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Agriculture is the principal business of the people of Chester. There are many good farms in the town.
* Probably the present Richard Bull farm was the one mentioned hy
John J. Johnson
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The culture of onions has received special attention upon the Gray Court meadows, and is a leading arti- cle of export. These lands are very productive, though farmers use fertilizers, notwithstanding the rich black soil is of great depth. The Gray Court meadows are worth from $400 to $700 per acre. They are owned in small parcels, containing from one or two acres to fifteen. This division is favorable to elose cultiva- tion, and enables a large number to avail themselves of these famous lands. A thousand dollars' worth of onions is sometimes taken yearly from a single acre. The business is so extensive that there are no less than three parties engaged in buying and shipping onions at the market season of the year. These lands also yield abundant erops of corn, and vegetables in con- siderable quantities are raised. There is but little manufacturing in town.
XII .- REBELLION RECORD.
Although the town suffered the loss of its records by fire, fortunately, through the efforts of Mr. James B. Stevens, supervisor in 1864, assisted by Mr. J. G. Clark, a very complete statement of the part taken by the town in the war of the Rebellion was filed in the Bureau of Military Records. From this statement and from other reliable sources the following list has been compiled. Officers of towns who failed to perform a similar duty will perhaps see in Mr. Ste- vens' work the importance of attention to such mat- ters. The absence of similar records in other towns is a neglect which has no reasonable excuse.
The town of Chester furnished at the outbreak of the war and prior to July, 1862, 34 men, viz. :
Militia. ? Ninetieth Regiment 3
Eighteenth Regiment. ... Fifty-sixth Regiment. 7
7 Cavalry.
2
First Regiment.
1
Forty-fourth Regiment. 3
Forty-eighth Regiment
7
Seventieth Regiment. 1 Total. 3-4
The quota assigned to the town under the calls of July and August, 1862, was 57, and the town was eredited by the senatorial committee with 65, a sur- plus of 8. The enlistments were :
One Hundred and Twenty- Corcoran's Brigade ...... 2 fourth Regimeot ... 36
One Hundred and Sixty-sixth Total 65 Regiment .... 27
The quota under the draft of July, 1863, was 34, which number, with fitty per cent. additional, was drawn. One (Edward L. Welling) sent substitute; one (John Amhurst, colored) entered service, 23 com- muted, and 26 were discharged. Total credits 25.
The calls for October, 1863, and February and March, 1864, were merged ealls, and also included the July draft. The number of men required was :
To supply deficiencies under draft of July .. 34
17 Under all other calla.
51
The town received eredit for 25 under the July draft, 29 enlistments in 1863, and 11 enlistments in February, 1864; total, 65. Under these calls 44 men were furnished.
Under the call of July, 1864, 26 men were fur- nished. The quota under the December call was 4, and was filled by 4 substitutes. On settlement with the Paymaster-General the town was allowed an ex- eess of seventy-four years, $14,800, and for substitutes and volunteers, $2400; total, $17,200.
By subscription in 1862, paid for bounties .. $1,600
By bonds in 1864 15,350
By couoty bouoties, 1863. 12,000 By towu bonds, 1864-65. 5,233
$34,383
The Presbyterian Church of Chester contributed to San-
itary Commission and for support of six families. ...
$35,308
Less repaid by State (above)
17,200
Total paymenta by town ... $28,108
VOLUNTEERS PRIOR TO JULY, 1862.
Diffely, Thomas, 18th; hon. discharged.
Murphy, James, 18th ; killed at Gaines' Mill. Green, Samuel, 18th ; died of typhoid fever.
Bryan, Nathan, 18th : disch, at end of service.
Lawrence, Thomas, 18th; diach, at end of service.
Bramer, James, 18th ; disch. at end of service.
McCoy, Wm. B., 18th ; disch, at end of service.
Fowler, Charles H., 18th; died of fever, 1863.
Culver, Jesse, 44th.
Culver, Edward A., 44th.
Culver, Theodore, 44th ; hon, disch. Oct. 11, 1864.
Rouk, John, 48th.
Robinson, Joseph, 48th.
Emmnous, Dallas, 48th.
Giddis, Charles J., 48th.
Howell, Caleb II., 48th.
French, Thomas, 56th ; died in service.
Ford, George, 56th.
Zindle, Rensselaer, 56th ; wounded.
Sweezy, Richard, 56th :.
Coleman, Wo). H., 56th ; disch. for disability.
Maxwell, Jamea, 56tb ; disch. for disability.
Cox, Thomas, 56th ; died in service.
Rumsey, Dubois B., 48th ; wounded at Fort Wagner.
Garrigan, James, 70th ; died of fever Nov. 6, 1861.
Banker, Josiah H., 90th ; wounded at Port Hudson.
Conkling, Alanson, 90th ; killed at Port IJudson, 1863.
Nichola, John, 90th.
Livingston, Jacob, cavalry.
Higgins, Benjamin F., cavalry.
Wood, Charles B., 71st M. ; disch. at end of service.
Murston, Isaac, 19th M .; disch. at end of service.
Cole, Charles M., 48th; sergt., Co. G.
Stalter, Peter, lat Eng.
Cooper, Thomas, 56th.
Eatoo, Henry E., 56th.
VOLUNTEERS, JULY AND AUGUST, 1862.
Acularius, Henry, Co. A, 124th ; wounded at Chancellorsville ; missing in action May 12, 1864.
Armstrong, Uriah, Co. D, 166th or 176th.
Armstrong, Daniel, Co. D, 166th.
Brady, John T., Co. C, 124th ; not mustered.
Rischeoff, Christian, Co. D, 166th.
Brownaon, Edward, Co. D, 166th.
Bodle, Charlea W., Co. A, 124th ; wounded severely June 18, 1864 ; must. out by Geo. Order 77. Benjamin, Elisha B., Co. D, 124th.
Benjamin, Wells, Co. D, 124th ; muat, out with regiment.
Babcock, George, Co. B, 124th ; disch. by court-martial Oct. 1, 1863.
Cromwell, William, Co. D, 166th.
Curtia, Joho, Co. D, 166th.
Conklio, Joho H., Co. A, 124th ; must. out with regt.
Conklin, Isaac L., Co. A, 124th; wounded at Gettysburg; died at Sugar- Loaf, Oct. 12, 1864.
Collister, William, Co. D, 124th; wounded at Gettysburg; trans. to V. R. C.
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Corwin, Williami R., Co. D, 166th ; died at New Orleans, Aug. 28, 1863. Culbert, George, Co. D, 166th.
Coleman, George W., Co. D), 166th; killed at Chancellorsville.
Culver, George, Co. D. 166th.
Cummins, Francis M., 124th ; lieut .- col., col.
Cooper, John W., Co. D, 166th.
Curry, David, Co. D, 124th ; must, out with regt.
Decker, John, Co. D, 166th ; died in New York, March 5, 1864. Earl, Wm. S., Co. D, 166th.
Garrison, John M., Co. D, 124th; wounded May 3, 1863, aud May 12, 1864 ; must. ont with regt.
Gray, Benjamin W., Co. D, 124th; wounded in neck May 6, 1864; DnIst. out with regt.
Hyatt, Ezra, Co. D, 124th; wounded July 3, 1863; wounded May 12, 1864; sergt .; trans. to V. R. C.
Ilaweter, Samuel, Co. D, 166th.
Ilall, Wm. H., Co. D, 166th ; died of wounds received at Brashear City, 1863.
Johnson, Josephi L., Co. A, 124th ; must. out June 3, 1865.
Kehr, Peter, capt., Co. D, 166th.
Kade, Richard, Co. D, 166th. Lindsley, Edward, Core. Brig. Miller, John, Co. D, 166th.
Mulvehall, Martin, 124th ; not on roll.
Messenge, John S., 124th.
McCoy, John, Co. D, 166th. McQuoid, William, Co. A, 124th ; disch. Feh, 8, 1864.
Maxwell, James, Co. D, 166th.
Morrison, James, 166th.
Odell, Napoleon B., Co. G, 124th ; disch. Feb. 3, 1863.
Odell, Georgo W., Co. G, 124th ; wounded at Chancellorsville.
Pilgrim, Jolin, Co. D, 166th ; died in New Orleans of consumption. Quackenbush, Richard, Co. D, 124th; disch. Oct. 2, 1863. Redner, James E., 166th ; wounded at Brashear City.
Ross, Moses P., Co. A, 124th ; trans. to non-com. staff as bugler.
Rikar, Ralph R., Co. G, 124th ; seot to hosp. Nov. 6, 1862; must. out by Gen. Order 77.
Smith, Nelson A., 166th; wounded at Brashear city.
Shepherd, John, Co. A, 124th.
Smith, John W., Co. D, 124th ; disch. Aug. 21, 1863.
Simpson, James A., 124th.
Stephens, Ephraim, 124th.
Shultz, John M., 124th.
Thurston, Isaac, Corc. Brig.
Taylor, Joho W., Co. A, 124th; wounded at Chancellorsville.
Vau Strander, Perry, Co. D, 166th.
Valentine, Charles 11., Co. A, 124th ; wounded at Gettysburg.
Van Houten, Wm. B., Co. D, 124th ; trans. to non-cool. staff as sergt .- maj .; subsequently Ist lient.
Vail, James HI., 166th.
Van Rampff, Julius, Co. D, 166th.
White, Gilbert, Co. D, 166th ; died in 1862, before taking the field.
Wood, Charles B., Ist lieut., Co. A, 124th ; capt., July, 1863; wounded May 12, 1864 ; disch. Sept. 21, 1864.
Wood, Peter L., Co. A, 124th; died March 18, 1863, of fever ; buried at Chester.
Wood, Wm. B, Co. A, 124th.
Wood, John C., let sergt., Co. A, 124th ; let lieut., Nov. 13, 1864; capt. Feb. 26, 1865; must. out June 3, 1865.
Wood, Fred. F., Co. G, 124th ; died at Falmouth, June 3, 1863, of wound received at Chancellorsville ; buried at Chester.
DRAFT OF JULY, 1863.
Cornelius, John H., commuted.
Wisner, James T., commuted.
Showers, James H., Murray, Hugh E., =
Westervelt. Chas, II , 44 Burnes, Thomas,
Rumsey, Thomas J., = Durland, Joseph,
= King, Andrew, Board, Joseph, =
Clark, John Q.,
Vuil, Absalom V.,
King, Edlorond, Benjamin, Walter 11.,
Colwell, W'm. K., Roe, Miles H., =
Lawrence, John, Knapp, Nathaniel, =
John Amhorst, Colored, entered service.
Fitzgerald, John,
Vandoren, Ogden K., =
Roe, David,
=
Edward L. Welling, seat substi- tute.
VOLUNTEERS FROM JULY, 1862, TO JULY, 1864.
Allen, Albert M., Colored, 20th Colored.
Amherst, Maurice, Colored, 20th Colored.
Anderson, Alexander, Colored, 20th Colored. Bryno, Matthew, 15th Cavalry.
Benjamin, Dunn V., 15th Cavalry. Barto, George W., Colored, 20th Colored.
Brown, Jacob, 15th Cavalry.
Cable, William, Colored, 20th Colored.
Cronk, Geo. H., 7th Art.
Clark, John.
DeGroot, George W., Colored, 20th Colored.
DeGroot, Ilenry, Colored, 20th Colored.
DeGroot, Joho II., Colored, 20th Colored.
DeGroot, George, Colored, 20th Colored.
DeGroot, Gilbert, Colored, 15th Art.
Edwards, William, 15th Cavalry.
French, Thomas, 56th. Ford, George, Jr., 56th.
Foly, John.
Goreham, James B., Colored, 20th Colored.
Hyatt, William Il., 15th Cavalry.
Halsey, Absalom, Colored, 20th Colored.
llays, John, 98th.
Kelly, Edward.
Keneday, Matthew.
McGuiniss, David, Colored, 20th Colored.
McGuiniss, John, Colored, 20th Colored.
McGuiniss, Elijah, Colored, 20th Colored.
Mapes, James, Colored, 20th Colored.
Maon, Wm. Il , Colored. 20th Colored.
Marshall, John, 15th Art.
Pallot, David, 15th Cavalry.
Powell, Theron K., Colored, 20th Colored.
Peterson, William, Colored, 20th Colored.
Randolph, Wm. J., Colored, 20th Colored.
Smith, John W., 15th Cavalry.
Sweezy, Wn1., 56th.
Sweezy, Richard, 56th.
Sweezy, George, 56th; vet.
Sweezy, Morris B.
Statler, Richard, 15th Cavalry.
Statler, W'm. G., 15th Cavalry.
Soper, Heury.
Williams, Isaac.
Wood, David.
VOLUNTEERS AND SUBSTITUTES, JULY, 1864, TO
JANUARY, 1865.
Roe, John W., fur. sub. Roe, Alfred A., fur. eub.
Wood, Cornelius B., fur. sub.
Holbert, S. S., =
Iloyt, Joseph C.,
Roe, Charles B.,
Lane, Joho,
Banker, Thaddeus W., fur. eub.
Hadden, Samuel, ..
Ackerly, Daniel E., =
Conkling, Walter J., Tuthill, John B.,
Beatty, Wm., Van Kleeck,
Durland, Oscar, =
Browning, Rev. W. G ..
Carpenter, S. G., 44
Garvin, Joseph,
Helms, Nathan E., Ilouston, Samuel B.
Mills, Edward,
Burk, Patrick,
Bodle, Wm. C., =
Steveos, Mills D., 3
Finney, James, 1st Eng.
Davis, John S., 1st Eng.
Little, David,
Merritt, James M., Ist Eng.
Vanderburgh, Effingham, Ist Eng.
Hurd, William,
Thorn, Edward,
Dusenberry, Henry D., 1st Eng.
Smith, Isaac, =
Giles, James II.,
Fosdyke, David M., 44
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
JESSE ROE.
Jonas Roe came from Scotland with two of his brothers, and settled at Florida, Orange Co., N. Y., about the year 1730. A deed of the property owned
Potter, Simeon L.,
Kelly, Barnard, =
Pesos Roe
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by him is dated 1737 and written on parchment. Ile reared a family of seven sons and several daughters, of whom Nathaniel resided in Unionville, and has several descendants there; William and Jonas have descendants also in Orange County. Benjamin and George married and reared families in Sussex Co., N. J., where they settled in 1798.
Capt. Nathaniel Roe, grandfather of our subject, and a descendant of one of the original settlers, owned and settled the property in the town of Chester now in possession of the heirs of Jesse Roe, upon which he settled in 1751. In 1762 he built a house on this farm, consisting of 500 acres, which remained the homestead domicile until 1845, when it was torn down and the present residence erected by Jesse Roe. Na- thaniel Roe died in 1813, aged eighty-one, and his wife, Susannah, died within forty-eight hours of the time of his death, aged eighty-three years.
Nathaniel, son of Nathaniel Roe, born Aug. 11, 1761, resided upon this homestead his whole life, own- ing some 300 acres, which comprises its present size. He died May 23, 1833. Both he and his wife, Mary Satterly, whom he married April 4, 1782, were attend- ants of the Presbyterian Church at Chester, of which she was a member and one of its founders. She was born March 29, 1763, and died Oct. 8, 1840. Their children were Betsy, born April 24, 1787, the wife of Thaddeus Seeley, of Chester ; Abigail, born May 12, 1789, the wife of Garret Curry, and died in Chester ; Lewis IL., born Dec. 2, 1790; Juliana, born Jan. 26, 1793, the wife of John Green, of Chester ; Thomas W., born Feb. 18, 1795; Nathaniel S., born Feb. 13, 1799; William, born March 12, 1801; Genest M., born Aug. 16, 1804; and Jesse, born July 2, 1806. All were mar- ried and reared families except Nathaniel, who died young.
Jesse Roe succeeded to the homestead, and married, Feb. 15, 1832, Dolly Caroline, daughter of Jesse and Dolly (Watkins) Booth, of Hamptonburgh, who was born June 18, 1812, and survives in 1881. Mr. Roe, like his forefathers, devoted his life to agricultural pursuits. He was a thoroughgoing farmer, and a man of strict integrity and correct habits.
At the age of sixteen he became a member of the Presbyterian Church at Chester, of which his wife was also a member, and which he officially served as elder and trustee for many years. fle was a director in the Chester Bank during the latter years of his life, and died Sept. 21, 1876, leaving his property, which he obtained partly by purchase and partly by inherit- ance, to his children.
The children of Jesse Roe are George, born Nov. 12, 1832, died June 27, 1850; Thomas H., a fårmer of Blooming-Grove; Harriet, wife of Chas. R. Bull, of the same town; Alfred B., residing on the old homestead ; Virgil, born Nov. 19, 1843, died July 9, 1863; Mary, wife of J. Erskine Mills, a druggist of , Railway.
Middletown, N. Y .; and Matilda, born Oct. 27, 1849, died May 1, 1867.
JAMES DURLAND.
His grandfather, Charles Durland, came from Long Island in 1756, and was engaged on the frontier in the French and Indian war. After its close he mar- ried Jane Swartwout and settled on a farm, a part of which is now owned by the subject of this sketch. In 1783 he built the residence now on the place, and which has been the homestead domicile since. He was exempted from service in the struggle of the colonies for independence, and died about 1800, aged sixty-seven. His children were Mary (wife of Mr. Wood, of Minisink), Garret, Joseph, John, Charles, Elizabeth (wife of Vincent Wood, of Goshen), Ro- sannah (wife of Peter Holbert, of Minisink), and Samuel. All of these children married and reared families in Orange County.
Joseph, son of Charles, born March 31, 1762, was a scout during the close of the Revolutionary struggle. He married Martha Board, of Ringwood, N. J., who bore him children,-Charles, Elizabeth (wife of Jonas King), James, and Thomas, who were both drowned in a pond near the homestead while young. His second wife, Sally, daughter of Samnel Satterly, bore him the following children : Martha (widow of John M. Bull, of Blooming-Grove), Jonas, Samuel, Ke- ziah (died young), Susan (wife of George Mapes, of Goshen), James, Thomas, and Seeley. Joseph Dur- land, with his brother Samuel, inherited. the home- stead, the former making for his homestead the place now owned by James Durland, of about 100 acres. Joseph Durland was an honorable and upright citi- I zen, a man of correct habits, a supporter of church interests, and assisted in building the first Presbyte- rian church edifice erected at Chester, of which his wife was a member. His second wife died in May, 1838, aged sixty years. He died Aug. 28, 1828. Their children who survive in 1881 are Martha, Thomas, and James, subject of this notice.
James Durland was born on the homestead, Sept. 14, 1811. He succeeded to the homestead property by purchase in 1865, upon which he has resided his whole life. In 1833 he engaged in the mercantile business at Chester with his brother Samuel, who died the same year, and continued the business with a younger brother, Thomas, until 1837, when the business was sold to M. C. Denton. In 1843, in com- pany with William Masterson, he bought the store stock again, which the firm carried on until 1847, when Mr. Durland disposed of his interest in the concern. This business he carried on in connection with farming, and since the latter date he has given his attention mostly to dairying. It is a fact worthy of note in connection with the great dairy interests of Orange County that in 1843 Mr. Durland shipped the first milk from Chester for sale in New York, it being sent in a common barrel-churn on the Erie
Mr. Durland has been identified with nearly all of the varied enterprises in his town during his active
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business life, and in the many cases in which he has been selected as executor and administrator of estates, running through a term of nearly fifty years, bis offi- cial relations have never been questioned, nor has his integrity been in any way impaired. In 1842 he was one of the building committee of the Chester Acad- emy, and he was a member of the building committee of the Presbyterian Church at Chester in 1853. He has served as one of the trustees of the church for many years, and has been a member of the same since 1856. In 1835 he married Amelia, daughter of John Vernon, of Long Island. She was born Sept. 23, 1806, was a devoted Christian woman, a member of the church at Chester, and died Dec. 19, 1876. Their children who grew to manhood and woman- hood are Jane (wife of John B. Tuthill, of Chester), died in 1867, aged thirty ; Samuel S., residing on the homestead with his father; Martha (wife of Alfred B. Roe, a farmer in Chester) ; and John J., a farmer and merchant of Rushford, Minn.
JAMES J. BOARD.
His grandfather, James Board, with his brothers David and Joseph, came from Wales, and settled in Ringwood, N. J., prior to the Revolutionary war, and were managers of the iron-works at that place. James' house was the welcome and hospitable stop- ping-place for officers and soldiers of the Continental army during the war. James, son of James Board, and father of our subject, died on the homestead at Ringwood in October, 1801, leaving a wife, Nancy, daughter of Capt. Phineas Heard, of Blooming-Grove, Orange Co., N. Y., and had six children, viz. : Polly, Ann, Hetty, John H., Eliza J., and James J. After her husband's death Mrs. Board married Isaae Kingsland, and resided at Boonton, N. J., where she died, leaving six children by her second marriage.
Prior to his marriage James Board, with his brother Cornelius, came to Chester (then Goshen), Orange Co., N. Y., and purchased some 300 acres of land in Sugar-Loaf Valley, upon which Cornelius resided the remainder of his life and reared a family, whose descendants are scattered, but some of whom are set- tled now in Orange County. James found his wife here, returned to the homestead at Ringwood, where he died when James J. was yet unborn.
Another brother of James was Philip, who settled in Kentucky.
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James J. Board, youngest son of James Board, was born at Ringwood, March 30, 1802, and was reared by his uncle Cornelius, in the town of Chester. At the age of sixteen he went to learn the tanning and currying business at Washingtonville, Orange Co., with Moses Ely, where he remained until he reached his majority, when he purchased 140 acres of land near his unele's, upon which he resided until 1850. 11e was a thoroughgoing farmer, and dealt considerably in cattle, and for fifteen years supplied West Point
with meat. In 1849 he was selected to take charge of the Yelverton estate at Chester, and in 1850 removed to that village and engaged in mercantile business and freighting produce to New York, in which he continued until about 1874, when he retired from the more active duties of life. Mr. Board was one of the building committee of the Chester Academy in 1842, and was one of the board of trustees as long as the building was used as an academy. He sold the ground for the Presbyterian church at Chester, it being a part of the Yelverton estate. He has been several times selected as administrator and executor of estates, and his integrity remains unimpaired in all his business transactions. Upon the erection of the town of Chester he took an active part, and during its early history was officially connected with it. Mr. Board is a plain, unassuming man, who has preferred the quiet life of a business man and farmer to place in polities.
His wife, Huldah, daughter of Capt. William Hudson and Susan Tuthill, of Blooming-Grove, whom he married in December, 1822, was born July 25, 1801, and died March 30, 1877. Mr. and Mrs. Board were members of the Presbyterian Church at Chester. Their children are Mary, wife of John W. Roe, a farmer in Chester ; Jonathan H., a farmer in Chester ; Susan, wife of Samuel Gillette, of Le Roy, Genesee Co., N. Y .; Emily, wife of Jesse Owen, of Chemung, N. Y. ; and Nancy K., wife of Joseph Dur- land, a merchant at Chester, who occupies the store where formerly Mr. Board did business.
MINARD SUTTON.
The early representatives of the Sutton family in America were of Scotch extraction. John Sutton, the grandfather of Minard, was an early resident of Orange County, and the father of the following sons : Benja- min, Joseph, John, Abram, and William. Of this number, John, during his early life, was a resident of the paternal home, and married Miss Bitterage Cranse, of Orange County, to whom were born children,- Minard, William, John, Lewis J., Harriet, who be- came Mrs. S. S. Loud ; Sarah Jane, who married Thomas B. Sly; and Elizabeth, who was united to T. J. Hasbrook. The death of John Sutton occurred Dec. 10, 1856, upon the homestead where his life was spent. His son Minard, a brief sketch of whose life is here given, was born in Warwick township, Oct. 17, 1804, and at an early age left his father's home to engage in employments that were self-supporting. He acquired the trade of a saddle- and harness-maker, which vocation be followed for a brief period, after which he purchased a farm and devoted himself to agricultural pursuits. Sugar-Loaf became his resi- dence in 1846, and continued so to be during the re- mainder of his lifetime, the property he acquired being familiarly known as the Knapp homestead. To Mr. Sutton's enterprise the vicinity is indebted for its ex-
Finance Sutton
Satthaniel Roe
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tensive creamery interests. He established one at Sugar-Loaf in 1855, and another at Warwick in 1863, these being the first in their respective localities. Mr. Sutton may justly be regarded as one of Chester's most enterprising citizens, and the leading spirit of the hamlet of Sugar-Loaf. lle encouraged labor, gave employment to the industrious, and assisted with both means and counsel the needy and deserving. He aided largely in the construction of the Warwick Val- ley Railroad, and was a promoter of other public en- terprises. Mr. Sutton was a Democrat in politics, and was for many years justice of the peace of his town- ship. In religion he was a Baptist, and a consistent member of the Old-School Baptist Church at War- wick, of which he was deacon. He was married in 1831 to Sarah A., daughter of Nathaniel Knapp, of Sugar-Loaf, and had four sons,-Nathaniel K., John W., Cyrus J., and one who died in infancy. His two daughters are Ann M. (Mrs. William B. Knapp) and Sarah E. (Mrs. John M. Knapp). The grandchildren of the family are Nathaniel S., Mary E. (Mrs. Fred. B. La Rue), and Libbie Knapp.
The death of Minard Sutton occurred June 20, 1868, his widow and two daughters having survived him. His life was full of activity and usefulness, and his death was, in a corresponding degree, a loss to the community.
NATHANIEL ROE .*
His grandfather, William Roe, inherited a part of the original purchase of his father, Capt. Nathaniel Roe, where the latter settled in 1751, in the town of Chester, and on which Capt. Roe built a house in 1792, which has been the home of William Roe and his descendants since, and is now the property of John W. Roe.
William Roe married Mary Winans, who bore him children as follows: David, succeeded to the home- stead, was born May 14, 1784, and died in 1856; Na- thaniel, died a young man; William, father of our subject; Hannah, became the wife of Henry Barney, and died in Warwick; Susan, was the wife of Jacob F'eagles, at Amity, where she died; Mary, wife of Ga- briel Seeley, resided in Chester, and there died ; Eliza- beth, died unmarried. William Roe was a captain in the old State militia, and died in 1801.
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