History of Orange County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 196

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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Amzi Lewis, Co. A, 124th ; enl. Aug. 2, 1862.

James Lynn, Co. B, 56th ; enl. July, 1861 ; wounded ; disch. February, 1863.

Samuel Lozear, slightly wounded in the throat. William Long.

James Lewis, Co. B, 124th ; en). Aug. 12, 1862.

J. Laod, Co. K, 176th ; enl. October, 1862.

Samuel MeKindrey, Co. C, 176th ; enl. Oct. 6, 1862.

Milton Morgan, Co. C, 176th; en1. Nov. 11, 1862.

James P. Moltoo, Co. C, 124th ; enl. Ang. 13, 1862.

Abram Merritt, Co. C, 124th ; enl. Ang. 5, 1862.

James Murray, 15th Art .; enl. Jun. 20, 1864.

George Miller.

Thomaa Morgan, 124th.

John P. Morgan, Charles MeMurtrey.

John McGratb, Co. A, 124th ; en]. Feb. 4, 1864; wounded in the Wilder- ness; trans. to 93d N. Y., June 2, 1865.

James Morgan, teamster; enl. May, 1861.

James Morgan, Jr., artillery ; en]. Feb. 9, 1864.

Joseph Morgan, Peter Merritt.

Daniel Morgan, Co. B, 124th ; en1. Aug. 6, 1862; credited to Chester. Samuel Morse, enl. Aug. 6, 1862.

Charlea McGovern.

James P. Moulton, Cu. C, 124th ; enl. Aug. 13, 1862; wounded at Spott- sylvania.

James Matchison, 56th ; enl. Ang. 17, 1861.

Joshus Mead, 56th ; enl. September, 1861.

Abijalı Mosure, 7th Art .; enl. Feb. 9, 1864.

Henry D. Mapes, 3d Iof. ; en1. Aug. 14, 1861.

John McKelvey, Co. F, 120th ; enl. 1862 ; a prisoner several months at Salisbury.

John P. Maltom, 120th.

Charles McGroen, wounded in the Wilderness, and taken prisoner.

Westlake Morgan, Co. A, 124th ; enl. Ang. 12, 1862; wounded severely at Gettysburg ; in hospital Aug. 25, 1864 ; minst. out by Order 77.

James McGrath, Jr., Co. A, 124th ; enl. 1862; wonoded in the hand May 6, 1864 ; must. out with regt.

Abram Morgan.

William Nash, 15th Art. ; enl. Jan. 26, 1864.

Jacob Newell, Co. C, 176tl; taken prisoner, held 12 days,

William D. Nugent, George G. Nelson.

John B. Nash, Co. C, 4th ; en1. April 26, 1861 ; wounded ; pro. to capt.

John Noble, Co. D, 18th ; enl. May 17, 1861 ; re-eul. November, 1864, Engineer Corps.

John Nixon, Co. A, 124th ; eol. Aug. 4, 1862.

James Nixon, Co. A, 124th : enl. Aug. 6, 1862.

Jabez A. Odell, Co. A, 124th ; enl. Aug. 25, 1862; credited to Cornwall ; residence, Buttermilk Falls ; wounded io action May 12, 1864 ; must. out with regt .; father, Vincent Odell, and brothers, Wilhanı and Isaac, in service.

James Oakman.

James Odell, Co. B, 124th; enl. Aug. 5, 1862; credited to Goshen ; nurse at Second Corps Hospital from July 16, 1864.

William Point, Co. D, 156th; enl. Jan. 8, 1862.

Nathan B. Potts, corp., Co. C, 124th ; enl. Aug. 9, 1862; trans. to 1st U. S. Eng. April 18, 1863.

Albert A. Peck, en]. Sept. 11, 1862; died at Washington of sickness, Sep- tember, 1864.

Joseph Pratt, Co. B, 124th ; enl. Sept. 5, 1862; wounded in head, alight, Sept. 12, 1864 ; must. ont with regt.

William Parliaman, 15th Art .; enl. Feb. 10, 1864 ; taken prisoner in the Wilderness, and died at Andersonville.

Thomas Pratt, died at New Orleans.

Nathaniel Parliamao, Co. C, 124th; enl. Aug. 15, 1862.

James Plant.

Jacob S. Redney, Co. D, 176th; enl. Sept. 16, 1862.

James T. Rumsey, Co. D, 176th ; enl. Sept. 13, 1862.

John Riley, 170th ; dischi, for partial blindness.

John Il. Riley, 170th; en]. Aug. 12, 1862; wounded in the shoulder.

Samuel Rush, 56th; enl. July 31, 1861 ; died of fever Nov. 28, 1862, at Centre Street Hospital, Newark, N. J.

Francis W. Rush, 56th ; enl. July 31, 1861 ; left wounded on battle-field of Beaufort, and never heard from.

Jeremiah W. Rumsey, corp., 56th ; enl. November, 1862; died of disease at David's Island.

Jacob L. Redner, Co. D, 176th ; enl. Sept. 16, 1×62; taken prisoner at Thibodeaux, and held a few daya.

James Rumsey, 176th ; enl. Sept. 13, 1862; pro. corp. and sergt.

Moses Rumsey, Co. B, 124th ; eol. Dec. 24, 1863; traos. to 93d to com- plete terni.

David Silsbury, Co. C, 176th ; enl. Sept. 21, 1862.

William S. Smith, Co, D, 176th ; enl. Oct. 1, 1862; afterwards served in Co. G, 124th, and enl. in 166th, which was never organized.

Neil O. Smith, 15th Art. ; en]. Jan. 18, 1864.

Albert Smith, 15th Art .; enl. Jan. 20, 1864.

Daniel R. Smith, 15th Art. ; enl. Jan. 23, 1864.

Robert Simpson, 15th Art. ; enl. Jan. 26, 1864.

Horace Stormis.

John Silabury, Co. C, 176th ; enl. September, 1862.

Eugene D. Stokum, Co. I, 54th ; enl. Dec. 14, 1863 ; detailed as clerk in the adjutant-general's office.

William Sanders, Co.A, 124 th; enl. Ang. 4, 1862; wounded in foot, severe, May 12, 1864; in hospital, and must. out by Gen. Order 77; credited to Newburgh

Charlea Slauaon, Co. D, 176th ; eul. Sept. 16, 1862; wounded at La Fourcha Crossing.

George Slauson, Co. D, 176th ; enl. Sept. 16, 1862.

Joho Slauson, Co. B, 124th ; enl. Feb. 10, 1864; trans. to 93d June 2, 1865.

Joseph W. Smith, corp., 156th; enl. Aug. 8, 1862; died of disease at Baton Rouge, La., May 22, 1864.

William Slauson, Co. B, 124th ; enl. August, 1862; died of chronic diar- rhwa at Willard's Point, Oct. 17, 1864.

Albert Smith, 15th Art .; enl. February, 1863.

Daniel Stevens, Co. D, 124th ; enl. Sept 29, 1862; trans. to V. R. C. Jan. 1, 1865.

Daniel Secor, corp., 56th.

William Simpson, Co. C, 176th; enl. Oct. 10, 1862.

Daniel Smith, 15th Art .; enl. 1863.

Washington Springsted, Vincent Springsted.

John C. Tuthill, Co. D, 176th ; enl. Sept. 27, 1862; killed after Richmond was taken.

Wo. B. Tompkios, Co. A, 124th ; enl. Aug, 12, 1862. No Win. B. ou roll ; William Tompkins, credited to Minisink.

James Tompkina, Co. C, 176th.

Wm. H. Thorp, George Turner, Joseph Turner, John Turner.

Henry J. Vreeland, Co. G, 124th ; en]. Aug. 18, 1862 ; rejected by muster- ing officer Sept. 5, 1862 ; re-en). in 176th Sept. 10, 1864.

Henry Wright, Co. D, 176th ; enl. Sept. 13, 1862.

Charles Williams, 15th Art .; enl. Jan. 26, 1864. Samuel Wilson, 18th ; eul. April, 1861.

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James Weyant, enl. May 1, 1862.

John Wilkes, 170th ; enl. Sept. 25, 1872; died of wounds at Washington, July 12, 1864.

Henry Wright, Co. D, 176th ; enl. August, 1862.

Joel B. Weymer, 15th Cavalry ; enl. Jan. 1864.

Charles Waldrou.

Jacob Wilson, Co. A, 124th ; enl. Aug. Il, 1862; wounded in shoulder May 6, 1864, and died in the Wilderness, May 12, 1864.

IIenry Walton, died in the service.

Daniel Youmans.

Wm. H. Yonmans, Co. D, 18th ; enl. April 23, 1861 ; also in 166th.

Alfred Youmans, Co. B, 124th; enl. Aug. 12. 1862 ; diedl of typhoid fever June 22, 1863, and buried at Alexandria, Va.

Robert Youmans, wounded at Williamsburg, and died May 26, 1864, at Alexandria.

Samuel Yonmans, Co. A, 124th ; enl. August, 1862 ; pro. corp., Nov. 15, 1864 : wounded in the knee April 1, 1865 ; in hospital, and must. out by Gen. Order 77.

Joseph J. Youmans, Co. D, 124th ; enl. Dec. 18, 1863 ; trans. to 93d June 2,1865.

Perhaps the most remarkable men from the town were the Zindle brothers. They were born in Monroe, of American parents, of German ancestry. Daniel served three months in the Sixty-ninth Militia in the spring of 1861, and on return enlisted for three years in the Seventy-fonrth Regiment. He was wonnded in right arm at Williamsburg, May, 1862, but con- tinued in the field until removed. His arm was am- putated, but before the stump was healed he took the field at Malvern Hill, where he received six balls; one in the upper part of his forehead came near causing his death, one in the thigh shattered the bone of the left leg. Some eight inches of the bone from the hip- joint downwards was removed, and a silver tube in- serted, around which the muscles and flesh reformed. Though considerably shot to pieces and a wreck, he would not have left the field at his own desire. John Zindle, Fifty-sixth Regiment, had arm shot off at Fair Oaks, and died of the injury July 14, 1862. Jonas Zindle enlisted in the Eighteenth Regiment, and was transferred to the One Hundred and Fifty-eighth. Nelson Zindle, in the Seventh Heavy Artillery, was taken prisoner in June, 1864. Monroe N. Zindle en- listed Feb. 9, 1864, in Seventh Heavy Artillery, and was reported "missing in action, June 10, 1864."

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

PETER TOWNSEND.

The Townsend family are of English lineage, and since their advent to America have been largely iden- tified with the manufacturing and commercial interests of the county. Peter Townsend, the first of the name in Orange County, and the grandfather of the subject of this biographical sketch, was a former resident of Long Island, and, in company with his father-in-law, William Hawxhurst, located at Stirling, Warwick township, the latter gentleman having purchased the Stirling tract, embracing 23,000 acres, a portion of which lay in the State of New Jersey. Mr. Townsend

at once made.this point the centre of an extensive . manufacturing interest. He erected works embracing a furnace, forges, and an anchory, and filled both government and private contracts of considerable magnitude. The first anchor used by the United States government was made at this establishment, five frigates being at this time equipped, and later the whole navy. Here was forged the chain, weighing over one hundred tons, stretched across the Hudson River during the war of the Revolution to prevent the British from passing above West Point. It was conveyed to its destination in parts, which were later attached by swivels.

Mr. Townsend was married to Miss Hannah Hawx- hurst, and had sons Peter, William, and Isaac, and daughters Anne, wife of Solomon Townsend, proprie- tor, in connection with William Townsend, of the Augusta Iron-Works on the Ramapo ; and Sallie, who became Mrs. Dr. Anthony Davis, of Goshen, N. Y. The death of Peter Townsend occurred during the year 1783. His son Peter was born in the year 1770, and when a lad rode to New York on horseback to witness the evacuation of that eity by the British. His early life was spent at the Stirling Iron-Works or at the homestead in Chester, then part of Goshen township. He succeeded his father in the manage- ment of his extensive manufacturing interests, and may be regarded as the pioneer in the introduction of anthracite coal as a fuel for smelting iron ores.

Mr. Townsend married Miss Alice, daughter . of Comfort Cornell, early during the present century, and had children,-William H., Peter, Isaac, Robert C., George E., and one daughter, Elizabeth, wife of J. H. Austin, of Staten Island.

The death of Peter Townsend, the second of the name, occurred during the year 1857. His son Peter, the present representative of the family, was born May 13, 1803, at the Chester homestead, where his early life was passed, his education having been acquired first in New York and later at Newburgh and on Long Island. Having served an apprenticeship in the counting-honse of Jacob Barker, of New York, he repaired to Canandaigua, N. Y., and embarked in mercantile pursuits. In 1827 he returned to his early home, and, in connection with his brother, succeeded to the iron manufacturing interests, the estate at this time embracing, besides the Stirling property, the works at Southfield, Monroe township, and abounding in valuable ores of iron.

Mr. Townsend was united in marriage July 9, 1828, to Miss Caroline, daughter of Capt. Jasper Parish, of Canandaigua, N. Y., to whom were born children,- Elizabeth, widow of Gen. Thomas Francis Meagher : Alice; Mrs. S. L. M. Barlow ; and Caroline, widow of David Crawford. The death of Mrs. Townsend occurred July 20, 1874, at Southfield, the family resi- dence. Her many graces of mind and heart had en- deared her alike to the home circle and to friends. Her winning presence and cheerful spirits were the

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· sources of unfailing pleasure in social life, while her kindly heart and beneficent life brought happiness to many households.

Mr. Townsend is in his political predilections a firm Republican, with no official aspirations, but with a just appreciation of the civil responsibilities which fall to the lot of every good citizen. Though his family are of Quaker extraction, he affiliates with the Presbyterian denomination, Mrs. Townsend having been a member of the Fifth Avenue Presbyterian Church, New York City.

HON. MORGAN SHUIT.

The Shnit family were early residents of West- chester County, Elisha, the father of the subject of this biographical sketch, having been a native of Eastchester, in that county, and born June 12, 1788. He later removed to Ridgefield, Conn., and engaged

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in farming pursuits, having married Miss Sallie, daughter of Joseph Mead, Esq., whose birth occurred April 3, 1788. Their children were Joseph M., born in 1810; Morgan, Mary Ann ; whose birth occurred in 1815; and Ruth Ann, who died in infancy.

degree to superior qualities of mind and will rather than to early opportunities for culture. He acquired a trade in his New England home, and in 1833 re- moved to Orange County, where his recent acquire- ments were made useful. In 1837, mercantile pur- suits having presented a more profitable field, he embarked in business at Highland Mills, and con- tinued at this point until 1860. In April, 1867, having relinquished trade, he removed to the farmn which is his present home. Mr. Shuit was married to Miss Mary Ann, daughter of Isaac B. Titus, Esq., of Monroe, whose family were of Quaker descent. Their children were Hannah, born in 1847; Mary Ann, whose birth occurred in 1849; William W., born in 1851; Sarah M., born in 1854; Elizabeth T., whose birth occurred in 1856; Harriet T., born in 1860; and Phila MI., born in 1862. Mrs. Shuit's death occurred in 1867, and Mr. Shuit was married a second time, to Miss Phebe B. Titus, sister of his first wife.

The peculiar abilities of Mr. Shuit eminently fitted him for public life, which was also in harmony with his tastes. He was in 1843 elected justice of the peace, which offiee was held by him for thirty-six consecutive years. In 1849 he was chosen as super- visor of his township, and still holds the office. He was for many years justice of sessions, and was during 1879 and 1880 the representative of his district in the State Legislature. Mr. Shuit has in these posi- tions manifested devotion to dnty and marked ability. His constituents discerning this fact, have testified their confidence in the willing suffrages they have accorded him. He was among the most ardent sup- porters of the government during the late conflict, and personally superintended the raising of recruits and their equipment. His services are much in de- mand in the adjustment of estates, and in matters in- volving the amicable settlement of claims. Mr. Shuit is a Republican in politics, having espoused its prinei- ples as more closely allied to those of the old Whig doctrines of his early years. He is a liberal supporter of church and school interests, to both of which he has generously contributed.

PETER P. PARROTT.

Mr. Parrott is a native of New Hampshire, having been born in Portsmouth. During the year 1837 he removed to Orange County and located at Woodbury, in the township of Monroe, where he assumed the managment of the interests of the Woodbury Iron Company. The following year he became identified with the charcoal furnace located at Greenwood, in the same township, having removed to the latter place, and managed successfully the business of both enter- prises. The Greenwood property was at this time in the hands of individuals with whom Mr. Parrott be- came soon after associated as joint proprietor. In

Morgan is a native of Ridgefield, Conn., where his birth occurred Jan. 12, 1812, and where his early years were spent. Mr. Shuit's educational opportuni- ties were of a very limited character, and his success- ful and useful career may be attributed in a greater : 1853, in connection with his brother, Robert P. Par-

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rott, he constructed the present anthracite furnace, and eventually became its sole owner. He continued in this relation until his sons were recently admitted to a partnership, under the style of The Parrott Iron Company. The ores of this immediate section are superior in quality, and embrace the Warwick, Bull, Hogencamp, Mount Bashan, O'Neil, and other mines. Of these, the O'Neil mine, owned by Mr. Parrott, has yielded the main supply, and been suc- cessfully worked for a period of fifty years. The capacity of the anthracite furnace is 200 tons per week, which is principally used in the manufacture of hardware and stove-plates. An important branch of industry in connection with this enterprise is the manufacture of mineral wool or silicate cotton. This is produced from the vitreous molten earthy refuse called slag while the latter is yet in a liquid condi- tion. Steam or air-jets are blown with strong pressure through small streams of the slag, converting the latter into a continuous spray of red-hot filaments, which are intermixed with small particles of chilled slag in the form of globules or shot. By means of air-drafts and subdivisions of the receiving chambers different grades of wool are obtained, which are pressed in bags and boxes to a consistency which will prevent its further settling when in use. This mate- rial has been proved a perfect non-conductor between heat and cold, and has found a ready market.

This apparent digression in the biographical sketch of Mr. Parrott will doubtless convey an accurate idea of the successful career which he has achieved ; not as the result of promising beginnings and ample capital, but wholly as the reward of energy and busi- ness capacity. He may in the largest sense be iden- tified with the self-made men of the county of Orange. Mr. Parrott, though not ambitious for pub- lic distinction, is ever found associated with the best interests of his village and township, Greenwood being substantially a hamlet founded and nur- tured by himself. In politics Mr. Parrott is a Republican. His religious predilections are in harmony with the tenets of the Protestant Episcopal Church. Together with his brother he erected St. John's Episcopal church at Greenwood, and also donated land for the building of a Roman Catholic house of worship. Mr. Parrott was in 1843 united in marriage to Miss Mary, daughter of Richard D. Arden, Esq., of Phillipstown, Putman Co., N. Y., to whom eight children were born.

ALEXANDER THOMPSON.

The Thompson family, one of the most influential in Monroe township, are of Irish extraction. Wil- liam Thompson, the grandfather of the subject of this biographical sketch, was for years a resident of Chester, where his death occurred. His children were George, Robert, Phineas H., Benjamin, and

two danghters, Elizabeth and Keturah. Of this number, Phineas H., the father of Alexander, was born July 4, 1789, and was, Dec. 23, 1812, united in marriage to Miss Rachel, daughter of Birdseye Young. To Mr. and Mrs. Thompson eleven children were born in the following order: Elizabeth, Har- rison, Charles, Phineas, Alexander, Cornelia Y., Keturah, Isaac H., Virgil, Nathan Y., and Ed- mund. Alexander, whose life is here briefly re- viewed, was born Aug. 27, 1820, in the township of Monroe, upon the homestead which is his present residence. He availed himself of such limited advan- tages of education as the public school afforded, and afterwards determined to render himself inde- pendent of the freaks of a capricious fortune by the acquirement of a substantial trade. He repaired to Newburgh and became a skillful carpenter, contin- uing his pursuits for some years, and eventually re- turning again to the homestead. Mr. Thompson was married, Feb. 19, 1856, to Miss Eleanor, daughter of Peter Bush, Esq., of Monroe. Their children are Phineas H., Ella B., and Alexander, all of whom re- side with their parents. Mr. Thompson has latterly devoted his energies to the labors of an agriculturist, and has made the dairy a specialty. In this, as in other occupations to which his abilities have been directed, he has been eminently successful. He is actively interested in the Farmers' Creamery Asso- ciation of Turners, of which organization he is presi- dent. In his political affiliations Mr. Thompson is a Democrat, though in no sense a politician, preferring rather the quiet routine of his daily employments to the excitements of public life. He is a worshiper at the Presbyterian Church in Monroe, of which Mrs. Thompson and her daughter are members.

PETER TURNER.

Peter Turner, the son of Gilbert and Hannah (Brewster) Turner, may with justice be numbered among the most enterprising and capable of the busi- ness men of the township of Monroe. He was a na- tive of Putnam Co., N. Y., and was born March 14, 1794. The Turner family removed to Monroe in 1808, and Peter during his early life engaged in farming pursuits. His ambitious spirit prompted him to seek a wider field of usefulness than was at the time pre- sented on the farm, and on the projection of the Erie Railroad he discerned in the location known as Turner's a point destined to grow in importance with the completion of the thoroughfare. He immediately erected a hotel, purchased the mill-property, and made other improvements, which caused the station of Turner's to become an influential centre of business. Its convenient distance from New York rendered it popular as a place of refreshment for railroad travel- ers, and Mr. Turner speedily became one of the most popular caterers on the Erie Railroad. He was mar- ried Nov. 16, 1816, to Miss Mary Ann, daughter of

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Jame- Galloway, and was the father of four sons,- Charles. James G .. and Gilbert, who reside in Monroe, and Theron S., whose residence is Cornwall-on-the- Hudson. Mr. Turner was a second time married, November. 1866, to Mrs. Lavinia Wiley, who survives him.

Iu polities Mr. Turner was a stanch Republican. Being absorbed with his daily avocations, he found little inclination for the engrossing demands of public life, and was indifferent to official houors. In all business relations he enjoyed a reputation for energy, sagacity, and strict integrity. MIr. Turner, though not connected with any religious denomination, was a liberal supporter of the gospel, and contributed equally to the Presbyterian and Methodist Churches of the township during his lifetime. His career was a marked example of the success which arises from humble beginnings, and is the result of ceaseless toil combined with sound business principles. The death of Mr. Turner occurred Oct. 16, 1875, at his residence in Turner's village.

PETER B. BUSH.

The early representatives of the Bush family emi- grated from Holland, though little is known of their history by the descendants now residing in Monroe. Henry. the grandfather of Peter B., was a native of Orange County, and the father of the following sons and daughters: Samuel, John, Peter H., Henry, Wil- liam, Martha, Rebecca, Rachel, and Margaret. Peter H., the third in order of birth, was born in northern New Jersey. Nov. 11, 1783, and later became a resi- dent of Ramapo, Rockland Co .. N. Y., where he pursued his vocation of millwright. He was united in marriage to Miss Mary. daughter of James Smith, of Monroe, to whom were born children named respectively Matilda, Mary Ann, Henry, James, and Margaret. By a second union, with Miss Abigail Smith, a sister of the first Mrs. Bush, his children were Elizabeth, Samuel J., Peter B., Nathaniel D., Rachel, Sarah, Eleanor, Cornelius, Arminda, Phebe, and Hudson. Mr. Bush survived until May 4, 1836, and died in his hfry-third year. The birth of his son Peter B. occurred June S, 1820, in Orange County. The family at a late period removed to a farm in the vicinity of the Greenwood Iron-Works. where he availed himself of the exceedingly limited opportuni- ties for education which the district afforded. The death of his father, while the children were still in their growing years, entailed a heavy responsibility upon Peter B. He, however, manfully accepted the situation, and thus added greatly to the comfort and prosperity of the family. In 1:53 he purchased the homestead farm and became its sole owner. In 1862. Mr. Bush changed his residence, and became the pro- prietor of the estate ou which he at present resides. He was married, in 1558, to Miss Harriet, daughter of David Ford, of Monroe, and has three children,-

Minnie, H. Greeley, and Samuel. Mr. Bush is a Republican in politics, having been in early years an Old-Line Whig. aud cast his first vote for Henry Clay, in 1844. He manifests much interest in the success of his party and its principles, but declines any participation in the official honors which accom- pany its victories. Mr. Bush affiliates with the Methodist Episcopal Church at Monroe, of which Mrs. Bush is a member.

JOHN GOFF.

The ancestors of the Goff family in America were early emigrants from Ireland, and probably first set- tled on Long Island, whence the progenitors of John Goff came to Orange County. Mr. Goff was born in Monroe township, Oct. 19, 1800, and passed the early portion of his life at the home of his parents, Michael and Elizabeth Goff. He continued farming occupa- tions until the age of manhood : was united in mar- riage, April 5. 1821, to Miss Phebe, daughter of Gilbert and Hannah Turner, and then, desiring a more extended field of labor, removed to New York City, where he was for fourteen years engaged in the milk business. He returned again to Monroe, and resided for four years upon the Turner homestead, after which he removed to the village of Monroe, and purchased what is known as the MeGarrah prop-

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History of Orange County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of many of its pioneers and prominent men, Part 196

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