History of Orange County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 166

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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MINISINK.


Jan. 18, 1865, a tax of $15,000 was authorized for bounty purposes, to be disbursed by the town board at the rate of $200 to each volunteer for one year, $300 for two years, and $400 for three years. Under settlement of this call (Dec. 19, 1864) the town was allowed an excess of thirty-one years, 86200, and for volunteers, $6308 ; total, $12,500.


The following list of those who served from or for Minisink in the war of 1861-65 has been corrected and revised by Mr. J. H. Hanford, of Unionville :


Job 11. Lateer, 5th Art. ; enl. Aug. 17, 1864.


Levi Martin, 179th Inf. ; enl. Ang. 17, 1864.


James H. Peacock, 124th Inf. ; enl. Aug. 17, 1864.


Isaiah Jaycox, Co. K, 124th Inf. ; enl. Aug. 18, 1864 ; 1 year.


Edward Meyer, Co. K, 124th Inf .; enl. Aug. 18, 1864; I year.


James 11. Brush, Co. K, 124th Inf. : ont. Aug. 19, 1864 ; died of fever at Point Lookont, March 22, 1863.


Eugene Carroll, eul. Aug. 19, 1864 ; unassigned.


Josiah Conklin, 6th Art. ; en1. Aug. 19, 1864.


William Miller, 124th Iuf. ; enl. Aug. 19, 1864.


William Norton, 5th Art. ; enl. Ang. 19, 1864.


Thomas Molony, 5th Art .; enl. Aug. 19, 1864.


Simon West, Colored Troops; enl. Ang. 19, 1864.


John Hughes, 20th Inf. ; enl. Ang. 20, 1864. John Dowley, 20th Inf. ; enl. Aug. 20, 1864.


Wm. H. West, Colored Troops; enl. Feb. 10, 1864,


John Mailes, 15th Art ; eul. Feb. 19, 1864. Seth M. Davy, Co. K, 124th Inf. ; ent. Ang. 17, 1864.


William Middangh, 5th Art .; enl. Aug. 17, 1864.


James 11. Rodineer, 5th Art .; enl. Aug. 17, 1864.


Benjamin F. Clark, 5th Art .; enl. Ang. 17, 1864.


Sidney S. Jervis, Colored Troops ; enl. Ang. 17, 1864; died on the march. Charles Dunn, 10th Art .; enl. Aug. 17, 1864. Patrick Ryan, 10th Art. ; enl. Ang. 17, 1864.


James Evans, 10th Art. ; enl. Aug. 17, 1864.


John Meredith, 10th Art .; enl. Ang. 17, 1864.


William Schoonover, 5th Art .; enl. Aug. 17, 1864.


Samuel E. Cortright, 5th Art .; en1. Aug. 17, 1864 ; supposed to be killed in battle.


Joseph Bears, 124th ; enl. Ang. 13, 1862; wounded in the Wilderness. Peter Ten Eyck, 7th Art .; enl. Dec. 18, 1863. Samuel Santica, enl. Dec. 24, 1863.


George W. Vail, 9th Art .; enl. Jan. 21, 1864.


George W. Hoyt, 7th Art .; enl. Feb. 8, 1864.


Samuel C. Myers, 7th Art. ; enl. Jan. 21, 1864.


James O'Brien, 7th Art. ; enl. Jan. 21. 1864.


James V. Elston, 7th Art .; enl. Jan. 25, 1864. Moses J. Clark, 7th Art. ; eul. Jan. 25, 1864.


Stephen A. Smith, 7th Art .; enl. Jan. 26, 1864.


John W. Dunning, 7th Art. ; enl. Jan. 28, 1864.


James W. Downey, 7th Art .; enl. Jan. 28, 1804.


Charles S. Middangh, 7th Art .; enl. Jan. 28, 1864 ; had both feet frozen, and lost both great toes.


William Lamoraux, Co. B, 124th; enl. Aug. 16, 1862; killed at Gettys- burg; buried in National Cemetery ; was in the battle of Chancel- lorsville.


Austin W. Lamoranx, corp, Co. E, 124th ; enl. Ang. 16, 1862; wounded ia the Wilderness and at Petersburg, and died in Douglass Hospital. Edward M. Carpenter, Co. B, 124th ; enl. Ang. 16, 1862; wounded at Gettysburg and Wilderness; was at the surrender of Gen. Lee.


Simon Bellis, Co. B, 124th; enl. Ang. 11, 1862; pro. to corp .; wounded at Wilderness.


John E. Baird, Co. B, 124th ; enl. Aug. 12, 1862.


Stephen E. Baird, Co. B, 124th; enl. Aug. 9, 1862. Thomas U. Baird, Co. B, 124th; enl. Aug. 9, 1862. Charles H1. Cock.


George W. Dimmick, Co. D, 124th, fifer in drum corps.


Nathan Everett, Jr.


Daniel W. Fredericks. John C. Fredericks.


Matthias T. E. Holbert, Co. B, 124th ; wounded in elbow at Chancellors- ville; also in action Oct. 27, 1864; disch. April 11, 1865, at Conv. Camp.


Samuel Honse.


Robert Williams, 143d ; enl. Feb. 9, 1865.


George Enhlen, 15th Eng .; enl. Feb. 6, 1865.


Henry Dooley, 56th ; enl. Feb. 6, 1865.


Alfred Mordecai, 8th Cavalry ; en1. Feb. 7, 1865.


James Williams, 143d; enl. Feb. 8, 1865.


James Brady, Sth Cavalry ; enl. Fell, 8, 1865.


Ilenry Scott, 143d; enl. Feb. 10, 1865. Ilenry Binger, SOth ; enl. Feb, 14, 1865.


Imman Mosher, 56th ; enl. Feb. 15, 1865.


William Leeper, 80th; enl. Feb. 15, 1865.


Nathan C. Hanford, Co. B, 124th ; enI. Aug. 15, 1862; while on the march was injured by hernia, and disch. Oct. 4, 1862.


William Titus, Co. B, 124th ; enl. Aug. 11, 1862 ; trans. to V. R. C. April 20, 1864.


Hezekiah J. Harmon, 19th.


Aaron Linch, Bat. A.


James HI. Merritt, Co. B, 124th ; wounded in front of Petersburg.


Wm. McCormack, Bat. A.


Stephen E. Ostrom, Co. E, 124th ; disch. previous to May 1, 1863, ou ac- connt of disability.


Benjamin F. Reed, Bat. A.


Oscar Terwilliger, corp., Co. C, 124th ; trans. to V. R. C.


Gabriel S. Tuthill, ord .- seret., Co. B. 124th ; enl. Aug. 13, 1862 ; pro. to 2d lient. Feb. 8, 1863: diach. Feb 24, 1864.


Ira Wilcox, Co. F, 124th ; enl. Aug. 13, 1862 ; died May 5, 1863, of wounds received May 3, 1863.


Albert Young. Co. B, 124th ; enl. Aug. 5, 1862; disch. Dec. 8, 1863, at Conv. Camp, Alexandria, Va.


Lewis Rottman, enl. June 15, 1864.


William Riley, enl. July 2, 1864.


James A. Ward, Co. C, 124th ; enl. Aug. 13, 1862; killed at Chancellors- ville, May 3, 1863.


Samuel Peavy, Co. M, 15th Art .; en1. Jan. 29, 1864.


Timothy McSweeney. enI. Ang. 16, 1864.


Charles Taylor, enl. Nov. 26, 1864.


Daniel Campbell, enl. Dec. 6, 1864.


Thomas Work, enl. Dec. 6, 1864.


Alexander White, enl. Dec. 9, 1864.


Edward Walter, enl. Dec. 9, 1864.


Robert McPherson, enl. Dec. 9, 1864.


Wm. C. Ottaway, enl. Dec. 7, 1864.


Raymond Calana, enl. July 23, 1864.


Edward Gamon, eul. July 25, 1864.


William Ludwig, enl. Aug. 12, 1864.


John Smithi, en1. Dec. 28, 1864.


Samuel Edward, enl. Dec. 30, 1864.


Clos Steer, enl. Jan. 2, 1865.


George Youmans, 7th Art.


John Everitt.


Bowdawine C. Lee, Co. B, 124th ; enl. 1862; was disch. ou account of rheumatism March 18, 1863.


Lee Nutting, Co. II, 61st ; enl. 1861 ; enl. as sergt. ; pro. to capt.


Wm. H. Hunt, Co. F, 124th ; enl. 1862; died April 12, 1863.


Joe Bross, Co. B, 124th ; en1. 1862 ; wounded at Wilderness, May 12, 1864, in head, slight.


Ransom Wilcox, Co. F, 124th ; enl. 1862 ; disch. previous to March 25, 1865.


Win. II. Merritt, Co. B, 124th; en1. Ang. 20, 1862; pro. to Ist sergt.


Sammel Titus, Co. II, 61st N. Y. V .; enl. Oct. 1, 1861.


Lewis L. Carr, Co. 11, 6Ist N. Y. V .; enl. Oct. 1, 1861 ; trans. to V. R. C.


Jeremiah Post, Co. HI, 61st N. Y. V .; enl. Oct. 1, 1861.


Wm. Myers.


Charles Colden, Colored ; enl. 1863.


Beverly Post, Co. D, 18th ; enl. April, 1861, for two years ; was disch. at expiration of term, and re-en1. Jan. 19, 1864 (as a veteran) in 7th Art. for three years.


Edward M. Hanford, Co. D, 18th ; en]. April, 1861, for two years; at ex- piration of term was discharged; re-enl. (as a veteran) Jan. 19, 1864, in 7th Art. for three years; was detailed as member of post band at Hart Island, New York harbor, and honorably disch. at cluse of war.


J. Harvey Hanford, Co. B, 124th ; enl. Aug. 11, 1862, as private; pro. to 2dl sergt .; was in battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville; and woutled three times at Gettysburg; July 22, 1863, was detailed on recruiting service, and sent to Riker's Island, New York harbor ; in winter of 1863 was sent to Albany rendezvous; June, 1864, sent to Hart Island, New York harbor, and detailed as qr.mr .- sergt., and honorably disch. from there at close of war.


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HISTORY OF ORANGE COUNTY, NEW YORK.


BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.


HON. HULET CLARK.


His grandfather David was of English deseent, and lived and died in Westchester Co., N. Y. Caleb, father of Judge Hulet Clark, was born in Westchester County in 1760. Ile married Jemima Kniffen, and their children were Hulet, of whom this sketch is written ; Wallace, married Sarah Smith; Jernsha, married Moses Durland, and lives in Greenville; David, married Nancy Slanson, and after her death Betsy Manning ; Phebe, married Lewis Seybolt; Jas. F., married Abbie Hallock, and lives in Greenville.


Caleb Clark moved to Otisville, Orange Co., N. Y., about 1796, and a few years afterwards into Minisink township, where he died in 1840. Judge Hulet Clark was born in Bedford, Westchester Co., N. Y., March 26, 1790. His childhood was spent at home, and the common schools were his only educational advan- tages. In 1812 he married Mary, daughter of Zebu- lon Hallock, of Greenville, and their children were Chauncey H., who married Angeline Slauson, and afterwards Mary Corwin, and lives in Wawayanda; Alfred, Bertha, Samuel J., James Monroe, Henry Hallock, and Zebulon H., all of whom died in August, 1825. Ilis wife Mary died Sept. 2, 1825. Soon after his marriage Judge Clark commenced farming on the farm now owned by Hulet Manning, of Green- ville. April 1, 1828, he bought 420 acres of land in Minisink, which still remains in the family, and there lived, following agricultural pursuits the re- mainder of his life. In 1814 he received a commission as captain of a company in the One Hundred and Forty-eighth New York Regiment of militia from Governor Tompkins, which he held six years. He was afterwards commissioned major, and served until 1826, when he was again commissioned as colonel of the same regiment by Governor DeWitt Clinton, and served for eight consecutive years. He was town clerk in 1819-20; justice of the peace from 1821 to 1834; and judge of the Court of Common Pleas from 1834 to 1840. Politically he was a Democrat, represented his town in the board of supervisors, and was chairman of that body in 1851. Judge Clark was an active, energetic business man. He kept his engagements with scrupu- lous integrity, and was regarded as a man of sterling worth and a representative man of his time. He was a director of the Highland Bank of Newburgh for many years. He was a man of positive character, and al- though dignified in his bearing, was Democratic in his principles in a large degree. He died March 31, 1857.


Nov. 30, 1826, Judge Clark married Emeline, widow of John Greenleaf, and daughter of Ephraim and Amy Forbes, of New London, Conn., and of this union were born Bertha, who lives on the old homestead ; William H., who married Emily, daugh- ter of Robert Robertson, of Wawayanda, and lives in Minisink ; Caleb, who married Phebe A., daughter


of Henry Decker, of Minisink; Elizabeth C., who married Gilbert W. Roe, and lives in Oshkosh, Wis .; and George Dallas, who lives on the old homestead. Emeline Clark died June 2, 1876. William Harvey Clark represents the . Second District of Orange County in the New York Legislature, is supervisor of his township, and was chairman of the board of supervisors in 1876. He was one of the incorporators of the Middletown, Unionville and Water Gap Rail- road, and has been its treasurer since 1874, and a director in its board since 1866. Caleb Clark studied medicine with Dr. Seymour, of Westtown, N. Y., was graduated from the Albany Medical College in 1862, and was assistant surgeon in the Ninety-second New York Regiment in the late war. He now carries on a farm of 200 acres of land in Minisink. George Dallas Clark is a successful farmer and a man of good judgment in his business affairs.


COL. JOHN C. WISNER.


His father, Capt. John Wisner, Jr., was the son of Gen. Henry Wisner, of Warwick, N. Y., and lived on the Wisner homestead in Minisink, which has been in the family name since 1766. He was a farmer by oe- cupation, and an active man in his town. He married Elizabeth, daughter of Maj. Peter Butholp, May 16, 1790, and their children were Susan, married David Lee; Mary, died young ; Elizabeth, married Richard Whitaker ; Agnes, married Nathaniel Chandler; Anna, died young; Tira Maria, died young ; Henry, deceased; John C., the subject of this sketch; Tem- perance Ann, married John Slauson; and Harriet, married Daniel Sayre. Capt. John Wisner, Jr., died April 23, 1811. His wife died Sept. 16, 1843.


Col. John C. Wisner was born on the homestead April 6, 1803. His father dying when he was a boy, he was somewhat early in life taught what it was to depend on himself. After getting a common-school education, at the age of nineteen he married Mary, daughter of Peter and Hannah (Fancher) Weed, of Fairfield Co., Conn., and commenced life as a farmer on the homestead. Here we find Col. Wisner attend- ing to the duties of his fireside and farm during his lifetime. His children were Peter, born June 19, 1823, died in New York, July 5, 1852; William H., born Sept. 7, 1825, died in November, 1876; Andrew J., born Feb. 13, 1827, died in Australia, April 24, 1853 ; Gabriel, born Nov. 11, 1828, died March 7, 1866 ; Har- riet, married Isaac E. Toland, and lives in Unionville, N. Y. ; Lyman F., who went to Jowa when a young man, and is a banker at Eldora, Hardin Co., in that State; Elizabeth, married William E. Taylor, of War- wick ; John, died a young man ; Mary, born Sept. 19, 1840, married Isaac E. Toland, and died in 1867; and Sarah, who died in infancy. Col. John C. Wisner died Feb. 11, 1878. His wife died Feb. 10, 1870.


The following obituary notice is taken from the Middletown Argus :


A.b. Nonus.


PETER WERRY.


His father, Peter, was born, lived, and died in the county of Cornwall, England, and followed agricultural pursuits during his life. He married Susan Ead, and their children were Susan, deceased; Mary, who married Edward Hill, and lives in Devonshire Co., England ; Rebecca, who married William Smithem, and after his death, in 1856, came to America with her two children, William and Rebecca, and died in Wawayanda, Oct. 10, 1874; Betsey, deceased, who married Richard Gilbert, and whose children were Susan, Elizabeth, and Mary ; Peter, subject of this biography ; and John, who came to America with his wife in 1840, and settled in Sullivan County, N. Y., where he now lives. Ilis children are Susan, Sarah Jane, and Wm. Henry. Peter Werry, the subject of this sketch, was born in the county of Cornwall, England, March 5, 1811. His father died when he was seven years old, and his mother when he was sixteen. The family, being large and in moderate circumstances, were thus left upon their own resources. At the age of eight Peter Werry commenced work. lle had no school advantages, and his business knowledge was obtained entirely by experience. In 1834 he came to the United States.


For the first few years he was engaged in the con- struction of the Delaware and Hudson Canal at Port Jervis, and as a farm hand for Joseph Davis, Esq., and others. On Jan 5, 1839, he married Drusilla, daughter of William II. and Sarah (Gibson) Clark, of Warwick, and their children were Mary, married Robert Osborn, and resides in the town of Minisink ; Harriet Adelia, married George Kerwick, of Sussex County, and died in Wawayanda, June 1, 1876, at the age of thirty-three; Drusilla, who resides at home ; Margaret,


married Floyd Baird, of Greenville, and died June 11, 1878, at the age of thirty; Charles P., died Sept. 5, 1872, at the age of twenty-three; Sarah Elizabeth, re- sides at home; and John J., who married Georgianna L., daughter of R. A. Lane, of Minisink, and resides on the old homestead. William II. Clark died April 21, 1867, aged seventy-seven years; his wife, Sarah, died March 1, 1877, aged eighty-seven years. They had ten daughters and two sons; eleven of them married and reared families, and six of them now live in the vicinity of their birth. From his marriage until 1846, Peter Werry resided at Big Island, in Goshen township. In the spring of 1846 he rented a farm of three hundred and sixty acres of land of Dewitt Howell, in the town of Minisink, and moved upon it. In 1849 he bought this land of the llowell heirs, and lived there until his death, June 14, 1879. Upon the homestead he built a house and commodious farm buildings and brought the land to a high state of cultivation. In 1862 he bought one hundred and thirty-two acres of land of Virgil Dunning, and in 1865 two hundred and forty-nine acres of L. L. Lane. At his death he owned seven hundred and forty-one acres of land in Minisink in one body. Peter Werry is an example of what a man can accomplish by his own personal industry. He was a farmer through life, and a frugal, hard-working man. In politics he was a Democrat, and held some of the minor offices of his town. He was prompt in meeting his engagements, and attended strictly to his own affairs. He was an at- tendant of the Methodist Episcopal Church at West- town and contributed towards purchasing its parsonage. Mrs. Werry now lives on the farm adjoining the home- stead, where she moved in April, 1880.


Peter


PETER KIMBER was born Ang. 29, 1806, at Union- ville, Orange Co., N. Y. He is a lincal descendant in the fifth generation of Casper Kimber, who came from England with his wife about 1728, and settled in the old Minisink Patent, at a place called Pellet's Island. Ile immediately bought about eight hundred acres of land, and lived there until his death. His children were George, Nathaniel, Ephraim, Isaac, Joseph, John, James, Zuby, and Elizabeth. George, great-grand- father of our subject, soon after his marriage purchased seventy-five acres of land in Wantage, N. J. Ile lived there but a few years when he bought two hundred and twenty-five acres in the Minisink Patent, and moved upon it about the year 1750. Since that time this land has been owned by his descendants, and is one of the oldest titles remaining in the same family name in Orange County. The stone wing of Peter Kimber's house was built by him prior to the Revolutionary war, and at the time of the Minisink massacre was used as a fort by himself and neighbors. George Kimber served in the war of the Revolution, and died a few years after- wards. Ilis children were Sarah, Peter, Margaret, and Samnel. Peter, grandfather of our subject, was born on the homestead; was in the Minisink massacre, and served during the war of the Revolution. He married Elizabeth, daughter of James Clark, of Minisink, and their children were Sarah, George, Catharine, Jane, and James. He inherited the old homestead, and lived upon it until he died, March 14, 1817. George, father of Peter Kimber, Esq., was born Aug. 29, 1781. He married Sarah Elston, and by her had the following children : Elizabetb, born April 29, 1800, married Leonard Wintermute, a farmer of Wantage, and died in Ohio, July 28, 1834 ; Hannah, born March 14, 1802, married Josiah Bennett, a farmer of Minisink, and died March 4, 1858; Peter, subject of this sketch ; and Sally Maria, born Sept. 18, 1816, and married Jacob D. Miers,


a farmer of Wantage, N. J. Ile lived upon the home- stead, which he obtained by purchase and inheritance, during his lifetime, and there died Nov. 3, 1860. Peter Kimber, Esq., has always lived upon the Kimber home- stead near Unionville. His boyhood was spent on his father's farm, in his father's grist-mill, and in obtain- ing an education which the common schools of that day afforded. He married Maria Litteer, Jan. 17, 1829, and their children are Joseph E., who married Jane Shorter, and lives at Unionville, N. Y. ; Phebe Elizabeth, who married George W. Rhodes, a farmer of Vernon, Sussex Co , N. J. ; John M., who lives at home ; Merilda, who lives at home; Sarah, who married John L. Van Gorder, a farmer of Minisink ; Mary Ann, who lives at home ; and George Merrit, who lives at home. His wife died April 3, 1869.


Mr. Kimber worked his father's farm on shares until 1850, when he bought twenty-five acres of land near by, and built a saw-mill and cider-mill. These he carried on with his farming until 1860, when his father died and he came into possession of the homestead by inher- itanec and purchase. He has been an active, industri- ous, and successful business man.


Politically, he is a Jeffersonian Democrat, and has been honored by his townsmen with the office of justice of the peace from 1854 until 1881. He has also acted as overseer of highways, and constable and collector of his township.


He is a man of good judgment and temperate habits, and bis counsel has been often sought by his neighbors. Ile now resides on the homestead, in a house recently built by him, and carries on his farm and mills. Mr. Kimber was an original stockholder in the Middletown, Unionville and Water-Gap Railroad, and is interested in the welfare of his town. He and his family are attend- ants at the Baptist Church of Unionville, towards which he contributed at the time of its erection.


Me. S. "Hayne


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" Col. John C. Wisner, one of the oldest, most prominent, and widely- known citizens of the town of Minisink, died at his home, about a quar- ter of a mile from the village of Unionville, last Monday night. During his long and useful life deceased had occupied many important offices in the gift of the people, having served in the Assembly, in the board of supervisors, discharged the duties of justice of the peace of his native town, and was one of the bonding commissioners aud directors of the Middletown and Unionville Railroad, in all of which positions he dis- charged the duties conscientiously and for the best interests of his con- stituents. Col. Wisner was a man of sterling worth, unblemished repu- tation, and of rare business sagacity, respected far and wide, and acknowledged to be one of the most enterprising and useful citizens of the town of Minisink. He was a Democrat by birth and education, and occupied a high position in his party, frequently presiding at its conven- tions. He was colonel of the old State militia of the town of Minisink at the time it was under the command of Maj .- Gen. Gilbert O. Fowler, of Newburgh."


M. S. HAYNE, M.D.


His great-grandfather, Frederick Hayne, came from Germany when young, and settled in Wantage, N. J., about 1775, upon a farm afterwards owned by James Coe. He married a daughter of Peter Decker, of Wantage, and there lived until his death. Peter Hayne, son of Frederick, was born in Wantage, May 28, 1760, and followed agricultural pursuits during his life. He married Martha Lewis, of Baskinridge, N. J., Aug. 5, 1784, and died on his farm adjoining the homestead. Their children were Frederick ; Huldah, married James Evans ; Benjamin, father of our subject ; Lydia, married Jacob Wilson and after- wards Manuel Coykendall; Alva; Lewis; and Eliza, who married Evi Martin, a farmer of Minisink.


Benjamin Hayne was born Oct. 29, 1791, and spent his boyhood at home. At the age of seventeen he went to Morristown, N. J., and there learned the saddlery and harness-making trade, which he followed most of his life. In 1814 he established himself in business at Unionville, N. Y. In 1815 he married


ness man and a good neighbor. He was a member and elder of the Presbyterian Church at Unionville, and one of its firmest supporters.


Dr. M. S. Hayne was born at Bloomerville, Sussex Co., N. J., Jan. 23, 1816. He spent his early life at home. At first he attended common school, and afterwards the Rankin School at Deckertown, N. J., where he became an assistant teacher, carrying on his studies at the same time. In 1838 he entered the office of Dr. Lynn, of Deckertown, and began the study of medicine. After remaining there one year he went to Ontario Co., N. Y., and continued his med- ical studies in the office of Sylvester Austin, M.D. Soon afterwards he entered the "Geneva Medical College," from which he was graduated in the class of January, 1841. The year of his graduation Dr. Hayne settled at Westtown, N. Y., and commenced to practice his profession. In 1843 he married Amelia, daughter of Samuel and Belinda (Dada) Van Fleet, of Westtown, and by her had two children, both of whom died in infancy. She died Jan. 30, 1848. In 1844 he moved to Mount Salem, Sussex Co., N. J., where he practiced medicine until 1846, when he located at Unionville, N. Y., where he has since re- sided. In 1849 he married Jane, daughter of Josiah and Hannah (Adams) Decker, and by this marriage were born Albert B., who died Oct. 12, 1876, at the age of twenty-six ; Anna M., deceased; and Marcus P., a lawyer and city attorney of Tombstone, Arizona. She died July 16, 1856. Until 1870 Dr. Hayne fol- lowed his profession, and enjoyed a large practice in this section of Orange County. Since that time he has practiced only as a consulting physician. He has been a member of the Orange County Medical Society since 1841. In 1868 he built the Unionville Cemetery, as a private enterprise, and has carried on the same Bank of Deckertown, N. J., and also in the Middle- town, Unionville and Water Gap Railroad, and was one of the original stockholders and main promoters of the enterprise.


Milly, daughter of Richard Whitaker, and their chil -___ since. He is a director in the Farmers' National dred were Marcus S., subject of the sketch ; Peter, who lives at Goshen, N. Y. ; and Milly, who married Henry B. Lee, and lives in Chemung Co., N. Y. His wife Milly died Aug. 30, 1820, at the age of twenty- five. Benjamin Hayne afterwards married Charlotte Dr. Hayne was formerly a Whig, but has been identified with the Republican party from its forma- tion, and is the present postmaster at Unionville, receiving his appointment in April, 1879. He is a member and elder of the Presbyterian Church, and contributed liberally towards the same at its erection. In 1865 he became interested in the "Unionville Creamery," with Samuel Christie, and since the death of the latter, in 1875, has owned and managed the same himself. He also operates a creamery in Wantage, and does a large business, buying most of the milk in that section. Dr. Hayne is esteemed by his neighbors as an honest, generous, liberal-minded | man. On Jan. 12, 1858, he married Eliza A., daughter of Samuel and Jayne ( Elston) Christie, one of the old and respected families of Wantage, N. J., and of this union was born one son, S. Christie, who lives at home and is in business with his father. Whitaker, sister of his former wife, and their children were Frances, wife of A. W. Van Fleet, of Unionville, N. Y .; Lewis, deceased ; Henry, deceased ; Caroline, wife of O. W. Cooke, of Passaic, N. J .; Jacob; and Martha, wife of J. B. Hendershot, of Hamburgh, N. J. With the exception of the year 1816, which he spent in Sussex County, Mr. llayne carried on his business at Unionville until 1831, when he bought a farm of 170 aeres in Wantage, N. J., and there moved with his family. Three years afterwards he sold this, and after traveling in the West for a few years, returned, and in 1838 purchased another farm in Wantage of 166 acres. He lived there until his death, Nov. 12, 1843. His wife Charlotte died Dec. 7, 1869, aged sixty-five years. From 1814 until 1831 Benjamin Hayne carried on a large business in his line at Unionville, N. Y., and was regarded as a reliable busi-




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