Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y. 1684-1890, Part 81

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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south of the village, on the State road, was opened about 1816, by David Webb. Elisha Allen, Sr., kept an hotel in the western part of the town for about 40 years.

The first saw-mill in the town of Lorraine was built in 1804, on Sandy Creek, in the western part of the town, by a Mr. Frost, but a freshet swept both mill and dam away before the builder had realized anything from his labors. In 1810 Mabb and Aldrichi erected a mill on the same site, which subsequently became the property of Clark Allen. This was burned, but was rebuilt by Mr. Allen and operated by him until 1820, when he sold to Jared and Asa Gleason, who erected a grist-mill here. The first grist-mill in town was built in 1805, on Hull Creek, a short distance from the village, by Seth Cutler. It had an existence of about 10 years. Thomas Stancliff also built a saw-mill on the same stream, and at about the same time. John Alger erected a saw-mill on Deer Creek, on lot 31, at an early day. It became the property of C. P. Totman, and was carried away by a freshet. On lower Deer Creek, about three miles southwest from Lorraine village, were located small grist and saw-mills, known as Gillams, which have passed away. Several mills are still located on this stream, near the site of the old mills. In the southern part of the town, on a small brook, a cheese-box fac- tory was once in operation, the property of Henry Brigham, who came to his death by falling upon the saw in his mill. Just below this factory a small grist and saw-mill was operated at an early day. David Smith built a saw- mill on Abijah Brook, in the northern part of the town, which was operated by Eli Moore for many years. Farther to the west, on Sandy Creek, and the stream flowing into it from the north, Sylvanus Lockwood built a saw-mill. Daniel Wheeler and a Mr. Chafin also built saw-mills in the northern part of the town at an early day. As the timber supply decreased these mills were mostly discontinued, and very few are now in operation in the town.

CHURCHES.

The Methodist Episcopal Church of Lorraine, located in Lorraine village, was organized in 1853, and Rev. Whitmore was the first pastor. The first house of worship of the society, which is still in use, was built in 1857, and cost $2,500. It is a wooden structure, will seat 260 persons, and is valued, including grounds, etc., at $3,200. The present membership is 70, with Rev. George Ernst, pastor. The Sunday-school has 13 officers and teachers, and 74 scholars.

The Baptist Church of Lorraine was formed in 1806, with 13 members. Rev. Amos Lamson, who was ordained October 7, 1806, was the first pastor. He was succeeded in 1815 by Solomon Johnson, and 1819 Rev. Benjamin W. Capron was employed. He was succeeded in 1830 by Rev. John F. Bishop, who served one year. Subsequent pastors were Charles B. Taylor, three years ; Henry Ward, three years ; Elisha Robbins, one year ; Luther

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Humphrey, three years ; O. L. Crittenden, one year. The church was with- out a pastor until 1850, when J. F. Bishop was called. Following him came Philander Persons, who continued several years. From 1859 L. P. Day was pastor for two or three years, and in 1864 L. G. Brown came and remained three years. In 1870 W. H. Taylor became pastor, and in 1871 he was fol- lowed by E. G. Blount, who remained 15 months. The next pastor, E. H. Lovett, came in 1875, and remained two years. Since 1877 the pastors have been N. Wright, E. H. Lovett, and William Warner. In 1854 the society was reorganized and incorporated under the laws of the state as " The First Baptist Church and Society of Lorraine." Their house of worship, a wooden building, was erected in 1830, at a cost of $1,200. It was repaired in 1878, at a cost of $1,500, will comfortably seat 260 per- sons, and is valued at $3,500. The present membership of the church is 66, and Rev. Charles Coon is pastor. The Sunday-school has about 50 scholars.

The Congregational Church of Lorraine was formed December 3, 1829. As early as 1807 services were occasionally held by Elder Bliss, who had settled in the town, and also by Elder Spear, of Rodman. The trustees of the society were Silas Lyman, William Corruth, and Alfred Webb. A small church was erected in 1830, which was used by the society as long as it had an existence, when it was sold to the Methodists. Services were discontinued about 1850.

FAMILY SKETCHES.

Elijah Fox was born in Vermont in 1758. In 1778 he married Sabra Ettleton, by whom he had 10 children. His son Elijah, Jr., born in 1780, came to Lorraine with James McKee (who married his sister Sabra) in November, 1802, and they were the first permanent settlers in the town. Mr. Fox built a log house on the farm now owned and occupied by his son George A. The following winter he married Sally Burnham, of Whitestown, Oneida County, and soon after moved his bride to their pioneer home, with an ox-team and sled, and they were several days on their journey through the trackless forest. Their union was blessed with 10 children, viz .: Sally, Elijah R., Sophia, George, who died young, William, George A., Marenus G., Lonisa, Juliette, and Adeline, who was accidently killed in 1828 at the age of five years. George A. Fox was born in 1814, and was reared upon his father's farm. He married Amelia, daughter of Alfred and Nancy (Gillman) Webb, in 1838, and they had seven children, viz .: Celestine S., who died in 1861, aged 22 years; Jerome, who died in 1843, aged two years; Lovisa A., who died in 1843, aged one year; Helen J., who died in 1847, aged one year and six months; Naney, who died in 1866, aged 22 years: Sophia A., born November 21. 1848, married Charles S. Bartlett, of this town; and Myron H., who resides with his father on the homestead two miles south of the village.

Allen Pitkin, son of Jonathan, was born in East Hartford. Conn., in 1778, and died in Lorraine in 1847. He was a young man of limited means and great perseverance when he lo- cated in this town in 1803, on the farm now occupied by Fred Lanfear, on the;State road, abont two miles south of Lorraine village. Here he at one time kept an hotel. He served in the War of 1812. He married Persis Stedman, by whom he had five sons and four danghters, as fol- lows: Selah was born, and died, in this town; Persis married Jude Lamson, and died in 1836; Julia died at the age of nine years; Timothy died in Oswego; Erwin and Allen, Jr., reside in this town; Lucy Ann married D. H. Frink, of Mannsville; Emily (Mrs. Haskell Atwood) died in Wisconsin; and Levi resides in California. Erwin Pitkin was born in 1814, and was reared upon a farm. He married Maria, daughter of Joseph and Betsey (Jewett) White, by whom he had three sons and two daughters, viz .: Charles H., born in 1841: Amorab, born in 1843. re-

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sides with her parents; Newell D., who died in 1847; Luthur S., born in 1849; and Emma A., born in 1857, died in 1866. Charles II. married Abbie, daughter of Samuel and Clarinda (Ken- field) Corey, in 1868, and they had two children-Bertie, who died in infancy, and Lulu Marcia, born in 1875. Luther S. Pitkin married Belle Sophia, danghter of Elisha and Eunice (Barret) Steele, in 1871, and they have had two sons and one daughter, born as follows: Frank R., in 1875; Edgar S., in 1878; and Edna Nina, in 1884. In 1842 Erwin Pitkin located on the farm he now occupies. He has served his town as supervisor and assessor, and has been justice of the peace 28 years. He is a farmer on the State road two and one-half miles south of Lorraine village.

Jonathan Remington, a native of Rhode Island, married Diana Hall, and about 1804 located in Lorraine, on the farm now occupied by Lucius Beeman, on road 50, where he took up a large tract of land and built a log house. He had born to him five sons and two dangh- ters, viz .: Clark H. (deceased), Edmund (deceased), Rachel (Mrs. William Waterman) (deceased), Diadama (Mrs. Hial Hall) (deceased), Orsamus (deceased). and Allen and Thomas, who reside in Ellisburgh. Clark H. Remington was born in this town in 1805, and was reared upon his father's farm. He married Huldah, daughter of Daniel Hall, and they had two sons and four daughters, viz .: Ann E. (Mrs. T. B. Hitchcock ), of Mannsville; Helen E. (Mrs. Philip Brigham), of Chicago, Ill .; Daniel J., of this town; A. J. Dyonisius, of Big Spring, Neb .; Phebe L. (Mrs. William B. Hitchcock), of this town; and Caroline (Mrs. Willard Petrie), also of this town. Daniel J. Remington was born in Lorraine in 1832, and was educated in the common schools of this town. He married Mary M., daughter of David and Catherine (Rice) Young, January 3, 1857. and they have one son and two daughters, viz .: Cecil H., Clarence A., and Minnie K. Cecil H. married Edward L. Manigold, in 1875, and they have two children, M. Ernest and May Pearl. Clarence A. was born in 1859, is an engineer, and is extensively engaged in the lumber business at Waconia, Minn. He married Lena Koliler. Minnie K., youngest daughter of Daniel J .. married S. Dean, a merchant in Michigan. In 1857 Mr. Remington located on the place he now occupies. He studied law and has a large practice in Justice Court. He makes a specialty of collecting and conveyancing, and is exten- sively engaged in farming on road 59.

Joel Caulkins was born in Litchfield, Conn. He married Bethia Barrass, in 1805 removed to this town, and the children of this union was as follows, viz .: Polly, Joel, Isaac, John. Daniel, Catharine, Nancy, Sally, Rebecca, Abram, Lydia, and Amos, Abram was born February 5, 1803, and at the age of two years came with his parents to this town, then known as Malta. He married Mary A., danghter of Mark and Mercy (Brown) Adams, in 1828, and they had three sons, viz. : Edwin R. and Bradley A., who reside in this town, and Henry, who died in infancy. Abram's wife died in 1863, and for his second wife he married Sarah A. Adams, a sister of his first wife, by whom he has a daughter, Minnie A., who married Fred V. Lanfear, in 1884, and they have one son, Elwin D., born August 26, 1887. Bradley A. Caulkins was born in 1832, and was reared upon a farm. He married Mary, daughter of Nel- son and Eliza (Hull) Cox, in 1853, by whom he had two sons and two daughters, viz .: Eva L., George A., Olin B., and Ina May. Eva L. married Stephen Lowery, and has a son, Byron B., born in 1880, and a daughter, Jessie Julia, born in 1882. Mr. Lowery died in 1888. George A., born in 1860, married, first, Ida Bellinger, by whom he had two children, Gracie L. and Bradley E. His wife died in 1885, and he married, second, Clara, daughter of Charles and Lorena (Helmer) Wilcox, and they have a daughter, Mabel Eva, born in 1888. Olin B. died in 1880, at the age of 15 years. Ina May resides at home with her father. Bradley A. Caulkins has been supervisor, assessor, and commissioner of highways.

Daniel Caulkins, son of Joel and Bethia (Barrass) Caulkins, was born in 1792, and came with his parents to Lorraine in 1805. He served in the War of 1812 and participated in the battle of Sackets Harbor. His children were William, of Rodman; La Fayette, of Lorraine; Jessie, of Syracuse; Nancy V., who died young; and Irene, who married Dr. Martin Overton, of Lor- raine. La Fayette Caulkins was born in 1832. He married Julia M., daughter of Norman and Laura (Pierce) Wilkinson, of Lorraine, in 1856, and they had children as follows: Everett M., born in 1869, married Martha A. Moore in 1883, and has one son, Ross W., born in 1886: Francis, born in 1866, died young; and Hattie Irene, born in 1868. Mr. Caulking remained with his father a few years, and then located in the town of Worth on the Caulkins homestead farm of 320 acres. Here he remained for several years, when he returned to Lorraine and

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engaged in the business of pickling and dealing in eggs with William R. Grow. Mr. Caulking is an influential member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.

Elijah R. Fox was born in this town in 1806, and died here in 1870. He was a farmer, and married Eliza, danghter of Solomon and Saloma (Burlingame) Farewell, of Denmark, Lewis County, in 1831, who bore him children as follows: William D., who died in Michigan in 1879; Leroy R. and James M., of Ellisburgh; Leander P., of Lorraine; Sabina J. (Mrs. Hyme Sher- man), of Sandy Creek; Lamont P., who died in 1849; Ward B., who died in 1850; and Win- field M., who resides in Taberg, Oneida County. Mrs. E. R. Fox resides in this town.

James Wiles, a native of New England, served as a musician in the Revolutionary war, and died in hospital. He married Catharine Mills, by whom he had two sons and one daugh- ter, namely: John, who died in Massachusetts; Terza (deceased), who married a Mr. Martin; and James. The latter was born in 1773, and was reared upon a farm. He married Mary, daughter of Alexander Thompson, in 1794, and in 1808 located in Lorraine. They had four sons and six daughters, viz .: Catharine, who married James Gifford, and died in Lorraine in 1833, aged 33 years; John, who died in Lorraine in 1852; Ann, who married David Smith, and died in Smithville in 1887; James, Jr., who died in Sandy Creek in 1859; Samuel, who was ac- cidentally killed in 1813, aged three years; Paulina, who married Sardis Abbey, and died in Michigan; Wilkes, who died in Smithville in 1887; Sarah, of Smithville; Mary M., widow of R. J. Green, of Smithville; and Almira, widow of Captain W. A. Collings, also of Smithville. James Wiles died in Lorraine in 1846, and his wife, Mary, September 6, 1853.

Samuel Allen, a native of Rhode Island, married Lucinda Crandall, and reared a large family of children, one of whom, Ezra, was a clergyman. Another son, James, was born in 1784, and died in 1835. He married Sally, daughter of Augustus Sheldon, and they had two sons and four daughters. In 1809 he removed to Lorraine and located in a log house on the farm now occupied by Aaron B. Allen. Of his children, Sarah died in this town; Alzina mar- ried Asa Bailey, and died in Mannsville; Aaron B. resides in this town; Sardius died at the age of 14 years; Eliza (Mrs. William L. Marsh) resides in Mannsville; and Jennette died in childhood. Aaron B. Allen was born May 19, 1820, and was reared upon a farm. He married Caroline R., daughter of Benjamin and Kesiah (Freeman) Gennell, in .1846, by whom he has had five daughters, viz .: Nettie E., who married Franklin Hulslander; Carrie R., who married Byron F. Waterman, and died in Ellisburgh; Emma J., who married S. H. Brimmer, of Adams Center; Anna S., who married Floyd Overton, of Henderson; and Mary Lottie, who married Orin H. Lowrey, in 1886, and has one daughter, Lottie Carrie, born in 1887. Mr. Allen has held many of the offices in the gift of his townsmen, including that of justice of the peace, assessor, and collector. He is a prosperous farmer, and owns and occupies the homestead where he was born.

James Lowrey, a native of Rhode Island, located in Galway, N. Y., about 1800, and there engaged in farming. He married Lucy Harris, and of their seven children, Daniel was born in Galway in 1788, and died in Lorraine in 1835. He married Anna Grinnell, and in 1810 located in Lorraine, on the farm now occupied by Lorenzo Lowrey. He had children as fol- lows: Eliza, Silas, Philo, and Orange, deceased, and Lorenzo, Daniel H., Louisa (Mrs. J. Wells), Hannah, and Lucy (Mrs. William Beebe), who are living. Daniel H. Lowrey was born in this town in 1819, and was reared upon a farm. He married, first, Elsie Wells, in 1846, and she died in 1848. For his second wife he married Phebe, daughter of Andrew and Sally (Powell) Coulter, in 1851, and they had two sons, Brayton D. and Orin H. His second wife died in 1865, and in 1866 he married Betsey E., danghter of George T. and Sarah (Breed) Harding, of Sandy Creek. Brayton D. Lowrey was born in 1854. He married Carrie Estelle, daughter of Allen and Julia (Wittington) Brown, in 1878, and they have a daughter, Anna Sally, born in 1886. Mr. Lowrey is a farmer on road 47, where he located in 1851.

Lorenzo Lowrey, son of Daniel, was born in Lorraine in 1815, and was reared upon a farm. He married Jane M., daughter of Jonathan and Harriet (Hall) Fish, in 1841, who bore him one son and three daughters, viz .: Harriet, who married John Casler, in 1865, and has had a son, Berney, born in 1877, and a daughter, Nellie I., who died in 1874 ; Ellen M. (Mrs. George Gardner), a school teacher; Silas, who died in early manhood; and Jennie I., who resides at home. Mr. Lowrey occupies the farm upon which he was born.

George Hitchcock, a native of Connecticut, located in this town early in the present cen- tury, on 100 acres of land on the State road, about two miles south of the present village of

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Lorraine. He married Betsey Risley, who bore him four sons and two daughters, namely = George, Allen, William R., Mariette, Eliza, and Truman B. Allen, who resides in this town, was born in 1815. He married Sarah, daughter of Thomas and Sarah (Baker) Mumery, in 1833, by whom he had three sons, viz .: William B., born in 1835; George A., born in 1838; and Montrose, born in 1845, died in 1874. George A. married Julia A., daughter of N. R. and Eliza (Hall) Cox, in 1859, and is now engaged in farming with his father on road 54.

Byron D. Hitchcock, son of Truman B. and Ann E. (Remington) Hitchcock, was born in 1853, and was reared upon his father's farm. He married Carrie E., daughter of William B. and Sarah (Whittic) Williams, in 1876, and they have two daughters, viz .: Nina E., born in 1878, and Gladys S., born in 1880. Mr. Hitchcock is a breeder and dealer in Percheron horses, and resides in this town on road 59. Clark R. Hitchcock, born in 1850. married Mary A., daughter of Edwin and Fanny (Stillman) Caulkins, in 1870, and resides on road 53, in this town.

Aaron Brown, son of Ebenezer and Molly (Readway) Brown, was born in Connecticut in 1785. In 1806 he removed to the town of Adams, and soon after came to this town and bought the land now occupied by the village of Lorraine. Here with his brother Ebenezer he built a grist and saw-mill and distillery, and kept a store. He also built a house where Elijah Bellin- ger now lives. He married Betsey, daughter of Ebenezer and Elizabeth (Weston) Burpee, in 1810, by whom he had four sons and two daughters, of whom Allena B. married Rev. John F. Bishop, of Lorraine; Moses died in 1853; Pamelia and Aaron, Jr., died in infancy; Levi H., a prominent lawyer in Watertown; and H. Martin in Lorraine. H. Martin Brown was born in 1836, and was reared upon a farm. He married Ella F., daughter of Edwin and Fanny (Still- man) Caulkins, of this town, in 1883, by whom he had two sons and two daughters. viz .: Bessie May, born in 1884; Henry N., born in 1885; Clarence A. and Clara F. (twins), born in 1886. Clara F. died in 1888. Mr. Brown is a farmer and resides on Main street, in Lorraine village. He owns about 2,000 acres of land.

Benjamin Wise, a native of Vermont, located in this town about 1815, on a farm on road 34. He had a family of 10 children, of whom Daniel was born in 1798, and in 1822 married Clarissa Waugh, who bore him two sons and one daughter, viz .: D. Bishop, Sidney A., and Gertrude Irene (Mrs. Henry Fassett). D. Bishop was born in 1836, and was reared upon a farm. He married Ellen M., daughter of John F. and Rhoda M. (Bailey) Robinson, in 1862. and their children were Emogene, who died in infancy; Flora L., who died in 1874, aged nine years: Lottie Roxiana, born in 1865; Edward J., born in 1871; and Daniel E., born in 1879. Mr. Wise is a farmer in this town. Sidney A. Wise was born October 14, 1838, was reared upon a farm, and was educated at Adams and Pulaski academies. He married Almira Pris- cilla, daughter of Chester and Priscilla (Fletcher) Gillam, January 1, 1861, by whom he had three sons and two daughters, namely: Carrie Clarissa, born in 1862, married Frank A. Moore, of Lorraine; Gertrude Adaline, born in 1866, married Charles D. Moore, and has three chil- dren-Harry A., Mabel W., and Grover C .; Charles D., now of Worth; Lewis E., born in 1873; and Benjamin F., born in 1875. Mrs. Wise died April 27. 1888. Mr. Wise has held the office of town clerk, was enrolling officer during the war, and is now a farmer.

Sylvester Smith, son of Samuel, was the father of the following children: Susan, Samuel, Sylvester, Jr., Nancy, John, Phebe, Mary (Mrs. L. B. Timmons), Daniel, who died in infancy, and Daniel, 2d. The latter was born in 1829, and was reared upon a farm. He married Celes- tine, daughter of Daniel and Harriet (Wescott) Parker, of Henderson, in July. 1855, and they have one son and two daughters, viz .: May Eliza, who married John Fitzgerald in 1887; Orson S., born in 1862; and Lillian S., who resides with her parents. Mr. Smith is a farmer, and resides on the State road.

John F. Bishop, son of Luther and Anna (Carter) Bishop, was born in Watertown in 1809, and in 1830 located in Lorraine. He studied for the ministry, and was ordained by the Bap- tist Church in 1831. He afterwards labored in Evans Mills, Newport, Herkimer County, New Woodstock, Madison County, Fredonia, Chantanqua County, Belleville. Lorraine, and Hender- son, in this county, Kingston, Canada, and Adams State Road, and for some time was engaged in evangelical work. He died in Lorraine in 1859. He married Allena B., daughter of Aaron and Betsey (Burpee) Brown, of this town, in 1830, and they had five sons and five daughters, viz .: Judson W., now president of the St. Paul (Minn.) Trust Co .; Luther H., a farmer in Sheldon County, Iowa: Anna E. (Mrs. Dr. A. W. Chamblis), of Montgomery City, Mo .; Aaron B., a farmer in Lorraine; Allena B. (Mrs. Ovid D. Rolfe), of Temescal, Cal .; John F., a farmer

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in Sheldon, Iowa; Cynthia (Mrs. George H. Gardner), of Sheldon, Iowa; Frances V., who mar- ried Judge Thomas Bidwell, of Arizona, by whom she had two children, Allena N. and Rolfe B., and died November 18. 1876; Mary L., who married A. L. Cummings, editor of the Galena (Ill.) Press; and Levi P. The latter was born in 1854, and was brought up a farmer. He married Louisa, daughter of Luman and Esther (Fee) Nichols, in 1873, by whom he has a son and a daughter, namely: Myrtie Viola, born in 1873, and Olin S., born in 1879.

Augustus W. Hart, son of David, who came to Lorraine from Connecticut at an early day, was born in 1806. He married Joanna Horr, and they had nine children, of whom Vincent L. is a merchant in Watertown; Volney W. is a farmer in Watertown; Virgil C. is a Methodist min- ister, and has been missionary to China since 1865; Harriet (Mrs. Smith) lives in Cleveland, Minn .; all the other children are dead. In 1846 Augustus W. removed to Lewis County, and there resided eight years. He then settled in Watertown, dying in 1883. His wife died in 1881.

Joseph Grimshaw was born in Yorkshire, Eng., in 1764, and in 1807 immigrated to Amer- ica and located in Poughkeepsie, where he was employed in a woolen-mill for a few years, and later removed to Steuben, Oneida County, where he engaged in farming. He was accidently killed on the canal in 1841. He reared a large family of children, of whom Joseph was born in Poughkeepsie in 1809, and was reared upon a farm. He located in Lorraine about 1835 and engaged in farming. He married Mary A., daughter of Stephen and Abigail (Washburn) Adzit, of Stenben, who bore him eight sons, viz .: George W., of Minnesota; Henry I., of Lorraine; Benjamin I., of St. Paul, Minn .; Stephen A., Joseph, and Clinton M., of Lorraine; Adelbert, who died young; and Charles D., also of Lorraine. Henry M. Grimshaw was born in Lorraine in 1834, and was reared upon a farm. He married Emily L., daughter of Leonard and Martha (Gillett) Bullock, of Worth, in. 1858, and bought the farm now occupied by Stephen Grimshaw, to whom he sold the farm. He then removed to the town of Worth, where he purchased 170 aeres, and there remained abont 15 years, returning to Lorraine in 1884. He has had two sons and two daughters, viz .: Sevilla M., who married Eugene Greenly and died in 1888; Libbie J., who married Eben M. Ramsey, of Lorraine; Levi H., born in 1866, now a resident of this town; and George B., born in 1868, a student in Adams Collegiate Institute. Mr. Grimshaw has held various town offices, including those of assessor and commissioner of highways.

Charles D. Grimshaw, son of Joseph and Mary A. (Adzit) Grimshaw, was born in Lorraine, April 8, 1850. He was educated in Union and Cazenovia academies and Hungerford Collegi- ate Institute. In 1871 he engaged as salesman with Carleton C. Moore, of Lorraine, and the following year bought a half interest in the store, in which business he remained several years. He then taught school several terms. In the spring of 1877 he engaged in mercantile business, and in 1885 was appointed postmaster at Lorraine. In 1872 he married Fanny K., daughter of Elijah and Harriet (Moore) Oatman, and they have had one son and two daughters, viz .: Hattie May, born in 1877; Edna Fannie, born in 1882, died in 1883; and Allen, born in 1884.

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Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y. 1684-1890, Part 81

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