History of Herkimer county, New York, Part 64

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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daughter of Adam Bellinger, and has had eight children, seven of whom are living, three sons, A. C. Kyser, C. L. Kyser and S. B. Kyser, and four daughters. The latter are married and reside in this county. Mr. Kyser has always taken an active interest in local affairs and has held the office of assessor six years.

Kay, Cyrus, M D., Herkimer, was born in the town of Frankfort January 10, 1857. He received his education in the public schools of Frankfort and Herkimer, and grad- uated from the Medical department of Columbia College in 1880, immediately there- after commencing the practice of his profession in Herkimer. Dr. Kay has been solic- ited many times to accept public office. Ile now holds the office of police and fire commissioner, and has been the Republican candidate for president of the village and trustee of the village. He is trustee of the Odd Fellows, a member of the Herkimer County Medical Society, Royal Arcanum, Masonic Fraternity, Royal Arch Masons, charter member of Fort Dayton Hose Company, etc., and is identified with local social and political organizations. Dr. Kay married Miss Clara Hilts and has no family.

Kingston, Edward S., Little Falls, shoe last manufacturer of Little Falls. The in- dustrial life of Little Falls contains no more important representative than the subject of this sketch, not only because of his success and inventive genius, but also because he may be fairly said to be one of the pioneer manufacturers of the place, nearly every other existing industry here having started since he began operations twenty years ago. Edward S. Kingston is a native of Vernon, Oneida county, N. Y. His parents moved to Canada and he remained there eleven years. Since returning to this country he has been engaged variously. First he learned the printing trade, spending two years in this line. He then resided in Albany until 1872, when he came to Little Falls, and he and his brother were engaged in business until 1883, when he went to Utica and formed a partnership with George A. Reynolds in the manufacture of his patent metallic lasts, and he sold the patent to Mr. Reynolds for $12,000, and retiring from the business resumed the manufacture of wood lasts. In 1884 he started manu- facturing in Utica. In 1885 he came back to Little Falls and started his present enter- prise, which has proved a most gratifying success. llis factory is thoroughly equipped with the best modern machinery, and he disposes of his lasts direct to the consumers. In politics Mr. Kingston is a Republic id is an attendant of the Methodist church. In 1879 he married Miss Cora Penner, daughter of Alfred Penner, and their union bas been blessed with one son, Alfred, who is now in his twelfth year. Socially he is held in high esteem, and is an important factor in the industrial life of Little Falls.

Larned, Frederick G., Russia, was born in Poland November 25, 1860. His father was Henry B., son of William II., son of Benjamin, whose father was Benjamin, son of Samuel, son of William, son of Isaac, whose father was Isaac, a son of William Larned, who emigrated from England in 1682 and settled in Massachusetts. Benjamin Larned, the great-grandfather, was born near Springfield, Mass., and there grew to manhood. Ile married Sarah, daughter of James Willoughby, and had six sons and two daughters. In 1820 he came to Poland, where he died March 19, 1839, and his wife February 28, 1848. William H. Larned was born near Springfield, Mass., April 3, 1805, and died August 28 1882, and his wife November 22, 1884. Henry B. Larned

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was born in Poland April 17, 1829, and attended Fairfield Seminary, where he took a special course in surveying. January 29, 1856, he he married Laura A. Sprague, a na- tive of Springfield, Mass., a daughter of Elijah Sprague and Charlotte Young, a lady of French descent. They had one son and five daughters. Mr. Sprague was an early settler of Batavia. His wife died in Steuben in 1872, and he now resides with his children. He died February 4, 1890, while with his daughter, Mrs. Larned, of Poland. Frederick G. Larned was educated in the common schools of Poland, a. d afterwards took a scientific and commercial course in Fairfield Seminary, graduating in 1879. He afterwards took a course in Eastman's Business College, from which he graduated March 14, 1881. Mr. Larned is a real estate owner in Herkimer county, Dakota, Ne- braska and Denver, Col. He is secretary of l'oland Grange, No. 607. He is vice pres- ident and eastern manager of the Empire Loan Trust Company of Haigle, Neb. Feb. 11, 1891, he married Mary E. Barwell, a native of Poland, born March 19, 1873, a daughter of Henry Barwell, of Poland. Mr. Larned and wife have one child, Law- rence F. Larned, born June 22, 1892.

Little, Andrew, Little Falls, is a native of Scotland, and came to America in 1869. settling in Cooperstown. In 1876 he came to Little Falls and worked at his trade of carpentering for some time. In 1882 he began business in the planing-mill now occu- pied by him, which mill has the dimensions of 100 x 100 feet, and in which he does a large and successful business. He also deals in lumber. In 1886 Mr. Little married, and has two children. He is a Prohibitionist and a member of the Presbyterian church. He belongs to several societies.

Liutner, W. H. H., Little Falls, was born at Minden March 28, 1840. He engaged in business for a few years in New Haven and Albany before the breaking out of the war, when he enlisted in the Albany Light Infantry. During the war the regiment was known as the 177th N. Y. S. Vols. Mr. Lintner was brevetted major for gallant service at the siege and capture of Port Hudson. In 1864 he came to Little Falls and em- barked in the drug and grocery business, in which he made a great success, and through which he acquired considerable wealth. For several years he was assistant adjutant- general on the staff of General Priest, and also filled other important offices. He died July 11, 1892.

La Due, Daniel W., Little Falls, is a native of Fulton county, N. Y., in which vicin- ity his father settled when he was a child. The family is of New England descent. Mr. La Due started the manufacture of cheese boxes in 1852, gradually working up the business to proportions of considerable magnitude, and in 1868 most materially added to its strength by purchasing the saw-mill, now a portion of his plant. Mr. La Due has served as trustee of the village and has furnished employment to a numerous force of hands. He is an Odd Fellow and identified with local, social and financial circles. His wife was Miss Mary E. Schuyler, by whom he has three children, one son and two daughters.

Longshore, R. Clide, Herkimer, was born in Canajoharie, Montgomery county, and received a good education in the schools of this vicinity. He has been connected with several prominent grocery houses in positions of trust and responsibility, and

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from 1879 to 1883 was time-keeper for Morris Marks. After that, in 1883, he engaged with Prowse & Thomson, with whom he is at present engaged. Mr. Longshore was appointed some time ago to the position of town clerk, and at the following election received the Democratic nomination and election to this position, which he still holds. He is prominent in social and benevolent associations, being connected with the Red Men, K. P .. O. U. A. M., A. O. U. W., O. U. F., Order of Aegis, and others.

Leigh, J. T., Little Falls, is a native of Toronto, Canada, but has lived nearly all his life in the United States. He began his business career as a book-keeper, spent some time in teaching, and was several years in the Little Falls National Bank. He entered upon his present business in 1887 and has managed it so successfully that he now runs the largest canal supply store between Syracuse and Albany, as well as being senior partner in the large grocery and meat firm of E. M. Walrath & Company on Ann street. Mr. Leigh has also been connected with other enterprises, and was some years secretary and treasurer of the Superior Furnace Company. He is a man of good busi- ness abilities and held a seat in the board of education of Little Falls for several years. He has also served as police and fire commissioner, notary public, etc.

Lewis, John, Schuyler, is a son of Harris Lewis, one of the prominent men of this State in the past generation. Ile was a member of Assembly in 1856-57, and was put forward by the Greenback party as their candidate for governor of the State. John Lewis was born in Schuyler, March 8, 1850, and has been recognized as one of the leading men of the town for many years. He owns a fine farm of 144 acres and has a dairy of forty-two cows. His buildings are commodious and modern, and his farm is one of the best kept in the county. In the year 1868 Mr. Lewis married Catharine Wilcox, and they have four children, two sons and two daughters, Harris, George, Libby and Emma. Mr. Lewis has never cared for public office. though he has served his party as assessor. He is a Republican and is a member of the Grange. His grandfather, Isaac, settled in Chenango county, where his father was born. Mr. Lewis is a man of strong genial personality, highly respected by all having his acquaintance.

Lints, Simon P., jr., Schuyler, was born April 4, 1857. He is one of the leading Democrats of Schuyler, and has been put in nomination by his party for supervisor. In 1881 he married Lillie Cramer. They are adherents of the Methodist church, in which church Mr. Lints sings. His father is Peter Lints and his grandfather had the same name. Mr. Lints is a practical cheese-maker and is also interested with his father in farming.

Loucks, William P., Dolgeville, was born in Manheim, July 23, 1823. IIis grand- father, Peter, was second lieutenant in the Revolutionary war, under Captain Fox, and participated at Oriskany, after which he settled in this town upon 200 acres of land. William P. Loucks' father (also named Peter) was a justice of the peace for forty years in Manheim, and town clerk for twenty-two years. Mr. Loucks himself has held the offices of assessor three years, commissioner of highways one term, inspec-

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tor of elections, constable, etc. He married Ann Kelley. and they have had three sons and two daughters.

Lewis, Marshall, German Flats, was born in the town of Oswego, N. Y., November 7, 1829. After teaching four terms in district schools and in Falley Seminary, he turned his attention to book-keeping and was engaged chiefly for seven years with a manufacturing firm in Fulton, N. Y., and for nearly twenty-five years in the office of the Armory and the Remington Agricultural Company in Ilion, N. Y. Mr. Lewis married first Miss C. M. Loomis, who left a daughter. Calista M. His present wife was Miss Mary Carter, whose three living children are Dana C., a physician ; Victor C., employed in the lumber business; and a daughter, Jennie V. A third son, Almon M., died in 1877, aged fourteen years.

Limpert, John, Frankfort, was born in Ilion, November 8, 1855, he being the only son living of John and Rosa (Vogel) Limpert, of Ilion, both of whom were born in Germany, emigrating to this country in early life. They met in Herkimer and were there married. John Limpert came to Frankfort in the spring of 1882 and engaged in the clothing and gents' furnishing business. He was married in 1879 to Sarah E. Feasel, of Frankfort, and they have five children, J. Valentine, Anna Louisa, Sarah Elizabeth, G. Arthur, and Fred L.

Lehr, Gilbert N., M. D., Frankfort, was born in Oneida county, January 13, 1857. He was one of ten children of George and Catharine (Yordan) Lehr. George Lehr, the father, was born in Germany, and came to this country when twelve years of age. Catharine Yordan, the mother, was a descendant of the Holland Dutch, who emigrated and settled in the Mohawk Valley at an early day. Her father was a soldier of the war of 1812, and her mother was for many years a pensioner. Gilbert N. was edu- cated at Union Free School, Boonville, at Whitestown Seminary, two courses medi- cal department University of Michigan, and graduated at the University of New York city, with the class of 1880. He engaged in the practice of his profession for three years at Taberg. Oneida county, and in the spring of 1883 removed to Frankfort, where he has practiced since that time. He married September 16, 1880, Nellie G. Gue, of North Western, N. Y., one of four children of Jerome V. and Clara (Keech) Gue. They have one daughter, Sadie M.

Loomis, Watts T., Little Falls, is a native of Little Falls. He studied at Brown University, the Albany Law School, and with his father, and was admitted to the bar in 1856. He practiced law and civil engineering several years, but abandoned en- gineering when other matters became too pressing. He is a man of culture and refine- ment and one of the leading men in the county. He has never been an aspirant for political honors and has held no political offices, other than president of the village He is and has always been a promoter of the enterprises connected with the improvement of the village in the construction of its mills, churches, bridges, water works, street lighting, 'he maintenance and care of its public parks and grounds and of all its impor- tant improvements. He is president of the Warrior Mower Company, the Superior Furnace Company, and the Electric and Power Company, and the proprietor of several mills. He is a Democrat in politics.

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Lints, Alonzo M., Frankfort, was born in Frankfort, April 22, 1856; he was the only child of Jacob J. and Mary E. (Muckey) Lints, both natives of this town. His grandfather was Peter Lints; his great-grandfather emigrated to this country from Germany. Alonzo M. was married in 1879 to May A. Crosby, one of three children of W W. and Marillda (Harris) Crosby, of Frankfort. He is one of the enterprising young men of the town ; he has served as town clerk and trustee of the village and was village president in 1884. He has also been occupied as general foreman and inspector for State work and canal repairs.

Levee, Richard, Little Falls, was born in Little Falls, July 3, 1830, and like most young men in those days, worked summers and attended school winters, and on com- ing of age engaged in whatever occurred to make money at. In this way he gradually accumulated sufficient to start his trucking business, in which he has since been en - gaged. Mr. Levee has held the office of chief of the fire department for some years. He has also served the village as trustee two terms. Ile married a daughter of Peter Eysman, and they have two children, a son and a daughter. Ilis son, who is in busi- ness with him, is also a popular and much respected citizen of the town.

Lanning, William B, Russia, was born in Russia, January 1, 1834, a son of John, whose father was Conrad, a native of New Jersey, who married Martha Van Horn, a native of Duanesburg, Schoharie county, N. Y., by whom he had ten children. In 1819 he came to Russia and settled on a farm, where he died in 1849, and his wife in 1844. John Lanning was born October 28, 1801, in Duar esburg. He married Betsy, daugh- ter of John and Martha Forrest, natives of Ireland. Mr. Forrest was a glass-blower by trade and also a weaver. His children were: Mary, Betsy, William, John, Mark, James, Martha, Rosanah, Sallie and Rachel. The children of Mr. John Lanning and wife are: Martha, Rosanah, William and Mark. Ile died August 28, 1884, and his wife April 5, 1885. The subject of this sketch was educated at Cold Brook Select School, Prospect Academy and Fairfield Seminary. At the age of seventeen he began teaching school and continued for ten years. When he reached his majority he spent several months visiting in the west. He spent two years in Philadelphia in the cheese market for Edward Partridge. In 1859 he married Catherine, daughter of Hilliard Broadwell, a native of Vt., and after he married became a resulent of Trenton Falls, N Y. He was a millwright and put up the first Hinkley Mills, which he ran for two years. Mr. Lanning and wife had two children: John and Sarah. His wife died March 10, 1863, and he married for his second wife Ann McArthur a native of Russia, N. Y., by whom he had two children : Arthur and George. Mrs. Lanning's parents, Donald and Margaret McArthur, were natives of Scotland, who came in 1831 to Rem- sen, Oneida county, later removing to Russia. After the death of Mrs. McArthur, Mr. McArthur married Ann Morrison, by whom be had three sons and three daughters. Ile died November 18, 1873, and his wife in 1890. The parents of Ann Morrison were James and Ann Morrison, of Scotland. Mr. Lanning's second wife died October 17, 1869, and November 16, 1870, he married Mary McArthur, half sister to his second wife, by whom he had ten children : Mary A., William, Frank, Linus E, Helen, Ed- ward, Florence, Jessie E., Ray M., and Bertha, Mr. Lanning has been a cheese-

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maker many years. He was in the factory at Prospect one year. In 1869 he came to the farm where he now resides and has since been engaged in farming and cheese- making. He is a Democrat in politics and he has many times been inspector of elec- tions, and has held other town offices. He is a member of Russia Grange, No. 630.

Morgan, Taylor W., Winfield, was born in Winfield, on the farm first settled by his father and grandfather, the latter one of the first settlers. Taylor W. was born May 26, 1816. He married Abagail, sister of Col. Alonzo Wood, and they have one son living, Kendrick E., vice-president and manager of the Morgan Storage and Warehouse Company, of Chicago. IIe was educated at the West Winfield Academy and at the Hungerford Collegiate Institute, at Adams, N. Y., read law with Burrows & Palmer, Little Falls, N. Y., and was admitted to the bar in 1876. Kendrick E. Morgan formed a partnership with Burrows & Palmer in 1876, and remained a member of that firm until July, 1888, when he went to St. Louis, and from there to Chicago, and is in business in both places. Alice L. Morgan was born June 16, 1844, and died April 18, 1863. She was educated at the West Winfield Academy, at the Whitestown Seminary, and at the Ladies Seminary at Hamilton. Kendrick E. Morgan married Amanda M., daugliter of Mrs. R. A. Alden, of Little Falls.

Moon, William W., Newport, born April 20, 1843, in Cold Brook, N. Y., is a son of Jefferson Moon, who was a native of Petersburg, Rensselaer county, born November 26, 1801. His father died when he was ten years old, and he being the eldest, was obliged to support the family, and so his education was necessarily limited. August 13, 1820, he married Martha Philips. In 1822 he moved to Trenton, Oneida county, and purchased a farm known as the Camp Ground Farm, where he resided until IS33. He then went to Cold Brook, where he spent the remainder of his life. For some time he kept a hotel, was then in the distillery business, afterwards in the lumbering trade, and finally in cheese-box making. In 1863 he retired from business. He was a Whig and a Republican. He was justice of peace twenty-five years and justice of sessions many years. By his first wife, who died in 1853, he had eleven children. His second wife, Sophia Nelson, of Newport, died December 8, 1858. He died January 15, 1875. William W. was reared in Cold Brook and educated in the common schools and Fairfield Seminary. He taught school five years, was agent of Cold Brook Union store three years, and then engaged in the lumber trade with his brother Samuel three years. He and his brother then engaged in farming and dealing in cattle and horses. They are now extensive real estate owners in Herkimer county. On the 28th of January, 1866, he married Alice McVoy, of Grant, a daughter of Patrick and Deliah (Willoughby) MeVoy, the former from Ireland, the latter of Newport, N. Y., a daughter of James Willoughby. Mr. and Mrs. Moon have two children, James W., of the firm of Forest & Moon, and Flora A. Mr. Moon is a Republican, and was supervisor five years, chairman of the board in 1879, and has been town clerk. He was one of the building committee of the County-House and one of the directors of the Poland National Bank.

Moors, Alfred A., M.D., Winfield, was born in Plainfield, Otsego county, August 6, 1832, a son of Isaac L. and Mary S. Moors. Ile was educated at West Winfield

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Academy and at Pittsfield, Mass. He commenced reading medicine with Dr. J. M. Rose, of West Winfield, then with J. II. Childs, M.D., of Pittsfield, Mass. He at- tended lectures and graduated at the Memphis (Tenn.) Medical College, and commenced practice at Salisbury, Ilerkimer county, remaining three years, then moved to Medina. Orleans county, for two years. Ile next went to Cedary lle and was there eight years, and came to West Winfield in 1968, where he has been in practice twenty-four years. He married December 2, 1856, Mary Jane, daughter of Atwater Cook, of Salisbury, Ilerkimer county, and they have two children living, James A. and Mand M. They have lost one son, Harry, who died February 20, 1865. Mary Jane (Cook) Moors died June 6, 1891.

McKee, Samuel, Winfield, son of James and Currence (Jackson) McKee, was born in Arlington, Vt., December 14, 1804, and settled in Winfield in March, 1826. He married Betsey C., daughter of Moses and Alice Eldred, in March, 1829. Their children are : Cornelia J. Smith, Flora F. Crandall, S. James McKee, of Danville, 111., Myron A. McKee, cashier of Richfield Springs Bank, and Fannie A. Day. One daugh- ter, Alice M. Houghton, died February 14, 1875. Samuel McKee held several town offices - inspector and commissioner of common schools, supervisor two terms, justice of the peace sixteen years, also vice-president and director of the West Winfield Bank several terms. He commenced in life a poor boy, has acquired a competence, and is now living a retired farmer in Winfield.

Morgan, Franklin Dwight, Winfield, was born in Winfield March 20. 1842. third son of Newton Americus Morgan, who was the second son of Ebenezer, who settled first on the Hugh Davis place. Newton Americus Morgan, the second son, married Har- riet, oldest daughter of Dennis Philleo. They had seven children, Laura A., who died at eight years of age; Eliza Jane, Theressa, Milton Taylor. The family moved to what is known as the Deacon Eaton farm, where two sons were born, Henry Curtis and Franklin Dwight. IIe then bought of Squire Green what was called the old Joe Walker farm, and moved to that honse, where another son, Newton Philleo, was born. Newton Americus Morgan died March 2, 1861, aged fifty-five years. Franklin Dwight Morgan married Rosa R. Harrison, of this town, daughter of Stephen Harrison, a na- tive of England, August 29, 1864. In September, 1867, they bought and settled on a farm in Pulaski, town of Richland, Oswego county. They have had one son, Frankie A. S., born November 21, 1867, who died August 18, 1875, in Pulaski, where he was born. The parents since the spring of 1880 have rented their Pulaski farm, and have lived at and near Winfield. Mr. F. D. Morgan was superintendent of the Unadilla Valley Stock Farm from April, 1890, to March, 1892, when he gave up farming, and bought and settled in the Ira Walker house in West Winfield. He is now engaged in the livery business in West Winfield near the Cottage Hotel.

Montgomery, William K., Winfield, was born in Fairfield, Vt., in 1832, and came to Winfield in 1862. He is by trade a carpenter and joiner, and has built many fine buildings. He is also a farmer in East Winfield. Ile was drafted in the late war and paid $300 for a substitute. He was a son of Cyril Montgomery, of Fairfield, Vt., and he is a son of William, a prominent man, a large land owner and capitalist. He was

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one of the stockholders and main movers in the " Old Cherry Valley Turnpike. He settled in this town about 1800. William K. Montgomery married in 1858 Juliatte, daughter of Hiram Burgess, of this town, who was also a thrifty farmer, quite an ex- tensive hop-grower and dairyman. They have six children : John C. F., Rosie M., Edwin D., Lee L., Mary B. and Nettie M. They have lost one, Louisa A., who died March 18, 1880, aged sixteen years.

Marshall, Dolphins S., Winfield, dealer in boots, shoes and rubbers, born in Litchfield July 4, 1836. He was a son of Charles Marshall, a native of Vermont, born August 21, 1798, settled here when a boy, and lived there until his death, February 28, 1870. Dolphus Marshall married Caroline E., daughter of Harry Hadley, who was a son of William Hadley, one of the first settlers of Litchfield. Mr. and Mrs. Marshall have one child living, Mary J. Dolphus S. Marsball enlisted in the late war August 1, 1862, in Company B, 121st N. Y. Vols., and was discharged June 20, 1865, at the close of the war.

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History of Herkimer county, New York, Part 64

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