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Mark Marriott, son of John, was born in England in 1801. He married Ann Nunn, immigrated to America in 1830, and in 1831 located in Rome, N. Y. Of his seven sons and four daughters, one son, Morris, was born in 1830, and at the age of 19 years was apprenticed to the blacksmiths' trade. He settled in Adams, and in 1854 married Harriet Grover, who bore him four children-Leola. Charles A., Ada G., and Alice I. ITis wife died in 1862, and for his second wife he married, in 1864, Elizabeth Ann, daughter of Elias and Betsey (Clark) Jen- nings, by whom he bas four sons and two daughters, viz .: Eugene A., born in 1867; Brayton L., born in 1867; Mary L .. born in 1869; Harriet A., born in 1871; George M., born in 1874; and Fred B., born in 1877.
Matthew White and wife, Elizabeth (Given), emigrated to America from County Tyrone, Ireland, in 1801, and their son, John G. White, was born on board the ship Fair America, on the passage over. John G. was left an orphan at the age of 13 years, and was apprenticed out to learn the printers' trade, at Albany. In 1823 he engaged in mercantile business, and became interested in the West India Mercantile Co. In 1825 he engaged in the malting business at Albany, in which he continued the remainder of his life. He was a successful business man and acquired a large fortune. He died April 16, 1889, in his 88th year.
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In 1825 he married Hannah J., daughter of Elisha and Esther (Johnson ) Putnam, and they had born to them 11 children-seven sons and four daughters. Rufus P. White, son of John G., was born in Albany. December 28, 1827. In his early years he assisted his father in the malt- ing business, and with his brother Matthew established a line of frading vessels between Albany and Philadelphia. In 1855 he came to Adams and engaged in the malting business. and built the malt-house at the depot, where he did an extensive business until 1876. In 1859 he bought Maple Grove Place, and engaged in breeding fine trotting horses. He married Caroline, daughter of Frederick and Mary ( Mesiek) Van Wormer, of Albany, in 1848, and they had two sons and four daughters, namely: John G., who died young; Kate B., who mar- ried S. A. Potter in 1877, and has a son, Rufus P .; Carrie, who married A. C. Northrup, and has three children; Sybelia L. ( Mrs. R. B. Hungerford), of New York; Hannah J. and Florence A., who died in infancy; and Frank P., born in 1860, who married Lucinda Bennett in 1887. Mrs. White died in 1885, and for his second wife he married, May 21, 1889, Anna S .. daughter of Henry W. North, and widow of Dr. W. C. Tracy, of Brooklyn, N. Y.
Jonathan Lamson, with his family of six sons and four daughters, located in the town of Lorraine in 1804, where he died in 1806. Job, son of Jonathan, was born in 1792 and died in 1868. He was reared upon a farm, became prominent in town affairs, and was a member of the legislature in 1843. He married Amanda Steadman, of Lorraine. Of their seven children. only two, Malvina ( Mrs. A. F. Thornton), of Columbus, Ohio, and Daniel W., who was born in Lorraine in 1836, are living. The latter was reared upon a farm, and in 1860 married Frances C., daughter of Thomas and Esther (Green) Wood, by whom he has one daughter, Jennie L., who married P. D. Aldrich, a professor of music in the University of Boston. Mr. Lamson came to Adanis in in 1858, and was engaged in the boot and shoe business for 13 years; He now conducts a meat market.
George Frasier and wife, Caroline, of Scotch descent, located in Hounsfield about 1815. Ile was a seafaring man, and for many years a captain on the great lakes, where he lost his life. Of his children, William V., a ship carpenter, died in Sacramento, Cal. George, born in Hounsfield, November 16, 1818, was reared upon a farm, learned the milling business, and in 1842 purchased a grist-mill in the town of Philadelphia, in this county, and there remained in the milling and mercantile business about 18 years. He came to Adams in 1860 and purchased a grist and saw-mill, which business he conducted until about 1878. In 1879 he bonght the flouring-mill at Brownville, and in 1883 purchased the woolen factory property at the same place, both of which he has since disposed of. He owns farms aggregating 840 acres. He married, first, in 1840, Sophia R., daughter of David and Relief (Root) Wilder, who died in 1869. For his second wife he married Cinderella, daughter of Truman and Eunice (Witter ). Root, May 21, 1872, by whom he has a son, George H. H., born December 19, 1873. Mr. Frasicr resides on Spring street, Adams village.
Austin H. Coughlan. son of George L. and Sarah ( Waite) Coughlan, was born in Champion, N. Y., in 1817. In 1843 he married Jane Henry, who died in 1849. In 1852 he married Marien Sherwin, of Brattleboro, Vt., and soon after engaged in mercantile business in New York city. In 1860 he located in Adams, but continued his business in New York until 1874. IIis wife died in 1875, and the same year he married Helen N., daughter of Thomas A. and Vienna (Carr) Rice, and widow of H. H. Butterworth, by whom he has a son, George R., born in 1877. By his second wife he has a daughter, Mrs. W. R. Brown, of Adams. Mr. Coughlan has been an active member, trustee, and elder of the Presyferian Church, and a generons supporter of benevolent enterprises. His third wife, Helen, was born in Fairfield, Herkimer County, graduated from the academy in 1860, and became preceptress of Pulaski Academy, under the principalship of Harvey H. Butterworth, a graduate of Hamilton College, whom she married August 28, 1864. Mr. Butterworth died October 16th following. Mrs. Butterworth remained in Pulaski Academy two years, was preceptress of Hungerford Collegiate Institute in 1866-67. was in Fairfield from 1867 to 1870, when she again became preceptress of Hungerford Col- legiate Institute, with Prof. Watkins as principal, which position she now occupies with Orlo B. Rhodes as principal.
Alfred A. Hodges, a native of Rodman, married Betsey Ann Freeman, by whom he had children as follows: Joshua F., who resides in Chicago; A. De Alton, who was drowned in tl e lake in 1879; Calvin A., of Adams Center; Mary J., who died at the age of nine years; Ben- jamin F., of Frankfort; Willie M., of Florida; Charles E., of Chicago; and Clark A. and
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Alva A., of Adams. Clark A. Hodges, born in 1862, married Eunice, daughter of L. H. and Hannah (Cronk) Perkins, in 1879, and their children are Libbie May, Amos. De Alton, Don- ald F., and Anna M. Mr. Hodges is a farmer in this town.
Joseph Bullock, a native of Guilford, Vt., married Abigail Avery, who bore him eight chil- dren, of whom Joseph, Jr., who was born in 1787, died in Ellisburgh, where he located in 1806. He married Nanny, daughter of Francis Furgerson, and they had eight daughters, viz. : Mary C., wbo married, first, Alfred Stearns, second. Darwin Sherwood, and thi d, John Briggs, and is now a widow and resides in this town; Elza Ann, of Ellisburgh; Abbie A., who died in Ohio in 1836, aged eighteen years; Emma A. (Mrs. Samuel Stearns), of Medina, N. Y .; Julia (Mrs. H. Twadell), of Indiana ; Lney J. and Frances E., of Adams ; and Sarah M., of Ellisburgh. Mr. Bullock was a carpenter and joiner by trade. He served in the War of 1812, participated in the battle of Sackets Harbor, and received a tract of land as a bounty. Lucy J. Bullock located in Adams Center in 1862, and engaged in the millinery and fancy goods business. In 1866 she removed to Adams village and engaged in the same business, which she still con- tinues.
Seymour H. Pitcher, son of Daniel and Rebecca (Rice) Pitcher, was born April 18, 1826. Ile was reared upon a farm, and was educated at Lowville Academy. At the age of seventeen years he engaged as clerk with Baldwin & Wood, and at the age of 23 went to Illinois and engaged in farming, which he continued until 1863, when he came to Adams and bought a half interest in the Adams flouring-mill, of which he became sole owner in 1877. He married Clarinda, daughter of Levi and Martha (Gleason ) Butterfield, who bore him a daughter, Carrie A. (Mrs. F. A. Brandt), and died in 1863. For his second wife he married Delia M., danghter of Whitfield Crane, who died in 1874. He married for his third wife Arvilla M., daughter of Truman and Eunice (Witter) Root, in 1875, by whom he has a son, H. Earl, born in 1883. Mr. Pitcher has been president of Adams village and trustee of the public schools. He is now doing an extensive milling business,
George D. Sullivan was born in Waddington, St. Lawrence County, in 1841. He learned the wagonmakers' trade, and in 1859 came to Adams Center. He enlisted in Co. C, 186th Regt. N. Y. Vols .. and was in Hatch's Run, Petersburg, and other battles. He married Diadama E., daughter of Frank C. and Mary Ann (Moulton) Wilder, in 1862, and their children were Anna G., who died in 1877, aged fourteen years; George A., who died in infancy; Georgia A., born in 1875; and Willie A., born in 1877.
Myron D. Bunce, son of Henry and Olivia (Kellogg) Bunce, located upon a farm in Adams when a young man, and taught school in the town several terms. He married Sally, daughter of Walter and Miranda ( Harrington) Blazier, of Adams, and they had two children, Frank H., of Rxlman, and Walter G., of this town. The latter was born in Adams, July 3, 1866, and was educat. d at Adams Collegiate Institute. He engaged as clerk with W. C. & F. C. Bailey, and subsequently with H. C. & A. J. Green, and with C. E. Glazier, when he bought an interest in the business. He married Emma M., danghter of Chauncey L. and Emeline M. (Bates) Reed, November 29, 1888. C. L. Reed's family were Ida M. (Mrs. Charles Stoodly ), George P., of Minnesota, Nellie C. (Mrs. B. A. Smith), Bert W., of California, Nellie A., who died in in- fancy, and Emma May (Mrs. Walter G. Bunce).
Gilbert C. Pryor, son of Chauncey and Amanda (Bassett) Pryor, was born in Watertown in 1829, and was reared upon a farm. He married Margaret C., daughter of Lodwick Salis- bury, of Theresa, and located in Adams. Mrs. Pryor died in April, 1885.
James E. Cook, son of James and Millie (Dickey) Cook, was born in Ellisburgh in 1830. le traveled and sold jewelry for three years, and for a like number of years was engaged in the grocery trade in Henderson. In 1865 he came to Adams, and with J. O. Brown engaged in the grocery trade, which was continued until 1873, when Mr. Cook withdrew and opened a grocery and crockery store, which business was sold to Babcock & Wright in 1889. In 1863 he married Mary Grant, by whom he has one daughter, Florella W. (Mrs. Dr. C. W. Howard), of Watertown.
Hinckley J. Page, son of Luther and Sally (Jones) Page, was born in Fenner, Madison County, in 1823. At the age of eight years he removed with his parents to Florence, N. Y., and in 1833 located in Ellisburgh. He married Mary Frances Griffing, daughter of Ebenezer L. and Emily A. ( Kellogg) Griffing, by whom he has a daughter, Fanny Georgiana, and a son, Charles H. Mr. Page is a farmer.
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George Carpenter, son of George and Nancy (Dean) Carpenter, was born in Sandy Creek, N. Y., in 1838. He was reared upon a farm and subsequently learned the painters' trade, at which he worked in Belleville and Theresa, and in 1865 located in Adams. He married Lucia C., dinghter of Ambrose and Narcissa A. (Burr) Potter, of this town. in 1866, by whom he has a daughter, Mary L., boorn in 1363, a student of music, an 1 i son, Frank P., born in 1875.
Daniel Fawdry was born in Oxfordshire, England, in 1810. He married Susannah Fox, in 1834, and the same year immigrated to America. He had born to him four sons and three daughters, viz .: Henry, of Albany, N. Y .; John, of Houn-field; David, a physician, of Barnes Corners; Elizabeth (Mrs. Jackson Squires), of Adams; James, of Hounsfield; Mary Ann, of Adams; and Carrie. The latter married Walter B. Kenyon, in 1874, by whom she has had two sons, viz. : Frank H., who was born in 1875 and died May 4, 1883. and David D., born in 1830. Mr. Kenyon was born in 1852, and is a farmer in this town. Daniel Fawdry died in Jannary, 1880, and his wife in December of the same year.
William H. Coon, of this town, son of William and Roxana (Wilcox) Coon, was born in the town of Henderson in 1846, and was reared upon a farm. He married Rosetta O., dangh- ter of Paul and Hannah (Jones) Greene, in 1867, and they have a son, Clifford H., born July 2, 1872.
John Waite, a native of England, married Sarah Masters, by whom he had children as fol- lows: William, Charlotte, George W., Sarah (Mrs. Philoren Jennings), Eliza (deceased), Levi, of Belleville, and Joseph, of Adams. George W. Waite, who was born in 1837, learned the tinsmiths' trade and engaged in the hardware business in Adams village, where he died in 1879. He married Anna, daughter of J. D. and Maria (Keller) Beyerle, by whom he had a son, Fred B., born in 1868, and a daughter, Flora M., born in 1874. Fred B. passed the Regents' examination when 12 years of age, graduated from Adams Collegiate Institute at the age of 15, and was a student in Hamilton College in the class of '88. January 28, 1888, Fred B. married Dora, danghter of John E. and Harriet H. (Daniels) Wilson.
Marquis D. Manville, born in this county in 1833, was educated in the district schools, and commenced the study of dentistry in 1860. He enlisted in Co. I, 10th N. Y. H. A., as a nisi- cian. December 25, 1863, and served to the elose of the war. After the war he established a dental business in Adams village, which he still contimes. He married. first, Sarah M., daughter of Russell M. and Olivia (Smith) Jones, and after her decease Elizabeth M .. daughter of J. L. Hall, who bore him two sons and one daughter, of whom George P .. born in 1863, graduated from the New York College of Dentistry in 1886, and now resides in Camden, N. Y.
William Barney was a native of Guilford, Vt., whence he removed to Ellisburgh about 1806. His children were William, Osborn, Norman, Jared, Calvin, Gracia, and Ruth Ann. Osborn was born in 1810, and was reared upon a farm. He married Lucy, daughter of Samuel Fish, who bore him four sons and two daughters, viz .: Bradley O., who resides in Belleville; Sewell A., of Adams; Emory O. and Lurissa, who died in Sandy Creek; William, who resides in Sandy Creek; and Angeline, who married William D. Sanford and died in 1864. Sewell A. Barney was born July 6, 1834. At the age of 10 years he commenced work for Norman Barney, at Belleville, finishing cabinet ware, where he remained about four years. He worked at farming several years, and later with his father at watch repairing. He had special in- struetion with H. K. Newcomb in watchmaking and engraving, and at the age of 21 years, in 1855, engaged in business for himself, in Sackets Harbor. He held the office of town clerk, in 1861, was appointed postmaster and held the office until 1866, when he removed to Adams. His wife, Harnet C., whom he married in 1858, bore him one son and three daughters, viz .: Alice Cornelia, who resides with her parents; Jennie Geraldine (Mis J. Herbert Van Slyke), who has a daughter, Bertha Marion, and resides in Adams; Lonis S., born August 20, 1871; and Harriet E , born July 12, 1875.
Albert G. G'ass, son of Lorenzo and Sophia (Greenley) Glass, was born in Watertown in 1840, and was reared upon a farm. He married Alzina K., daughter of Samnel and Lucretia (Green) Crosby, in 1861, by whom he has had children as follows: Virgil A., born in 1867, died in 1872; Rosa E .: Henry C., born in 1873; and Rena A., born in 1880. Mr. Glass came to this town in the spring of 1866, and engaged in mercantile pursuits at Adams Center in the spring of 1884. He enlisted in Co. B, 10th N. Y. Vols., and served to the elose of the war.
Luftus J. Landon, son of Luftus S. and Charlotte (Smith ) Landon, was born in Ellisburgh. He learned the wool-carding and cloth-dressing trades, at which he worked several years. He
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kept hotel five years, then learned the blacksmiths' trade, and in 1867 removed to Adams and engaged in that business, which he continues. He also kept the institute boarding-house two years. He married Hannah, daughter of William and Eliza Roach, in 1867, by whom he has three children. viz .: Charlotte A., William S., and Bessie A. Mr. Landon is foreman of the Star Hose Company.
Lorenzo Green, son of Ethan and Mary (Chase) Green, was born in Brookfield, Madison County, in 1805. He was reared upon a farm, and when young removed to Pinckney, Lewis County, and about 1847 located in Adams. He married Aurilla, daughter of William and Betsey (Randall) Jones, by whom he had nine children, viz .: Coralin (Mrs. Heman White), of Adams; Eleanor, of Adams Center; Matilda E. (Mrs. Charles A. Green), of Adams; Homer, who died in Adams Center in 1884; Lucy, who married Elijah Crandall, of Nebraska; Philo, who resides in Nebraska; Jason, who died young; Celestine, of Adams Center; and Denio, of Watertown.
Elihu Allen, son of Joseph, was born in Pierrepont Manor, N. Y., in 1806. He was a blacksmith by trade. He married Almira, daughter of George and Angeline (Betts) Andrus, by whom he had three sons, viz .: George, of Buffalo, N. Y .; William J., of Adams; and Edward B., who was born in 1849 and died in 1884. William J., born October 16, 1845, learned the printers' frade with Dwight & Eddy, publishers of the Jefferson County News, of Adams. He worked on the Watertown Reformer for a while, and in 1868 in the office of the Northern Temperance Journal, where he remained about two years. In 1870 he purchased a half interest in the business and entered into partnership with A. B. Delong, and subsequently with S. W. Hatch. In 1879 he became sole owner and has since published the Jefferson County Journal. He married Alice Dee, daughter of A. D. and Rhoda (Warner) Killy, February 4, 1874, and they have three daughters, viz .: Dora May. born September 29, 1879; Edna Frances,. born January 16, 1880; and Mabel Alice, born March 7, 1886.
Asa B. Prentice, son of Allen and Elvira (Babcock) Prentice, was born in Cattaraugus County, N. Y., July 29, 1838. He was reared upon a farm and graduated from Albion (Wis.) Academy in 1861. He taught in this academy several years and served as superintendent of schools in Dane County, Wis., in 1862-63. He engaged in ministerial work and was ordained as a Seventh Day Baptist elergyman in 1864. He married Marion W., danghter of George S. Green, in 1865, and in 1868 became pastor of the Seventh Day Baptist Church at Adams Center, where he has continued his labors. He has had two sons and two daughters, viz .: Luey A. (Mrs. A. T. Stillman), of Seott, N. Y .; Mary L., who died in childhood; Henry W., who was born in 1873; and Alfred C., born in 1875. Mr. Prentice married for his second wife Mary A., daughter of Ira and Naney (Perry ) Green, of Verona, in 1877.
Abner L. Ramsdell, son of Moses and Maria (Lapham) Ramsdell, was born in Oneida County in 1805. He followed the occupation of blacksmith. He married Lucinda, daughter of Ezra and Nancy (Ballon) Healy, in 1828. and they had six sons and two daughters, of whom Erwin F. was born in Ellisburgh in 1840, and was edneated in the schools of this town. He studied law with A. Maxon, was admitted to the bar in 1870, and in 1871 entered into partner- ship with Panl C. Maxon. He was special county judge from 1878 to 1887, and is now (1889) secretary of the local board of health, and resides on Grove street in Adams village. Mr. Ramsdell married Anna, daughter of Dr. Lyman and Julia (Arthur) Buckley, in 1864, by whom he has a daughter, Mary, born August 29, 1866, who graduated from Adams Collegiate Institute, and is now a landscape painter and teacher.
Hiram Taylor, from Galway, N. Y., was one of the early settlers of Ellisburgh, where he took up lands at Taylor Settlement and engaged in farming. He married Jerusha Hinman, and they had five sons and four daughters, of whom Newton, Albert, and Cyrus are deceased; Joseph resides in Adams; Frederick in California; Adaline married F. Ransom, of Colorado Springs; Mary A. married William Gront, of Fort Wayne, Ind .; Cornelia married A. G. Place and lives in Oswego County; Fanny married Hiram Allen, of Pierrepont Manor. Cyrus Taylor was born in Ellisburgh in 1815. He was an exemplary Christian, a member of the Presbyterian Church, and died in Adams in 1875. He was a tanner by trade. He married Amanda, daughter of Nathaniel Atridge, and they had five children, namely: Helen M. (widow of M. V. Barney),. of Colorado; Don G., of Vermont; Angie Rose (Mrs. Hiram Lanphere), of Valley Falls; De Elbert, of Adams; and Emma, who married Albert Frith and died at the age of 21 years. De Elbert Taylor was born October 26, 1816, was reared upon a farm, attended Belleville Union
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Academy, and subsequently taught school. He married Medora A., daughter of Daniel and Elvira (Loomis) Boomer, October 13, 1869, and they have a son, Herbert, born September 4, 1870. Mr. Taylor located in Adams in 1872.
Alvin Parmlee was born in 1804, and when 'young removed to Springfield, N. Y. He studied for the ministry and in 1833 began his labors as a Presbyterian elergyman. In 1851 he came to Jefferson County, where he died in 1869. He married Violetta, daughter of William and Jerusha (Parmlee) Hamilton. in 1826, who bore him three sons and nine daughters, of whom there are now living Anna E. (Mrs. L. B. Woodward), of Adams, and Sarah H. (Mrs. De Voe), Alvin H., and Alice C. ( Mrs. H. Reynolds), of New York. Anna E. was educated at Springfield Female Seminary. She engaged in teaching in Middlefield, Otsego County, in 1842, and there remained 10 years. She was preceptress at Jefferson County Institute, at Watertown, four years, and at Aurora four years. She then taught in Mannsville, and in 1870 became a teacher in Hungerford Collegiate Institute, where she has since been engaged. She married L. B. Woodward, in 1859, by whom she had two sons and two daughters, viz .: William H., of New York, and Hattie E., Alice V., and Willard, of whom the last two named reside in Adams with their mother.
Orlo B. Rhodes, son of Schuyler and Amanda M. (Sherman) Rhodes, was born in Scriba, Oswego County, January 14, 1849. He was reared upon a farm, prepared for college in the Oswego High school, and graduated from Brown University in the class of 1870, and the same year became vice-principal of Hungerford Collegiate Institute, with Prof. A. B. Watkins, princi- pal. He continued in this capacity until 1876, when he became joint principal, which position lie held until 1878. He then engaged in teaching in Morgan Park, Ill .. and in the fall of 1882 returned to Adams and became principal of Adams Collegiate Institute, which position he now holds. He married Alice G., daughter of Simeon and Mary O. (Rice) Osborne, in 1873, and she died June 5, 1884. He has a daughter, Alice Bertha, born in 1884. Mr. Rhodes resides at the institute.
Christopher Huson, son of John and Sibyl (Weatherbee) Huson, was born in Oriskany, N. Y., in 1801. He married Sarah, daughter of Jonathan Waldo, by whom he had four sons and six daughters, of whom there are now living Isaiah A., of Jersey City, N. J .; Arthur B. and J. Burt, of Adams: and Emma C. (Mrs. Atwood W. Ecla), of Michigan. Mr. Huson located in the town of Lorraine in 1826. Arthur B. Hnson was born in 1835, and was reared upon a farm. He married Martha A., daughter of Daniel B. and Annette (Ingalls) Lockwood, in 1872. Their son Dan B. was born in 1874, and a daughter, Laura A., in 1879. Mr. Huson purchased the Lockwood (formerly Totman) House, in Adams, in 1872, and kept the same until 1877, when he bought the brick hotel, now the Huson House, corner Main and Railroad streets, which he now occupies. Mrs. Hnson died in 1889.
Palmer Hodge was born in Schenectady, N. Y., in 1776, and at an early day located in Denmark, Lewis County. He married Sarah Wilson, by whom he had four sons and six daughters, of whom Martin L. Hodge was born in 1841, and in 1875 came to Adams and en- gaged in harnessmaking and carriage trimming, which business he still follows. He married Josephine, daughter of William and Ameha (Allen) Spink, and they have had two children. viz .: Robbie M., born in 1878, and Laura L., who died February 8, 1878, aged five years.
Sylvester G. Nott, son of Reuben, was born in Somerville, St. Lawrence County, in 1836, was reared upon a farm, and was educated in Fairfield Academy. He located in Watertown, and with his brother kept the American Hotel for several years. He married Emma P .. daughter of James M. and Levina (Bates) Cleveland, October 11, 1864, by whom he had two sons and three daughters, viz .: Carlyle C., born in 1866, now a resident of Columbus, Ohio; Carrie Adel, Olive Levina, Bennet C., and Hattie Comelia. Mr. Nott removed with his family to Colorado in 1869, where he conducted a cattle ranch for seven years, when he returned to Adams and is now engaged as a commercial traveler.
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