History of Orange County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 127

Author: Ruttenber, Edward Manning, 1825-1907, comp; Clark, L. H. (Lewis H.)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1336

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VIII .- BURIAL-PLACES.

Half a mile or more from Otisville to Mount Hope village is the old burial-place of the town. In later years it has been enlarged by the purchase of several acres, and the whole is in a very good state of preser- vation. It is referred to, in the history of the Mount THE WASHINGTON LEAD COMPANY Hope Presbyterian Church, as being located on the was organized March 3, 1865. The capital stock was stated at $500,000, divided into 100,000 shares. The " Plains." Jeremiah Mulock, who died Dec. 24, 1802, aged ninety-one years, was the oldest of the . trustees named were John Wiggins, Henry A. Chopin,

pioneers buried here, and 1790 is the earliest date recorded on the ancient headstones.

The other principal burial-places are the following : A very old one in the woods, two miles or more from Otisville, on the road to New Vernon, and near the Whitlock place. This doubtless contains many graves of pioneers, all unmarked and nameless. There is another old burial-place above Finchville, on the side of the mountains. This is a tangled mass of bushes, but there are very early graves, and a careful search may discover valuable dates bearing on general or family history. There is also one in Mapestown, near where the old Congregational church stood.

The new cemetery at Howell's is over the line in Mount Hope.

At Otisville there is the Catholic burial-ground in connection with the church. There is also a beauti- ful private cemetery on the hill back of Otisville.

IX .- TOWN SOCIETIES, LIBRARIES, INCOR- PORATIONS, Etc.

An early Masonic lodge existed at Mount Hope village. The lodge-room was in the upper part of the school-house. Nathaniel Green, Eleazer Hard- ing, Stephen W. Palmer, Benjamin Woodward, Beu- jamin Dodge, the Colemans, and others were con- nected with it. It went down under the excitement following the Morgan troubles, and no attempt has been made to revive it. In an old newspaper we find the following :

" MOUNT HOPE, May 20, 5852.

" St. John's day will be celebrated at Brother Henry Coleman's, in the village of Mount Hope."

THE FARMERS' LIBRARY

was incorporated Oct. 13, 1807. The meeting for organization was held at the house of Benjamin Woodward, and the trustees named in the instru- ment were Benjamin B. Newkirk, Benjamin Wood- ward, William Mulock, James Finch, Jr., Peter E. Gumaer, Daniel Green, William Shaw, Jr., Stephen Farnum, Peleg Pelton. The last-named person cer- tified this paper before Judge John Steward. A library was established in pursuance of this certifi- cate. Mr. Harvey R. Cadwell states that he obtained books there; that a valuable collection of historical works was kept; that his first reading of history was stimulated by those volumes. It is doubtless true that many young men shared in the educational influ- ences of this early library. The attempt to sustain such a library of such books in this day in the same quiet country town might not prove complimentary to the present age. The old library lasted twenty or thirty years, but the books were finally scattered and the enterprise was discontinued.

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George Wiggins, and E. B. Brown. Their mines are located about a mile from Otisville, on the Erie Road. Two shafts were sunk about 60 feet deep, about 100 feet apart, and the drift about 180 feet. They found a good vein of lead, and a vein of zinc about five feet wide. The work was suspended because of the low price of lead and the general depression of mining interests, but no doubt exists that there is a valuable deposit of minerals at this point.

THIE EMPIRE MINING COMPANY

was founded about 1864. The mines were located about one and a half miles from Otisville, along the Erie Road, on the property of John Wiggins,-trus- tees, John Wiggins, A. W. Dodge, George Wiggins, E. B. Brown, and others. They sunk one shaft 105 feet, two others about 20 feet each, another about 25 feet. The vein found was abundant, and of excellent quality, yielding lead and zinc. The work was sus- pended for the same reasons that caused the closing of the Washington.

THE WALLKILL LEAD COMPANY

executed a certificate of incorporation Oct. 9, 1863. The capital was stated at $500,000, divided into 100,000 shares. The trustees named were Edward A. Quin- tard, Leverett E. Rice, George B. Satterlee, Living- ston Satterlee. This was entirely by New York men. The mines were located about a mile north of Guy- mard. Considerable money was expended. Good lead ore was found, but the company ceased to work after a few years. Rumors of renewed operations arise occasionally, and it is understood the company is still in existence.

THE SAVOSS COPPER-MINE

is located about half a mile from Otisville, near the Erie Railroad, and just at the summit of the Shawan- gunk range. A shaft 80 feet deep was opened about 1864. A good vein of copper was found, but work was discontinued in a short time, and has never been resumed.

THE CHAMPION LEAD-MINING COMPANY

was incorporated Aug. 19, 1864. The capital stock was declared to be fixed at $500,000, divided into 100,000 shares. The object was the mining and sale of lead and other minerals. The trustees named were Thomas T. Davis, Marvin Beeman, Ambrose W. Green, F. V. Booth, John T. Willis, Albert H. Hager, Thomas C. Robbins, John Eager, and James H. Gage.

THE NEW YORK CENTRAL MINING AND MINERAL COMPANY.

This association executed a certificate of incorpora- tion Oet. 27, 1863. The objects were stated as "the mining of lead ores and other minerals, and vending the same unmanufactured or manufactured." The trustees named were Alanson Gillespie, of Goshen ; Ambrose W. Green, of Otisville; Oliver Green, of

Mount Hope; Roswell Plummer, Marvin Beeman. James P. Keeler, William A. Keeler, of Brooklyn ; and Rufus H. Wood, of New York City. The capital stock was stated at 50,000 shares of $10 each.

THE MOUNT HOPE MINERAL COMPANY

was incorporated by certificate executed Dec. 17, 1862. The place of business was declared to be "in the town- ship of Mount Hope, and also in the city and county of New York." The objects were stated as "the mining of lead ores and other minerals, and vending the same manufactured and unmanufactured." The trustees named were Alfred McIntire and William Blauvelt, of New York City, and Josiah R. Sturgis, of Brooklyn. Their mines were on the top of the mountain, east of Guymard.

GUYMARD SILVER-LEAD COMPANY

executed a certificate of incorporation Jan. 3, 1877. The capital stock was stated at $100,000, divided into 40,000 shares. The trustees named were Charles Place, John H. Small, Hon. George W. Green, Wil- liam A. Keeler, John K. Ruckel, Samuel A. Banks, and George B. Curtiss.

THE ERIE MINING COMPANY.

This is the strongest organization formed for min- ing purposes in this section, and the one whose suc- cess doubtless led to all the other enterprises. The mines are located at Guymard. A large amount of ore has been taken out, though the work has always been an intermittent one, pushed effectively at times, and then stopped for some years. At the present time (November, 1880) it is in one of its suspended in- tervals. There seems to be no doubt in the minds of the community that the deposit of ore is rich and abundant, and that the work need never stop on account of failure of materials.

THE EMPIRE MINERAL COMPANY

was formed July 18, 1863. The trustees named were John Wiggins, George Wiggins, and John Mulock. The object was declared to be the " mining of lead ores and other minerals, and vending the same un- manufactured and manufactured." The capital stock was fixed at $300,000, divided into 60,000 shares.

X .- PLACES OF HISTORIC INTEREST OR OF SPECIAL NOTE.

Perhaps there is little under this head to require special remark. The Shawangunk range is, however, full of rare attractions to students of geology, to all who desire to read the great lessons of creation traced by a divine hand upon the rocky strata. Cabinets of rare value may be easily made by gathering speci- mens for a few days along these hills and in the exca- vations of the mines. The "Pass of the Mountains," at Otisville, too, is worthy of some study. Though not grand and ruggedly sublime, like the wonderful passes of lofty mountain ranges, yet the depression is

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decided enough to attract much attention. The en- gineers, in laying out the Erie Railway, traveled north along the range for ten miles or more from Port Jervis, to find a place to break through. Here they found it almost ready made for their purpose.

THE FINCH HOMESTEAD.

This was directly opposite the present McBride house, at Finchville. The old residence was burned a few years since. Here the militia of Goshen and vicinity halted on their way to the fatal field of Mini- sink. Here the captain directed Mr. Finch not to ac- company them, but to be ready to feed them on their return. From their hurried meal they commenced their march over the mountain, doubtless winding their way along the slight depression where the pres- ent road is laid, past the burial-ground, in which the (lead of earlier years had already begun to be buried. From the summit of the pass they took their last look of the eastern slopes they were leaving behind them. Alas, how few survived to recross the mountains or to receive the hospitality of the Finch homestead !

TIIE PEDDLER'S SPRING.

This is so called from the tradition that a peddler was murdered at some former time while drinking there. There seem to be no facts, however, known either of the supposed murderer or of his vietim, and very likely it is only an idle story of the past. The spring is romantically situated on the summit west of Otisville, near the old "half-way tavern," on the stage-road from Goshen to Cochecton.

OLD COIN. -

A quantity of coin was dug up a few years since in a field near Otisville, at the entrance of the moun- tain pass now traversed by the Erie Railroad. It proved to be counterfeit, but of rare and unusual de- sign. Many conjectures were made about it, some supposing it to have been the work of counterfeiters, who at a very early date may have had a retreat in this vicinity ; others, that it was used to cheat the Indians in the purchase of lands. Dr. Theodore Writer has specimens of the coin.

THE LOCATION OF THE MASTODON

exhumed some years since was upon the present Mitchell farm, a mile from Otisville. It was formerly known as the Alison farm. Here one may pause to reflect upon that ancient era when these gigantic animals roamed along the valleys and over the hills of the Shawangunk region. The imagination may revel at its "own sweet will," and weave its own fancies of that titanic age.

THE OLD ORCHARDS

in different parts of the town give some proof of the very early settlement. At Finchville, out in the field back from the old Finch homestead, is one of the oldest in the county. The time-scarred trunks,

the gnarled, rough limbs, the broken tops, tell of the winds and the storms that for a century have swept down the mountain-sides and roared along the val- leys.

XI .- INDUSTRIAL PURSUITS.

The town is largely agricultural. The eastern slopes of the Shawangunk Mountains, the alluvial lands of the Shawangunk River, and the plains lying between form a tract that seemed desirable to settlers at an early period, and the cultivation of which has proved reasonably remunerative from that time to the present. All the crops common to this section of country are raised here. As in all the other towns of the county, or nearly all, the facilities for freighting milk to New York are so convenient that dairying is one of the most important industries. Yet the direct shipment of milk has had the effect to cause the almost complete extinction of that once famous article, "Orange County butter." Orange County farmers in many instances now sell milk so close that they are obliged to buy butter for their own family use, and find it economical to do so.

Judging by the number of mining companies men- tioned above, it might be supposed that mining would be an important industry of Mount Hope, but mining here resembles the modern institution of Masonry in one feature,-it is "speculative," not "operative." That valuable ores exist in the mountain range is un- doubtedly true, but whether in paying quantities and convenient for digging sufficient to render labor re- munerative is yet an unsettled question.

In the vicinity of Otisville and also at Guymard summer boarding has been of some importance for a few years past. At the latter place a very large and handsome hotel was erected a few years since to ac- commodate summer visitors. The tide of travel is, however, so variable and uncertain that it is scarcely safe to erect a costly building at any one point, because very likely the throng next year may pass on to some new and wilder locality.

Near Mount Hope village is the grist-mill known as Little's. It was established at an early date, and is now owned by J. E. Keteham. The woolen-factory of Otis & Co. lasted for some years, but was after- wards burned down. At this same place is now an establishment for tanning skins used in the glove manufacture.

XII .- MILITARY.

In the various Revolutionary annals of Deerpark and Wallkill many of the incidents refer to the present territory of Mount Hope, which was taken from those two towns. Especially was the east side of the mountains a place of safety to which families often fled to escape the dangers arising from Indian attacks in the Mamakating Valley.

As in other portions of the county, a few men were "out" in the war of 1812, and here and there a pen-

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sioner yet remains. The Wallkill Regiment was ordered out in full. The One Hundred and Twenty- eighth, of Sullivan, was subjected to a draft. This included a part of what is now Mount Hope. Among those that went may be mentioned Joseph Stanton, Amzi Mapes, John Mulock, Zebulon Giffen, Fred- erick A. Seybolt, Richard Penny, Capt. William Mulock.

CIVIL WAR, 1861-65.

No very large number of men volunteered from this town. In proportion to the population, how- ever, the record is a creditable one. Liberal sums of money were voted to secure additional recruits and fill the quota, as shown by the following official action.

teers, Wm. S. Little and Horton Corwin were pres- ent, and presided as justices of the peaee, and R. Fraser was appointed clerk.

A committee was appointed to report resolutions, viz .: Wm. S. Little, John Mulock, George C. Strick- land, Horton Corwin, and H. R. Cadwell. The reso- lutions reported were voted upon by the meeting, and carried,-157 to 29. By this action a tax of $35,000 was authorized for the payment of bounties to the amount of $500 to cach volunteer for one year, $600 for two years, and $800 for three years. The town clerk and supervisor were authorized to issue the necessary bonds to raise the money.

The above meeting was informal, and to ratify the action another special meeting was held August 20th, Wm. S. Little, Horton Corwin, and John Penny present as justices of the peace, and R. Fraser, town clerk. The committee on resolutions were Charles Hoyt, John Wiggins, Amos Ketcham, W. W. Shaw, and John Mulock. The tax was limited to $37,000, instead of $35,000. The bounty was made uniform at $800. It was offered also to any man furnishing a sub- stitute in anticipation of a draft.

The resolutions of this meeting were ratified by a ·vote of 168 in favor, and 62 against. At a special town-meeting, held Feb. 2, 1865, to consider the sub- ject of bounties, William S. Little acted as chair- man, and R. Fraser clerk. A tax of $10,000 was authorized for the payment of bounties, at the rate of $250 for one year's enlistment, $350 for two years, and $500 for three years, with $50 hand money in each case. The resolutions were adopted, 113 voting in favor, and 34 against them.

In pursuance of these resolutions recruits were ob- tained, and the several quotas required of the town were filled. We regret to add, however, that there is no record in the office of the town clerk of the oper- ations of the town in filling its quotas, or of the men who went into the service. From a carefully-pre- pared statement by Charles S. Woodward, Esq., one of the most useful supervisors the town ever had, we gather, however, the following facts :

The quotas of the town were:

('alls of July and August, 1862. 49

Drafts of 1863

Call of October, 1863, and February, 1864 36

ני March 14, 1864 15

July 18, 1864

Dec. 19, 1864.

Total 182

Men furnished prior to July 1, 1862. 30

Under call of July and August, 1862 ..

Under draft of July, 1863, by volunteers.

by commutation. 24

by substitutes. 4

Under calls of October and February, 1864. 36

call of March, 1864 .. 15

July

December, 1864.

Excess on quota of July 18, 1864 3

Total. 206

For 42 years' excess of service, $200 each. $8,400

3 substitute volunteers, $600 1,800

3 volunteers, $100 each .. 1,200

$11,400

and the claim was allowed by the Paymaster-Gen- eral.

To promote enlistments a subscription of $413 was raised in 1862, and, in addition to this voluntary con- tribution, there was sent to the Sanitary Commission the sum of $500 prior to December, 1863.

Bonds for the payment of bounties were issued in 1864 as follows : Call of July 18, 1864, $20,450 for vol- unteers, $15,025 for substitutes.

The quota of July 18, 1864, was filled by contract (except substitutes put in) at the rate of $700 cash or ! $800 in town bonds per man. $10,000 was paid in cash and the balance in bonds. $3975 was paid to volunteers and principals furnishing substitutes under call of Dec. 19, 1864.

The following is the roll of men prior to July, 1862:

Baker, Charles A., 56th, or Ist Mounted Rifles.

Brown, James, 56th.

Baxter, Lewis, 56th.

Crozier, Abrahanı, 18th.

Drake, F. Eatou, Henry C., 56tb.

Gardner, William.

Green, Horace, 1st Mounted Rifles.

Gillett, Charles, Jr., 18th.

Gillett, George, 56th.

Hill, George 11., 56th.

lill, James 31., 56th.

Martin, Joseph, Sickles' brigade.

McMahan, Michael, 56th ; dead.

Newkirk, Charles M.

Nash, William, 56th.

Penny, Theodore, 56th, or Ist Mounted Rifles; died in service.

Smith, Charles, 56th.

Schofield, David L., 56th.

Shine, John, 56th. Shuart, Charles E., marine.

Uptegrove, Theodore.

Woodward, Thomas, marine.

Armstrong, David, Co. C, Ist Mounted Rifles.

Pine, Samuel, Co. C, Ist Mounted Rifles.

Rhodes, C. W., Co. C, 56th,

At a special town-meeting, held Aug. 9, 1864, to The claim of the town for reimbursement of boun- consider the question of paying bounties to volun- ' ties paid to fill quota under call of Dec. 19, 1864, and for excess of years of service on filling the quota un- der call of July 18, 1864, was :

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Sergeant, James G., 87th. Cookling, James. Lovelaod, Martin. Horton, Rev. Geo. W., chaplain.

Credits by Senatorial Committee, July and August, 1862.

Bannister, Gilbert W., 124th.

Baoker, Jolın R., 4th sergt., Co. E, 124th; enl. Ang. 11, 1802; disch. at Washington, Nov. 11, 1862.

Brown, Wm. S., 124th.

Clearwater, Thomas, Co. E, 124th; enl. Aug. 16, 1863; absent, ill, from Oct. 17, 1862 ; must. out by Gen. Order 77.

Corey, John, 124th.

Cookling, Nathaniel W., 124th.

Comfort, J. M., capt., 84th Penn.

Conkling, Coe, 168th.

Dalsea, Theophilus, Co. E, 124th ; eal. Ang. 9, 1862; 1st sergt. ; minst. out with regiment.

Graham, Walter, 124th.

Gardner, Lewis P., Co. E, 124th ; eal. at Otisville, Ang. 9, 1862; credited to Wallkill; must. out with regiment.

Goldsmith, Obadiah S., Co. A, 168th ; enl. Oct. 7, 1862.

Howell, Henry M., Co. E, 124th ; enl. Aug. 9, 1862; wounded in leg May 12, 1864; in hospital, and must. out by Geu. Order 77.

Howell, Wm. II., Co. E, 124th ; enl. Aug. 7, 1862; killed in action May 12, 1864.

Hursh, John W., Co. E, 124th ; enl. Aug. 9, 1862; must, out with regi- meat.

Johnston, W'm., Co. E, 124th.

Kelly, Judson, Co. E, 124th ; eol. Ang. 9, 1862; severely wounded at Chancellorsville; disch. Sept. 4, 1863.

Kerr, Solomon, 124th.

Kerr, Abraham, 124th.

Kemble, Lewis, 4th Art.

Ladoing, James, 143d.

Miller, John F., Co. E, 124th ; trana. to Inv. Corps, Nov. 15, 1863. Morgen, George, Co. E, 124th ; must. ont with regiment.

Mc Vettie, Charles, 124th,

Parsons, James M., Co. E, 124th ; enl. Ang. 9, 1862; died in Chestnut Hill Hospital, July 1, 1863, aged 20.

Price, Wm., Co. E, 124th ; enl. Aug. 9, 1862; severely wounded May 3, 1863 ; sergt.

Bussell, Wm., 124th. Reed, John R., sergt., Co. A, 168th ; eul. Oct. 2, 1862.

Smitb, Jacob C., 124th.

Staples, Jolio C., Co. E, 124th ; eul. Ang. 12, 1862; killed in battle at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863.

Sergeant, Isaac, Co. A, 168th ; enl. Oct. 11, 1862.

Still, Uzal K., Co. A, 168th ; enl. Sept. 25, 1862. Stewart, Benjamin F., hospital service.

Talmadge, Isaac, 4th Art.

Terwilliger, Jesse, 124th.

Uptegrove, Wm. P., Co. E, 124tl ; enl. Aug. 9, 1862; pro. com,-sergt., and trana. to ovo-commissioned staff.

Vance, Miles, Co. E, 124th ; en1. Aug. 9, 1862; killed in action at Beverly Ford, June 9, 1863.

Whitaker, J. L., M.D., medical department.

Wheat, Simeon, Co. E, 124th ; enl. Aug. 9, 1802; wonuded io hand May 12, 1864 ; trens. to V. R. C.

Wood, Matthias W., Co. E, 124th ; eul. Aug. 9, 1862; taken prisoner July 3, 1863 ; paroled, aod went home and did not return.

Enlistments, July, 1863, to July, 1864.

Beyea, Richard F., 4th Art. ; returned home, sick, and died.

Browa, Samnel, 15th Cavalry; born in Orange County ; aged forty-four.

Corwin, Alsop L., 4th Art .; wounded before Petersburg; died since the war; served in war with Mexico.

Clark, Morea J., 8th Art. Coady, John, 124th. Davis, Charles, 4th Art. Decker, George, 15tlı Cavalry. Davis, William, 124th. Goldsmith, Peter W., 4th Art .; died in service.

Kirkwood, Hugh, 4th Art. Kipp, James, 4th Art. Laughlin, David, 15th Cavalry. Moore, Seth, 4th Art. ; returned home, sick, and died.

Rodman, Wm. C., 98th.

Skinner, Samuel L., 15th Cavalry ; born io Sullivan County. Schofield, David L., 56th ; re-enlisted.

Tuthill, Henry C, 4th Art.

Speers, Wmn. H., 4th Art .; credited to Wallkill.

Persons Furnishing Substitutes under Call of July, 1864.

Oscar Halstead. $650

Lewis A. Ketcham $800

C. C. V. Ketchanı

800

John Wiggins 800

Charles Roe. 800 John Whitlock 775

Harrisoo King 800 Wm. W. Shaw

800

Jesse W. Canfield. 800 Henry C. Otis

800

John Newkirk

800

Glen Otis, Jr.

800

James Easton.

800 Chas. W. Otis. 800

George W. Canfield

800 Samuel Vauton ..

800

Samuel Raymond.

800 Joseph Ketcham

550

John Borland

800 James Ketchao).

550

Charles II. Wiggins

800 WoI. E. Davis. 550

The three last named were in excess, and were credited on call of De- cember.

Volunteers and Substitutes, December, 1864.

John Dill, navy, March 1, 1865. $725

Daniel Mckinley, navy, March 8, 1865 725

Patrick Carrigan, Davy, March 8, 1865. 725

Wol. Stanton, furnished substituto,

600

Harrison Reed,

600

Joha R. Reed, 4€

600

Excess on July call, three.

The following additional names are the result of inquiry. The persons appear to have been credited elsewhere or are otherwise without local record :

Ackerman, Curtis, Co. E, 124th ; eal. at Otisville, Aug. 8, 1862; credited to Deerpark ; omst. out by Gen. Order 77.

Bliveos, Joseph A., Co. E, 124th ; eul. at Otisville, Ang. 9, 1862 ; credited to Wallkill; must. out by Gen. Order 77.

Beyea, Ferdinand, 15th Art.

Brown, Samuel, 15th Cavalry.

Banlf, James, 15th Cavalry ; was a prisoner of war at Salisbury.

Burns, Jolin, wounded ; died since the war.

Booth, John.

Clearwater, Nicholas, Co. E, 124th ; enl. at Newburglı, Aug. 7, 1862, and credited to that town ; absent, sick, from Oct. 10, 1863.

Daley, Wm. J., Co. E, 124th ; enl. at Otisville, Aug. 11, 1862; credited to Wallkill ; pro. corp .; killed at Chancellorsville, May 3, 1863.

Downey, Sylvester, 15th Cavalry ; formerly eerved in Co. H, 18th.

Fosdick, Charles J., Co. E, 124th ; enl. at Otisville, Ang. 9, 1862 ; credited to Wallkill; trans. to V. R. C.

Force, Jonathan ; died in service.

Ilill, George H., 124th ; probably credited to Greenville.

Hill, James M., 124th ; probably credited to Greenville.

Hazen, Jerry, Ist Mounted Rifles.

Holley, S. J., Co. B, 54th ; probably credited to Gosheo.

Kniffen, Albert, Co. F, 27th; enl. May 31, 1861 ; re-en]. Jan. 4, 1864, in 4th H. Art., Co. G; wounded at South Mountain.

Kirkwood, Hugh, 4tl H. Art .; wounded before Petersburg.

Ketcham, Hiram, Co. E, 124th ; enl. Ang. 9, 1862; residence, Otisville; credited to Wallkill; wounded May 3, 1863; disch. Feb. 9, 1864.

Newkirk, Charles M., Co. A, 168th ; enl. Ang. 30, 1862.

Norris, J. S., 1st Mounted Rifles.

Scott, Henry, takeo prisoner, and died in Libby Prison,

Wheat, David B., Co. E, 124th ; credited to Wallkill ; disch. Jan. 11, 1863. NOTE .- Harvey Corwin, Alsop Corwio, and S. J. fFolly served io Mex- ican war. Alexander Langdon and Sylvester Corwin have served in the regular army since the war.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH.

GEORGE SMITH.

The progenitors of the family to which George Smith, the subject of this biography, is allied, were of Dutch extraction, though tradition has not preserved the date of their first settlement in the New World. George, his grandfather, early resided in Goshen, but

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History of Orange County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 127

Author: Ruttenber, Edward Manning, 1825-1907, comp; Clark, L. H. (Lewis H.) Publication date: 1881 Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck Number of Pages: 1336

Author: Ruttenber, Edward Manning, 1825-1907, comp; Clark, L. H. (Lewis H.)
Publication date: 1881
Publisher: Philadelphia, Everts & Peck
Number of Pages: 1336