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" This resolution was unanimously adopted on Aug. 10, 1816. The
* See view elsewhere.
Howard & Co., Plattsburgh.
James J. Barnas Jeremiah Barnes
JAMES F. BARNES,
son of Jeremiah and Mary Barnes, was born in Beek- mantown Jnly 4, 1832.
Jeremiah Barnes, Sr., was a native of Long Island, born in 1756, married Plebe Schelinger, by whom the following children were borne, viz. : Jeremialı, Jr., Jonathan, Fanny, Maria, Hannah, Horace, Henry, and Betsey,-all of whom had families and are now dead.
Mrs. Phebe S. Barnes was born in Lanesborough, Mass., in 1760, and died Feb. 10, 1827, in Beek- mantown. Mr. Barnes, Sr., came to Beekmantown in 1809 ; was a farmer ; in politics a Whig. He died Aug. 24, 1840.
Jeremiah Barnes, Jr., was born in Richmond, Mass., Oet. 19, 1785, and removed to Beekmantown, then a part of Plattsburgh, in 1809, settling on a place near the present residence of his son, residing in the immediate vicinity a period of almost seventy consecutive years.
Being at mature manhood at the time of the battle of Plattsburgh, Mr. Barnes took an active part in the same, being a sergeant in Captain Sherry's Com- pany. This company held an advanced position in the direction of Chazy, was the first attacked, fight- ing as they fell back toward Plattsburgh.
He was one of the very few who died of old age. He retained all of his faculties (except hearing), to a remarkable degree, almost to the day of his death, when the light of life went out like a taper that is fully burned. With no special disease, and no ap- parent pain, he quietly fell asleep. His deatlı, like his life, was calm and serene. He lived a very ex- emplary life. He was ever mindful of the poor and needy, and none in want ever went empty from his door.
He married Mary Farnsworth June 7, 1831. She was born in Beekmantown Oct. 31, 1801, and died
April 8, 1875. Her parents were among the early settlers of Beekmantown. They had four children, viz .: James F., Phebe M., Jeremiah, and Charles A., -all of whom are dead, except the eldest. In poli- ties Mr. Barnes was a life-long Whig and Republican. He held various town offices to the satisfaction of his constituents. He died Aug. 23, 1879, aged ninety- four years.
James F. received a common-school and academie education at Plattsburgh. He taught school for six winters while a young man. He is one of the rep- resentative men and farmers of Beekmantown. His farm consists of three hundred and fifty aeres of well- improved land, on which are some of the best farm buildings on the State road. He bought his present home farm in April, 1857, and located on it in 1861. He has made nearly all the improvements on it, a view of which may be seen elsewhere. He married Susan B., danghter of John and Sarah Diekinson, of Benson, Vt., Nov. 5, 1857. She was born in Benson, Vt., Oct. 1, 1836. Her parents were natives of Pittsfield, Mass., and settled at Benson, Vt., at an early day. Mr. Diekinson was a member of the Leg- islature of the State of Vermont for several years, and a leading man generally of his town and connty.
Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Barnes the follow- ing children were born, viz. : Jeremiah M., born July 17, 1859 ; James L., born Ang. 12, 1861; and Famy M., born Dec. 20, 1863.
Mr. Barnes, like his honored father and grand- father, is a staunch Republican. He has been justice of the peace for fourteen consecutive years, and in- spector of eleetions for several years. He is often a delegate to town and conuty conventions. He is a temperance man, and for a great many years he and his wife have been members of the Presbyterian Church of Beekmantown.
RESIDENCE OF · JAMES F. BAINS
ES, BEEKMANTOWN, CLINTON CO., N. Y.
PHOTOS , BY BIGELOW.
NATHAN MASON.
MRS. NATHAN MASON .
Nathan Mason, son of Aaron Mason, was born in the town of Plattsburgh, now Schuyler Falls, Aug. 4, 1808.
His father, Aaron, was born in Massachusetts June 1, 1748, married Lydia Aldridge, by whom he liad nine children, viz. : Ondly, Innocence, Dolly, Da- rius, Lydia, Aaron, Mary, and two other children. Of this family none are now living. Mr. Mason settled in Manchester, Vt., where he married for his second wife Chloe Baker, by whom he had a family of nine cliil- dren, of whom the subject of our sketch is the youngest. Names of children are as follows: Joseph, Chloe, Eliakin, John, Lydia, Maria, Thomas, Delia, and Nathan, all of whom are dead except the two youngest. Aaron Mason was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was engaged in the battle of Bunker Hill. He was a life-long Democrat. He settled on Mason Street, Schuyler Falls, then Plattsburgh, Clinton Co., N. Y., in 1806 ; was then engaged as a farmer. His wife died in 1813. In 1832 Mr. Mason removed to the town of Clayton, Jefferson Co., N. Y., where he died in July, 1837.
Nathan Mason was reared on the farm, and he has continued to follow the agricultural business until the present with great success.
During the years from 1831 to 1833 he was in the town of Peru, where he became acquainted with his estimable wife, Saphronia Clark, and married her April 7, 1831: She was the third daughter of Solomon and
Patience Weaver Clark, and was born in Peru, April 15, 1812. Her grandfather, Edmond Clark, was a native of Connecticut, and at an early day settled at Wallingford, Vt., and came thence to Peru, where he purchased seven hundred acres of land. His wife was Lois Jackson, by whom he had a family of nine chil- 'dren, of whom Solomon was one. Solomon married Patience Weaver, and had ten children, eight daughters and two sons. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. He died in his eighty-seventh year.
Mr. Mason settled in Beekmantown in March, 1833. He commenced life poor, and to-day is one of the large and intelligent farmers of Beekmantown. He has a fine farm, with good buildings, a view of which, and portraits of himself and wife, are in this work.
Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Nathan Mason four children were born, viz .: Adelia (deceased), Silas C., Leroy W. (deceased), and Saphronia E. (deceased). Silas C. Mason received his education at. Union College; married Julia, daughter of Samuel Anderson, of Beek- mantown, by whom he has three living children. He has been supervisor of Beekmantown several terms. In politics a Republican. Nathan Mason taught school several terms when young, and has held minor town offices. He has always been a Democrat.
Mr. and Mrs. Mason are members of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Mr. Mason is au esteemed citizen and an honest man.
RESIDENCE OF NATHAN . MASON, BEEKMANTOWN, CLINTON CO., N. Y.
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request of the membors aforesaid, and the vote of the session granting it, were reported to the Presbytery of Champlain at their session on the first Tuesday of February, 1817, at Malonc. The Presbytery unanimously approved of the proceedings aforesaid, and ordered them to be carried into effect.
" On Thursday, the 27th of February, 1817, the members of the church in Beekmantown met. They resolved that Ezekiel Hubbard and Jouathan Scribuer, being elders in the First Church should as of course be elders in the Second. In addition to them, they chose Chas. Marsh, Esq., Geo. McFadden, and Dr. Baruch Beckwith to be elders. And they also chose Philip B. Roberts and Elder Charles Marsh to be clerks ; and Capt. Eben Mix and David Howes to be deacons of the new church. They voted that the confession of faith and covenant used be the same as of the First Church. [Here are copied the con- fession and covenant.]
"The members resolved that Thursday, the 13th of March, 1817, should be the day for the ordination of the elders and the deacons, and the setting up of the church among them, and that the ordinance of the Lord's Supper should be administered to them at that time, and that the Rev. Joel Byington, of Chazy, and Rev. Asaph Morgan, of Essex, Vt., shall be invited to attend.
" All of the before-mentioned transactions took place with perfect Christian accord. 'Behold how good and how pleasant it is for brethren to dwell together in unity.' May God in mercy and grace preserve this vine, and build a hedge about it and water it, that it may flourish and shoot forth many branches and bring forth fruit to life everlasting !
" Attest : NATHANIEL HEWITT, "Pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Plattsburgh. " PLATTSBURGH, March 13, 1817."
The following is a complete list of the original members transferred from the First to the Second Presbyterian Church, with the date that they united with the former. It will be observed that the most of them date the beginning of their church membership, and probably their religious life, in 1816, the year previous to the formation of the new church : Ezekiel Hubbard, October, 1797 ; Mary, his wife, September, 1816; Jonathan Scribner, 1806 ; Deborah, his wife, 1801; George McFadden, 1810; Sarah, his wife, December, 1816; Charles Marsh, September, 1816; Martha, his wife, September, 1816; Baruch Beckwith, August, 1816 ; Lucy, his wife, August, 1816; Eben Mix, 1804; Drucilla, his wife, September, 1816; David Howes, Sep- tember, 1816; Sarah, his wife, December, 1816; John Smith, December, 1816; Ruth, his wife, March, 1802; Roswell Barber, September, 1816; Hester, his wife, Sep- tember, 1816; Isaac Hewit, December, 1816; Lydia, his wife, December, 1816 ; William Dominy, December, 1816; Catharine, his wife, December, 1816 ; Ira B. Allen, Sep- tember, 1816 ; Zerviah, his wife, December, 1816; Nehe- miah L. Larkin, September, 1816; Christiana, his wife, September, 1816; Ebenezer Allen, December, 1816; Ex- perience, his wife, December, 1816; John Hubbard, Sep- tember, 1816; Rhoda, his wife, December, 1816; Ebene- zer Hubbard, September, 1816; Ruamma, his wife, De- cember, 1816 ; Hiramn Larkin, September, 1816; John Larkin, December, 1816; Joel Smith, December, 1816 ; Abraham Scribner, September, 1816; John Smith, Jr., De- cember, 1816 ; Augustin Smith, December, 1816 ; John H. Douglass, December, 1816 ; Hiram Allen, December, 1816; Jonathan Scribner, Jr., December, 1816 ; Thadeus De Wolf, December, 1816 ; Redman . Scott, December, 1816; Row- land S. Garritt, September, 1816 ; Loring Frost, December, 1816; Sarah Larkin, December, 1816; Laura Larkin, December, 1816 ; Joanna Allen, December, 1816; Mary
Baker, August, 1816; Lydia Lewis, May, 1816; Chloe Garritt, December, 1816; Phoebe Wood, December, 1816 ; Olive Stiles, December, 1816; Chloe Marsh, December, 1816; Rebecca Geer, December, 1816; Rhoda Dominy, December, 1816; Nancy Dominy, December, 1816; Abi- gail M. Bosworth, December, 1816; Minerva Dominy, December, 1816.
Rev. Stephen Kinsley appears to have been their first pastor. From 1823 to 1825 the church seems to have been in a very low state, and without a pastor. In 1825, Rev. James Gilbert commenced preaching for them, and in 1827 he was regularly ordained as the pastor.
Church Discipline .- In the records of 1834 are the fol- lowing resolutions, unanimously set forth as the sense of the church concerning certain common practices :
" Resolved, That dancing and frollicking shall be considered a dis- reputable offense in the church.
" Resolved, That playing ball is an unprofitable waste of time, and ought to be reproved.
" Resolved, That horse-raeing shall be a disreputable offense.
" Resolved, That we shall consider that person to be guilty of slander who reports unchristian conduct about a member of the church in any other manner than is pointed out in the gospel."
From the dismissal of Mr. Gilbert in 1831, the following ministers have served this church : Revs. Samuel Marsh, Phinehas Bailey, J. J. Gilbert, Z. M. P. Luthur, Silas R. Woodruff, E. M. Toof, O. W. Winchester, Moses Chase, and T. A. Hamilton, present pastor, who commenced his labors in 1874. The first church edifice was dedicated in 1826. This was rebuilt about the year 1858, at a cost of $3500. The present membership of the church is 130.
There is a Methodist Church at East Beekmantown, but our repeated requests to the pastor and others for data concerning it have met with no response.
CIVIL HISTORY.
The first notice concerning the erection of this town appears in the town records of Plattsburgh, under date of March 8, 1819, when the following notice was read by the town clerk :
" Notice is hereby given to the inhabitants of the town of Platts- burgh, that a petition will be presented to the Legislature of the State of New York, at their next session, to set off Beekman's Patent and the width of said patent west to the west line (or bounds) of the County of Clinton, in said State, into a separate town from the Town of Plattsburgh."
The town was formed from Plattsburgh, Feb. 25, 1820. Dannemora was taken off in 1854.
The first record in the old town-book of Beekmantown is as follows :
" This town was formerly a part of the Town of Plattsburgh, in the County of Clinton, and State of New York, and was set off into a separato town agrecably to a petition of the frecholders and inhabi- tants of the said town of Plattsburgh, by an net of tho Legislature of said State in tho month of March, 1820, and agreeably to un aet passod at the same timo tho freeholders and inhabitants of said Beok- tunntown assembled for the first town-moeting on the first Tuesday of April, 1820, at tho school-houso noar Doct. Baruch Bockwith's, and mado choice of the following-uamed men for officers in said town, and passod the following voto, viz., Supervisor, Baruch Beckwith; Town Clork, Philip B. Roborts ; Assessors, Jeremiah Barnes, Charles Marsh, and John Larkin; Collector, Cromwell Parco; Commissioners of llighways, Jounthan Barnes, Henry Dominy, and James Crook ; Poormastors, Tristram Drury, Ira Howo; Commissionors of Common
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Schools, Luther Drury, Congdon Douglass, Jeremiah Kingsley ; In- spectors of Common Schools, John Spalding, Origin A. Kingsley, Thos. Crook. Voted, that there be only four constables this year. Constables, David Leak, Cromwell Parce, Enos Walker, John Hub- bard, 'by uplifted hands ;' Overseers of Highways, Peter H. Moore, Jeremiah Parsons, Jr., J. Hackett, Dwight Gilbert, Win. Boles, J. H. Knappen, E. Drurye, Chas. Marsh, Ira Howe, David Vantinc, Z. Brumley, Thos. W. Smith, Congdon Douglass, Jonathan Scribner, Benjamin Stafford, John 0. Ryley, Abraham Scribner, Ira B. Allen, Joel Smith, John Larkin, Francis Thurbur."
The following is a list of supervisors and town clerks from the organization of the town to 1880 :
SUPERVISORS.
1821, Baruch Beckwith ; 1822, James Crook ; 1823, Charles Marsh ; 1824, Jeremiah Kingsley ; 1825, Ira Howe; 1826, Baruch Beck- with ; 1827-28, Jonathan Barnes; 1829-30, Baruch Beckwith ; 1831, Thomas Crook ; 1832, Peter Vandevoort; 1833, Henry Mc- Fadden ; 1834-37, P. Vandevoort; 1838-39, Abraham Miller ; 1840-42, Peter Vandevoort; 1843-45, Nelson Robertson; 1846, Roswell O. Barber; 1847, Geo. Howe; 1848, Nelson Robertson ; 1849, Ilenry McFadden ; 1850, Davis R. Parsons; 1851, Geo. Howe; 1852-53, Davis R. Parsons ; 1854, Henry McFadden; 1855 -57, Franklin Weaver; 1858, Thomas Crook ; 1859, D. R. Par- sons ; 1860-62, Henry D. McFadden ; 1863-64, Lorenzo D. Lar- kin ; 1865, David R. Parsons; 1866-67, Silas C. Mason; 1868- 69, D. R. Parsons ; 1870, Silas C. Mason; 1871-78, Wm. Rea.
TOWN CLERKS.
1821-23, Samuel Tennant; 1824, Alanson Drury ; 1825, Samuel Ten- nant; 1826-27, Philip B. Roberts; 1828, D. B. Grant; 1829-30, Thomas Crook ; 1831, Benj. J. Simonds ; 1832, S. Crook ; 1833, Geo, Howe; 1834-37, Philip B. Roberts ; 1838, Geo. Ilowe; 1839 -40, Philip B. Roberts ; 1841-42, Henry S. Dominy ; 1843, Ora- mel Brewster; 1844-46, Henry L. Dominy ; 1847-48, Oramel Brewster ; 1849-51, H. L. Dominy ; 1852, Samuel A. Tennant; 1853, Franklin Weaver; 1854, S. A. Tennant; 1855-56, Benj. Simonds; 1857, Thomas Fassett; 1858-62, A. Dominy ; 1863, Benj. Simonds; 1864, Jas. I. Brown; 1865-66, Benj. Simonds ; 1867, N. M. Parsons; 1868, Benj. Simonds; 1869, Hiram South- wick ; 1870, Jas. J. Brown ; 1871, Jas. J. Brown ; 1872-75, New- ell S. Ladue ; 1876-78, Hiram Southwick.
The officers elected in 1879 were as follows : Supervisor, William Rea; Town Clerk, Hiram Southwick; Justice of the Peace, O. Brewster ; Assessor, Benj. Sanger ; Overseer of the Poor, Owen T. Roberts; Commissioner of High- ways, Samuel Craig ; Collector, Robert Cudworth ; Inspec- tors of Election, James G. Howe, S. H. Deming, Thomas Larin (appointed) ; Auditors, P. L. Farnsworth, Ira Rowl- son (appointed auditor), L. Felton ; Constables, John D. Baker, W. B. C. Parsons, C. D. Manson, John Mullin, Jos. Leonard ; Executive Committee, Francis Shields ; Town Sealer, Merritt Barber.
At the first meeting $250 were voted for roads, $100 for the " use of the poor," and double the amount allowed by the State for the support of common schools. The follow- ing fence-viewers and pound-masters were elected: John Howe, Ezekiel Hubbard, Daniel Wait, Isaac Shaw, William McCully, Samuel Flint, Miles Clay, John Larkin, J. H. Kappen, and Benjamin Barber.
It was voted that all the above-named pound-keepers be fence-viewers, and their respective barn-yards be pounds. Five dollars was also voted for the purchase of a blank-book for the town.
The following is a copy of the record showing the first vote of the town for Governor, etc. :
" At the anniversary election held in Beekmantown, in the county of Clinton, April 25 and 26, 1820, for the purpose of choosing a Gov- ernor and Lieutenant-Governor and Member of Assembly, we, the undersigned inspectors, on canvassing the votes taken at the said elec- tion, do find for De Witt Clinton, Governor, 54 votes ; Daniel D. Tompkins, Governor, 18 votes; Benjamin Mooers, Lieutenant-Gover- nor, 16 votes ; John Taylor, Lieutenant-Governor, 57 votes; for Platt Newcomb, Assembly, 115; for Azariah C. Flagg, Assembly, 48 votes.
" BARUCH BECKWITH, PHIL. B. ROBERTS, CHARLES MARSH, JOHN LARKIN, J. BARNES, Inspectors of Election."
The following entry appears under date of June 10, 1820 :
" Be it remembered, that the poormasters of this town did, on the 10th day of June, 1820, give Rebecca White, Polly White, Jane White, and David White a legal warning to depart out of the town of Beekmantown, as the law directs.
" Recorded by order of Ira Howe and Luther Drury, Poormasters. " PHILIP B. ROBERTS, Town Clerk."
In 1820 the good people of Beekmantown watched over the innkeeper with a jealous eye, and restricted him to a course of procedure which sounds strange enough in 1879.
Dwight Gilbert and Isaac Hewitt were licensed to keep inns, under a penalty of $125, that they should " not suffer any gaming, playing with cards or dice, or keep any bil- lyard table, or other gaming table or shuffle-board, within the inn or tavern by them kept, or within any out-house, yard, or garden belonging thereunto."
The following are given as specimens of the " ear-marks" used in the early days :
Philip B. Roberts' mark was a half-penny under each ear. Thomas Treadwell's mark was " half crop the fore side the Left ear and a slanting crop under side the Right." John Howe's was a square crop off the right ear, and a slit in the same.
MILITARY RECORD.
The following list of those who enlisted from this town during the war of 1861-65 was compiled by the town clerk in 1865 :
Newel S. Lachre, 16th Cav .; enl. April, 1865.
William Beckwith, Co. B, 118th Regt .; enl. July, 1862. Isaac Umfres, 31st Regt .; enl. 1864. Erastus Pierce, 2d lieut., Co. E, 96thi Regt .; enl. October, 1861.
Alexander King, Co. C, 16th Regt .; enl. 1861.
Albert Perigo, Co. B, 96th Regt .; enl. 1862. Edward Finegan, Co. F, 192d Regt .; enl. 1865.
Henry P. Chatterton, Co. H, 118th Regt .; enl. 1862. Philip Smith, Co. A, 16th Regt .; enl. 1861. John Smith, Co. A, 16th Regt .; enl. 1861. Harvey C. Alford, 81st Regt .; enl. 1865; died. Samuel Laplant, Co. E, 17th Regt. ; enl. 1863. Joel Allen, Co. D, 96th Regt .; enl. November, 1861; died
Richard Reed, Co. E, 153d Regt .; enl. 1862. Asel W. Beker, Co. I, 153d Regt .; enl. 1862. Joshua O. Service, Co. A, 3d Regt. ; enl. 1861. Frank Culver, Co. A, 16th Regt .; enl. 1863; missing. Henry Prigo, Co. B, 96th Regt .; en1. 1861; died. William M. Prigo, Co. B, 96th Regt. ; enl. 1862. Charles Webb, Co. H, 3d Cav .; enl. December, 1863. George H. Anderson, Ist lieut., Co. H, 118th Regt .; enl. 1862 Samuel Shields, Co. H, 16th Regt .; ent. December, 1863. William Porter, Co. F, 105th Ill. Regt .; enl. 1863. D. M. Gale, Co. H, 4th Mass. H. Art .; enl. 1864. Owen Riley, Co. M, 2d Cav .; en1. 1861 ; died. Timothy Kelley, Co. K, 62d Regt .; enl. 1861. Myron Reynolds, Co. G, 64thi Regt .; enl. 1864. Henry Reynolds, Co. E, 16th Cav .; enl. 1864. Jesse Beker, Co. E, 16th Cav .; enl. 1864. Patrick Killroy, Co. E, 96th Regt. ; enl. 1865.
RESIDENCE OF DARIUS W. MARSH , EAST BEEKMANTOWN , CLINTON COUNTY, NEW YORK.
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DAVID R.PARSONS.
MRS. DAVID R . PARSONS.
CAPT. DAVID R. PARSONS.
son of David Parsons, was born May 11, 1813, in Beek- mantown, on the farm where his widow and family now reside. His father and mother were natives of Long Island, who came to Clinton County and settled on the lake shore, in Beekmantown, at a very early day. They had a family of ten children. They soon located on the farm on the State road, where they continued to reside till their death, and both were buried on the farm in the family cemetery.
David R. was reared a farmer. He received a common- school education, and taught school several terms while young. He was a leading farmer of his town, and in due time came in possession of his father's old farm. . He was quite extensively engaged as a dealer in wool. Soon after his marriage he located on the farm now owned by Capt. Mooney, opposite the "Old Home," and continued to reside there till he purchased the "Old Home."
In politics he was a staunch Republican. He was onc of the most prominent men in Beekmantown, and held nearly all the town offices in his town. He was justice of the peace for twenty-nine consecutive years; supervisor for a great many years; assessor several years, and held other minor offices. He was school commissioner also. He was chosen captain of the State militia, and held that position for several years. He was a temperance man, and a member of the "Sons of Temperance."
He married Lillis M. Mason, daughter of Aaron and Margaret Mason, Nov. 10, 1836. She was born May 8, 1816, in Beekmantown. Mr. Mason was a native of
Manchester, N. H., and Mrs. Mason, of New Jersey. They were married in Bridport, Vt., Jan. 1, 1809, and settled in West Plattsburgh immediately after marriage. Mrs. Mason died June 21, 1879, in her eighty-uinth year.
By the union of Mr. and Mrs. Parsons the following children were born, viz .: Darius A., was a lawyer by profession ; enlisted, in 1861, in Company B, 96th Regi- ment New York Volunteers; chosen captain of his company ; went to Virginia with his regiment; was there only a few months when lie sickened and died, June 17, 1862. He left two daughters, Clara M. and Addic R., both living with their mother at Port Henry. Sanford H., enlisted in Company B, 96th Regiment New York Volunteers, as lieutenant, served nearly two years, and was honorably discharged. He is now in business at St. Paul, Minn .; George M., Francis A. (de- ceased), Theodore D., William B. C., and Ella M.
Mr. Parsons died Dec. 16, 1870, and was buried by the side of his parents, on the home farm, and by his side lies buried his soldier boy, who gave his life in defense of his country.
William B. C., born in Beekmantown April 4, 1851, received a common-school education, worked on a farm till 1874, when he went to West Troy, and was a clerk in a store for Hon. L. D. Collins, and remained tliree years. He returned home, and since has taken charge of the farm, which he has materially improved. A finc view of the home, with portraits of Mr. and Mrs. Par- sons, may be seen elsewhere in the work.
RESIDENCE OF MRS. DAVID R. PARSONS, BEEKMANTOWN, CLINTON CO., N. Y.
LITTLE
Photos, by Bigelow, Plattsburgh.
JACOB REYNOLDS.
MARTIN REYNOLDS.
JACOB REYNOLDS.
Elisha Reynolds was a native of Providence, R. I. He settled in Petersburgh, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., at an early day. He was an officer in the Revolution, and drew a pension for valuable services. He had a large and intelligent family of children, some of whom became very wealthy and influential men in Rensselaer County. He settled on Isle La Motte, Grand Isle Co., Vt., in 1812. He was a farmer by occupation.
One of his sons was named Jacob, born in Peters- burgh, Rensselaer Co., N. Y., in 1788, and settled with his parents on Isle La Motte in 1812. His business was that of a farmer and manufacturer of marble in Plattsburgh. He came to Clinton County in 1853, and settled in Beekmantown, and continued to reside there till 1871, except what time he spent in Plattsburgh. The last year of his life he spent with a daughter in the town of Mooers. He married Sarah Wood, of Grand Isle Co., Vt., by whom he had seven children, viz .: Martin, Marinda, Sarah (deceased), Amanda, Minerva, Jacob, and John.
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