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In the year 1877 the charge was again reunited with
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Fort Covington charge, having been by removals and deaths reduced to only 22 members.
A glorious work of grace in the fall of 1877, under the labors of W. R. Helms, made a large addition to the meni- bership, and in a few months the membership increased by conversions and reached 57, at which figure it now stands.
ST. PATRICK'S (ROMAN CATHOLIC) CHURCH.
This was the first Roman Catholic Church organized in . Franklin County. The church edifice was erected in 1834 by Rev. Father John McNulty, and the same is now used for a Catholic school. The present church was crected in 1876, under the administration of Rev. Father Thomas E. Welch. Among the pastors who have officiated for this church have been the following: John McNulty, James Kavanaugh, Thomas Kavanaugh, Shean McGuinn, Dr. De Lucca, Thomas E. Welch, and Father Brown. The church is very large, and is in a prosperous condition.
In connection with this church is the convent of the Sis- ters of Mercy, which is nearly completed, and, when fin- ished, the school now being held in the old church will be removed thereto.
METIIODIST EPISCOPAL CHURCH, IIOGANSBURGH.
This is a mission church, established in about the year 1850. Among its pastors have been Rev. J. P. Jennings, R. E. King, - Taylor, - Brown, and Thomas La- forte. The present pastor, Thomas Laforte, is an Indian, the first and only one the church has had. He preaches in the Indian language.
ST. JAMES' (EPISCOPAL) CIIURCH.
The famous Eleazer Williams, the reputed Bourbon (Louis XVII.), was an Episcopalian and a missionary here as early as 1835. William Hogan was also an earnest churchman, and commenced the erection of a large church edifice in the eastern part of the village, but it was never completed. Mr. Williams left Hogansburgh in 1841, but subsequently returned, and died here in 1858. Mr. Wil- liams was established here as a missionary under the ad- ministration of Bishop Wainwright, Bishop of New York, chiefly through the instrumentality of Rev. John Hanson. When Bishop Potter visited the church a few years later he dropped the missionary stipend, and no church services were held here from 1854 until 1870, when the mission was re-established by the Rev. Mr. Stewart, at that time rector of St. Mark's Church, Malone.
The first warden was Alfred Fulton, the present incum- bent ; the first clerk and treasurer was Gurdon S. Mills, who still holds the office; the rectors since the re-establish- ment of the mission have been Rev. Mr. Boone, W. S. Hayward, and J. N. T. Goss, the present rector.
The church edifice was built in 1873, at a cost of about $3500. It is pleasantly located, and is a neat and substan- tial structurc.
CIVIL HISTORY.
Bombay was formed from Fort Covington, March 30, 1833, and named by William Hogan. It was derived from Bombay, a city of the East Indies, from the fact that Mr. Hogan's wife had resided at that place.
The records of the town were destroyed by fire in 1870 ; hence we are unable to give a complete civil list of the town. The following is a list of supervisors from the organization of the town to 1852, as compiled by Dr. Hough, and published by him in 1853 :
1833-34, Wilson Randall; 1835-37, Amherst K. Williams; 1838-39, John S. Eldridge ; 1840-41, Elias Bowker; 1842-43, Elvin K. Smith ; 1844, Amasa Townsend; 1845, Elias Bowker; 1846-47, A. Townsend; 1848, Charles Russell; 1849-50, Jacob G. Rey- nolds ; 1851, C. Russell ; 1852, J. G. Reynolds.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.
SAMUEL BARLOW.
This gentleman is a son of Thomas Barlow (son of George), who emigrated to this country from Manchester, England, about the year 1825 or 1826, and located in Whitesborough, N. Y. He brought with him his wife, whose maiden name was Elizabeth Heap, and seven of his children, namely, John, Ann, Eliza, William, Mary, Samuel, and James. Charles, Caroline, and Elizabeth were born in this country. John resides at Brasher, St. Law- rence Co. ; Ann is the widow of Henry Quonce, of Oswego ; Eliza is the wife of Daniel Hoag, of Brasher; William oc- cupies the old homestead in Brasher; Mary is the wife of Alexander Sears, of Bombay ; James resides in St. Paul, Minn. ; Charles resides in Brasher; Caroline is the wife of Gideon St. Denis, of Minncha, Sedgwick Co., Kan .; Elizabeth is the wife of Julius St. Denis, of Brasher Falls, St. Lawrence Co., N. Y.
Thomas Barlow, after remaining in Whitesborough for a time, removed to Marcy, N. Y., where he engaged in farm- ing two or three years ; finally settling in Brasher, St. Law- rence Co., N. Y., in the year 1836. Here he engaged in farming until the year 1854, in the spring of which year he removed to Ilogansburgh, Franklin Co., N. Y. At this place he operated a grist- and saw-mill for a number of years, at first in company with James and Mary Ann Oliver, and subsequently alone. He continued in that occupation until his death on June 7, 1878, aged cighty-seven.
Samuel Barlow, the subject of these lines, was born in Manchester, England, on Nov. 6, 1823, and was brought to this country by his father when a mere child. He passed his early life at home, and in attendance upon the district schools of his day. He subsequently attended a select school, and, still later, the academy at Fort Covington, Franklin Co. At the age of twenty-one he entered upon the active duties of life by tilling the home-farm on shares for about three years. He then removed to Chicago, and engaged in the clothing business at that place for six or eight months. He then located at Toledo, Ohio, where he had an eating-saloon. After less than a year he went to New Orleans, La., and finally, in 1852, turned up in Cali- fornia and Oregon, where he engaged in mining for about a year, meeting with. considerable success. In the fall of 1853 he returned to Brasher Falls, St. Lawrence Co., and in the following spring was united in marriage to Martha McElwain, his present wife.
SAMUEL BARLOW.
RESIDENCE OF SAMUEL BARLOW, BOMBAY, FRANKLIN CO., N. Y.
GEORGE L. SARGEANT.
MRS. GEORGE L. SARGEANT.
GEORGE L. SARGEANT.
George L. Sargeant was born in the town of Brattleboro', Vt., Dec. 17, 1814, and was the eldest son of Alexander and Clarissa (Adams) Sargeant.
Alexander Sargeant was a farmer, in good circumstances. He came to this (Franklin) county, and settled on the farm now owned by his son George as early as the year 1823, when the country was new, covered with dense woods, the home of the wild beast. Purchasing a tract of one hundred and six acres, he set himself to work to clear it, and had the satisfaction of bringing it to a good state of cultivation before his death, in 1861.
Alexander Sargeant was a Whig, but after the formation of the Republican party he joined it. He never sought office, but performed cheerfully and ably the duties of the offices to which his fellow-townsmen called him. He was supervisor of his town.
George L. Sergeant remained with his father till twenty- one years of age, and then went to Gardner, Mass., and engaged in chair-making, remaining there three years. Re- turning to New York, he was married to Arvilla, youngest daughter of Josiah Hastings, of Chesterfield, N. H., Jan. 1, 1839. Their children have been two,-De Forest, who was a soldier in Company H, 142d New York Volunteers, enlisting as a private, serving three years, and coming home as first lieutenant. He was married to Ann Joncs, of Ban- gor, Franklin Co., N. Y. He died Feb. 8, 1872. Marrion
F. was born Aug. 31, 1842; was married, Nov. 27, 1867, to George H. Taylor, of Brandon. The issue of this mar- riage were two children,-Edgar A. and De Forest G. Mr. Taylor was a farmer. He died June 3, 1876. Mr. and Mrs. Sargeant adopted Ella J. McNassar at the age of thir- teen, and she married Isaac P. Carpenter Feb. 22, 1875. He is the present town clerk.
George L. Sargeant, after his marriage, bought a farm in Parishville, St. Lawrence Co., and engaged in farming. Selling this farm at the end of three years, he returned to Franklin County, where he remained two years with his father on the farm. About this time he accepted the posi- tion of guard at the Clinton State Prison, doing keeper's duty, however, for the greater part of six years.
At the expiration of this time he moved to Saranac, Clin- ton Co., and followed farming for one year, moving from there to Schuyler Falls, and for the next three years carried on the business of sash- and blind-making. His place of business burning, he moved to Peru from Schuyler Falls, and for the next two years followed farming. From Peru he went to Chazy, and kept hotel in that place for one year, and then took up the business of carpenter and joiner. Return- ing to Brandon, he took up his residence with his father, who was growing infirm, caring for him and home during his lifetime, and, after his father's death, purchasing the homestead from the heirs, has continued to live there.
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In the year 1854, Mr. Barlow located at Hogansburgh, Franklin Co., N. Y., and engaged in the mercantile busi- ness for about twelve years. He then purchased his pres- ent farm of Avery Campbell, and engaged in farming. At the same time he operated the grist- and saw-mill at that point, until its transfer in the spring of 1870 to Mills & Folsom. Since that time he has engaged strictly in farm- ing an excellent farm of two hundred and sixty-four acres. His residence and farm-buildings are among the most at- traetive and pleasing in the county,-a sketch of which appears elsewhere. Mr. Barlow has never been active in political or publie affairs, but is recognized as one of the most substantial and respected citizens of the town of Bombay.
The MeElwain family, from which Mrs. Barlow sprang, are from the north of Ireland. John and George McElwain, half-brothers, eame to this country at the opening of the present century. John was a young man, unmarried, and located in the town of Argyle, Washington Co., where he engaged in hotel-keeping. There he married Martha, daughter of Robert MeCarter. He finally settled in Fort Covington, Franklin Co., near the present residence of Samuel MeElwain. Here he engaged in farming, and raised a family of six children, viz., Elizabeth, Jane, John, Martha, George, and Emily. Of these children, Jane and Martha alone survive; Jane being the wife of Samuel MeElwain. John MeElwain died April 29, 1875, nearly ninety-four years of age. His wife died in the fall of 1841.
Martha became the wife of Samuel Barlow in April, 1854. Four ehildren have been born to the union, namely, James, Allison, Lyman, and Martha Etta. James is a farmer at Kelseyville, Lake Co., Cal. ; Allison is a member of the mercantile firm of Mills & Barlow at Hogansburgh ; Lyman died July 15, 1871, in his fourteenth year ; and Martha E. resides at home.
CHAPTER LXXXIV.
BRANDON.
Geographical-Topographical-Early Settlers-Civil History-First Town-Meeting-Officers Elected-Supervisors from Organization of Town to 1880-Present Town Officers-Military Record.
BRANDON lies west of the centre of the county, and em- braces a territory from six to eight miles wide and forty- seven miles in length, extending to the south border of the county.
It is bounded as follows : On the north by Bangor; on the east by Malone, Duane, Brighton, and Harrietstown ; on the south by Hamilton and Essex Counties; and on the west by Diekinson. The surface in the northern part is moderately hilly, while in the south it is mountainous and unfit for cultivation.
The town is watered by thic Little Salmon, Deer, East branch of the St. Regis and Raquette Rivers, all flowing in a northwesterly direction. The soil is generally light and sandy.
Brandon was named from Brandon, Vt., and embraces the territory of " St. Patrick," " Westerly," " Enuis," " Gil-
christ," " Margate," "Killarney," and " Cove Hill," or num- bers 8, 12, 14, 17, 20, 23, and 26 of Great Traet No. 1.
The settlement of the town is mostly confined to the northern part. The southern part comprises a portion of the famous Adirondack region, which is notiecd elsewhere in this work, and to which the reader is referred.
The first settlements were made in 1820, by Josiah Hastings, John Thomas, Luther Taylor, Aaron Conger, and Wilson Spooner. These sturdy pioneers were followed in 1821 by Andrew and Henry Stevens, Levi Conger, G. W. Taylor, Daniel K. Davis, Clark Adams, Jonathan H. Farr, and Orrin Wellington. In 1822, ten, and in 1823 eight, families moved into town.
No. 23, or Killarney, is thus spoken of in the survey made in 1799:
" The Indian line of navigation from Lake Champlain to Hudson River, Rachette River, Black River, and Lake Ontario les through this town (No. 23, Traet No. 1) by a path from Saranae Lake to a small lake on a branch of the river Rachette, and is much used by the various tribes thereon." It is marked as the " Indian Pass" on many of the original maps.
CIVIL HISTORY.
Brandon was set off Bangor, Jan. 28, 1828, and included all that part of the town south of No. 5, in Great Traet No. 1, of Macomb's purchase.
The first town-meeting was held at the house of Elijah Prentiss, and the following officers were chosen : Super- visor, Heury Stevens, Jr. ; Town Clerk, Jonathan H. Farr; Assessors, Shubert Hastings, Elijah Prentiss ; Collector, Jonathan Hastings ; Poormasters, Josiah Hastings, Isaac Joy; Commissioners of Highways, George Austin, Clark Adams, Rufus Whitney ; Constables, Jonathan Hastings and Royal Whitman ; Commissioners of Common Schools, Andrew Stevens, Joseph Thomas, Thomas Wells ; Fenee- Viewers, James Wells, Ezekiel Hildreth, and Calvin Carr ; Overseers of Highways, Peter H. Higgins, Ira Ewings, Thomas Wells, Joseph Thomas, and Peter Wilson.
At this meeting $250 were voted for highways.
At a special town-meeting held Dee. 10, 1830, a vote was taken and carried that the poor-money should be applied to pay the resident taxes in the year 1830.
A vote was also taken that the overseers of the poor should eolleet the poor-money without delay, and pay it over to the collector of the said town of Brandon, and that the remainder of the poor-money, after paying the resident taxes, is to apply towards paying the overseers of the poor for their services in 1830. This action was taken after the adoption of the poor-house system, when-the poor being otherwise provided for-the towns were allowed to specify the object for which the poor-fund that had previously accumulated could be applied.
The following is a list of supervisors of Brandon from the organization of the town, in 1828, to 1880 :
SUPERVISORS.
1828-31, Henry Stephens, Jr .; 1832-33, Jounthan HI. Farr: 1834, Henry Stephens, Jr. ; 1835-36, J. Il. Farr; 1837, Jason Baker; 1838, James Il. Holland ; 1839-40, Il. Stephens, Jr. ; 1811, J. Il. Holland; 1842, G. Hastings; 1843-44, Henry Stephens; 1815- 46, Alexander Sergeant; 1817-48, J. Il. Holland ; 1819-50, J.
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Baker; 1851-52, J. II. Farr; 1853-54, Jason Baker; 1855-56, George W. Fletcher; 1857, Henry Whitman ; 1858-59, Henry Y. Tarbell; 1860-61, Shubel Hastings; 1862-63, Henry Whitman ; 1864-65, Nathan O. Adams; 1866, James Spooner; 1867-75, George W. Fletcher; 1876-79, Orson L. Reynolds.
The present (1879) officers are as follows : Supervisor, Orson L. Reynolds; Town Clerk, Gustine W. Adams ; Collector, George W. Barlow ; Commissioner of Highways, Oliver W. Smith ; Assessor, Patrick Hogan ; Justice of the Peace (full term), James Jemason ; Justice of the Peace (to fill vacancy), Marshall Haywood; Town Auditors, John Dunn, Franeis O'Connell ; Constables, Julius Pierce, James C. Orvis, Thomas MeNasser, Clark Mulholland, John Cox ; Overseers of the Poor, Joseph C. Orvis, George L. Sargeant ; Inspectors of Election, Philo Esseltine, James O'Connell; Game Constable, Robert Cox.
MILITARY RECORD.
The following is a list of those who enlisted from this town in the -late war of the Rebellion, as compiled by C. D. Shattuck, in 1865 :
C. N. Shattuck, Co. K, 142d Regt .; enl. Ang. 22, 1862.
Orrin Smith, Co. A, 11th Cav .; enl. Dec. 27, 1863.
Geo. W. Holland, Co. C, 83d Regt .; drafted July 14, 1863; re-enl. Co. I, 26th Regt .; enl. Feb. 16, 1865.
Thos. C. Holland, Co. I, 15th Regt .; enl. Sept. 2, 1864. Clark Haywood, Co. G, 11th Regt. ; enl, Dec. 27, 1863. Rufus I. Harvey, Co. II, 142d Regt. ; enl. Aug. 27, 1862. Orrin J. Lawrence, Co, E, 6th Regt .; enl. Sept. 2, 1864.
L. K. Hutchins, Co. D, 142d Regt .; supposed to be killed. Alfred Farr, Co. II, 142d Regt .; enl. Aug. 27, 1862.
Carlos Farr, Co. II, 142d Regt .; enl. Aug. 27, 1862.
D. D. Davis, Co. B, 14th H. Art .; enl. Dec. 26, 1863; mortally wounded at battle of Fort Stedman ; died April 10, 1865. Henry H. Davis, Co. C, 14th II. Art .; enl. Dec. 26, 1863. E. C. Adams, Co. II, 142d Regt .; enl. Ang. 27, 1862, Wm. Bowles, Co. G, 98th Regt .; enl. Oct. 20, 1861. G. I. Fisk, Co. B, 97th Regt .; drafted July 14, 1863. E. A. Larkins, Co. F, 1420 Regt .; enl. Ang. 12, 1862. J. Beem, Co. G, 98th Regt .; enl. Oct, 16, 1861, Daniel Tarbell, Co. A, 14th Regt .; enl. Oct. 18, 1861. Amos Allen, Co. G, 83dl Regt .; drafted July 14, 1863. Uri T. Wairt, Co. F, 142d Regt .; enl. Ang. 30, 1862. G. W. Adams, Co. G, 98th Regt .; enl. Oct. 27, 1861. J. II. Gott, Co. II, 142d Regt .; enl. Aug. 27, 1862. Deforest Sargeant, Co. H, 142d Regt .; enl. Ang. 27, 1862. Wm. W. Wells, Co. II, 142d Regt .; enl. Aug. 27, 1862. Geo. O'Connell, Co. I, 26th Regt .; enl. Feb. 8, 1865.
J. II. Wells, Co. G, 98th Regt .; enl. Oct. 20, 1861; dicd May 18, 1862. Geo. Fulton, Co. F, 6th II. Art. ; enl. Sept. 5, 1864. Samuel Wright, enl. Ang. 8, 1864.
Oliver Wood, 6th HI. Art .; enl. Jan, 2, 1864.
John S. Carr, 14th H. Art .; enl. Jan. 1, 1864; died July 30, 1864, of wounds re- ceived at Petersburg.
R. M. Slotts, Co. C, 14th H. Art .; enl. Jan. 4, 1864. Joseph Thomas, Jr , Co. F, 142d Regt .; enl. Aug. 12, 1862.
Jonathan Thomas, Co. F, 98th Regt .; enl. October, 1861.
Elias Bradley, Co. F, 142d Regt. ; enl. Aug. 12, 1862. Isaac Bradley, Co. F, 142d Regt .; enl. Aug. 12, 1862 ; died Sept. 11, 1863. W'm. Emery, Jr., died Nov. 3, 1864. Henry C. Pritchard, Co. II, 106th Regt. ; enl. July 22, 1862.
J. II. Moore, Co. I, 6th Regt. ; enl. Sept. 2, 1864.
Jolın Martin, Jr., Co. G, 98th Regt .; eul. Oct. 25, 1861.
Corydon Persons, Co. L, 6th II. Art. ; enl. Sept. 2, 1864. Francis Stacey, Co. G, 98th Regt .; enl. Oct. 16, 1861. Amherst T. Stewart, Co. I, 16th Regt .; enl. April 26, 1861. Wm. C. Beterly, Co. F, 142d Regt .; enl. Aug. 27, 1862. Stephen Barrett, Co. E, 6th H. Art .; enl. Sept. 3, 1864. Iloratio Meurs, Co. A, 11th Cav .; enl. Dec. 25, 1863. Geo. W. Thompson, Co. E, 6th H. Art .; enl. Sept. 5, 1864; died Feb. 6, 1865. Wallace A. Bickford, Co. B, 8th Cav .; enl. Sept. 5, 1864. Edward Wells, Co. II, 142d Regt .; enl. Aug. 27, 1862.
H. C. Smith, Co. D, 98tl Regt .; en1. Aug. 25, 1864 ; mortally wounded at Cha- pin's Farm, Sept. 30, 1864.
Wm. Nelson, Co. HI, 142d Regt .; enl. Aug. 27, 1862. Albert Parkins, Co. B, 11th Cav .; enl. Aug. 26, 1864. John Donihee, Co. D, 142d Regt. ; enl. April 15, 1864.
HI. L. Bromley, Co. G, 193d Regt. ; enl. March 11, 1865; died May 24, 1865.
W. D. Hildreth, Co. G, 98th Regt .; enl. Oct. 21, 1861. W. I. Hildreth, Co. G, 193d Regt .; enl. March 11, 1865. Jolin Moron, Co. G, 106th Regt. ; enl. Aug. 12, 1862.
Emery Farris, Co. G, 11th Regt .; enl. Dec. 25, 1863; died March 30, 1865. Thos. Mullholland, Co, E, 60th Regt .; enl. Sept. 10, 1861. Isaac Lampman, Co. C, 26th Regt. ; enl. Feb. 15, 1865. Chester Barrett, Co. G, 98th Regt .; enl. Feb. 21, 1862. Peter Lampman, Co. G, 98th Regt .; enl. Oct. 15, 1861. Dana Adams, Co. G, 98th Regt .; enl. Nov. 28, 1861. Whitmore Barrett, Co. G, 98th Regt .; enl. Nov. 6, 1861. S. C. Collens, died Jan. 30, 1865.
James Coyne, Co. I, 16th Regt. ; enl. April 22, 1861.
Enlisted from Brandon and credited to other towns .- Oliver Smith, Horace Barrett, James Danhee, Henry Eaton, John Wright, Truman Selich, D. Sweeny, Geo. I. Ackerson, Wmn. Johnson, Geo. W. Barlow, Fayette Erathies, Chas. Chase, Warren Davenport, Edward Keenan, Lorenzo Chase, L. Ellis, J. Cavenaugh, Martin Cavenaugh, Moses Colomark, Wm. Roderick, John Watson, W. Barber, Chas. Miller, Lewis Miller, O. Beterly, John Curtis, Louis Wheeler, James Carr, James Coyne, Joseph Coyne, Chas. Barlow, Chas. M. Corry, and Edward Danihee.
CHAPTER LXXXV.
BURKE.
Geographieal and Descriptive-Natural Features-Early Settlement and Settlers-Public-Houses-Stores-Physicians-Roads-Rail- roads-Men of Prominence - Civil Organization - First Town- Meeting-First Offleers-Supervisors and Clerks, 1844-79-Offi- eers, 1879 -Statistical -- Villages and Hamlets - Burke Depot -Burke Centre - Thayer's Corners - North Burke - Schools- Churches-Presbyterian-Baptist - Methodist-Free-Will Baptist -Wesleyan Methodist- Catholic-Burial-Places-Inscriptions -- Industrial Pursuits-Military Record-Soldiers, 1864.
GEOGRAPHICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.
THIS town lies on the north border of Franklin County, east of the centre. Its northern boundary, as well as that of the State of New York, is the province of Quebee, in the Dominion of Canada, and its southern the town of Bel- mont, Franklin Co. On the east lies the mother-town of Chateaugay, and on the west Constable and Malone, both in the same eounty. The superficial area of the town is 26,154 acres, and the population, as given in the eensus of 1875, is 2115.
NATURAL FEATURES.
The surface of the town is undulating, and inclines slightly to the north. The soil is clay, sand, and loam, and possesses fair productive qualities. Along the north border is a considerable swamp. There are no elevations worthy of special mention.
Trout River enters the town at the southeast corner, and flows in a northwesterly course through the town, furnish- ing several exeellent water privileges, which were early utilized. Little Trout River also flows through the town. Besides these streams, a number of small brooks exist in the town. Chateaugay River passes through the extreme northeastern corner of the town.
EARLY SETTLEMENT AND SETTLERS.
Settlements were made within the town among the first in the county. No sooner had the old Military turnpike come in use than the adventurous pioneers from Vermont began to come in with their meagre supply of worldly goods and large families, to select and purchase lands, make small improvements, and to arrange for a permanent settlement. The first of these pioneers was Jehial Barnum, of Monk- ton, Vt., and who was a native of Hartford, Conn. He
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came during the period from 1796 to 1798, and located where Levi J. Looker now resides, where he took up a large traet of land. He raised a large family, of whom a daughter, Charlotte, married Joseph Goodspeed, also an early and influential settler in the town. She still resides in town, a widow. His son, Harry Barnum, was the first child born in town, and was for many years a prominent resident of the town.
Noah Lee came in soon after, and built a log house between the upper and lower turnpikes. He subsequently removed to Bangor.
John Allen lived at an early day in the east part of the town.
Azar Hawks settled prior to 1800 on the north road to Fort Covington. He raised a large family.
Gilbert Reynolds settled at a very early day where Ansel Pond resides. The family is not now represented in town.
Israel Thayer came from Amherst, Mass., prior to the year 1800. He remained three years, chopping and elear- ing land, and took up 160 aeres of land, which he carned by jobbing. He then returned to Massachusetts, married, and, bringing his wife back to town, erected a log house where Smith P. Thayer, his son, now resides. He had eight children, of whom five were boys. Of these, Waleott A. and Smith P. are aged citizens in town. Two reside in Minnesota, one in Illinois, and one in Gouverneur.
Simeon Reed settled prior to 1800 on the road leading to Fort Covington. He resided where Mr. Sauls now lives.
Joshua Nichols came in early, and was first judge of the county in 1815. His son, Solon I. Nichols, also re- sided early in the town, but now lives in the western part of the State.
Dr. Stephen F. Morse settled early on the south turn- pike or Fort Covington road. He engaged in farming as well as the practice of his profession. He raised quite a family, and died Jan. 21, 1871.
Moses Egglestine settled early on the south turnpike. He remained a good many years in town, and raised a family, of whom none reside in town.
Justin Day was an old settler where John Kane now resides in Chateaugay. He became a prominent settler, and raised a good family. Nathaniel, his son, resided in town many years, died in Malone, and is buried in Burke. Justin, Jr., passed his life in Chateaugay. Orad died in Wisconsin.
James Brewer was an early settler in the town on the north turnpike, about two miles west of Thayer's Corners.
John Newton lived at an early day three miles west of Thayer's Corners. Winthrop, William, Ziba, and Samuel were brothers, and all settled in town. Their father's name is not recalled definitely, but is presumed to have been Jona.
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