Bap- tist Church in Burlington. Vermont, this being the leading Baptist church in that state. Mr. Penney is, at this writing, happily and suc- cessfully laboring here. Since 1888 he has been active in great revivals of religion, in which he has witnessed the conversion of thousands of people. Mr. Penney has been an extensive traveler, his journeys ex- tending into nineteen states of the Union, Canada, Egypt, Palestine. Syria, Damascus, Constantinople, Greece, Italy, and various other coun- tries. He is a life member of the American Baptist Missionary Union and the American Baptist Home Mission Society. He was a member of the board of directors of the Baptist Young People's Union of America one term, and is now filling a similar position in the Vermont State Convention. He has taken an active interest in the cause of temperance, using his voice and pen vigorously in advocacy thereof. His political views coincide with those of the Republican party, but in great political issues he casts his vote for the candidate who in his opinion is best qualified for office irrespective of party.
In Mannsville, New York, July 27, 1887, Mr. Penney married Florence Addie Wheeler, who attended the common and graded schools of her birthplace. "H. C. I." Adams, New York, Oswego Normal School, and Hamilton Seminary for Ladies. Mrs. Penney modestly enjoyed the praise and admiration of her associates as being highly popular, and most successful as teacher, artist, and social and Christian leader. She has been so efficient in her life work, that to her belongs an equal share with her husband in all the results of their successful endeavors; a wife and mother of rare intellectual powers, and self- sacrificing devotion ; and unexcelled by the lovers of the great Christian and philanthropic movements of the church. Their children are: Ster- ling Wheeler, born in Auburn, New York, June 19, 1892; Frank Dee, Jr., born in North Adams, Massachusetts, March 4, 1896; and Julian Lorimer born in Burlington, Vermont, June 11, 1904.
JERRY W. CRANDALL. One of the oldest families in Jeffer- son county is that of which Jerry W. Crandall, a prosperous farmer of Lorraine, is a representative. Mr. Crandall comes of a race which
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during the colonial period furnished loyal subjects to the British crown, helped to recruit the army of freedom while the Revolutionary strug- gle was in progress, and at a later epoch in our history gave good citi- zens to the United States.
William P. Crandall was born September 5. 1773, in Stonington. Connecticut, and was one of the thirteen children of Jared Crandall, who for eighteen years followed the sea as captain of a ship. In early manhood he moved to Herkimer county, New York, and then, animated by the desire to still further penetrate and subdue the wilderness-a desire characteristic of the true pioneer-he came. accompanied by his brother Naboth, to Jefferson county, making the journey with an ox team in the autumn of 1800. He settled on a farm in Watertown, and in April of the following year brought his family to their new home. He was a successful farmer and an influential citizen. He married, in 1795. Content, daughter of Alpheus Barstow, of Leyden, Massachu- setts, who was a member of the legislature when John Hancock was governor of the state, and a Miss Carter, his wife. Mr. and Mrs. Crandall were the parents of seven sons and one daughter: William, who was a farmer in Jefferson county, and attained to the great age of ninety-three years; Orinda, who became the wife of Oliver Way; Jared, who died at the age of five years; Barstow, who was three years old at the time of his death; John, who was a farmer in Watertown; Isaac, who died unmarried at the age of twenty-seven; Jeremiah, men- tioned at length hereinafter; and Reuben, who lived as a farmer on the homestead and died unmarried in 1888 at the age of seventy-two. Mr. Crandall, the father, died in 1843, having entered his seventieth year, and long before reaped the reward of his early struggles, not only in his individual prosperity, but in seeing a region, which he remembered as little better than a trackless forest, covered with fruitful farms and thriving villages. The devoted wife, who had shared his hardships and rejoiced in his success, survived him nearly a quarter of a century, passing away in 1867 at the venerable age of ninety-one years.
Jeremiah Crandall, son of William P. and Content ( Barstow ) Crandall, was born January 9, 1815, in Watertown, and as a farmer's son was trained from boyhood in a practical knowledge of agriculture. On reaching manhood he naturally adopted for his calling the pursuit for which his education had best fitted him, and in the course of time received by inheritance a portion of the homestead, where he led the life of an industrious, thrifty and prosperous farmer. In 1868 he dis-
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posed of the property and became the owner of a farm in Rutland, where he passed the remainder of his life. He married. May 13. 1836. Malvina, daughter of Bechus and Sally ( Bettis) Babcock, of Copen- hagen, who died May 21, 1877: the following children were born to them: Octavia, who was born March 6, 1837, and married Olney Staplin, a farmer of Spirit Lake, Iowa: Eunice, who was born August 24. 1838, became the wife of M. H. Allen, of Clifton Springs, New York, and died March 7, 1901 : Content, who was born September 5. 1841. and married Chauncy Bull, a farmer of Lincoln, Nebraska : Imo- gen, who was born April 13. 1843, became the wife of Samuel Wet- more, and now resides in Clifton Springs, New York: and Jerry W., mentioned at length hereinafter. Mr. Crandall, the father of the fam- ily, furnished another instance of the longevity which was so striking a characteristic of this race. having reached his eighty-eighth year at the time of his death, which occurred in 1902. He was mourned as a man so mmostentatiously good and useful deserved to be mourned.
Jerry W. Crandall, son of Jeremiah and Malvina ( Babcock ) Cran- dall, was born July 29, 1845, and has added another to the long line of farmers from which he sprang. His entire life thus far has been spent 'in agricultural pursuits, and has given abundant evidence that the abil- ity, and with it the success of his ancestors, has descended to him in full measure. In March, 1881. he purchased the old "Beaver Meadow farm," in Lorraine, one mile south of Adams. The estate consists of one hundred and nineteen acres, and is in all respects one of the finest in the township. It is maintained by the owner in a highly flourishing condition, being conducted chiefly as a dairy farm. Mr. Crandall is a member of the Grange, and in politics affiliates with the Republican party. He and his family are members of the Baptist church of Adams.
Mr. Crandall married. October 10, 1878. Ida Kellogg, and they have one son. Ross, who was born March 26. 1889. Mrs. Crandall is a lincal descendant of Lieutenant Joseph Kellogg, who was born in Scotland about 1627, and in 1662 emigrated to America, settling at Hadley, Massachusetts, where his son. John Kellogg, resided, and was the father of another John Kellogg, who was a soldier in the Revolu- tionary army. His name appears as captain of Company Three. Third Regiment. Hampshire County, Massachusetts, commanded by Colonel John Mosley ("Hampshire County History." vol. 43. p. 210). He also served as captain in the regiment commanded by Colonel Leonard. He married Lucy A. Terry, and they were the parents of a son. Josiah,
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whose wife was Lois Day. Silas Kellogg, son of Josiah and Lois ( Day ) Kellogg, married Julia Loomis, a descendant of Joseph Loomis. who emigrated from England to America in 1634. Their son, Frank- lin Kellogg, was born in Westfield, Massachusetts, and moved to Jeffer- son county, where he became a farmer in Rutland. He married .Al- bina Staplin, a direct descendant of Isaac Staplin, who, at the time of the Revolution, came with the British army to this country and subse- quently became an American citizen. Mr. and Mrs. Kellogg were the parents of a daughter. Ida, who was born January 18. 1855. in the town of Turin, Lewis county, New York, and became the wife of Jerry W. Crandall, as mentioned above. Mrs. Crandall is a member of the Daughters of the Revolution.
WILLIAM R. EMERY, an able and experienced farmer and re- spected citizen of Lorraine, Jefferson county, belongs, on the paternal side, to a family of English origin and through his mother is the de- scendant of Welsh ancestors.
Rowland Emery was born May 22. 1786, and always led the life of a farmer. He married Elizabeth Jones, who was born May 20, 1791, and they were the parents of the following children: Serena, born August 9. 1812, married Cornelius Hallenbeck, a farmer, and died No- vember 2, 1871: Margaret Ann, born November 22, 181 -- , married Francis Hallenbeck, a farmer of Missouri, and died June 7. 1883; Eliza, born August 24, 1816, became the wife of Thomas Kittle, of Herkimer county. New York, and died March 24. 1881; Lydia Cath- erine, born December 4. 1822, married John Williams of Herkimer county, Ohio, and died August 8, 1856: John, born November 23, 1824. was a farmer, and married Mary Ann Curtis, of Poland, New York; Sally Maria, born October 28, 1826, died in childhood: Gitty Maria, born March 26, 1832, became the wife of William Irvine, of Deerfield. Oneida county, New York ; and William R., mentioned at length here- inafter. Mrs. Emery, the mother of these children, died June 12. 1842. and her husband expired December 14, 1849.
William R. Emery, son of Rowland and Elizabeth (Jones) Emery, was born May 4. 1837, in Herkimer county, New York, and was trained from boyhood to agricultural pursuits. In 1867 he came to Jefferson county and purchased part of the farm in Lorraine which he now owns. It consists of one hundred and five acres, and he has caused it to be the means of furnishing him with a thriving dairy business. He and his
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wife are members of the Protestant Methodist church of North Boyls- ton, and Mr. Emery was one of the organizers of a church of that de- nomination at Winona, in which he held office.
Mr. Emery married, February 23, 1858. Esther Ostrom, and they have two children : Roxina, who was born December 28, 1859, is the wife of William H. Rudd, a farmer of Lorraine, and has two children : Maddie B., born October 19, 1880; and Emery J., born October 18, 1885 ; and Jessie M., who was born July 9, 1879, married George E. Bowman, and has one child, Ruth E .. born August 8, 1899.
Mrs. Emery is the daughter of Richard Ostrom, who was born March 14. 1815, in Montgomery county, and subsequently moved to Jefferson county, where he was one of the pioneers. He married Maria Fuller, also a native of Montgomery county, born March 27, 1818, and the following children were born to them: James, born October 31, 1838, served in the Civil war, and died March 22, 1862; Esther, born July 26, 1841, married William R. Emery, as mentioned above; Jean- nette, born July 10. 1845, died September 7, 1852; Caroline, born June 10, 1848, became the wife of Alfred Ash, of Herkimer county, New York ; Mary Dette, born September 13. 1851, married Theodore Aslı- ley, of Utica, New York : Alfred, born June 25. 1855. resides in Michi- gan : and Rozell, born November II. 1858, lives at Saginaw. Michigan.
WILLIAM HORATIO GRENELL, an influential and public- spirited citizen of Pierrepont Manor, Jefferson county, New York, in which village he was born on January 26, 1846, is a lineal descendant of Nathan Grenell, a native of England, who was made freeman at Plymouth, Massachusetts, in 1628. The line of ancestry is as follows : ( II) Daniel Grenell, son of Nathan, born in 1636, married Mary Wodell, who was born in 1640. (III) Daniel Grenell. born in 1665, died in 1740; he married Lydia Peabody, born in 1667 and died in 1748, a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Alden) Peabody, the latter named having been a daughter of John and Priscilla ( Mullins) Alden. (IV) George Grenell, born in 1686, married Mary Bull, who was born in 1708. (V) Daniel Grenell, born in 1729, died in 1801, was a soldier in the American Revolution from Saybrook, Connecticut; he married Ann Chapman, whose death occurred in 1814. (VI) Ezra Grenell, born July 29, 1766, married, January 1, 1789, Olive Parker, who was born April 10, 1768, and died November 8, 1837. (VII) Benjamin Persons Grenell born January 5, 1790, died July 8, 1864; he
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married, February 9. 1813. Kezia Freeman Grenell, born August 3. 1786, died October 14. 1872. (VIII) Ezra Orosco Grenell was born July 2, 1815, on Manor Farm, which is located in the vicinity of Pierre- pont Manor, New York. He was a farmer by occupation and resided on the homestead during his entire lifetime, this property having been settled upon him by his great-grandfather, Ezra Grenell. He was a man of excellent habits and good education, was a member and deacon of the Congregational church at Mannsville, New York, for many years prior to his death, and his political affiliations were with the Re- publican party. In October, 1839. he married Abby Monroe Ward- well, who was born in Bristol, Rhode Island. November 23, 1814. a daughter of Samuel Wardwell, Jr., and his wife Hannah ( Monroe ) Wardwell. Mrs. Grenell was descended from an old family who orig- inated from William Wardwell, who came over from England with the early Pilgrims in 1620; the family resided in Bristol, Rhode Island, for many years, whence her father removed to Mannsville, New York. Mr. Grenell died on the old homestead on January 18. 1898, having survived his wife almost two years, her death occurring on February 20. 1896.
William H. Grenell was a student at Union Academy, Eastman's Business College at Poughkeepsie, New York, and Cazenovia Seminary. He then engaged in various business positions until his marriage, after which he resided on the Manor Farm for several years, and in 1873 engaged in the seed business, which he has followed since residing in Pierrepont Manor. For thirteen years he served as captain of Com- pany A. Thirty-fifth Regiment New York State National Guard, is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Masonic order, being affili- ated with Rising Sun Lodge, Adams Chapter, Watertown Commandery and Media Temple, Mystic Shrine.
At Pierrepont Manor, New York, March 19. 1867. Mr. Grenell was united in marriage to-Adelaide E. Allen, who was born August 9. 1847, a daughter of Jerome and Olive ( Castor) Allen, and her educa- tion was acquired at the Parish school and a school for young ladies at Troy, New York, conducted by Madame Willards. Their children were: Helen Allen, born at Manor Farm, Pierrepont Manor. New York, in 1868, and died in 1870: Anna Wardwell, born in 1873 at Manor Farm, Pierrepont Manor. New York, educated at St. Agnes' School in Albany, New York, and the Irving School in Watertown. New York. In 1897 she became the wife of Matthew J. Huggins, of
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