Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y. 1684-1890, Part 33

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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Rufus D. Gardner, son of Peleg W. and Julia (Wait) Gardner, was born in Rodman in 1848, and was reared upon a farm. He married Ophelia J., danghter of Henry and Caroline (Dodge) Lewis, in 1871, by whom he has a son, Lewis L., born in 1875. Mr. Gardner came to Adams in 1877, and in 1882 built the Gardner block. He is a dealer in musical instruments and sewing machines.

Waterman Horth, son of Francis and Lucy (Dixon) Horth, was born in Washington County, N. Y., in 1795. The elder Horth did service in the Revolutionary war. Waterman

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learned the saddlery and trunkmaking business. He married Lucy Foster, by whom he had nine children, of whom La Fayette resides in Watertown, and George W. and Charles in Adams. George W. Horth was born in Henderson in 1828, and early in life learned the shoemakers' trade. He married Lucy A., daughter of Archibald and Fanny (Horth) Brown. in 1849, and they have a son, Eddie C., born in 1852. Eddie C. married Amelia Jennings, and they have a daughter, Nellie G .. born in 1877, and a son, Leon A., born in 1879. August 11, 1862, George W. Horth enlisted in Co. B, 10th N. Y. H. A., participated in the battle before Petersburg, was wounded in the left hand by a minie-ball, and served to the close of the war. He came to Adams in 1877, and engaged in the boot and shoe business.

G. W. Hannalis, son of William and Elizabeth (Avery) Hannahs, was born in Watertown in 1852. In early manhood he engaged as book-keeper in Woster Sherman's bank, worked in Dunkirk for a short time, in 1872 was in the Merchants Bank in Watertown, where he remained several years, and subsequently became cashier of Adams National Bank and is now cashier of the Farmers National Bank. He married Helen, daughter of John Watt, in 1876, and they have two sons, Harry W., born in 1877, and Raymond C., born in April, 1884.

John Ivory came from Vermont and located in Henderson at an early day. He reared a large family of children, of whom Theophilus, born in 1807, was reared upon a farm. The- ophilus married Julia, daughter of Henry Knapp, by whom he had six sons and one daughter, viz .: Emeline (Mrs. Christopher Wilder), of Henderson; Stratton, who also resides in Hen- derson; Frank, of Michigan; John W., of Adams; Theodore, of Henderson; De Witt C., of Adams; and Harrison, of Smithville. John W. Ivory was born June 7, 1842, and was reared upon a farm. In April, 1861, he enlisted in Co. C, 24th Regt. N. Y. Int., and in the fall of 1863 reënlisted in Co. H. 18th N. Y. Cav. He was promoted to corporal and then to sergeant, and served to the close of the war. After the war he continued farming, until 1880, when he engaged in mercantile business, in which he still continues in Adams. Mr. Ivory is also engaged in breeding fine road and trotting horses. He married Amy, daughter of Benjamin S. and Mabel (Palmer) Gibbs. in 1873, and they have a son, Critt C., born February 14, 1874.

Simon Wakefield, a native of Vermont, married Mirtie Howard, and about 1810 located in Jefferson County. He served in the War of 1812 and participated in the battle of Sackets Harbor. He had born to him three sons and five daughters, of whom Emory, Ann (Mrs. Ly- man Mills), and Alpheus reside in this town. Alpheus, born September 9, 1828, was reared upon a farm and learned the wagonmakers' trade. In the fall of 1864 he enlisted in Co. M, 20th N. Y. Cav., and served to the close of the war. He married, first, Ann Eliza, danghter of Benjamin Bliss, in 1855, by whom he had a son, Bliss C., born in 1856. For his second wife he married Clara Eliza, daughter of George and Adaline (Rogers) Whiting, in 1877. Mr. Wakefield is a millwright.

John J. Gilbert, son of Moses and Sarah (Perry) Gilbert, was born in Watertown in 1859, and was reared upon a farm. He was educated in the schools of his native town. In 1882 hc married Rose Ann, daughter of Henry and Hannah Lyons, by whom he has two children, Willie R. and Lena May. Mr. Gilbert is a farmer in this town.

Charles C. Case was born in Ellisburgh in 1831, and at the age of 16 years became a mem- ber of the Methodist Church. He became a conductor on the Rome. Watertown & Ogdens- burg railroad and removed to Watertown. In 1860 he became general freight agent, and in 1865 assistant superintendent of the road. He married Esther A., daughter of Winslow and Marina S. (Strickland) Green. in 1859, by whom he had two sons, William C. and H. Alton. William C. married Mary Eldred and lives in Adams. Charles C. Case died in 1878. His widow resides in Adams village.

John H. Dryden was born in Liverpool, England, whence he immigrated to America when a boy, and located in Watertown and engaged in farming. He married Lydia M. Clark, by whom he had five sons and two daughters. His son George H., born in 1846, at the age of 15 years enlisted in Co. K, 94th N. Y. Vols., in November, 1861, and participated in the battles of Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, and others, and served to the close of the war. He married Salina, daughter of Henry White, in 1867, and they have had children as follows: Ella L., Burt J., Jennie M. (deceased), Pearly G., and Lewis G. Mr. Dryden is a barber and resides in Adams Center village.

John Williams, son of Joseph and Margaret (Saunders) Williams, born in Verona, Oneida County, in 1827, was reared upon a farm and learned the carpenters' trade. He married, first,

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Wealthy Clark, by whom he had two children-Emma (Mrs. W. R. Agans) and Jay, of Water- town. Mrs. Williams died in 1859, and for his second wife he married Mary E., daughter of S. B. and Betsey ( Lanphire) Chapman, in 1860, who has borne him children as follows: Sam- ual C., born in 1861, who was drowned May 30, 1881; Wealthy E. (Mrs. A. Overton ), of Hender- son; Susie A .: Jessie L .; Chester, born in 1872; and Alice, born in 1875. Mr. Williams located in Adams in 1879, and is a farmer.

Simeon Heath, who was born in Somers, Conn., in 1763, married Elizabeth Harrington in 1782. Of their 10 children, Morrison was born in Salem, N. Y., in 1789. He married Sally Smith, in 1811, and their children were Elias, Louisa, Lucy, and Levi. Elias was born in 1811 and died in 1887. He married Ann, daughter of Charles and Amy (Sheldon) Green, in 1837. and their children were Charles M. and Andrew S., of Adams. Charles M. was bom September 17, 1838, and was educated in the schools of his native town. He married Gertrude E., daughter of Luman and Elizabeth (Pierce) Arms, February 2. 1865, by whom he has two daughters, Lucy M. and Lena J. August 21, 1862, Mr. Heath enlisted in Co. H, 10th N. Y. H. A. He is now a dealer in musical instruments.

David F. Snell, son of Frederick, was born in Manheim, Herkimer County, in 1812, and was reared upon a farm. He married Mary Ann, daughter of John and Barbara Eggabroad, in 1832, by whom he had children as follows: Sylvester, of Watertown; John A. D., of Adams; Julia A. (Mrs. A. M. Gillett), of Watertown; Barbara M. (Mrs. Stephen Shaw), of Adams Center; Mary C. (Mrs. Ira Fish), of Watertown; Elvira ( Mrs. Joshua Snell), of Little Falls, N. Y .: Ellen ( Mrs. Harrison Fuller), of Adans; David M., of Watertown: Emma A., who died in 1863, aged 10 years; and Clara M. (Mrs. Seward Holden), of Watertown. Jolm A. D. Snell was born in 1835. He married Mary Dorotha, daughter of William and Martha ( Keep) Fuller, in 1858, who bore him a son and three daughters, of whom Diana Annette died in 1878, aged 15 years; Martha Keep (Mrs. Rolla B. Heath) resides in Adams Center; and Ella Fuller died in infancy. J. A. D. Snell came to Jefferson County when two years of age and has since resided here. William D. Snell. born in 1860, married Julia, daughter of George and Eliza (Peck) Hawes, of Adams Center, in 1877, and their children are Nettie May, John H., Helen Gracie, Mattie K., Willie D., and Bertha Eliza. Mr. Snell resides in Adams Center.

Edward D. Spicer, son of Joseph and Content (Potter) Spicer, was born in Hopkinton, R. I., in 1828. His mother was a daughter of George and Mary (Stillman ) Potter. Mr. Spicer was reared upon a farm, and was educated in De Ruyter, N. Y. He married, first, Eliza W., daughter of George and Sophia (Stillman) Wells, in 1853, who bore him three sons and three daughters, viz .: Ella M. (Mrs. George F. Conant), of Camden, N. Y .; William D., who died in 1879, aged 23 years; Charles E., born in 1861, who resides in Adams: Emma and Emeline (twins), who died in infancy; and George T, born in 1868. His wife died in 1878, and for his second wife Mr. Spicer married Harriet, daughter of Luman and Esther (Free) Nichols, and widow of Jacob Bellinger, in 1879, by whom he has a son, Ralph Harold, born in 1886. MIrs. Spicer had a daughter, Nettie, by her first husband. Mr. Spicer is a farmer and gardener.

Newton M. Parker, born in 1847, was reared upon a farm, and taught school several terms. He married Sarah E., daughter of Nathan R. and Percy (Fuller) Talcott, by whom he has two sons, viz .: Giles F., born March 20, 1878, and George F., born January 16, 1887. Mr. Parker is a farmer and occupies the homestead in this town.

Stephen Shaw was born in Canada in 1833, and was reared upon a farm. He removed to Watertown and was employed by N. M. Woodruff, and afterwards became a farmer. He mar- ried Barbara M., daughter of David and Mary (Eggabroad) Snell, in 1857, by whom he had three sons, viz .: George G., who died at the age of three years; David S., born in 1861; and Fred S., born in 1866. Mr. Shaw died in 1881.

Clarendon Phillips, son of Silas and Lucretia (Scott) Phillips, was born in Massachusetts in 1797, and about 1805 removed with his parents to the town of Rutland, in this county, where he was reared upon a farm. He married Barbara A., daughter of Peter Wilcox. by whom he had three sons and four daughters, viz .: Lucretia, Hiram, Elizabeth, David, Nelson, Katie, and Sarah. Nelson Phillips of this town was born in Wilna in 1843, and was reared upon a farm in Le Ray. He married Phebe, daughter of Benjamin F. and Polly (Sweet) Lee, widow of Homer Green. Clarendon Phillips died in 1856.

Rev. John F. Nelson, son of Benjamin F. and Emily (Clark) Nelson, was born in Marshall County, Virginia, in 1850, and spent his early life upon a farm. His education was com-

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menced in the common schools, and in 1883 he graduated from Dennison University of Ohio, and the same year became pastor of the Baptist Church at Adams Center, being ordained July 26. In 1875 he married Carrie A., daughter of Rev. Jordan and Mary S. (Morris) Hall, of West Virginia, by whom he had two sons and one danghter, viz .: Herbert H., born in 1876; Alma Gertrude, born in 1879; and Howard O., born in 1883.

Giles A. Hall, son of Calvin and Cynthia S. (Whitney) Hall, was born in Belleville, in the- town of Ellisburgh, in 1842. At the age of 20 years he enlisted in Co. L, 10th N. Y. H. A., and served to the close of the war. He married Maria H., daughter of William C. and Caroline (Morgan) Woodhouse, in 1863, and their children are Jennie A. (Mrs. Nelson D. Shaw), of Rome, N. Y., Lulu B., and Benla M. Mr. Hall is a painter and resides in Adams Center.

H. K. Eggleston, son of Hector and Isabell (Lee) Eggleston, was born in Henderson. He- married Nettie R., danghter of Oren and Maria (Dewey) Read, in 1874, and they have a son, Cadwell R., born February 16, 1877. Mr. Eggleston is a carpenter and farmer, and resides in. Adams Center.

William H. Nickelson, son of Charles and Martha (Smith) Nickelson, was born in Lowville,. Lewis County, in 1858. He was educated at Canton Union School, and the degree of A. M. was conferred upon him at St. Lawrence University. He studied medicine with Drs. Hoag and Cole, of Canton, St. Lawrence County, and graduated from the Halinemann Medical Col -- lege of Chicago, Ill., in 1881, and commenced practice in Adams in the spring of the same year. He married Lizzie B., daughter of C. K. and Susan (Phillips) Stone, and they have a danghter. Mary Elizabeth, born August 28, 1884.

James E. Bentley removed from Johnstown, N. Y., to Antwerp early in the present century. He married Prudence Coats, by whom he had four sons and five daughters. David,. son of James E., was born in 1828 and was reared upon a farm. He married Caroline, daughter of Turner E. and Amanda (Cleveland) Howard, who bore him two sons and one daughter, viz .: W. Gordon, Mary, who died young, and George A., of Rutland. David Bent- ley died in 1883. W. Gordon Bentley, born in 1853, graduated from Adams Collegiate Institute in 1883, and has been engaged in teaching in the institute since the fall of 1882.

Captain Pardon Payne, born in Rhode Island in 1788, was a captain in the War of 1812, and commanded at Saekets Harbor. He was a farmer and about 1806 located in Gouverneur, N. Y. He married Betsey, daughter of Kendall and Betsey (Hale) Boutwell, in 1826, who bore him eight sons and four daughters, of whom Isaac W. Payne was born in 1838. He was reared upon a farm, and learned the coopers', carpenters', and plumbers' trades. He married Ethe- laide V., daughter of Henry and Maria (Mitchel) Miles, in 1860, by whom he has a daughter, Amy M .. and a son, Seymour H. Mr. Payne located in Adams in 1883, and is now superinten- dent of Adams water works.

John Monroe, son of Archibald and Mary (Whitten) Munroe, was born in Whitestown, Oneida County, N. Y., August 2. 1829. He worked in the eotton-mills a number of years and learned the machinists' trade. He married Cornelia, daughter of Stephen and Fanny (Miller). Renne, of East Durham, N. Y., May 7, 1855, who bore him two sons and two daughters. The only one living, Julia Antoinette, was born July 18, 1863. She graduated from Adams Colle- giate Institute in the class of '86. Mr. Monroe located in Ellisburgh in 1867, and engaged in farming, and in 1883 came to Adams village, where he is a machinist.

Michael Schrodt, a native of Germany, married Mary Eckert and came to America about 1835. He had born to him children as follows: John, who resides in Brownville; Philip, who (lied at the age of 18 years; Mary (Mrs. Walter Scott), of Sanford's Corners; Martin, of Brown- ville; Michael, Jr., of Adams Center; George, of Rutland; and Hattie, who died at the age of 13 years. Michael, Jr., was born in 1854, and at the age of 16 years was apprenticed to the blacksmiths' trade. In 1884 he located at Adams Center, where he works at his trade. IĪe married Adelaide, daughter of Joseph and Jennie (Cross) Lehan, of Watertown, and they have a son, Herman H., born August 2, 1886.

Rev. William Cooke, son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Davies) Cooke, was born in Shrews- · bury, Shropshire, Eng., in 1853, and was educated in the free grammar schools. He came to America in 1870, studied theology at St. Andrew's Divinity School, at Syracuse, N. Y., and began ministerial work as rector of the Protestant Episcopal Church at Oriskany Falls, N. Y., in 1880, where he remained till 1886, when he located in Adams and became rector of Emanuel Church, whiel position he still retains. In 1881 he married Mary Alice, daughter of

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Charles and Nancy (Diekenson) Wieks, of Paris. Oneida County, by whom he has a son and two daughters, viz .: William W., Mary Elizabeth, and Bessie Lincoln.

Rev. Thomas Simpkins was born in Bedfordshire, Eng., March 14, 1843, and was educated and entered the ministry in his native country. August 12, 1867, he united in marriage with Susan Whitfield, of Bedfordshire, and in 1870 came to this country with his wife and two children- George W. and Charles W. In August of the same year he became pastor of the Baptist Church at Mount Bethel, N. J .. and has held pastorates in Liberty and Great Bend, Pa., and Worcester and Johnstown, N. Y., and in January, 1886, became pastor of the church in Adams. He has had born to him four children, viz .: George W .. at Sandy, Bedfordshire, Eng., May 11, 1868; Edith R., who was born in Worcester, N. Y., July 28, 1878; Henry L., born July 19, 1880; and Charles W., who was drowned in Cayadutta Creek, Johnstown, N. Y .. July 10, 1882, aged 12 years. Mr. Simpkins is pastor of the Baptist Church in Adams.

William Gussman, son of Frederick, was born in Hesse-Darmstadt, Germany, in 1849, and in 1853 emigrated to America and located at Britton. Conn. He was educated in New Haven, Conn., at Yale Theological Seminary, and began ministerial work at the age of 19 years. No- vember 13, 1873, he was ordained pastor of Essex Baptist Church, where he remained three years, and afterwards did missionary work in Michigan. In 1878 he became pastor of North Haven Baptist Church, and subsequently was located in Ticonderoga, N. Y .. Essex, Vt., and Brooklyn, Conn., until 1887, when he became pastor of the First Baptist Church in Adams Center. In 1876 he married Florence N., daughter of A. J. and Mary ( Frisbie) Hayward, of Essex, N. Y., by whom he has a son and two daughters, viz .: Mary Hayward, born in 1877: E. Dryden, born in 1882; and Grace Florence, born in 1885. Mr. Gussman resides ou road 36, in this town.

Alfred Lord, son of Truman and Betsey (Randall) Lord, was born in Hounsfield in 1828, and was reared upon a farm. He married Emma Jane, daughter of Harry and Amanda (Ives) White, of Watertown, in 1856, and their children are Seth J., born in 1859; Fred H., born in 1865; Minnie Adel; and Fanny Emma. Mr. Lord is proprietor of the hotel and livery at the depot, in Adams Center, where he located in 1887.

Rev. Junius J. Cowles, son of Junius A. and Elizabeth (Gardner) Cowles, was born in Florence, Oneida County, N. Y., in 1851, and was edueated in Rome High school and Whites- town Seminary, graduating from the latter school in 1871, and in 1875 from Hamilton College. In 1879 he graduated from the Union Theological Seminary, and in the fall of the same year located in Huntington Valley, Pa. In 1884 he located in Fair Haven, N. Y., and in 1886 came to Adams, where he is now pastor of the Presbyterian Church. He married Mary Elmina, daughter of Almon and Frances E. ( Wetmore) Wellman, in 1878, and they have three sons and two daughters. viz .: J. Atwood, born July 10. 1880; E. Haviland, born April 21, 1882; Franeis W., born March 15, 1884; Pansy Elizabeth Gardner, born July 1, 1885; and Mary Marguerite, born April 8, 1887.

John S. Areher, son of Daniel and Elizabeth ( Snyder) Areher, was born in Ulster County, N. Y., in 1813, and learned the carpenters' trade. He married Harriet E. Baylis, in 1835, resided in New York city for a time, and in 1852 located in Jefferson County. Of his five children, John H. and William M. reside in this town. John H. Areher was born September 9, 1843. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. H, 94th N. Y. Inf., and participated in the battles of second Bull Run, Antietam, and others. In 1864 he reenlisted in Co. L, 18th Cav., and served to the elose of the war. After the war he was employed in mills and as a clerk in stores, kept hotel in Delta, Oneida County, and the Frontier House at Sackets Harbor. In the spring of 1888 he purchased the hotel at Adams. He married Libby, daughter of George W. and Catharine (Miller) Neiss, September 6, 1868, by whom he has had four children, viz .: Charles R., who died in infancy; George B., born March 27, 1871; Nellie May, born March 31, 1873; and Flora I., who died in 1881. Mr. Areher is owner and proprietor of the Archer House, at Adams.

Riehard A. Dennis, son of Thomas Z. and Harriet ( Phillips) Dennis, was born in Cicero, Onondaga County, in 1868. He learned the barbers' trade, and in 1888 located in Adams, where, in 1889, he bought the Horth block, on South Main street, where his business is now located. January 29, 1889, he married Mary Lucida, daughter of George L. and Lucinda (Potter) Carpenter, and they reside on Spring street.

Sylvester J. Taylor, son of Jeremiah and Amanda (Presley) Taylor, was a native of Sandy Creek. He married Eliza, daughter of Hiram and Anna (Ouderkirk) Moore, by whom he had

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one son and two daughters, namely: Monford H., of Adams; Ida (Mrs. James Martin), of Oswego; and Leona S , of Albion. Mr. Taylor served in the late war as second lieutenant of Co. E, 147th Regt. Vol. Inf., and was killed in the battle of Gettysburg. Monford H. Taylor was born in Sandy Creek, October 8. 1858. He married Nellie, daughter of John and Dora C. (Vaughn) Hitter, April 8, 1888, and is now engaged in the marble and granite business with Isaac G. Puffer, at Adams.

ALEXANDRIA.

A LEXANDRIA occupies the northern extremity of Jefferson County opposite the Thousand Islands, of which a number are included within the limits of the town, the principal one being a portion of Wells Island. This town is bounded on the northwest by the St. Lawrence River, on the northeast by St. Lawrence County, on the southeast by Theresa, and on the south and west by Orleans. The surface of the town is generally rough and rocky, but that portion underlaid by sandstone is level, with a thin clayey and sandy soil. It may be pertinent here to add that the Potsdam sandstone substratum generally prevents a level surface, but more liable to upheavals, and is covered with soil entirely brought from other formations, and various in quality with the sources from which it has been derived. Where not covered with drift, as occurs near Plessis, it is a barren rock, which, although exposed from time immemorial to the action of the elements, still preserves the traces of deluvial abrasion. This rock never presents a fertile slope into the valley, but is bordered with abrupt precipices, at the foot of which oftentimes are piled huge masses that have tumbled from the face of the ledge.

Besides the grand St. Lawrence River, which forms its northwestern boundary, this town is watered by numerous small streams, which have their source in the southern part of the town. Butterfield Lake, Mud Lake, and Clear Lake are in the southeastern part, and the first two mentioned lie partly in the town of Theresa. It is claimed time has changed the appellation of these lakes. That now known as Butterfield Lake was once Grand Lake ; Clear Lake was Crown's Lake ; and Mud Lake was Edmond's Lake.

This town was erected from Brownville and Le Ray, April 3, 1821, by the same act that formed Philadelphia and Orleans, the first town meeting being held at the house of William Merrill. By the first act its limits included Theresa. An act of February 6, 1840, restored to the town of Orleans a small part that had been annexed to the latter. The town derives its name from Alexander, son of. J. D. Le Ray, who obtained a colonel's commission in the Texan revolution, and was killed in a duel in 1836. The early records of the town are lost, and hence it is impossible to give a full account of the

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early organization. James Shurtleff was the first supervisor ; Nathaniel Goodell the first clerk ; Ashley Tanner, assessor ; and Allen Cole and Joel Porter, inspectors of election.

In 1880 Alexandria had a population of 3,135. The town is located in the third school district of Jefferson County, and in 1888 had 22 school districts, one of which was joint, in which 28 teachers were employed the same number of weeks or more. The whole number of scholars attending school was 931, while the aggregate days attendance during the year was 78,606. The total value of school buildings and sites was $17,400, and the assessed valuation of . all the districts was $1,275,061. The whole amount raised during the year for school purposes was $8,602.05, $5,299. 11 of which was received by local tax. Charles E. Whitney was school commissioner.

ALEXANDRIA BAY, the most populous and most important village in the town, was selected by Cadwallader Child, in 1804, while surveying a road (the Alexandria road) from the Friends' settlement to the St. Lawrence, as an eligible place for a port, and accordingly a reservation of a mile square was made by Mr. Le Ray for a village, which was surveyed out for that purpose by Edmund Tucker about 1818. Mr. Le Ray erected a tavern and ware- house, and for many years a thriving lumber trade was carried on, which con- tinued as long as the supply lasted. The port has always been a landing- place for the American and more recently for the Canadian steamers. A custom house was established here in 1828, subordinate to the Cape Vincent district. The first log house was erected by John W. Fuller, in 1818, and the first frame house by Dr. Jerre Carrier, in 1820. The latter occupied the present site of the St. Lawrence Hotel, of which, in fact, it forms a part. The first store was erected by Messrs. Jerre Carrier and John W. Fuller, and stood on the "Point." Prominent among the business men of the place have been Jerre Carrier, Azariah Walton and his sons, John W. Fuller, Andrew Cornwall and his sons, Humphrey Sisson, and O. G. Staples. The business men of the present time are represented in the directory of the town. The first school-house was a primitive log structure, erected in 1821. It stood on the lot now occupied by the Reformed Church. The first church was that of the Reformed Protestant Dutch Church Society, erected in 1848, and opened for public religious worship in 1851.

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Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y. 1684-1890, Part 33

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