History of Orange County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 143

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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1869 .- John G. Knapp, foreman; W. II. Knapp, first assistant; Lewis Fritz, secoud assistant ; J. H. McElroy, secretary ; J. H. Van Duzer, treasurer.

1870 .- John G. Knapp, foreman ; C. B. Vandevort, first assistant; J. II. Holly, second assistaut ; E. A. Ryan, secretary ; J. H. Van Duzer, treasurer.

1871 .- John G. Knapp, foreman ; J. 11. Holly. first assistant; R. J. Rutan, secoud assistant; C. E. Tolhurst, secretary ; J. H. Van Duzer, treasurer.

1872 .- Peter S. Post, foreman ; A. McEwen, first assistant ; C. Kirk, second assistant; S. S. Van Saun, secretary ; J. H. Van Duzer, tressurer.

1873 .- J. M. Morehouse, foreman; John McWilliams, first assistant; S. Case, secoud assistant ; S. S. Van Saun, secretary ; J. II. Van Duzer, treasurer.

1874 .- J. M. Morehouse, foreman ; J. Quackeubush, first assistant ; S. Case, second assistant ; Ira S. Smith, secretary ; B. F. Vail, treasurer. 1875 .- J. M. Morehouse, foreman ; J. Quackenhush, first assistaut; H. McElroy, second assistant; Ira S. Smith, secretary ; B. F. Vail, treasurer.

1876 .- S. S. Van Saun, foreman ; H. McElroy, first assistant ; N. L. Dill, second assistant; Ira S. Smith, secretary ; John McWilliams, treasurer.

1877 .- S. S. Vao Sson, foreman ; N. L. Dill, first assistant ; Ira S. Smith, second assistant; B. F. Vail, secretary ; W. C. Lazear, treasurer.

1878 .- S. S. Van Sann, chief engineer; Norman L. Dill, foreman ; Ira S. Smith, first assistant; L. L. Hyatt, Jr., second assistant ; J. D. Ma- bee, secretary ; Johu Carson, treasurer.

Present officers, 1879-80: S. S. Van Saun, chief engineer ; Norman L. Dill, foreman ; J. D. Mabee, first assistant ; Henry Nagle, second assistant ; Sey- mour H. Wells, secretary ; Ira S. Smith, treasurer.

The company numbers now 38 active members. It is in excellent condition, and in respect to equipment, perfection of drill, nniform, and general efficiency, has few or no superiors in villages of this size, while it compares favorably with the companies of larger places. Appropriations are made by the village trus- tees for the support of this company, but it has, through its own exertions, a large amount of furniture and fixtures, and a pleasant and convenient suite of rooms.

WATER-WORKS.

The village has an excellent system of water-works. The supply is from an artificial pond of sufficient ele- vation to be carried into the highest building in the village, and the pressure is sufficient to enable the Fire Department to operate by simply attaching the hose to the hydrants. The water-works are known by the name of the old Indian settlement, Mistucky,* as the water-supply is obtained from the head-waters of a small stream called by that name and emptying into tbe Warwick Creek at the village. The expense was $25,000, and it was arranged to be paid by install- ments of $1000 a year, making the burden light.

POST-OFFICE.

This is a very early office, dating back undoubtedly to the early mail arrangements following the Revolu- tion and the establishment of the national govern- ment. Early in this century Dr. Hoyt was postmas- ter for many years. He is understood to have been succeeded by Nathaniel Jones, for a considerable time prior to 1835 or 1836, when Milton McEwen was appointed, who held the office almost consecutively to 1861. The exception was that during the Taylor- Fillmore administration. Mr. Joseph Roe was ap- pointed, and continued in office for two or three years, when Mr. McEwen was reappointed. In August, 1861, Thomas C. MeEwen received the appointment, and retained the office until July 1, 1874, when the present ineumbent, W. H. Pelton, was appointed.

FLORIDA

is a pleasant village of considerable antiquity, and withal distinguished for the publie men of national prominence who have originated at that place and its immediate vicinity. A former writer gives the fol- lowing solution of the name: "The name is from the Latin Floridus, covered or red with flowers; Florida ÆEtas, the flower of age. This is a pretty name, and a spot covered with flowers is a beautiful object to look upon." It is further related on the same authority that the place was duly named before the Revolution, and at a formal meeting held for that purpose, accompanied by a public dinner or festival. Judge William Thompson, of Goshen, was a young man at the time and present, and lived down the years to furnish an account to the writer referred to. Provisions in ample quantity are said to have been brought from Newburgh, and with proper hilarity these grave ante-Revolutionary fathers christened the young village Florida, and drank to the name in flowing bumpers. We may add that the district was called Brookland at an early day. (See history of Congregational Church.)

The post-office at this place was established some years prior to 1830. Samuel S. Seward was the first postmaster, and served to 1835. The succeeding officers

* The true orthography is Miskotucky, a compouud word, signifying red hills or plaius.

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have been Nathaniel Jennings, 1835 to 1842; James Wood, 1842 to 1845; Wm. V. N. Armstrong, 1845 to 1850; Wm. L. Vail, 1850 to 1854; Thomas J. Cur- tice, 1854 to 1856; Richard Jennings, 1856 to 1861; A. V. Aspell, 1861 to 1862; W. H. Birchard, 1862 to 1875; J. A. Seward, 1875 to 1880. At first a mail was only received once a week.

AMITY

is a village dating back to the early settlement. It is six miles from Warwick, near the New Jersey line, in the south part of the town. Whether the name was a harmonious ending to a dispute as to what the name should be, or to some other difference, does not seem to be decided by any evidence, though it has been inferred that such was the case. It is also said that, somewhat in disgust at the harshness of the old Indian name Pochuck, which attached to that lo- cality, they chose one softly gentle in its utterance and in its significance, and that this occurred at the time the Presbyterian Church was organized. Mr. L. C. Layton, the present postmaster, with his wife, was in the South when the war broke ont. The story of his escape, his arrest, and his discharge by a favorable judge forms one of the romances of the late civil war.

PINE ISLAND

is the terminus of the Warwick Valley Branch of the Erie Railway, connecting with the main line at Goshen. The passenger-trains commenced running to this point in November, 1869. The station busi- ness is of considerable importance to the surrounding country in the way of milk shipments, general freight and passenger business. The other business may be summed up as follows: A hotel by Gabriel Carlin, pleasantly situated and having a good reputation ; lumber and coal trade by S. E. Gale, who is also postmaster ; a general country store, by Charles H. Woolsey, and the business of the railroad.

A post-office was established here April 18, 1870. Mr. S. E. Gale was appointed postmaster, and has been the only incumbent of the office, retaining it at the present time (October, I880). Mr. Gale com- menced in trade as a merchant here in 1838, and also kept a Inmber-yard until 1847. Then he was ont for a few years, opening again in 1856, and continuing until 1870. Since that he has confined his opera- tions to lumber and coal. In his first period of trade he had a partner, George McDaniels; in the second, W. Cuddeback. Judge Bradner, in company with Sandy Baron, opened the first store here about 1820.

BLOOM'S CORNERS

derives its name from the Bloom family residing there, and is in the southwestern part of the town, near the boundary line of the State.

NEW MILFORD

is in the valley of the Warwick Creek, and situated in the south part of the town. It was formerly called

Jockey Hollow, and it is inferred with great caution by previous writers that an "ethereal and elevated standard of morals" did not always prevail in the business of exchanging horses,-that somebody was sometimes cheated, and hence this unpoetical name. Whether all this changed when the new name was in- trodueed is not clearly settled. Perhaps now if a man had accidentally made five dollars in a horse trade he would ride hard after the victim and restore him the sum-perhaps not.

The post-office was established in 1815, and the successive incumbents have been Merritt Coleman, W. C. Sutton, John Gale, D. D. Demerest, and the present officer, Frank M. DeKay.

At New Milford there is a grist-mill, run by James Lawrence. He also has a store,-general merchandise. Absalom T. Vail and Thomas DeKay are also mer- chants. There is a hotel by Milton DeKay, a black- smith-shop by James Sloan, a wagon-shop by J. Corey, and a cider-mill by John F. Ryerson.

EDENVILLE

is an old name that was given to a collection of dwell- ings just east of Mounts Adam and Eve, now the Edenville post-office neighborhood. It was formerly called Postville, in honor of Col. Jacobus Post, whose father first settled the locality and owned the lands upon which the village is situated. Dr. Youngs is said to have been instrumental in making the change. The place is one of such beauty and fertility that it may well be presumed had Adam and Eve ever been in Orange County, they would have settled there.

LIBERTY CORNERS

is a hamlet at the west foot of Pochuck Mountain, and nearly upon the New Jersey State line. Between Pine Island and Liberty there is located the Pleasant Valley Creamery, William W. Walling the proprietor. At the Corners is a hotel by Jesse Morton. There was formerly a post-office, but it was discontinued a few years ago.

A large property of 600 acres has recently been purchased by Mr. Huntington, the well-known rail- road man, and he has this year erected a fine country residence.

NEW PORT

is the name given to the Pochuck Bridge neighbor- hood, a short distance southwest of Amity.

SANFORDVILLE

is a hamlet in the valley of Warwick Creek, about midway between Warwick village and New Milford, and is so named from the Sanford family.

STONE BRIDGE

is a station on the Warwick Valley Railroad, a short distance south of Wickham's Pond.

BIG ISLAND

is another station upon the Pine Island Railroad, and so named from Big Island of the Drowned Lands, else-

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where mentioned. This is west of the station, a por- tion of the Drowned Lands lying between.

LAWTON

is a station on the Warwick Valley Railroad north of Wickham's Pond, and on the Chester line.

DUTCH HOLLOW

is the name given to a neighborhood southeast of the Bellvale Mountains.

BELLVALE

is three miles east of Warwick village, and is a point of early settlement. Daniel Burt located there about 1760. There is a valuable water privilege at this place, the Long House Creek falling about thirty feet in thirty rods. The name is said to express a retired, lonely, and beautiful location, a charming vale, and very appropriately applied to this place.

At this place is the saw-mill of Houston & Forshee, dealers in boards, plank, fence-posts, railway-pickets, laths, etc.

Up to about the year 1846 the community een- tring here (and which at that time covered a large section of the sonthern part of Orange County, mostly thinly settled) was supplied from the Warwick post- office, the mail most commonly being brought over by the Hon. James Burt, the father of the late Stephen A. Burt, of Bellvale, and distributed from the latter's place of business. About the year 1846 the late Fair- field Burt, a brother of the present postmaster, A. J. Burt, and the late Col. W. F. Wheeler succeeded in establishing a post-office in Bellvale, with the present incumbent as postmaster.

The late William Welling, of Warwick, then mail- carrier by stage from Chester to Warwick daily, agreed to carry the mail through Bellvale on his way to and from Chester and Warwick for $100 per year. This arrangement would have placed Bellvale on the general mail-routes of the United States, and been just the thing for Bellvale, but the citizens of War- wick remonstrated so strongly against this inno- vation that Welling succeeded in abandoning it be- fore the proper papers were executed, leaving Bell- vale with a post-office but no mail-carrier. Unfor- tunately for this community, the only alternative was to either abandon the project or have a special mail- carrier employed to exchange mails at the Warwick post-office. The latter course was taken, and for all these intervening years up to the present time this post-office has struggled on with all the objections to a special mail supply.

There have been two or three times during these years when the name of A. J. Burt has been stricken from the roll of that great army of feeders at the public crib, but the sustenance has been so small for those who succeeded him that they soon languished, and had to be turned into other and fresher pastures, and the original Jacobs placed back to dispense the honors.

Mr. Burt at last induced Robert Mackerel to take

the office, and Mr. Mackerel administered it for eigh- teen months, when he made a complaint that if a suc- cessor was not appointed before the Saturday night following Bellvale would be without a post-office. The present postmaster again came to the rescue, and had it transferred to the present locality. The mail that supplies this office is a special mail-route, and the pay of the carrier is from the receipts of the office. Hence it has been a difficult matter to have a suffi- cient fund to induce daily mail facilities.

From an article already quoted we take the follow- ing interesting statement :

" About the time Warwick was first settled an act of Parliament was passed, in the twenty-third year of the reign of George II., to prevent the erection in the colonies of any mill or other engine for slitting or rolling iron. In 1750 the colonial Governor, George Clinton, made a report to Parliament, in which he certifies that there was erected in Orange County, at a place called Wawayanda, twenty-six miles from the Hudson, a plating forge with a tilt-hammer, belong- ing to one Lawrence Scrawley, blacksmith, and that it had been operated for four or five years, and no other rolling-mill, tilting-hammer, or forge can be found in the province." The race-way and part of the dam of the old mill are yet to be seen in the village of Bellvale .*

VI .- SCHOOLS.

At the town-mecting of 1796 five school commis- sioners were chosen, viz .: Henry Wisner, Daniel Jessup, Joseph Houston, Thomas Montanye, John Wheeler. Under the law then existing there were others also chosen to that office during the four years following, viz. : Francis Armstrong and Na- thanicl Roe. Nothing further of official action oc- curred until the passage of the act of 1812, by which was organized the general school system of the State. At the town-meeting of 1813 the provisions of the statute were complied with, the necessary officers chosen, and the town was soon after divided into dis- tricts by the commissioners.

The names of the school commissioners, serving one or more years each during the period commencing with 1813 and ending with 1843, were as follows: Jones Seely, Robert Armstrong, Alanson Austin, Wm. W. Brooks, Jesse Wood, Jr., James Wheeler, Samuel S. Seward, Wm. F. Wheeler, Thomas Far- rier, Xenophon Mead, Benjamin S. Hoyt, Hiram K. Chapman, Job Noble, Stephen A. Burt, James B. Post, William Shepherd, James C. Fitch, Joseph B.

* " llis said Excellency dothì hereby certify that there is erected with- in the said Province, in the County of Orange, at a place called Wa- wayanda, about twenty-six miles from lIndson River, one Plateing Forge to work with a Tilt Hammer, which belongs to Lawrence Scrawley, of the said county, Blacksmith ; has been built about for or five years, and is not at present made nse, And further, that there are not erected in his said Excellency's Government any other or more plateing Forges, to work with a T'ilt llammer. " GEO. CLINTON, GOV.

" Dec. 14, 1750."

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Howell, Joseph Curry, James P. Young, James B. Wheeler, John W. Smith, David Forshee, Morris Hoyt, William Smith, James Herron, John J. Wheeler, Samuel D. Holly, Alanson A. Lines, Charles G. Winfield, James B. Wood, Jr., Alsop V. Aspell, James B. Stevens, Melton MCEwen, Dewitt C. Jayne, Henry C. Seely.

The inspectors of schools, who served one or more struction were thereby secured to the pupils of this years during the same period, were the following : James Wheeler, Xenophon Mead, Alanson Austin, Samuel S. Seward, Job Noble, Jesse Wood, Charles Cummins, Daniel C. Hopkins, Lebbeus Lathrop, John I. Christy, Nathaniel Jones, Benjamin S. Hoyt, Joel Wheeler, Jr., Samnel G. Hopkins, Thomas Swezy, Stephen Burt, Thomas Farrier, Jesse Sheperd, John Curtis, Wm. W. Brooks, Jedediah Stephens, In the Board of Education then taking charge, Mr. Cornelius 11. Demerest was chosen president, a posi- tion he continues to occupy after twelve years of service. Hiram K. Chapman, Joseph Miller, James Heron, Roger Crany, John W. Smith, James C. Fitch, Wil- liam Timlow, Henry W. Bertholf, James P. Young, Thomas M. Burt, Daniel Wood, Henry W. Houston, Mr. Demerest, and also Mr. Grinnell Burt, were members of the original academic board of 1852, and have served continuously until the present time in that board and its successor. Jesse Wood, Jr., Foght Burt, William Shepherd, Hiram K. Chapman, Aaron B. Mead, William Smith, Harrison F. Horton, Alanson A. Lines, John I. Wheeler, Matthew B. Mead, Stephen A. Burt, Samuel D. Holly, Joel B. Armstrong, Charles G. Winfield, Leander W. Lynn, Lester W. Morse, Orlando A. Smith, John B. Randolph, John M. Howell, Alsop V. Aspell, Ira Brewer, Festus II. Vail, Ira Olmsted, Henry C. Seely, James B. Wood, Jr., John L. Sayer, Edgar L. Knapp.

Under the system of supervision by town super- intendents the following were the incumbents of that office in Warwick :

By annual election : 1844, Ira Brewer ; 1845, Alex- ander T. Johnson ; 1846, Edgar L. Knapp; 1847, Na- thaniel R. Bradner; 1848, Joel B. Armstrong; 1849, Nathaniel R. Bradner (for two years); 1851, Charles T. M. Cane; 1853, William S. Benedict; 1855, Mau- rice Hoyt.

WARWICK INSTITUTE

was organized as an academy by a stock company in the fall of 1852, the first trustees being chosen Deceni- ber 2d of that year, as follows: James B. Wheeler, president ; William L. Benedict, secretary ; Abram Forshee, treasurer ; Milton McEwen, Gabriel Wisner, James Burt, Henry Pelton, Grinnell Burt, Jonathan I). Bevier, Nathaniel R. Bradner, Samuel Blain, Cor- nelius H. Demerest, Jesse W. Vandevort.

The buildings were erected during the summer of 1853, the same still hearing the old name in the vil- lage of Warwick.

The ground cost $300, and the buildings $4719. The school was opened in December, 1853.

The teachers of the first year were D. F. Drew,* William H. Carter, principals ; Miss Clara 11. Waite and Miss Maria Lamont, assistants.

It continued as an academy with varying success

* Resigned at the end of the spring term, 1854.

until Oct. 1, 1868, when the entire property was trans- ferred to the Board of Education of "Union Free School District, No. 12," which had then been re- cently formed by a consolidation of two former dis- tricts. The Board of Edneation agreed, in consider- ation of the transfer, to forever maintain an academic department, and the opportunities of classical in- community. During the existence of the academy the presidents of the board of trustees were as fol- lows: James B. Wheeler, from the organization to Feb. 20, 1865; Gabriel Wisner, from that date until Feb. 19, 1866; Samuel Pelton, who served from the resignation of Mr. Wisner until the transfer to the district.

The first Board of Education in full were Grinnell Burt, Thomas S. Vandevort, James R. Christie, C. H. Demerest, William L. Ogden, C. J. Lazear, Thomas Welling, William D. Irwin, William W. Pelton. The last named was clerk, and William L. Ogden treasurer. The present board (Oet. 1, 1880) consists of C. H. Demerest, W. H. Hynard, J. H. Holly, C. J. Lazear, S. S. Van Saun, Thomas Burt, Grinnell Burt, Thomas Welling, P. E. Sanford. Clerk, John Sayer; Treas- urer, James H. Van Duzer.

The present corps of teachers (October, 1880) con- sists of Prof. A. G. McAllister, principal; Miss Bessie B. Dewitt, Miss Julia Reed, Miss S. R. Reed, Miss Rowena Herrick, Miss Maggie Mabce, Miss Amelia M. Nichols.

AMITY HOME SCHOOL

was established in 1873. The course of study em- braces all that is implied in a sound and thorough English and classical education. Scholars arc pre- pared for college or for business. The principal is W. H. Seeley, a son of Dr. Seeley, and the school is at the old homestead.

SEWARD INSTITUTE, FLORIDA.

As mentioned elsewhere, this was founded by Judge Samuel S. Seward. He opened the institution first about 1848 as a classical school. For this he repaired and remodeled the old Randolph Hotel, which he had purchased. By his will he gave $20,000 to be invested for the benefit of the school, and as he died a year later the proceeds became available at an carly date. With the sums accruing from the interest the trustees, about 1852, purchased of the estate the mansion of Judge Seward, nearly opposite, on the west side of the street, and devoted that to the female department. This gave the school very liberal accommodations,

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and at times there was a large number of boarding students and many day scholars from the village and vicinity. The first principal was Mrs. Parsons, who conducted the school in the Randolph building. After the separation into male and female departments, the first principal of the former was John W. Round, and he continued for several years, until his death in 1862. He was succeeded by Thomas G. Schriver, who was principal from 1862 until 1876, when, soon after the beginning of the fall term, he was compelled to leave by sudden illness.

The first principal of the separate female depart- ment was Miss Seward. She was succeeded by Miss Mary E. Hotchkiss, and the latter by Mrs. George W. Seward. In 1877 both departments were placed in charge of Rev. H. A. Harlow, and he remained as principal until the summer of 1880, when he resigned. The trustees in charge of the school are Frederick A. Seward, of Washington, and George Grier, of Goshen. Rev. Augustus Seward is president of the institute.

VII .- CHURCHES. THE BAPTIST CHURCH IN WARWICK

effected a legal organization at the meeting-house, Nov. 23, 1791. The certificate was signed by Jona- than Silsbe and James Burt. The trustees named therein were John Morris Foght, John Sutton, and James Burt. This was a compliance with the new law of 1784, for the incorporation of churches, but the church itself had existed for many years previous. In Eager's "History of Orange County" it is stated that the Baptist Church of Warwick was organized in 1766, and that James Benedict was the first pastor.

1774 a meeting-house was erected near where the late John Wood lived, on the corner at the junction of the road leading from the village of Warwick and the road leading from the Welling school-house to Bell- vale. The remains of this house still identify the site. The house was built on a piece of ground given by Mr. Benedict, who was their pastor till he became enfeebled by age and infirmity, when he resigned. He died in 1792, and he and his wife lie buried by the side of the road near where the old church stood, without a stone or tablet of any kind to show who is buried there. He left a number of children, from whom have descended most of that name in this vicinity. It would seem only natural to expect that they who cherish the memory of this pioneer Baptist minister should erect at least some small monument to mark his final resting-place.

After the resignation of Mr. Hardenburgh, of the Reformed Church, in the year 1807, and during the partial suspension of services in that church for the two or three years following, the Baptist congregation increased so much as to render proper the building of a new house of worship and the location of it in the village of Warwick. The site was purchased of Rich- ard Welling (the same now occupied by their church ). The new building was erected in the year 1810, and finished in the spring of 1811.

We also have the pleasure of adding the following paper with reference to this venerable society, written by William L. Benedict, a descendant of the first minister :

" Be it recorded that in the year of our Lord one thousand seven hundred and sixty-four, the Lord of His infinite mercy and grace having begun, and carry- The late Mr. Henry Pelton, in an article published a few years since, gave the following items relating to the founding of the Baptist Church of Warwick: From the first settlement in Warwick Valley down to 1764 the people had lived, it appears, wholly destitute of religious privileges. Many of them had enjoyed the preaching of the gospel where they had emigrated from, and no doubt longed for the same privileges in their new home; but they ditfered widely in their sentiments, some being of Baptist faith, others of Presbyterian. Many of the settlers from Connecticut were Baptists, and being men of energy and influence, they determined to make an effort to procure a preacher of their persuasion. ing on, a glorious work of grace in this place, and a number of souls being awakened and converted to Jesus Christ as we trust, and being destitute of those ministerial helps and ordinances that our souls now thirsted after, and being personally acquainted many of us with James Benedict, who was a member of the Baptist Church of Christ at Stratfield, Conn., under the pastoral care of Mr. John Sherwood, and said Benedict being licensed by that church to the work of preaching the gospel, a number of us, jointly agree- ing together, drew up a letter and sent to said Bene- dict to come over and help us, which accordingly he did, about the middle of November, 1764, and preached about two weeks, to our joy and satisfac- Accordingly they sent to Connecticut for a man by the name of James Benedict, who was then a licenti- ate of that denomination, and whom many of them were well acquainted with. He came and preached in different neighborhoods very acceptably to the people, and in the following year he was ordained and settled. The church was also organized about tion, and then returned home. Mr. Benedict, upon invitation, came again in March, 1765, and brought a church covenant with him, which was accepted, and those who had been baptized were constituted into a regular Baptist Church, and signed the cove- nant. The following are the names of the members thus constituted as the Warwick Baptist Church : that time. There was no other organized denomina- | Elder James Benedict, Ebenezer Green, Timothy tion at that time, and most of the people attended Wood, Gload Bootman, David Lobdell, Nathaniel Roe, Daniel Whitney, Philip Ketchum, Jonathan worship with the Baptists, who met at private houses,' as no meeting-house was then erected. In the year | Weeks, Abigail Weeks, Hannah Ketchum, Hannah

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History of Orange County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 143

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