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Newell, J. R., Little Falls, one of the leading dealers in grocers' supplies, wall papers, stationery, etc., in Little Falls, is a native of Oneida county, N. Y. After receiving a thorough public school education he began his business career as a book-keeper. Pre- vious to embarking in his present enterprise he was a clerk in the National Herkimer County Bank. lle began his present business January 1, 1891, and on July 1 of the same year formed a partnership with J. C. Bellinger, which still exists. Mr. Newell has heen village treasurer of Little Falls, and is highly regarded by all the business men of the county. Socially he is also well known, and belongs to the Royal Arcanum, in which he is a past regent, and has had all the honors of the society.
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Newth, N. J., German Flats, was born in Litchfield May 10, 1840. He enlisted in the Eighth New York Cavalry August 11, 1862, and served three years. After the war he went into the hat-bleaching business in Troy, N. Y. In 1874 he came to Ilion, embarked in the hardware business, which is still continued by him. He is a member of the First Presbyterian church and trustee, for seven years superintendent of its Sun- day-school and a member of the G. A. R. In politics he is a Prohibitionist. In 1878 Mr. Newth married Miss Ophelia E. Smith, of Troy, and they have three children, one son and two daughters.
Newman, Milton J., Fairfield, is a native of Boonville and was born December 9, 1845. He has been a farmer nearly all his life. He now works 300 acres, stocked with a herd of fifty cows, and has been on the place nine years. He is one of the leading tenant farmers of Herkimer county. In 1870 Mr. Newman married Savilla E. Du Bois. He is a Republican in politics and a member of the Knights of Honor. His grandfather was a native of Manheim, and his grandfather, Peter Newman, took part in the war of 1812.
Newell, Selim, Little Falls, was born in New England, from where his father re- moved to New York State when Selim was but a child. His earlier years were spent upon a farm, and about 1852 be established himself in the general mercantile line of dry goods, groceries, grist and saw-mills, etc., with which Mr. Newell has since been identified. He located in Little Falls in 1868, and conducts both a wholesale and retail business. He is ably assisted by his sons, who are prominent in the best social and political circles of the village. Mr. Newell married Miss Fanny B. Barnum, by whom he has four children, all sons. He is a prominent member of the Methodist church and is much respected and esteemed throughout this vicinity.
Nelson, Edwin J., Newport, was born in Little Falls February 11, 1855, a son of Henry C. and Gertrude A. (Wemple) Nelson, the former a resident and native of Little Falls and the latter of Manheim. In 1849 Henry and his brother, William Nelson, started in the mercantile business in Little Falls under the firm name of H. C. & W. Nelson Later Edwin J. was admitted as a partner, continuing until the death of William Nelson, February 19, 1881, when for two years he conducted the business, when he sold a part interest to W. A. Pepper, the firm being E. J. Nelson & Company. In 1885 Edwin J. sold his interest, and in 1886 he, in company with William F. Lansing, bought the property and started the knitting-mill under the firm name of Nel- son & Lansing. This continued until 1890, when Edwin's mother and two brothers, Arnold and Seymour, moved to Middleville, where Mrs. Nelson died April 11, 1892. Her children were Edwin J., Carrie, wife of William Feter (she afterward married Frank Thomas); Emma, wife of S. W. Dillenbeck ; Seymour and Arnold. Henry C., their father, died November 25, 1876.
Newman, Horace S., Russia, was born in Russia March 16, 1848, a son of Sylvester B., who was a son of Ebenezer Newman. The latter was born in Salem, Westchester county, in 1780. February 7, 1805, he married Lydia Taylor, a native of Reading, Conn., born December 4, 1785, by whom he had seven sons and five daughters. Mr. Newman was a farmer. About 1807 he came to Russia, settled ou the royal grant and
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there Sved and whird January 9, 1865. He was drafted in the war of 1812. He and his wife were Baptists. She died February 13, 1865. Sylvester Newman was born December 22. 1×17, in Russia. He married October 7, 1838, Sallie A. Pettingill, a na- tive of Brookfield Oneida county, by whom he had two sons and one daughter, Emma J., Morris and florace. Mrs. Newman died April 6, 1864, and Mr. Newman married second Sarah C. Crittenden, a native af Massachusetts. She died November 12. 1872. Mr. Newman is a farmer and a Republican. He i a member of Northern Light Lodge, N .. 464, of Poland. Horare S, was educated in the common schools. March 13, 1873, he married Emma J., a daughter of Henry L. and Sarah C. Crittenden, of Con- way. Mass., who came to llerkimer county about J854. Mr. Crittenden enlisted in the 121st New York Infantry and w > killed at Chancellorsville in 1863. They had three daughters and me son. The subject and wife Lave three children. Edgar II., Fred S. and Lulu S. He has been a farmer and a butcher. but at present is engaged in farm- ing exclusively. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. of Poland, No. 183, and is a Republican. Morris Newman enlisted in the First Ber lan's Sharp Shooters, Company B. He died December 25, 1863.
Carpenter, James ()., Russia, was born in Copenhagen. Lewis county, June 24, 1836. Ilis father was John, a son of John, who was a native of Massachusetts, born May 9, 1773, and who married Thankful Fish, a native of Massachusetts, born in 1772. They had five children. Mr. Carpenter came to Russia, where he died, in 1809, and his wife 1) 1845. John Carpenter, jr., was born June 17, 1804. During the last twenty-one years of his life he was a Baptist minister, and with the exception of one year, preached in Russia. December 31, 1829, he married Helen H. Overton, a native of Long Island, born in 1808, and a daughter of Joel and Navina (Wells) Overton. Mr. Carpenter and wife had three sons and four daughters. He died April 16, 1847, and Mrs. Carpenter for the last twenty years has resided with her son, James O. The latter was educated in the common schools and in the select schools under Prof. Smart of Russia Corners. At the age of fifteen he began as a drover for Frank and Henry Stanton, and clerked for them, was with them sixteen years ; he then conducted a meat market at Holland l'atent for four years; then he took charge of the Union store at Russia for four years. One summer was spent at Cold Brook closing out stock of goods and the following winter he was in Carthage. In 1883 Mr. Carpenter went to Grant, N. Y., and en- gaged in the general mercantile business, in which he has been successful. February 17, 1892, he married Margaret B., daughter of Peter Smith, of Russia. Mr. Carpenter is a Democrat and was supervisor in 1884-87-91. He was postmaster of Grant during Cleveland's administration and is now notary public. He is one of the oldest Masons in Russia, is a member of Remsen lodge No. 677, F. and A. M., also a member of the Equitable Aid Union of Grant.
Onyans, William, German Flats, was born in England, November 20, 1832, and learned there the trade of gun barrel roller. He came to Springfield, Mass., in 1858, and during the war had charge of the rolling department of the government gun shops there. He came to the Remington gun works after, where he has been ever since. He is one of the most noted men in his line in the world. He was once sent to Liege, in
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Belgium, to superintend gun-making. Mr. Onyaus has been a Mason over thirty years and a Republican all his life. He married Harriet Langton and has a son, William Langton. Mr. Onyaus married second Adeline M., daughter of Charles Graham, of Whitesboro.
O'Brien, M. G., Ilion, was born in Troy, N. Y., September 1. 1846, and after gradu- ating at St. John's College, Fordham, N. Y., he entered the wholesale grocery house of Knapp & Walradt in Troy. He afterwards was three years surveying for the Iron Mountain Railroad company in Missouri, Arkansas and Texas. In 1874 he located at Ilion, and was connected with the Remington armory for twelve years. In 1879 he established the insurance and real estate business, which he still successfully conducts. Was elected justice of the peace in 1880 for four years, and elected police justice in 1892. Mr. O'Brien is an earnest Republican in politics. He is executor for several es- tates and has a high reputation. In I886 Mr. O'Brien married Miss Nellie H. Ryan, of Hion. They have two sons and one daughter.
Osgood, Josiah S., German Flats, was born in Mohawk, March 29, 1828, and was clerking in a grocery business when ten years old. He then went to New York and was in the hotel business for eight years. He returned to Mohawk and was in business for several years. In 1852 he took an interest in the Osgood House in Ilion, but in 1870 he gave up the business, since which time he has lived retired. He married Fannie Jones. His business operations were very successful, and he retired in 1870.
Osterhout, S., German Flats, was born in German Flats, October 1, 1845. He has been connected with farming nearly all his life and is now one of the prominent small fruit growers of the State. Itis father was Daniel Osterhout, and his grandfather, John, came from Germany. His grandfather, on his mother's side, was a Revolutionary sol- dier. In 1869 Mr. Osterhout married Abbie Silliman, and they have two daughters, Mary and Kate. He grows about 50,000 quarts of strawberries annually.
Onuf, Dr. B., Dolgeville, was born in Jennisseisk, Siberia, July 4, 1863. He was educated in the schools of Zurich, Switzerland, and graduated in medicine in 1884, after which he studied eye diseases eight months at the Eye Clinic, Zurich. The doctor was engaged in the practice of his profession for six years prior to coming to this country, being for two and a half years upon the staff of physicians attached to an insane asylum. After this he became physician on the Rotterdam. Lloyd line of steamers in the East Indies, also on the Trans-Atlantic lines. In September of 1890 he settled in Dolge- ville, where he is building up an extensive practice. The doctor's sister is a German teacher in the Dolgeville school and academy.
Owens, Hugh R., Winfield, mason, contractor and builder, has erected some of the finest buildings in this vicinity, including the Baptist church of this place, the First Na- tional Bank at Richfield Springs, also a number of fine residences, among which is Cashier McKee's house, at the same place, and a number of residences of this and sur- rounding towns. He was born in Wales in 1851. In 1862 he commenced his appren- ticeship, finished in 1866, and worked there then as superintendent on contracts for his father (Robert R. Owens), also a contractor and builder. April 6, 1869, Ilugh R. came
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to America and settled in Fair IIaven, Vt., where he engaged in the same business with his brother. In 1871 he came to Utica. In 1873 he went to Plainfield, and engaged in the same business there. In 1878 he settled in West Winfield, and has been in busi- ness here since that time. He married Katie Hughes, September 9, 1875, and they have two children : Fred T. and Herbert E. Mrs. Katie Owens is a daughter of Thomas Hughes, of Plainfield, Otsego county.
Popple, Roswell 11., Russia, was born in Russia, October 29, 1845, a son of James, who was a son of William, a native of Rhode Island, born May 18, 1768. The latter married first, Rachael Frink, also a native of Rhode Island, by whom he had eight children : Zachariah, Daniel, Roswell, William, John, Amy, Lydia and Esther. Mr. Popple came to Russia about 1800 and settled one mile west of Grant, near the twin roek bridge. He was at one time assessor, and died in Russia, April 13, 1856. He was offered land where Utica now stands (then a vast swamp, with one log cabin on Corn Hil',) at $2.50 per acre. His second marriage was with Catherine Tompkins, of Nor- way, by whom he had one child, James. Ilis second wife died June 8, 1852. James Popple was born August 20, 1817, and his life was spent on the farm settled by his father. He married Ann Eliza Garlock, born in Montgomery county, March 9, 1816, a daughter of Philip Garlock. Their children were Ann Elizabeth, Emily, Matilda, Ros- well II., Lydia, Lonisa, William and Alma Eliza, all now living. Mr. Popple followed surveying for many years. In politics lie was a Democrat, and for many years was as- sessor and constable. He died March 13, 1868, and his wife March 24, 1880. Ros- well H. is a farmer, a Democrat, and one of the leaders of his party, always taking an active part in elections, and has been inspector, census enumerator, school trustee, and is now secretary of the Grange at Grant, No. 692. For the past five years he has been agent for Listers, of Newark, N. I., the largest manufacturers of fertilizers in the coun- try. February 2, 1882, he married Diana (Rathbun) Gray, daughter of William Gray, an early settler of Remsen, Oneida county. Mr. Popple and wife had four children ; Annie, Lydia, Willie and Charles. Annie, the only one living, was born June 17, 1883. July 2, 1889, Mrs Popple died, and July 30, 1890, he married second, Jennie, daughter of Caleb Nichols, a son of Morey Nichols, an early settler of Remsen. Caleb married Ellen Hughes, and had a son and a daughter. They live in Remsen. Mr. Popple is a Demoerat and has been inspector of elections. He was drafted in the late war, but did not serve on account of disability. He is a member of Grange No. 692 of Grant. The father of the subject, James, was the mest reliable surveyor of these parts, and his lines and maps are now eagerly sought for.
Pryne, P., M. D., IIerkimer. The Pryne family settled in Albany as early as 1661, and their descendants participated in the Revolution. Dr. P. Pryne's ancestors were Frans Jansen Pryne, who settled in Albany in 1661. Frans Pryne, jr., born in Albany September 23, 1683; David, Frans, jr's. son ; Peter Pryne, David's son ; then Frans P. Pryne, who was the father of the subject of this sketch. Dr. P. Pryne was born June 20, 1820, and edneated at the schools of Rome and Frankfort. He commenced the study of his profession with Dr. Arba Blair, and continued with Dr. Doolittle. He graduated at Geneva Medical College in 1844, and commenced practice in llerkimer in
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1845. In 1860 he was appointed physician to Sing Sing prison and continued there until 1872, when he returned to Herkimer and practically retired from his profession. He has the finest private geological specimens in the country. He is quoted in Eng- lish journals as an authority. He married for his first wife Miss Jane Byers, by whom he had two children. His second wife was Miss Mary C. Weber. They have no children. He belongs to the Masonic fraternity.
Prowse, Wm. H., Herkimer, senior member of the firm of Prowse & Thomson, deal- ers in drugs, hardware, etc., is a, native of Troy, N. Y., but has lived all his life in Her- kimer. He established the present business twenty-seven years ago in the present stand and the present partnership was formed in 1884. Mr. Prowse's father was an Englishman, and his mother was a native of Herkimer. Ile married Miss Emma Greene of Rome, N. Y., in 1867. Mr. Prowse is one of the enterprising and successful business men, and is a Mason, a member of the United Friends, and other societies. He has been actively engaged in the same business continuously longer than any other man in Herkimer.
Pross, Geo. Adam, Little Falls, was born in Germany October 7, 1835. He came to this country in 1854, and followed farming for twenty-two years. He had charge of the Fairfield road for seven years, then moved to Little Falls and has done jobbing and contracting since that time. He married Miss Caroline F. Shakinger, and has five children, four of whom are boys. Two of the boys are Pross Bros., grocers, Little Falls. Mr. Pross was overseer of the poor in Manheim for two years. He is a member of the Royal Templars of Temperance, Chosen. Friends E. P. M. A., Key Stone of Rochester, Reform Club, etc., and a substantial and esteemed citizen.
Parkinson, John, of Fairfield, is a native of England, but has been in America since 1850. He was first employed as a farm hand but soon struck out for himself and with great succes . To-day he owns a fine farm of 175 acres and thirty milch cows. He rents the farm out and lives in a snug house of his own in Fairfield village. Mr. Park- inson married Charlotte Herringshaw in 1843 and they have two children, George and Mrs. Alfred Childs.
Peck, William, Manheim, was born in Manheim February 13, 1811. His ancestors are of New England descent, emigrating there from England, and of Revolutionary fame. Mr. Peck married l'olly Silliman, and they have nine children, four sons and five daughters. Mrs. Peck died in 1890. Mr. Peck owns 1,500 acres of dairy land in Herkimer county, which is worked by tenants, besides owning other property. He has been a great traveler, having crossed the Atlantic forty-two times, and visited the principal cities and points of interest in France, Germany, Italy, Switzerland, Scotland, England, Ireland, Wales, Egypt and the Holy Land, and is thoroughly informed upon ancient history. He is a most entertaining conversationalist.
Petrie, S. A., Little Falls, is a native of Little Falls, but has been on his present farm for about a year, having purchased it in 1891. He owns 114 acres, which he utilizes for dairy purposes, grass and grain. He keeps twenty-nine milch cows and sells con- siderable milk in the village, outside of his farming operations. Mr. Petrie is descended
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from an old and historical family. His great-grandfather, Henry Keyser, was in the Revolutionary War and was taken prisoner with others by the Indians. Mr. Petrie married in 1862, Helen Getman, and has a family of five daughters and one son. In polities he is a Democrat. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum.
Post, Dan, Newport, was born in 1771 and came to Newport with his brother Na- thaniel when a young man. Dan worked at farming. Ile married Mercy -, and their children were: John, Dan, jr., Spencer. Watson, Willoughby, Nathaniel. Roxy A. Benchley, and Julia A. IIale. Dan Post, jr., married Ann Stephens in 1824. She is a daughter of Benjamin Stephens of Fairfield. They had two children. Henry and Dan 3d. Ile married second, Delcena Kniffin, a native of Newport, and a daugh- ter of Obediah Kniffin. They also had two children, Charles R. and Obediah K. After his second marriage Mr. Post moved to Ohio, where he remained until his death. Henry Post's father died when he was thirteen years of age, and he lived with his uncle, John Post, in the town of Russia until 1844. He then taught school in Illinois for four years, when he returned to Middleville, and has since followed farming and carpentering. While building a barn on his farm he discovered some quarts crystals, which he mines. He has one child living, Annie, wife of George W. Nellis, jr., editor of the Wide Awake Herkimer Count Record of Herkimer. He is a Demoerat in polities, a member of the Universalist church and superintendent of the Sunday-school.
Phillips, William, East Schuyler, was born in Stenben, Oneida county, in 1832, and his father, Champion Phillips, was also a native of that county. His grandfather came from Connecticut. Mr. Phillips engages in general fanning, but has also a large business in buying and shipping hay. He has been twice married: first in 1857 to Mrs. Mary Jane Carder of East Schuyler, Herkimer county, and in 1883 to Miss Permelia Quanee of Camden, Oneida county. He was commissioner of highways six years, trustee sev- eral terms and deputy sheriff six years.
Pearce, Frank E., Fairfield, superintendent of the poor for Herkimer county (elected in the fall of 1891), is a native of Newport, and was born July 12, 1859. Ile is a son of James P. Pearce, one of the best known men of the county. Frank E. left the farm at the age of eighteen to embark in the sewing-machme business. He was subsequent- ly five years in the mercantile business in Newport. Then for six years he again fol- lowed farming. He was collector of Newport and supervisor for two terms, 1888-89, and although a Democrat, he was elected in a Republican town. In 1884 he married Jane L. Harris, and they have three children, two sons and one daughter.
Phillips, S. A., Russia, was born April 24, 1834, in Hammond, N. Y., a son of Sam- uel, who was a son of Sammuel Phillips, a native of England, who settled in Rensselaer county, near Hoosac Falls. He was in the Revolutionary war. Mr. Phillips was twice married and had five children by his first wife. ITis first wife was Betsey Allen, youngest sister of Ethan Allen, of Revolutionary fame. He married second Mrs. Baker, by whom he had four children. Samuel Phillips, jr., was born in Rensselaer county, 1797. Ile married Emily Wightman, a native of Trenton and a daughter of Eleazar Wightman, aud to them were born five children. Mrs. Phillips died in 1841
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and he married Paulina McMaster, of Russia, by whom he had one child. He was in the war of 1812. His son, Leander, in 1861 enlisted in the Second New York Light Artillery, but was transferred to the One Hundred and Seventeenth New York Infan- try and served until the close of the war. Mr. Phillips died in 1877, and his wife died in 1885. Subject was reared on the old homestead in Russia. In 1855 he married Martha Emory, a native of Oswego county, whose parents were early settlers. To Mr. Phillips and wife have been born four children: Clara V. and Clinton, deceased, Allen J. and Frank J., the former residing on his father's farm and working in the tub factory with his father. His wife is Cora Baker, of Oswego county, and they have five children : George A., Clara, Clinton, Samuel and May, all of whom are living. Frank J. is a graduate of Fairfield and Holland Patent schools and holds a New York State diploma. He is at present a teacher in the commercial department of the Uni- versity at Fort Worth, Texas. His wife is Blanche Ward, a native of North Carolina. S. A. Phillips is a farmer and also has a tub factory with first-class machinery and car- ries on a successful business. He is a Republican. He and family attend and support the M. E. and Unitarian churches at Trenton.
Parker, Theodore Patten, Litchfield, is a son of Archibald Parker and Cassandre Hoxie. Seven children were born to Archibald Parker and wife, of whom but two are living. Archibald Parker was supervisor of this town, and was born, lived and died on the farm now occupied by his youngest son. Theodore P. Parker was a son of the Rev. Archibald Parker, a native of Rhode Island, who settled at Parker's Corners, after which this place was named. There were five hundred acres in the tract bought by Rev. Archibald Parker and one Samuel Remington, and the tract was divided be- tween them. Theodore P. Parker married Edwina A., daughter of Taylor Hasselkuse of Litchfield. Mr. and Mrs. Parker have one son, A. Earl. Rev. Archibald Parker was born April 12, 1769, and died January 3, 1831. He married Sarah Ross, born May 24, 1773, died October 15, 1852. Archibald Parker was born April 7, 1808, and died August 13, 1885. Cassandre Parker, his wife, was born July 26, 1809, and died October 23, 1862. The tract spoken of above was divided by the Rev. Archibald Parker, who took one-fourth, Samuel Remington one-fourth, and one-fourth was sold by them to Isaac Parke", a brother of the Rev. P., and the other one-fourth to another brother, Jacob Parker.
Paddock, Robert Brayton, Litchfield, was born in the town of Frankfort, June 7, 1824. He married Mariam F. Tanner, of the town of New Hartford, and they have two children, Arthur Clifford Paddock and Fannie Esther Paddock. Arthur C. Pad- dock married Emma Almira Burpee, of Litchfield, and they have two children, Effie Almira Paddock and Arthur Samuel Paddock. Fannie E. Paddock married John C. McCartin, of Watertown, June 30, 1891, and he died January 2, 1892 Robert B. Paddock is a son of Samuel, who was born on the Paddock homestead, and died July 19, 1882, aged eighty-six years. His father, Captain John Paddock, was a sea captain and a native of Connecticut, who was one of the first settlers of Frankfort. He died April 4, 1817, aged sixty-five years,
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Rhodes, Thomas T., Russia, was born in Chesterfield, Mass., March 14, 1833, a son of Jacob, who was a son of Joseph, who was a native of Marblehead, Mass. Joseph Rhodes in an early day came to Chesterfield, Mass., where he lived and died. Ile had nine sons and three daugliters. He was a mason by trade and also followed farming. Ile died in Chesterfield, Mass. Jacob Rhodes was born in Marblehead, Mass., March 8, 1783. In early life he taught school and afterwards learned the shoemaker's trade which be followed until his death. He married Sally Wood, a native of New Bedford, Mass., by whom he had four sons and one daughter. About 1857 he went to Williamsburg, Mass., where he died. Thomas T. Rhodes was educated in the common schools of Chesterfield, Mass., and at the age of seventeen worked for his brother, who was engaged in the manufacture of saw handles. He bought ont the business and followed it until 1865, and after spending one year in Connecticut he came to Cold Brook and here engaged in the manufacture of saw handles, which business he has since followed. On November 27, 1857, he married Elvisa, a daughter of Levi and Emily Olds, of Middlefield, Mass. Mrs. Rhodes died in December, 1863, and in 1864 he married second Ella A., a daughter of Sylvester and Belinda French, he a native of Sutton, N. H., and his wife of Ashfield, Mass. Mr. French and wife had one son and two daughters : Edward N., who was a corporal in the Forty-ninth Massachusetts Infantry ; Georgiana, wife of J. M. Allen, of Cold Brook, and Mrs. Rhodes. Mr. French is a Whig and a Republican, and he and wife were members of the Congre- gational church. He died in 1883 and his wife now resides at Cold Brook. The children of Mr. Rhodes and wife are: Arthur E., born July 31, 1866, who was educated in the common schools and at Clinton, where he graduated in 1883. He was bookkeeper in the Poland Bank for three years and has since assisted his father at Cold Brook. In 1887 he married Belle, daughter of Jefferson Moon, of Cold Brook. He is a member of Newport Lodge, No. 455, F. and A. M .; also Iroquois Chapter, No. 236, R. A. M., Ilion, N. Y. Nellie E., wife of James W. Moon, of Cold Brook, and two who live at home, Mabel A. and Maud B. . Thomas T. Rhodes is a Republi- can and has been assessor in Russia for two terms.
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