Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y. 1684-1890, Part 48

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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William Hay, B. A., M. D., C. M., L. R. C. P. S., was born in the city of Stratford, County Perth, Province of Ontario. His father, R. M. Hay, was a native of Lanark, Canada, and was a retired merchant at Paisley, Canada. His mother was Charlotte Ewart, of Edinburg, Scot- land. Dr. Hay married Catharine McDongall, of Stormont County, Ontario, and they have one son, William, Jr. Dr. Hay is a graduate of Queens University, Kingston, Canada, and is . a licentiate of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons. He completed the divinity course in the Presbyterian Theological Seminary of Queens University. In 1887 he located:

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at Riehland Junction, N. Y., where he was examining surgeon for the Travelers' Insurance Company. In 1888 he succeeded Dr. Pierce at the village of St. Lawrence, in this town, where he has a remunerative practice.

Robert Donaldson, of Ireland, died in Canada in 1872, aged 42 years. He married Sarah J., daughter of Alexander and Ann Armstrong, of Cape Vincent, who bore him seven children, viz .: William E., Robert E., John B., Sarah J., Mary A., Katie M., and Alexander. The latter was born in Canada and came to Cape Vincent in 1882. He married Mary, daughter of Thomas and Catharine (Carey) Brady, and their children are Sarah L., Charles A., Robert E., and Frederick R.

Floyd E. Whitney, son of James who was a Revolutionary soldier, was born in Clayton, where he now resides. He married Cynthia, daughter of Oliver Barrows, of Clayton, who bore him children as follows: Luther F., Lueien I., Burton G., William O., Charles E., and Martin G. The latter was born in Clayton and came to Cape Vineent in 1885. He married Maryette J., daughter of Richard T., Sr., and Adaline (Coleman) Connall, of this town, and is now a general merchant.

William Bates, son of Fairhall and Mary Bates, was born in 1772, and died in 1852. His wife. Ruth, was born in 1775, and died in 1828. Of their 13 children, Sanmel Bates, son of William, of Kent, England, was born in Kent in 1797. He immigrated to this country and located in Montgomery County, but after 10 years he came to Cape Vincent in 1841. where he died in 1874. He married Sarah M., daughter of William Campbell, of England, who died in October, 1867, aged 67 years. Their children were Salina M., William, Samuel I., Sarah M., Nathan R., Margaret R., James J., and Charles H. The latter was born in Swinethorpe, Lincolnshire, Eng., and came to America with his father. He married, first, Christian, daughter of Casper and Elizabeth (Bellinger) Loadwick. of Cape Vincent, by whom he had children as follows: Sarah M., Joseph H., Casper L., Samuel C., Frederick J., Wealtha A .. Elizabeth L., William F., and C. Hayden. He married. second, Nora, daughter of Martin and Mary (Hines) Nugent, of Theresa, who bore him children as follows: Martin A., John E., Kate, Christian, and Ilanda. Ten of his children are living. James J. Bates. son of Samuel, Sr., was born in this town. He married Althens, daughter of Christopher and Eunice (Johnson) Flander, of Lyme, and their children are James E., John W., Addie M., Adelbert R., and Lewis C. They occupy the farm settled by his father, known as the Lake View farm, where Mr. Bates was born and has always resided. Sammel Bates was born in England and came to Cape Vincent with his father. He married Caroline, daughter of Casper and Ehzabeth (Bellinger) Loadwick, of Watertown, and their children are"Isabelle, Frank L., Emma E., Tunis I., and George G. They reside on road 63, in this town. Joseph H. Bates, son of Charles II., married Maggie, daughter of Edwin and Eleanor (Wood) Gray, of this town, and they have two children, Zelmia E. and McComb. He is a farmer on road 62, where he has resided 13 years.

William Ebben, a native of England, came to Sackets Harbor in 1818, remained there several years, and finally removed to Montezuma, N. Y., where he died, aged about 70 years. His wife is still living, in Redwood, aged 100 years. Their children were Ellis, Harriet, Eliza, Lucy, Susan, Maria, Sarah A., and George. The latter, who was born in England, came to America with his father and died in Detroit, Mich , in 1884, aged about 70 years. He married Ann, daughter of Michael and Bridget ( Murphy) Mckinley, of Sackets Harbor, and they had two children, Elizabeth and George. The latter, who was born in Watertown, married Mary A., daughter of Charles and Bridget ( Mullen) Farrell, of Clayton, December 26, 1875, and they reside in this town.

Henry Shaw, son of Thomas, was born in Saratoga, N. Y., whence he removed to Cape Vincent, and later to Chaumont, where he died in 1874, aged 61 years. His father died at the French settlement in this town. Henry married Sally A., daughter of Daniel Gardner, by whom he had two children, Albert D. and David F. The latter was born in this town, where he married Marion, daughter of James and Nancy (Putnam) Herrick, and died in 1880, aged 36 years. Their children are George E., Charles A., and Frankie H. Mrs. Shaw survives at the age of 39 years. Mr. Shaw was inspector for the Isolated Risk and Farmers' Fire Insur- anee Company, of Toronto. His brother, Col. Albert D. Shaw, now of Watertown. was United States Consul to Manchester, England, from the last term of General Grant's administration until President Cleveland's election.

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Peter Manigold, son of John P., was born in France. He immigrated to this country and located at Evans Mills, in the town of Le Ray, in 1829, and here resided until his death, in 1869, aged 78 years. He married Margaret R. Rasayer, of France, and their children were 14 in number. His daughter Julia, born in Evans Mills, in this county, married, first, Simeon Cocagne, of France, by whom she had three children, Frederick, Rosella, and Jane, and second, Antoine Steblen, by whom she has had four children, viz. : Eugene, Simeon, Julia, and Frank. They reside in this town, Antoine Steblen married, first, Theresa Shamberger, by whom he had one daughter, Chlashque, now a resident of Alsace, France.

John Johnson, son of Herrick, was born in Sweden, where he died at the age of 42 years. His wife, Mary, bore him nine children, viz .: Charlotte, John, Carl, August, Victor, Otto, Axel, Matilda, and Frederick A. The latter, who was born in Sweden, immigrated to this country and resided two years in New York city and six years in Dutchess County, and in 1880 came to Cape Vincent, where he now resides. He married Adelia, daughter of John and Mary (Romain) Rienbeck, of this town, in 1884, and they have one son, Herman A.

Alfred Mulligan, son of Henry C., who died in New York city, aged about 60 years, was born in New York in 1831. Mr. Mulligan was book-keeper and cashier for the Wells-Fargo Express Co. He married Julia (Grant) Prince, who bore him five children, viz .: Mary P., Vir- ginia, Frederick W., Eugene L., and Frank E. The latter came to Cape Vincent in 1885, where he is now engaged in the merchant marine service. He married Louisa, daughter of Will- iam H. and Harriet (Hadley) Wheelock, of this town.

Zachariah Wheeler was a native of Herkimer County, whence he removed to Lyme, in this county, where he died at the age of 80 years. His wife, Phebe, bore him seven children, of whom Erastus, born in Oppenheim, N, Y., came to this county with his father, and finally went west, where he died at the age of 50 years. He married Sarah, daughter of David and Lucre- tia Keniston, of Lyme, by whom he had four children, viz .: Miles, Emery F., Gariefelia, and Lucretia. The latter married Albert Kesler (now deceased), of Lyme, and their children are Leila, Wilburn, Frank, Edgar, and Fred. Mrs. Kesler survives at the age of 57 years, and resides in Cape Vincent. Their son Wilburn married Alice Walker, of Wisconsin, in 1875, and removed to Minnesota, where he now resides. The other children reside in this town. George Kesler served in the late war, and was confined in Libby prison. David Keniston, before men- tioned. lived to the great age of 115 years.

Benjamin Stroupe, who was born in this state, died in Watertown, where he had resided a number of years. He was a bugler in the War of 1812. His wife, Margaret, bore him three children, viz .: William, Joel, and Henry. The latter married, first, Mary, daughter of Elisha P. Dodge, of Cape Vincent, who bore him three children, namely: Benjamin £., Edwin E., and Alice. He married, second, Caroline E., daughter of Terry and Sally (Laselle) Connell. by whom he has one daughter, Carrie E., and resides in Cape Vincent. His two brothers, William and Joel, and three half brothers, Christopher, John D., and Charles, served in the late war in the 10th N. Y. Cav.

John D. Clark, a native of Schenectady, N. Y., died at Barnes Corners. Lewis County, aged 70 years. He married Margaret Nessel, of Steuben County, by whom he had six children, viz .: John D., Margaret, Sophia, Rachel, Charles, and Christopher. The latter, who was born in Cape Vincent, married Arzellia, daughter of William and Helen (Van Valkenburg) Brougham, and their children are Willie, Winfield, Lulu, George, and Arzellia. He enlisted in the late war in Co. M, 10th N. Y. H. A., for three years, or during the war, and was honorably discharged. He was wounded at Fort Richmond, Staten Island, and at the time of Lee's sur- render was a wound-dresser in the hospital at Washington. He now resides in this town and is drawing a pension.

James Wingfield, a tanner by trade, was a native of Glasgow, Scotland, where he died. He married Mary Cowperthwait, by whom he had two children, Mary and James. The latter immigrated to Quebec, and thence to Montreal, finally locating in Kingston, Canada, where he died in 1883, aged 62 years. He married Caroline, daughter of David and Margaret Col- bert, of Montreal, who bore him children as follows: Margaret, Agnes, Carry, Kittie, Minnie, John, James, Robert, Harry, and David J. The latter was born in Toronto, Canada, and in 1886 came to Cape Vincent, where he is now a photographer. He married Lillian C., daughter of Jacob C. and Sarah (Hopper) Banta, and they have three children, Harold, David C., and Sally.

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Thomas P. Holland, son of William, was born in Devonshire, England. In 1868 he came to America and located at Sydenham, Ontario, He married Annie Blackmore, and their chil- dren are Mary J., William J., Albert, Sarah. Norman, Kenneth, Lettie, and Thomas. The latter was born in Somersetshire, England. He married Isabella, daughter of James Gum- mar, of Canada, by whom he had three children, namely: Ethel M., Pansy G., and Marian K. Mr. Holland came to this town in 1881, and has since followed the occupation of a baker.

CHAMPION.

C HAMPION was formed from Mexico, March 14, 1800. A part of Harrisburgh was taken off in 1803. It is the central town on the southeast border of the county. The surface is broken and hilly. The most elevated portions are the hills in the south angle (known as the " peak "), which are about 1,700 feet above tide water. From their summits the land descends in a series of broken and irregular terraces to Black River. The north part is more level. The soil is generally a clay loam, but near the river in some places it is sandy. The town was No. 4, or " Howard," of the eleven towns. It fell to the share of Harrison and Hoffman, and by them was sold to Gen. Henry Champion, of Colchester, Conn., in whose honor it was named, and Lemuel Storrs. It is bounded on the north and east by Black River, which separates it from the towns of Wilna and Le Ray, south- east by Lewis County, and west by Rutland. It is watered by numerous small streams, the principal ones being Townsend and Deer Lick creeks, the former of which is in the western part of the town and the latter in the cen- tral part, both emptying into Black River. In the south part of the town is Pleasant Lake, the outlet of which empties into Black River just south of West Carthage village. The town was surveyed in 1797 by Moses and Ben- jamin Wright, the former subdividing and the latter surveying around it.

The town was organized and the first town meeting held April 1, 1800, at which the following officers were elected : Noadiah Hubbard, supervisor ; Eli Church, clerk ; Timothy Pool, David Coffeen, and William Hadsall, assessors ; Ephraim Chamberlain, constable and collector ; John Ward and Reuben Rockwood, overseers of the poor ; Solomon Ward, Amaziah Parker , and Elihu Jones, commissioners of highways ; Daniel Coffeen, William Crowell, Timothy Pool, and Moses Goodrich, overseers of highways; Levi Barns, fence viewer ; Bela Hubbard, poundmaster.

In 18to the town had 210 families and 1, 47 t inhabitants. There were'53 framed houses, 157 log houses, 79 framed barns, three stores, two distilleries, nine school-houses, one clothier's works, a carding machine, four grist-mills, eight saw-mills, and a brewery. A writer of 1813 says : "The inhabitants

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are very industrious and thriving ; .* in no country so recently set- tled have I ever seen such a spirit of improvement, or more of sober and persevering industry, with so good roads-the veins and arteries of public and private prosperity."

Spafford's Gazetteer, published in 1824, says of this town in 1820 :-

"There is a small village at the head of Long Falls, opposite Carthage, of Wilna, where there is a bridge over the Black River ; and near the center of the town is Champion village, where are a few dwellings, a church, two stores, a school-house, and the postoffice, 77 miles north of Utica. Population, 2,080; taxable property, $146,358; school districts, 11: electors, 387; 2.442 cattle, 555 horses, 4,562 sheep; 21,179 yards of cloth made in families in 1821; six grist-mills, five saw-mills, four fulling-mills, three carding machines, four distilleries, and two asheries."

In 1880 Champion had a population of 2,259. The town is located in the second school district of Jefferson County, and in 1889 had 16 school districts, of which three were joint, in which 18 teachers were employed 28 weeks or more. There were 482 scholars attending school, and the aggre- gate days attendance during the year was 45, 104. The total value of school buildings and sites was $9,280, while the assessed valuation of all the dis- tricts was $1, 197,344. The whole amount received for school purposes was $4,867.17, $2,653.55 of which was received by local tax. Truman C. Gray was school commissioner.

WEST CARTHAGE is a village situated in the extreme western part of the town, on Black River. This village was incorporated March 18, 1889, and the following were the first officers elected : Marcus P. Mason, presi- ident ; L. W. Babcock, Philip Hull, and S. G. Van Pelt, trustees ; Charles A. Beyer, treasurer ; Charles Jones, collector ; W. B. Van Allen, clerk ; Pierre De Peyster, street commissioner. The village now contains one pulp- mill, a sash and blind factory, two tub and pail factories, one furniture man- ufactory, one tannery, grist-mill, saw-mill, wood turning shop and planing- mill, one hotel (temperance), one church (Congregational), a district school with three departments, a wagon and blacksmith shop, one drug and grocery store, a grocery and notion store, a general store, two greenhouses, a meat market, photograph gallery, and about 1,000 inhabitants. A knitting fac- tory was in operation here until the spring of 1889, when it was discontinued. It did a prosperous business with a pay-roll aggregating $1,200 per month.

CHAMPION (p. o.) village, located in the central part of the town, contains one hotel, a general store, three churches (Episcopal, Congregational, and Methodist Episcopal), a cheese factory, blacksmith shop, telegraph, telephone, and express offices, and a population of about 200.

GREAT BEND (p. o.) is a hamlet in the northern part of the town, on Black River. It contains a paper-mill where wall paper is manufactured, a gen- eral store, two hotels (one being in Le Ray), the usual complement of shops, two churches (Methodist Episcopal and Episcopal), telegraph, telephone, and express offices, and about 300 inhabitants.

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SOUTH CHAMPION (p. o.) is a small hamlet in the southern part of the town.

The Great Bend Paper and Pulp Company, whose establishment is located on the south bank of the Black River at Great Bend, was incorporated in 1868, with George W. Clark as its president. Its stockholders at the time of incorporation were George W. Clark, Heman Burr, and Lewis H. Mills. The purpose for which it was organized was the manufacture of straw-board, but after a lapse of five years Mr. Clark and Mr. Mills purchased Mr. Burr's interest, when they manufactured what is termed "brown hanging paper," which was composed largely of straw at first, but subsequently the straw was discarded and rags substituted. In April, 1887, Mr. Clark died and the prop- erty passed into the hands of Mr. Mills, who continued the business until February, 1888, when the mill was sold to F. A. Fletcher, of Watertown. Its present owners are F. A. Fletcher, Ida A. Fletcher, F. X. Zapf, and E. H. Thompson. The capital stock of the company is $50,000. It gives employ- ment to 26 hands, and manufactures about four tons of paper and three tons of pulp per day.

The Champion village cheese factory, William E. Bellinger, proprietor, was built in 1864 by George C. Freeman. It has the patronage of 450 cows, receives about 1,080,000 pounds of milk for the season, from which is made 108,000 pounds of cheese valued at $9,720.

The McNitt cheese factory, situated on the Copenhagen and Watertown road, in the southern part of the town, two and a-half miles from Copenha- gen, was built by the McNitt Brothers in 1870. It receives the milk from 300 cows, and makes 80,000 pounds of cheese annually, which is valued at about $7,200.

The G. Searl cheese factory was built by Nathaniel Whitney in 1864, and is located at South Champion. It receives the milk from 300 cows and makes about 97,750 pounds of cheese annually, valued at $8,793.

The Hadsall & Moore cheese factory, situated three miles west of Cham- pion village, on road 23, was built in the spring of 1871, by its present pro- prietors. It has the patronage of 450 cows, receives about 1, 259, 137 pounds of milk annually, and manufactures about 123, 153 pounds of cheese valued at $11,083.

The Babcock cheese factory, situated two miles north of Champion, is one of the oldest in the county, being built by William P. Babcock in 1862. It has the patronage of 400 cows, receives about 1,320,000 pounds of milk dur- ing the season, from which is made 132,000 pounds of cheese valued at $11,880. Mrs. E. M. Greenfield has made the cheese ever since the fac- tory was built.

O. K. cheese factory was built in 1889, by E. H. Olmstead and F. A. Knapp. It receives the milk from 500 cows, and manufactures from 10 to 12 cheeses per day.

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Carthage roller mill, located at West Carthage, was built in 1872, with four runs of stones. In 1885 it was changed to a roller mill, with 10 sets of rolls, with a capacity of 10 barrels per day. It has two runs of stones for feed, gives employment to five men, and does a business of $100,000 per year. The present proprietors are William Hutchinson and C. J. Clark.

Harvey D. Farrar's woodenware manufactory, at West Carthage, was estab- lished in 1856 by the present proprietor. It has been destroyed by fire and rebuilt three times. About 10 men are employed in the manufacture of but- ter tubs, of which 20,000 are turned out each year.

S. E. Rice's butter tub manufactory, located at West Carthage, employs four men and manufactures from $3,000 to $5,000 worth of tubs per year.

Meyer, Ross & Co's furniture manufactory, at West Carthage, was estab- lished about 1878. It furnishes employment to 12 men and does a business of about $18,000 per annum.

E. C. & J. G. Lovejoy's carriage manufactory, located at West Carthage, was built in 1886. The establishment turns out about $4,000 worth of fine carriages annually.

West Carthage pulp works, at West Carthage village, were established by Defendorf & Plank in 1888. About four men are employed, and from three to four tons of pulp are manufactured a day. M. R. Defendorf is the pres - ent proprietor.

Gibbs's door, sash, and blind factory, at West Carthage, gives employment to six men and manufactures about $3,000 worth of goods per annum.

West Carthage saw-mill, I. S. Normander, proprietor, has the capacity for sawing 5,000 feet of lumber per day, giving employment to four men. Shin- gles are also manufactured here.

Earl's saw-mill was built about 1860 by Lewis Earl. It has the capacity for sawing 1,500 feet of lumber daily.

The following regarding the commencement of settlements in the town of Champion is an extract from a letter written by Noadiah Hubbard to Dr. F. B. Hough, in June, 1853, and published in Hough's History of Jefferson County, page 121 :-

"DR. F. B. HOUGH, Dear Sir : As you requested some months since, I now transmit to you a few of my recollections of the early settlement of this county. I have not very many records of those early days, * * * yet some I have, and when I give you dates at all they are from memoranda made at the time.

"I first came to this town, Champion, in the year 1797, with Lemuel Storrs, a large land- holder, when he came on for the first time to view his purchase. I was then residing in Steuben, in what is now Oneida County, but then, or shortly before, Herkimer. Mr. Storrs then hired several packmen, whose business it was to carry the necessary provisions for the expedition on their backs. This was late in the autumn. We traveled on foot by what was called the French road to the High Falls on Black River. This road had been cut for the accommodation of the French refugees who had made a settlement at High Falls, and had then a log city. Many of these French belonged to the nobility of France, who were obliged to abandon their country during the revolution in 1793, but who were afterwards per- mitted to return when the star of empire rose upon the Bonapartes. Their settlement was made upon what was called the French tract, on the north and east side of Black River, and extending a great distance. From the High Falls we descended the river in a boat to the

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rapids, called Long Falls, now known as Carthage. Here we landed, and in two days explored the township, then an unbroken wilderness. On our way down Silas Stow, then a young man, and afterwards known as Judge Stow. of Lowville, joined us. On the third day we reembarked and proceeded up the river, and it was two days hard rowing to get back again to the High Falls. As I believe I before mentioned, it was late in November, and the night we were obliged to be ont we encountered a severe snow storm. To protect ourselves in some measure we made a shanty by setting up some crotchiets, and laying on poles, and covering * them with hemlock boughs. * *

"In due time we arrived safe and well in Steuben, where I passed the winter. Mr. Storrs offered me very liberal inducements to come on here and commence a settlement; so liberal that I determined to accept them, though I may say in passing, and then dismiss the subject forever, that he failed to fulfill his liberal offers. But in consideration of those offers I left my home in Stenben the 1st of June, 1798, and started for this place, accompanied by Salmon Ward and David Starr, with 15 head of cattle. We traveled again upon the French road as far as it availed us. This township had been surveyed the year before by Benjamin and Moses Wright and this year Mr. Storrs had engaged Benjamin Wright to survey Hounsfield, and on his way there he was to mark a road to this place, and to precede me. I met the surveyors agreeably to appointment at a Mr. Hoadley's, and from there we came on to what is called Turin Four Corners. There was only one log house there then. From there we went west about 30 or 40 rodsto Zacchens Higby's. There we laid down our maps and consulted them, and came to the conclusion to take from thence a north course. This led us up on to the top of a hill. now known as Tug Hill. We were entirely ignorant of the face of the country, and of the most eligible route to pursue, and therefore took the one which seemed the most direct, not knowing the obstacles to be encountered. We had before come down by water, and on this route there was not even a marked tree. It was the duty of the surveyors to precede us, mark a road, and chain it. Mr. Wright started in advance of us for this purpose. It was a beautiful, clear morning and we followed on, progressing finely until the middle of the afternoon, when we came to a great gulf, and an abundance of marked trees. We went over the gulf, but could find no more trees marked. We then made a fire and took out the stoppings from our bells, and suffered our cattle to feed around the fire, while we set ourselves to search for marked trees, over the gulfs and up and down, but could find no place to cross, or marks by which to deter- mine what course the surveyors had taken. In this predicament we prepared to construct a shelter for the night of hemlock boughs, &c.

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Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y. 1684-1890, Part 48

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