USA > New York > Oswego County > History of Oswego County, New York, with illustrations and Biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers > Part 94
Note: The text from this book was generated using artificial intelligence so there may be some errors. The full pages can be found on Archive.org (link on the Part 1 page).
Part 1 | Part 2 | Part 3 | Part 4 | Part 5 | Part 6 | Part 7 | Part 8 | Part 9 | Part 10 | Part 11 | Part 12 | Part 13 | Part 14 | Part 15 | Part 16 | Part 17 | Part 18 | Part 19 | Part 20 | Part 21 | Part 22 | Part 23 | Part 24 | Part 25 | Part 26 | Part 27 | Part 28 | Part 29 | Part 30 | Part 31 | Part 32 | Part 33 | Part 34 | Part 35 | Part 36 | Part 37 | Part 38 | Part 39 | Part 40 | Part 41 | Part 42 | Part 43 | Part 44 | Part 45 | Part 46 | Part 47 | Part 48 | Part 49 | Part 50 | Part 51 | Part 52 | Part 53 | Part 54 | Part 55 | Part 56 | Part 57 | Part 58 | Part 59 | Part 60 | Part 61 | Part 62 | Part 63 | Part 64 | Part 65 | Part 66 | Part 67 | Part 68 | Part 69 | Part 70 | Part 71 | Part 72 | Part 73 | Part 74 | Part 75 | Part 76 | Part 77 | Part 78 | Part 79 | Part 80 | Part 81 | Part 82 | Part 83 | Part 84 | Part 85 | Part 86 | Part 87 | Part 88 | Part 89 | Part 90 | Part 91 | Part 92 | Part 93 | Part 94 | Part 95 | Part 96 | Part 97 | Part 98 | Part 99 | Part 100 | Part 101 | Part 102 | Part 103 | Part 104 | Part 105 | Part 106 | Part 107 | Part 108 | Part 109 | Part 110 | Part 111 | Part 112 | Part 113 | Part 114 | Part 115 | Part 116
Walter Switts, Jr. Entisted Sept., 1864, in the 24th N. Y. Cav. ; musician ; promoted.
Abel Palmer. Entisted Sept., 1861, in Battery B; discharged, and re-enlisted Feb., 1864.
Wmn. Wightman. Enl'd Jan., 1864, in the 24th N. Y. Cav. ; sergt. Edwin C. Devendorf. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf., sergeant.
James H. Devendorf. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. Martin Benson. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. Robert Blackman. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf.
Silvanus Wilson. Enlisted Sept., 1861, in the Art. ; promoted sergt. ; re-enlisted 1864. Elias Lagrange.
Ezra Babcock. Enlisted Aug., 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf. Harrold Danks.
Charles Mallory. Enlisted Sept., 1861, in the 101st N. Y. V .; re- enlisted in 1863 in the 40th N. Y .; pro. to sorgt. ; wounded.
James Donley. Enlisted August, 1864, in the 21st Bat.
Lewis De Bow. Enlisted September, 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. ; died at homs Oet. 1, 1876.
Godfrey Fidler. Enlisted September, 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. John M. Carver. Enlisted September, 1862, in the 21st Art.
Barney W. Veeder. Enlisted April, 1861, in the 24th N. Y. V. ; pro- moted to corp .; then to 2d sergt. ; wounded at 2d Bull Run, Aug. 30, 1862; lay six days on the field without food or help.
Byron II. Devendorf. Enlisted Sept., 1862, in the 21 st N. Y. Bat. David Gregory. Enlisted Feb., 1861, in the 189th N. Y. Inf. Horace Ladd. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf.
Curtis A. Fargo. Enlisted Ang., 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf. ; pro- moted to lieut.
William Johnson. Enlisted Aug., 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf. John Hewitt. Enlisted Oct .. 1862, in the Flying Art. ; pro. to eurp. Franklin Hewitt. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf.
Lewis Bort. Enlisted Ang., 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf.
Charles F. Williamson. Enlisted Aug., 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf. Earl Egleston. Enlisted Aug., 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf.
Onias J. Nellis. Enlisted Ang., 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf .; re- enlisted in the 95th Vt. as lieut.
J. Wilson Burt. Enlisted Feb. 13, 1864, in the 149th N. Y. Inf. ; died at Nashville, July 20, 1864.
George Burless. Enlisted Jan. 15, 1864, in the 24th N. Y. Cav. ; died at Camp Stoneman in 1864.
Decatur Russel. Entisted May 28, 1862, in the 147th N. Y. Inf. ; pro. to sergt .; died Nov. 28, 1863, at N. Y., of wounds.
Sylvester Lorin. Enlisted Jan. 7, 1864, in the 24th N. Y. Cav. ; died Jan. 13, 1864, at Washington.
Austin Burrows. Enlistod Aug. 15, 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf .; died Aug., 1863, near New Orleans, from sickness.
Albert Avery. Enlisted in 1863, in the 24th II. Art. ; died Angust, 1864, at Savage Station.
Gilbert Devendorf. Enlisted in 1861, in the 24th N. Y. Inf .; killed Ang. 30, 1862.
John Gillispie. Enlisted August, 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf. Jerry Pero. Enlisted February, 1864, in the 149th N. Y. Inf.
Henry Dudley. Enlisted February, 1864, in the 149th N. Y. Inf. Perry Case. Enlisted July, 1861, in the 1st N. Y. Cav. ; re-enlisted March, 1864; in Andersonville and Florence prisons ten months. Orrin Case. Enlisted Sept., 1862, in the 101st N. Y. Inf. ; re-enlisted in the Il1th Regt. in 1864.
Charles Case. Enlisted Sept., 1862, in the 21st Battery ; sick and discharged ; dicd at Brewerton while on his way bome.
Bardett Easton. Enlisted Sept., 1862, in the 147th N. Y. Inf.
William Church. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. ; pro- moted 3d sergeant.
Tyler Church. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf.
John G. Smith. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 9th Art.
Ashley Clapp. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf.
Phillip Metzger. Enlisted Nov. 15, 1861, in the 101st N. Y. Inf. ; sergeant ; transferred to 40th N. Y.
Clinton Owens. Enlisted August, 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf. Jonathan Babeoek. Enlisted August, 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf. llenry Davis. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf.
Dexter Slusson. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. George Hitt. Enlisted August, 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf. Ovid Johnson. Enlisted Sept., 1861, in the 101st N. Y. Iuf. John J. Craig. Enlisted Sept., 1862, in the 119th N. Y. Inf. William Shrader. Enlisted Sept., 1862, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. Franklin Shrader. Enlisted Feb., 1864, in the 24th N. Y. Cav.
Warner Kenyon. Enlisted Aug., 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf. Newell Smith. Enlisted Ang., 1862, in the 21st N. Y. Cav. ; pro- moted sergeant; died Oet. 18, 1864, at Norfolk, Va.
James Wilson. Enlisted Sept. 15, 1861, in the 101st N. Y. Inf .; wounded at Bull Run, Ang. 30, 1862.
John Smith. Enlisted Aug., 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf. ; kitled at Port Hudson, June 14, 1863.
Andrew llerrick. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 181th N. Y. Inf. ; pro- moted corporal.
Henry Rumsey. Enl'd as eapt., Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. Willis Aiken, Enlisted May, 1861, in the 24th N. Y. Inf.
Atbert Snow. Enl'd Sept., 1862, in the 149th N. Y. Inf. ; wounded at Chancellorsville, May 4, 1863 : clerk at Gen. Grant's headq'rs. Henry Cume. Enlisted Sept., 1862, in the 119th N. Y. Inf. Jerry O. Marron. Enlisted Dee., 1863, in the 24th N. Y. Cav. Eli Rout. Enlisted Sept. 5, 1861, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. Charles Root. Enlisted Sept. 5, 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. Wm. Etter. Enl'd Ang. 13, 1862, in the 122d N. Y. Inf. ; twice w'd. Aaron Sanders. Enlisted Aug. 30, 1862, in the 140th N. Y. Inf. Robert Beeby. Enlisted Feb., 1864, in the 149th N. Y. Inf.
Geo. W. Woodin. Enl'd as enpt., Sept., 1861, in the 101st N. Y. Inf .; re-enlisted in the 184th, as Ist lieutenant, in 1864.
366
HISTORY OF OSWEGO COUNTY, NEW YORK.
Chas. E. Coville. Eul'd as capt., Feb. 15, 1864, in the 149th N. Y. Inf. George Fancher. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 21st Art.
J. Horton Dewey. Enlisted Ang. 29, 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf. George AIl. Enlisted Sept., 1862. in the 147th N. Y. Inf. Hamilton All. Enlisted Sept., 1862, in the 21st Art. George Cop. Enlisted Sept. 5, 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. Charles Hopkins. Enlisted Aug. 6, 1864, in the 110th N. Y. Inf. Andrew Humphrey. Enlisted Aug. 6, 1864, in the 110th N. Y. Inf. Alex. Humphrey. Enlisted Aug. 6, 1864, in the 110th N. Y. Inf. Edward W. Doan, Enlisted Nov., 1861, in the 3d N. Y. Bat. Jacob Farrington. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 21st Art.
Barber Kenyon. Enlisted as sergt., Sept. 29, 1861, in the 21st Art. ; promoted 2d lieut. Feb., 1863.
Horace Hoyt. Enlisted Sept. 1, 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. Nelson W. Bates. Enlisted as surgeon, Jan. 17, 1865, in the 110th N. Y. Inf.
George S. McAllister. Enlisted March, 1863, in the 3d N. Y. Art. Dudley Winters. Enlisted teamster, Mar. 29, 1864, in the 149th N. Y. Inf.
Lewis Kenney. Enl'd Sept. 5, 1862, in the 149th N. Y. Inf. ; prom. eorporal at Fredericksburg.
Samuel Wood. Enlisted Sept. 3, 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. John Manny. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf.
Robert Vincet. Enl'd Oct., 1863, in the 24th N. Y. Cav .; wounded at Cold Harhor.
Wm. Nickerson. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. Edward Nickerson. Enlisted Jan., 1863, in the 22d N. Y. Cav. Warren Ilarvey. Enlisted June 30, 1861, in the 24th N. Y. Inf. Wm. Klock. Enlisted June 30, 1862, in the 149th N. Y. Inf. James Kellogg. Enlisted Feb., 1864, in the 24th N. Y. Cav. John W. White. Enl'd Sept. 1, 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. ; inju'd. John F. White. Enl'd Sept. 1, 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. ; inju'd. Wm. Buckley. Enlisted Sept. 1, 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. Amas Root. Eul'd Sept., 1863, in the 15th N. Y. Cav. ; pro. corp. Adelbert Gibson. Enlisted Dec., 1863, in the 24th N. Y. Cnv. Robert Priest. Enlisted Dec., 1863, in the 24th N. Y. Cnv .; died Jan., 1867, at Coughdenoy.
Wm. Priest. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf.
Giles S. Bradley. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf.
Arthur Chappell. Enlisted Jan, 8, 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. ; pro. to corp., then to sergt.
Montgomery Fuller. Enl'd Sept. 15, 1861, in the 101st N. Y. Inf .; re-enlisted in the 40th N. Y., Aug., 1864.
John Fidler. Enlisted Sept. 1, 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. Erie D. Ladd. Enlisted Aug. 10, 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf.
Jobn A. Perkins. Enlisted Sept. 15, 1861, in the 101st N. Y. Inf. David Waterbury. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf .; re- enlisted in 101st.
Philip Waterbury. Enlisted Jan., 1864, in the 24th N. Y. Cav. James Warn. Enlisted Feb., 1864, in the 24th N. Y. Cav.
George Warn. Enlisted Feh., 1864, in the 24th N. Y. Cav. ; re-enI'd in 1861, in 24th Cav.
Robert Parker. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf.
Nelson Damutt. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf.
Henry Damutt. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. Ira Woodward. Unknown.
Wm. Tucker. Enlisted Aug., 1862, in the 149th N. Y. Inf. Horates Bellows. Enlisted Sept. 5, 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. Jacob Vanantwerp. Enlisted Sept. 5, 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. George Campbell. Enlisted Sept. 5, 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf.
Orman Eggleston. Enlisted Aug., 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf .; re-enlisted in 1864.
Aaron Bellows. Enlisted Jan., 1864, in the 3d N. Y. Art.
Wm. Dean. Enlisted Jan., 1864, in the 21st N. Y. Bat.
Alvin Pierce. Enlisted Aug. 9, 1864, in the 110th N. Y. Inf .; died at Coughdenoy.
Andrew Fargo. Enlisted Aug., 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf.
J. M. Barr. Enlisted Nov., 1861, in the 101st N. Y. Inf.
Andrew Stevens. Enlisted Dec. 18, 1863, in the 24th N. Y. Cnv .; wounded before Richmond.
Darius Chappell. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. Lucius Worth. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf. Sheroy Ladd. Enlisted Jan., 1863, in the 24th N. Y. Cnv.
George Perfield. Enlisted Aug., 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf. James Perfield. Enlisted Feb., 1864, in the 24th N. Y. Cav.
Constence Southworth. Enlisted Feb., 1864, in the 149th N. Y. Inf. ; lost an arm.
Jay Salshury. Enlisted Aug., 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf. Maleolm Graham. Enlisted in the navy.
James Riee. Enlisted Sept., 1861, in the 101st N. Y. V. Edwin Graves. Enlisted Aug., 1862, in the 110th N. Y. V.
Edwin Wilson. Enlisted Aug., 1862, in the 110th N. Y. V.
George Robinson. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. V. Joseph Rushlow. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 93d N. Y. V.
Jesse Rushlow. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 93d N. Y. V. Jonathan Town. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. V.
llenry Johnson. Enlisted Aug. 4, 1862, in the 110th N. Y. V. ; pro- moted corporal.
Freeman Morse. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. V.
Lewis Wilson. Enlisted Sept., 1861, in the 101st N. Y. V., as sergt. Peter Cole. Enlisted Sept., 1861, in the 24th N. Y. V .; re-enlisted in 189th in 1864.
George Miller. Enlisted Feb., 1864, in the 149th N. Y. V.
George Dunn. Enlisted June, 1862, in the 118th N. Y. V.
Luke Tryon. Enlisted Sept., 1861, in the 81st N. Y. V., ns eorp. John llopkins. Enlisted Sept., 1862, in the 21st N. Y. Bat.
Charles Hopkins. Enlisted Jan. 3, 1863, in the 16th Regt. ; pro. corp.
George Anderson. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. V. Walter Ilumphry. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. V.
Henry Keller. Enlisted 1861, in the 24th N. Y. V .; re-enlisted in the 110th N. Y.
Joseph Keller. Enlisted Aug., 1862, in the 110th N. Y. V.
James H. Wood. Enlisted Sept. 15, 1862, in the 110th N. Y. V., as Ist lieut.
Henry Beeby. Enlisted Aug., 1861, in the 3d N. Y. Cav., as sergt. ; re-enlisted in the 22d Cav. as Ist lieut.
II. C. Devendorf. Enlisted Aug., 1862, in the 110th N. Y. V., as eapt. ; pro. major.
Freeman Anderson. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 21st N. Y. Bat. James lloyt. Enlisted Aug., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. V.
Franeis Hoyt. Enlisted Aug., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. V. Montgomery Perkins. Enlisted 1861, in the 101st N. Y. V.
Joseph Howard. Enlisted Sept., 1861, in the 101st N. Y. V., consoli- dated with the 37th N. G., then with the 40th N. Y .; re-enlisted in the same in 1863.
Myron Covill. Enlisted Sept., 1861, in the 101st N. Y. V.
. Iliram Covill. Eniisted Sept., 1861, in the 101st N. Y. V.
Frank Covill. Enlisted Sept., 1861, in the 101st N. Y. V.
Wm. Dennis. Enlisted Sept., 1861, in the 101st N. Y. V.
Enens H. Potter. Enlisted Sept., 1861, in the 101st N. Y. V .; after the battle of Fredericksburg sickened, and died in hospital.
Folger Graves. Enlisted Sept., 1861, in the 101st N. Y. V.
Charley Mallner. Enlisted Sept., 1861, in the 101st N. Y. V .; pro. sergt .; re-enlisted in the 40th.
Luther Hayes. Enlisted Sept., 1861, in the 101st N. Y. V.
George Hall. Enlisted in 1861, in the 101st N. Y. V.
Charles Hall. Enlisted in 1861, in the 101st N. Y. V.
Augustus Cunningham. Enlisted in 1861, in the 101st N. Y. V.
Harvey Travis. Enlisted in 1861, in the 24th N. Y. V.
Edward Myers. Enlisted in 1861, in the 24th N. Y. V .; re-enlisted. Armon Northway. Enl'd in 1861, in the 101st N. Y. V .; was shot.
Orange Hoyt. Enlisted in 1864, in the 184th N. Y. V .; trans. 23d N. Y. Art.
John Carver. Enlisted in 1862, in the 21st N. Y. Bat.
Avery Tinker. Enlisted in 1862, in the 110th N. Y. V.
Lorenza Cable. Enlisted in 1864, in the 16th N. Y. Heavy Art.
John Houek. Enlisted in 1862, in the 12th N. Y. V. Oliver Munsel. Enlisted in 1862, in the 110th N. Y. V. Ilulbert Morehouse. Enlisted in 1862, in the 110th N. Y. V .; died, 1870, at Brewerton.
John W. Walrath. Enlisted in 1861, in the 24th N. Y. V. ; wounded in the arm.
Porter Warn. Enlisted in 1864, in the 24th N. Y. Cav.
Corrin Ladd. Enlisted in 1862, in the 9th N. Y. Inf. Leroy Ladd. Enlisted in 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf. Urbane Ladd. Enlisted in 1861, in the 101st N. Y. Inf. Dr. Wm. H. Rice. Enlisted in 1862, in the 184th N. Y. Inf.
Benjamin C. Barnes. Enlisted in 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf. Harvey Gregory. Enlisted in 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf.
367
HISTORY OF OSWEGO COUNTY, NEW YORK.
Robert Vincent. Enlisted in Sept., 1862, in the 119th N. Y. Inf .; died May, 1863, at Falmouth ; buried at Brewerton.
Moses Potter. Enlisted Dec. 23, 1863, in the 21st Art. ; a prisoner eight months ; died at Hastings.
Andrew J. Bowers. Enlisted Sept. 15, 1861, in the 101st N. Y. Inf., as sorgt .; died Sept., 1862, at Chantilly battle-field.
Alver Fanchir. Enlisted Aug. 11, 1862, in the 101st N. Y. V .; died Dec. 23, 1862, at Fortress Monroe.
Gilbert Devendorf. Enlisted in 1861, in the 24th N. Y .; wounded ; missing.
Alfred Parmenter. Enlisted August 7, 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf. ; died March 10, 1864, at Tortugas.
Stephen Young. Enlisted Aug., 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf .; died Oct. 30, 1863, at Baton Rouge.
Joseph Chrisman. Enlisted Nov. 1861, in the 110th N. Y. Inf. ; died June 3, 1863, New Orleans.
Martin Flowers. Enl'd Sept. 15, 1861, in the 101st N. Y. Inf. ; pro. lo corp. ; died Sept. 22, 1862, at Donglas.
Alexander Rushlow. Enlisted Feb. 12, 1864, in the 149th N. Y. Inf. ; died April 2, 1864, at Elmira.
Ezra Hall. Enlisted 1864, in the 149th N. Y. Inf .; died June 8, 1865, at Savannah.
Robert Shepherd. Enlisted August, 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf. ; died Oet. 15, 1863, at New Liberia.
Edgar Waterbury. Enlisted Sept., 1861, in the 10Ist N. Y. Iuf. ; died August, 1862, at Harrison's Landing.
Edwin Waterbury. Enlisted Angust, 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf .; died July, 1863, at New Orleans.
Mengo Ottman. Enlisted August, 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf .; died March, 1863, at New Orleans.
Isaac Waterbury. Enlisted Sept., 1861, in the 101st N. Y. Inf. ; died at Ilastings, June, 1862.
Henry Ladd. Enlisted August, 1861, in the 101st N. Y. Inf. ; died at Harrison's Landing, August, 1862.
Lemonel Ludd. Enlisted May, 1861, in the 24th N. Y. Inf. ; died at Ist Bull Run.
Hiram Lincoln. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf., as ord. sergt. ; died on his way home.
Irvin Carl. Enlisted Sept., 1864, in the 184th N. Y. Inf .; hospital steward ; died on his way home.
George Hoyt. Enlisted Angust, 1862, in the 110th N. Y. Inf .; died in Louisiana.
Henry Hopkins. Enlisted 1864, in the 21st N. Y. Battery; died in Louisiana.
WEST MONROE.
WEST MONROE was formed from Constantia March 21, 1839. It is situated upon the north shore of Oneida lake, southeast of the centre of the county. The southern por- tion of the town is (with the exception of a small tract upon the bank of the lake) a wild, swampy region, wholly unfit for cultivation. One of these marshes covers a sur- face of upwards of one thousand acres, a considerable por- tion of which produces cranberries. The northern part of the town is wild, broken, and stony, and is but thinly settled.
The principal building stone is the red, or Medina, sand- stone, which crops out along the valleys. An iron ore has been discovered in the northern part of the town, and it is said that traces of lead and silver have also been found. The soil is a sandy loam, which sometimes produces good crops of wheat and corn, but is better adapted to grazing.
Until the past few years there were two post-offices within the town. That at Union Settlement has been dis- continued, and the only one remaining is at West Monroe station, on the New York and Oswego Midland railroad, south of the centre of the town. The principal business of the inhabitants is that of lumbering.
The first settlement was made in 1806, by Martin Owens, Abel Ames, Joseph B. Ames, Ebenezer Loomis, and Syl- vanus Allen. Martin Owens came from Fabius, Onondaga county, and located upon the farms now occupied by Mrs. Oyer and Mr. Julius Beardsley. Mr. Owens remained an inhabitant of West Monroe until the year 1847, when he moved to the State of Wisconsin, where he died a few years later. Abel Ames settled upon the farm owned at present by Mr. John Slocomb. He died in the town in the year 1844, leaving four sons, one of whom is still living. Joseph B. Ames was without a family ; he lived with his brother Abel for a number of years.
Ebenezer Loomis located upon the farm now occupied by
Hiramı Rea. He lived upon the old place until 1830, when he moved to Cicero, Onondaga county, where he died. Syl- vanus Allen was a native of Shelburne, Massachusetts. He took up the land now occupied by Mr. George Campbell, aud built a rude log house, which he afterwards replaced by a frame building. He lived upon this place until the year 1841, when he moved to the town of Lysander, Onondaga county. He returned to West Monroe in 1854, aud died at the residence of his son, in 1865. Mr. Allen had, at the time of his death, been married sixty years, his family consisting of his wife and nine children. His death was the first in the family, and the death of his wife, in 1871, was the second. The children are all living, with the exception of a son, who died in 1873.
Deacon Smith came into the town from Massachusetts in 1808, and located upon the line between Hastings and West Monroc. He came for the purpose of carrying on the lumbering business, and during the year he not only completed his house, but commenced the construction of the first saw-mill within the town, which was completed and in operation the year following. Hiram Niekinson came into the town from Massachusetts in 1810, and located upon lot 75 of this township. During that year also a company of fishermen from Cape Cod, having heard of the remarkable number of salmon that were taken annually in Oneida lake, came to West Monroe with their families. Some of this company were Enoch Nickinson, Captain Walker, and the five sons of the latter. They brought their nets, and en- deavored for a time to gain a livelihood by catching salmon for the city markets. This, however, soon became unprofit- able, and the few of the company who remained in town located near the shore of the lake, and turned their atten- tion to farming.
During the year 1810 a log school-house was erected upon
368
HISTORY OF OSWEGO COUNTY, NEW YORK.
the main road, about a mile west of the present post-office. The first school taught in the town was in this building during the fall and winter following. In the year 1811, Deacon Smith erected a frame building, which he kept as a hotel (the first in town) through the war of 1812.
During the years that followed, but few settlers came into this locality. Those who had done so spent their time in making improvements. Roads were opened through the woods to various points. Every year found more acres under cultivation. The rude log cabins, which had been hastily constructed during the first years of settlement, were replaced by comfortable frame houses.
In the year 1820 an unusually large number of settlers came into the town. Among them were Samuel Atherton, Aaron Raymond, John Pierce, Samuel P. Baker, John Wilson, Joseph Stall, Eleazer Slocum, Isaac Simmons, James Simmons, Silas Penoyer, Riswell Gates, James Pen- oyer, and Amasa Davis. Most of this company located in the eastern part of the town, at what is now known as Union Settlement. Mr. Aaron Raymond, during the year following, erected a saw-mill at this place. This was the first mill built east of the centre of the town.
About this time Mr. George Phillips located upon the lake, on the west side of the road leading to the harbor. The year following Mr. Linus Walker settled upon the west half of the lot taken up by Mr. Phillips.
Mr. Walker was unfortunately subject at intervals to attacks of insanity, during the continuance of which he is said to have performed wonderful feats in skating upon the ice. One day, early in the winter of 1829, he took down his skates and informed his family that he intended to skate across Oneida lake. As the lake was as yet but partially frozen over, his family and neighbors used every means in their power to prevent his venturing upon the ice. En- dowed, as it seemed, with almost superhuman strength, he succeeded in effecting his escape, and, with a wild laugh of derision, glided out over the treacherous covering of the lake. His friends, who had gathered upon the bank, could hear the ice crack beneath his weight, and used every endeavor to persuade him to return. Heedless of their entreaties, he continued his course. When last seen alive he was gliding swiftly past Frenchman's island, still steering directly towards the open water in the centre of the lake. Then his form vanished from view in the distance, and for many months no tidings were heard of the unfortunate skater. In the following June all doubts as to his fate, however faint, were set at rest by the finding of his body on the south shore of the lake. It is a noticeable fact that out of the five children left by Mr. Walker, two sons were afterwards accidentally drowned in the same water where their father had met his doom.
In the year 1834 the first store in West Monroe was built by Mr. Charles P. Jewell. The building is still standing, though it has for several years been used as a dwelling. From this time settlement was carried on more rapidly, and the town in 1840 contained nine hundred and eighteen inhabitants. A school had at this time been opened at Union Settlement. Although there were no church buildings or organized religious societies within the town, services were occasionally held in private buildings.
In the year 1844 a post-office was established at Union Settlement. Mr. Silas Penoyer was appointed the first post- master, and retained the office during the sixteen years of its continuance. In 1849 the first church was built by the Presbyterians. It was dedicated August 22, 1849. Mr. Samuel Leonard supplied the pulpit for a number of years.
During the next few years several mills were erected within the town, and lumbering was extensively carried on.
When the Rebellion broke out West Monroe did her full share in furnishing men and means to suppress it, and the feeling of the people is shown by the resolutions which were passed at a special town-meeting held on the 6th day of September, 1862. This, it will be remembered, was before any draft was ordered, and the bounty then provided for was offered merely out of a patriotie desire to furnish the due proportion of the town as speedily as possible. The resolutions were as follows :
" Whereas, It is the duty of the public and of loyal citi- zens to afford every aid within their power to sustain the general government in this her hour of peril; to furnish our proportion of men and means to subdue an accursed rebellion which threatens to overthrow civil and religious liberty in our beloved country ;
" Resolved, That we will pay to each and every volunteer, until our full quota for said regiment shall have been raised, the sum of twenty dollars ; provided, that the sum of said bounties shall not exceed five hundred dollars ; to be paid upon the mustering in of each and every such volunteer.
" Resolved, That we, as citizens of this town, will aid our government in every respect to the extent of our ability in putting down this causeless rebellion, now rampant and raging in our land ; that we will not cease our efforts until traitors receive their just reward ; until peace is again pro- claimed; until the government is fully restored and is in possession of all its legitimate rights and franchises in each and every State of this Union, and the tribute thereunto belonging."
Need help finding more records? Try our genealogical records directory which has more than 1 million sources to help you more easily locate the available records.