History of Orange County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 168

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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Samuel Reed located near Slate Hill, on the place owned by liis grandson, about 1790. He had three sons,-Silas, Lewis, Alfred.

Peter Holbert came into this section soon after the Revolution, and settled where his grandson now lives.

John Howell must have moved to this town about 1778. He had been an old sailor, had been on one or two whaling-voyages to the Arctic regions, besides numerous trips to other shores before the mast of a merchantman. He also served as a soldier in the Continental army during the war of the Revolution. He was in the battle of Minisink, and one of the few who escaped to tell the story. Before coming to this town he had resided at Sugar-Loaf. He died about 1790, and was buried at the Corners, about two miles below Ridgebury. One of his daughters married Reuben Cash, another John Roberts, another Elipha- let Stickney, and one, Hephzibah, remained unmar- ried. The old homestead descended to two sons,- John Howell and Jeffrey Howell.

Benjamin Howell was also an early settler at Ridgebnry. Indeed, one of the Howells is said to have been the actual first settler of the place .* He was a Revolutionary soldier, and is understood by his descendants to have been living at Ridgebury before the war. He had a brother, Ezra, of Blooming- Grove, who was also a Revolutionary soldier, and noted for having refused to receive a pension from the government.

The children of Benjamin Howell were James, who removed to Steuben County ; George W., who settled in Goshen village ; John, who also located at Goshen, and was the father of John Edward Ilowell; Daniel, who removed to New York City; Preston, who went to Iowa; Chauncey, who removed to Erie, Pa .; Henry, who settled in Illinois; and Benjamin, who removed to New York City.

Elijah Canfield was in Wawayanda as early as 1793, and probably some years before. His home- stead was the place now owned by Fowler Smith.

James Stewart was an early settler at the present Thompson place. Ilis children were Silas, Luther, John, William (shot at Peenpack by the Indians), Mrs. Nathan Arnout, and Mrs. Wm. Stewart. Lewis Stewart, now of Ridgebury, is a son of John.

Jonathan Cooley lived in Dolsentown. His home- stead was the present place of Oliver Carpenter.

John Bradner, the first supervisor of Minisink, lived at Dolsentown on the well-known Stoddard place of

* The settlement of Richard llalstead being shown in the chapter upon Goshen to have been made in Wawayanda, 1748, it is not probable either of the Howells antedate that.

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later years. He settled subsequently to the year 1775, and at some period before the organization of the town in 1789.

James Reeve, of Long Island, was among the early settlers. His wife was Mary, the daughter of David Moore, whose great-grandfather came from England in 1635 and settled at Salem, Mass. (1) James Reeve and wife had four children,-James, Jr., Hephzibah, Polly, and one who died young. James Reeve, Jr., was wounded in the battle of Minisink. On the 22d of July, 1778, he settled upon land near Slate Hill, where his grandson, the Hon. John H. Reeve, now resides. Hephzibah married Jonas Hulse, and Polly married Elijah Canfield. In 1770, James Reeve, Sr., was married the second time. His wife was Mary Corwin, by whom he had fourteen children, viz. : David, Daniel, Joshua, Lydia, Annie, Keturah. Deb- orah, Isaac, Sarah, Mary, Amutal, Jerusha, Elijah, Dorothy, and Julia. The last named is the only one living, being about eighty-five years of age, and re- sides at Bloomingburgh, Sullivan Co., N. Y., in the same building in which she commenced housekeeping more than sixty years ago.

The above-named eighteen children of James Reeve, Sr., all lived to mature years except one. Elijah died a young man, and Sarah never married. The others have left descendants by the names of Hulse, Canfield, Shultz, MeVish, Ludlum, Drake, Carpenter, Mapes, Crawford, and Reeve, who now reside in this vicinity, and many others residing else- where. There are living at this time (December, 1880) within one hour's ride of Middletown five generations as descendants of James Reeve, Sr., viz. : Julia, his daughter; grandchildren by the name of Reeve, Hulse, MeVish, and others; great-grandchildren by the name of Shaw, Hulse, Mapes, etc .; great-great- grandchildren by the name of Mapes; great-great- great-grandchildren by the name of MeBride and Beakex.

The original homestead of (1) James Reeve, pur- chased in 1768, still remains in the family, being now occupied by his grandson, Wickham C. Reeve, one of the sons of Isaac. This land originally cost James Reeve, Sr., about $I.25 per aere. It is now valued with its improvements at about $100 per acre.

O. P. Reeve, of Middletown, is a grandson of James Reeve, Sr., and son of David, the first of the second family of fourteen.

Joseph Halsted located very early at Slate Hill. (See Goshen.)

John Knapp, a settler about the time of the Revo- lution, probably lived on the present place of David Slauson.

Christian Schultz had early mills at Dolsentown.

Phineas Howell settled soon after the Revolution, and probably on the present place of Thomas Dur- land. He had three sons,-Jason, James, and David.

Garret, Thomas, Tillet. The old homestead was near Slate Hill.

Benjamin Smith settled very early where Silas Hulse now lives. He made potash, and the building stood below the hill. A store was also kept there soon after the Revolution, about a mile east of Slate Hill. The date of Benjamin Smith's cattle-mark is 1769. (See Minisink.)

Isaac Decker lived in the same neighborhood, and the property is still in the hands of his descendants.

Daniel Fullerton kept an early tavern on the present place of Daniel H. Eaton. The old Fuller- ton residence was near the present tenant-house of Mr. Eaton.

William Burns, an early settler of 1780, or about that date, lived on the farm now owned by Charles E. Stickney, near Slate Hill, having a tenant residing upon it.

Asa Stewart settled soon after the Revolution where John L. Cummings now resides. It is remem- bered as a sad incident of early times that Mr. Stew- art's only son died suddenly while the house was being built, having taken cold by lying upon the ground.

The Isaac Dolsen homestead, where stood the old house with loop-holes for defense in 1756, was the present John Bradley place.

To the old homestead James, one of the two sons mentioned, succeeded. He had three sons,-Asa, Sam- uel, James. The last named came into possession of the same homestead. From him it passed to his son Frederick, then to Theophilus, son of Frederick, who sold it to the Bradleys.

As Samuel and Asa are often mentioned in the early town records, we identify their homesteads as follows, -Asa lived on the present Redfield place, near the earlier farm of his grandfather; Samuel, on the well- known farm now the Judge Low property, and occu- pied by Mr. Green. It was on this farm that tradition locates the Indian graveyard, as already mentioned, and where Owens was killed by the Indians. This last event occurred on the low land southeast from the dwelling-house and near a barn now standing there. The frame of this barn is said to be very old, dating back to the early settlement.

The early Isaac Dolsen house was a stone building, and stood about on the site of the present dwelling of Mr. Bradley. The block-house or fort is said to have stood on the present garden near. A stone in the present wall of the dwelling-house is marked 1760, and is said to have been taken from the fort of 1756. It very probably indicates, however, the date when Isaac Dolsen built his stone house, having lived for some years in a log house. Isaac Dolsen must have been already in middle life when he penetrated this wilderness and established himself in this beautiful location. His son James was in the Revolutionary army at West Point. Being taken siek, his own son

Timothy Wood located on property now owned by Holbert & Robinson. His sons were Jonas, Timothy, | James was old enough to take his father's place. The 14

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father died of the sickness. The barn mentioned above near where Owens was killed is also noted as a place of the earliest meetings, long before any house of worship was erected in that section of country.

The Dolsen family are now all gone from this im- mediate locality. Mrs. Emmet Moore, of Middletown, is a daughter of Samuel Dolsen. Other descendants reside at Howell's Station. The neighborhood in its present beauty and richness of soil amply justifies the choice originally made by Isaac Dolsen.

The Dolsen name was originally Van Dolsen, and it is a tradition in the family that the first child born on Manhattan Island was a Van Dolsen. The origi- nal Dolsen tract comprised 700 acres. It was pur- chased in 1735 at one dollar per acre. Betty, one of the slaves of the early period, lived down to within a few years, and could tell many stories of the Dolsen family and neighborhood.

Richard Wood, born in Goshen, settled about the opening of the Revolution, 1773 to 1775, on the farm now owned by William Wood near Slate Hill. Ilis sons were llenry, Aaron C., Oliver E., Lewis C., and Horace B. Oliver and Horace are still living, the latter in Erie Co., N. Y., Oliver at Slate Hill, and to him we are indebted for many of these items.

Samuel Benjamin also located at Ridgebury.

Richard Wood, another early settler, located just after the Revolution at Brookfield, on the place now owned by William H. Wood. Meetings were held at his house before the erection of the Baptist meeting- house, which was built in 1792. His children were Harry, Aaron C., Oliver (now living at Slate Hill), Lewis C., Horace, Mrs. William Greening, Mrs. Henry Durland, and Mrs. Robert Hunt.

Asa Dolsen's homestead was the present James Murray place, at Dolsentown.

Daniel Ward is mentioned in the early town records of Minisink. His place is in the present neighborhood of Daniel H. Eaton.

Freegift Cooley, who held frequent town offices be- fore 1800, lived at Millsburgh.

John Short was an early settler at Millsburgh. Ile had one son, known as Si Short. A daughter became the wife of John Eaton.

Toshow what families were residing in Wawayanda at a later date, 1813, we have the records of the school districts as formed that year in accordance with the new law of 1812. They are found in the first volume of Minisink records, and are described, fortunately for historical purposes, by naming the families in- cluded in each. In some cases the formation of the new towns of course intersected the districts, and in giving entire districts in Wawayanda they may in- clude a few who, in 1813, lived beyond the line of the present town. The citizens of the present time will easily understand this, and from so valuable a record will no doubt be able to locate all these families of 1813.

District No. I comprised the following families, viz. :

those of Thomas Gale, John Gale and one tenant, George Phillips and two tenants, Robert Boak, Henry W. Denton and one tenant, Gale & Phillips and two tenants, James Eldred and one tenant, James Coyles, David Mills, Martha Cavanagh and sons, Widow Wilson and sons, James Little and one tenant, Deb- orah Case and one tenant, Nicholas Van Tassel, David Lathrop's tenant, Theodore Dolsen and one tenant, John Braner's two tenants, Abraham Canfield, James Dolsen, Jr., Asa Dolsen, Nathan Arnout, Benjamin Wood and one tenant, Nathaniel Bailey (3). This dis- triet was in the northeast part of the town, and shows the families of 1813 who resided in that section.

District No. 2 comprised the following names : Wil- liam Murray and one tenant, Isaac Reeves, Nathan Hulse, William Little, Silas Hulse, Wilmot Moore, Christian Schultz, Samuel Dolsen and one tenant, Benjamin Wood and two tenants, James Dolsen, Frederick Dolsen, John Bradner, David Lathrop's mother, Archibald Little, Nathaniel Cooley, Henry Stewart, David Anderson, Isaac Carpenter and one tenant. This was the Dolsentown District, along the north part of the town.

Distriet No. 3 was composed of the following fami- lies, as formed in 1813, viz. : those of Asa Stewart, Daniel Fullerton and two tenants, David Moore, Jr., Daniel Cooley, Samuel Reed, Michael Halstead, Jr., Braddock Decker, William Fullerton, Widow Tucker, Homes Ketcham, Thomas Sigler, Michael Halstead, Benjamin Smith, Jr., John Moore, Elijah Canfield, Joseph Ellis, Joseph Smith, Jason Howell, James Howell, Widow William Halstead, Isaac L. Peck, James Denn, Moses Vail, James Higby, George Mc- Nish, Abner Cary, Richard Wood, Joseph Reed, Wil- liam Burns, William Peppard, James Allison. This was in part the territory of the present Mead District, northeast of Slate Hill.

District No. 4, as formed in 1813, comprised the fol- lowing families, viz. : those of David Seely, Moses Delany and one tenant, Nathaniel Bailey, Nathan Arnout, Jr., Rachel and James Van Seoy, James Thompson, Richard Hulse, Daniel Dunning, Abner Miller, Jonathan Bailey, Jr., Barcus Bailey, Columbia Bailey, Benjamin Howell, Jacob Dunning, Isaac Decker, Morris Overton, Nancy Overton, Thomas Brown, Benjamin Dunning, John Hallock, John Hal- lock, Jr., Elisha Hallock, Israel IIallock, Horace Elmer, John T. Jansen, Jr., James Howell, William Peppard, Jr., Charles Durland, James Canfield, Elijah Wells, Elijah Wells, Jr., Jonathan Bailey, Israel W. Bailey, Noyes Wickham, Barnabas Wickham, Phile- tus Finch. This is the Ridgebury District.

District No. 5 comprised the following families, viz. : those of Obadiah Pellet, heirs of Wm. Pellet, Widow Mary Pellet, Daniel Payne, James Wood, Increase Carpenter, Daniel Sloan, Daniel Wickham and one tenant, Joseph Brown, Joseph Brown, Jr., Widow Julia Ferguson, Widow Ann Allison, Samuel Hazen, Sarah Grinder, Jesse Parshall, Daniel Mapes,

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John Carr, Joseph Smith, Horace Elmer, George Jackson, James Van Bumel. This was the territory known as the Lower Road Distriet. The name of P'ellet's Bridge arose from this family name, several of whom were included in the district as above noticed.

For the Wawayanda portion of the old Gardner- ville District, as formed in 1813, see town of Mini- sink, where the district is given in full.

District No. 8, as organized in 1813, included the following families, viz. : those of Peter Holbert, Tim- othy Wood, Samuel IIofbert, James Reeve and son, John Lane, Jacob Hulse, David Robertson, Robert Robertson, William Robertson, Amy Abbott, Asa Cobb, Samuel Hoyt, Daniel St. John, Jeremiah Oak- Augustus Sergeant now owns. This was a hundred ley, James Mulford, Martin L. Mapes, Uriah Hulse, years ago or more. Nathan Wells, Barnabas Horton, David Moore, Daniel Fullerton kept a public-honse for many years where Daniel H. Eaton now lives. There was a noted tavern near Denton, where Theodore Denton now lives. There were nine distilleries in town in 1832, five in the neighborhood of Slate IIill. Henry Ball, James V. Hulse, Benjamin Hulse, Joseph Brundage, James Owen, Samuel Schoonover, William Wells, Jr., Samuel Mather, Thomas Wood. This was the old Centreville District, perhaps including some names from the town of Minisink at Millsburgh.

District No. 9, as organized in 1813, comprised the following families, viz. : those of Abraham Bennett, Peter Mills, Benjamin Bennett, Samuel Carpenter, John Carpenter, Edward How, Holloway Stepliens, James C. Gray, Daniel Albertson, Ebenezer Stephens, Elihu Cary, Thomas Thorn, Jacob Thorn, Richard Van Tassel, Peter Van Sickel, Moses Cox, James Rumph, Robert L. Hunter, Alexander Boyd, Noah Cobb, James Weed, Abraham Cary, Daniel Williams. This was the Slate Hill Distriet, or near there.

For names of several Wawayanda citizens of 1813 reference should probably be made to the "Rome District," found in the chapter upon Minisink.

For some Wawayanda names it may be necessary to consult district No. 19, as given in the chapter upon Greenville, known as the Mount Orange District or as the Graham Distriet.

District No. 23, as formed in 1813, comprised the following names : Jacob A. Tryon and three tenants, Benjamin Smith, Jr., Oliver Smith, David Moore, Daniel Fullerton, Joseph Ellis, Asa Stewart, Wm. Peppard, Apollos Jessup, Win. MeMeryon, Isaae Car- penter, Nathaniel Cooley, Jr., James Howell, Wm. Peppard, Jr., John T. Jameson, Jr., Nathan Arnout, Asa Dolsen, Absalom Cary, Daniel Williams.

District No. 26, as formed in 1813, ineluded the following families, viz .: those of Nathan Wells, Holmes Keteham, Jacob Thorn, Peter A. Van Sudd, Aaron Halstead, Michael Halstead, Richard Weiant, Alexander Boyd, Stephen Jones, Robert L. Hunter, Richard Van Tassell, Uriah Hulse, Martha Brun- dage, Jonas Rumsey, Thomas Sigler, Henry Jaquish.

organization of 28 given under date of 1823, while 26 closes the list as formed in 1813. Citizens acquainted with names and localities may find, on examination of the other districts given, that the territory afterwards constituting 27 was already covered by one or more of them.

An early grist-mill was the present place of the Littles' feed-mill. This was the Christian Schultz mill of old times. Another early grist-mill was at Gardnerville, where John R. Manning has a grist- mill at the present time, known for many years as the Jones' Mill. At Millspaugh was also an early grist- mill known as Skinner's. One by Michael Halstead was a mile north of Slate Hill, on the place where

IV .- ORGANIZATION.

The general act authorizing boards of supervisors to erect new towns was passed not long after the adop- tion of the constitution of 1846. The Board of Super- visors of Orange County were very soon called upon to aet under the provisions of the new statute. At the town-meeting of Minisink in the spring of 1849 the following formal action was taken :

" Notice is hereby given that the undersigned, freeholders of the town of Minisink, Orange Co., will make application to the board of super- visors, at their next annual meeting, for the division of said town, to form a new town ont of that part of the town comprising the first election district.

(Signed) " Jacob Harding, David Carr, P. W. Sloat, J. S. Slauson, The- ophilus Dolsen, S. Stewart, Jonathan Bailey, Gabriel Little, S. F. Gardi- ner, R. A. Elmer, Usher If. Case, Martin L. Mapes, Isaac Denton, George W. Murray, S. Sergeant, T. B. Denton, Alfred Wood, D T. Hulse, B. F. Bailey, Hiram Phillips."

The subject came before the board on the 27th of November following. The maps and survey of the proposed new town were made by Dr. D. C. Hallock, and the motion for a division was made by Daniel Fullerton, supervisor of Minisink. As the movement was thus favored by the official representative of the town of Minisink, who was in accord with the political majority of the board, the proposition was easily ear- ried, though by a strictly party vote, the ten Whigs voting for, and the five Democrats against, the erection of the new town. The name adopted was Wawa- yanda, being that of the early patent.

To preside at the first town-meeting there were ap- pointed by the act of incorporaton David Clark, Mar- tin L. Mapes, and Henry Decker.

FIRST TOWN-MEETING.

Old district No. 27 seems to be entirely omitted from the records of 1813. It comprised the territory At the first town-meeting, 1850, the following were the officers chosen : Daniel Fullerton, supervisor ; Holloway W. Stephens, town clerk; Jacob D. Mas- south of the Slate Hill Distriet, and now known as the Stewarttown Distriet. The district was formed at a later date than 1813 probably, as we find the . terson, Gideon W. Cock, justices of the peace ; Lewis

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W. Mullock, town superintendent of schools; James M. Reeve, John Cumings, assessors; William C. Car- penter, Nathaniel W. Talmage, commissioners of highways; Curtis MeNish, collector; Usher H. Case, William Canfield, overseers of the poor; Robert S. Robbins, Curtis McNish, Daniel L. Hulse, Samuel Vail, constables; Oliver Lewis, James H. Tooker, Jolin C. Owen, Nelson McBride, James F. Robertson, Matthew H. Bailey, inspectors of election ; Henry D. Howell, town sealer; overseers of the highway were appointed for sixty-five road districts, and $200 was voted for roads and bridges.

The following have been the principal town officers from 1850 to 1880 :

1850

Supervisors. Daniel Fullerton. 44

Town Clerks. Holloway W. Stephens. Oliver Lewis.

1851.

1852-53.

Dewitt C. Hallock.

1854

Joseph Davis.

1855.

James F. Robertson.

1856

Gideon W. Cock.

Wilmot C. Terry.

1857

Joseph Davis. .€

1858.

1859-60.

John II. Reeve.

1862

1863

4 4

Oliver Lewis.

W'm. H. Wood.

1866-68

Charles E. Stickney.

1869-70

John A. Wood.

1871 ..

Amoe M. Ryerson.

1872

David W. Reeve.

1873-74

Amos M. Ryerson.

1875-77

Indsou E. Hnlse.

John A. Wood.

1878-80.

Wm. H. Wood.

JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.

1850, Jacob D. Masterson, Gideon W. Cock ; 1851, Holloway W. Stephens ; 1852, Gideon W. Cock ; 1853, Nathaniel W. Talmadge; 1864, Jacob D. Masterson, Jacob M. Johnson ; 1855, W'm. C. Carpenter (same to fill vacancy) ; 1856, Gideon W. Cock ; 1857, Jacob M. Johnson ; 1858, John II. Reeve ; 1859, Wm. C. Carpenter ; 1860, Gideon W. Cock ; 1861, Jacob M. Johnson; 1862, Jonathan R. Lutes, Elijah Smith ; 1863, W'm. C Carpenter; 1864, Gideon W. Cock ; 1865 (record fails to show who was elected) ; 1866, John B. Case, Erastus Stickney ; 1867, Wm. C Carpenter; 1868, John D. Wood, Wm. H. Wood; 1869, Eras- tns Stickney, Thomas H. Norris ; 1870, Charles E. Stickney (same to fill vacancy) ; 1871, James M. Reeve ; 1872, Gabriel Howell; 1873, Henry S. Pound ; 1874, Charles E. Stickney ; 1875, John D. Wood ; 1876, Dillon Wallace; 1877, John H. Reeve; 1878, George S. Cock ; 1879, J. A. Mills, Win. G. Stanton ; 1880, Charles H. Fullerton.

V .- VILLAGES. HAMPTON

is a small hamlet, owing its growth to the fact that it is a railroad station on the New York, Erie and Western Railway, furnishing railroad accommoda- tious to a portion of Wawayanda, also to portions of Goshen and Wallkill. It is only a short distance from Denton.

MILLSBURGH

is an early point of settlement, giving to it cousider- able importance. There is one store there at the present time, by Wm. Armstrong; Mather's black- smith and wagon-shop ; Mead's grist-mill and Drake's grist-mill, each with a saw-mill ; also a cider-mill. There was an important woolen-factory here in former times, now abandoned, and the property owned by Mr. Manning.

RIDGEBURY

is an old-established place. The site of the village was owned in 1800 by Benjamin Dunning, Jonathan

Bailey, Benjamin Howell, Isaae Deeker, and others. It was in this vicinity that several of the earliest settlers of the town located, as John Hallock, Sr., James Hulse, Benjamin Smith, Moses Overton, Noyes Wiekham, Richard Allison, and Charles Durland. The name of the village is said to arise from "Whortleberry Hill," a neighboring ridge still bear- ing that designation. It was first applied to the Presbyterian house of worship, which was known as the Ridgeherry church. According to this origin, the name should be Ridgeberry, but usage is determining the other form of the word. The present business of the place consists of one store, by Win. S. Osburn ; a blacksmith-shop, by Samuel Latimer ; a wagon-shop, by George Newton; steam-mills, cider, grist, aud feed, by H. P. Hall. Two physicians are located here, Dr. Terry and Dr. Webb, homeopathie. Frank Ellis is the present postmaster of Ridgebury.

CENTREVILLE

is near Millsburgh, on the same outlet. (See Mini- sink.) The two places together constitute what is called Wells' Corners. The post-office for this section of the town is at Centreville. The present business comprises a store, by James Conner, and one by George W. Murray; blacksmith-shops, by Martin Bennett and by Gilbert E. Robbins; a distillery, by J. & P. Cummings.

GARDNERVILLE

has one store, by J. M. Everett; a grist-mill, by John R. Manning; a wagon- and blacksmith-shop, by Charles Gardner.

BROOKFIELD

is undoubtedly named from its proximity to a brook, which, in fact, nearly surrounds it. It was settled at an early date, and before the construction of the Erie Railway was a place of considerable notoriety, having a printing-office, grist-mill, plaster-mill, saw-mill, tanning, etc. It is better known at the present time as Slate Hill, the post-office and the station upon the railroad both bearing that designation. The present business places comprise the railroad build- ings ; the shoe-shop and saloon of W. H. Green ; W. A. Castle, flour and feed; William Breeme, black- smith ; and the store of Charles E. Stickney, general merchandise.

WAWAYANDA

is a milk-station on the New Jersey Midland Rail- road, just north of Rutger's Creek, the boundary line of Minisink.

DENTON.

This place, originally known as "The Outlet," takes its name from the Dentons,-Thaddeus B. and Henry W., descendants of Richard Denton, mentioned else- where. Elisha Eldridge, from New England, built a store and tavern there about the time of the Revolu- tion. Earlier than that it had been owned by Richard Carpenter. In later years the property has been owned by Theodore J. Denton and Reuben C. Mead.

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History of Orange County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 168

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