History of Orange County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 175

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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Aug. 9, 1853 .- Samnel Fowler, president; Charles St. John, Daniel Ro- maine, W. HI. Powers, O. J. Brown. S. M. Godfrey, clerk ; C. T. King, treasurer.

May 9, 1854 .- W. II. Powers, president; Charles St. John, Samnel Fowler, O. J. Brown, Daniel Romaine. W. H. Stewart, clerk; C. T. King, treasurer.

March 7, 1855 .- Orville J. Brown, president; John M. Heller, Eli Van Inwegen, Benjamin S. Hall, John M. Rowley. Dayton T. Cox, clerk ; Rufus Ferguson, treasurer.

March 4, 1856 .- II. H. Farnum, president; A. P. Thompson, Henry I. Stewart, Horace Bristoll, Henry Foster. F. W. Lockwood, clerk ; Rufus Ferguson, treasurer.

March 3, 1857 .- H. II. Farnumi, president; A. F. Thompson, II. Il. Stew- art, II. Foster, Jacob May. Peter Wells, clerk; Horace St. John, treasurer.

March 2, 1858 .- HI. Il. Farnum, president ; Joseph Morse, John McAllister, G. W. Bard, Peter Wells. F. R. Fossard, clerk ; Horace St. John, treasurer.

March 1, 1859,-Jacob May, president; John M. Corey, John 1. West- brook, Joseph Morse, Joseph Van Inwegen, Francis W. Lock wood, clerk ; llorace St. John, treasurer.

March 6, 1860,-Henry HI. Farnum, president; Jacob May, Joseph Van Inwegen, John I. Westbrook, Benjamin Quick. Peter Wells, clerk ; Hornce St. John, treasurer.

March 5, 1861 .- Wm. II. Stewart, president ; Erastus Slanson, Lewis M. Newman, Charles MI. Laurence, Hosea Hammond, Sr. Charles B. Gray, clerk ; Ilorace St. John, treasurer.

March 4, 1862 .- Lewis M Newman, president ; Ilenry II. Farouin, Como- gea Kerr, Samnel J. Wood, Peter Whitaker. Charles B. Gray, clerk ; Horace St. John, treasurer.

March 3, 1863,-Samnel J. Wood, president ; James Creegan, Martin V. lleller, Dayton T. Cox, William Wilkin. Charles B. Gray, clerk ; Horace St. John, treasurer.

March 1, 1864 -Oliver Young, president; E. Perry Masterson, George Mulvin, Charles S. Burrell, Henry Dutcher. Charlea B. Gray, clerk ; Horace St. John, treasurer.

March 7, 1865,-Samnel J. Wood, president ; Philip Lee, George Mnl- vin, J. II. Fountain, John Strader. Charles B. Gray, clerk ; Horace St. John, treasurer.

May 1, 1866 .- Samuel J. Wood, president ; Ruel II. Chamberlain, John Strader, Alexander Campbell, Peter Whitaker. Wm. E. Ilaggerty, clerk ; Frank Kunkle, treasurer.

March 5, 1867 .- Francis Marvin, president; Charles W. Donglass, George Brodhead, John Strader, Samuel J. Wood. L. L. Adams, clerk ; John I. Westbrook, treasurer.

March 3, 1868 .- George Brodhead, president ; Orville J. Brown, Frank Caskey, Jacob Brandt, Charles W. Donglass. Isaac Johnson, clerk ; John I. Westbrook, treasurer.

March 2, 1869 .- George Brodhead, president; Thomas llolt, Jacob Brandt, Orville J. Brown, Frank Caskey. Isaac Johnson, clerk ; Luke S. Rosencrance, treasurer.

March 1, 1870 .- George Brodhead, president; Mlosea Depny, Sylvander Merritt, Isaac Penney, Thomas Holt. Isaac Johnson, clerk ; Luke S. Rosencrance, treasurer.

March 7, 1871 .- Isaac Penney, president ; Frank Abbott, Fred Wehinger, Moses Depny, Sylvander Merritt. Oscar P. Johnston, clerk; Frank Kunkle, treasurer.

March 5, 1872 .- Sylvander Merritt, president; Charles Marvin, Jesse M. Connor, Frank Abbott, Fred Wehinger. Oscar P. Johnston, clerk ; Frank Kunkle, treasurer.

March 4, 1873,-Sylvander Merritt, president; F. R. Brodhead, Solomon Van Etten, Charles Marvin, Jesse M. Couner. Oscar P. Johnston, clerk ; Charles Lee, treasurer.

May 13, 1873 .- Frank Abbot,* president; W. II. Nearpass, A. T. Brown, L. O. Rose, F. R. Brodhead, Charles B. Gray, Garret Iseman. O. P. Johnston, clerk ; Charles W. Lee, treasurer.

April 6, 1874 .- Frank Abbott, president; Sylvander Merritt, Charles B. Gray, Christian Wiegand, Lyman O. Rose, Wm. II. Nearpass, A. T. Brown. O. P. Johnston, clerk ; Charles W. Lee, treasurer.

April 6, 1875 .- Frank Abbott, president ; Lyman O. Rose, Charles M. Law- rence, Wade Buckley, Christian Weigand, Charles B. Gray, Sylvander Merritt. O. P. Johnston, clerk ; Charles W. Lee, treasurer.

April 3, 1876 .- Frank Abbott, president ; Wm. J. Murphy, Jacob B. Hornbeck, Charles B. Gray, Lyman O. Rose, Charles M. Lawrence, Wade Buckley. George R. Olney, clerk ; Willinti E. McCormick, treasurer.

April 3, 1877 .- Sylvander Merritt, president ; Martin C. Everitt, John Kirk, Eli Vau Inwegen, William J. Murphy, Jacob B. Ilornbeck, Charles B. Gray. Amos Van Etten, Jr., clerk ; Ellis Harring, treas- игег.

April 1, 1878 .- Sylvander Merritt, president ; Charles B. Gray, William J. Murphy, Thaddeus Mead, Martin C. Everitt, John Kirk, Eli Van Inwegen. Amos Van Etten, Jr., clerk ; J. Irving Cole, treasurer.

April 1, 1879 .- William E. McCormick, president; William A. Halsey, Charlea Brox, Henry Munich, Charles B. Gray, William J. Murphy, Thaddeus Mead. Amos Van Etten, Jr., clerk; William H. Nearpass, treasurer.

April 6, 1880 .- William E. McCormick, president; Thaddeus Mead, James C. Martin, Moses Depny, William A. Halsey, Charlea Brox, Henry Munich. W. Ed. White, clerk; William II. Nearpass, treas- urer.

Other elective officers for the current year (1880-81) are Elias Rhodes, Aaron Decker, Peter Whitaker, assessors ; Patrick Burns, collector. Appointed officers for the current year, 1880-81 : Dayton T. Cox, police justice ; Samuel J. Walley, chief of police; Philip Gorr, James L. Westervelt, James McLaughlin,

* Under the amended charter a new election took place the same year. The president chosen by the people for two years, and three trustees each year to hold office two years.

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special night policemen ; Patrick Lyons, street com- missioner ; C. E. Cuddeback, corporation attorney ; Dr. John F. Higgins, health physician ; John Kirk, W. J. Murphy, L. S. Rosencrance, board of health ; J. P. Knox, pound-master.

The police justices for fourteen years past have been John Dutton, 1866; James M. Penny, 1868; Henry Dutcher, 1870-72. Appointed under the new charter by the board : Henry Dutcher, 1873; D. T. Cox, 1874-80.

FIRE DEPARTMENT.

Port Jervis has been unusually free from fires. There is an excellent organization of companies, under the direction of a chief engineer and two assistants. Fortunately their services have not often been called into requisition, but in competitive drills, on parades, and in such actual service as has sometimes been re- quired the department has shown that it compares favorably with those of any other village.

The present officers (November, 1880) are H. G. Lee, chief engineer and member of Delaware Hose Company, No. 2; Ira B. Cole, first assistant engineer and member of Neversink Hose Company, No. 1; George W. Bailey, second assistant engineer and mem- ber of Hook-and-Ladder Company No. 1 ; L. C. San- ger, treasurer and member of Everitt Hose Company, No. 4; Stephen St. John, Jr., secretary and member of Neversink Hose Company, No. 1.

There are no engine companies now in existence. There is one hook-and-ladder company, and there are four hose companies. The introduction of the system of water-works has furnished pressure sufficient to force water through hose to any required height.

The following are the names of the companies, their location, and the names of the foreman of each :

Maghogomock Hook-and-Ladder Company ; having about 35 members, and located on Railroad Avenue

near Pike Street. Ilenry MeCoy is the foreman. This | on the old stage-road from Goshen to Cochecton. The company was organized soon after the incorporation of the village, and has maintained a vigorous organi- zation for nearly twenty-five years.

Neversink Hose Company, No. 1; having 30 mem- bers, and located on Orange Street between Canal and Ulster Streets. Lyman Lockwood is the present foreman. This company was formerly the Excelsior Engine Company.

Delaware Hose Company, No. 2; having 40 mem- bers, and located on Sussex Street between Ball and Front Streets. C. I. Terwilliger is the foreman. This was the first engine company, and was organized Jan. 17, 1857.

MeDougall Hose Company, No. 3; having 25 mem- bers, and located on Railroad Avenue near Pike Street. Thomas Beirne is the present foreman. This company was also organized about 1857, and was then known as the Fowler Engine Company.

Everitt Hose Company, No. 4; having 25 members, and located at the corner of Ball and Owen Streets.

1 .. C. Sanger is the foreman. This is a new company, organized about three years since.

Excelsior Hose Company, No. 5; having about 15 members, and located in Germantown, so called, western part of the village. The present foreman is J. Harding. This was organized as an engine com- pany, but became a hose company soon after.

WESTBROOKVILLE

is a small village northeast from Cuddebackville, and also on the canal. The name perpetuates the memory of the early landlord, John Westbrook, who kept a tavern at this place before the Revolution, and whose descendants resided for a long time in this vicinity. It is one of the series of villages and "ports" that have grown up along the canal. All of the village except a few dwelling-houses lies over the county line in Sullivan County.

PORT ORANGE

is situated on the canal a short distance south of Westbrookville, and is really a part of the same neigh- borhood. There is little or no business at this point except some small canal traffic.

CUDDEBACKVILLE

is in the northeastern part of the town, on the line of the canal. It is named in honor of the old settler, Jacob Cuddeback, one of the original owners of the patent granted in 1697. One of his descendants, Col. William Cuddeback, owned the site of the village at the time the canal was built, and hence the name is doubly appropriate. William Cuddeback died Jan. 27, 1846, aged eighty-seven.

The Cuddeback Hotel, now kept by Levi Cudde- back, was built and kept for many years by Peter Cuddeback. It was known in the old times as the Jeffersonian House, and was a favorite stopping-place

house has always remained in the Cuddeback family, though it was kept for a time by Thomas Gumaer. It is a large and convenient hotel, and connected with it is one of the finest picnic-grounds in the county. The other business at this village comprises the store of the Norris Brothers, where the post-office is kept, Alfred Norris postmaster. His brother was the pre- vious inenmbent for twenty years, and before him Peter Cuddeback was postmaster for a long time. There is also a blacksmith-shop, by Thomas Rumsey ; a wagon-shop, by Samuel Pine; a brickyard, by Mr. Ridgeway; a grocery-store and canal stabling, by Harmanus Cuddeback.

There is still living at this village one of the older members of the family, Mr. James Cuddeback. He is eighty-two years of age, and the son of William A. Cuddeback. He resides on his father's homestead, where he was born, and where he has spent his whole life. His grandfather was Abraham Cuddeback, who lived below Gumaer's. He recalls the names of some

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early teachers, as White, Brooks, Peter E. Gumaer, and Berry.

The wife of James Cuddeback is a daughter of Benjamin Cuddeback, who died a few years since at the age of ninety-one.

WILLIAM C. ROSE, for about forty years superin- tendent of one of the divisions of the Delaware and Hudson Canal, was a resident of Cuddebackville until 1866, when he removed to Port Jervis, where he died, at the age of sixty-six years, eight months, and four days. He was born in Sherburne, Chenango Co., N. Y., April 22, 1807. His parents were from Massa- chusetts, although his Christian as well as his given name suggests the inference that he was of the family | years since.

of Capt. William Rose, of Revolutionary memory, whose remains were interred in the "Plains" cem- etery in Mount Hope. His father was Rufus Rose, of whom he was the second son. At the age of twenty- one years Mr. Rose left the home of his parents and sought employment in the neighborhood of Honesdale, Pa. The Delaware and Hudson Canal was then being built, and he was soon under engagement with a con- tractor on the Pennsylvania section. When the canal was completed he was given charge of the section which he had aided to construct. From this position he was removed, in 1832, to Cuddebackville, as super- intendent, as already stated. The long years of ser- viee in the employ of the company here are the best possible testimony to his capacity and to his integrity.

Resigning his post on account of failing health, he removed to Port Jervis, where he accepted the agency of the Mutual Life Insurance Company, which he re- tained until a short time before his death, when his health obliged its transfer. Mr. Rose was married in 1832. Ilis children were William C., Jr., of Phillips- port, Sullivan Co .; Lyman O., who succeeded his father as canal superintendent at Cuddebackville; Charles C .; and two daughters, one of whom is the wife of Dr. George H. Fossard. He was a zealous laborer in the field of Christian faith, and at the time of his death a member of the Reformed Dutch Church of Port Jervis. His death was the result of a cerebral disorder.

ROSE POINT

is the poetieal name given to the " port" at locks No. 54 and 55, south of Cuddebackville about one mile. It is also a station upon the Monticello Railroad, and very near to the Jesse Tillotson place, where stood the old fort of Jacob Rutsen De Witt.

PORT CLINTON,

in a similar way, has been bestowed upon the point, a short distance below, where is located Lock No. 56.

At this place there is a store by William L. Norris. Here is also the "lodge" of the "Neversink Farm,"

GUMAER'S

is a small hamlet situated on the canal, a short dis- tance north of Huguenot. Its name is derived from the Gumaer families, whose ancestor was one of the original patentees of the Peenpack Valley in 1697.

HUGUENOT

is situated on the canal between Port Jervis and Gu- maer's. It derives its name from the fact that many of the early settlers were of the Huguenot emigration which came to Kingston very early, and whose chil- dren settled in this valley. Near Huguenot are the valuable mineral springs discovered about twenty

There is a store here by C. J. Van Inwegen, Sr., one hy C. J. Van Inwegen, Jr., and another by Mrs. Bidwell, a boat-yard by John Thorp, and there is a blacksmith-shop. The Mineral Springs House is owned by Peter Cuddeback. A new enterprise is now (November, 1880) creating a large demand for labor at this place, viz. : the building of the " Pipe Line" for the transmission of oil. Stationary engines will foree the oil at this point through the pipes over the moun- tains.

CARPENTER'S POINT

derived its name from an early settler, who established the ferry and owned the land at the junction of the Neversink and Delaware Rivers. It is a short dis- tance south of Port Jervis, and has been long and ex- tensively known by its present name. It is an old point of ferriage across the Delaware. The "Tri- States-Rock" is situated just at the extremity of the Point, and marks the junction of the lines of three States,-New York, New Jersey, and Pennsylvania. The hamlet of early times was on the east side of the Neversink, and half a mile or more below what is now the village of Carpenter's Point. The Car- penter family are buried at the southernmost point of Laurel Grove Cemetery, and within a short distance of the "Tri-States Rock." The inscriptions are as follows :

"Benjamin Carpenter, died Feb. 26, 1820, aged 64."

" Margaret, his wife, died 1853, aged 84,"

"Solomon Carpenter, died 1828, aged 28."

There are several stores and other business places ; the old grist-mill and a number of private dwellings constitute the present village. There is a bridge over the Neversink, built July, 1868, by F. Caskey, J. H. Patterson, H. Cuddeback, committee; D. S. Rhule, architect ; and D. S. Rhule, O. J. Brown, builders.

SPARROWBUSHI

is a hamlet near Bolton Basin, west of Honesville, on the canal, and has a post-office. A post-office was the special name given by »Ir. Godfroy to the large . established there in 1827 under the name of Hones- estate owned by him, and comprising the table-land, ville, Dr. Dickinson, postmaster ; about 1830, David the old spring, and the burial-place of the early Cud- Decker was appointed ; succeeded in 1840 by Jona- than West, who resigned in 1844, and the office was

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closed. It was re-established in 1850 under the pres- ent name, L. F. Hough, postmaster. His successors have been N. R. Higby, M. M. Shultz, Charles Cooper, Win. Goodenough, J. C. West, and the present incumbent, H. F. West.

BUSHKILL

is in the west part of the town, in the neighborhood of the Baptist church, as marked upon the recent maps. This church was something of an off-shoot from the Baptist Church of Port Jervis. It was, however, con- tinued for only a few years.

QUARRY HILL

is the local name of the school district in the extreme western angle of the town and the county. It derives its name from the business of quarrying carried on to some extent in that section.

SHIN HOLLOW

is the euphonious and suggestive name applied to a neighborhood on the slopes of the Shawangunk Moun- tains where the Erie Railway crosses the town line into Mount Hope.

GERMANTOWN

is the name applied to the western extension of Port Jervis along the Delaware River, situated between that and the canal. An extensive glass manufactory is located here, and a population of 1000 or more has settled here. One of the public schools is located in this division of the village.

HONESVILLE

is a small hamlet on the canal west of Port Jervis, the former name of the post-office now known as Spar- rowbush, and not far from the same locality.

BOLTON

is situated on the canal in the southwestern part of the town, and is named after John Bolton, one of the original members of the eanal company.

PARADISE

is situated on the border of Sullivan County north- west of Cuddebackville. It is not clear what gave to it its delightful name, as it is in close proximity to some other names suggestive of a far different locality. Paradise is a station on the Monticello road, aud Silas T. L. Norris is postmaster, station-agent, and hotel- keeper. "There is a brick-yard by Roys & Cady, and a mile below is the flag-stone business of John F. Kilgore.

BROOKLYN

is an extension of Port Jervis beyond the canal bridge, a cosy neighborhood at the base of the hills.

MATAMORAS

is across the Delaware in Pennsylvania, but so closely united with Port Jervis in business that it is proper to be mentioned in connection with the latter. It is united by what is technically known as a "Roebling

suspension" bridge. It is a very elegant structure, con- sisting of two spans of 325 feet each. The bridge was erected in 1870-71, but swept away in the ice gorge of 1874. It was rebuilt immediately.

VI .- SCHOOLS.

There are but few notes upon the early schools in any records now available. Jeremiah Van Auken, killed by the Indians, was an early teacher. Peter E. Gumaer, the surveyor, was also a teacher for many years. Mr. Cornelius Westfall, of Pike Co., Pa. (as related by a local correspondent of the Port Jervis Gazette), stated that in his boyhood he attended school in a small log building situated upon the hill just above the present canal bridge at Germantown.

At the first town-meeting in 1798 school commis- sioners were chosen, viz .: David R. Arnell, Abel Woodhull, James Finch, Jr., and William Rose. In 1799 commissioners were also chosen, but the names are so much obliterated in the records that they cannot be given. These proceedings were under an early school law of 1795, but no further official aetion by the town with reference to sehools took place until the passage of the act of 1812, which was the real foundation of the general school system of the State.

At the town-meeting of 1813 the provisions of the new law were complied with by the appointment of commissioners and inspectors, and by the voting of a tax for school purposes equal to the sum which should be received from the State. Under date of June 19, 1813, the commissioners divided the town into six districts, all of which were north of the "old county line," as at that time the lower portion of the present town (Port Jervis and vicinity ) was a part of Minisink.

The commissioners who served one or more years each during the period 1813 to 1843 were the follow- ing, viz. : Abraham Taylor, David G. Finch, Abra- ham Cuddeback, Jacob Murray, John King, Peter E. Gumaer, Gideon Tuthill, Elisha S. Cadwell, William Mulock, Jr., Silas Loomis, William A. Cuddeback, Joseph Ketchum, Jr., Eleazer Harding, George F. Seybolt, Zophar Finch, Silas Loomis, Isaac Willet, Peter E. Gumaer, Abijah Norris, James Finch, Jr., Philip Ketcham, John Osborn, Benjamin Van In- wegen, David G. Finch, Joshua Penny, William S. Little, Elisha Reeve, Jr., Joel Whitlock, Stephen St. John, Daniel Mapes, Gilbert F. Mondon, David Swartwout, Abraham B. Bross, William Lockwood, Samuel Swartwout, Cornelius Gray, Benjamin White- head, Peter Cuddeback, John W. Sweezy, Jeremiah Gumaer, Charles Hardenburgh, Matthias Pierson, Benjamin Carpenter, Solomon Westbrook, Elijah Gordon, James V. Hulse, John S. Van Inwegen, Daniel Hilferty, Henry Woolsey, Jonathan G. Storey, John D. Westfall, John Van Etten, Jr., Elting Cud- deback, Eli Van Inwegen, John Lambert, Edward L. Norris.

During the same period the following persons

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served as inspectors of schools one or more years each, viz. : Benjamin Prime, Peter E. Gumaer, Stephen Farnum, Jacob Murray, James Finch, Jr., Silas Loomis, William Mulock, James H. Prime, Abraham Cuddeback, David G. Finch, William S. Little, Ben- jamin Van Inwegen, Joseph Reed, William Cudde- sixty years ago is very marked.

back, James Harding, Peter Cuddeback, Joseph Chattle, John Whiting, Asa Smith, Cornelius C. Elting, Charles Hardenburgh, Cornelius Dickinson, John Van Etten, Charac A. Van Inwegen, Nathan Felch, Andrew Crawford, Lewis Van Inwegen, Daniel Cornwall, James H. Taylor.

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

Elected annually : 1844, James H. Taylor; 1845-47, Thomas Cuddeback. Elected once in two years : 1848, Alexander T. Johnson ; 1850, Horace K. Stew- art; 1852, Alexander T. Johnson ; 1854, Stephen C. Merteenas; 1856, Henry O. Fowler.

Town superintendents were superseded in June, 1856, by district commissioners. All supervision of the schools by the town was abolished at that time.

The distribution of school money for the year end- ing March 28, 1820, was as follows:

To school district No. 1, $21.56; to school district No. 2, $34.43; to No. 3, $28; to No. 4, 821.56; to No. 5, $18.92; to joint district No. 1 (Wallkill), $1.13; to joint district No. 17 (Wallkill), $2.65; to joint dis- trict No. 10 (Mamakating), $6.81; to joint district No. 13 (Mamakating), $10.21; total award, $145.28. The report for the next year (1821) shows that there were five districts and four parts of districts. The number of children between the ages of five and fif- teen in district No. 1 was 53; in district No. 2, 91; in district No. 3, 62; in district No. 4, 53; in district No. 5, 48; in joint No. I (Wallkill), 5; in joint No. 17 (Wallkill), 3; in joint No. 10 (Mamakating), 18; in joint No. 13 (Mamakating), 29; total number of children in town, 360; of these 324 had attended school during the year.

From the commissioners' certificate of apportion- ment for March, 1880, we take the following statistics, showing certain interesting facts concerning the schools of the present time :

money; district No. 13, 100 children and $185.53 public money ; district No. 14, 180 children (Sparrow- bush) and $345.46 public money; total number of children 3707, and total amount of money disbursed $7092.02. The contrast between this report and that

HIGH SCHOOL IN THE FOWLER HOUSE.

This building was leased in 1862 by Rev. J. H. Northrup, of Monticello, for the purpose of opening a school the middle of April. The enterprise was continued for a few years and abandoned.

ST. MARY'S ORPHAN ASYLUM

was founded in 1871 by the Rev. Father Nilan, and by him placed under the Sisters of Charity. Its object was to provide for orpban children a home, and to train and instruct them for a proper place in society. In 1875 a law was passed by the Legislature of the State having for its object the same ideas as led to the founding of this institution. St. Mary's Asylum has also the orphan Catholic children from the county almshouse under its charge. The institution is located upon Ball Street, between Sussex and Fowler Streets. The building is of brick, commodious, and well ar- ranged. The Sisters receive children generally for instruction not only in the common English branches, but in higher studies, and in music, both vocal and in- strumental. Instruction is also given in plain and ornamental needle-work. The asylum is a branch of the academy and convent located at Mount St. Vin- cent, on the Hudson, a short distance from New York.

The Port Jervis institution has been in charge of Sister Matilda from the first.

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History of Orange County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 175

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