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2d, married H. H. Cross; James resides in Wisconsin; and Fanny Elizabeth married Samuel B. Scofield and resides in this town. Daniel Rogers was for many years a hotel-keeper here.
Edmund Tucker, whose parents were Quakers, was born in Granville, Washington County, in 1793. He was left an orphan at an early age and went to live with his uncle, Isaiah Dean. He was educated in the common schools, learned book-keeping and surveying, and contributed largely to the support of his mother and sisters Abigail and Hannah. In 1816 he removed to Le Ray and was employed in the land office of James de Le Ray as surveyor and book-keeper. He married Ann, daughter of Margaret and John Strickland, in 1819, and soon after located in the town of Philadelphia. They had six children, namely: Joseph, Hannah, John, Marga- ret, George E., and Matilda. John was drowned in Indian River in 1827, and Joseph and Hannah died the same year. Margaret married Elijah Coon, of Watertown, and Matilda mar- ried H. B. Mosher, of Watertown. George E. resides in Philadelphia. Mr. Tucker was the first postmaster in the town. He belonged to the Society of Friends, and was quiet and unas- suming in his manners. He died Jannary 6, 1836, aged 42 years, greatly respected by all who knew him. His devoted widow, who died in 1863, kept the anniversary of his death with funeral solemnity as long as she lived. George E. Tucker was born October 13, 1832. He married Mary G., daughter of Israel and Elizabeth (Beckwith) Lamb, of Ogdensburg, October 1, 1863, and they had three children, namely: Anna E., born October 28, 1864, who was edu- cated in the State Normal School at Albany; Edmund G., born May 28, 1867, who was educated in Ponghkeepsie Business College, and is now a clerk in the Watertown National Bank; and Margaret, born February 28, 1871, who is a student in Syracuse University. Mr. Tucker was supervisor of this town from 1873 to 1879, inclusive, and was a justice of the peace many terms. He was engaged in mercantile busmess from 1866 to 1872, and is now a prosperous farmer and resides on the homestead where he was born.
David Coolidge located in Antwerp at an early day, where he reared a large family of children. Alfred, son of David, was born in 1800, and at the age of 19 years located in Philadel- phia, on road 13, where he built a log house and cleared up a large farm. He married Mary, daughter of Jolin and Asenath (Carver) Townsend, in 1825, and they had five sons and one daughter, namely: John, of Iowa: Seth, who died in Evansville, Ind., in 1874; Asenath C., who lives with her father in Watertown ; Thomas J. and Charles E., of Philadelphia ; and Evan, a banker in Wisconsin. Charles E. Coolidge was born on the homestead June 19, 1835. and was educated in the common schools. November 13, 1860, he married Cornelia, daughter of Gardner and Hannah (Whiting) Clark. Of their children, Cora Estelle, born September 9, 1861, resides at home; Nellie Asenath, born December 9, 1868, married George Allen, by whom she has a son, Clinton P., born December 12, 1875. Mr. Coolidge is a dairyman and farmer on road 10, where he located in 1860. Thomas J. Coolidge was born August 8, 1833. He mar- ried Joanna A., daughter of Adam and Augusta (Bolling) Ackert, May 28, 1863, and they have had two sons and two daughters, namely: Alfred F., born February 28, 1864, now of Colorado Springs; Mary, who died at the age of four years; Thomas J., Jr., born August 6, 1878; and Eva Irene, born March 26, 1883. In 1877 Mr. Coolidge bought the farm on road 13, which he now occupies. Alfred Coolidge is still living in Watertown.
Gardner Clark, son of James and Submit (Hazleton) Clark, was born in Milton, Vermont, in 1797, and when four years of age removed with his parents to Nelson, Madison County. When 18 years of age he removed to Le Ray, and worked out among the farmers, clearing land. He married Hannah Whitney, and they had seven children, namely: Hiram and Emily, deceased; James, Betsey (Mrs. David Chidster), and Cornelia (Mrs. Charles E. Coolidge), of Philadelphia; William, of Carthage; and Cornelius, of Grand Rapids, Michigan. Mr. Clark located in this town in 1820, and died here in 1877. His wife died in 1873. James Clark was born November 12, 1827, and was reared upon his father's farm. He married Marcia Eme- line, daughter of Isaac and Laura (Wilson) Warriner, March 25, 1855, and they had three children, namely: Carrie Estelle, born April 5, 1859, who married James Christie in 1885, and lives in Le Ray; Gardner W., born February 12, 1868; and Fred I., born April 30, 1869. Mr. Clark is a farmer, and owns and occupies the Isaac Warriner homestead on road 22.
James Rogers was a lineal descendant of John Rogers, the martyr, and was born in Marsh- field, Mass., April 16, 1756. He married Deborah Smith, and they had three sons and four daughters, namely: Deborah. James, Rhoda, Hannah, Mary, Samuel, and Thomas. Samuel Rogers was born in 1797, and was a surveyor by occupation. In the fall of 1821 he came to.
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Philadelphia and bought a farm at Strickland Corners, where he owned 350 acres. About 1838 he bought the mills in Philadelphia village, and there erected the homestead in 1840. In 1824 he married Rachel, daughter of John and Margaret Strickland, and they had two sons and seven daughters, namely: Eliza, born in 1825, who married Hiram Sprague, and lives in Grand Rapids, Mich .; Deborah, who died in 1831; James, who died in 1829; Cornelia, who died in 1831; Cordelia, born in 1833, who married Henry D. Brown, of Grand Rapids, Mich .; Julia, born in 1835, who married Naylor Child, by whom she has three children living, W. Stanley, Frank H., and Irving H., and resides in Iowa ; Amelia A., who married Royal J. Whitney, of Illinois; George H., born May 27, 1840; Helena M., born in 1845, who married James C. Post, and lives in Rochester, N. Y. Mrs. Rogers died in 1863, aged 63 years. For his second wife Mr. Rogers married Eliza S., daughter of Benjamin Smith, and widow of Thomas Townsend, in 1866, and she died in 1867. Mr. Rogers belonged to the Society of Friends, and was respected by all who knew him. He died March 9, 1884, in his 88th year. George H. Rogers was reared upon the farm, and was educated in the Friends' schools and Poughkeepsie Business College. January 14, 1875, he married Elizabeth, daughter of Roswell and Philinda (Davis) Miller, of Leyden, Lewis County. He is a farmer, and resides in his pleasant cottage on Sand street, in Philadelphia village.
Patrick Sharon was born in Ireland in 1783. He married Rosanna, daughter of Thomas and Mary (Kennedy) Martin, in 1814, and their children were born as follows: Mary, in 1815; Thomas, 1816; Daniel, 1818; Joseph, 1820; James, 1822; William, 1824; Henry, 1829; and Luke, 1830. Mr. Sharon emigrated to America in 1821, landed at Quebec, whence he removed to Carthage village, in Wilna, where he worked at blacksmithing many years. subsequently locat- ing upon a farm, where he died in 1835. His wife died in 1876. Of their children, Thomas married Mary Keon, had 10 children, located in this town in 1830, and died in Sterlingville in 1871. James married Mary Ann Merrick, had four children, and died in 1882. John resides in Philadelphia and William in Wilna. Henry married Bridget Rowland and died in 1878. Luke married, first, Eliza Swift, and second, Mary Strong, and died December 23, 1888. Mary married Nathaniel Savage in 1837, and they had six children, namely: Elizabeth B., who mar- ried John Main; John A., a lawyer and real estate dealer in Montana; Thomas H., who is em- ployed by the government as Indian agent; Amelia and Charlotte (deceased); and Sarah J., who married John A. Bristol, and has three children, John, Perley, and Louis. John Sharon was a farmer in Sterlingville for several years, was in mercantile business with Luke and James Sharon for about eight years, and in the firm of Sharon & Swift for 10 years. He and his sister, Mrs. Savage, reside in Sterlingville, on Main street.
Robert H. W. Miles, son of Jonathan and Polly (Elmore) Miles, was born in Lorraine, Feb- ruary 4, 1830, and when six years of age came to Philadelphia with his parents. He was edu- cated at Gouverneur and taught school many terms. He married Sarah, daughter of Elias and Leafy (Wilcox) Clark, April 4, 1858, and their children were William C., born in 1860; Mary E., born in 1861, who married, first, George W. Smith, by whom she had a daughter, Grace P., and second, Wendell Chrysler, by whom she has a son and resides in Theresa; Byron J., born in 1863, who resides in Philadelphia; Annie A., born in 1868, who married Walton Blackmer, by whom she has a daughter, Minnie Maude, and resides in Clifton, N. Y .; and William C., who married Rosie A. Blackmer. Mrs. Miles died April 10, 1886. Mr. Miles occu- pies the homestead on road 4.
James Wilson, son of George, was born in Windham, N. H., in 1776, and in 1804 he mar- ried and settled in Rutland, N. Y., where he engaged in farming. He had five sons, namely: James, Jr., of Philadelphia; Simson, who died in this town in 1878; John, who died in Rutland; Clark, who was lost at sea in 1868; and George A., of Fairport, N. Y. James Wilson, Jr., was born in 1805, and was reared upon a farm. He married Wealthy, daughter of Thomas and Lois (Wilson) Wilson, in 1834, and their children were Jane (Mrs. Joseph P. Lawton) and Sarah (Mrs. Edwin Wilson), both of this town. James Wilson resides on road 6. His wife died in 1880. Henry Wilson, son of Samuel, who was a son of George and grandson of Alexander, was born in 1810, and was reared upon a farm. He married Nancy, daughter of Samuel Clark, in 1836, and their children were Cornelia (Mrs. Sidney S. Keyes), Charles P., Edwin, and Francis, all of this town, and Irving, of Atlanta, Ga. Edwin Wilson was born December 17. 1842, and was reared upon a farm. July 4. 1867, he married Sarah, daughter of James and Wealthy (Wilson) Wilson. Henry Wilson located in Philadelphia in 1836. His wife, Nancy,
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died in 1862, and for his second wife he married Sarah Ann Clark, a sister of his first wife. Edwin Wilson is a farmer and occupies the homestead on road 6.
William Allis, Jr., was born in Halifax, Mass., in 1785, and died in 1875. When young he located in Lowville, N. Y., and in 1809 married Betsey, daughter of Aaron and Jemima (Wood) Barber, by whom he had children, namely: Sophia, who married William Bennett and died in 1886; William, who died in 1843; Charles, of Philadelphia; Fanny, born in 1819, who married Truman Oatman in 1840; Betsey, who married A. Demorest; Dexter, who married Catharine Stickles in 1855; John, for many years agent of the R., W. & O. R. R. at Philadelphia, but now of Lowville; and Mary W. (Mrs. Joshua Roberts), of this town. Upon the death of his first wife Mr. Allis married Luey Williston, in 1857. He located in Philadelphia in 1840, on the old Bones homestead. His daughter, Mrs. Joshua Roberts, resides on the old homestead.
Thaddeus Scofield, son of Henry, was born in Saratoga County, N. Y., in 1795. He mar- ried Mary, danghter of Daniel Wood, and they had four sons and four daughters, namely: Sally M., born in 1820, who died in 1831; Earl L., born in 1824, who was drowned in Indian River in 1841; Fanny J., born in 1822, who married J. H. Comstock; Serepta W., born in 1829, who married William Holmes, of Philadelphia; Willet, born in 1831, now a resident of the state of Washington; Daniel H., born February 17, 1834, and Samuel B., born June 22, 1837, who reside in this town; and Eliza A., born in 1840, who married Jonathan Wood, of Washington County, N. Y. Daniel H. Scofield came with his parents to Philadelphia in 1841. He was educated in the district and select schools, and at the age of 16 years engaged as salesman in E. D. Woodward's store, where he remained four years, when he removed to Evans Mills and clerked for A. M. Cooke. He was in business with W. G. Holmes & Bro. 18 years, and with W. G. Holmes several years, when his son William T. became associated with him. He built the Scofield block in 1886. January 4, 1858, he married Eliza A., daughter of William and Prudence (Danforth) York, of Philadelphia, and they have one son and two daughters, namely: Mary Eliza, born in 1860, who married Frank H. Brooks, by whom she has four children, Idella, Edith, William O., and Daniel H .; William T., born April 18, 1862, who mar- ried Grace S., daughter of Otis and Celestine (Ballard) Brooks, September 12, 1882; and Mar- tha Adell, born August 22, 1865, who married Harlan U. McAfee, November 16, 1887, and resides in Gouvernenr. Mr. Scofield is a liberal supporter of the Congregational Church and resides on Antwerp street, in Philadelphia village. Samuel B. Scofield married Fanny Eliz- abeth, daughter of Daniel and Fanny (Taylor) Rogers, January 10, 1860, and their children were Nettie E., who was accidentally burned to death September 19, 1886, aged five years; Lewis W., who died November 13, 1881; Jennie E., who married Fred H. Smith, October 24, 1883, and has two children, Fanny E., born February 12. 1887, and Ruth Mayford, born July 17, 1884; Thaddens, born May 4, 1872. Mr. Scofield is a carpenter and builder, and resides on Mill street, in Philadelphia village.
John H. Comstock, son of Andrew and Sarah (Phelps) Comstock, was born in Albany, N. Y., February 25, 1819. His early life was spent in Galway, Saratoga County, and about 1841 he located in Philadelphia. He married Fanny J., daughter of Thaddeus and Mary (Wood) Scofield, April 6, 1841, and their union was blessed with two sons and two daughters, viz .: Mary Frances, who was born on the homestead, in March, 1844, married William B. Mart, September 23, 1874, and resides at Saratoga Springs; Andrew C. and Earl L., of this town; and Nellie, who married S. C. Kirkbride and resides in Claire, Mich. Andrew C. Comstock was born May 16, 1847, was educated at the common schools, and at the age of 17 years engaged as salesman in the store of Holmes & Scofield. He was also a clerk for Mosher & Tucker, and was subsequently engaged in mercantile business with G. Rouse. He was proprietor of a grist and saw-mill for two years, and in 1876 engaged in the hardware business. Mr. Comstock was postmaster from 1877 to 1884, was supervisor from 1880 until 1888, with the exception of 1881-82, was elected member of Assembly in 1887, and reelected by a plurality of 810 in 1888. He married Mary M., daughter of Robert and Mary (Scott) Melrose, March 29, 1871, and they have had children as follows: Eddie M., who died in 1875, aged two years; Harry M., born December 23, 1878; Grace M., born July 8, 1883; and John N., born September 8, 1885. Mr. Comstock is now engaged in the hardware trade, and resides in his block on Main street, which he built in 1886. Earl L. Comstock was born August 8, 1854. He married Jennie A., daughter of John L. and Ann J. (Terkinton) Thomson. December 27, 1878, and they have three children, namely: Fanny Florence, born February 8, 1880; Anna May, born December 30, 1882;
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and Lewis E., born December 26, 1887. Mr. Comstock bought the Comstock House at the depot in 1881, and occupied the same until 1887, when he engaged in the hardware business with his brother Andrew C. In 1889 he bought the Eagle Hotel, which he now occupies.
Joseph Essington, son of Joseph and Catherine (Kephart) Essington, was born in Penn- sylvania, October 14, 1816. He married Mary, daughter of Robert and Mary A. (Hughs) Allen, in 1842. Their children were Robert A., who married Annis Sterling and resides in Brown- ville; Addison M., who was born December 18, 1845; Catherine, who married Rochester H. Sterling, by whom she has two children, Daniel R. and Mary Annis; Mary Ann, who married Frank P. Richardson and has two children, Harry J. and Fred A .; Henry C., who married Hattie Seamen and has an adopted daughter, Ruth M., and resides in Theresa; Addison, who married Elsie Berdew and has had four children, Frank, Ninna (deceased), Gertie, and Ruth M. Mrs. Elsie Essington died October 12, 1888. Joseph Essington located in Sterling- ville in 1849, where he now resides. He is engaged in lumbering, and is an earnest member of the Methodist Episcopal Church.
Conrad Werner was born in Wachenheim, Germany, in 1831, and about 1860 emigrated to America, first locating in Buffalo, where he remained about a year, when he located in this town and engaged in the manufacture of Limburger cheese. December 20, 1863, he married Sarah Munroe, of this town, who died September 18, 1876. They had three children, namely: Mary Jessie and Hattie Marinda, who were educated in the Potsdam Normal School and are now engaged in teaching, and George P., born January 7, 1871, who is also a teacher. March 9, 1880, Mr. Werner married Annie, daughter of Richard and Delia (Noonan) Maloney, of Carthage, and they had a daughter, Ruth M., born March 5, 1882. Mr. Werner died February 10, 1887. He was a successful business man, pleasant and courteous in disposition, was a deacon of the Congregational Church, and at the time of his death owned a landed estate of 300 acres. Mrs. Werner and family occupy the pleasant homestead in Philadelphia.
Isaac Ford was born in 1752 and died in 1813. His first wife, Martha, born in 1754, died in 1797. Their children were Mary, John, Elijah, Isaac, James, Naomi, Abel, Silas, Betsey, Lydia, Daniel, Sylvia, Warren, Amos, and Patty. His second wife was Abigail Merry and they had four children-Major, Merry, Rhoda, and Sylvia. Isaac Ford, Jr., was born in Albany County, N. Y., in 1788, and was a carpenter by trade. He married Sally, daughter of Adin Hand, and they had three sons and six daughters, namely: William, who died in Michigan in 1876; Betsey, who married Richard Wiggins and died in Michigan in 1840; Sarah, who mar- ried Pliny Corbin and died in Michigan in 1865; Margaret, who married Samuel Wright, is a widow, and resides in Antwerp; Jane and Clara, who died in infancy; Silas, who resides in Philadelphia; Jane, 2d, who married William Lanfier and died in Michigan; and Daniel, who died in Detroit in 1849. Silas Ford was born in Duanesburgh, N. Y., October 4, 1815, and when 10 years of age located in Antwerp. He married Achsalı R., daughter of Quartus and Julia (Gibbs) Brown, in 1842, and they have had three sons and three daughters, namely: Orville, born June 4, 1843, who enlisted in Co. C, 10th N. Y. H. A., and died in the service April 21, 1865, of disease; Henry D., who resides in Philadelphia; Sarah J., born in 1847, who married George Alton, in 1868, and has three children, Jane, George, and Silas; Martha, born in 1849, who married Cyrus Mason, in 1874, and died in 1888; Eliza Ann, born in 1852, who married Frederick Howland, in 1883, and resides in Philadelphia; and Frank, born in 1859, who married Almira H. Conway, in 1878, and has two children, Orville B. and Idell B., and resides in Antwerp. Henry D. Ford was born August 4, 1845, and was reared upon a farm. He married Mary J., daughter of William and Nancy (Carpenter) Kellogg, of Antwerp, in 1867, and they have a daughter, Mattie May, born in 1871. Mr. Ford was a farmer in Antwerp until 1878, when he bought a half interest in the Philadelphia grist and flouring-mill, his succes- sive partners being William McNiel, William J. York, and Solomon Howe, the latter of whom died in 1888. Mrs. Howe and son, with Mr. Ford, now conduct the business. Mr. Ford resides on Mill street.
Richard Swift was born in Ireland in 1807, was reared upon a farm, and at the age of 16 years emigrated to America, landing at Quebec, where he remained one year, when he located in Watertown. In 1837 he married Margaret, daughter of James Kinney, and in the spring of 1838 located in Philadelphia, on a farm near Sterlingville, at the place known as Cattail Cor- ners. His children were Mary Ann, who married Henry Gibbs, by whom she has eight chil- dren, and resides in Dakota; Richard, of this town; John A., who served three years in Co. C,
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10th N. Y. H. A., and now lives in Dakota; James A., who married Essie Moore, of Plessis, and has four children, Berdie, Alice, Lizzie, and Essie; James H., of Wisconsin; Eliza Jane (Mrs. Luke Sharon), who died in 1869; and Margaret (Mrs. Christopher Cain), who has seven chil- dren and resides in Wilna. Richard Swift died in 1880, and his wife in 1870. Richard Swift, Jr., was born December 1, 1839, and spent his early life upon a farm. He learned the carpen- ters' trade, and for many years run a threshing machine. He bought a tract of land in Crog- han, Lewis County, and manufactured large quantities of maple sugar. In 1874 he engaged in mercantile business in Sterlingville, in the firm of Sharon, Swift & Co., and continued about 10 years. He was also extensively engaged in lumbering and building. He owns several farms.
Seeley B. Mather, son of Joshua and Peggy (Gusten) Mather, was born in Schuyler, Herki- mer County, in 1802, and was reared upon a farm. He married Maria, daughter of George and Margaret (Wauful) Salisbury, and their children were Seth M., born in 1838, now of Clay- ton; George S., born in 1843, now of Utica; and De Villo J., born November 18, 1856. Mr. Mather died in Wilna in 1867. De Villo J. Mather lived with his grandfather in Wilna, where he learned the carpenters' trade, subsequently residing in Utica. September 1, 1880, he mar- ried Delia Lydia, daughter of William and Sarah (Smith) Fortune, of Newport, N. Y., and they have two children, Leslie M., born February 2, 1882, and Grace Adaline, born June 17, 1883. Mr. Mather bought the Henry Brown farm of 206 acres, on road 19, in Philadelphia, where he now resides.
Leonard Aldrich, a native of Vermont, married Achsah Tamlin, and was one of the early settlers of Rutland, in this county. He reared three sons and five daughters, most of whom settled in this county. Lewis Aldrich, son of Leonard, was born in 1812, and died In 1875. He married Mary, daughter of John Ellis, and they had five children, namely: Lewis D., who died in infancy; Julia A., who married John H. Overacker, and died in Alexandria in 1888; Martin E., who resides in Philadelphia; Eunice A., who married Lewis C. Dunn; Ellis A., of Rut- land; and Marcus D., who died in 1868, aged 24 years. Martin E. Aldrich was born in Rutland, March 23, 1837, and was educated in Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary and Eastman's Commer- cial College at Rochester. December 29, 1863, he married Ann E., daughter of Erastus and Betsey (Chadwick) Whitney, and they have had six sons and four daughters, namely: Ivie Estelle, born in 1864, who graduated from Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary, class of 1886; Llewellyn M., born in 1867, who also graduated from Wesleyan Seminary, class of 1886, and is now engaged in mercantile business with his father; Duane L., who died in infancy in 1869; May Ella, born in 1872; Burton W., born in 1874; Millie A., born in 1875; Henry M., born in 1877; De Witt C., born in 1878; Effie Anna, born in 1882; and Arthur E., born in 1874. Mr. Aldrich began teaching school in St. Lawrence County, and afterwards taught in the towns of Rutland, Watertown, Philadelphia, and Theresa, this county. He settled and began business in Philadelphia village in March, 1866. He is a merchant and resides on Aldrich street.
Chauncey Hall, son of Peletiah and Abulah (Crook) Hall, was born in Champion in 1815, and died in the village of Philadelphia in 1885. He married Cornelia, daughter of Peter and Abigail (Robinson) Kelner, of Champion, in 1840, and located in Antwerp and engaged in farming. They had five sons and three daughters, namely: Merritt A., born in 1841, who married Jennette Jones, and died in 1884; Clara M., born in 1844, who married William Plato, November 22, 1885; Alvinza F., born in 1845, who married Hannah Corbet and died in Ant- werp in 1873; Amelia C., born in 1847, who married James Nevel, of Antwerp; Charles W., born in 1849, now a resident of Watertown; Lewis C., born in 1851, who died in Antwerp in 1870; Rosell, born in 1853, who married Ella House and resides on the homestead in Ant- werp; and Frances, who died in infancy. Charles W. Hall married Frances A., daughter of George and Abigail (Soper) Webster, December 17, 1876, and is clerk of the Kirby House, in Watertown. Mrs. Cornelia Hall resides with her daughter, Mrs. Plato, on Antwerp street, in Philadelphia village.
Russell Washburn, son on Nehemiah and Betsey (Edwards) Washburn, was born in Ley- den, Mass., in 1807. When 18 years of age he came to Antwerp and learned the shoemakers" trade. In 1830 he married Amy, daughter of Thomas Weeks, and they had four sons, namely: Hiram, who died at the age of 21 years; Horace, who married Mary A. Carpenter and resides in Gouverneur; George, who resides in this town; and Henry, who was twice married, had three children, and died in Antwerp in 1879. George Washburn was born in Antwerp in 1837, and
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