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Ladd, J. B., was born on the farm where he now resides in Schuyler, August 13, 1821. He owns 150 acres of fine farm land. In 1846 he married Harriet Richardson, and they have four sons and two daughters. Two of his sons are teachers, one in lowa and one in Schuyler. One of his daughters, Mrs. Emma Buchannan, is also a teacher. Mr. Ladd has been school superintendent, town clerk, and was also supervisor of the town for the years 1858, 1871-2. His father was Elisha Ladd, who came from Rhode Island.
Leach, Adelbert Aaron, Winfield, was born on the old homestead, on part of which he now lives, May 10, 1849. He has a grain and dairy farm of about 135 acres, which is one of the representative farms of the town. He was the third son of Jacob Leaclı, who was born on the same farm and in the same house, and he was a son of D. Jacob Leach, who came from Massachusetts and settled very early. Aaron Adelbert Leach married Ellen H. Brace September 28, 1875, and they have two children : Seward A. and Lena A., both living at home and attending the West Winfield Union School and Academy. Mrs. Ellen H. Leach is a daughter of Deacon Henry L. and Pamelia (Ilolmes) Brace. Her father was a son of Captain Asahel Brace, who was a son of Deacon Abel Brace, who came here in 1793.
Lathrop, Charles M., Stark, was born in Plainfield, N. Y., December 22, 1840, a son of Anderson and Marinda (Keller) Lathrop. The grandfather, Ariel, was a son of Jedediah, who was a pioneer of Stark and settled on the farm where Charles M. resides. He had two children, Arial and Dyer. Arial came to Stark with his father, and resided on the farm until his death. He raised six children : James, Daniel, Addison, Maheta- ble, Almira and Mariah. Addison was born in Stark and died in 1883, aged seventy- two; his widow survives him aged eighty. They had two children : Charles M. and Stanton D., deceased. Charles M. received a good education and resides at home with his parents. He married, January 31, 1862, Valence Potter, born in Herkimer county, daughter of Erastus and Jane Potter. They have three children : Anderson E., Hattie
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E. and Mabel A. His wife is a Universalist. MIr. Lathrop is an active Democrat, and his mother is the cousin of the wife of Senator Stanford of California.
Morey, George C., M. D., Russia, was born in Eaton, Madison county, July 18, 1843. Ihis father was Dexter A .. a son of George Morey, a native of Connecticut and of Scotch descent, who married Electa Morey, by whom he had nine children. Mr. Morey and family came to Madison county and here he and his wife lived and died. Dexter A. was born May 7, 1818. He married Annie Meyer, a native of Steuben, Oneida connty, by whom he had a son and a daughter. In 1846 Mr. Morey went to Steuben and there lived and died. He was a Whig and voted for William HJerry Harrison and also for his grandson, Benjamin Harrison. He died May 9, 1892, and his wife is still living in Oneida county. George C. was reared on a farm and received a common school education, supplemented by several terms in an academy at Rome, N. Y. At the age of eighteen he began studying medicine with Dr. Alfred Gillette of Steuben. One year previous he taught school and fol- lowed that during winter for several years. August, 1862, he enlisted in Company B, One Hundred and Seventeenth New York Volunteer Infantry and was discharged in 1863. He then returned to the study of medicine, graduating from Vermont Medical College in 1865. He began practice in Grant and has since been very successful. In 1885 he married Lelia Vincent, a native of Cold Brook, a daughter of William and Jane Vincent. By a previous marriage Dr. Morey had two sons and one daughter. [le is a Republican, a member of E. A. U., No. 327, of Grant, and G. A. R. Post Thomas, No. 39.
Mullen, Joseph, Little Falls, was born in Utica, N. Y. He commenced business in Little Falls, on Bridge street, in the old Iron Clad Clothing Store, in August, 1868. In 1883 he opened a store on Main street and built the Metropolitan Hotel and stores. In 1888 he built the Metropolitan Hotel in Utica, and since then has had branch stores in Albany, Troy, Syracuse, Watertown and all the principal cities of the State, having as high as eighteen stores running at a time. Mr. Mullen has also large interests in Jersey City, and New York. He is emphatically a self-made man, the architect of his own fortune and a man of great perception and executive abilities.
Moon, Clinton Abner, Newport, was born in the town of Russia, November 8, 1827, the oldest son of Ahner and Emily (Millington) Moon, the latter a native of Russia, and a daughter of Jonathan and Susannah Millington, who were members and active workers in the Methodist church. Our subject attended school and prepared for col- lege at Fairfield. He graduated from Union College at Schenectady, class of 1853. He then taught several terms and studied law in Newport with John A. Wooster. He married Frances M., daughter of Christopher Hawkins. Their two children are Jessie, wife of Frederick Holton, and Annie. Mrs. Moon died May 28, 1890, and he married second Harriet F. Gray of Rome, N. Y., a danghter of Col. Timothy Harvey Ferris and Eliza (Salisbury) Ferris, who were residents of Prospect, Oneida county, N. Y. Mr. Moon died May 11, 1892. lle was a Universalist, and a Republican in politics. During the late war he enlisted in the One Hundred and Twenty-first Regiment, Com- pany C, and was captain of his company, but received an honorable discharge on ac-
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count of poor health. He held numerous offices in his town, including that of district attorney and supervisor.
Moon, Erastus, Russia, is a native of Russia, born February 14, 1835, a son of Jeffer- son and Martha Moon, mentioned elsewhere in this work. Ile was reared in Cold Brook, and educated in the public schools. In 1861 he married Catharine Hilton, a native of Ephratah, N. Y., and a daughter of Joseph and Betsey (Allen) Hilton, of Luzerne, N. Y., where Mr. Hilton was born. Mrs. Hilton was born in Rochester, N. Y. Mr. Hilton was an early settler of Fulton county, where he lived for many years. They had two sons and eleven daughters. Mrs. Hilton died in Ephratah, and for the last thirty years Mr. Hilton has resided with his daughter at Cold Brook. Two sons have been born to Mr. Moon and wife, William J. and Samuel E , who during the last three years have been engaged in the grocery business at Cold Brook, the firm being known as Moon Bros. Mr. Moon has always been a Republican.
Mark, Morris, Herkimer, was born in Germany and came to this country before the late war. After elerking for about a year in New York city he joined the French Regiment as private, which was organized in the city then and was sent immediately to the seat of war. This regiment was cut to pieces and the few survivors were trans- ferred to the United States Regular Army, Light Battery Division (or Flying Artillery ). During his service here he participated in forty-two actual battles. After the war he went to Amsterdam, N. Y. He engaged in mercantile pursuits and established a small hoop-skirt factory. In 1872 he moved to Herkimer on account of water power and in connection with the hoop-skirt factory started a small knitting mill. Business has grown to large proportions and now employs 327 hands and supplies the wholesale trade through jobbers. The business is now a joint stock concern, of which Mr. Marks is president. He married Miss Annie Sannet of Saratoga and has four children.
Mabbett, John J., Herkimer, was born in Oneida county, September 8, 1838. He was educated in the schools of this vicinity and Winfield Academy. After this he went to New York city and established a commission business on Forty-fourth street and Eighth avenue. After conducting this for nine years he moved to Mohawk, N. Y., and purchased the Mohawk House. which he conducted for twenty-three years. In 1884 he purchased the brick yards of Edward Hale, which he still conducts, giving employment to twenty men and several teams. Mr. Mabbett's ancestry located at Mabbettsville, Dutchess county, early in the seventeenth century, which locality re- caived its name from his grandfather, who was chief justice of the Supreme Court of New York State. Mr. Mabbett's father was a prominent merchant of this county. J. J. Mabbett married Miss Elizabeth McChesney, by whom he has five children liv- ing, three boys and two girls. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, ete., and a staunch Republican in politics.
McDougal, Richard, Dolgeville, was born in Montgomery county, now Fulton county, July 3, 1829. He was brought up on a farm and worked thereon until in his eight- eenth year, when he was apprentieed to the cabinet trade. After completing this trade and working at it for a few years, he commenced to do store pattern-making, at
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which he remained successfully for twenty-five years. About two years ago he started his present furniture and undertaking establishment in Dolgeville. Mr. Me- Dougal is of Scotch descent, his great-grandfather settled in Fulton county early in the seventeenth century. Ilis father also lived and died here, and. is buried in Strat- ford. His ancestors participated in the war of 1812. Mr. MeDougal is identified with local social and benevolent institutions.
Maeyer, Father I. II. W., Salisbury, is a native of Ilolland. He was educated in that country under the Jesuit Fathers, in Latin, Greek, and French. After spending seven years with these branches, he studied philosophy three years and theology six years. Ile then came to America and was ordained in 1853 by Bishop McCloskey, at Albany, N. Y. He was stationed at St. Mary's. Troy, N. Y., for two years, after which he was at Utica four years. Then under Bishop MeFarland at Catskill for some time. Father Maeyer's health becoming much impaired, he returned to Holland, where he remained until 1870. Hle then returned to this country, and has been stationed at Salisbury Corners since that period.
Me Wenie, William, Little Falls, was born in Whitesboro, Oneida county, in 1857. Ile received a good education in the schools of this place and about five years ago took charge of the Beattie House at Little Falls, which he has since conducted with success. Mr. Mc Wenie married Emma Fenner, and has three children, two sons and a daughter. Ile is a member of the K. of H., Red Men, etc. Ile is identified with the local social, political and benevolent organizations of the town. In politics he is a Democrat.
McLean, Simpson, Salisbury, was born in Ireland, March 1, 1845. His father, John C. McLean, came to this country when Simpson was a child. They settled first in Philadelphia, where the elder McLean followed the occupation of weaving. After three years they moved into Fairfield and took up land. Our subjeet was educated in the schools of the vieinity, and afterwards traveled for fifteen years for a well-known patent medieine house. About ten years ago he started a general store in Devereaux, which he has since successfully conducted. In 1861 Mr. McLean enlisted in the Twenty-ninth Ohio Volunteers and served three years, participating in nineteen bat- tles. Ile was discharged at Atlanta, Ga. He was severely wounded three times. Mr. McLean married Elizabeth Smith, by whom he had one son, Nathan, now an engineer. Some time after his first wife's death our subject married Fanny Case, and they have had three children. Mr. McLean is a member of the G. A. R. Post at Salisbury Center. Ile owns the town hall, his store, and meat market, besides dwellings and lots in Devereaux.
Murphy, James A., Newport, was born in Fairfield, May 10, 1857. He is a son of Cornelius, who was a son of Cornelius and Margaret Murphy, natives of Ireland, who came to America in 1852. Cornelius, jr., was married in Fairfield, N. Y., to Mary Foran, a native of Ireland, by whom he had six children. Mr. Murphy purchased the Coe farm in Norway, and there resided twenty-six years Mrs. Murphy died in 1865, and Mr. Murphy's second wife, Mary Butler, died in 1890. He is a Democrat,
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has been highway commissioner and inspector of elections. He now resides with his son, James A. The latter was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. He is a farmer by occupation. In 1884 he married Mary Maxwell, a native of New- port, who was born September 25, 1867, a daughter of James and Mary Maxwell, na- tives of Ireland, who came to America about 1862. Mr. Murphy is a Democrat and has held the offices of commissioner of highways and inspector of elections. Ile and wife are Catholics.
Merry, Seward, German Flats, was born in Mohawk, January 7, 1846, and from 1860 to 1864 was a clerk in the post-office. He was subsequently American Express agent for twenty-three years. He went into the grocery business with his father when twenty-eight years of age, a business which he still continues. He was president of the Republican Club of Tlion for some time and is a Knight Templar in the Masonic order. In 1872 he married Miss Mary C. Myers, and they have three children, Flora R., Margaret L., and Lawrence L.
Morey, L. A., Newport, was born in Fairfield, N. Y., November 14, 1845, a son of William E., who was one of twelve children of David and Annie (Parkhurst) Morey. natives respectively of Stephentown and Fairfield, N. Y. In 1793 Mr. Morey settled on a farm in Fairfield, and became an extensive land-owner. He died in 1860. William E. Morey was born in Fairfield, N. Y., May 4, 1817. He married Eliza, daughter of Low Carpenter, of Norway. The children of William E. Morey are : L. A .. and Emogene F. The latter married C. G. Verney, who resides in Norway. In 1852 Mr. Morey purchased the farm where his son now resides, and here spent the remainder of his days. He was a Republican, and was assessor and excise commissioner. He was a member of Newport Lodge No. 455, F. & A. M., and died January 20, 1892. His wife resides with her daughter. L. A. Morey was educated in the Fairfield Semin- ary, and in Eastman's Business College, graduating from the latter in 1867. In 1868 he married Maria H., daughter of Henry D. and Clarissa A. Parkhurst, the former of Fairfield, and the latter of Norway. Mrs. Morey was born March 21, 1849, a native of Fairfield. Their children are: Fannie B .. Will H., Anna B., and Clara E. Mr. Morey is a Republican, and a member of Newport Lodge No. 455, F. & A. M.
Morey, Milo, Newport, was born in Fairfield, N. Y., August 7, 1847, a son of David H., who was a son of David Morey. David II. Morey was born in Fairfield, October 27, 1812, and on September 8, 1813, he married Elsie Buchanan, born October 10, 1813, a native of Little Falls. She is a daughter of Thomas and Mary (Churchill) Buchanan, who reared eleven children. Thomas Buchanan was a native of Little Britain, N. Y., and when six years of age came to Little Falls with his parents. The children of Mr. and Mrs. Morey are, Newel, Mary, Milo, and Annie Mr. Morey was a farmer. In 1859 he came to Newport, but died the same year on December 10th. He was a Whig, afterwards a Republican, and held minor offices in the town. Milo Morey was educated in the common schools, in Fairfield Academy, and in the Clinton Liberal Institute. He is a farmer, and for the past thirty years has resided on the farm which he now owns. On the 21st of May, 1873, he married Kittie Averill, a native of Potsdam, St. Lawrence county, born March 28, 1856. She is a daughter of Theodore
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and Catherine Davis, Mr. and Mrs. Milo Morey have had two children, Grove and Belle. He is a Republican, and has been assessor five years, and a member of the school board eleven years. JIe is a member of the Patrons of Husbandry, of Newport, No. 596.
Mang, Geo. L., Dolgeville, was born in Herkimer, January 22, 1865. He received a good education in the schools of Dolgeville and Salisbury, and on October 6, 1886, established his present grocery and drug establishment. Geo. L. Mang is one of a family of twelve children. Ifis father is a man of sterling worth, and one of his brothers is engaged in business next door to Geo. L.'s establishment. His wife was Bertha Delamater, a daughter of Jerome Delamater. Mr. Mang is a member of the JIasonic brotherhood, R. A., etc.
Morey, Newell, Newport, was born in Fairfield, October 5. 1836. a son of David II. and Elsie A. (Buchanan) Morey. David was a son of David and Mary (Parkhurst) Morey, who came originally from Rhode Island. David H. was born in Fairfield, and his wife's father was a soldier in the war of 1812. The family are of the Universalist faith. The subject of this sketch started in at farming and cattle raising at the age of twenty-one years, which business he has followed since. He built the first cheese factory in the town, called the Babcock Factory. He is also interested in the firm of Morey & Kimball (meat market and merchandise). He was elected sheriff of Herkimer county from January 1, 1889, to January 1, 1892, and during that time resided in Ilerkimer. He owns a farm of 280 acres. He married, March 11, 1857, Mary H., daughter of George K. and Delia (Kniffen) Hawkins, of the town of Newport.
More, Miles, Russia, was born in Russia, August 8, 1839, a son of Orson and Thirza More. He was educated in the common schools, supplemented by several terms in the Fairfield and Fulton Academies. He married, in 1864, Sarah Beecher, a native of Russia, and the only daughter of Isaac Beerher. Mr. Beecher was born in Russia, in 1810, a son of Almond and Elizabeth Beecher, who were among the first settlers of the town. They came from Connecticut abont 1805, and had three sons and one daughter. Mr. Beecher was a Whig, and for many years he was overseer of the poor. February 22, 1835, he married Orlina, daughter of Elsha Smith, of Russia. She died October 12, 1878, and Mr. Beecher is still living on the old homestead. For some time Mr. More studied music in Rome, N. Y., under Prof. A. N. Johnson, of Boston, and for sixteen years he taught music in Herkimer county. He afterwards engaged in farming and in the manufacture of cheese, and for a number of years has bought and sold cheese. He is a Republican, and he and family are members of the Regular Baptist Church of Russia.
Moyer, Peter, Stark, was born where he now resides, in Stark, September 4, 1816, a son of Jacob S. and Elizabeth (Moyer) Moyer. The grandfather, Solomon Moyer, settled in Minden, Montgomery county, prior to the Revolution, where he died during that war. Ile had four children: Andrew, Solomon S, Jacob S., and Nancy all of whom raised families, and lived to old age. Jacob S. was born December 18, 1781, in Minden, Montgomery county, and served in the war of 1812. He was also at Sackett's
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Harbor. He served in various town offices as a Democrat. He was a leading Mason. Hle married in 1805, and immediately afterwards settled on 170 acres in the town of Stark. He died June 30, 1871, aged eighty-eight years ; and his wife, (born December 23, 1782), June 30, 1861, aged seventy-seven. They had ten children, raising eight : Nancy, Katie, David I., Solomon W. (a twin), Betsy, Peter, Ann Eliza, and Lucinda. Peter Moyer received a common school education, and at the age of twenty-eight leased the homestead, which he worked until his father's death. He bought the home- stead and paid off the heirs. He has since bought three other farms, two in Stark and one in Little Falls, comprising 368 acres. He has served two terms as supervisor on the Democratic ticket, is a Granger, and a member of the Universalist Church.
Morse, Alex L., Dolgeville, was born in Jefferson county, N. Y., October 12, 1832. After receiving a good education he learned the trade of saddlery and harness making before his twentieth year, after which he worked as a furrier for a number of years, finally establishing an enterprise in Boston, which he conducted for fifteen years, and where he married Miss Ruth McClean. In the spring of 1865 he went to the oil country ard established himself in his line, but eventually branched out into the oil business, in which he was signally successful, amassing a fortune of over $65,000, but which, unfortunately, through misfortune in the business, he lost. After again suc- ceeding in a limited degree through contracting, he again dropped his savings in oil, and four years ago came to Dolgeville and inaugurated a business in his old line of harness and horse supplies. Mr. Morse has two children, both girls.
Mang, Frank S., Dolgerille, was born in Herkimer county, N. Y , August 4, 1863. He started to learn the butcher and meat business when seventeen years of age, and when twenty-two years of age, started for himself in this business, and now has the finest establishment engaged in this business in Dolgeville. Mr. Mang enjoys a large and lucrative trade, and is a popular and upright citizen. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and of other associations.
Murphy, James B., Salisbury Corners, was born in Salisbury in 1865, July 27. His father, Patrick Murphy, is engaged in agricultural pursuits in this township, owning a fine farm here. James B. is one of eight children. He married Miss Mary Starrs, and they have no children. In July, 1890, he purchased the hotel at Salisbury Corners, which he has since most successfully conducted.
Minott, W. V., Schuyler, is a native of Schuyler, where he lived until recently, and where he still owns his farm. He was born November 25, 1845. His father was Thomas Minott, and his grandfather, A. Wood Minott. was one of the early settlers of this locality, coming from New England. In 1865 Mr. Minott married Sarah M. Lewis, and they have two daughters. November 26, 1863, Mr. Minott enlisted in Company L, Second N. Y. Heavy Artillery, aud served to the close of the war, par- ticipating in many battles, and being wounded at Petersburg. He was supervisor of Schuyler in 1884 and 1885, and has filled many other important offices.
McGraw, H., Schuyler, is a native of Schuyler, and was born March 13, 1843. He has been a farmer all his life. His father, Hiram McGraw, was also a native of this
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town. Mr. McGraw owns fifty-nine acres of land and follows general farming. In 1864 he married Evaline Durst. lle is a Democrat in politics, and has lived twenty- seven years on this farm.
Montgomery, E. D., was born in Winfield, Herkimer county, N. Y., and received a good education in the schools of that vicinity. In 1890 he took charge of the Park house, between Mohawk and Herkimer, where he does a regular hotel traffic. He is a pushing and thorough hotel proprietor and is very popular with the traveling public and his house is largely patronized by a large elass of the residents of Mohawk and Herkimer, as well as by the general public.
Mann, Daniel, Winfield, has a custom grist-mill and also a saw-mill. He was born in Frey's Bush, Montgomery county, and has worked in a grist-mill since seventeen years of age. He came to West Winfield in 1878, and worked in the grist-mill there, went to Milliner's mills in October, 1885. He came to Chepachet in April, 1891, and bought these mills, which he now operates. He enlisted in the late war, Company M., Second N. Y. Heavy Artillery, under Captain Halstead, but was under Captain Hulser. He enlisted December 26, 1861, at Utica. He was in all engagements of his company until the battle of Cold Harbor, when he was taken sick. His last battle was the charge of Hatcher's Run, December 9, 1864, and he was discharged December 29, 1864. Mr. Mann has never married.
Metzger, Jacob II., Litchfield, was born in Winfield, January 23, 1860, and settled in this town February 6, 1867. He is one of the best farmers of Litchfield. He mar- ried Clara Fix, who died April 12, 1891. She was a daughter of Frederick W. and Rate Fix, of Syracuse. Jacob H. Metzger is a son of David and Charlotte Metzger, who have four children: Jacob H., Susan C., Mate and David G. jr., also a half brother, Leonard Kimm. The father, David Metzger, is a native of Wurtemberg, Germany, who came to this country about 1857.
Mathews, Chauncey, Litchfield, was born here January 12, 1837. He resigned the office of loan commissioner to accept that of supervisor of Litchfield, which he held for six years. He served as chairman of the board of supervisors during his first term. While acting as supervisor he was nominated for member of Assembly for the Herki- mer district and was defeated by Myron A. MeKee. He was a son of Samuel Mathews, born in this town October 31, 1802. He died on the same farm where he was born which was settled by his father, Samuel, a native of North Brookfield, Mass., who settled about 1795 in Cedarville.
Moors, Joseph, Winfield, was born October 13, 1761, and was the first justice of the peace in West Winfield. Ilis father was a soldier in the French War and was at the capture of Louisburg. Ile was a captain of militia in the Revolution. The news of the Declaration of Independence was received at Fort Washington while Captain Moors was there. Isaac L. Moors was born in Winfield, Herkimer county, October 22, 1805, a son of Joseph, who settled in Winfield about 1800, one of the first settlers of that town. Isaac L. married in 1830 Mary Simms, and they have two children living, Dr. Alfred A. and Mrs. M. Delane Walker, widow of Dwight Walker. He lost one daugh-
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