History of Clinton and Franklin Counties, New York : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 64

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) 1n; Lewis, J.W., & Co., Philadelphia
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 922

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Mrs. Reynolds died May 15, 1864. Mr. Reynolds was a life-long Democrat. He died Feb. 4, 1872, and was buried by the side of his wife in the ceme- tery, near where their two sons, Jacob and Jolin, now reside.

Martin Reynolds, eldest son of Jacob and Sarah Reynolds, was born in Grand Isle Co., Vt., Feb. 21, 1814. He was reared on the farm and has been en- gaged in the agricultural business more or less since.

He owned a farm on Isle La Motte; sold and then settled in Plattsburgh, where he engaged in tlie mercantile business for some time, then went to St. Lawrence County, bought and sold different farms, and finally settled in Genesee Co., N. Y., where he now resides. In politics a Democrat. He was an associate judge of the county while a citizen of Ver- mont, and justice of the peace.

He married L. Hall, by whom three children were borne, viz .: George (deceased), Garie, and Sarah. His wife died, and he married a second time, Miss Belia Hogan.

JACOB REYNOLDS.

JOHN REYNOLDS.

JACOB REYNOLDS, JR.,

son of Jacob and Sarah Wood Reynolds, was born Aug. 19, 1824, in Grand Isle Co., Vt.

He was early taught to work on the farm, and has continued to follow successfully that most honorable of all occupations, farming.

He spent three years on the lake as a boatman. He settled in Clinton County, on the line between Beek- mantown and Chazy, in 1853, and has continued to re- side there since. He is a very large farmer. He mar- ried Sarah A. Hislop, daughter of William Hislop, of Canada, July 4, 1870. Of this union three children have been born, viz. : Adia, Ida, and Charles M. Mr. Reynolds is a Master Mason. He has followed in the steps of his honored father and grandfather in politics, and is a Democrat.

John Reynolds, son of Jacob and Sarah Reynolds, was born on Isle La Motte, Grand Isle Co., Vt., Sept. 17, 1827, has always been a farmer, except one year spent upon the lake. He came with his brother and father to Clinton County in 1853, and settled where he now

resides. He, too, is a large farmer, and with his brother Jacob, is considered a leading farmer in the county.

He married Margaret, another daughter of William Hislop, of Canada, March 20, 1862. They have had five children, viz. : Warren J. (deceased), Effie L., Sarah J., Arlington F., and Anna M. He is a Democrat in politics.

It will be seen that these two brothers married sis- ters, and it can truthfully be said, that no two brothers of any other family in the county agree better than they.

As farmers, they rank among the very best in the county ; as men, are esteemed, honorable citizens.

Their father-in-law, William Hislop, was born in Scotland, and settled in Canada when but nine years of age. Was a mason by trade, married Margaret M. Young, by whom he had twelve children, two of whom were Margaret, born Nov. 27, 1835, and Sarah A., born May 26, 1849.

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Erastus Reynolds, Co. E, 96th Regt .; enl. 1865. Henry Broadwell, Co. K, 16th Cav .; enl. 1865. Thomas Reed, Co. G, 2d Regt .; enl. 1865. Henry Reeds, Co. G, 2d Regt .; enl. 1861; killed. Redman Holland, Co. C, 91st Regt .; enl. 1864. Adolphus King, Co. H, 16th Cav .; enl. 1862. Michael Shields, Co. G, 153d Regt .; enl. 1862. Lewis Howes, Co. H, 118th Regt. ; en1. 1862. Sylvester Matoon, 2d lieut., Co. H, 118th Regt .; enl. 1862. Jarvis Deevra, Co. II, 118th Regt .; en1. 1862. George W. Fisher, Co. A, 16th Cav .; enl. 1863. James Pardy, Co. HI, 118th Regt .; enl. 1862. Derias Parsons, capt., Co. B, 96th Regt .; enl. 1861. George Baker, enl. 1864.

Minor Cooper, Co. B, 96th Regt .; eul. 1863. Sanford Parsons, 2d lieut., Co. B, 96th Regt .; enl. 1861. Hiram Edwards, Cavalry; enl. 1861; died.

Elick Laport, Co. D, 192d Regt .; en1. 1864. Nathan Mooney, Ist lieut., Co. H, 96th Regt .; enl. 1861. Nathan Mooney, capt., Co. H, 16th Cav. ; enl. 1864. Perkins Havens, Co. E, 16th N. Y. Vols .; enl. 1861; killed. Cornelius Parsons, Co. M, 1st Vt. Cav .; enl. 1863. Adelbert Parsons, Co. E, 16th Cav .; en1. 1863. Silas Parsons, Co. M, 1st Cav .; ent. 1863. Rowland Downing, Co. H, 96th Regt .; enl. 1861. Richard Wills, Co. H, 96th Regt .; enl. 1862. William Harriss, Co. M, 9th Cav .; enl. 1861. Sidney Moore, Co. B, 39th Mass. ; enl. 1862. Joseph Rood, Co. D, 192d Regt .; enl. 1865. Josephus Prindle, Co. B, 96th Regt .; enl. 1861. Alford Elkins, 97th Regt .; enl. 1862. Fayette Farnsworth, Co. K, 16th Cav .; ent. 1864. - George Quelch, Co. H, 118th Regt. ; enl. 1862. John O'Neil, Co. H, Ist N. Y. Art. ; 1864. Eli Kimberly, Co. L, 16th Cav .; ent. 1864. Wm. Tabburrah, Co. F, 96th Regt .; enl. 1861. Zebulon Bombard, Co. C, 2d Cav. A. Boral, Co, A, 33d N. Y. Art .; en1. 1862. Edgar Howes, Co. H, 118th Regt .; enl. 1862. James Howes, Co. F, 96th Regt .; enl. 1861. Stedman Stiles, Co. C, 16th Cav .; enl. 1862. Robert Reeds, Co. F, 2d Vt. Cav .; enl. 1863. Andrew Craig, Co. G, 96th Regt .; enl. 1864. Richard Chesborough, Co. H, 61st Regt .; enl. 1864. Robert Nash, enl. 1865. John Leonard, Co. K, 2d Vt. Cav .; enl. 1863. George Baker, enl. 1864.

Eugene McCrady, Co. B, 118th Regt .; enl. 1862. Thomas Finigen, 91st Regt. John Mawor, Co. K, 47th Regt .; enl. 1865. Noman Baxter, Co. E, 16th Regt .; enl. 1864. Samuel McLallen, Zouaves. James McLallen, Co. I, 118th Regt .; en1. 1862; died. Alford Harriss, Co. HI, 118th Regt .; enl. 1862. Newton Harriss, Co. H, 118th Regt .; enl. 1862. Melvin Harriss, Co. HI, 118th Regt .; enl. 1863; died. John Downing, Co. B, 118th Regt .; enl. 1862. Robert Lorgbam, Co. L, 16th Cav. ; enl. 1864. Felix Garey, Co. H, 118th Regt .; enl. 1862.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

CAPT. N. H. MOONEY,

son of Obadiah and Naney Mooney, was born in Beekman- town, Clinton Co., N. Y., May 22, 1838. His father was a native of New Hampshire, and settled on South Hero Island, Vt., at an early day. He married Naney Conner, by whom four sons and two daughters were born, viz., El- son (deceased), B. F., Charles, Eleeta, N. H., and Eleanor. They were all born in Beekmantown except Elson. Oba- diah Mooney settled in Beekmantown at Point au Roehe, and was there engaged as a farmer. In polities a Repub- liean. Mr. and Mrs. Mooney were members of the Meth- odist Episcopal Church. He died May 8, 1870. Mrs. Mooney is still living on the home farm.

Capt. Mooney received a common-school and academie 31

edueation. At the early age of seventeen he began busi- ness as a general produce dealer. On the 16th of October, 1861, he enlisted as a private, and after three months was commissioned first lieutenant of Co. H, 96th New York Infantry. His regiment went to Washington and remained until April 1, 1862, when it joined MeClellan's army at

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Photo, by lloward & Miller, Plattsburgh.

n. H. Mooney

Fortress Monroe. He took part in the siege of Yorktown, battle of Williamsburg, and all other engagements of his regiment, until May 20, 1862, when his health failed him. He received an honorable discharge for disability in Sep- tember, 1862, when he returned home. Recovering his health during the winter, he re-enlisted March, 1863, and was commissioned captain of Co. A, 16th New York Cav- alry, and was assigned to the 1st battalion, and went to Washington, where he received an equipage, and at onee went into active duty in the Army of the Potomae. He par- tieipated in the battle of Fredericksburg, was detached and went to Alexandria, where he joined the 2d battalion, thenee to Centreville to oppose Gen. Mosby, in the fall of 1863.

. He went into winter quarters at Vienna, Va. In Janu- ary, 1864, the 1st battalion was detached in command of Capt. Mooney, and sent to Fairfax Court-House as a body- guard to Gen. R. O. Tyler.

April 16, 1864, he started for Washington, a distance of thirty miles. He was to pass through the enemy's country. He started, accompanied by one orderly, " William Carney." He had not gone more than three-quarters of a mile when he was captured by the 15th Virginia Cavalry, and put in charge of a guard by the name of Davis. Seeking the first favorable opportunity, he thought he would try and make good his eseape, but he was doomed to disappointment. He had a personal encounter with his guard, knocked him down, and would have succeeded in getting released but for the

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arrival of other guards. His guard, Davis, was so exas- perated that he swore vengeance on the captain, and told him to say his prayers, and, so saying, put his gun to the captain's heart and fired, but the gun failed to go off, and the captain was saved by the kindly aid of the other guards.

He was taken to Libby prison, April 19, 1864, remained till May 7, 1864, then was taken to Danville, N. C .; thence to Macon, Ga .; thence to Savannah ; thence to Charleston, S. C., and was under fire of our own guns Sept. 18, 1864, when one hundred and eighty shells were sent into the city ; thence to Columbia, S. C., October, 1864. On the 3d of November, 1864, he, in company with five others, escaped, but three of them returned by agreement, and the captain was one of them.

November 28th he again escaped, traveled twenty-seven nights, hiding day-times, and was fed by the colored people. He arrived within twenty miles of our lines, having traveled three hundred and fifty miles, when he was again captured and taken back. In the last of January, 1865, he was taken to Charlotte, N. C., from which he escaped, but was doomed again to disappointment, being captured by blood- hounds. Soon after he was paroled at Charlotte, and went to Wilmington, N. C., thence to Annapolis, Md., from tliere homc.

He was honorably discharged in August, 1865, with three months' extra pay. He married Elizabeth E., daughter of John Dunn, Oct. 28, 1868, by whom he has one son, W. Grant. In politics the captain is a staunch Republican.

JOHN B. BERTRAND.

The subject of this sketch was born in St. Gilbert's, P. Q., on the west bank of the St. Lawrence River, Sept. 16, 1813.

He was the son of Alexander and Mary M. Bertrand, who came to this country with a family of eleven children in March, 1829, and settled at Champlain. After paying the duties on their houschold effects at Rouse's Point, they were left with the scanty sum of seven dollars. John, being at this time an active and rugged boy, fearless of hardship and toil, firm in resisting opposition, at once determined upon earning himself a farm by his daily labor, besides getting a practical education. He soon secured a situa- tion on a farm in that town for one year, for which services he was to receive twenty-four dollars. In the mean time he had become familiar enough with the English language to converse understandingly, and by his close observations had obtained a fair knowledge of the modes of American farm- ing. He then began working for Mr. Abijah North, of Champlain, and continued in his employ and that of Mr. Eli Dunning for several years. He then removed to Shore- liam, Vt., where he again engaged in his former occupation, and by that energy, interest, and fidelity for which he has always been characterized soon won for himself the repu- tation of being a faithful and interested servant, besides commanding the highest wages. After assiduously toiling in this manner for several years, and saving what he could after providing himself with a few comforts of life and helping his father to maintain his family, he succeeded in

saving a few hundred dollars to buy himself a home. During this time he felt the great need of an education, but, owing to his circumstances, was unable to attend school; he would, however, patiently devote several hours every evening after his day's work was done to study, getting the kind assistance of those for whom he worked, until he ob- tained an ordinary business education.

He next removed to Champlain, where he married Ro- sellia, daughter of Stephen Dumas, of Odelltown, P. Q., Jan. 11, 1841. The following year he purchased a small farm near Coopersville, on the west bank of the river, where he farmed it quite successfully for several ycars. After making some improvements on it he sold it at an advance, and bought a part of that beautiful and productive farm where he now resides, in the valley of Lake Champlain in Beekmantown, one of the most fertile and charming sections of New York. Here, in the midst of an intelligent, indus- trious, and warm-hearted people, Mr. Bertrand determined upon making his permanent home. He at once began re- pairing and making those improvements needed on a first- class farm, aud added to its size from time to time, until he now has nearly six hundred acres of the most productive land in this section. In the mean time he spared no pains to make home attractive; he built a beautiful farm-house and adorned its surroundings with shadc-trees. Here he raised a family of eight children, and gave to every one a liberal education. He often deplored his own lack in this respect, and earnestly urged upon his children to seek the best education his means allowed. His eldest son, Dr. Stephen Bertrand, graduated at Burlington Medical College, and also at Bellevue Hospital Medical College, New York City, at the age of twenty-one years; after successfully practicing several years at Schuyler Falls, he died in the thirtieth year of his age. John B. and J. Napoleon are now farming in Dakota Territory, where they own a large tract of land. Alexander, the present school commissioner of the second district of Clinton County, has by his effici- ency in that position won the respect and friendship of the people. George E., youngest son, is now completing his senior year in Burlington College. Julia A., eldest daughter, was a graduate of D'Youville Convent, and afterward joined the order of " Gray Sisterhood," and died at Medina, N. Y., in the thirty-first year of her age. So- phronia and M. H. Ettie are now residing at home. Mr. Bertrand trained his children to those habits of industry and frugal economy which would be of use to them in after- life. He is honored and respected for his benevolent spirit; . is ever ready to help the suffering and feed the hungry, and to contribute liberally towards promoting the interest of the church, regardless of denomination, when called upon for help.

DARIUS W. MARSH.

The paternal grandfather of the subject of this sketch was named Geo. Marsh, and was a native of Litchfield Co., Conn. But little is known of him. He married Catharine Kilborn, of Litchfield Co., Conn. They had a family of children, one of whom was named Charles, born in Salis- bury, Conn., April 3, 1775. They lived and died in Con-

J. B. BERTRAND

RESIDENCE OF JOHN B. BERTRAND, BEEKMANTOWN, CLINTON CO., N. Y.

RESIDENCE OF JOHN REA , BEEKMANTOWN, CLINTON COUNTY, N. Y.

( PHOTOS. BY W. A . BIGELOW PLATTSBURGH. )

MRS. JOHN REA.

JOHN REA .

JOHN REA,

son of William and Isabel Rea, was born in county Antrim, Ireland, Feb. 7, 1813, and settled in Mon- treal, Canada, in 1820, and in the town of Beekmantown in 1825, where he has since continued to reside. His parents had a family of six children, viz. : John, Helen, and Jane, born in Ireland, Robert in Montreal, and Isa- bel and William in Beekmantown, Clinton Co., N. Y. His father was a ship-carpenter by occupation; but after settlement in Beekmantown, in 1825, followed farming. He died in November, 1846, and Mrs. Rea died in 1862.

John Rea was a natural mechanic, and very early evinced a desire for mechanical employment. At the age of fifteen he commenced working, and since that time has been engaged, for the most part, as a manufac- turer and dealer in plows, cultivators, horse-hoes, har- rows, land-rollers, etc., at East Beekmantown, N. Y. He purchased his present place of business in 1845, and has continued to do a large business. He also owns a good farm of one hundred and seventy-five

acres, on which are good buildings (a view of which can be seen elsewhere). He bought his present home in 1855. Mr. Rea has always been a geological student, and has quite a collection of fine specimens.

He is a Republican in politics. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian Church at Beekmantown.

He married Phebe Shaw in 1842. She was born in Beekmantown March 13, 1811. They had five chil- dren, viz. : Lucy, Lucinda H., William J., Andrew .A., and Phebe R. Mrs. Rea died June 2, 1852, and he married his second wife Mercena, daughter of Joel Smith, March 22, 1853. She was born in Beekman- town May 8, 1819.

Joel Smith was the son of John Smith, born on Long Island, and settled in Beekmantown with his parents when only two years of age,-about 1793 or 1794. He died in 1875. Mr. Rea has had by his second marriage five children, viz. : George N., Leslie A., Freddie (deceased), Mattie A., and Anna D. (de- ceased).

RESIDENCE OF IRA ROWLSON, EAST SI, BEEKMANTOWN, CLINTON CO., N . Y.

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necticut. Charles married Martha Howe, daughter of John Howe, of Connecticut, Nov. 25, 1799. They were married in Plattsburgh. She was born in Canaan, Conn., April 27, 1781, and settled in Beekmantown, with her parents, about 1795.

Charles Marsh settled in Beekmantown, Clinton Co., N. Y., in company with the Howe family, about 1795, or earlier. His occupation was that of a farmer. He had ten children, viz., Chloe, Harry, Charles (deceased), Orson (deceased), Silas H. (deceased), Martha (deceased), Mar- garet, Darius W., Martha (2d, deceased), and Esther E. Mr. Marsh was a Whig in politics. He was a justice of the peace for a number of years. He and his wife were members of the Presbyterian Church at Beekmantown, and he was an elder of the same. Mrs. Marsh died Jan. 4, 1829, and he married Hannah Evarts, of Litchfield, Conn., March 26, 1829. He died Mareh 5, 1837, and she died July 12, 1873.

Darius W. was born on the farm where he now resides, in Beekmantown, March 16, 1821. He received a common- sehool education. He was reared on the farm, and lias con- tinued to follow farming, except a year spent as a elerk in his brother Harry's store in Ohio in 1839 and 1840. He worked on the farm by the month, in Vermont, one summer after his return from Ohio. He married Rubie A., daughter of Moses Cross, April 6, 1842. She was born in Cham- plain, Nov. 26, 1819. Her parents were early settlers in Champlain. Of this union two children were born, viz., Charles H. (deceased) and Silas W. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church. She died Oct. 13, 1861. Mr. Marsh married for his second wife Laura C., daughter of Parley Heaton, of Chazy, Sept. 17, 1862. She was born Jan. 3, 1839. They have seven children, viz., Esther A., Herbert L., Anna G., Harry, Julia, Laura, and Fred. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh are members of the Presbyterian Church of Beekmantown. Mr. Marsh is one of the leading farmers of the county. He has a beautiful farm of three hundred acres, a view of which may be seen elsewhere in this work. He is a Republican. He has been justice of the peace for twelve years, commissioner three years, and has held other minor positions. He was an assistant United States assessor for several years.

Geo. Howe, son of John Howe and grandson of John Howe, was born in Beekmantown, May 24, 1809. His parents and grandparents were early settlers in Beekman- town, Clinton Co., N. Y., as early as 1795. His grand- parents died in Beekmantown. He removed to Lancaster, Grant Co., Wis., Oct. 24, 1854, and is engaged in the mer- cantile business. While a resident of Clinton Co., N. Y., he was a merehant and farmer. His parents removed West with him, and died there. He married Maria Farnsworth, of Beekmantown, by whom he has one daughter Maria, who married Charles H. Baxter. They have two children.

Mrs. Howe died, and he married Martha J. Cole, of Peru, his present wife.

CHAPTER XLVII. BLACK BROOK.

Geographical and Descriptive-Natural Features-Scenography -- Early Settlement-Taverns-Stores-Physicians-Lawyers-High- ways-Men of Eminence-Civil Organization-Land Patents- Town Boundaries-First Town-Meeting-Officers from 1839 to 1879, inclusive-Villages and Hamlets-Ausable Forks-Black Brook -- Silver Lake-Union Falls-Williamsburgh-Clayburgh-Industrial Pursuits-Military-Soldiers of 1861-65.

GEOGRAPHICAL AND DESCRIPTIVE.

THIS town forms the southwest corner of Clinton County, and is bounded on the north by the town of Saranac, in the same county, on the south by the Ausable River and Essex County, on the east by the towns of Peru and Ausable, Clinton Co., and on the west by Franklin County. It com- prehends an arca of 132 square miles, and the population as given in the census of 1875 is 3439,-a gain of 157 in ten years. The town derives its name from an important stream that traverses its eastern section.

NATURAL FEATURES.

The surface of the town is a rocky and mountainous up- land, the highest summits attaining an altitude of from 1500 to 2500 feet above the surface of the lake. Among the mountains are several nearly level table-lands, 200 to 300 feet above the general level. Ledges, crags, and boulders cover a large portion of the surface. The forest- trees, which formerly covered a large part of the town, have been thinned out, and the soil is unfit for cultivation in many places. The chief wealth of the town lies in the rich beds of iron-ore which underlie almost its entire sur- facc. The sawing of lumber and burning of charcoal are also largely engaged in by the inhabitants.

Among the mountains are Duncan Mountain, on the west, the summit of which is in Franklin County, but the base and eastern slope in Black Brook ; Mud Pond Moun- tain, in the northwest corner; Legget, on the south line; Catamount, in the south west corner ; Silver Lake Moun- tain, a long, high, and rocky ridge north of the eentre of the town ; and Daniels, Ellis, and Tefft Pond Mountains, of lesser height, which lie a short distance east of the Sar- anae River.

The water supply and courses of the town are abundant. Silver Lake and Taylor Pond, in the west part of the town, are beautiful bodies of water, and popular places of sum- mer resort and retirement. Fern Lake is the name given to a handsome little body of water loeated southeast of the geographical centre of the town, and whose surface is cov- ered with ferns and lilies of rare beauty. Private boat- houses are being erected upon it, and it is fast becoming a pleasant place of resort for the inhabitants of the sur- rounding villages. In the unpoetie age some rude people conferred the very inappropriate name of " Slush Pond" upon this beautiful spot, a designation that it has only re- cently thrown off. Military Pond lies on the eastern border of the town, while Mud Pond graces the northwestern corner. Tefft Pond, in the north part of the town, is an enlargement of Saranae River.

The Saranac River flows through the northwest section

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of the town. Black Brook is the chief stream in the east- ern part ; it takes its rise in Military Pond, and, flowing southerly into the Ausable River, furnishes abundant water- power to the numerous mills built upon it. The west branch of the Ausable River forms part of the southern boundary. Little Black Brook is an important stream running through the southwestern part of the town. The Little Ausable River rises in the extreme eastern part of the town, and. flows southeasterly into Ausable.

SCENOGRAPHY.

The natural scenery in the town is very fine, and from the summit of some of its mountains a magnificent view can be obtained. The view at Ausable Forks is particularly enchanting. 4

Looking up the west branch of the Ausable River, the most prominent feature of the landscape is Whitefacc Mountain, the grandest and most beautiful of all the Adiron- dacks, which seems almost to overshadow the village, so proudly does it tower up in its grandeur. The mountain is flanked upon three sides by sharp spurs, which add greatly to the gracefulness and beauty of its outline.

From the summit of Palmer Hill a splendid view is obtained of the whole double valley of the Ausable above, Keene Flats, flanked by its mountains upon the left, while upon the right is a fine distant view of the Wilmington Notch at the base of Whiteface. In the distance the out- lines of Marcy, the Giant of the Valley, Nipple Top, and Dix's Peak are cut sharply upon the horizon. In the north- east, Mansfield and Camel's Hump, of the Green Mountain range in Vermont, are visible, and spread out at your feet below lies the whole Ausable Valley, together with the green slopes which hem it in on either side.

EARLY SETTLEMENT.

Fifty years ago there was hardly a settler in that part of the town of Peru now comprising the town of Black Brook. The whole country was covered with a dense forest, con- sisting to a great extent of Norway pine. Some time pre- vious to 1825 there came into that part of the town where " Palmer Hill" is located a man by the name of Zephaniah Palmer, a surveyor and an eccentric genius, who spent much of his time alone in the woods in the pursuit of his calling, or perhaps prospecting for valuable tracts of land. Among his purchases of land was " Palmer Hill." When asked what he intended to do with so unpromising a piece of land, he replied that he "intended to use it for a sheep- pasture." Palmer occupied a log hut that stood on the site of the residence of the late James Rogers, at Ausable Forks. The remains of an old saw-mill are to be seen at this time on Palmer Brook near the hut.

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History of Clinton and Franklin Counties, New York : with illustrations and biographical sketches of its prominent men and pioneers, Part 64

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) 1n; Lewis, J.W., & Co., Philadelphia Publication date: 1880 Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & co. Number of Pages: 922

Author: Hurd, D. Hamilton (Duane Hamilton) 1n; Lewis, J.W., & Co., Philadelphia
Publication date: 1880
Publisher: Philadelphia : J. W. Lewis & co.
Number of Pages: 922