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PATRICK B. CANTWELL, one of the enterprising and well known farmers, of Clayton, Jefferson county, New York, is of the fourth generation of his family to occupy the land he now owns. He has improved and added to the ancestral acres, and his farm is one of the largest and best cultivated in his locality. He sustains the family reputation for thrift, and upholdls the integrity and good repute of the name.
His great-grandfather, Patrick J., was born in Ireland in 1760, and came to America when a boy of fifteen. He worked on a farm, and the first one hundred dollars that he saved from his small earn- ings were paid in on the farm which he afterward cleared of debt, and
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which has since been in possession of his descendants. He was suc- ceeded by his son Patrick, born in Clayton in 1790, who carried on the farm during his lifetime. He was an energetic farmer and a good citi- zen, possessed of the warm heart and genial humor of his race. His wife was Elizabeth Foley, born in 1795. and five children were born of the marriage, two sons and three daughters.
Of the children of Patrick and Elizabeth ( Foley ) Cantwell. John O., born in 1823. came into possession of the homestead. He was al- ways handicapped by frail health, and though an intelligent manager he was unable himself to do any heavy work. He was a staunch friend and a helpful neighbor, and stood for the best in local citizenship. He married Ella Barney, born in 1830, and became the father of two chil- dren, of whom only Patrick B., whose name appears at the heading of this article, is living. The son, orphaned at the age of three years, was brought up under the care of his grandfather and of his aunt, Mrs. De- laney of Clayton.
Patrick B. Cantwell was born on the old homestead in Clayton, October 3, 1865, and received his education in the village of Clayton. The farm represented more to him than the means of a livelihood; it embodied the best thought and the strenuous labor of his forefathers, and he early determined to continue it as a family homestead. and to leave on the place the impress of his own effort. By careful manage- ment he has been enabled to add to the original holding of ninety-six acres until he now has a farm of two hundred and twenty acres of well- tilled land. He maintains an interest in the public affairs of the town- ship, and has been elected to the collectorship. He is a member of the Independent Order of Foresters, and is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry.
He married, February 27, 1886, Florence McCann, a daughter of Michael and Clarissa (McNeal) McCann. Her father died in 1895, and her mother is now living in Minnesota. Nine children have been born to Patrick B. and Florence ( McCann) Cantwell, namely: John M., born March 27. 1887 : Frank : Lucy, deceased : Carl. William, Ruth, Ella, Robert and Laurence.
WILLIAM J. PATCH, secretary and a member of the board of directors of the Otis Brooks Lumber Company of Clayton, New York, one of the prominent industrial enterprises of that city, is a representa- tive citizen, and has always labored to advance the best interests of
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the community in which he has since resided during his entire lifetime. He was born in Clayton, Jefferson county, New York, March 16, 1872.
The pioneer ancestor of the family on the paternal side was a na- tive of Yarmouth, England, whence he emigrated at the end of the eighteenth century to Vermont, where he made his home and where some of his descendants still reside.
Ephraim Patch, son of the emigrant ancestor. was born February 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. Ile 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.
William Patch, son of Ephraim and Sarah (Cram) Patch, was born May 19. 1811. in Johnson, Vermont. He received his education in Ware, New Hampshire, where he passed his early 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 1803, in New Boston, New Hampshire, daughter of Thomas Gid- dings, a merchant of that place, and the father of a large family. The following children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Patch : I. Salomie. born December 18, 1837, became the wife of George Haas; he is now deceased. and she resides with Prescott Patch, her brother. They were the parents of two sons, one of whom died in infancy, and the other. Charles, married Eliza Houghton, and now resides at Alexandria Bay. 2. John. born May 5, 1840. in Ware, New Hampshire, was six years old when his parents came to Depauville, where he obtained his edu- cation in the common schools, and he is now a very successful farmer and the possessor of a desirable home in the center of the village. He married Jane. born January 25. 1843, daughter of John and Alice (Bichford ) Somers, who were the parents of nine children, only three of whom, including Mrs. Patch, are now living, the two others being William, born in Brockville, Canada, married Mary Ransom; and Eliza, born in Junetown, Canada, married Thomas Franklin. John and Jane (Somers) Patch have three children living : Edna, born December 14. 1870. married (first) Charles Dewey, and they were the parents of
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one child. Harriette ; Edna was left a widow, and married (second) Charles Norton, of Depauville; Minnie, born December 19. 1881, was educated in the common schools, and is now a clerk in the store of Wal- ton & Potter, of Depauville: Adelaide, born February 9. 1883, 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, mentioned hereinafter. 4. Prescott, born March 12, 1844. married, March 7, 1871, Olive C. Bent, of Depauville. A sketch of Prescott Patch appears elsewhere in this work. William Patch, father of these children, died March 5. 1888. aged seventy-seven years, and his wife passed away in the seventy-first year of her age. Mr. Patch and his wife held membership in the Baptist church of De- pauville, New York.
Allen Patch, second son of William and Elizabeth (Giddings) Patch, was born in Ware, New Hampshire, May 17, 1842. During his early childhood his parents removed to New York state, and his edu- cation was acquired in the common schools of Depauville. Being reared upon a farm he naturally chose that occupation for his life work, which was on the whole successful and remunerative owing to his energy, enterprise and perseverance. He conducted a general line of farming operations on a tract of land four miles from the town of Clayton, and in this section of the state he continued to reside for the remainder of his days. He was a director in the National Exchange Bank, and the incumbent of several important local offices, the duties of which he performed in a highly creditable and efficient manner. Mr. Patch was united in marriage to Saphronia Gloyd, born in Clayton, New York. December 22, 1843, a daughter of James D. and Lucinda ( Rogers) Gloyd, and three children were born of this union, William J .. Bertha and Salome. The family held membership in the Baptist church, Mr. Patch serving in the capacity of deacon and member of the committee that was appointed to superintend the erection of the new church. Mr. Patch died September 30, 1901, aged fifty-nine years; he was survived by his wife, who is now residing with her daughter. James D. Gloyd, father of Mrs. Patch, was a native of Vermont, be- came one of the pioneer settlers of New York state, spent his life on a farm, and died at the age of seventy-five years. His wife. Lucinda ( Rogers) Gloyd, was born September 22, 1809, in Massachusetts, was a member of the Baptist church, and died at the age of seventy-five
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years. They were the parents of one child. Saphronia Gloyd, who be- came the wife of Allen Patch.
The educational advantages enjoyed by William J. Patch, only son of Allen and Saphronia (Gloyd) Patch. were obtained at the high school of Clayton and the Rochester Business College, entering the lat- ter named institution at the age of eighteen. For a number of years following his graduation he served as teacher in the schools of Clay- ton and Brownville. after which he accepted a position as bookkeeper in the office of Strough and Brooks, Clayton, New York, remaining in their employ for three years, from 1895 to 1898. He then removed to Massena, St. Lawrence county. New York, in order to enter the serv- ice of the firm of The T. A. Gillespie Company, contractors, and after a period of three years, during which time he assumed complete control of the office, he became manager of the Massena Construction Com- pany. While serving in this capacity he instituted the Electric Light and Telephone Company in Massena. Mr. Patch then returned to Clay- ton, and in February. 1903, accepted the secretaryship and also became one of the directors of the Otis Brooks Lumber Company. They are contractors, builders, dealers in lumber, builders' hardware, masons' supplies, paints, feed, manufacturers of doors, windows, blinds, mould- ings and standard and special styles of joinery goods. They also con- «luct a shipyard, where skiffs, yachts and launches are built and re- paired. Mr. Patch is a Democrat in his political affiliations, and an honored member of the Masonic order, being connected with Clayton Lodge.
September 4, 1902, Mr. Patch married Harriet Haywood, who was born in Massena, New York, February 14. 1869, daughter of George Haywood, born in Massena, April 12, 1826, who died July 10. 1893. and Lovina (Patterson) Haywood, who was born in Moscow, Province of Quebec, Canada, April 19, 1830, and now resides with her son in Massena, New York. Mr. and Mrs. Haywood were the parents of eight children, three of whom are living at the present time (1904) : Joseph, a resident of Massena; George, a resident of Greene; and Harriet. wife of William J. Patch. Mr. Patch and his wife hold membership in the Protestant Episcopal church of Massena.
BROWN. Among the pioneer families of Jefferson county were many individuals bearing this name, located in widely separated districts, and many of them bearing a conspicuous part in the forma-
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tive period of the history of this region. Not all have been traced to a common ancestry, but the family of which this article treats has borne no small part in the conduct of local affairs. It includes some of the ablest lawyers, clergymen. farmers, officials and business men.
(I) Among the signers of the Mayflower Compact. November II. 1620, on board the historic "Mayflower." in Cape Cod Bay. Peter Brown was the thirty-third. He is said to have been a son of Thomas and great-grandson of Sir Anthony Brown, who was created Knight of the Bath at the coronation of Richard Il. and who was the recipient of the famous Battle Abbey at the hands of Henry VIII. John Brown an elder brother of Peter, became acquainted with the Pilgrims at Ley- den. Holland, prior to 1620, and the year of his immigration has been fixed at about 1630. He was a resident of Duxbury, Massachusetts. in 1636. He was a man of large intelligence, great energy of charac- ter and deep and earnest piety. In 1634 he was made a freeman, and in 1636 was an assistant to the Governor, an office which he held by annual election for seventeen years. He was a grand pioneer in the settlement of the towns on the west of okl Plymouth. His name is found among the purchasers of Taunton in 1637. and he, with Miles Standish. erected bounds around the purchase in 1640. Thither he had probably removed with his family before 1643. for among the fifty-four males subject to military duty in that year, his name stands first, followed by his two sons. John and James. During the same year he was one of the company to purchase Rehoboth, and his interest in that township was the largest of any, amounting to six hundred pounds sterling. Prior to June 9. 1645. he had removed to Rehoboth. His son James removed from Taunton with him, and his son John followed in 1647. In December, 1645, John Brown, senior, became sole proprietor of the section known by the Indians as Wannamoisett and Wannamoiset Neck (now Bullock's Point and Riverside, Rhode Island ). which originally included a portion of the present towns of Rehoboth and Swansea, with a large portion of Barrington, and the south part of Sekonk and East Providence. His name appears on all of the important committees of the town of Rehoboth. In 1643. the colonies of Plymouth, Massachusetts, Connecticut and New Haven united in a confederacy, styled the United Colonies of New England. for their common defense and welfare. Each colony sent two com- missioners to the meetings of this body, and Mr. John Brown repre- sented Plymouth colony for twelve years. He was associated in delib-
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erations with such men as John Winthrop, Governor Haynes, Mr. Eaton, Governor Winthrop and others, and exercised a large influence in this body, serving the colonies wisely and faithfully. He died at Wannamoisett, April 10. 1662. His widow, Dorothy Brown, died in Swansea, January 27, 1674. aged ninety years. They left three children, namely: Mary, who married Captain Thomas Willett; John, junior, who settled with his father in Rebohoth, and James Brown mentioned below.
(II) James Brown, second son and youngest child of John Brown, was one of the most influential men in the founding of Swan- sea, and one of the leading members of Rev. John Myles' ( Baptist) church. He married Lydia Howland, daughter of John Howland. of the "Mayflower." He was assistant to the Governor in 1655-6, and from 1673 to 1683, when he declined to serve longer, and was deputy for Swansea in 1666, 1669 and 1671-2.
(III) Captain John Brown, son of James and Lydia ( How- land) Brown. was born in September, 1650, in Swansea. and married Anne Mason, daughter of John Mason.
(IV) Ebenezer, son of John and Anne ( Mason) Brown, was born June 15, 1685, in Rehoboth, and was married February 25. 1714. to Sarah, daughter of Samnel Hyde. He settled in Lebanon, Connec- ticut, where he died in 1755. His widow survived until 1797, dying in the adjoining town of Windham.
(V) Timothy, son of Ebenezer and Sarah ( Hyde) Brown, and father of Ebenezer Brown (VI), lived in Connecticut, probably in Coventry, which adjoins Windham on the north.
(VI) Ebenezer, son of Timothy Brown, was born in 1752, and was a soldier of the Revolution. Very soon after independence was won, he started for the then "far west." For a time he lived in Gran- ville, Washington county, this state, where he had a son born in 1788. His second son purchased land in Adams in 1800, and all the sons subsequently settled in that town, the eldest being in that part now Lorraine, then part of Mexico, Oswego county. The father followed, " and lived in Lorraine, where he died January 3, 1833. His wife. Molly Redway (see Redway. III), was born August 7. 1750. in Rehoboth. and died December 28. 1832, in Lorraine. They had five sons and two daughters, namely: Joel. Ebenezer. Aaron, Parley, Walter. Elizabeth and Mary. Elizabeth married a Buell, and lived in Lor- raine.
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(VII) Rev. Parley Brown, fourth son of Ebenezer and Molly ( Redway ) Brown, was born December 4, 1788, in Granville, New York, and died March 17. 1870. in Philadelphia, this county, in his eighty-second year. He was educated at Madison University, a Bap- tist institution (now Colgate University), and taught school during the winters, while working on the farm in summer. In 1831 he pur- chased land in the town of Orleans, in this county, and developed one of the best cultivated farms in that section. After twenty years there, he sold and bought a farm at what is known as Brown's Corners, in Alexandria, on which he resided some twelve years. Selling his farm to his son, Parley Monroe Brown, he retired to the village of Philadel- phia, where his life ended. as before noted. He was identified all his life with the Baptist church, and served in its local ministry, being pastor of churches at Lorraine, Lafargeville and Clayton and preach- ing at other points. He married, in 1824. Miss Submit Farwell, daughter of Solomon and Sabine (Burlingame) Farwell (see Far- well, VI). Extended mention of their eldest child, Elon Galusha Brown, appears in its proper place in this article. Philinda Sabine, the second, is the widow of John S. Evans, and resides in Big Rapids, Michigan. Bennet Farwell is the subject of other paragraphs in this notice. Loren Guitteau was born July 17, 1833, in Orleans, and was a Baptist minister, now deceased. Parley Monroe, born in 1835, is a resident of Big Rapids. Fidelia Submit, October 7, 1839, in Orleans, married Ira Gardner and resides in LeRay. Kendrick Wade, July 4, 1843, in Orleans, is a merchant at Ames, Iowa. He commanded a company in the Thirty-fifth Regiment, New York Volunteer Infantry, in which he served four years during the Civil war. Orville Bradley Brown, youngest child of Parley and Submit, born 1846, resides in LeRay, a bachelor.
(VIII) Elon Galusha Brown, eldest child of Parley and Sub- mit ( Farwell) Brown, was born November 25, 1826, in Lorraine, and (lied January 25, 1879, at the home of his mother in Philadelphia, New York. He was a student and acquired an excellent education, being primarily trained in the common schools. At an early age. he began teaching in the country schools, and in the meantime pursued his studies with such diligence that he was called to teach in the Water- town high school, after five years' of experience in mixed schools. He was a strict disciplinarian and successful as a teacher. For some years he kept a store at Stone Mills, and was subsequently a dealer in
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butter and cheese at Watertown, removing to that city in 1868. and being fairly successful as a business man. Failing health compelled him to abandon his activities, and he passed away at the early age of nearly fifty-three years. He was ever active and industrious while he had strength for action. A faithful member of the Baptist church. he was an ardent Republican in political principle, and a firm supporter of the government in the Civil war. Ilis wife, Lucretia Rouse. was a daughter of Daniel C. Rouse (q. v.)
(IX) Elon Rouse Brown, son of Elon G. and Lucretia ( Rouse ) Brown, was born October 7, 1857, at Stone Mills, and is a graduate of Brown University, class of 1878. He pursued the study of law in Watertown with Luther J. Dorwin and was admitted to the bar October 7, 1880. For seven years he was a partner of L. J. Dorwin, under the style of Dorwin & Brown, was subsequently a partner of the present surrogate, Charles L. Adams, with title of Brown & Adams, and for some years, up to January 1. 1905. was head of the firm of Brown, Carlisle & Hugo, including John N. Carlisle and Frank M. Hugo.
Mr. Brown was a member of the board of supervisors of Jefferson county from the third ward of the city of Watertown, from 1884 10 1888; and a member of the constitutional convention of 1894. in which he took a leading part. He was the author of amendments now embraced in the constitution for the legislative apportionment, senate and assembly, and to prevent the use of passes by public officers. He has been a member of the state senate from the Thirty-fifth senatorial district from 1898 to 1904 inclusive, and held a leading position in the senate. He carried to a successful issue the question of educational unification. He redrafted and greatly strengthened the laws for the protection of the forests and of game. Among these laws were bills defining the limits of the AAdirondack Park, establishing the Catskill Park, establishing a fire patrol for the protection of the state's forest lands, stopping the spring shooting of birds, and many others. He was also largely instrumental in the framing and passage of the water storage bill introduced by Senator Lewis, of Rochester. He intro- duced and pressed for several sessions, until final passage, the bill re- quiring cities of the second and third class to make annual reports of their financial condition to the secretary of state. He also caused to be passed the amendment for the relief of the court of appeals by which judges of the Supreme Court have been called to its assistance.
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His principal work in the senate has been upon the finance committee, where he served continuously for seven years, and during which time there have been extensive changes in the legislative system of state finances. Several of the bills necessary to effect this change were introduced by Senator Brown, and he was devoted to the improvement of the general finance bills during all of that time, where he served for five years with Senator Frank W. Higgins as chairman of the com- mittee. During the same period he served with Senator Brackett on the committee of the judiciary. At the close of the legislative session in 1904, Mr. Brown announced that he would not accept a renomina- tion to the senate, and his successor was elected in that year.
Mr. Brown was married November 25, 1882, to Miss Ettella B. Greene, who was born July 3. 1858, in Adams, daughter of Munroe Asa and Frances Melissa (Coon) Greene, of that town. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Brown were born as follows: Ethel Marguerite, December 13. 1883: Rena Isabella, November 25, 1885, and Philip Hayward, March 25. 1888.
The ancestry of Mrs. Brown includes several of the New Eng- land pioneers, among them being Chad Brown, who settled at Salem, Massachusetts, in 1636, and was among the founders of Providence, Rhode Island. Her paternal ancestry in America begins with Benja- min Greene, who was born in 1665 and settled at Kingstown, Rhode Island, and subsequently lived in East Greenwich, same colony. His wife. Humility Coggeshall, was born in January, 1671. in Portsmouth. Rhode Island.
( II) Lieutenant John Greene married Mary Aylesworth.
(III) Joseph, son of Lieutenant John Greene, was born April 26, 1786, in East Greenwich, and married Margaret Greenman.
(IV) Charles Greene, son of Joseph, died January 1, 1810. He was a lieutenant in the Revolution, and married Waity Bailey.
(\') Charles ( 2) son of Charles Greene. ( 1), was born in 1779. and died in 1878. His wife. Alma Sheldon, was born in 1788. (VI) Munroe Asa Greene, son of Charles (2) was born April 27. 1829. in Adams, and married Frances Melissa Coon.
(VIII) Bennett Farwell Brown, second son and third child of Parley and Submit ( Farwell) Brown, was born August 14, 1831, in the town of Lorraine, and was reared in the town of Orleans, attend- ing the public schools of that town and Lafargeville Academy. At the ige of nineteen years, he set out to make his own way in the world,
B. J Brons
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beginning by teaching and working at lumbering. so continuing until twenty-six years old. He then purchased a farm in the town of Wilna, which he tilled until the year 1865, removing then to the town of Philadelphia, where he continued farming for twenty-seven years. In 1802 he sold his farm and purchased a tract within the city limits of Watertown, running from Coffeen to Arsenal street. He has since been engaged in improving this property, a part of which has been sold in building lots, and resides upon it himself, his home being on Coffeen street, in a house erected in 1904.
In addition to his business activities Mr. Brown has taken an in- portant part in social, religious and political life of the county. His first presidential vote was cast in the town of Alexandria for John C. Fremont, and he has since been a warm advocate of Republican princi- ples. For a period of sixteen years he served as justice of the peace in the town of Philadelphia, and he was six years associate judge, under a system now obsolete. When the schools of the county were under the supervision of three commissioners, Mr. Brown held for some years the charge of the second district schools, and served with credit to himself and benefit to the cause of education. He has been a deacon of the Baptist church for many years, and is now a member and deacon of the First Baptist church of Watertown. Mr. Brown is a true representative of a family noted from the founding of New England for energy, industry and sound judgment, for high Christian character and clear intellects, and is one of the most exemplary citizens of his generation.
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