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In company with his father he became interested in the manu- facture of the solid rock millstones, then the only stones used in grind- ing corn and in use throughout the whole northern country, which
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eventually superseded the French burrstone. He settled upon seventy acres of land half way between Watertown and Brownville, and there resided until his death. He purchased adjoining lands until finally his farm comprised three hundred and forty acres of valuable and produc- tive land. January 15, 1808, he married Betsey Bartholomew, daugh- ter of Deacon Bartholomew, and they reared a large and long lived family. Probably no other man aided more in the settlement of the county than did Mr. Parker, as his large family all remained in that section, and they in due course of time married, reared families and made homes there. Mr. Parker died in June, 1871, aged eighty-four years.
Mr. Parker was elected to various town offices and discharged the duties incident thereto to the satisfaction of his fellow citizens. He was for many years captain of the militia company of the town and bore that title through life.
Deacon Oliver Bartholomew, father of Mrs. Parker, was born in Connecticut, October 20, 1757, and served throughout the Revolution- ary war. He settled in Oneida county, New York, in 1794, and in March, 1800, removed to Watertown and settled one and one-half miles from the present village of Brownville. The following winter but three families remained in the town, namely : the Coffeens, Bartholomew's and Butterfields. In 1803 he assisted in forming the first Baptist church in Jefferson county. He built the first bridge across Black river at Brownville, for which he received $1,000. He afterward mani- fested a large amount of pleasure in saying that he cleared $100 on this contract, a large margin of profit in those days. . \ few years ago a new bridge costing $20,000 replaced the old one, and the contractor probably made a profit of more than Mr. Bartholomew received for his entire contract, this fact attesting to the changes in business from the past to the present.
(VIII) James Alexander Parker, one of the ten children in the family of Alexander and Betsey ( Bartholomew ) Parker, was born in the fine brick residence on his father's homestead, October 10. 1827. He was the youngest child of a family of ten children, viz: Horace, Emeline, Lewis, Daniel. Franklin, Cynthia, Charles, Eliza .A., George and James A. Here he resided until he attained his majority, and shortly afterward moved to Theresa, where he entered into partnership with his brother, Franklin Parker, in the drug business, this connec- tion continuing for ten years. He then, accompanied by his family,
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returned to the old homestead and there spent the remainder of his days. He died January 14, 1890. In 1856 Mr. Parker was united in marriage to Cornelia Asenath Burnett, who bore him five children, namely: Clinton B., mentioned at length in the following paragraphs ; Julia F .; Edwin G., a dentist, residing at Goshen, New York ; Virgil F., and De Witt L., both of whom are dentists, practicing their profession in Brooklyn, New York. Mrs. Parker, who survives her husband, re- sides with her daughter at Goshen, New York. She traces her family back to John Alden, of Mayflower fame, whose seventh child, Ruth Alden, became the wife of John Bass. Their seventh child, Sarah Bass, married Ephraim Thayer, and her eighth child, Ruth Thayer, became the wife of Jolin Casper. Their eighth child, Sarah Casper, married Nathaniel Moseley, a deacon in the Congregational church at Hampton, Connecticut, of which his brother was the pastor. Asenath Moseley, born 1738, daughter of Uriel Moseley, a soldier of the Revolution and granddaughter of Nathaniel Moseley, married David Burnett, of Hamp- ton, and her death occurred in 1903, at the extreme old age of one lun- dred and two years. Her seventh child and only daughter. Cornelia Asenath, became the wife of James .A. Parker, as aforementioned.
(IX) Clinton Burnett Parker, D. D. S., eldest son of James A. and Cornelia Asenath ( Burnett) Parker, was born on the old homestead near Watertown, October 25, 1857. He attended the schools of that town, and the knowledge thus obtained was supplemented by a two years' course at the high school, in this city of Watertown, and a complete course in Brown's Commercial College, his vacations being spent on the home farm. In 1877, at Watertown, he began to read dentistry in the office of Dr. S. M. Robinson, spending there a large part of three years. He attended lectures two years of this time at the Pennsylvania Dental College, Philadelphia, from which institution he was graduated with the degree of Doctor of Dental Sur- gery, in 1879. After spending six months more in the office of his pre- ceptor, he came to Brooklyn, New York, and entered into partnership with Dr. William Jarvie, this connection continuing for six years. Later he purchased a house at No. 167 Remsen street, where he conducted busi- ness for nineteen years, and in 1905 he located at No. 154 Clinton street, the house adjoining the one in which he practiced with Dr. Jarvie. Within a radius of two blocks he has practiced for twenty-six years, and by his skillful workmanship and genial, pleasant manner has won and retained a large and lucrative patronage. For the past six years
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he has been a lecturer in the New York Dental College. In a case re- cently litigated it was developed that Dr. Parker made the first gold tooth crown of the most modern type and pattern.
He is a member of numerons societies, among which are the fol- lowing: New York Institute of Stomatology. Second District Dental Society of the State of New York. and the Brooklyn Dental Society, in all of which he has served as corresponding secretary. He is also a member of the New York Odontological Society, and one of the board of censors of the Second District Dental Society of New York. He is a member of the Hamilton Club of Brooklyn, and the Long Island Automobile Club. He was the third man in Brooklyn to purchase an automobile, and was the silent partner. furnishing the money. to the proprietor of the first automobile garage in Brooklyn. For a number of years he was the treasurer of the First Ward Democratic Club of Brooklyn, but of late years has cast his vote for political candidates irrespective of party affiliation. While a resident of Watertown, Dr. Parker was for three years a member of the Thirty-fifth Regiment, New York National Guard, being a member of its rifle team. He was a director of the Martin Property Company, and is now filling a simi- lar office in the Kingston Realty Company, in which the former was merged. He is also connected with the Amityville Water Improve- ment Company. He has indulged his love of hunting, taking journeys from the Atlantic to the Pacific Oceans. and from the Gulf of Mexico to Hudson Bay, and now has one of the largest and most valuable pri- vate collection of stuffed animals in the country. As a result of his numerous expeditions, some of the finest specimens of deer. moose. reindeer, elk. wolves, etc., grace the walls of his city residence and his country home at Amityville, Long Island. A large and valuable part ยท f his collection is loaned to the American Museum of Natural His- tory, and is on exhibit in Central Park. New York city. Two younger brothers of Dr. Parker have successively been associates with him in the profession.
Dr. Parker married. June 11. 1884. Louise H. Douglas, a native of Brooklyn, New York, daughter of Daniel and Eleanor ( Farrington) Douglas, natives of New York city and Poughkeepsie, respectively. Their children are: Marion L .. a student in Vassar College: Douglas B .. a student in the Brooklyn high school: Roswell C., a student in the same school : and Helen F.
(X) VIRGIL. FRANKLIN PARKER, D. D. S .. son of
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James A. and Cornelia .A. ( Burnett ) Parker, was born in Theresa, Jef- ferson county, New York, April 22, 1863. He spent the first years of his life at Theresa and the later years of his youth on that portion of the old Parker homestead owned by his father. He was educated in the grammar and high schools of Watertown, not graduating, but prac- tically completing the latter course. Coming to New York city, where his brother, C. B. Parker, was in practice, he completed the course in the New York College of Dentistry in two years, at the age of twenty, but on account of his minority did not receive his diploma until he be- came of age, eleven months later, though he began active dental work immediately after graduating.
In 1886 he became the associate in business of Dr. C. B. Parker, a relation which continued for nine years. He then opened business on his own account, and in 1900 purchased a valuable piece of property on Montague street, Brooklyn, where he is now located, and has a large practice, his clientele being composed of many of the leading citizens of New York and Brooklyn. Dr. Parker's diagnosis in 1893 of Presi- dent Cleveland's case of necrosis of the jawbone, though without see- ing the patient, was published in the " Brooklyn Eagle " at the time, and attracted much attention on account of the doctor's perfect under- standing of the case, as it later turned out. For some years he was con- nected with the dental clinic of the Long Island College Hospital, and for one year filled the chair of prosthetic of artificial dentistry in the New York Dental School, both of which places his rapidly extending practice compelled him to give up.
He is a member of the Brooklyn Dental Society, the Second Dis- trict Dental Society of New York, the Institute of Stomatology, and the Dental Protective Association. He is also a member of the Ham- ilton Club, the Long Island Automobile Club, the American Art So- ciety, and the American Flag House and Betsy Ross Memorial Asso- ciation. Dr. Parker diverts himself after his arduous professional la- bors with his automobile or trusty rifle. He is a member of the Waverly Gun Club of Long Island, and usually spends his summer vacations hunting big game in the Rockies, Canada, Maine, or other equally allur- ing territory, and as a result has a large collection of beautiful speci- mens in his house. His daily recreation after the business of the day is over is a dash in an automobile, of which he has a fine specimen.
October 9. 1889, Dr. Parker married, at Goshen, New York, Miss Eleanore Scheidler, a native of New York city, daughter of Andrew .1.
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and Katherine Sawyer ( Post) Scheidler, both deceased. Mr. Scheidler was a native of Germany and a protege of Duke Bernhardt Eric Freund, who sent him to the Kaufbach Academy of Art. Munich, Germany. He served as a lieutenant in a New York regiment during the Civil war in the United States. Dr. and Mrs. Parker are members of the First Presbyterian church of Brooklyn.
(IN) DEWITT LANSING PARKER, M. D., D. D. S., fourth son and youngest child of James A. and Cornelia A. ( Burnett ) Parker, was born on the old homestead near Watertown. July 15. 1869.
He attended the grammar and high schools at Watertown, and when his course was almost completed in the latter institution he entered Long Island College Hospital. and in 1892, three years later. received his degree of Doctor of Medicine. In the fall of the same year he ma- triculated at the New York Dental College, where he took so much of the course prescribed by the curriculum as was necessary to supplement his medical education and qualify him for the practice of dentistry. He accomplished this in the course of one year, and in the spring of 1893 was admitted to the practice of dentistry by the New York State Board of Examiners. For a year and a half he pursued his profession at Little Falls. New York, and in the autumn of 1894 moved to Brooklyn and became the associate of his eldest brother. Dr. Clinton B. Parker, in the practice of dentistry, which relation still exists. For a year after en- tering upon the practice Dr. Parker had charge of a dental clinic in the Long Island College Dispensary, a position that the demands of an exten- sive and growing practice compelled him to relinquish. He is a member of the Second District Dental Society, the New York Institute of Stom- atology the New York Odontological Society, and the Kings County Medical Society.
Dr. Parker, like the other members of the family, is of an ingenious and inventive bent of mind, and he has been familiar with the use of tools from his childhood. He has not only become an expert in the use of dental tools, many of which he is able to make himself. but from early life has been skillful in the use of constructive tools, the saw and plane of the carpenter, the hammer and tongs of the blacksmith, and the brush of the painter. At the age of seventeen years he illustrated his alility to construct what a boy at that age would most desire for win- ter sport, a sleigh. His father having declined to purchase a vehicle of this kind, stylish und up-to-date enough to meet the young man's approval. the lad made the woodwork, ironed. painted and varnished a sleigh. first
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class in all respects, that was used for many years afterward and at last sold at auction for a good price. Dr. Parker takes his principal recrea- tion in outdoor sports, boating, fishing and autoing. Each year he re- turns to Jefferson county and fishes for trout and black bass in the widely known waters of that region. He enjoys the distinction of having placed the first motor boat on the upper waters of the St. John river, in Maine. He is a member of the Long Island Automobile Club, and seldom misses a day from participating in this most fascinating of modern recreations.
Dr. Parker married October 31, 1893, Lucy E. Walker, daughter of George S. and Ellen E. ( Williamson ) Walker, of Watertown, New York (see Walker, VIII). One child has been born of this marriage, a daugh- er, Evelyn. Dr. and Mrs. Parker are members of the Second Presby- terian church, of Brooklyn, Greater New York.
HEMAN H. FRINK, tinsmith, plumber and painter of Carthage, Jefferson county, was born in Rutland, New York, near Felts Mills, October 10, 1834. His paternal grandfather, Trustrim Frink, was a native of Stonington, Connecticut, born in the year 1770. Emigrating westward to the Empire state, he located in Rutland when that locality was a wilderness, and there cleared a tract of land and developed a farm. His remaining days were spent in that locality, where he died at the advanced age of eighty-four years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Betsey Clark, was born in Stonington, Connecticut, in 1775, and by her marriage she became the mother of eight children. She was a member of the Universalist church, and died at the age of eighty years.
Asa Frink, the father of Heman H. Frink, was born in Rutland, New York, in 1800. He was reared in that locality and acquired his education in the common schools. He followed farming there after attaining man's estate, purchasing a tract of land which he cleared and developed into an excellent property. He owned two hundred acres of land, which, owing to his untiring efforts, became very productive, and he was widely regarded as one of the progressive and enterprising agri- culturists of his community. He also took an active part in local affairs, and was a member of an independent militia company, became a stockholder in the Watertown Railroad, and favored many progress- ive movements for the general welfare. His political allegiance was given to the Republican party. He spent his last days in Jefferson county, and died at the age of sixty-five years. His wife, who hore
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the maiden name of Elizabeth Hubbard, was born in Connecticut, and was a daughter of William Hubbard, who was a native of Berlin, Con- necticut, and became one of the pioneer settlers of Jefferson county. He traveled to this locality by way of Rome, utilizing the canal until he reached that place, and thence proceeded with ox-teams to his des- tination. He was a cabinet-maker, and worked as a carpenter and joiner in Champion and in Great Bend. New York. His death occurred when he was sixty-five years of age. In his family were fourteen chil- dren, twelve of whom are sons, Mrs. Hubbard, the mother, lived to be one hundred and two years of age, and throughout her entire life she never cooked a meal except on the fire-place. Seven of the sons of the family became tinsmiths. To Mr. and Mrs. Asa Frink were born four children, of whom three are living: Heman H .; W. H. H., a resident of Houndsfield, New York; and Holland B., who is living in West Carthage. The mother died at the age of forty years, in the faith of the Methodist Episcopal church, of which both she and her husband were members.
Heman H. Frink spent his early boyhood days upon the home farm at Rutland, there remaining until fifteen years of age, when he went to Carthage, where he learned the tinsmith's trade, entering upon a three and a half years' apprenticeship in 1851. After completing his term of service he went to Connecticut, where he worked as a journey- man. and later returned to Carthage. Jefferson county, New York, where he was employed at his trade by his uncle for six years, or until 1858. In the meantime, having carefully husbanded his financial re- sources, he was enabled to embark in business on his own account as proprietor of a hardware store and tin shop which was located at the end of the bridge in Carthage. There he remained until 1871. when the railroad purchased the property, and he erected a block on Main street, conducting the business at that point for four years. He then again sold out to Charles Miller & Son, and erected a wooden build- ing where the Elmhurst now stands, continuing at that site until the hotel erected the large building across the street that he now occupies. He is one of the oldest business men of the town, and his careful man- agement and enterprise have made him a successful merchant. In his political affiliations Mr. Frink is a Republican. He served as trustee of the village for one year, and has been connected with the fire depart- ment, acting as third assistant chief for a number of years, while his son, also a member of the fire department, is assistant chief.
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Mr. Frink has been twice married. In 1861 he wedded Sophia Gilbert who was born in Cattaraugus county, a daughter of Harris Gilbert, who was a drover and cattle buyer, and died at the age of seventy-five years. She belonged to a family of five children, of whom two sisters are now living; her sister Olive became the wife of H. Pear- son, and after his death married William Cady, and is now again a widow. To Mr. and Mrs. Frink has been born a son, Harris Asa, a tin smith by trade and now a member of the firm of H. H. Frink & Son, hardware dealers and tinners of Carthage. In 1882 Mr. Frink was called upon to mourn the loss of his wife, who died in that year at the age of thirty-eight. She was a member of the Baptist church. The only daughter of that marriage, Carrie Frink, is deceased. For his second wife Mr. Frink chose Lois B. Weaver, who was born on Frank- lin street in Watertown and is a daughter of Mr. Weaver, who was a wagonmaker by trade and the builder of the Harris House at Water- town.
JERRY N. MONTONDO, a hardware dealer of Natural Bridge, was born in LeRay, New York, August 2, 1863. The paternal ances- try of the family is French. His great-grandfather, David Montondo, was born in France in 1770, and came to the United States in 1795, settling in Jefferson county, New York, where his descendants have since lived. Nelson Montondo, the grandfather, was born in Canada in 1800 and for many years followed farming. Later he removed to Oswego and then to Evans Mills. He purchased land there when this locality was almost an unbroken wilderness, and through a long period he gave his attention to the cultivation and development of a farm. Subsequently he removed to Theresa, where his last years were passed, his death occurring when he was sixty-three years of age, while his first wife, who bore the maiden name of Margaret Coyer, born in Canada, passed away at the age of forty years. They were the parents of ten children: David, of Black River; Nelson; Julia, who married Henry Biggins; Ellen, now deceased; Ezra; Octave; William, deceased, and Frank, all of Carthage; Maggie, the wife of Alexander Grignon of Watertown; Louise, the wife of Loey Murdock, of Water- town.
Nelson Montondo, Jr., father of Jerry N. Montondo, was born in LeRay, New York, March 10, 1830, and was reared and educated in Pamelia. He, too, became a farmer, and purchased a fine tract of
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land of one hundred and fifty acres near Wilna. There he resided for a long period, and was one of the highly respected residents of his locality. His political support was given to the Republican party. He married Louisa Reamer, who was born in Canada in 1835. They became the parents of four children, of whom three are now living : Jerry N .: Edward, who is proprietor of a general store in Oswegatchie, New York, and who married Mable, daughter of J. W. Burns ( see sketch elsewhere) ; and Demster, who is conducting a general store at Benson Mines, New York.
Jerry N. Montondo, whose name introduces this record, spent his early years in Theresa, Jefferson county, and is indebted to the public school system of that village for the educational privileges he enjoyed. He afterward entered a hardware store at Black River, where he re- mained for some time, and subsequently went to Carthage, where he occupied a position as head salesman in a hardware store for four years. On the expiration of that period he returned to Theresa. and two years later he came to Natural Bridge, where he purchased a store in 1897. He now has a first-class establishment here, carrying a full line of hardware. stoves, sheet-iron and tinware, and also cutlery and agricultural implements. This is the only store of the kind in the town, and he draws a good trade from the surrounding country. His political allegiance is given to the Democracy, and he has membership relations with the Catholic church and with the Knights of Columbus.
Mr. Montondo was married in 1893 to Della Hunt, a native of Jefferson county and a daughter of Olney and Harriet ( Payne) Hunt. Two children were born of this marriage: Perry and Catherine. The mother died at the age of twenty-five years, and Mr. Montondo after- ward married Ella Berry, who was born in St. Lawrence county, New York, a daughter of Christopher Berry of Brasher Falls, New York.
JAMES W. BURNS. If faithfulness to duty and public spirited interest in the general good are the distinguishing characteristics of a worthy citizen, then no resident of Jefferson county. New York, would refuse that title to James W. Burns, of Natural Bridge. He is a grandson of Patrick Burns, a native of Ireland, whose son. Thomas Burns, was born in that country and in 1829 emigrated to the United States.
Thomas Burns ( father ) settled in Wilna, Jefferson county. New York, and about 1831 removed to Lewis county, same state, from
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whence two years later he returned to Wilna, which was his home for the remainder of his life. He was very successful in his occupation of farming, becoming possessed of a large property upon which in 1861 he built for himself a comfortable and commodious dwelling. He married Catharine Gormley, also a native of Ireland. and twelve children were born to them, two of whom died in early life, and the following named attained years of maturity: John, who is engaged in the mining business in Colorado: Catherine, widow of John Bemis ; James WV., mentioned at lengthi hereinafter; Ellen, who became the wife of John Shoemaker, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work; Henry, who is a resident of Natural Bridge; Matthew. a resi- dent of the state of Wisconsin; Margaret, who was the wife of William Hall, of Natural Bridge, and who died at Delavan, Wisconsin : Mary J .. who became the wife of Mr. Muzzy; Elizabeth, who became the wife of J. P. Barker and resides in Texas; and Edwin. Mr. Burns, the father of this family, died in the year 1880. at the advanced age of eighty-four years, and his wife was sixty years old at the time of her death. The estimable traits of character possessed by both Mr. and Mrs. Burns had drawn around them many friends, who regarded them with deserved respect and affection.
James W. Burns, second son of Thomas and Catharine ( Gorm- ley ) Burns, was born November 19, 1837, in Wilna, New York, At the age of thirteen years he began working by the month on a farm, attending district school during the winter months, and later entered the Fairfield ( Herkimer county) high school. He first engaged in the lumber business in the eastern part of the state, employing a large force of men. In 1864 he enlisted in Company A. One Hundred and Eighty- sixth Regiment New York Volunteers, under the command of Colonel Bradley Winslow, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. He participated in a number of engagements, among which were those of Hatcher's Run and Petersburg. In a battle which was fought on April 2, 1865, before the last named place, he was stricken on the head by a piece of shell, receiving a wound which confined him for a time to the hospital. The One Hundred and Eighty-sixth Regiment was recruited principally in Jefferson and Lewis counties, and was mus- tered into service September 8, 1864. It went out nine hundred and eighty strong, lost one hundred and thirty in killed and wounded, one hundred and twenty by disease and discharge, and returned with seven hundred and thirty men. The regiment participated in the battle of
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