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(V) Joseph, youngest child of Stephen and Hannah Slater, was born August 18, 1798, and was married in 1820, to Zylpha Morgan, daughter of Richard Morgan, of Bloomfield. Prince Edward county, Ontario, Canada. She was born in 1801 and died May 27, 1848, in Hounsfield, New York, and was the mother of seven children. Mr. Stater married, in 1850. Sarah Jane, daughter of Peter Smith, also of Canada. She was born December 6, 1811, and bore him one daughter. Mr. Slater was a farmer at East Hounsfield, and held the office of con-
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stable several years. His children were: Vincent. Candace, Hiram, Stephen. Angeline E., Allen. Lyman and Harriet Zylpha.
(VI) Angeline Elizabeth, fifth child and second daughter of Joseph and Zylpha ( Morgan) Slater, was born December 10, 1832, in Hounsfield, and died November 1. 1903. in Wilkesbarre, Pa. She was married April 30. 1858, to William Kirby, ( see Kirby), whom she survived nearly nine years.
EDMUND NUGENT. Among the many men whose patriotism and love of country prompted them to lay down their lives if needs be for the honor and safety of the flag they loved and revered, was Ed- mund Nugent, a highly esteemed citizen of Jefferson county. New York, where he has made his home for almost half a century. He was born in Cahar, county Clare, Ireland. March 9. 1836. a son of Martin and Mary Nugent, and grandson of Martin Nugent. who was born in county Clare, Ireland, and died at the age of eighty-five years. For many generations the family resided on the same farm in county Clare, the male members devoting their attention exclusively to agricultural pursuits. The progenitor of the family was Lord Nugent. a native of county Galway, Ireland.
Martin Nugent ( father) was a native of county Clare, Ireland. and was reared in Parish Fahel. He was united in marriage to Mary Hinds, who was born in county Clare, Ireland. daughter of Andrew and - ( Brady ) Hinds, who were the parents of five children, all of whom are now deceased. Mr. Hinds was a representative of a very old and prominent family in that section of Ireland. In 1851 Mr. and Mrs. Nugent. with their children, emigrated to the United States, locating first in the town of Orleans, Jefferson county, New York, and later in West Theresa, same county, where he followed farming and also dealt extensively in cattle. His political views were in accord with those advocated by the Republican party, in the success of which he took an active interest; he cast his first presidential vote for Abraham Lincoln. Mr. Nugent died in 1878, and his wife, who was a most estimable woman in every respect, passed away at the age of seventy years. Their children were: Nora. wife of Henry Bates, of Cape Vincent. New York: Edmund. mentioned at length herein- after: Kate McCray, who died in 1889. aged fifty-one years: Andrew. born in 1840. a farmer in Theresa, New York: Maria, wife of Ellis Smith, of Toledo. Washington : and John, a resident of Fort Plain.
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Elmund Nugent spent the early years of his life in Ireland, and his education was acquired in the national schools. In 1856, the year fol- lowing his arrival in New York from his native land. he came to Jef- ferson county and worked on a farm, his remuneration being twelve dollars per month, and this occupation he continued until the breaking out of the Civil war in 1861. He at once enlisted under Captain Joseph Spratt, who was a graduate of West Point Military Academy, ant had a passable military education previous to 1861. Joseph Spratt was cheated out of the command of the first company he enlisted, hut later, at the solicitation of Colonel Guilford Bailey, he recruited another com- pany with which he joined the regiment in the latter part of September or early in October, 1861, at Elmira. New York. By the advice and recommendation of Lieutenant-colonel Henry E. Turner this company was consolidated with one recruited by Charles E. Mink, thus forming Company H of the First New York Light Artillery, Joseph Spratt heing commissioned captain. and Charles E. Mink first lieutenant. In the autumn of 1861. at Washington, D. C., the company received the guns and horses necessary for the equipment of a light battery. The winter of 1861-62 was very trying, owing to the fact that the men had no protection from the rain except a tent, and the long continued wet weather of the latter part of that winter caused much sickness and suffering. It would be impossible to portray the thrilling experiences which Mr. Nugent passed through during his three years of active duty in this regiment. He participated in thirty-six regular engagements, including the most terrific battles of that fearful struggle. Some of those in which he took part were: Williamsburg, Bottom Bridge, Savage Station, Fair Oaks, in which Major Van Valkenburg was killed, and eleven thousand Union men held thirty-two thousand men at bay for three hours, until reinforcements arrived; and the lost in this battle on both sides amounted to eight thousand: White Oak Swamp. Malvern Hill, Mine Run, Laurel Hill. South Anna River. Spottsylvania Court House, Jericho Ford, Bethsada Church, Petersburg, Weldon Railroad, Poplar Grove Church, and Peeble's Farm. In the latter battle four of his cannoneers were shot, and his gunner severely wounded, which threw the greater part of the work upon Mr. Nugent, who served in the capacity of lieutenant, as he also did in some other engagements. At the battle of Mine Run a wheel was shot off the gun at which he was working. He had also many other narrow escapes, having a horse shot under him, buckshot passing through his hat, and near Alexandria,
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Virginia, was severely hurt about the back and shoulders by his horse falling upon him. He witnessed the terrific artillery battle between the " Merrimac " and " Monitor." He was with General Ulysses S. Grant in the battle of the Wilderness, and during the day had occasion to see him many times. He was present at the grand review under General Grant. He served in the quartermaster's department for seven months, having charge of the transportation of miles, horses, wagons, etc., to different sections of the country. sending out at one time one of the largest trains that ever went over the road. He re- ceived an honorable discharge from the service of the United States government near Petersburg, Virginia, October 16, 1864.
After his return to civil life Mr. Nugent located on a small farm in Theresa. New York, later purchased the farm upon which his wife was reared, in Orleans, and in 1898 purchased another farm, com- prising in all about three hundred and seventy-nine acres of arable land. In 1901 he built a house in Lafargeville. where he has since resided, his time and attention being devoted to the management and operation of his farm lands. He served as deputy sheriff for three years, and was the incumbent of several township offices, the duties of which he performed in a highly creditable manner. He is a Republican in poli- tics. In the fall of 1883 he became a charter member of the Grand Army of the Republic, George W. Flower Post, No. 306, was com- mander one year, and served as aide-de-camp on the state staff under four commanders. He has also attended the state and national en- campments.
On June 6, 1867. Mr. Nugent married Eleanor Graham, who was born in Orleans, New York, daughter of John S. Graham, who was born in the north of Ireland, from whence he emigrated to this country and settled in Brooklyn, New York, and later removed to Orleans, New York, where he followed farming up to the time of his death at the age of seventy. Mr. and Mrs. Graham were the parents of eight children, six of whom were daughters, and followed the vocation of school teacher. The names of their children were: William, a resi- lent of Nebraska, who served for three years in Company _1. Tenth Regiment of New York: Mary McIntire, also a resident of Nebraska. whose husband served in the army three years; Eleanor, aforementioned as the wife of Edmund Nugent ; Elizabeth, who became the wife of Will- jam Timmerman, and now resides in Hamton. Iowa: Sophia, also a resident of Iowa : Edward N., a resident of Theresa. New York ; Martha. who became the wife of D. Watkins and resides in Chicago, Illinois.
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STEBBINS. This is among the early names in America, and has been conspicuous in the annals of the country, having numerous representatives among the most successful business men, patriots, sol- diers and leaders in social and moral worth. There are three pages of exact information concerning the Stebbins family in the town history of Brimfield, Massachusetts, which shows that they descended from Sir Thomas Stebbins, baronet, of Yorkshire, England. The founder of the family in the new world was Rowland Stebbins (D). who came from Ipswich. England. on the ship " Francis," being then forty years of age. He was accompanied by his wife, Sarah, aged forty-three, and their four children-Thomas, Sarah. John and Elizabeth. They settled in Roxbury. Massachusetts, about 1636, and there the wife and mother passed away October 4, 1649. Subsequently Mr. Stebbins moved to Northampton, same colony, and died there December 14, 1671.
(II) Lieutenant Thomas Stebbins, eldest child of Rowland and Sarah Stebbins, was born in England, and married in 1645 Hannah, daughter of Deacon Samuel Wright. He settled in Springfield. Massa- chusetts, in 1636. and died there in 1083. He had five sons and two daughters, namely: Samuel, Thomas. Joseph, Sarah. Edward. Ben- jamin and Hannah.
(III) Samuel, eldest child of Thomas and Hannah ( Wright) Stebbins, was born September 19. 1646, in Springfield, and was mar- ried July 22, 1679. to Joanna, daughter of John Lamb. She died Aug- ust 8, 1683, and he subsequently married Abigail Brooks. He settled in Long Meadow, Massachusetts. where he was made a freeman in 1690, and died there July 13. 1708, being survived by nine of his eleven children.
(IV) Samuel, son of Samuel and Joanna (Lamb) Stebbins, was born May 13, 1683, in Springfield, and was reared in Long Island, where he afterward lived. He was married January 30, 1707. to Han- nah Hitchcock, who was born March 18. 1684, in Springfield, a daugh- ter of Luke and Sarah ( Burt) Hitchcock.
. (V) Stephen, son of Samuel and Hannah ( Hitchcock) Steb- bins, was born October 16, 1711. and married, October 9, 1733, Sarah Bliss.
(VI) Zadock Stebbins married Elizabeth Pease November 29, 1764.
(VII) John Stebbins, born September 15, 1769, married Electa Burrell. They settled in Mannheim, Herkimer county, New York.
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Mrs. Stebbins was a daughter of Jonathan and Lucy ( Wright) Bur- rell Jonathan Burrell was born February 10. 1757, the son of Abram and Mary Burrell. John Stebbins resided at Mannheim, Herkimer county, and later moved to Salisbury, New York. They were the par- ents of eleven children, six sons and five daughters.
(VIII) William Burrell Stebbins, M. D., eldest son and child of John and Electa ( Burrell) Stebbins, was born at Mannheim, Herki- mer county, New York, February 24, 1808. During his infancy his parents removed to Salisbury, that state, where he passed the days of his boyhood and early manhood. When twenty-one years of age he entered the academy at Fairfield, and two years later began the study of medicine in the Fairfield Medical College. During his college course. however, he was attacked with a scrofulous affection of the right knee, which kept him an entire year from his studies. Finally the limb was amputated above the knee, and soon afterward he resumed his studies, graduating in 1834 and commencing the practice of his profession in the town of Marshall. Oneida county. In January, 1843, he removed from there to Brockett's Bridge, and thence in October. 1845. to Salis- bury, where he continued in active and successful practice until 1855. In that year he removed to Little Falls, New York, where he resided until his death. November 4. 1881. Dr. Stebbins' professional life was one of honor and success. His visits to the sick were always those of an earnest adviser of the kindest attention and keenest anxieties for the welfare of his patients. He utterly abhorred all forms of vice, immoral- ity and dishonesty. His whole life was devoted to the cause of tem- perance, and his affections were warmest toward those in affliction and trouble. He espoused the cause of anti-slavery, and his home was the refuge of fleeing fugitives, his time and money being ever ready to aid them. In politics he was first a Whig and then a Republican, but he never sought office. He married in June, 1835. Elvira S. Griswold. who was born August 1. 1811, and died in Little Falls January 16, 188g. Four of her children survive her-Jean R., George G., Isola E. and Kate A.
Mrs. Stebbins was connected with the old and well known fam- ily of Hurlbuts. Thomas Hurlbut came to America in 1635 in com- pany with Lion Gardner, who, with his wife, female servant and eleven male passengers, sailed from London in "The Bachelor." August 11, 1635, and landed at Boston in the following December. Mr. Hurlbut then took command of the fort at Saybrook. It is believed that he was
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born about 1610, and that he was a native of Scotland. He was wounded while fighting the Pequot Indians, February 22, 1037. He was a black- smith by trade, and after the war settled at Weathersfield, Connecticut. He was granted one hundred and twenty acres of land October 12, 1671, for services in the Indian wars, and it is supposed that he died soon afterward. His wife's name was Sarah, but all dates and faets are missing, as during the contention in the church at Weathersfield all the early records of both town and church disappeared.
Stephen Hurlbut, fifth child and son of Thomas and Sarah Hurl- but. was born at Weathersfield, Connecticut, in 1654. His wife's name was Dorothy, to whom he was married December 12, 1678.
Thomas Hurlbut, second child and son of Stephen and Dorothy Hurlbut, was born at Weathersfield, Connecticut, January 23, 1680-1, and was married January II, 1705, to Rebecca Meekins. He died April 10, 1761.
Amos Hurlbut, the sixth child and fourth son of Thomas and Rebecca ( Meekins) Hurlbut, was born in the town of Weathersfield, Connectieut, April 14, 1717, and died in 1777. He married, June 10, 1742, Hannah Wright, who died July 25, 1756. He was married sec- ond, March 3. 1762, to Sarah Hills, who died in 1764. He was mar- ried, third, March 10, 1766, to Sarah Latimer.
Lois Hurlbut, eldest child and daughter of Amos and Hannah ( Wright ) Hurlbut, was born at Weathersfield, Connecticut, May 21. 1744. She married Phineas Griswold, who was born in 1741, and died March 11, 1815, while his wife died December 5, 1808.
Amos Griswold. the eleventh child of Phineas and Lois ( Hurlbut) Griswold, was born November 10, 1787, and became the father of Mrs. William Burrell Stebbins. He was born November 10, 1785, and was married in 1808 to Martha Munson. He was married (second) to Phoebe Sherwood, and his death occurred June 1, 1875.
Jean Reginald Stebbins, son of William Burrell and Elvira S. ( Griswold) Stebbins, was born August 24, 1836, in Marshall, Oneida county, New York. His parents removing to Salisbury, New York, he there passed the days of his boyhood, and received an excellent aca- demic education at the Fairfield Collegiate Institute. He afterward taught school, and in 1854 removed to Little Falls and entered the law office of Hon. George A. Hardin as a law student, being admitted to the bar in 1860. Soon after his admission and while serving as clerk for Judge Hardin, he purchased from the heirs of Daniel Ayres, in
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1861. "The Journal." and became a member of the profession which he afterward honored and adorned. In 1864 Mr. Stebbins purchased " The Courier " of Allen W. Eaton and consolidated it with " The Journal," the name thereafter being " The Journal and Courier." In September. 1866, he admitted his brother. George G. Stebbins, as a partner, and the business was conducted under the firm name of J. R. and G. G. Stebbins. In 1882 I. T. Barney purchased an interest in the paper, and the firm name thereafter was Stebbins & Company. In 1887 Mr. Stebbins was elected president of the Agricultural Insurance Com- pany of Watertown. New York, one of the strongest insurance com- panies in the northern part of the state, but his new position necessitated his withdrawal from the firm of Stebbins & Company, the dissolution taking place November 1. 1888, and he then removed to Watertown to assume the management of the great business enterprise of which he had been chosen chief executive. With that institution he was con- nected for many years as a stockholder and director and finally as its president, holding the latter position from 1888 until the time of his death, .April 25. 1898. As the chief executive of the Agricultural Insur- ance Company he exhibited remarkable gifts of business sagacity in opening up new fields, putting advanced ideas into operation, and thus making his term of chief officer of the company such that its inter- ests materially advanced under his leadership, at the same time holding the regard and esteem of all his associates.
As a journalist Mr. Stebbins was well equipped for the position he adorned, being a bright, ready and forceful writer. He understood what the true mission of a newspaper should be, what field it should cover, and its true relation to the public. As a business man he pos- sessed all the essential qualities of head and heart for a leader of men in great enterprises. As a citizen he was a man beloved by all who had the pleasure of coming in contact with him, was ever ready to sup- port all measures for the betterment of society, and was liberal and kind to the unfortunate and possessed that Christian spirit which is always ready to do good. As a husband and father he was ever thought- ful. true, loving and considerate of the dear ones of his heart. a true lover of his home and its surroundings. He was a member of the First Presbyterian church, also of the Young Men's Christian Association of Watertown, a trustee of the Black River Institute, and a member of the Union League of Watertown. He gave his political support to the Republican party, and was a strong advocate of its principles.
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Mr. Stebbins married. July 13. 1864. Miss Adelaide Cooper, a daughter of the late John Cowles and Elvira (Fox) Cooper. (See history of Cooper and Fox families.) Mrs. Stebbins was born April 3. 1836, and now resides in the city of Watertown, being a woman of great culture and refinement. To this union were born five children : William Cooper; Frederic, who died in childhood; John C .. who also died in childhood : Grace Adelaide and John Cooper.
William Cooper Stebbins, son of Jean R. and Adelaide (Cooper) Stebbins, was born at Little Falls, New York, June 20. 1866. He re- ceived his early education in the public schools, later attended the Wil- liston Seminary at East Hampton, Massachusetts, the Trinity School at Tivoli-on-the-Hudson, and spent two years at Cornell University. In 1800 he entered the employ of the Agricultural Insurance Com- pany in Watertown, where he remained until 1896, and two years later. in 1898, was made a director of the Steel Company, also becoming a director of the Bagery & Sewall Company. In 1897 he began the busi- ness of furnishing paper mill supplies, thus successfully continuing to the present time. In politics he is a Republican. In his social relations he is a member of the Union Club, the Lincoln League and the New York Athletic Club. On the oth of October, 1895. he was united in marriage to Grace Foster Sewall, who was born in Watertown, June 16. 1867. a daughter of Edward Quincy and Catherine (Smith) Se- wall. They have one child, Jean Reginald, born in the city of Water- town. September 14. 1899. Mr. Stebbins is one of the young progres- sive business men of Watertown.
Grace Adelaide Stebbins, the fourth child and only daughter of Jean R. and Adelaide (Cooper) Stebbins, was born in Little Falls, New York. July 22. 1870. She married. June 14, 1894. Charles Nor- ton Sherman, of Watertown. ( See Sherman history. ) They have be- come the parents of one child, Adelaide. They reside in the city of Watertown, of which Mr. Sherman is one of the leading business men.
John Cooper Stebbins, the younger son of Jean R. and .Adelaide (Cooper) Stebbins, was born at Little Falls. New York. April 1. 1874. and received his education in the military school in Chester. Pennsyl- vania, and at Dr. Holbrook's School, of Sing Sing. New York. He married. April 19, 1900, Miss Edith Williams, a daughter of Justice Pardon C. Williams.
EDWARD MARTIN WINSLOW. The Winslow family, which numbers among its members many who have been influentially promi-
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nent in political, commercial, financial and social circles, dates back to the year 1400, to John Wyncelowe, of Droitwich, England, who was pos- sibly the common ancestor of the Winslow family in America. The name was originally spelled Wyncelowe but in 1560 was changed to the present spelling. Kenelm Winslow (a brother of Governor Edward Winslow, the first governor of Plymouth colony), came from Kempsey, Worcestershire, England. to America in 1624, and through him the line of ancestry is traced, his son Edward being the father of a son, like- wise named Edward, whose son Benjamin was the father of a son Edward.
Edward Winslow, son of Benjamin Winslow, was born in Roches- ter, Massachusetts, March 5. 1788, one of six children, all of whom became prominent and public-spirited citizens, and were successful in their occupation of farming. In 1800 he removed from his native place to Pamelia. Jefferson county, New York, where he resided for many years. He married in Rutland county, New York. November 3, 1812, Fanny Otis, born Angust 6, 1793. in Marlborough, Vermont, dangh-
ter of - and Elizabeth ( Adams) Otis, and they reared a fam- ily of children. Edward Winslow had in his possession an ivory headed cane which belonged to his grandfather Winslow, and which is thought by the family to have been brought over in the " Mayflower." It is of live-oak stock, and has the name and date ( Edward Winslow, 1714) on a silver band under the ivory head, the inscription being yet quite plain. Edward Winslow died at Sanford's Corners, Jefferson county, New York. August 17. 1879. at the age of ninety-one, having survived his wife a little over a year, her death occurring at the same place on June 5. 1878, at the age of eighty-five years.
Edward Martin Winslow, born February 13. 1816, son of Edward and Elizabeth (Otis) Winslow, married (first ) March 22, 1838, Lydia Ann Hayes, born May 5. 1814, at Salisbury, New York, daughter of Daniel and Nancy Ann (O'Connor) Hayes. She died March 22, 1854, at Clayton, New York, and her remains were interred at Depauville. New York. Ile married ( second) at Depauville, New York. Septem- ber 10. 1854. Mary Ann Bartlett, born in South Weare, Hillsboro county, New Hampshire, February 12, 1829. daughter of Enoch and Lucy (Giddings) Bartlett, of Weare, New Hampshire. One year after his first marriage, Edward M. Winslow bought a farm in Clayton, New York, two miles from Depauville, which by his industry and care was brought under a fine state of cultivation. He took an active inter-
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est in local affairs, and served creditably in the capacity of school in- spector and town assessor. He was elected a trustee of the Methodist Episcopal church, and was elected class leader in 1840, a position he held up to the time of his death. He attended three meetings a week, and all extra ones, for a period of more than a half century, allowing nothing but sickness to interfere with the performance of this duty. He was a member of the Washingtonian Temperance Society, having joined its ranks when a boy. He was the father of six children, three of whom died in infancy. His first child. Emarancy Ann, was the child of his first wife. She was born September 28. 1846, in Clayton. New York, and was married in that town. September 18, 1866, to Henry A. Rathburn, born April 22, 1843. in New Haven, Oswego county, New York. Their children are as follows: Pearley E., born October 22. 1867: Cora A., born January 10, 1870: Newell C., horn September 10, 1873: Lela M., born April 23. 1883. The following named chil- dren were born to Mr. Winslow by his second wife: I. Pearley Ed- ward. May 20. 1856, at Clayton, New York; died December 23, 1861, and is buried in Depauville. 2. Emma Lucy, December 11, 1861, married October 2, 1883. in Watertown, to Stephen A. Devendorf. who was born September 23. 1859. son of George Alexander and Lucretia (Luther ) Devendorf ( see sketch elsewhere) : they have two children : Pearl W .. horn July 11. 1884. married August 17, 1904, at Waddington, New York, to Gladys M. Carnal, born September 5, 1883. daughter of James A. and Sarah ( Hatley) Carnal; and Mabel E., born April 23, 1886. 3. Clarion Bartlett, horn October 14, 1864; married June 23, 1896, at Cazenovia, New York, Emma E. Reynolds, daughter of Charles Morris and Elizabeth ( Scovil) Reynolds, of De- pauville, New York. He is one of the buyers of F. W. Woolworth & Co.'s syndicate of five and ten cent stores, and resides in New York city. 4. Olin Leroy, born March 12, 1866, married November 27, 1889, at Lafargeville, New York, Rosella Nestor, daughter of Michael and Rose ( McKinley ) Nestor, of Lafargeville, New York. They have three children: Ethel Mary, born November 23, 1890: Ariel Emma, born August 27. 1897; Harry Edward, born October 6, 1904. Olin Winslow is engaged in general farming on a farm of one hundred and fifteen acres located in Clayton, two miles from Depauville.
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