History of Herkimer county, New York, Part 61

Author: Hardin, George Anson, 1832-1900, ed; Willard, F. H. (Frank Hallett), b. 1852, joint ed
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., D. Mason & co.
Number of Pages: 1028

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Dievendorf, Jacob, German Flats, was born in 1814, and is one of the oldest inhab- itants of the county. His life has been spent mostly in farming, and he has been very successful in every way. He is now president of the Mohawk National Bank, and formerly had various large interests that he has now centralized. His father was David Dievendorf and his grandfather Jacob, who came to this part 100 years ago. His nephew, R. M. Dievendorf, is one of the leading merchants of Mohawk.

Ellis, Lorenzo, Russia, was born in Westmoreland, Oneida county, January 6, 1836, a son of Daniel Ellis, born in Slab City, Madison county, in 1802. He married Sallie Coy, a native of Madison county, by whom he had five sons and one daughter, Orrin, Alanson, Orlando, LeRoy, Lorenzo and Louisa. He went to Oneida county and fol- lowed farming, and later in life became a boatman on the Erie Canal. He died in Oneida county in 1858 and his wife in 1874. Lorenzo Ellis married November 12, 1858, Jane, daughter of Ozias and Emily (Jenkins) Wilcox, natives of Oneida county. To Mr. Ellis and wife seven children have been born : Frank W., Mary M., Walter and Eugene C., living, and Charles, Lewis and Alice, deceased. Mr. Ellis was a boatman on the Erie Canal from 1847 to 1863. He then went to Newport, where he was en - gaged in lumbering one year and in the express and stage business eighteen years. In 1887 he went to Poland and engaged in the hotel business. In 1889 he purchased property now known as the Ellis House, of which his son Frank is proprietor. Mr. Ellis also has a good livery. He is a Republican.

Eckler, Hendrick, Warren, with his family came from Holland and settled in Warren about 1765. He had a son Captain Henry, who was born in Holland, who received his father's homestead of 100 acres. He had four sons : Christian, John, Daniel and Henry. John Eckler was born in the homestead and spent his life there. His wife was Sophia Van Horne, who bore him five children: John, Thomas, Henry, Christina, Mary A., the latter the only one living. John Eckler was born on the homestead in September, 1810, and died September 9, 1876. He was twice married, first to IIannah Van Denberg, who bore him three children: Clarinda, Orange and Van Denberg (de- ceased.) His second wife was Hannah, daughter of Cornelius and Eva Cronkhite, who

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bore him fonr children : Foster (deceased), Mariette (deceased), Lester C. and Rose. His second wife died in 1872. Lester C. Ecker was born March 1, 1847, in Springfield, where Hendrick Eckler first settled. He added sixty acres to the original farm and lived there until March 1, 1886, when he bought the hotel in Warren and has since conducted it. He received an academic education, is a Mason and a Republican, and has been postmaster under Harrison. Ile married, December 14, 1870, Julia, daughter of David and Christina (Ilarder) Johnson, and they have one child, Ralph J.

Emery, John, Russia, was born in Ohio, November 23, 1824, a son of Rowland Emery, born in Charlestown in 1786. He came to Ohio at an early day, one of the pioneer settlers, where he spent most of his life. His wife was Elizabeth Jones, by whom he had two sons and six daughters. His brother, Matthew, was in the War of 1812. Rowland Emery died in Ohio in 1849, and his wife died in 1842. In 1846 John Emery married Mary A. Curtis, born in Schoharie county February 25, 1828, a dangh- ter of Joseph and Amie Curtis, who about 1838 came from Duanesburg, Schoharie county, and settled in Ohio, where they reared four sons and seven daughters. Mr. Emery at the age of nineteen years was captain in the militia under Governor Bouck. He was highly honored in his native town, being excise commissioner for four years, a member of the auditing board for four years, supervisor 1866-67, justice of the peace from 1866 to 1870, and was one of the members who incorporated the M. E. Church in Ohio. He held all the offices in that church in time, and was superintendent of the Sunday-school for fifteen years. He moved from the town of Olno to the village of Poland, Jannary 1, 1889, where he now lives. His grandfather, Robert Emery, was born in New York and early in life settled in Montgomery county. He died in Strat- ford, aged ninety-three.

Earl, Robert, 2d, Herkimer, was born in Herkimer December 22, 1867. He received his education in the Herkimer schools, St. John's Military Academy, Manlius, N. Y., and Union College, Schenectady. N. Y. After the completion of his studies he entered the office of D. II. Burrell & Company Little Falls, N. Y., and later the office of the Saxony Knitting Company of the same place. May 1, 1892, he was elected assistant cashier of the " Old " Herkimer Bank, Herkimer, N. Y., which position he now holds. Mr. Earl is a trustee of the village of Herkimer, and has the distinction of being the youngest member ever elected to that board. Hle is a Mason and a member of several social organizations. Ile is a son of the late eminent Samnel Earl and a nephew of Chief Judge Robert Earl of the Court of Appeals of the State of New York.

Ely, Samuel, Warren, was born where he now lives, near the south line of Warren, November 29, 1807, and is a son of Samuel and Fannie (Cooley) Ely. His grandfather was Simeon Ely, of English descent, and born near West Springfield, Mass. In 1805 he settled on the farm where the subject now lives, and died there in 1815, aged eighty- five. The subject's father was born in Massachusetts in 1774, and came with his parents to the present homestead in 1805. Ile died in 1851 in his seventy-seventh year, and his wife died about 1862 in her ninetieth year. They had five children. Our subject has always lived on the homestead, has never been sued and has never sued,

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has not tasted liquor in fifty-three years, and has been a member of the M. E. Church fifty-four years. He married in 1831, Mary A., daughter of George and Betsy (Cooke) Snyder, and they have had seven children : Lorana, wife of James Pollard, dead, left one son ; Ann, wife of Ira Dunckel ; Helen, wife of Rosell Warren; Wesley, Elizabeth, died unmarried ; Fannie A., and Darwin, who served three years in the 121st N. Y. Volunteers. Mrs. Ely died in 1880 in her seventy-second year.

Edsall, Dr. Irving S, was born October 15, 1858, a son of William and Jane (Swar- tout) Edsall, residents of Delaware county, N. Y. He attended the Roxbury public school until eighteen years of age, when he entered the Albany Normal School, from which he graduated in 1879. He taught school for a time, then commenced the study of medicine, entering the Albany Medical College in the fall of 1882. He graduated in March, 1885, and settled in Middleville the same year. He is a member of the Her- kimer County Medical Society, of which be was vice-president in 1890 and president in 1891. He is also a member of Newport Lodge F. & A. M. No. 455 ; of Nehasena Tribe I. O. R. M. of Newport, of which he is a charter member ; and also, belongs to the Middleville Council Royal Arcanum No. 1335, in which order he served as medical examiner. He is a Republican in politics and was appointed county physician in 1888. He is a member of the Board of Trustees in Middleville and was one of its original trustees when it was incorporated, in 1890. In 1892 he was elected its president. Dr. Edsall is a member of M. E. Church, of which he is Sunday-school superintendent. September 11, 1885, he married Ella Sikes, adopted daughter of Harvey Sikes of Greene county, N. Y. They have one child, William, born in 1890.

Edes, James, Manheim, was born in England in the year 1835. In 1854 he came to this country and commenced to work on a farm, and after an industrious period he was enabled to purchase his present fine property of 190 acres of dairy land upon which he keeps fifty-five head of horned cattle, four horses, besides other stock. His wife was Miss Charlotte Boyce, an English lady, who died in April, 1890. Mr. Edes has had six children, two boys and four girls. Mr. Edes is a thorough representative and prosper- ons farmer.

Evans, James H., Herkimer, was born in Granville, Washington county, N Y., November 14, 1839. He received a good education in the schools of Cohoes, and at an early age entered the employ o: the Ogden Mills there, later on assuming charge of the spinning rooms, and in 1869, became identified with the knitting industry in Cohoes. He came to Herkimer :n 1877, and entered the employ of Morris Mark, with whom he remained until the formation of the Gem Knitting Company, four years ago, of which he became the leading partner and practical head. The other members of the concern are H. A. Deimel, C. R. Snell, and M. A. Deimel. Employment is furnished to 150 hands, and Swiss Ribbed Underwear in cotten, wool and silk is produced, three hun fred dozen being turned out per day. The factory is a large three-story brick building with basement and contains all modern improvements and machinery. The products are disposed of through their New York office at 48 Leonard street. Mr. Evans is a thirty-second degree Mason.

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Eaton, Volney, Herkimer, is a native of Eatonsbush, this county, and is the son of a farmer. He is a direet descendant of Francis Eaton, who came over in the May- flower. His father took part in the war of 1812, and served at Sackett's Harbor. Gen- eral Eaton, of Revolutionary fame, was also an ancestor of Mr. Volney Eaton. Mr. Eaton has been in the saw-inill business for some years. Latterly he has retired from active business. He has twice been high sheriff, once of Herkimer County, once of Ionia, Michigan, In politics he is a Republican, and was one of the first organizers of the Republican party in this part.

Enos, William P., Herkimer, was born in the town of Ohio, March 30, 1830. He received a common school education and after learning the machinest trade, at which he worked for thirty years, traveling to many cities and States in the prosecution of this industry. He afterwards purchased his farm on the Steuben road of 140 acres of dairy land, upon which he has since lived. He keeps twenty-five or thirty head of stock and cuts from sixty to seventy tons of hay. He married Miss L. Sherman and has a son and a daughter. The family is of New England descent. He was in the ordnance department of government service as inspector during the war.

Fish, Irving K., Litchfield, was supervisor of Litchfield, in 1888, 1889, and 1890. He was born here on the farm where he now lives July 26, 1847, son of Alonzo L. Fish, who by his pen and practical instructions, was one of the first to advance dairy in- terests in Herkimer county, and establish export trade in dairy products. Was supervisor of Litchfield in 1860, 1861, and 1862, and the originator of many useful en- terprises ; a native of Connecticut, who came here with his father Samuel Fish, the original owner of this farm which has been in the family ever since. Samuel was a son of Nathaniel Fish. Irving K. Fish, married E. Jennie Beals, and they have one daughter, Cornelia J. Mrs. E. J. Fish is a daughter of Rev. Oliver Beals, who was a son of David Beals, one of the first settlers of this town.

Fish, Wallace Isaac, Litchfield, is one of the prominent farmers of Litchfield. 1Ie married Emma M. Underwood, December 24, 1856, and they have two children living, S. Lynn, who married Gertie E. Rider, and Fred P., who married Jennie M. Davis, and is overseer of the poor. Isaac W. Fish is a son of Elias W., who was supervisor of this town for many years, he was a son of Samuel who came here with his father Nathaniel, one of the first settlers here. Isaac W. Fish's mother was Alma P., daughter of Isaac Parker, a brother of the Rev. Archibald Parker, both of them being among thie first settlers of the town of Litchfield. George Parker was the father of the Parker brothers, who were the first settlers here. George Parker died June 26, 1820, aged 89 years, his wife Sarah died July 23, 1836, aged 94. Isaac Parker died January 23, 1840, aged 67, his wife Mercy, died October 29, 1856, aged 86. Elias W. Fish died June 26, 1869, aged 66, and his wife Alma P., died February 2, 1893, aged seventy- seven. The deed of this farm, dated December 8, 1794, from Archibald Parker, to Isaac Parker, is now in the possession of Isaac W. Fish, and was recorded July 29, 1818, signed Walter Fish, clerk.

Fisher, Henry, Ohio, was born in Germany in 1825. His parents were John and Barbara Fisher, who had five sons and two daughters. In 1847 Mr. Fisher and family

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came to America and settled in Ohio township, where he purchased sixty acres of land in the wilderness. On this he built a log house, in which he spent the remainder of his life. He was a Democrat, and he and his wife were Lutherans. He died in 1853 and his wife in 1872. Henry Fisher was twenty-two years old when he came to this country with his parents. Ile married Christina Fisher, a native of Germany, by whom he had five children, Nicholas, Charles, Rachael, Amelia, and Emily, all of whom are hving. Mr. Fisher owns 269 acres of land, and keeps a large dairy. He is a Dem- ocrat, and he and his wife are members of the Lutheran church. He is one of the stockholders in the Poland union store.

Folts, Mrs. D., Herkimer, is one of the remarkable women of the age, and lives a mile and a half from Herkimer. Her son, W. P. Folts, works the farm and manages outside affairs, and she does a great deal of magnetic healing. She has been practicing twenty-two years and has established a wide and substantial reputation. They have one hundred acres of land used for dairying and grain. Mrs. Folts' father was a doctor. From the Gloversville Intelligencer: "One mile and a half east of Herkimer village lives an old lady called Mrs. Folts. This person has obatined a wonderful reputation for the healing of diseases. It is now twenty-two years since she began to attract by her great healing powers, and to-day her house is a modern Mecca for the sick, many of whom travel hundreds of miles to consult her. Her patients consist mainly of chronic cases, though the diseased and crippled of all kinds seek her aid. Many won- derful cures are said to have been performed by this remarkable woman, and her pat- rons have unlimited confidence in her powers. Two busses are kept running from Herkimer to her house, and every Central train stopping in Herkimer brings her new patients. Sometimes as many as twenty will come on one train to see the old lady. Mrs. Folts is about sixty-five years of age. Her father was also gifted in the healing art. She lets the cures she does do all her advertising. In Herkimer, where she is well known she is regarded as very skillful and the patronage she is receiving from all the world is truly wonderful." From the Rome Sentinel: "We read of miracles in the healing art, Unt one has lately come under our own observation. One of our near- est neighbors, Mr. Hanley, has a little son thirteen years old, who has been afflicted some two years with hip disease. Our most eminent physicians could do him but little good. An open sore on his limb discharged continually and the pain was almost un- bearable. Two weeks ago he was taken to see Mrs. Folts, at Herkimer, who treated the case by rubbing with the hands and by medicine and since that hour he has suffered no pain, the wound has healed, and there are fair hopes of a permanent cure."

Forrest, David J., Russia, was born in Russia March 31, 1851. His father was Will- iam Forrest, a son of John and Martha Forrest. (See sketch of J W. Forrest.) Wilham Forrest was born August 5, 1805, in Russia. He was educated in the common schools aud reared on a farm. Ile was a great reader and a well informed man. His wife was Abigail, daughter of David and Effiah Hunter. They had three sons and four daughters. Mr. Forrest followed clerking for some time in Utica, but afterwards be- came a farmer. He was a Democrat and was assessor and highway commissioner. lle was a captain of a rifle company in the State militia. David J. Forrest was reared on

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the farm he now owns, and was educated in the common schools. In 1879 he mar- ried Lillias MeArthur, a native of Russia, and daughter of Donald McArthur. They have four children : Raymond H., Fred E., Edna J., and George A. Mr. Forrest is a farmer and a Democrat. He is a member of Russia Grange, No. 630. Ife and wife are members of the regular Baptist Church of Russia.

Frederiksen, J. D., Little Falls, is a native of Denmark. He received Ins education in the leading schools of Denmark and graduated from the Royal Agricultural Col- lege of Copenhagen. After his graduation he was director in a beet sugar mann- factory for some time. He then became interested in Professor Hansen's dairy inven- tions, which he first introduced in this country. They consist of Hansen's rennet extract, Hansen's butter color, Hansen's cheese color, etc., etc. Mr. Frederiksen m- duced Professor Ifansen to establish a large manufactory here in Little Falls, to supply the American demand, of which he is manager. Mr. Frederiksen is a thorough bust- ness man and has achieved remarkable success.

Flansburg, Cornelius, Ohio, was born July 16, 1834, son of Bartholomew and Angel- ine Flansburg, and was educated in the common schools, In 1867 he married Elizabeth Cummings, born October 4, 1848, a daughter of James and Margaret Cum- mings of Ohio. Mr. Cummings died July 25, 1885. Ilis wife is still living at the age of seventy-two years. Subject and wife have two children, Olive A. and Jesse B. At twelve years of age Mr. Flansburg began working on a farm by the month. In 1858 he went to California for seven years, following lumbering and mining. He then returned to Ohio, and has since been a farmer. He is a Republican and has been assessor six years. Ile with his family attends the M. E. church.

Freygang, Gustav A., Dolgeville, was born in Prussia, February 24, 1859. Mr. Freygang received his education in that country, where he also learned the shoemaker's trade, and afterwards in 1879 was foreman of a large shoe manufactory in Petersburg, Russia, until 1883, when he came to America, and on January 18, 1884. engaged with Alfred Dolge. He is now foreman over the shoe business for Mr. Dolge, and has charge of about seventy-five hands. Mr. Freygang married Miss Roza Franz. They have no issue.

Fellows, Charles L., Newport, a son of George W. and Louisa II. (Bowen) Fellows, was born April 8, 1867, and had one sister, Ruth V. George W., the father, was a son of Joel and Angeline, who had five children. The subject was married to Emma L, daughter of Albert A. and Harriet L. Bullard. He is a Republican and is town, also village, clerk. Ile commenced as a drug clerk for Dexter & Holcomb when six- teen years old, and after three years entered the employ of D. Wells, in the mean- time studying law with C. A. Moon. He entered the Albany law school in 1889. from which he graduated June 18, 1890. He was admitted to the bar at General Term of the Supreme Court April 28, 1892. After graduating he entered the office of C. A. Moon, of Newport, and on the death of the latter assumed charge of the business and office. The subject is a member of the Newport Lodge F. and A. M., No. 455, in which he serves as senior warden.

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Ford, A. W., Fairfield, is a native of Middleville, and has always followed farming. He was born September 7, 1826, and in 1863 married Irene Isham. They have four children, one son, David, and three daughters, Addie Belle, Mary and Irene. Mr. Ford owns three hundred acres of fine dairy farm in Fairfield, where his grandfather settled Ilis father, David Ford, was born in this town in 1782 and served at Sackett's Harbor in the war of 1812 as captain.

Finster, George, Schuyler, was born October 6, 1817. and in 1851 he married Eme- line M. Sweet. They have two sons, R. V. and Delos. The former resides at home on the farm. Delos married Emily Husted, and they have three children, two sons and a daughter. The father of George was Jacob, and his father was John Finster, who participated in the war of the Revolution, and fought at the battle of Oriskany.

Fenner, Rosell, Newport, was born at Cold Brook January 13, 1825, a son of Jere- miah and Phosa (Rich) Fenner. Ilis father came from Rhode Island to Newport when two years old. in 1794. He was a son of George, whose children were: Jere- miah, Harding, Gorton, Seth, George, Lydia, Sallie, and Elsie. Rosell Fenner had one sister, Maria Louisa (deceased). He married on October 15, 1863, Mary Ann, daugh- ter of Ilenry Bristol. He entered the lumbering business at Forestport in 1850 and after seven years engaged in the livery business at St. Paul, Minn., for seven years. In 1849 he went to California, remaining but fourteen months (in mining interests). He was also in the cigar business at Utica for seven years. He died October 2, 1892. His family are attendants of the Baptist church, Mr. Fenner's father was one of the original owners of the water-power of Newport.

Faville, Henry, Dolgeville, is a grandson of John Faville, who settled here in 1795. He was born December 5, 1830, and after receiving an academic education followed the occupation of farming for many years. Ile married Miss Sarah L. Slauson, and they have two children, a son and a daughter. William H. Faville, his son, is engaged in the hardware business in the Faville block, Dolgeville. The ancestors of this family participated in the war of the Revolution, also the war of 1812. Members of the fam- ily also held commissions in the late war. Henry Faville has long been identified with the progress of Dolgeville. He owns large real estate interests in and adjacent to this village, comprising the Faville block, seventy five to eighty acres of building lots, etc. He has held important public offices most acceptably to residents and property owners.

Fay, Rimmen C., German Flats, superintendent of the Remington Armory, born in Ludlow, Mass., Aug. 6, 1848. After having received a liberal preliminary education be was employed for several years by the Colt's Patent Fire-Arms Manufacturing Com- panv of Hartf rd, Conn., as machinist, contractor and draughtsman. During this time he made complete sets of working drawings of the celebrated Gatling Machine Gun under the direction of the inventor, Dr. Richard J. Gatling. He left Colt's Armory to enter the employ of the Fales & Jenks Machine Company at Pawtucket, R. I., as contractor upon the well-known Rabbeth spindle, and remained there about seven years, when Mr. Rabbeth sold his interest in the spindle to the Hopedale

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Machine Company of Hopedale, Mass. Mr. Fay was then engaged by the Hopedale Machine Company to design the tools and fixtures required to manufacture the spindles there. After this was accomplished he was engaged for about two years manufactur- ing the spindles by contract, after which he was engaged as superintendent of the Hopedale Machine Company's entire works. After having served in this capacity for about four years he resigned the position on account of ill health. Ile next entered the emoloy of the Pratt & Whitney Company of Hartford, Conn., as designer and draughtsman of special machinery and also as traveling salesman. He remained with this company until he was engaged July 1, 1888, by the Remington Arms Company as superintendent. Mr. Fay has taken out about twenty patents. He is a member of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers, the leading mechanical engineering society in the United States. In 1870 Mr. Fay married Miss A. Izette Doane, of Brookfield, Mass., and they have a family of seven children. . Mr. Fay's father was Lucius N. Fay, of Brookfield, Mass., and Mrs. Fay's father was Cheney Doane, of the same place, who was a consin of Bishop Willian Croswell Doane, of Albany. Her grandfather was a drum-major in the Revolutionary War, and her uncle, Nathan Doane, was a drum- major in the war of 1812, both father and son using the same drum, the live oak shell of which is now in the possession of the G. A. R. Post of Worcester, Mass. Her grandfather was a lineal descendant of John Adams.

Farrell. Thomas P., Frankfort, was born December 14, 1843. He went into the grocery business in Frankfort, and has continued it to the present time, a period of twenty years, he being one of the stirring merchants of the town. April 27, 1876, he married Mary Josephine Carry, of U'tica, and they have one daughter, Mary Julia Farrell. In 1886 he purchased the fine George Gates mansion for a residence. Mr. Farrell is a member of the Board of Education, of the Board of Water Works, and is one of the largest taxpayers in the town.

Ford, James W., Fairfield, is a native of Fairfield and was born June 3, 1836. He has been a farmer all his life, and owns two fine dairy farms of 128 and 164 acres, upon which he has a herd of seventy milch cows. Mr. Ford's grandfather came here from Green River, Conn., about 107 years ago. Mr. Ford married Miss Sarah A. Ives in 1861, and they have a family of one son and three daughters, William, Mrs. Truman Cole, Fannie S. and Mabel II. Mr. Ford is a Republican in politics, and is recognized as a leading man in every way in this part of the county.

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History of Herkimer county, New York, Part 61

Author: Hardin, George Anson, 1832-1900, ed; Willard, F. H. (Frank Hallett), b. 1852, joint ed Publication date: 1893 Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., D. Mason & co. Number of Pages: 1028

Author: Hardin, George Anson, 1832-1900, ed; Willard, F. H. (Frank Hallett), b. 1852, joint ed
Publication date: 1893
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y., D. Mason & co.
Number of Pages: 1028