Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y. 1684-1890, Part 30

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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to the institute in its time of need saved it and enabled it to maintain its high rank, and gave it its present sound financial standing free from debt. Mr. and Mrs. Dwight's daughter, Ella M., married Charles H. Wardwell, an estimable young man of Adams, who carries on a successful business in grow- ing seeds. They have two little sons, their eldest son, Dwight, having died during the summer of 1889.

Mr. D wight united with the Odd Fellows Lodge in its early history, filling all its offices and sharing all its honors. But to the church of God his greatest efforts have been put forth. He indulged a hope in the Saviour at the early age of 17, and being of Puritan stock naturally gravitated to the Presbyterian Church. There being no such church in his native town he united with the one in Adams, and has since remained a member thereof except during his stay in Belleville, where he united with the Presbyterian Church and was elected a ruling elder, which office he has continued to fill in the church in Adams since May, 1867. The Sabbath-school has also received a large share of his attention, having filled the offices of teacher and super- intendent during the most of the time since his connection with the church.

Mr. and Mrs. Dwight have always been earnest and active promoters of the religious, educational, and social interests of the community, and now in the maturity of their lives their works do follow them. Their hearts are still warm with sympathy, and their purses open for every good cause.

FAMILY SKETCHES.

William Thomas, one of the early pioneers of Adams, left Halifax, Vt., in March, 1801, with his wife, seven sons, and two daughters, traveling with an ox team and sled, to seek a home in the then "far west." They came via Boonville and Lowville, the journey, a portion of which was through the trackless wilderness, occupying 25 days. Their children were Ben- jamm, who died in Orleans County; Ira A., who died in Adams in 1859; Lucinda (Mrs. Sam- uel Hubbard), who died in Claytou; Joel, who died at the age of 90 years; James, Polly (Mrs. Elihu Putnam), Ezra, and William, who died in this town. Ira A. Thomas, born in 1779, married Lucy Allen, of Vermont, in 1799, and their children were Eunice (Mrs. D. Walker), Lois (Mrs. Ezra Putnam), Ruth, Lucy (Mrs. Rev. David Walker), Ira A., Jr., and Capt. Lewis N. The latter was born on the homestead in this town in 1818. and was educated at Cazenovia Academy. He married Abbie, daughter of James and Abbie (Thurston) Searles, in 1838, by whom he had two sons, Sanford S. and Wilham H. S. Capt. Thomas was acci- dentally killed by the cross-bar of his barn door being blown against his head, August 24, 1863. William H. S. Thomas, born in 1840, married, first, Fanny J., daughter of John M. and Philamelia (Stoddard) Seails, in 1868, who died in 1876. In 1880 he married Mary A., daughter of James and Ann (Erwin) Gregg, by whom he has two sons and one daughter, viz .: Lewis N., Ira A., and Cynthia G. Mr. Thomas is a dairyman and farmer, and owns and occupies the homestead farm of 425 acres, on road 61, which has never been owned out of the Thomas family.

Sanford S. Thomas, son of L. Newell and Abbie (Searles) Thomas, was born in Adams in 1838, and was reared upon a farm. He married Phila M., daughter of Irving and Phila (Whetter) Spencer, of Eliisburgh, in 1860, by whom he has had five sons and three daughters, viz .: Jennie E., Newel S., Bernard S., George C., Frank B., Fannie A. (deceased), James C., and Ruth A. Mr. Thomas is a wholesale seed grower and resides on road 62.

Peter Doxtater, Sr., son of George, was born in 1750. He came from German Flats, Her- kimer County, with his wife and six children, about 1802, and located where Howard Brainard now lives. He married Elizabeth Cunningham, and their children were George, William,

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.John, Peter, Betsey, and Elijah. They came up the Mohawk River in a flat-boat, purchased supplies in Utica, then proceeded to Oneida Lake. thence through the Oswego River to Lake Ontario, along the shore of which they slowly worked their way to Big Sandy Creek. There were only a few families in Adams at this time, and Mr. Doxtater's was the first deed given in the town. In his youth Mr. Doxtater was captured, with three brothers and sisters, and taken to Canada, where he remained three years. He died in Adams in 1842, aged 92 years. Peter, Jr., born in 1792, married Lorany, daughter of Ebenezer and Innocent (Hulburt) Blackstone, of New Hartford, Oneida County, in 1816, and they reared three daughters, viz .: Delia A. (Mrs James G. Pe ase), Sophronia (Mrs. R E. Smiley), of Watertown, and Elizabeth C. (Mrs. S. N. Bond), of Adams. Mr. Doxtater died in 1875. Mr. and Mrs. J. G. Pease were married in 1841. They had three sons and one daughter, viz .: De Alton J., who died in Minnesota in 1885: Brayton R., who died in Peru, S. A., in 1868, aged 20 years; Enoch, who died in 1853, aged two years; and Lizzie E. Mrs. Peter Doxtater, Jr .. at the age of 88 years, resides with her daughter, Mrs. Pease, on North Main street.

George Doxtater, son of Peter and Elizabeth (Cunningham) Doxtater, born in 1780, came to Adams in 1802. He married Mary Brodoch, in 1809, by whom he had three sons and five daughters, viz .: Polly, Betsey, Sally, Nancy, Chauncey, Roxiana, George W., and Peter B.

Westwood, Carmi, Moses, and Jonathan Wright, sons of Joseph, who died at Deerfield, Mass., in 1793, came to Adams about 1802. Westwood located where his grandson, Edwin S. Wright, now resides; Carmi where Austin Sischo resides; and Moses on the Barret place, now owned by E. S. Wright. Westwood married Sarah Billings, by whom he had five sons and two daughters, of whom Cynthia married Ebenezer Blackstone: Elijah, Henry, and Stephen died in Adams; David died in Watertown; Sally married Joseph Woodman and died in Michigan: Stephen B .. born in 1789, married Hannah, daughter of Jacob Kellogg, in 1814, and their chil- dren were Deborah, who married L. Patrick, of New York; Charles B., who died in Illinois; Harriet, who died in Adams in 1880; Louise, who married David De Wolf, of Sackets Harbor: and Edwin S., who was born on the homestead in 1823. The latter married Louise, daughter of J. K. and Mary Pierce Bartlett, in 1855, and they have two children, Ella W. (Mrs. Charies F. Lawrence), of Illinois, and Wilbur B. The latter, born in 1860, married Lena E., daughter .of Loren and Mary (Curtis) Lawrence, December 15, 1886, and is now a dairyman and farmer and resides with his father on the homestead, which has always been owned by some member of the Wright family. The old house, built in 1803, is still standing, and some of the original shingles are still upon the roof.

Lemuel Arms and wife. Mary Anderson, came from Deerfield, Mass., abont 1802, with their three sons, Richard, Luman, and Hiram, and located at Adams Center, on the place now oceu- pied by George L. Fox. After locating here their children. John and Sarah (Mrs. James Plato), were born. The brothers Lnman and Hiram purchased a large tract of land at Adams Center and built the first hotel there, and which is still standing and kept as a hotel. They also engaged in the manufacture of wagons and sleighs. Hiram married Famzin E. Paddock, in 1823, and their children were Foster A., who died in this town in 1853; John Q., who re- sides in Adams Center; and Emeline E. (Mrs. S. D. Hunt), who died in 1860. John Q. Arms, born in 1828, was edneated in the schools of his native town, and was engaged in mercantile business here about 14 years. He was also in business in New York city about 10 years. He married Hulda A., daughter of Rufus and Hulda (Kellogg) Sawyer, in 1878, and now resides in Adams Center village, ou Rodman street.

Luman Arms, born in 1796, married, first, Caroline, daughter of Rufus Arms, by whom he had five children, viz .: Louisa (Mrs. Albert Yandes), who died in Michigan in 1888; Julia (Mrs. Merrick Needham), who died in 1843: William D., of Adams; Hemy. of Michigan; and Caroline (Mrs. H. D. Bartlett ), of Collingwood, Ohio. His first wife died in 1834, and in 1835 he married Elizabeth Pierce, by whom he had three children, viz .: Harrison, of Chicago, Ill. ; Foster M., of Adams; and Gertrude (Mrs. Charles M. Heathi), of Adams Center. Mr. Arms's second wife died in 1882, and in 1883 he married Olive, daughter of Samuel Ward. Mrs. Arms died in 1884. William D. Arms, born February 14, 1829, was reared on his father's farm. He engaged in mercantile busmess with O. R. Davis, at Adams Center, for several years, and then removed to New York and was a jobber in woolen goods for some time. In 1875 he formed a co-partnership with J. M. Hungerford, in the sale of dry goods and carpets, at Adams, in which business he still continues. He married Amanda C., daughter of J. W. and

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Candace L. (Fox) Horton, in 1855, by whom he had two daughters-Minnie L., who died in 1885, aged 25 years, and Carrie E., who resides at home. His wife died in 1872, and in 1877 he married Carrie, daughter of Heman and Caroline (Pierce) Grinnell. Mr. Arms has been supervisor of the town eight terms and chairman of the board five years. He is a generous. supporter of the Baptist Church, and resides on North Main street.

Miles Cooper, with his wife, Asenath Cowles, came from Durham, Conn., to this town in 1803, and located in the village, where he took up 100 hundred acres of land and buitt a log honse on the site of S. D. Hungerford's house. Here they resided until 1811. when he built the first frame house in the village. They had three sons and six daughters, of whom Lodema (Mrs. Chauncey Redway) died in Ellisburgh; Ira died in Adams; Polly (Mrs. Appleton H. McKee) died in Sackets Harbor in 1832 ; John C. died in Adams in 1877 ; Sarah (Mrs. George Hollister) died in Rochester ; Eliza and Nancy died in childhood ; George resides mn Adams : Nancy is the widow of Eben Cowles. George Cooper was born in 1811, in the log house built by his father. He married Roxiana, daughter of George and Polly (Brodock) Doxtater, in 1835, and they have had three sons and three daughters, viz .: Mariette (Mrs. J. J. Stillman) and George D., of Adams; Antoinette (Mrs. D. P. Fairbanks), of Oswego; Emmett B., of Nebraska; Charles C., of Adams; and Elizabeth, who died in infaney. Mr. Cooper was a prosperons farmer and onee owned 640 acres of land, 100 cows, and 1,200 sheep. He built the Cooper House block. Charles C. Cooper, born August 12. 1848, lived in this town and kept the Cooper House. He married Henriette S., daughter of Nathaniel and Juliette (Schuyler) Lonis, iu 1873, and they have two danghters-Clara E., born December 7, 1874, and Florence E.,. born December 2, 1876. Mr. Charles C. Cooper and his father reside in this town on road 64.

Saunders B. Chapman was born in Westerly, R. I., in 1804. When three months old his parents brought him to Northern New York. He married Elizabeth Lanphire in 1834, and they had three daughters, viz .: Mary E. (Mrs. John Williams), of Adams ; Susan M., who died at the age of 23 years ; and Elvira M., who died at the age of nine years. Mr. Chapman is a farmer, and resides on road 26 in this town.

Titus Bassett was born in New Haven, Conn .. in 1781, and in 1804 removed to Adams, where he died in 1867. He married Sarah, daughter of Nathaniel Warriner, and their children were Harvey. Marvin, Marvin, 2d, of Oswego, and Lanra, of Adams. Harvey Bassett was born in Adams in 1819, and here learned the hatters' trade. He married Jane, danghter of Abram and Leah (Van Buskirk) Onderkirk, in 1843, by whom he had a daughter, Sarah Jane, who was born in 1842 and died in 1864, and a son, Daniel D., who was born in 1844. He died in 1856. Daniel D., who learned the printers' trade, served in the First N. Y. Vet. Cav. until the close of the war. He married Angerase, daughter of John and Mary (McGovern) Foley, of Ellisburgh, in 1866,. by whom he has had a son and a danghter, viz .: Lena R., who died February 14, 1883, aged 15 years, and Floyd H., born May 4, 1873. Mr. Bassett is foreman of the Journal printing office in Adams village, and resides on Clay street.

Heman Colton, son of John, was born in Otsego County in 1787. At the age of 19 years he came to Adams and worked at clearing land, and soon saved enough from his earnings to purchase a farm of 163 acres, which is now a part of the present Colton farm in the northern part of the town. He married Lucina, daughter of Israel and Mary (Calkins) Warriner, by whom he had two sons and six daughters, viz .: Emily, Heman, Child, Channeey. Mary, Julia Ann, Marie A , and Emily M. Chauncey Colton was born in this town in 1817, and was reared upon a farm. He married Angeline R , daughter of Roger and Lydia (Perry, Read, in 1838,. and they had a son and two daughters, viz .: Emily L. (Mrs. Edward Rounds), Julia E. (Mrs. J .. O. Brown), and Willis T. The latter was born January 1, 1855, and was educated at Hunger- ford Collegiate Institute. He married Martha. only daughter of Isaac Kellogg, September 18, 1878, and they have one son, Clifford, born June 30, 1884. Mr. Colton occupies the old home- stead of 500 acres.

O. De Grasse Greene, the present county clerk, is a native of the town of Adams, where he was born in 1831. His parents, Thomas H. and Ann M. (Sweet) Greene, were married in Jefferson County and subsequently removed to Oswego County, and finally to Illinois. His father was a lawyer, and died in 1876, in Peoria, Ill. The subject of this sketch is a contrac- tor and builder by trade, and has always resided in the town of Adams. He is a resident of Adams Center, where he still continues his business. Mr. Greene has served his town as supervisor for nine years. He was elected clerk of the county in 1885, and is now serving his. second term.

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Perley D. Stone, son of Jacob, married Harriet Kellogg, and in 1814 came to Adams and engaged in the manufacture of furniture. He also engaged in undertaking, in which business he continued for more than 50 years. Ile had born to him two sons and one daughter, viz .: Artimesia (Mrs. S. A. Mariam), of Rochester; Cyrus K., of Adams; and George B., of Win- chendon, Mass. Cyrus K. Stone was born in Adams, May 13, 1825. When 14 years of age he engaged as clerk in a dry goods store at Oswego, and there remained several years. About 1850 he removed to Philadelphia and did an extensive business.in publishing county, state, and city maps, and atlases. In 1864 he published a geographical atlas of Jefferson County. Ile subsequently returned to Adams and engaged as a dealer in coal, seeds, and produce. He married Snsan, daughter of Capt. Richard Phillips, and they had three children, viz .: Eliza- beth B. (Mrs. Dr. William H. Nickelson), of Adams ; Mary C. ( Mrs. William H. Gillman), also of Adams; and George P. Mr. Stone resides on Railroad street.

Fayette Stanley, born in 1816, was reared upon his father's farm. He married Caroline Sophia, daughter of Michael and Lucy ( Beal) Huntington, September 6, 1849, by whom he had three daughters, viz. : Lney Evangeline, born August 18, 1852, married Albert A. Robbins, September 21, 1873; Kate Esther, born August 9, 1854, married Dow B. York, in 1873; and Mary Elizabeth, born April 13, 1856, resides with her parents. Mr. Stanley is proprietor of the Smithville cheese factory, and resides on Maple street, in Smithville.

Herman Keep, with his wife, Dorotha Kent, and their children, Mary, Martha, and Henry, came to Adams about 1817, and located near the Center. After their removal to this towu there was born to Mr. and Mrs. Keep one son, Bissell. Their daughter Mary married Wanton Kenyon and died in 1883. Martha married William Fuller and died in 1884. Henry married Emma A., daughter of Norris M. Woodruff, by whom he had a daughter, Emma G. (Mrs. Halsey), of New York city. Henry Keep died in 1869. His widow is Mrs. Judge Sly, of New York city.

Samuel Bond was born in Watertown, Mass .. in 1793. At the age of 18 years he removed to Keene, N. H., and learned the cabinetmakers' trade, and there remained five years. He then removed to Whitestown, N. Y., and two years later located in Adams, where he went into partnership with Perley D. Stone in the cabinetmaking business. Having experienced relig- jon in early life he labored faithfully in his Master's vineyard, and was familiarly known as "Father Bond." He was for 49 years elder of the Presbyterian Church in Adams, and died in February, 1870. He married Rosaline Fisher, of Keene, N. H., and they reared three sons and two daughters, viz .: Samuel Newel, of Adams; George W., of Syracuse; Ellen (Mrs. Benjamin Randall), of Chicago ; David, who became a minister of the gospel and settled in Peekskill, where he died after one month's service ; and Mary (Mrs. M. C. Potter), of Lyle. Minn. Samuel N. Bond was born in Adams in 1820. He became a clerk with J. H. Whipple, and subsequently engaged in mercantile business. Ile married Elizabeth C., daughter of Peter and Lorany ( Blackstone) Doxtater, in 1847. by whom he has one daughter, Lillian D. ( Mrs. Joseph Atwell), of Watertown. Mr. Bond has been an active member of the Presbyterian Church and an elder for 30 years. He is a now a general merchant in Adams and resides on .Church street.

Joseph Ripley, son of Abram and Roxey Ann (Webb) Ripley, was born in Massachusetts and located in Adams early in the present century, and engaged in farming. Of his seven children, Eunice married Eaton North, of Rodman; Orrin resides in Adams; Rachel married Asa Knight, of Sandy Creek; Laura married David Duncan, of Adams; William and Rufus died in this town; Pamelia married Ephraim Kendall and also died here. Rufus Ripley was born in Adams in 1817, and was reared upon a farm. He was educated at Hungerford (now Adams) Collegiate Institute, and subsequently was engaged in the grocery and bakery business in Michigan, until 1840, when he returned to this town. He married Vermelia E., daughter of Samuel and Elizabeth (Gordon) Wells, November 14, 1840, and they had a son and two daughters, namely: Adelbert D., of Adams; Alice Jane, who died in infancy; and Emma E., born May 29, 1845, who died April 3, 1882. Mr. Ripley was at different times a farmer, a boot and shoe dealer, and a furniture dealer. He died June 25, 1883, respected by all. Adelbert D. Ripley was born November 25, 1841, and engaged in business with his father. He married Clara Amanda, daughter of William II. and Clarissa ( Averil) Gray, July 8, 1867, and they had a son and three daughters, namely: Mary E., born December 5, 1870; Nellie G., born Decem- ber 23, 1874: Alice M., born November 25, 1876: and Rufus W., born February 5, 1879. His

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wife died suddenly, of heart disease, June 2, 1887. In 1866 Mr. Ripley engaged in the boot. and shoe trade, and in 1884 built the Ripley block. He resides in Adams village on North Main street.

Daniel Stanley, son of Jonathan, was born in Rutland, Vt., in 1775, and about 1804 removed to Rutland, in this county. He married, first, Rebecca Taylor, in 1799, and their children were Sally (Mrs. Evelyn Williams), who died in Ohio in 1887, and Harriet ( Mrs. Russell Phillips). who died in 1837. Mrs. Stanley died in 1805, and in 1809 he married Esther Seott, by whom he had five sons and three daughters, viz .: John M., of Adams; Rebecca A. (Mrs. F. B. Hollet), deceased; Fayette, also of Adams; Alexander D., who died in 1885; Orestes M., Viola O. (Mrs. Asa Lyon), and Rollin S., also of Adams; and Ellen A., who died young. Daniel Stanley located in this town where Orestes M. now resides. Alexander D. Stanley, born in 1819, mar- ried Mary Benjamin, by whom he had three sons, viz .: De Forest, born in 1847; Charles B., born in 1852; and Homer D., born in 1859. De Forest, who was reared on a farm, married Florence A., daughter of Percival and Catharine (Walrath) Bullard, of Theresa, in 1871, by whom he has one son and two daughters, viz .: Frank B., born in 1875; Lillian P., born in 1879; and Mary C., born in 1886. Charles B. Stanley married Jennie, daughter of H. S. and Betsey (Snell) Howard, in 1885, and they have a daughter, Blanche, born in 1886. He is a hop grower and proprietor of the Valley Stock Farm, on road 20, where he breeds fine trotting horses.

Joseph Green, 2d, or " Dry Hill Joseph," as he was designated, was born in Berlin, Rens- selaer County, February 26, 1785. He was a farmer by occupation. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Rev. Wells Kenyon, a Seventh Day Baptist, in 1803, and about 1806 located in Pinckney, Lewis County. His children were Wells K., born in 1807, died in Minnesota in 1887; Mary, who died young; Matthew S., who died in Lewis County in 1843; Eliza (Mrs. W. G. Quibell), born in 1815, now a resident of Adams Center; and Naomi (widow of James Witter), born in 1817, and Leonard R., who also reside in Adams Center. Joseph Green located in Rodman in 1814, and in 1818 came to this town. Leonard R. Green was born July 22, 1820. He married, first, Mary B. Potter, and second, Pearlie C., daughter of Albert G. and Euctia Y. (Wheeler) Burdick, of De Ruyter, N. Y., in 1867, by whom he had children as follows: Mary E., born June 16, 1868, died April 3, 1872; Francis L., born August 18, 1869, now a student at Alfred University, class of '91; Bessie P., born December 29, 1875; and Sarah L., born November 4, 1881. Mr. Green is a farmer and resides on Railroad street, Adams Center.

Calvin Warriner, with his wife, Abiah, daughter of Roger and Lydia (Perry) Reed, came from Massachusetts and located in Adams about 1820. His children were Parley E. and Mary E. (M.s. Eber L. Mansfield), of Iowa. Parley E., born on the homestead in 1827, was educated in the common schools and Jefferson County Institute. He married Sarah E., daughter of Moses L. and Demedicy (Scott) Ward, in 1861, by whom he has had one son and three dangh- ters, viz. : Jennie M., Thomas R., Frances S. (deceased), and Sarah A. Mr. Warriner is a farmer and resides on road 8, corner of 9.

Jolm C. Fox, son of Samuel and Lucy (Williams) Fox, was born in Adams in 1821, and was educated at Adams Academy. He married Annis, daughter of Lorenzo and Virtue (Sheldon ) Rhodes, September 6, 1846, by whom he had two sons, viz .: John J., who was born June 17, 1860, and died January 13, 1867; and William E., born November 29, 1864. The latter was educated at Adams Collegiate Institute. graduating with the class of 1882. He engaged as a clerk in the drug store of W. H. Withington, of Adams, and in January, 1888, purchased the business, which he still continues. John C. Fox died February 15, 1872. His widow and son William E. reside in Adams, on Factory street.

Robert Muzzy, son of Captain Robert Muzzy, removed with his father from Dublin, N. H., when a boy, first locating in Richland. N. Y., and subsequently in Adams. He married Hen- riette Boyden, of Guilford, in 1827, and they had four sons, Alman, born in 1828, now a resident of Illinois; Francis M. and Joseph B., of Adams; and Lester, of Henderson. Joseph B., born in 1832, married, first, Henriette L., daughter of Harry and Lucinda (Close) Coon, in 1859, by whom he had children as follows: Robert H., of Kansas, Byron J., John B., and Henriette L. His first wife died in 1875 and in 1876 he married Sophia E., daughter of Ambrose and Eveline Hall, by whom he has two children, Rolla J. and Elvan B. Mr. Muzzy is a cheesemaker and farmer, and resides in this town on road 43.

Henry B. Whipple, Protestant Episcopal bishop of Minnesota, is a native of Adams, where.

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he was born February 15, 1822. The eldest son of John H. Whipple. an early merchant here. Henry B. was also in early life a merchant and a politician; but loving the church and believing his duty lay in the ministry, he gave up a business life and began preparation for his life work. In 1847 he became a candidate for holy orders, and after pursuing a course of theo- logical studies was ordained a deacon on August 17, 1849. in Trinity Church, Geneva, by Rt. Rev. W. H. De Lancey, D. D. His first charge was Zion Episcopal Church in Rome, N. Y., in 1849. On July 15, 1850, Rev. Mr. Whipple was ordained priest in Sackets Harbor by Bishop De Laneey. In 1857 he left Rome to assume the rectorship of the Church of the Holy Com- munion in Chicago. He was chosen bishop of Minnesota on June 30, 1859, and was conse- crated in St. James's Church, Richmond. Va., October 13, 1859.

Newton M. Wardwell, son of Daniel and Hetty (Mann ) Wardwell, was born in 1821. Hc clerked in his father's store for many years, and for several years was engaged in the hardware business in Rome, N. Y. At the breaking out of the civil war he enlisted in the Union army as commissary, with the rank of captain, and was subsequently brevetted major, serving two years. After his return from the war he engaged in the malt business in Adams. He mar- ried Elizabeth R .. daughter of Frederick W. Jones and granddaughter of David Smith, in 1843, and they had six children, namely: Julia E. (Mrs. Clark Kellogg), of Adams; Frederick W, who died in Utica in 1881; Emma, who married W. H. Kimball, of Canton, N. Y .; Charles H., of Adams: Henry D., who died in 1835; and Robert D .. of Chicago. Mrs. Wardwell died in 1887. N. M. Wardwell & Son are now extensively engaged in the malting business in Adams. Charles H. Wardwell, born in 1855. married Ella M. Dwight, and they had three sons. C. Dwight, Frederick N., and Arthur K. C. Dwight died June 9, 1889, aged nine years, Mr. Wardwell is a wholesale seed grower and maltster, and resides on Spring street in Adams village.

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Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y. 1684-1890, Part 30

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