USA > New York > Jefferson County > Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y. 1684-1890 > Part 130
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116 | Part 117 | Part 118 | Part 119 | Part 120 | Part 121 | Part 122 | Part 123 | Part 124 | Part 125 | Part 126 | Part 127 | Part 128 | Part 129 | Part 130 | Part 131 | Part 132 | Part 133 | Part 134 | Part 135 | Part 136 | Part 137 | Part 138 | Part 139 | Part 140 | Part 141 | Part 142 | Part 143 | Part 144 | Part 145 | Part 146 | Part 147 | Part 148 | Part 149 | Part 150 | Part 151 | Part 152 | Part 153 | Part 154 | Part 155 | Part 156 | Part 157 | Part 158 | Part 159 | Part 160 | Part 161 | Part 162 | Part 163 | Part 164 | Part 165 | Part 166 | Part 167 | Part 168 | Part 169 | Part 170 | Part 171 | Part 172 | Part 173 | Part 174 | Part 175 | Part 176 | Part 177 | Part 178 | Part 179 | Part 180 | Part 181 | Part 182 | Part 183 | Part 184 | Part 185 | Part 186 | Part 187 | Part 188 | Part 189 | Part 190 | Part 191 | Part 192 | Part 193 | Part 194 | Part 195 | Part 196
John Scott, son of Reuben, was born in the town of Rutland in 1820. He reared a family of three children, -two daughters and a son, -namely : Anrea M., who married Hoyt Dexter and resides in Colerain, Mass .; Nancy Belle, also of Colerain; and Dexter B. The latter was. born in Rntland, January 10, 1845, and was reared upon a farm. He married Catharine A., daughter of Rev. Allen and Maria Robinson (Seaboro) Miller, in 1971, and they have three sons, viz .: Ross C., born in 1873; Herbert D., born in 1875; and Egbert Willis, born in 1881. Mr. Scott located in Worth in 1873.
James Spalsbury, son of Jacob and Margaret (Walrath) Spalsbury, was born in Herkimer County, N. Y., in-1801, and when a young lad came to Jefferson County and located in Alexan- dria. He married Phebe, danghter of John and Catharine (Teachont) Sheley, who bore him fonr sons and six daughters, viz .: Emeline, Lorenzo D., Louisa, Zeri, Amanda, Adaline, Albert J., Zeraldine, Phebe A., and Esther M. Lorenzo D. was born August 23, 1833. In Angust, 1862, he enlisted in Co. G, 10th N. Y. H. A., and participated in the battles of Peters- burg. Cold Harbor, Fisher's Hill, and Winchester, and served to the close of the war. He married Mary J., daughter of Joel and Priscilla (Parker) Dayton, who bore him a son, Adel- bert E., and died December 8, 1875. For his second wife he married Emma, daughter of Isaac and Samatha (Nichols) Wilson, in 1877, by whom he has a daughter, Jennie M., born in 1879. Mr. Spalsbury located in this town in 1875. He is proprietor of a wagon shop at Worth- ville village.
Adam Donebnrgh, son of Adam, was born in Schoharie in 1802, and was reared upon a farm. In 1840 he located in Boylston, Oswego County, and in 1844 married Polly A., dangh - ter of John Dingman, by whom he had three sons and four daughters, viz .: John, George, Mary, Eliza J., Julia A., Harriet, and James. John Doneburgh was born in 1845, and at the age of 18 years was apprenticed to the trade of tanner and currier. He married Sarah J., daughter of Charles and Mary (Homer) Tanner, in 1870, by whom he has had one son and two daughters, viz .: Hattie Adaline, born in 1871; Matie Emeline, born in 1874; and Edward J., born in 1877. Mr. Doneburgh purchased a hotel and farm and located in Worthville in 1876. He was burned out in 1887, and now keeps a hotel on Mill street.
875
TOWN OF WORTH.
Washington A. Cornwell, son of John and Louisa (Bentley) Cornwell, was born in Clay- ton, December 7, 1848. He learned the wagonmakers' trade from his father, and subse- quently worked in New Haven, Oswego County, and Barnes Corners, Lewis County. He mar- ried Frances A., daughter of Cyrus C. and Mary L. (Kickland) Flynt, in 1867, and removed to Barnes Corners, where he remained about eight years. He also resided in Rodman and Wa- tertown, and in 1879 came to Worthville, built a factory, and established a furniture and dressed lumber business. Mr. Cornwell is an earnest worker in the Methodist Episcopal Church, and resides in Worthville.
George Spies, born in Germany in 1827, immigrated to America when 18 years of age, and soon after located in Watertown, where he engaged in the coopering business. He married Elizabeth Wetterhahm, a native of Germany, and they had seven sons and four daughters, VIZ .: Belle, George V., Elizabeth, William, Louis H., Frederick O., August, John, Mollie A., Julia, and Nellie. Mr. Spies resides in Watertown and is extensively engaged in the lumber business with his son William. Their mill is located on road 14, in this town.
Adam Fralick, son of Jacob and Catharine (Vroman ) Fralick, was born in Herkimer County in 1804, and was reared upon a farm. He married Maria, daughter of Garret and Mary (Gar- ber) House, by whom he had two sons,-Peter, of this town, and Nicholas, who died young. Peter was born in 1827, and in 1847 married Catharine, daughter of Albert Vandewalker, who bore him two sons,-Adam N., of this town, and Abram, of Brownville. His wife died in 1852, and in 1854 he married Catharine Bellinger, who bore him seven children, viz .: Ida, Maria, Mary, Leroy, Carrie, Lettie, and Melvin. Adam N. Fralick was born May 7, 1849, and early in life chose farming as his means of a livelihood. He married Mary Adelaide, daughter of Moses C. and Caroline (Burton ) Washburn, of Rodman, in 1869, and they have four children, viz .: Levi A., born in 1870; De Gratia, born in 1872; Orlando C., born in 1875; and Nora Anna, born in 1877. Mr. Fralick is a farmer on road 7, corner of 17.
Patrick Groves, son of Thomas and Mary (MeGreggor) Groves, married Mary, daughter of William and Catharine (McBride) MeAuley, and they had seven sons and two daughters, viz .: William, Thomas, Catharine (Mrs. William Piddock), of Lorraine, Royal, also of Lor- raine, George. Charles, Mary, of this town, and Daniel, also of this town.
William Hannahs, a native of Ireland, immigrated to America when a young man and located in Jefferson County. He married Jane Maxwell, and their children are William, John, James, David, Robert, Sarah, and Matthew. The latter was born in Brownville in 1826. He learned the molders' trade, at which he worked several years. In 1856 he married Abigail Aun Beebe, daughter of Alderson and Rebecca (Hudson) Beebe, who bore him four sous and three daughters, viz .: Emmet A., born in 1857; Sophronia R., born November 24, 1859; Dora A., born in 1861, died in 1884; Ida A., born in 1863, died in 1885; George and Horatio, twins, born in 1865 (Horatio died in infancy); and Cyril E., born in 1867. Mr. Hannahs located in this town in 1881, and here his wife died in 1882. He and his sons are farmers and own 240 acres on road 12.
.
APPENDIX.
COLONIAL JUDICIARY ACT.
T HE following act, which was passed in the first year of the regular govern- ment of the province of New York, is not only historically curious, but more important than any other of the acts of the colonial legislature ; for its provisions have not, like most of theirs, ceased to be seen or felt in our present institutions, but are obviously the foundation and frame of our judicial system as it now exists, and may be distinctly traced in the constitution of almost all our courts. This act is not now to be found, except in a copy of an edition of the Colonial Session Laws published by Bradford in 1694, and preserved in the society library of the city of New York. It appears to have been unknown to all the revisers and compilers of the statutes down to this time, by whom it has been supposed to be lost. It was passed originally in April or May, 1691, to continue for two years ; and on the 11th of Novem- ber, 1692, was reënacted for two years more, without alteration, except directing that the Supreme Court should be held in the other counties be- sides New York, and that one of the judges should go the circuit into those counties. It was again continued for two years more, and finally, in 1697, it appears to have been permanently continued, without any limitation of its duration, and never to have been repealed. Livingston and Smith, and Van Schaack, speak of it as lost, and could not have known of a copy of Bradford's edition of 1694. Van Ness and Woodworth could not have known of it, as they mention Bradford's edition of 1710 as the earliest edi- tion extant ; while neither that nor Bradford's editions of 1713 or 1726 con- tain the act, but merely give its title. Van Ness and Woodworth mention this and the acts continuing it, but consider the Supreme Court as regulated and fixed by certain ordinances of the governor and council, which (as well as the act of 1683, conferring civil jurisdiction upon courts of Sessions and Oyer and Terminer) they give in the appendix to their edition.
It is to be inferred from these ordinances that the legislative act was for some reason considered as having ceased to operate, although there is no evidence of its having expired ; and the court was undoubtedly held by vir- tue of the ordinances, and not of the law ; but this does not diminish the
1
877
APPENDIX.
importance of the act itself, as the ordinances are mere transcripts of it, and intended only to continue its provisions ; and as the ordinances were not considered as of the same force as legislative acts, but rather as temporary and provisional regulations, and could not, therefore, have conferred that character of strength and perpetuity upon the constitution of the courts, which from their duration it is evident that they must have originally received. Smith, who published his history in 1756, alludes to the inade- quacy of these ordinances for the establishment of courts of justice. He says: " As this act of 1691 was a temporary law it may hereafter be disputed, as it has been already, whether the present establishment of our courts, for general jurisdiction, by an ordinance, can consist even with the preceding act, or the general rules of law."
" An Act for Establishing Courts of Judicature, for the Ease and Benefit of each respec- tive City, Town, and Connty, within this Province. 1
"WHEREAS, the orderly Regulation, and the establishment of Courts of Justice throughout this Province, as well in the respect of Time as Place, doth tend very much to the Honour and Dignity of the Crown, as well as to the Ease and Benefit of the Subject. Be it Enacted by the Governour and Conneil and Representatives convened in General Assembly, and it is hereby Enacted and Ordained by the Authority of the same, That every Justice of the Peace that re- sides within any Town or County within this Province. are hereby fully impowered and au- thorized to have Cognizanee of all Causes, Cases of Debt, and Trespass to the valne of Forty Shillings or under: which Causes and Cases shall be heard, tried, and finally determined with- out a jury, by every Justice of the Peace that resides within any Town or County, within this Province; he taking to his Assistance, at the time of his hearing and determining such Cause or Cases of Debt and Trespass to the value of Forty Shillings and under, one of the Free- holders of the Town and place where the cause of Action doth arise. The Process of warning shall be a summons under the hand of the Justice. directed to the Constable of the Town or Precinct, or any deputed by him. where the Party complained against doth live. Which Sum- mons being Personally served, or left at the Defendant's House two days before the Day of Hearing of the Plaint, shall be sufficient Anthority to and for the said Justice, assisted with one of the Free-holders, as aforesaid, to proceed on such Cause and Canses, and determine the same in the Defendant's absence; and to grant exeention thereon against the Defendant's Person, or for want thereof, his Estate, which the Constable of the Town or Precinct, or his Deputy, shall or may serve.
"Always provided, and be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, That if the Plain- tiff or Defendant shall desire a Jury, it shall be allowed, but at the proper cost and charges of the Person desiring the same.
"And for the Increase of Virtue, and Discouraging of Evil-doers throughout this Provinee, Be it further Enacted, by the Authority aforesaid, that there shall be held and kept in every respective City and County within this Province, (at the Times and Places hereafter named and expressed, ) a Court of Sessions of the Peace, that is to say,
" For the City and County of New York, at the City Hall of the said City, four times every year. viz. The first Tuesday in May. the first Tuesday in August, the first Tuesday in Novem- ber, and the first Tuesday in February.
"For the City and County of Albany, at the City Hall of the said City, the first Tuesday in June, the first Tuesday in October, and the first Tuesday in February.
"For Westchester, at Westchester, the first Tuesday in June, and the first Tuesday in December.
"For Ulster, at Kingston, the first Tuesday in September, and the first Tuesday in March.
"For the County of Richmond, at the Court House, the first Tuesday in September, and the first Tuesday in March.
" For Kings County, at Flatbush (alias Midwout). the sccon { Tuesday in May, and the second Tuesday in November.
878
APPENDIX.
"For Queens County, at Jamaica, the third Tuesday in May, and the third Tuesday in September.
"For Suffolk County, at Southold, the last Tuesday in September.
" And the last Tuesday in March at Southampton. Orange County to be annexed to the County of New York, and Dutchess County to the County of Ulster.
"Which Sessions of the Peace shall only hold and continue for the space and time of two Dayes, and no longer.
"And for the more regular and beneficial Distribution of Justice to the Inhabitants of each respective City and County within this Provinee, Be it further Enacted by the Author- ity aforesaid, That there be kept and held a Court of Common Pleas in each respective City and Connty within this Province, at the Times and Places hereafter named and Expressed: That is to say, At such Places in each respective County as the said Court of Sessions are to be kept; and to begin the next day after the Sessions terminates, and only to hold and continue for the Space and time of two days, and no longer; And that there be one Judge, with three Justices, in each County, Appointed and Commissionated to hold the same Court of Pleas; Three whereof to be a Quorum. And that the several and respective Courts, hereby estab- lished, shall have Jurisdiction to Hear, Try, and finally to Determine all Actions or Cause of Actions, and all Matters, and Things, and Causes Tryable at the Common Law, of what Nature or Kind soever.
" Provided alwayes, and it is hereby Enacted, that there shall not be any Appeal, or Re- moval by Habeas Corpus, of any person, or of any Action or Suit, or of any Judgment or Ex- ecution, that shall be determined in this Court to the value of Twenty Pounds or under, any thing contained herein to the contrary in any ways notwithstanding.
"Provided alwayes, and it is hereby Enacted, That the Courts of Mayor and Aldermen of the respective Cities of New York and Albany, shall have in each of their respective Cities the Power and Authority to Hear, Try, and finally to Determine all such Actions and Snits as is commonly cognizable before them, from which final Determination, there shall not be any Appeal or Removal by Habeas Corpus, of any Person, or of any Action or Suit, or of any Judgment or Execution, to the value of Twenty Pounds, or under, any thing contained herein to the contrary in any ways notwithstanding.
"To which respective Courts of Common Pleas there shall belong, and be appoined, and Commis-ionated for that purpose, one Clark of the Court, to draw, enter, and keep the Records, Declarations, Pleas, and Judgments, then to be had and made -- And one Marshal or Cryer of the Court, to call the Jurors, and proclaim the Commands and Orders of the Court.
" And for the more regular Proceedings in the said Court, all Processes and Waits, of what nature soever, for the command of Persons to appear, and to execute the Judgments and Executions of the respective Courts atoresaid, shall be directed to the respective Sheriffs of each City and County within this Provinee, and executed by them, their Under-Sheriff's, or Deputy or Deputies. And all Processes and Writs for Actions betwixt Party and Party in the said Conrt shall issue out of the Office of the Clark of the Court in each City and County re- spectively. signed Per Curiam.
" And that their Majesties Subjects inhabiting within this Province, may have all the good, proper, and just wayes and means, for the securing and recovering their just Rights, and Demands, within the same, Beit further Enacted, and it is hereby Enacted and Ord ined. by Authority aforesaid, That there shall be held and kept, a Supream Court of Judicature. which shall be duly and constantly kept, at the city of New York, and not elsewhere, at the several and respective times hereafter mentioned. And that there be five Justices at least, appointed and commissionated to hold the same Court. Two whereof, together with one Chief Justice, to be a Quorum. Which Supream Court is hereby fully Impowered and Authorized to have Cognizance of all Pleas, Civil, Criminal, and Mixt, as fully and amply to all intents and purposes whatsoever, as the Courts of Kings Bench, Common Pleas and Exchequer. within Their Majesties Kingdom of England, have or ought to have. In and to which Supream Court all and every Person and Persons whatsoever. shall or may. if they shall so see meet, commence or remove any Action or Snit, the Debt or Damages laid in such Action or Suit being upwards of Twenty Pounds, and not otherwise; or shall or may by Warrant. Writ of Error, or Certiorari, remove out of any of the respective Courts of Mayor and Aldermen, Sessions and Common Pleas, any Judgment, Information, or Indictment there had or depend-
879
APPENDIX.
ing; and may Correct Errors in Judgment, or Revise the same, if there be just cause. Pro- vided alwayes, That the Judgment removed, shall be upwards the value of Twenty Pounds.
" Always provided, and be further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That this Supream Court shall be duely and constantly Kept once every six Moneths, and no oftener; That is to say. On the first Tuesday of October and on the first Tuesday of April annually, and every Jear, at the City Hall of the said City of New York; provided they shall not sit longer than eight dayes.
" And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That it shall not be lawful for any Person or Persons whatsoever, appointed, or elected, or commissionated to be a Justice or Judge of the aforesaid Courts, to execute or officiate his or their said place or Office until such Time, as he or they shall respectively take the Oathes appointed by Act of Parliament, to be taken instead of the Oathes of Allegiance and Supremacy, and Subscribe the Test in open Court.
" And be it further Enaeted by the Authority aforesaid, That all and every of the Justices or Judges of the several Courts before mentioned, be and are hereby sufficiently impowed to make, order, and establish all such Rules and Orders, for the more orderly practicing and proceeding in their said Courts, as fully and amply to all intents and purposes whatsoever, as all or any of the said Judges of the several Courts of the Kings Beneh, Common Pleas, and Exchequer in England legally do.
"Provided alwayes, and be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That no Per- son's Right or Property shall be by any of the aforesaid Courts determined, except where matters of Fact are either acknowledged, or passeth by the Defendants Fault for want of Plea or Answer, Unless the Fact be found by the Verdict of Twelve Men of the Neighborhood, as it ought of Right to be done by the Law.
" Be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That there shall be a Court of Chan- cery within this Province, which said Court shall have Power to Hear and Determine all Matters of Equity, and shall be esteemed and accounted The High Court of Chancery of this Province.
"And be it further Enacted by the Authority aforesaid, That the Governour and Couneil be the said High Court of Chancery, and hold and keep the said Court; and that the Gover- nour may depute, nominate, and appoint, in his stead, a Chancellor, and be assisted with such other Persons of the Council as shall by him be thought fit and convenient, together with all necessary Officers, Clerks, and Registers, as to the said High Court of Chancery are needful.
" Provided alwayes, and it is hereby further Enaeted by the Authority aforesaid, That any Free-holder, Planter, Inhabitant, or Sojourner within this Province, may have Liberty, if he or they see meet, to make his or their Appeal or Appeals, from any Judgment obtained against him or them, in case of Error, in the several Courts aforesaid, in such manner and form as is hereafter expressed, that is to say, From the Court of Mayor and Aldermen, and Courts of Common Pleas. To the Supream Court, for any Judgment above the value of Twenty Pounds; And from the Supream Court at New York, to the Governour and Council, for any Judgment above the value of One Hundred Pounds; And from the Governour and Council, To Their Majesties Council, for any Decree or Judgment above the value of Three Hundred Pounds, as in their Majesties Letters Patent to his Excylleney doth and may more fully appear. Alwayes provided, That the Party or Parties so Appealing shall first pay all Costs of such Judgment or Decree from which the Appeal ariseth, and enter into Recognizeance, with two sufficient surities, for double the value of the Debt, Matter, or Thing recovered, or obtained by Judgment or Deeree against him or them, to the said Court from which they Appeal. That they will prosecute the said Appeal or Appeals with Effect and make Return thereof within twelve months after the said Appeal or Appeals here made. And if default happen thereon then Execution to issue out upon the Judgment, against the Party, or their Sureties, in course, without any Scire facias. Provided alwayes, That the Establishing of these Courts shall not be or remain longer in force, than for the time and space of two Years, and until the End of the sitting of the next Assembly, after the expiration of the said two Years."
880
APPENDIX.
The following matter reached us too late to be inserted under the respective towns :-
ALEXANDRIA.
William M. Thomson, of Scotch parentage, was born in Canada, July 24, 1834. His. father, being a rebel, emigrated to the United States and settled in Alexandria Bay immedi- ately after the Battle of the Windmill in 1838, which resulted so disastrously to the Patriots. Receiving a district school education Mr. Thomson, at the age of 15 years, entered the store of John W. Fuller, as clerk, with whom he remained six years. He married Mr. Fuller's daughter in January, 1861, and has always resided in Alexandria Bay. He has been twice elected to the office of town clerk, has served three years as supervisor, 12 years as justice of the peace, and was elected a member of Assembly in 1877 and in 1882, having been defeated for that office in 1878 and again in 1883. He has been deputy collector of customs of the port of Alexandria Bay for the past four years, and is now engaged in mercantile business. Mr. Thomson has two sons, both of whom are graduates of Cornell University. In 1856 he was made a Master Mason: in 1864 he became a member of Theresa Royal Arch Chapter; and in 1866 he was made a Knight Templar. He is a member of the Jeffersonian Club, a political organization of Watertown, and a trustee of the Alexandria Bay Young Men's Library Associa- tion.
CHAMPION.
Charles H. Wilcox, son of Heman, was born in Ogdensburg, October 28, 1833. In 1860 he married Savilla, daughter of N. F. Hunt, of Edwards, St. Lawrence County, and in 1870 located in West Carthage, where he has since resided. He is an artist and scenic painter, and evidences of his ability may be found in many cities and towns of the United States. He has four children, namely: Orra A., Jennie E. (Mrs. W. M. Vincent), J. Foster, and Don H. J. Fos- ter Wilcox is a clerk in the clothing store of H. J. Radin, in Carthage, and is also chief temp- lar of Jefferson County of the order of Good Templars.
CLAYTON.
On November 6, 1887, occurred the most disastrous conflagration that ever visited the village of Clayton. The fire originated about 4 P. M. in the Porter block, on James street, and spread rapidly on that street and on John street. The principal sufferers were D. C. Porter & Son, W. A. Webster, George H. Mckinley, M. E. Frame, J. T. Hubbard, Whitney & Walt, Wil- cox & McCarn, W. D. Clark, G. M. McCombs, Dewey Brothers, C. P. Bass, James Boyd, S. M. Shimberg, Philo Clark, W. P. Hawes, Dr. McIlmoyl, John Johnston, A. F. Barker, James Hayes & Co., James Hayes, Charles A. Shaver, United Lines Telegraph Co., S. D. Johnston, George Hill, Sr., Henry Webber, Sr., W. J. Vincent, George H. Hubbard, A. Bain, Robert Robinson, A. Reed, and John Tilton. The loss aggregated nearly $100,000, upon which there was less than $50,000 insurance. Since the fire better buildings have been erected and the village is much improved.
In addition to what has been said regarding ship building in Clayton we add that S. G. Johnston built the steamer St. Lawrence for the Thousand Island Steamboat Co .; the steam yacht Sirius for Johnston & Son ; the steam yacht Edith May for Robbins & Peabody, which is now owned by Hamilton Child, of Syracuse ; and the yacht Mabel for James Stebbens, of New York. His son built the yacht Alert. Mr. Johnston has also rebuilt a number of boats in the past 12 years. He is now constructing a steamer for himself,
88I
APPENDIX.
the dimensions of which are 75 feet over all, 13} feet beam, and six feet hold, and it will be capable of carrying from 125 to 140 passengers.
The First Congregational Church of Clayton was organized March 17, 1890, with 35 members, by Rev. J. S. Ainslie, of Ogdensburg, who extended the right hand of fellowship, and Rev. E. Curtis, of Syracuse, who acted as moderator of the first meeting. The officers are as follows : deacons for one, two, and three years are S. G. Johnston, A. J. Spalsbury, and James L. Atwood; Mrs. Nettie Phillips, treasurer ; George M. McCombs, clerk. The society now numbers about 60 members, and they hold their meetings over the postoffice. The Sunday-school has a membership of over 50 scholars and teachers, with George McCombs, superintendent.
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.