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At the meeting of the Board of Regents of the Uni- versity of Michigan, on the 25th of June, 1879, he was called to the chair of Geology and Paleontology in the University, which position he still retains.
His grandfather, Martin E. Winchell, was Colonel of militia, and represented his district in the Leg- islature of New York in 1826 and 1827. His sur- viving brothers, all graduates of the University of Michigan, are Newton H., who is professor of Geology in the University of Minnesota, and State Geologist; Samuel R., founder, editor and proprie- tor of the Educational Weekly, Chicago; and Charles M., for some years connected as civil en- gineer, with the United States Survey of the Lakes. His surviving sister, Antoinette C., is the wife of Prof. Edward Johnson, of Lynn, Mass.
Josiah Willcox lived on the farm afterwards owned by Alanson Colver. He had one son, Elisha, and six daughters. It is said that Ethan Allen assisted at the "raising " of the house in which he lived, and John Armstrong had the wound dressed in it which he received in a duel at Boston Corners in August, 181I.
* To whose MSS. and printed publications kindly placed to our use, we are indebted for the facts relating to himself and the Winchell family. t To this Seminary he presented 1,000 botanical specimens.
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TOWN OF PINE PLAINS.
The old Hartwell burial ground, in which many of the early settlers were buried, was in the forks of two roads leading easterly therefrom, one to Spencer's Corners, and the other to Dakin's Cor- ners. This old graveyard was formerly left open to commons, but about the year 1825, it was fenced into the field by the owner of the Hartwell farm, who afterward removed the gravestones which had been placed there, used the stones for a fence, and plowed over the ground as if it were never used for the sacred purpose of the burial of the dead. There are now few if any traces left of the old graves.
John Rau, who emigrated from Germany with the Palatines about 1712 or '15, built, it is sup- posed, about 1745, the original mill which stood on the site of what is known as the Phineas Carman mill .* This is believed to be the oldest mill site in this locality. In 1740, if not earlier, John Raut had a residence northeast from this mill, where Chauncey Rowe now lives. He was a carpenter by trade, and is said to have built the old portion of the house in which Chauncey Rowe, a descend- ant, now (1879) lives. The pine beams in the house, which were cut and hewn in the forest on the " pine plains," over a century and a quarter ago, are doing duty now and are in a good state of preservation. Peter Rau, a son of John Rau, is the first positively known owner of the Carman mill. He sold it to his brother Mattice or Mottice,# and soon after the sale emigrated to Scaticoke, Rens- selaer county, N. Y. One or two men, of the name of Reynolds, succeeded Mattice Rau in the ownership of the mill. Then Mr. Ellison, then Richard Carman, then Phineas Carman, his son. At the death of the latter it came into the posses- sion of his sons ; John, the youngest lately deceased, being the last owner. According to the surveys of the Little Nine Partners and Great Nine Partners grants, a strip of land, triangular in shape, was left between them, the point being at the western boundaries, which strip widened as the boundaries extended eastward to the Oblong, and was known as the "Gore." The mill stands on this gore. Here the Sha-ca-me-co creek, which furnishes the mill-power, runs through an opening or pass in a range of hills of considerable note, which rise on either hand perhaps four hundred feet. The Indian name for this locality was "Puck-ka-puck-ka," rock
against rock, signifying two rocky hills or moun- tains bearing down upon each other, with a stream intervening .* Tradition has preserved the Indian name, somewhat corrupted, in the mountain north of the mill as " Buck-ka-barrack," while the moun- tain south of the gap is known as " Fish Mountain," after an early settler at its eastern base. A short distance down the stream stands an old one-story house, 16 by 18 feet, with the wall of stone, which forms the back of the fireplace, and part of the chimney and fireplace exposed to the weather, filling half of the end of the building. This
building also stands on the " Gore," and tradition has it that John Rau was the builder. The nails used were wrought, and imported from Germany or Holland. Here in an early day settled John Flynn -the father of Old John Flynn-whose wife, familiarly styled " Aunt Molly," was well known in the neighborhood. Her husband left her in the early days of their married life, and she paid for the building of the now old house. She died about 1817, not far from ninety years of age.
The earliest town record that can now be found bears date of April Ioth, 1772, and is a record of a bill of sale dated the third day of April, 1772, given by John Hulburt to Joseph Ketcham both of Oblong, and County of Duchess, for and in con- sideration of the sum of forty pounds current law- ful money of New York, to the said John Hulburt in hand paid, in which Bill of Sale is mentioned seventy-eight acres of wheat all of which wheat is made over to the said Joseph Ketcham :- Byron Morris Graham, Town Clerk.
The name of Morris Graham appears as clerk until December 12th, 1774, when the name of Charles Graham appears, he being elected to that office the previous April .¡ As the following rec- ords of the first town meeting now to be found will show :-
" At a meeting of the Freeholders and inhabit- ants of the North East Precinct, Duchess County, on Tuesday the 5th of April, 1774, after choosing James Atwater, Esq., Moderator, made choice of the following officers : Morris Graham, Supervisor ; Charles Graham, Clerk ; James Bryan and Han- tice Couse, Assessors of County Taxes ; Hantice Couse and Israel Thompson, Assessors for Quit Rents ; George Head, Constable and Collector; Middle Constable, James Young ; East Division, Josiah Holly; James Hedding, Hantice Couse,
* This property was sold at auction and bid in by Walter Loucks, for $2, 520,00, November 1, 1879.
t In old documents this name is written Rau, Raugh, and Row. It is now almost universally written Rowe.
# A name now known as Matthias.
* Isaac Huntling on Indian Names and their significance.
t The earlier records of the town have been loosely cared for. Some of the books are undoubtedly lost. North East Precinct was formed as before stated, December 16, 1746, and embraced what is now Pine Plains, Milan, North East, and a portion of Amenia. The town offi- cers for years were undoubtedly from various parts of the now separate townships.
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HISTORY OF DUCHESS COUNTY.
and James Bryan, Overseers of the Poor ; Lewis Bryan, Daniel Wilson, and Israel Thompson, Com- missioners of Roads ; John Collins, Collector of Quit Rents."
The following has been the succession of Super- visors and Clerks from 1775 to 1881 :-
Supervisors. Clerks.
1775. Israel Thompson,
Charles Graham.
1776. do do
Jonathan Landon.
1855-
Platt A. Paine,
John M. Benedict.
1777-78. Hugh Rea,
do do
1779-81. Lewis Graham,
do
do
1782. Hugh Rea, do do
1858.
John F. Wheeler,
Phoenix Bockee,
1784. Lewis Graham, do do
1860.
George Clark,
James Finch.
1785-87. John White,
Andrew White.
I86I.
David Bryan,
Lucius P. Woods.
1788-92. Josiah Holly,
Ebenezer Dibblee.
I862.
John Campbell, Selah N. Jenks.
I793.
Ebenezer Dibblee, Jesse Thompson.
1863.
George F. More, Delancey M. North-
1794.
Josiah Holly, do do
1864.
Edw'd W. Simmons, Collins Sheldon. [rup.
I795-96. do do Ebenezer Dibblee.
1865.
do do Sterling Moore.
1797.
Ebenezer Dibblee, Cor. W. VanRaust.
1866.
do do Edward Cook.
1798.
do do
Peter Husted.
1867.
do do
John G. Caulkins.
1799.
Peter Husted,
Hugh Gamble.
I868.
William H. Barton, Chas. H. Gilbert.
1800.
do do
Charles Hoag.
1869.
William L. Pratt, John R. Winchell.
ISOI.
[No record of this year.]
1870
James Collins,
Nathan C. Beach.
1802. Isaac Sherwood,
Peter Husted.
1871.
do do
William R. Smith.
1803. do do Fyler Dibblee.
1872. do do James Finch.
1804.
Martin E. Winchell, do do
1873.
George Dakin, Hilem B. Eggleston.
1805. do do Peter Husted.
1874-75.
Daniel McElwell, Nelson A. McNeil. Michael Rowe, do do
1807. Benj. R. Bostwick, Stephen Eno.
1877. Jeremiah W. Paine, Selah N. Jenks.
18IO.
Enos Hopkins,
John W. Righter.
1879.
James M. Winchell, do do
I&II.
do do
Fyler Dibblee.
1812-13.
Isaac Sherwood,
Israel Harris. do do
1814. Uri Judd,
1815.
do do
Cornelius Allerton.
1816.
Martin Lawrence, do do
1817. do do Aaron E. Winchell.
1818. Fyler Dibblee, do do.
1819. do do
William Woodin.
1820-21. Philo M. Winchell, do do
1822 .* Israel Harris,
Reuben W. Bostwick.
1823. Philo M. Winchell, Platt Smith.
1824. David Sheldon,
Peter Mills.
1825. do do
William H. Bostwick. do do
1827.
Abraham Bocker,
Platt Smith.
1828. do do Nicholas Holbrook.
183I.
Joseph Horton.
1832. Alanson Colver,
William Winchell.
1833-34. Eli Mills,
Nicholas Holbrook.
1835.
David Sheldon, do
do
1836. do do
William Winchell.
1837-38. John H. Conklin,
do
do
1839-40. Moses Clark,
do
do
1841.
Eben Wheeler,
do
do
1842. · do do
John G. Caulkins.
1843.
Jeduthan Roe,
do
do
1844.
Hiram Wheeler,
do
do
1845.
do
do
do
do
1846.
Abrahan Bockee,* John G. Caulkins.
1847.
James Hammond, Edward Crosby.
1848.
Abner Brown,
1849.
George Douglass,
Geo. R. Winchell, John G. Caulkins.
1851.
Gerard Pitcher,
Chas. P. Capron. t Harvey Roe.
1852.
John Winchell,
Edgar Clark,
Edward W. Simmons.
1853.
1854.
1856.
Hiram Rogers,
Lucius P. Woods.
1857.
Edw'd W. Simmons, do do
1783. Uriah Lawrence, do do
1859.
Theron I. Paine. do do
1806. Jonathan Deuel, do do
1876.
1 808-09. Jonathan Deuel, do do
1878.
Hiram Rogers,
do do
1880. George E. Crane, Nelson A. McNeil.
188I. Wheeler Rowe, Chas. N. Watson.
This section of the county is rich in iron ore. Numerous valuable mines have been opened and worked, the iron yielded being peculiarly adapted to certain of the mechanical arts. The Dakin Ore Bed, one of the most prominent of those found in this section, was discovered in 1846 by Henry and Gideon Dakin, sons of Orville Dakin, on land owned by the latter. They at once sunk shafts for min- ing the ore, and a company was formed to develop the industry, under the title of the Duchess County Iron Company, under the management of Moses C. Wells, Phineas Chapin,¿ Charles C. Alger. On the ten acres of land adjoining the ore bed sold to them by Orville Dakin, this company built in 1848 the furnace now in operation there. The furnace was run by them until 1850 or '51, when the com- pany failed, and the furnace was sold to Orville Dakin who conducted the business until 1856. He failed through the mismanagement of his partner, and the property was sold to Silas Harris, Henry C. Myers, Cornelius Husted and George Barton.
* Member of Assembly, and Sheriff about 1850.
t Resigned vice Harvey Roe appointed to fill unexpired term.
# The founder of Chapinville Furnace.
* In this year Pine Plains was taken off, and the town meeting was held at the house of Alexander Neeley.
John G. Caulkins. Alva Roe.
1850.
Jeremiah W. Paine, do do
1826. Amos Bryan,
1829-30. Douglass Clark, do do
do do
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TOWN OF NORTH EAST.
They sold the furnace to George Morgan who worked the ore bed from 1858 to 1860 or '61, the furnace in the meantime lying idle. The entire property was then sold to Caleb S. Maltby who has since conducted the business .. The ore bed has proved to be very valuable. The principal production of the furnace is a fine grade of car- wheel iron.
The Couch mine, in the northeastern part of the town, leased and discovered and now being worked by Orville and Gideon Dakin, is another valuable mine. The Dakin brothers also purchased, in 1872, a farm known as the Lloyd farm in the northern part of the town, and there developed a profitable ore bed which is now being successfully worked and which contains perhaps the richest iron ore in the Oblong.
SETTLEMENTS.
One of the first settled localities in the town was that portion known as Spencer's Corners, a little north of the old line of Amenia. The place derived its name from Philip Spencer, father to the Hon. Ambrose Spencer, who lived there many years. He came to North East previous to 1769, and even at that time this section had become quite an old settlement. In 1773 the place was known as "Spencer's Clearing." Before that date even, art and science had to some extent flourished there, rapid advancement had been made in agri- culture, and it is recorded that there were in ex- istence there some fine orchards in 1744.1
Elder Simon Dakin, who came from the vicinity of Boston, previous to 1751, located here, where he organized a Baptist Church, of which for many years he was pastor.
An earlier settlement in the town was known as " Sichem." How the name was derived is not known. The place was established earlier than 1750, and in 1797 it was numbered among the places that the forefathers once knew, but for many years even then had known no more. In Morris' American Gazetteer, 1797, Sichem is described as "formerly a settlement of the Moravians on the east line of New York State, twenty-five miles southeast of Kingston, on Hud- son's River."
After the white settlers had driven the Morav- ians and the Christianized Indians from their settlement at Sha-ca-me-co,t the Indians formed a colony at Wechquadnach on the eastern border of Indian Pond, and a congregation of them was
formed under the charge of the Moravians. David Bruce, a Scotchman, was appointed to the station, and here he died July 9, 1749, and was buried on the scene of his labors. From this mission also, the Indians were driven, and after their dispersion the white settlers established a congrega- tion on the western side of Indian Pond, in North East, on land owned by Hiram Clark. Here they built a church which in after years was converted into a school-house. After the dispersion of the Indians, Rev. Joseph Powell, one of the mission- aries, ministered to a congregation of the early settlers in this vicinity. He died and was buried here in 1774. Rev. Abraham Reinke, another of the Moravian brethren, ministered to the people in different parts of this town and Amenia.
Of the Moravian mission house no vestige remains, and its site is now covered by fields of grain. Even the tombstones, which in an ad- joining burial ground once designated the graves of some of those early missionaries, have disap- peared from view. One indeed a few years since was reset, in a slate rock, near the former site of the Mission house, but unprotected except by the fences enclosing the pasture field in which it stood, the "unconscious herd " in time displaced it, and in its fall it was broken in fragments. In 1859 a monument was erected to the memory of David Bruce and Joseph Powell, a short distance from the eastern border of Indian Pond, near the site of the ancient settlement of Wechquadnach. The monument bears this inscription on the north side :-
"Joseph Powell. a minister of the Gospel in the Church of the United Brethren, born 1710, near White Church, Shropshire, England, Died September 22, 1771, at Sichem, in the Oblong, Duchess County, New York."
On the south side :-
" David Bruce, a minister of the Gospel in the Church of the United Brethren, from Edinburgh, Scotland, Died July 9, 1749, at the Wechquad- nach Mission, Duchess County, New York."
The west side bears the following inscription :-
"Erected by the Moravian Historical Society, October 6, 1859.'
On the east side is a selection from Isaiah.
The more modern settlements are neither large or numerous.
MOUNT RIGA.
Mount Riga is a small hamlet. The postmaster here is Abram B. Couch. A general merchandise business is conducted here by Ward B. Grey, of Millerton.
*" Field notes of the Survey of the Oblong."-Vol. 43.
t See History Town of Pine Plains.
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HISTORY OF DUCHESS COUNTY.
SHACAMECO.
Shacameco is a station on the railroad. The postmaster is R. D. Bertine, who has held that of- fice some four or five years. He also runs a store and a coal yard.
COLEMAN STATION.
Coleman Station, on the Harlem Railroad, has the depot and post-office, the latter kept by Oliver Barrett.
WINCHELLS.
Winchells, on the Newburg, Duchess & Colum- bia Railroad, is merely a stopping place. The postmaster here is James M. Winchell who has held the office some eight years.
IRON JUNCTION.
Iron Junction is at the junction of the Connec- ticut Western, Poughkeepsie & Eastern, and Rhine- beck & Connecticut Railroads. The postmaster and sole merchant is James Campbell.
IRONDALE.
Irondale contains a few houses, and the popula- tion consists chiefly of those who work in the mill and furnace, the sole business features of the place. The postoffice was established here some six years ago. The present postmaster is Charles H. Wat- son, appointed in 1879. The buildings of the Millerton Iron Company were erected in 1854 or '55, by Julius Benedict, now an iron manufacturer in New York. He sold to Barnum & Richardson, the former of whom is now the president of the company. The mills employ about one hundred and fifty hands. The ore is procured from the im- mediate vicinity, and is peculiarly adapted to the making of car wheels. A general store is also run by the Company. The grist mill here, controlled by the Millerton Iron Company, was built in 1880. The old mill which stood here previously, and which gave way to the present building, was that built by James Winchell about 1803. After his death in 1834, the property went into the hands of Charles Paterson. Then Bailey Bowditch, then Curtis Potter, then Julius Benedict were owners, and it is now owned, as stated, by the company owning the furnace.
MILLERTON.
Millerton, in the northwestern part of the town, is the largest and most important of the villages.
It derived its name from Sidney G. Miller, one of the contractors and builders of the extension of the New York & Harlem Railroad from Dover Plains to Chatham .* It is on the Harlem Road, thirty-six miles from Chatham on the north. The Duchess, Newburg & Conn., the Poughkeepsie & Eastern, and the Connecticut Western railroads also touch here.
In 1851 there were no houses where the village of Millerton now stands. The place now contains a population of six hundred. The village was in- corporated June 30, 1875. The first officers were Nathan C. Beach, President; Orrin Wakeman, Hilem B. Eggleston, Ward B. Grey, Trustees ; John M. Benedict, Treasurer ; William E. Penney, Secretary.
The postmaster here is John H. Templeton, who was appointed in 1879; William E. Penney deputy, who has acted in that capacity ten years. The office was established here thirty years ago. The first postmaster was Selah N. Jenks. Harvey Roe, Henry Bunnell, Edward W. Simmons and Ward B. Grey, make up in the order named the succession of postmasters. The building in which the postoffice is now located, was the first erected in Millerton .¡ In that building E. W. Simmons was probably the first to keep a store. He traded until four years ago when he was succeeded by the present merchant, James Finch. The other mer- chants now doing business here are :- Beach, Haw- ley & Co., (Nathan C. Beach, Cyrus F. Hawley, Elias B. Reed and Alonzo A. Bates,) general mer- chants, in business here fourteen years,-another store at Sharon is also conducted by this company ; Ward B. Grey, a native of Pine Plains, born May 19, 1832, general merchant, in business here since 1867, and who also has another store at Mt. Riga, which was established in 1880; Eggleston Brothers, (Hilem B. and William T. Eggleston,) general merchants,¿ in business eight years ; Levi P. Hatch, druggist, in business here nine years ; Charles P. Suydam & Co., general merchants, who began business in April 1879 ; Dwight Stent, deal- er in stoves, tinware and house-furnishing goods, establishing the business in February, 1879; John M. Benedict & Son, dealers in lumber, lime, brick, etc., in business since 1878; James R. Paine & Son, general hardware, in business as a firm since February, 1879; Sylvester Tripp, a native of Scho- harie county, born 1837, jeweler, in business here
* The meeting at which the village was named was held in the house of Walter Wakeman in 1851. 1 Built in 1851.
# The store was built by them in 1873.
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TOWN OF NORTH EAST.
since 1865; L. A. Knickerbocker, harness and horse-furnishing goods, in business some four years ; Thomas Dye, merchant tailor, in business since 1872, succeeding his father, Thomas Dye, who established the business in 1869 ; Sarah Hull, millinery, in business here four years ; L. A. Brown, confectionery and fancy goods, in business ten years ; Charles P. Capron, photographs, in busi- ness since 1865; Bernard Carney, marble works, in business since 1876, succeeding William Coon ; Joseph Harris, merchant tailor, in business since July 15, 1875 ; Stillman & Hoag, (Sidney Still- man, Arthur F. Hoag,) druggists, in business since August, 1879.
HOTELS .- The village contains three hotels. The Millerton House was built in 1852 by Alex- ander Trowbridge, Alexander Holley and James M. Winchell. The first to keep it as a hotel was George Cole, who remained six months or a year ; James M. Winchell then conducted it two years and a half, and then sold to Harrison Gilbert in 1855, who kept it until 1862, put on the addition where the store now is, and built the barn. He sold to Hoffman Sweet, who probably ran it three years and sold to Ebenezer Sherman, who conduct- ed it a short time and died. The property then went into the hands of Norman E. Wheeler, and so remained three years, when he sold to Myron Pitcher, who kept it two years and sold to Elias B. Reed. In his possession the property remained five years, Noah G. Clark running the hotel as lessee. The latter then purchased it, kept it five years and sold to Beach, Hawley & Co., who now own the property. The present landlord is Noah G. Clark, the lessee.
The Planet Hotel was built in 1859, by Edward Shinners. James Bird was the first to keep hotel in the building, running it a year or more. Henry Dayton then purchased the hotel, and, in company with his son-in-law, James Paine, conducted it two or three years. An addition to the building was built by Dayton in 1861. Sterling More and Marshall Doty were the next successors in line, each remaining but a short time. The hotel went into the hands of William Card, who run it some ten years, and the property was then sold under mortgage to Myron Hamlin, who is the present owner. The hotel is now kept by Perry Loucks, who has been its landlord three years.
The Brick Block Hotel was erected by James Conlan in 1872 .* The first to keep a hotel here was Charles A. Correy, who remained two years.
Michael Rowe succeeded him, and is the present landlord. The store which occupied the site of this hotel was built by James M. Winchell in . 1856, and was burned down on the night of July 4th, 1871.
The Central Hotel was built in 1865, by George Greathead,* and was used until 1871 as a storage house. The building was moved to its present site in 1872, and was run as a hotel by Mr. Great- head from the spring of 1873 until the spring of 1876. Rowland and Eugene Simmons, Seymour L. Buckley, and - - Barnum, were the succes- sors in line. The present proprietor [1881] is Franklin Silvernail, who has been here two years.
NEWSPAPERS. - The Millerton Telegraph, a weekly newspaper, was established in 1876, by Cooley James, who conducted it some three months and sold to Van Scriver & Deacon, the present editors and publishers.
Webotuck Lodge No. 480, F. and A. M., was organized June 11, 1860. The Charter officers were :- Lucius P. Woods, W. M .; Samuel L. Bag- ley, S. W .; J. Curtis Smith, J. W. The present Secretary is Levi P. Hatch. The lodge meets every other Friday.
NORTH EAST LIBRARY ASSOCIATION. - The vil- lage contains a fine library under the control of the North East Library Association, which had its origin in the Millerton Reading Room As- sociation, organized January 10, 1876. It was changed to the present association, April 10, 1876. The first officers were Andrew J. Copp, President ; Mrs. Jeremiah W. Paine, General Walter Phelps, Jr., Darius Penney, Vice Presidents ; William E. Penney, Treasurer, Secretary and Librarian. The library contains about 350 volumes.
PHYSICIANS-Among the past physicians of the town, was Curtice J. Hurd, who practiced here from 1820 to 1834 or '36, and who had an exten- sive patronage. He went to Manlius, Onondaga County, N. Y., about 1837, and practiced for some time there, where he died a number of years after. Two of his sons, George and Darwin, were also physicians, and for a short time practiced here. Both are now dead. Dr Samuel Robertson, a na- tive of Windham, Greene County, N. Y., practiced here from 1830 until 1846 or '47. He went to near Albany, and in 1881, was living in Canisteo, N. Y. Dr. Bull was also a prominent physician here previous to 1820. Other physicians were Dr.
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