History of Oneida County, New York, 1667-1878, Part 125

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Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Fariss
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1876 .- W. S. Bartlett, Philip A. Hart, Edwin S. Bene- diet, Elias G. White, and Theodore T. Thompson.

1877 .- Elliott S. Williams, James I. Scollard, James C. Bronson, Ellery Stebbins, and Charles Ives.

1878 .- Trustees, J. I. Scollard, Charles Ives, Ellery Stebbins, Elliott S. Williams, and James C. Bronson ; Cor- poration Clerk, Delos M. White; Treasurer, Stephen B. Latham ; Assessors, David Mannering, Hiram W. Mahan, and David Anderson; Collector, John Kieffel; Police Justice, Alfred S. Taylor; Police Constable, John Q. Adams.

CLINTON FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Excelsior Fire Company, No. 1, was reorganized in 1874, and Tiger Hose Company was organized in 1857. The membership of the department is about 50. Its offi- eers are B. F. Sutton, Foreman ; Frank Benedict, First Assistant; E. S. Williams, President; John Fay, See- retary. A hand-engine, manufactured by Button & Liszt, of Troy, N. Y., has been in use about a year.

Clinton Lodge, No. 169, F. and A. M., was instituted June 17, 1850. Its first officers were Rev. Thouras J. Sawyer, W. M .; Mareus Catlin, S. W .; Jesse Willard, J. W. Its present membership is in the neighborhood of 70, and its officers are G. W. Parker, W. M .; A. N. Ow- ston, S. W .; G. II. Ives, J. W .; A. W. Mills, Treas. ; F. Brooks, See. ; E. D. Mills, S. D. ; James Byron, J. D.

NEWSPAPERS.

The first paper published here was called the Clinton Signal, and its first number was issued July 10, 1846, by L. W. Payne. On the suggestion of certain members of the senior elass in Hamilton College, who offered their aid to the enterprise, the paper was elianged in 1848 to an eight-page quarto, ealled the Radiator. This venture sne- eeeded only passably well, and in 1849 was changed baek to the original name and style. In 1852 its publication was suspended. Mr. Payne soon after associated with him Ira D. Brown, and the two established the Oneida Chief,

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which continued in existence several years, with some changes of ownership. In 1856 it was sold to Francis E. Merritt, who in turn disposed of it about a year later to Galen H. Osborne, who changed the name to the Chief and Courier. Mr. Osborne sold out in August, 1859, to M. D. Raymond, who continued it until May 1, 1875, when the present proprietor, J. B. Sykes, assumed charge. The name has been changed to the Clinton Courier. In size it is a seven-column folio, and its circulation in May, 1878, was 648. In 1852 a monthly agricultural paper, styled the Northern Farmer, was established here by T. B. Miner. In 1854 it was issued in connection with the Farmer, a 48-page monthly. In January, 1856, the Rural American was added, a weekly quarto of eight pages. Soon afterwards both editions of the Farmer were dropped, and the Rural American continued in their placc. It was finally changed to a semi-monthly, and reached a cireulation of nearly 24,000. It was removed to New Brunswick, N. J., in 1868.

BANKING.

The Kirkland Bank was opened by Orrin Gridley in 1845, and on his decease, in April, 1847, its management was assumed by his son, Albert G. Gridley. The latter conducted it until the fall of 1854, when its circulating notes were called in and its affairs closed. An exchange- office was subsequently managed for a year or more by E. S. Hopkins. In 1862 the Lincoln Bank was established with William H. Marston as president and Henry M. Burehard as cashier. It was discontinued in June, 1864. A bank- ing-house was opened by George Bissell & Co., in January, 1866, in the building formerly occupied by the Kirkland Bank. Philip J. Hart was its cashier. Its affairs were closed in August, 1868. The present Clinton Bank was estab- lished in 1870 (January 19), by Messrs. Bunce & Dunbar, in the above building. It was afterwards conducted by Hill & Elliott, and is now owned by Hayes & Co., who do a private banking business.

PIIYSICIANS.

Among the carly physicians of the place were Drs. Sewall Hopkins, Seth Hastings, John Fitch, and Emory Bissell. Those now in practice here are Samuel W. Ray- mond, Frederick Barrows, Austin M. Barrows, Gerrit I. Bronson, James I. Seollard, James A. Armstrong. These are efficient members of the medical fraternity.

LAWYERS.

Among the early lawyers may be mentioned Joseph Symonds, William Dowes, William Hotchkiss, John Kirk- land, Ebenezer Griffin, and Julius Pond. Those resi- dent here at present arc Hon. Othniel S. Williams, Joseph Avery, Andrew W. Mills, E. S. Williams, Arthur W. Bron- son, D. F. Currie, and Delos M. White. Of these, Judge Williams is the oldest in years and practice, and has be- come well known throughout this region as an eminent scholar and an excellent gentleman. The others all do credit to their profession.

The Clinton post-office was established Jan. 1, 1803, at which time J. Simmons was appointed the first postmaster.

The incumbents of the office since have been the following persons, viz. : William Hotchkiss, appointed July 31, 1807 ; Ebenezer Griffin, Nov. 9, 1814; Benjamin Hickox, April 9, 1817,-reappointed May 16, 1835; Chauncey C. Cook, May 28, 1841 ; Samuel Comstock, Aug. 19, 1845 ; Samuel Brownell, June 26, 1849 ; John H. Tower, April 26, 1853 ; Joseph S. Avery, May 30, 1857 ; James C. Bronson, Oct. 10, 1860 ; Morris S. Wood, April 23, 1861,-reappointed Sept. 2, 1865; Benjamin F. Libbey, April 5, 1869,- reappointed March 25, 1873, and April 19, 1877,-still holding the position.

HOTELS.

The oldest hotel in the village is the " Park House," which stands on the north side of the park. It is a quaint frame structure, and was erected during or soon after the year 1800; the exact date cannot now be ascertained. It has always been occupied for the purposes of a hotel. The fine brick hotel, known as the " Clinton House," was built in 1873 by its present proprictor, J. H. Tower. It has a public hall in connection, also fitted up by Mr. Tower, and since some time in 1877 the property of J. I. Scollard. The hall is known as "Scollard's Opera-House," and has a capacity for seating 700 persons, although seats have only been provided for about 500. The hotel stands on the site of the old " Clinton House," which was built by Joseph Stebbins about 1818 and 1820, and destroyed by fire in 1871. Mr. Tower, of the " Clinton House" of the present, came to Clinton in 1826, from Waterville, in the town of Sangerfield, where his father, John Tower, settled about 1807. The latter was from Worcester, Mass. Mr. Tower states that of those residing in the village of Clinton when he came, none are now left except Hon. O. S. Williams and Gerrit I. Bronson. There are two hotels in the village besides those mentioned, about twenty stores of various de- scriptions, and the number of mechanic shops usual in a place of this size.

Among the merchants of the village appear the names of George W. Kirkland, Ralph Kirkland, Thomas Hart and his two sons Ephraim and Thomas, Job Herrick, Chaun- cey Gridley, Orlando Hastings, Eurotas Hastings, Joseph Stebbins, Orrin Gridley, and Solomon Lamberton.

The Utica and Waterville plank-road, which was built in 1848, passed through the town of Kirkland. The Che- nango Canal also crosses it, and has a lockage of about 200 feet within its limits. A telegraph line was opened between Oxford and Utica in 1854. John Foote, of Hamilton, was the first president of the company, and John H. Tower, of Clinton, was superintendent of the office in the village for several years. The stock was afterwards transferred to the Albany and Buffalo Telegraph Company, and finally to the Western Union Telegraph Company, which latter still owns and operates the line. An express-office was opened here in 1858, managed by General Samuel Comstock. The business at first was exceedingly small, but has largely increased.

RAILROADS .*

" The project of a railroad from Utica to Binghamton, through the Oriskany and Chenango Valleys, was agitated at times for many years;

# Prepared by Hon. O. S. Williams, and inserted in Gridley's Kirk- land.

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but tho first company for that purpose was organized in 1853. A large amount of stock was subscribed, the route was surveyed, and in some sections located, and the right of way obtained. In June, 1854, Mr. James IIall, the chief engineer of the company, prepared and published an extended report, showing clearly the feasibility and im- portance of the enterprise. But the protracted illness of Alfred Munson, Esq., of Utica, the able and efficient president of the com- pany, delayed the commencement of the work, and his death, in 1854, led to its abandonment and the dissolution of the company.

" In 1859 the Legislature of the State passed an act granting a charter to build a railroad on the berme-bank of the Chenango Canal; but as the company was restricted to the use of horse-power, which was not decined sufficient for so long a route and so important a work, the company was never organized. .

" In 1862 the railroad project was revived, and in different forms was pressed with much energy. The Utica City Railroad Company was organized, and in 1863 built a street road from Utica to New Ihartford. In 1861 tho charter of this company was enlarged, the route extended, and the steam road from New llartford to Clinton was built, and trains commeneed running upon it in September, 1866.

" Finally, in July, 1867, the charter was again enlarged, and the route extended, under the name of the Utica, Clinton and Bingham- ton Railroad Company, with a capital of $1,000,000.

" The road was completed to Deansville in December, 1867; to Oris- kany Falls, in December, 1868; and to Hamilton and Smith's Valley, in the county of Madison, in September, 1870, where it formed a june- tion with the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad. In 1871 the company built a steam road from New Hartford to Utica, and the whole route from Utica to Smith's Valley was completed and put in operation. The length of the steam road is 32 miles, and its cost, in- cluding the equipment and rolling stock, was about $1,200,000.

" In December, 1871, the road was permanently leased to the New York and Oswego Midland Railroad Company, with the guaranty of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company.ª

" The Rome and Clinton Railroad Company was organized May 24, 1869. Its directors elected the following officers, namely : William S. Bartlett, President ; E. B. Armstrong, Vice-President; A. W. Mills, Secretary ; Bloomfield J. Beach, Treasurer. Sul scriptions to the stock in considerable amount were obtained, and the several towns along the line of the road were bonded as follows : Kirkland, for $40,000; West_ moreland, for $40,000; Rome, for $60,000. The right of way having been obtained, and sufficient private subscriptions secured, mostly in Kirkland and Rome, the directors proceeded to let the contract for building the road, on the 28th of October, 1870, to Willis, Phelps & Co. The road was completed in the fall of 1871. It was then leased to tho New York and Oswego Midland Railroad Company, and said lease was guaranteed by the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. The cost of building the road was $370,000 ; and it is rented for $25,000 per annum, payable every six months."

CEMETERIES.

The first death in Kirkland, and the place of burial, have been mentioned. No record is found of the time when that locality was first designated as a burial-ground ; but Bar- tholomew Pond, in the spring of 1796, who then owned what is known as the Royce farm, made a donation to " The Society of Clinton," of one aere of land, " to be used as a burying-yard." This was accepted, and that lot is now the southeast portion of the old cemetery. About 1805 the cemetery was enlarged by the addition of the northern and western parts, which were deeded to the society by Samuel Royec.

An act for the incorporation of Rural Cemetery Associ- ations was passed by the Legislature in 1847. In July, 1854,f a meeting of the citizens of Clinton was held for the

purpose of discussing the propriety of organizing a new cemetery association, with the view of choosing a different location as a burial-place. An association was formed, twelve trustees elected, and measures were immediately taken for carrying out its wishes. The grounds now form- ing the " Clinton Cemetery" were chosen ; a subscription of $2250 was raised; the site was purchased for $3220, of which $1220 was paid from the subscription, and the bal- ance of $2000 remained on bond and mortgage, to be paid at the convenience of the association. These grounds com- prise about 28 acres, and have been laid out in elegant de- signs and made one of the most beautiful of the pleasing spots with which the village is surrounded. They were ded- icated Sept. 9, 1856, at which time an introductory address was delivered by Hon. O. S. Williams, and a dedicatory speech by Prof. Edward North, of Hamilton College. The care of the old cemetery was transferred, in May, 1862, by the trustees of the "Society of Clinton," to those of the new cemetery.

MILITARY.

The town of Kirkland was settled by a class of patriotic men. Many of them had borne arms in the long struggle with Great Britain for the independence of the colonies, and their courage was a second time demonstrated in their emigration into the wilderness, with only savage men and beasts for neighbors, and the work of developing a new country as their portion. Their sons, inured to hardships, took up the gage of the haughty Briton again in 1812, and battled for the continuance of freedom. When, in later years, the fiery-tempered sons of the south-land raised their hands in murderous and unprovoked anger against their par- ent country, the hardy descendants of Revolutionary patriots in the north arose in their might, and hurled back the treach- crous offspring to destruction. Kirkland bore no mean part in the strife, as the many vacant chairs and empty sleeves too well attest.

As far as is now possible to learn, the following persons among the early settlers of the town were those who served as compatriots of Washington : Captain Bullen, Captain Moses Foot, Captain Look, Andrew Blanchard, Charles Bar- tholomew, Phineas Bell, Eli Bristol, Samuel Bingham, Nu- man Blodgett, John Bullen, John Blunt, David Comstock, Samuel Curtiss, Thomas Goodsell, Ozias Marvin, Stephen Markham, Barnabas Pond, Philemon Trowbridge, - Smith, - Stillman,-20.

The veterans of 1812 were the following, viz. : Captain Isaac Benedict, Captain Orrin Gridley, Lientenant Sammel Comstock, Ensign Orange Foot, William Anderson, Lester Barker, Jolm Crocker, Horace Foot, Silas Foot, Orasmus Gleason, Naaman Goodsell, James Groves, Thomas Hart, Franklin Hickox, George Hickox, Silas T. Ives, Henry Kellogg, William Marvin, Noble Morse, Chester Parmelee, Phineas Pearl, James D. Stebbins,-22. In 1814, Lieu- tenant Samuel Comstock was promoted to the rank of ad- jutant-general.

Upon the breaking out of the Rebellion great excitement was manifested in this town.

" A large meeting of citizens was held at the Clinton House. April 24, 1861, at which stirring speeches were uttered and patriotic resolu- tions were passed, and subscriptions made for the benefit of volunteers

$ The several branches of this road are now known as the Utiea and Clinton, Utien, Clinton and Binghamton, Rome and Clinton, and Utica and Chenango Divisions of the Delaware, Lackawanna and Western Railway.

The call for this meeting was published June 30, 1854.

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and their families. Soon afterwards military companies were formed in this neighborhood, which received many recruits from Clark's Mills, Healey's Mills, Clinton, and Hamilton College. National flags were thrown out from school buildings, church-spires, and from many pri- vate houses. Clergymen preached often and earnestly upon the paramount duty of sustaining the government in the great struggle already begun. The ladies organized benevolent societies for pro- viding clothing and other comforts for the soldiers. These artieles were sent on from time to time to the seat of war, and contributed much to the health and happiness of the young men from Kirkland. As the war progressed from year to year, and new supplies of fighting men were ealled for by the President, bounties were offered by the town to all volunteers, amounting at one time to $300 for each sol- dier. These bounties were raised by taxation."#

The following is a list of those who enlisted from this town, under the several calls of the President, during the four years from April, 1861, to April, 1865 : Edward W. Avery, United States Navy; Thomas Aitkins, 146th Infantry ; William Aitkins, 146th ; Sidney M. Abbott, 36th Illinois; A. M. Abbott, Emory Abbott, Newell J. Abbott, Amos P. Armstrong, 117th New York Infantry ; Richard Armstrong, James M. Adams, Henry Anderson, John Ayer, Charles G. Ashley, 146th, died in Andersonville prison ; John Ackerman, 26th Infantry ; James Armstrong, John S. Athem, Jacob Allen, Edward Allen, Benjamin Bates, 26th Infantry ; Daniel N. Blanchard, 146th ; Peter Blake, sergeant, 146th ; William L. Bartholomew, captain, 117th ; James Baxter, 101st ; James C. Bronson, colonel, 57th ; John Bryden, Jr., 117th ; M. C. Bryden, 26th ; Charles Brown, 14th ; L. D. Button, Dr. A. N. Brockway, sur- geon ; George A. Bartholomew, corporal, killed at Fort Fisher; Levi Bass, 117th, wounded ; Jeremiah Bass, 26th ; Julius Bennett, 117th ; Seymour Bennett, Charles Ben- nett, George Bradley, 117th, killed in service ; John Bodis, Peter Bice, Charles A. Butts, Peter Burns, 26th ; O. D. Benjamin, 26th ; Alonzo Burrill, Francis Budd, Samuel A. Budd, H. M. Byron, Henry Carr, died in service ; Archibald Carr, Samuel Catlin, 14th ; Charles Catlin, 146th ; William Campbell, 146th ; Albert Camp, 8th New York Cavalry ; Willard Camp, 117th ; James Casey, 57th ; Frederick Cabot, Isaae Chapman, 146th ; Nathaniel F. Clark, O. B. Cooley, 26th ; James B. Crossman, 97th, killed in service; Michacl Conlon, Robert Conick, 26th ; David Covil, John Coyle, Percival Crumb, William Crumb, 146th, died in service ; Jesse Curtiss, 101st; Oscar W. Dayton, Bates' Battery ; John Demarse, 57th ; James Deans, Richard Dillow, 146th ; Patrick Doyle, John Donnelly, 57th ; Michael Donavan, John Duffy, Patrick Duffy, William Dun- ster, 117th ; John D. Ernst, sergeant, 117th ; Robert W. England, sergeant, 146th, killed at Gettysburg; Francis A. England, 146th ; Charles Elphiek, 35th ; Owen Fay, Patrick Fay, 101st; Samuel Farrington, 146th ; James Farley, 4th Artillery ; Christian Finian, 57th; Eugene Ferry, 8th; Ephraim French, 146th ; Godfrey Frederieks, 146th ; Walter Fogus; Henry Fuller, died ; Frederick J. Fuller, 14th ; Richard Flynn, 117th, killed in service ; Frank Garland, 61st ; Thomas Gainerd, Martin Green, Charles Grinnell, 101st ; Frederick A. Griffin, 57th, died in service; William Griffin, Henry Gridley, Henry Goodfel- low, John T. Goodfellow, 146th ; B. F. Goodman, Albert Goodman, 57th; William Goodman, Charles C. Gruman,

sergeant, 117th, wounded ; Lorin Hassan, Charles Hallam, Caleb Haywood, 117th, dicd in service; Edward Harring- ton, sergeant, 117th ; Jeremiah Harrington, James Harring- ton, 57th ; William Hannegan, 3d Artillery ; Michael Hannegan, James Hannegan, Augustus Haver, 12th; Wm. H. Healey, John M. Harrison, Charles Habersham, Samuel Heacox, Charles Heaeox, Joseph Herder, 57th ; Thomas Hill, Samuel Hill, John Hill, 57th ; N. B. Hinckley, ser- geant, 117th, diced in service ; Adam Holt, Porter J. Ho- mer, Henry Howard, Colored Regiment ; Alonzo Howe, died in service; Lester Howe, Samuel E. Homes, 117th, died in prison ; F. H. Hubhard, Thomas Huntley, Samuel Hyde, 146th ; Frank Ingraham, 146th ; George H. Ives, 14th ; John Jackson, 146th ; Farrar Jackson, 146th, killed in service ; Martin Jenkins, 117th; S. Jones, Charles Johnson, Thomas Johnson, 146th ; Daniel Kennedy, 57th ; Hartwell Kenyon, 117th, died in service; Charles II. Ken- yon, 117th ; George W. Kellogg, E. O. Kinne, Bates' Battery ; Ralph T. Kirkland, 146th; John Kirkwood, Michacl Kilmurry, 16th Artillery ; William H. Lathrop, colonel, 39th Ohio, killed in service; Charles Lathrop, 117th ; Joseph Lathrop, 57th ; John C. Lathrop, Francis Lapham, 8th Cavalry ; Nelson Linebeek, Henry Loomis, captain, 146th ; Austin Lord, 146th ; James Lord, 146th ; Orrin C. Lueas, Albert W. Lucas, Patrick Ludlow, Thomas H. Lyman, Charles P. Mahan, 146th ; George W. Man- ning, 101st ; John D. Marsh, N. B. Marsh, 57th ; John MaeBride, 14th ; Paul MeCluskey, 26th; N. M. Mac- Queen, James Maxted, 14th ; Hiram MaeEntee, 146th ; Emmett MacEntee, 57th; Charles Markham, Thomas Mercer, Henry H. Miller, corporal, 117th, wounded at Petersburg; Samuel Miller, 117th ; David Miller, 146th ; George Miller, 26th ; Frank Miller, 146th ; John Miller, Oscar P. Miner, 101st; Cary C. Miner, 26th; Edward Morgan, Augustus Mosher, Francis Mooney, 8th Cavalry, killed ; Patrick Morgan, 57th; Wesley B. Munger, Levi Munger, died in service; Edward Murphy, cor- poral, 117th, killed; - Necnan, Michael Nolan, -- Northrop, William N. Owston, Bates' Battery ; R. D. Patten, 26th; Benjamin Pratt, P. - Pratt, George W. Payne, 57th ; David H. Payne, James Pegan, For- dyce Phelps, 146th ; George W. Pearl, 117th ; Thomas Petch, Valentine Peters, lieutenant, 26th ; Arthur Phillips, Austin M. Pixley, Isaac P. Powell, major, 146th ; Jere- miah Powell, William H. Powers, 117th ; Edward Quinn, John Rathbun, 117th ; Samuel W. Raymond, Jr., sergeant, 146th ; Archibald Reed, 26th ; Thomas Reed, Henry Reed, David Reese, 146th; George W. Reed, killed at Fort Fisher ; Robert Reyon, Joseph C. Richmond, 117th, died in service ; Edward Richardson, 146th; Joseph Richard- son, James Ricc, John Rodice, 117th ; Andrew T. Row- ler, George Robinson, Lewis Robinson, David Ross, 14th ; Benjamin F. Russell, killed in service; W. H. Sanford, 26th ; D. Sanford, - Sanders, Thomas H. Sayre, 146th, died at Andersonville ; Thomas J. Sawyer, major, 47th ; Oscar G. Sawyer, Frederick Sawyer, captain, 47th ; Z. W. Sanford, Matthew Stack, John Savage, 117th ; James M. Seamen, 146th ; Loring D. Seamen, died in serviee ; Jerome Seamen, first lieutenant, 146th ; Dennis Shehan, Reuben Spencer, James Stewart, colonel, 146th ;

# Gridley.

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Charles F. Seymour, Bates' Battery ; Benjamin F. Skinner, 57th ; Vincent Smith, Thomas Smith, sergeant, 117th ; John F. Smith, 57th, killed at Gettysburg; Truman Smith, 8th Cavalry ; S. W. Stocking, 14th; Joseph Stockbridge, 146th ; L. P. Stockwell, sergeant, 146th ; George W. Strong, 146th ; Charles Strong, 115th; E. O. Shorey, 57th ; Henry Shorey, Charles Sumner, 101st ; Niles Taft, 117th, killed in service; E. Trask, 117th ; John Trask, 117th ; William Taylor, 146th ; Christian Timian, 57th; E W. Twitchell, George Thomas, 26th ; Hugh Thorman, 57th ; Jay H. Tower, lieutenant, 16th Wisconsin ; William Top- ping, 57th ; Ezra Thompson, Calvin Thompson, died in Salisbury prison ; Webbon Turner, 117th, died in service ; Frederick Turner, Roswell Turner, 117th, killed ; Utley, James Vosburg, Daniel Vosburg, Michael Wallace, 57th, killed; Henry Walker, Lorenzo Waterman, John G. Ward, Edgar Warner, 117th, died in service ; Jonathan C. Warner, 117th, died in Salisbury prison ; Garrett Welch, Lawrence Welch, Frederick Wells, 101st; Delos M. White, Matthew Wilson, Charles Willard, John W. Wicks, Ed- wald B. Wicks, lieutenant, 101st ; Thomas A. Wilson, captain, 146th, dicd in service; John Whipple, 8th Cav- alry ; B. F. Whiting, 57th ; David Williams, Monroe Woolnongh, 117th ; Michael Wholahan, 146th ; Albert H. Wood, 14th Artillery ; Adelbert S. Wood, 146th; James B. Wolfe, John B. Young,-300.

Among those who have kindly furnished information in the town of Kirkland, and lent their aid in various ways, are Mrs. A. D. Gridley, of Clinton, to whom we are in- debted for the use of her husband's excellent history of the town ; Hon. O. S. Williams, for a history of the Clinton Post-office, and other matters ; J. H. Tower, D. M. White, C. HI. Goodfellow, the pastors and members of churches; Professor Edward North, for documents relating to the college, etc. ; David Pixley, of Kirkland Post-office, and many others.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

JAMES L. BLACKSTONE,

the subject of this necessarily brief sketch, was born Aug. 20, 1826, and was the only son in a family of three chil- dren. One sister, M. A. Blackstone, is still living. ITis father, Edward Blackstone, was born at New Hartford, in 1801, and about the year 1824 married Cynthia Cook, who was born in Dutchess County in 1803. In the spring of 1830 he removed to the farm now occupied by the subject of this sketch, where he was engaged in farming until his death, which occurred July 1, 1878. Although having no political aspirations, he was identified with the old Whig party until he joined the Republican party, at the time of its formation. He manifested great interest in all educa- tional and religious interests, and by his sterling merits gained the confidence and esteem of all who knew him.

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History of Oneida County, New York, 1667-1878, Part 125

Author: Publication date: 1878 Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Fariss Number of Pages: 932

Author:
Publication date: 1878
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Fariss
Number of Pages: 932