Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y. 1684-1890, Part 101

Author: Child, Hamilton, 1836- [from old catalog] comp; Horton, William H., [from old catalog] ed
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., The Syracuse journal company, printers and binders
Number of Pages: 1384

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of disease contracted while in the service. He is now quite feeble in health, having received a partial stroke of paralysis about 13 years ago. In the prime of life he took great interest in town affairs, and was elected justice of the peace several terms.

John Beecher came from Connecticut to Rutland about 1800, and settled on road 27, on the farm now owned by his son John W., where he purchased 80 acres, made a clearing, and built a log cabin. He was a shoemaker by trade, and was one of the company who built the woolen-mill at Tylerville. He was a religious man and an influential member of the Presby- terian Church. He married Margaret Richardson and they had four sons and six daughters,. of whom three sons are living: Washington and John W. in this town, and Thomas E. in East Watertown. John W. Beecher was born in 1820. In 1842 he married Elizabeth Wilson and settled on the old homestead. He has had two sons and two daughters, of whom the daughters, Mrs. H. B. Churchill, of East Watertown, and Mrs. J. C. Riordan, survive. Mr. Beecher has served the town as justice of the peace and notary public, and now resides in the village of Tylerville.

Enoch Eddy came to this town from Rutland, Vt., in June, 1800, with George White, who- was known as " Major " White, and located on the farm now owned by his grandson, E. H. Eddy. He moved his family here in 1801, his son James at that time being 10 years of age. James Eddy married Cynthia Philbrooks, and settled on the homestead where his son E. H. now resides.

John Southworth, a native of Montpelier, Vt., located in Rutland in 1801. About 1802 or 1803 he married Bashaba, daughter of William Howland, and settled on road 27, where he took up a tract of land, which he cleared, and worked at the carpenters' trade. He lived in this town the greater part of his life, dying at the residence of his son William. He had born to him one son and eight daughters. William Southworth, son of John, was born October 23, 1816. He married Ortance Devois, of Wilna, April 4, 1854, and settled on the farm he now occupies. He served the town as supervisor three years, was assessor nine years, and road commissioner three years. He worked at the carpenters' trade 20 years, and is now a farmer.

David Hickox was born in Connecticut in 1777, and in 1802 came to this town, bringing with him his wife and two sons, Horace and Homer, and took up 200 acres of land in the southeast corner of the town. He built a log house and went to work with a zeal character- istic of the pioneers, subduing the forests and laying the foundation for a future home. He was a natural mechanic, a wheelwright by trade, and furnished the then sparsely settled coun- try with spinning-wheels and reels, many of which may be found in the town to-day. Six children were born to him after coming to this town, viz .: Abiah, Addison, Virgil, Betsey, Manlius, and Frank, all of whom are deceased save Abiah (Mrs. Elisha Parks), of Elkhart, Ill., Frank, who lives in Springfield, Ill., and Betsey, in Colorado. Mrs. Hickox having died in 1825, he married, in 1827, Mrs. Betsey Phelps, widow of Albert Phelps, of Rutland. Mr. Hickox died April 2, 1850, in Springfield, Ill. Several of his grandchildren are now living in this town, among whom are George F. Hickox, who resides on the farm with his father-in- law, William P. Ball, and Charles A. Hickox, who lives with his brother George F.

Samuel Frink, son of Trustrim and Betsey (Clark) Frink, was born in this town in 1819. His father came here from Vermont in 1806, and located in the north part of the town, on what is known as Clark Hill, and died here in 1865. On this farm Samuel Frink was born and reared, receiving his education in the Rutland Hollow district school, receiving about two months schooling a year. At the age of 28 years he married Lucy Ann, daughter of Robert Hardy, of this town, and the same year purchased a farm at the "Center," where he resided for 20 years. In 1869 he sold this place, and in 1871 purchased the farm on which he now re- sides, located about half a mile west of the "Center." Mr. and Mrs. Frink have three children, viz .: Carl H. and Asa B., who reside with their parents, and Lucy M. (Mrs. Frank J. Staplin), who resides on a farm one mile north of Rutland. Their oldest child died at the age of 19 years. Mr. Frink was supervisor in 1869, and has been town clerk two years. He has been justice of the peace for seven years, and is the present incumbent of that office. He was a Whig in politics until the formation of the Republican party, to which he has since strictly adhered. During the war of the Rebellion he was very active in assisting to raise the town quotas from time to time, and to lighten the burdens of the government. Mr. Frink is now 67 years of age, and is still very active in business. His father died at the age of 85 years, and his mother at the age of 80.

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Jacob Fuller came to Rutland about 1802 or '03, from Shelburne Falls, Mass., and located in the northern part of the town. He returned to Massachusetts the next year and married Dilla Thayre, by whom he had five children, viz .: Sophronia, Daphne, Gratia, Lucretia, and Norman J., the latter of whom resides in Carthage. Mr. Fuller was a farmer, and a deacon of the Baptist Church for more than 40 years. He was captain of a company of militia in the War of 1812, and participated in the battle of Sackets Harbor. Both he and his wife died on the old homestead in this town.

John Eddy came from Grafton, Mass., to Rutland, in 1803, and settled on the farm, on road 27, now occupied by his granddaughter. Mrs. Horace Wilcox. He took up 80 acres, which he occupied until his death. He had three sons, all born in Massachusetts. John Eddy, Jr., mar- ried Amy Kelsey, of Brattleboro, Vt., and settled upon the old homestead, where he resided until his death. He served in the War of 1812. His only child, a daughter, Mary, married Horace Wilcox. Horace Wilcox, son of Smith, was born in Herkimer County, whence he re- moved to Rutland in 1848. In 1857 he married Mary Eddy and settled on the Eddy home- stead, where he has since resided. He has two children, Amy ( Mrs. A. T. Frink) and Her- bert J., who lives with his parents.

Renben Scott removed from Massachusetts to Rutland, and located in Rutland Hollow, on the farm now owned by Peter Pohl, where he died about 1803. He had born to him 14 chil- dren. Sewell Scott, son of Renben, was born in this town. He married Olive Carpenter and settled on a farm adjoining the old homestead. He afterwards bought the homestead where he resided until his death. He had born to him seven children. R. B. Scott, son of Sewell, enlisted in Co. D, 10th N. Y. H. A., and served with the regiment until it was innstered ont, and was wounded in battle. He married Libbie Crowner, and now resides in the village of Tylerville.

Elihn Ball was born in Elizabethtown, N. J., in 1784, whence he removed to Oneida Connty, with his parents, when about 12 years of age. Here he resided until he attained his majority, when he married Miss Anna Pelton, of Saybrook, Conn., and the following year re- moved to Rutland and located on a tract of land in the southwest corner of the town. He built a log honse and commenced clearing the land in anticipation of the comforts of a future home. Utica was their nearest market; and when their first child was but a year old Mr. and Mrs. Ball went thither on an ox-sled with a barrel of potash, a distance of abont 75 miles. They had born to them six children, viz .: Maria, Samantha (deceased), Juliette (deceased), William P., Henry M., and Lucippa Ann (deceased). Mr. Ball once held the office of school superintendent, and in the War of 1812 was first lientenant of a company of cavalry. He died in 1871, aged 86 years.

William P. Ball, son of Elihu and Anna (Pelton) Ball, was born November 24, 1810, in a log house built by his father on entering this town. He resided with his parents until 24 years of age, when he married Adelia A., daughter of Asa Hill, of Rodman. In the spring of 1825 he bought a farm adjoining his father's homestead on the north, known as the Johnson farm, where he reared a family of three children, viz .: John, an adopted son, born in 1835, died in 1875; Antonette (Mrs. George F. Hickox), born in 1838; Agnes O. (Mrs. O. A. Johnson), born in 1847. Mrs. Hickox resides with her husband on her father's farm, and Mrs. Johnson and her husband live in the town of Champion. In 1851 Mr. Ball built a new house on his farm, aronnd which he set a row of maple trees, which now add much to the beauty of the place. He is one of the oldest men living who was born in this town. He has been repeatedly honored by his townsmen, by being chosen to the offices of assessor and highway commissioner, having held the latter office 12 years. Of his son, John Ball, too much cannot be said in his praise. In the spring of 1855 he settled in Minnesota, and when the war broke ont he enlisted in Co. K. 1st Regt. Minn. Vols., as a private, and was rapidly promoted to first lientenant and then to captain of his company. His regiment was incorporated in the Army of the Potomac, and he participated in the first battle at Bull Run, where he displayed much sagacity and courage. From this time his regiment seemed destined to be foremost in all the battles of the Army of the Potomac. He was at Yorktown and Williamsburg, and in the memorable six days' fight on the banks and in the swamps of the Chickahominy. He returned with the army from the Peninsula and participated in the second Bull Run battle, and at Antictam. He was also in the battle at Fredericksburg under General Burnside, and in the hottest of the fight at Chan- cellorsville under Hooker, and at Gettysburg. In the latter engagement all the superior officers

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of his brigade were killed or wounded, and the formation of the brigade devolved upon him. The part he took on that bloody field will never be erased from the pages of history. After the disbandment of his regiment he was appointed colonel of the 11th Minnesota, with which he remained until the close of the war. Col. Ball was wounded at Bristow Station by a ball passing through his thigh. He had fired every charge of his ammunition, and being almost hand to hand with the enemy, he threw his pistol at them, and the next moment re- ceived a disabling wound. He returned to Minnesota after the close of the war, where he mar- ried Emma C. Lewton, of Winona, Minn. He died of consumption, at the home of his parents, in this town, September 26, 1875.

Richmond Howland came to Rutland in 1806. William Howland, son of Richmond, was born in this town April 22, 1809. In 1841 he married Eunice P., daughter of James Eddy, and settled on road 14. He has always lived in Rutland, with the exception of four years' resi- dence in Pamelia. In 1868 he bought the farm he now occupies. He has had three sons, namely: Cyrus, who died at the age of 37 years, Walter, of Le Ray, and Fred, who resides with his parents. In politics Mr. Howland is a Republican.

John Stebbins, a native of Massachusetts, removed from Bridgewater, Oneida County, to Rutland, about 1806. He brought his family here with an ox-team, and settled on the farm now owned by his grandson, John Stebbins, where he resided until his death. He had four children, Samuel, Harley, Clymena, and Lyman. Lyman married Elizabeth Murray, and set- tled on the farm now occupied by his son Harley, where he died in 1886. He also had four children, Ella, Anna E., Harley A., and John.

Asa Clark and wife, Betsey Dalrymple, immigrated from Halifax, Vt., to this town in 1806. and settled on the farm now occupied by their grandson, C. P. Clark, where the pioneer Asa made a clearing and built a log cabin in 1804. Elisha and Elias Clark, brothers of Asa, set- tled on farms adjoining, and the locality is now known as Clark's Hill. Asa had eight chil- dren, six of whom attained maturity, namely: Asa, Jr., Prudence (Mrs. Peter Poor), Almanda, Lucena (Mrs. Aaron Poor), Nancy (Mrs. Thomas Matthews), and Chandler. Asa, Jr., married Betsey Poor, daughter of Christopher Poor, and settled on the Elias Clark farm, but later oc- cupied the large stone house erected by his father in 1835, and resided on the homestead until his sudden death in 1882. Asa, Jr.'s, children were Christopher P., who now resides on the homestead; Lucy J. (the late Mrs. John Youngs); Clement, who died young; Asa D., who died in 1869; Mandana (Mrs. Stephen A. Merwillog), of Black River; and Chandler C., of Le Ray. Mr. Clark was actively interested in town affairs, was supervisor three terms, and was assessor a number of years. He was a Whig and later a Republican, and was a strict partisan. He was greatly respected by his towns people, and was often chosen as mediator for the settle- ment of difficulties arising between neighbors.

Arunah Otis, a descendant of the Otis family, of Halifax, Vt., came to Rutland about 1807, and settled on the farm, on road 25, now occupied by his grandson, George Otis. Here he car- ried on farming and blacksmithing, and it is said made the first cheese in town. His son Joel A. married Malina Wood, of Champion, and settled on the old homestead farm. He died in 1887, aged 83 years, and his wife in 1862. He had three children, namely: Elizabeth (Mrs. Otis Willard), of Antwerp; Caroline (Mrs. D. C. Eddy), of Pamelia; and George. The latter was born February 26, 1829. He married Cynthia A., daughter of Enoch Eddy, of Pamelia, and engaged in farming on the old homestead. He has three children, viz .: Ada E. (Mrs. J. C. Woodruff), of Watertown; Frankie H. (Mrs. John Dempster Randall), of Frankfort, Dakota; and John D., of this town.

John Gould, son of John, was born in Herkimer County, whence, at the age of six years, he removed to the town of Pamelia about 1807. He married Nancy Augsbury, of Pamelia, and settled on the farm now owned by Fred Gould. He afterwards bought the old homestead where his father lived and died. He reared a family of three sons and five daughters, one of whom, Rice, resides in this town. Rice Gould was born in Pamelia, January 26, 1840. No- vember 26, 1866, he married Phebe, daughter of Willard Eddy, of Pamelia, and settled in Rut . land. on the farm where he has since resided. He has two children, Mary E. and Pitt A., who reside with their father. Mrs. Rice Gould died December 23, 1886.

David Conkling, son of James, came from South Salem, N. Y., to Rutland, in 1808, and bought a tract of 80 acres, upon which he located with his family in 1809. In 1810 he built a frame house, which is still standing. He married Joanna Gilbert and they had 17 children,

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four of whom survive, and one, Alvin, resides in this town on the old homestead. Alvin Conk- ling married Helen A., daughter of Ruggles Goodale, of Antwerp, by whom he has had three children, all now deceased. Mr. Conkling adopted two daughters, Eula Dell (Mrs. Arthur G. Beals), of Carthage, and Sarah. The latter was murdered November 30, 1875, at the age of 10 years, by Frank Rutan, who is now serving a life sentence in Auburn prison.

Edward Phillips came from Lyme, Conn., to this town, about 1808, and located upon 50 acres where his son Orin A. now resides. He married Mary, daughter of Ichabod Pierce, and they had 10 children, of whom Henry resides in Liberty, Ill. ; Edward in Lowville, N. Y .; Will- iam R. in Nashua, Iowa; John W. in Natural Bridge, in the town of Wilna; and Orin A. upon the homestead in this town, where he is engaged in farming. Orin A. Phillips served the town as assessor for nine years.

Jabez Crouch, son of William, was a native of Guilford, Vt., whence he removed to this town about 1810 and located on the farm now occupied by his grandson, Charles E. Crouch, where he died. He had three children, Harriet, Sophia, and Everett. The latter married Emma J. Fuller and settled on the old homestead, where he resided until his death. They had one son, Charles E., who married, first, Jane Newkirk, and second, Sarah I. Flint, and now occupies the old homestead.

Noah Seaman came with his mother from Otsego County and located in Rodman, in 1807. He came to Rutland in 1813, when about 20 years of age, and located on the place now owned by Henry Walker, where he resided until 1862, when he removed to road 83, and resided with his son S. G. until his death, in 1882. He married Dorcas Jeffers in 1819, and they had six children, of whom S. G. is the only one now living in this town. S. G. Seaman married Juli- ette, daughter of John Armstrong, by whom he has six sons and one daughter.

Marcus Bronson, son of Deacon Jonas and Melinda (Baldwin) Bronson, was born on a farm located on the middle road, in the east part of this town. May 2, 1823. His father settled here in 1811, coming from Middlebury, Conn., with his wife and two children, George and Cleora. After coming here the following children were born to them, viz .: Mary, Eliza- beth, Asa. Sophia, Anna, Alonzo, Marcus, and Jonas, Jr. Of their 10 children, Marcus is the only one now living, and he occupies the old homestead on which he was reared. In 1849, at the age of 26 years, he married Sarah A. Church, by whom he has had children as follows: Louisa, who died in 1869, Emily, Melinda, Fanny C. (Mrs. Elbert J. Fuller), and Hiram I., who resides with his parents on the homestead. Mr. Bronson has been trustee of the school district in which he lives for 18 years, and is deacon of the Congregational Church, of which he is the oldest male member. He has always taken an active part in church matters.

Daniel H. Scott was born in Black River village, in this town, September 23, 1828. In 1849 he married Lodema, daughter of Levi Snow, of the town of Philadelphia. They commenced house-keeping in Watertown, where they remained about a year, when they removed to this town. September 28, 1861, he enlisted in Co. A, 35th N. Y. Vols., which was organized in this county and afterwards stationed at Falls Church, Va., where he joined them after enlistment. While on picket duty near Warrington, Va., June 20, 1862, he was wounded in the left hand by a spent ball, which resulted in the loss of three fingers, on account of which he now receives a pension. Mr. Scott has two children, viz .: Byron N., who is engaged with his father in the mercantile business in the village of Black River, and Nellie E., who resides with her parents.

Hon. Joseph Graves was born in East Haddam, Conn., October 3, 1787, and in 1804 he re- moved to Westmoreland, Oneida County, where he resided until 1812, when he located in Sackets Harbor, remaining there during the War of 1812-15. He married Anna Graves, of Copenhagen, in 1815, and settled in this town, on the farm on road 22 now owned by Horace Wilcox. He was a prominent man, and served the town as supervisor 10 years. In 1842 he was elected member of Assembly by a large majority, and in 1848 was one of the electors who supported Gen. Lewis Cass for the presidency. He also served as justice of the peace several years. In 1811 he joined the Methodist Episcopal Church, of which he continued a member 58 years. He died in December, 1875, aged 89 years, and his wife November 1, 1882. They had six children, two of whom are living, Hubert, in Black River village, and Delia J. (Mrs. E. D. Allen), in Rutland. Hubert Graves was born June 29, 1820. In 1840 he married Ade- laide De Lafleur, daughter of John B., and settled on the old homestead, where he engaged in farming until 1881, when he removed to Black River village. They have had five children, Anna J. and Allen D., deceased, Joseph S., of Black River, and Eugene E. and Frank P., of Frankfort, Dakota.

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Lathrop Way, son of Azariah and Grace (Douglass) Way, was born in New London, Mass., in 1794, and came to this town in 1817, where he purchased of Elder Johnson a farm in the sonthwest part of the town, on which little, if any, improvements had been made. At the age of 29 Mr. Way married Deborah Randall, of Rutland. He worked at the carpenters' trade for several years, when he went to live with his father for the purpose of carrying on the farm. After his father's death, which occurred in the fall of 1851, he purchased the homestead of the heirs, and here resided until his death, in 1875. Mr. Way had three children, viz .: Clark, born 1827, died 1860; Jane M., born 1829, died 1848; and Daniel W., born May 18, 1834, who now owns and occupies the old homestead. Azarialı Way was a pioneer preacher of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church, and did much toward building up that denomination in the early (lays. He also worked at the coopers' trade and did shoemaking for the early settlers. La- throp Way belonged to the Masonic fraternity, and was a member of the Watertown lodge at the time of his death.

Emerson H. Scott, son of Thomas H. and Betsey (Middleton) Scott, was born in this town May 29, 1837. His father came here from Massachusetts with his parents in 1819, and two years later purchased the farm where Emerson H. was born and reared. Mr. Scott was edu- cated at the district schools. In August, 1862, at the age of 25 years, he enlisted in Co. I, 35th N. Y. Vols., and on the discharge of that regiment from the service the following April he was transferred to the 20th N. Y. S. M., and on the 12th of September, 1864, was discharged from the service on account of disability caused by chronic disease. He participated in the battles of South Mountain, Antietam, Mine Run, and Gettysburg, in the latter of which he was wounded in the right fore-arm, and receives a pension. After his return from the war he married Celia, daughter of Francis Plant, of Michigan, and they have one child, Francis E. Mr. Scott's father, at the age of 79 years, resides with him on the homestead.

Eli Kellogg came into the county of Jefferson in 1822, coming from Lowville, where he had settled in 1805 with a colony of Massachusetts families. About 1806 he married Grace, daughter of Captain Jonathan Rogers, and removed to Martinsburg, then the county seat of Lewis County, at which place he remained till 1822, when he removed with his family to the south part of the town of Rutland. There he reared the large family which had been born to him. His children were Mary, who married Charles Frink, a prominent maltster of Utica and Albany; Sylvester, a farmer, who remained in Rutland and reared a large family; Sophy, who married Silas Doud; Roland, a farmer, who died about 1850; Cornelia, who married Norman Wood who now resides in Adams; Alonzo, who died at Adams in 1888; Pamelia, who married Thurman M. Patrick, and who resides in Adams; Betsey, who married Oliver Stone, and who died in 1869; Rebecca, who married Lucius Oaks and died about 1853; Janette, who married Gathoris A. Scovil and now resides in Durango, Colorado. Eli Kellogg died at Adams about 1855. Sylvester Kellogg, born January 21, 1808, married Irene, daughter of Rev. Walter Harris Terry, March 19, 1840. He continued to reside in the town of Rutland until 1885, when he removed to Adams Center, at which place he died in April, 1888. His children were Charles S .. born 1841, now an agricultural implement dealer in Watertown; George B., born 1843, a clothier at Lansing, Mich .; Eli, born 1847, now a farmer at Adams Center; Iloaa, born 1850, married to Alfred H. Bristol, a farmer, of South Rutland; Kate, born 1853, married Charles H. Visscher, of South Rutland; Virgil Kenyon, born March 17, 1858, an attorney in Carthage.

Peter Poor, son of Christopher, was born in Schoharie County, whence he removed to this town with his parents. He married Prudence, daughter of Asa Clark, and located in Black River village in 1827. He with his father built a saw-mill where D. Dexter & Son's chair shop now is. In 1836 he sold out and moved across the river, where, in company with his father, he bought a grist-mill of Mr. Horton, which was burned in 1838. Mr. Poor died in 1859. His widow survives and is a resident of this town.

Joel Woodworth came from Connecticut and located in Watertown about 1810, and settled on the farm now owned by Elizabeth Woodworth. He also engaged in the manufacture of fanning-mills, and did surveying for the early settlers. He served as supervisor and assessor, and was defeated as a candidate for member of Assembly on the Democratic ticket. He mar- ried Catharine Dennie and they had seven children, of whom Henry, the only survivor, resides on a farm in this town, on road 23.

Charles W. Fuller was a descendant of Thomas Fuller, who was born on the Mayflower. He came from Massachusetts to Rutland among the early settlers, locating in Rutland Hollow,

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whence he afterwards removed to Antwerp, where he died. He had one son and three daugh- ters, namely: Lura T. (Mrs. William Smith), Emma (Mrs. Lewis Miller), Adelia (Mrs. Charles Loomis), and Charles A. The latter was born in 1823, and at the age of 12 years was bound out to Daniel Vebber, with whom he lived until he attained his majority. At the age of 22 years he married Mary A., daughter of Charles Castle, and for five years thereafter resided in Champion. He theu returned to Rutland, and for the past 20 years has occupied his present farm. He has five children, viz .: Eliazbeth A. (Mrs. A. D. Vebber); Daniel V., of Trenton, Oneida County; Gilson C., of Flockville, St. Lawrence County; and William S. and Elbert J., of this town.

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Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y. 1684-1890, Part 101

Author: Child, Hamilton, 1836- [from old catalog] comp; Horton, William H., [from old catalog] ed Publication date: 1890 Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., The Syracuse journal company, printers and binders Number of Pages: 1384

Author: Child, Hamilton, 1836- [from old catalog] comp; Horton, William H., [from old catalog] ed
Publication date: 1890
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., The Syracuse journal company, printers and binders
Number of Pages: 1384