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Lewis Ingalls, enl. in the 3d Cav., Ang. 14, 1862 ; dis. 1865.
Jolin Ingalls, enl. in the 3d Cav., Ang. 28, 1862; dis. June 8, 1865. Meigs Case, surg., enl. in the 43d Regt.
The following residents of this town at date of enlistment were credited elsewhere :
James D. Stowell, enl. in Co. A, 16th Art., Jan. 1, 1864; received sunstroke at Dutch Gap; dis. May 14, 1865.
Stephen 1I. Drum, enl. in Co. B, 90th Regt , Sept. 2, 1864; in battlo of Cedur Creek.
Levi W. Broadwill, enl. Feb. 16, 1864; dis. July 6, 1865.
Francis Ciperly, eul. in Co. B, 90th Regt., Sept. 2, 1864; dis. June 3, 1865. Gro. W. Ingalls, enl. in Co. G, 3d Cav., June 5, 1864.
- llenry R. Abel, enl. in Co. F, Gad Regt., March 28, 1864 ; dis. July 10, 1865. Chauncey Cipperly, enl. in Co. 11, 90th Regt., Sept. 2, 1864; dis, June 3, 1:65. Wallace Betterley, enl. in Co. B, 90th Regt., Sept. 4, 1964 ; dis. June 4, 1-65. Ira S. Miller, enl. in Co. G, 20 11. Art., Jan. 8, 1862; dis. April 6, 1862.
Leroy Prast. enl. in Co. G, 3d Cav., Jan. 18, 1864.
Herman D. Yager, enl. in Co. 11, 5th H. Art., Jan. 5, 1864; dis. Sept. 28, 1804. Ezra 11. Van Alstyne, eul. in Co. G, 3d Cav .. Dec. 1863.
Geo. A. l'ardee, enl. in Co. G, 3d Cav., Jan. 1, 1864.
Alonzo R. Watkins, enl. in the 8th Bat., Jan. 5, 1864; dis. July 5, 1:65.
Allen 11. Green, Pnl. in Co. 11, 121st Regt., March 20, 1s64; dis. July 17, 1965. IMward W. Brewer, rul. in Co. G, Ed Cav., Jan, 13, 1864; dis. Nov. 29, 1x65. Milward B. Jewell, enl. in Co. B. 3d Cav., Jan. 20, 1-64 ; dis. Nov. 19, 185. De Witt (. Bunes, enl. in the 3] Cav., Jan. 20, 1914; die. Nov. 16. E. Reynolds, enl. in the int Cav .; dis. Nov. 2, 1865. John Jones, enl. in the ad Cav.
Elwaid H. Whitney, enl. in the Sth L. Art , Jan. 7, 1864; dis. 1865.
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BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
JAMES SLADE.
The subject of this sketch was born in the town of Westerloo, Albany Co., N. Y., Oct. 19, 1798. He was «vond son in a family of ten children-six sons and four daughters-of James Slade and Lois Barber ; the former a native of the New England States, and of English descent, the latter a native of Connecticut. His father was born May 30, 1770, and died in Westerloo, May 30, 1840. His mother was born March 4, 1775, aud died also in Westerloo, Dec. 31, 1836.
The subject of this memoir spent his early life on the farm at home. His father was a well-to-do farmer, and although he had a large family gave them the best oppor- tunities he could afford for obtaining an education, which was confined to the district schools. James so improved these rare opportunities that before coming of age he had taught school some two terms.
At the age of twenty-one he struck out into the world for himself, and, after working about one year on a farm for a neighbor, he started and made the trip on foot to explore, with a view of settling, for a homestead, and visited Penn- sylvania, going to the theu " far west" Buffalo, returning the same year. In 1820, Mr. Slade, with his father's assistance, bought 1142 acres of timber land in the town of Meredith, Delaware Co., N. Y., aud after erecting his log cabin returned to his native town, and the next month, Dec. 27, 1820, married Miss Samantha, daughter of Syl- vester Ford and Lydia Reed, of Westerloo, Albany Co., N. Y., both descendants of New England stoek.
Fully settled in his new home in the wilderness, all the obstacles of a pioneer lite loomed up before the minds of the new-comers in the strange forest ; but resolution, patience, a will to succeed, together with that natural business ability which has so developed itself in Mr. Slade's career in subsequent years, in the course of a few years cleared off the original forests, prepared the fields for the seed, and in the course of eleven years he had some SO aeres of his purchase ready for raising grain.
It was at this house that four of the children were born, Lumon Reed, Sherman Winslow, Theron Ford, and Lewis Sherrill. The third son died at the age of one year.
In the year 1832 Mr. Slade sold his farm and removed to the town of Oneont.i, Otsego County, and purchased 200 aeres of land, to which he has since made several additions, and where he has resided until the writing of this sketch. A view of his stone residence, surrounded by fruit-growing and ornamental trees of his own planting, showing the re- sult of his ambition and toil, together with the portraits of himself and wife, will be found ou another page of this work.
In polities Mr. Slade was first identified with the Fed- cralists, afterwards with the Whig party, and upon the for- mation of the Republican party became an ardent supporter of its principles, and has since remained unswervingzly in its ranks, always looking to principles involved rather than to the men representing them. He was a very strong advocate of anti-slavery principles, and a warm supporter of the Union cause during the late Rebellion.
At the age of twenty Mr. Slade became interested in the church, and united with the Baptist denomination in his native town ; and, upon coming to take up his residence in Oneonta, and finding no church of his persuasion, with others was one of the founders and organizers of the Bap- tist church in that place; and now he with two others are all that are left of the old landmarks of the church to give reminiscences of its pioneer days. Upon its organization Mr. Slade was elected one of the deacons of the church (David Yager being the other), and still retains that office, now in his eightieth year.
As he has been prospered with the goods of this world, he has been liberal in supplying the wants of those less fortunate, and in supporting all interests tending to make society better.
Mrs. Slade was a consistent Christian woman, remembered the needy and administered to their wants and necessities ; was a strong advocate of temperance, and reared her chil- dren under that discipline that contributes to true manhood and womanhood. Her many virtues are remembered by all who knew her. She died Oct. 15, 1875.
After removing to Oneonta there were born to Deacon and Mrs. Slade two children, Elvina (died in infancy) and Hamilton Ford, who married Miss Lucy Michael, of Daven- port, and resides on the old homestead, and care for their father as he walks down the decline of life.
CARLTON EMMONS.
Major Asa Emmons, father of the subject of this memoir, was married to Eunice Prentice, and was during the latter part of the eighteenth century a merchant in Harpersfield, Delaware Co., N. Y. About the year 1800 he removed to the town of Oneonta, Otsego County, and purchased several hundred aeres of timber land bordering on the banks of the Susquehanna river, and engaged extensively in lumbering, and by means of rafts on the river transported his lumber to Baltimore and other ports. He also, after clearing the land, carried on farming. He was an active business man, possessing that resolution and energy so characteristic of the men of that day. He died in Maryland, while there making sale of his lumber, in the year 1820.
Amid all his business Major Emmons did not forget the education of his children, but gave them the advantages of the schools at Iludson, Cooperstown, and other places. He received his title of major by regular gradations from the rauk and file in the State militia, and was familiarly associ- ated with the military parades on Fourth of July celebr :- tions, and as far back as 1819 the Otsego Herald says, " After making a few pertinent remarks, Major Emmons read the Declaration of Independence, followed by the orator of the day, Wm. S. Stow, Esq."
Major Emmons was well read in the current events of his times, and his son, Carlton, has preserved until 1878 some of the choice papers, one of which is The Balance, a paper printed at Hudson in 1808.
The Emmous family is supposed to be descended from English stock, and to be of New England extraction. Mrs. Major Emmons was a native of Harpersfichl; survived her husband some nineteen years; re-married (her second
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husband's name being Wm. Fairchild), and died in the year 1839.
Carlton was third child in the family of seven children ; a native of Otsego County, born Feb. 26, 1804. He has lived through the various changes from a wilderness to the present improvement in agriculture, wealth, aud enterprise. He spent his early life on the farm at home, and at the death of his father, when he was only sixteen years of age, he assumed the responsibility and charge of his father's business (ltis elder brother having been educated for a pro- fession); also carried on largely the lumbering interests, shipping to Washington, Philadelphia, and other markets. This, with farming, he carried on until the year 1840, when, the estate being settled, he bought 200 acres of land near East Onconta, to which he has since made additions of several hundred acres, and is now one of the largest land-owners in the county.
For some sixteen years Mr. Emmons kept a public-house at East Oneonta, where his hospitality, his genial disposition, his unostentatious manner, and general good cheer were ever ready to meet the stranger and welcome his friends.
The result of a life of activity, showing his improvements and surroundings and one of the most desirable localities in the town, may be seen, together with the portraits of himself and wife, on another page of this book. In politics Mr. Emmons has been an unswerving standard-bearer of the Democratic party ; a firm supporter of the constitution and the Union cause during the late Rebellion. Held iu such esteem by his fellow-citizens, he has held the office of justice of the peace for some four years, and was elected to the office of supervisor several terms.
Feb. 3, 1828, he married Miss Maria, daughter of Wm. Fairchild, of Cooperstown.
Mrs. Emmons early in life became identified with the Episcopal church, remaining warmly attached to its interests until her death, Aug. 1, 1871. She was a devoted wife and mother, and especially honored and respected by all who knew her for her many virtues.
To Mr. and Mrs. Emmons were born two children, Delos W., who married Miss Mary Stoddard, of Oneonta, and now resides in Huntington, West Virginia, and is the general superintendent of the Chesapeake and Ohio rail- road lands at that city ; Roxy A., widow of the late Julius T. Aldin, of Little Falls, N. Y.
Mr. Emmons is now in his seventy-fourth year, retaining to a remarkable degree the activity of both body and mind common to men much younger in years.
CHAPTER LVII. TOWN OF OTEGO.
Organization - Geographical - Topographical - First Settlers and their Loentions -- Initial Events-Incidents-First Town - Meeting -Officers Elected-Supervisors and Town Clerks from 1-22 to 1.75-Present Town Officials-Schools-Agricultural and General Statistics-Area-Assessed and Equalized Valuation-Population from 1822 to 1875.
OrEno was organized from Franklin, Delaware county, and Unadilla, April 12, 1822, as Huntsville. Its name was changed, and a part of Milford annexed April 15, 1830.
It lies on the sonth border of the county, and is bound -1 as follows: on the north by Lanrens, on the east by Oneonta, on the south by Delaware county, and on the west by Unadilla and Butternuts. Its surface is a hilly upland. The north part is separated into ridges 200 to 400 feet in height. The soil consists of a clay and sandy loam, and is well adapted to grazing and the raising of grains.
The settlement of the town commenced soon after the close of the Revolution. Among the first settlers was Ransom Hunt, who with a wife and four children came from Bennington, Vt., in about the year 1800, and pur- chased land on the present site of the village. He pur- chased several hundred acres of land at one dollar and twenty-five cents per acre. Mr. Hunt built the first tavern in the town, which was of logs, and stood a short distance south of the Sliter hotel. Seven years later, in 1807, he erected a frame tavern which he kept more than forty years. The old building, which was burned in April, 1877, stood on the site now occupied by the Sliter hotel. Mr. Hunt was a prominent pioneer, and did much to advance the in- terests of the settlement. His family consisted of four sons and two daughters. A daughter, Mrs. Hughston, resides in the village, and two sons, Harvey and Ransom, iu the town.
Another prominent early settler was Daniel Weller, who emigrated from Roxbury, Conn., in 1809, and located in the village. He was closely identified with the interests of the town, and was its first supervisor, and continued in office eight years. He was also a justice of the peace, and offi- ciated in that capacity nearly twenty years. Two daugh- ters reside in Laurens.
Other settlers in this vicinity were Johu Birdsall, Ben- jamin Cummings, Jacob Yates, and Joseph Pierce.
The early merchants in Otego were Smith & Morey, and Thaddeus R. Austin.
Daniel Weller was the pioneer blacksmith.
The first physician was John Wright, and the first attor- ney Benjamin Estes.
The first grist-mill was built by Ransom Hunt, and the first cloth-dressing mill by Phineas Cook. Mr. Cook set- tled on the east branch of the Otsdawa in the year 1800.
Nathan Emerson, from Connecticut, was a pioneer in the vicinity of Otsdawa, where he died. Two sons, Samuel L. and Lewis D., are residents of the town. Another prominent pioneer on the west branch of the Otsdawa was Henry Sheldon, who came from Rhode Island, in about the year 1817, and settled about two miles above Otero village. He reared a large family. One son, Timothy Shel- dou, resides in the vicinity. The old homestead is occupied by Mrs. Hopkins, a sister of Henry Sheldon. Jonathan Weaver was also an early settler from Rhode Island. Ile came into the town in about the year 1800, and located-on Smith's patent. about four miles from Otego. With Mr. Weaver came Thurston Brown. also from Rhode Island. who married his daughter, and located in the vicinity. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was in the engage- ment at Queenstown. A son, Thurston, resides in the town. and ocenpies the farm upon which he was born in 1s06. Benjamin Edson, a soldier of the Revolution, came front
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MRS.HELEN A.HALE.
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a =" hosts in 1910. Freeman Edson, S. L. Emerson, « .. !! unten Brown are the only surviving old settlers in .
. for 12 MY.
J . nick Martin came from Amsterdam, N. Y., in about . ", and witled on the east branch of the Otsdawa. His It . y resisted of ten children .- four sons and six daugh- A HD, Samuel. came with his father and settled upon w. s). iting fart. where he died, aged seventy-three years. himnus descendants are numbered among the respectable ur wns of the town.
King Hathaway and a son, Cephas, emigrated from the . hs lof shady habits" in about the year 1799, and set- . I st Ohisdawa. Cyrus and Lysander Hathaway reside in
James Wait was an carly settler, and located in the south-
**** part of the town in about the year 1805.
Samuel Thomas was also an early settler in this vicinity, u Briar creek.
Bacon Lester Newland settled in Otego, then known as Heaterille, in 1822: The old homestead is owned by his . .. Ili nry.
Other carly settlers were Peter Bundy, Barnard Over- ! wer, Benjamin Shepard, Daniel Lawrence, Rowland Carr, 2 An. A. Hodge, Michael Birdsall, Peter Scramling, Andrew IL. Jex, Nathan Birdsall, John Smith, Nahum Smith, Wil- Lsm Benedict, Parley Pember, Dan'l Shepherd, Isaac Ben- «jut, Benjamin Shepherd, Sylvester Goodrich, Isane Wolfe, Abraham Wolfe, Garret Quackenbush, Coonradt Wiles, . Russel Blakeley, Jedediah Tracy, Daniel Lawrence, Abra- 2.st Blakeley, Nathan Birdsall, Stephen Ford, Ebenezer Knapp, Chester Lamb, Elias Hinsdale, William Shepherd, Truman Trask. Daniel Knapp, Levi B. Packard, Solomou Fuller, Samuel Fisk, John Bollman, John Taylor, Deacon A.bael Packard, John Vermilyea, Mr. Williams, Mr. King.
The larger portion of the early settlers were from New England, though a not inconsiderable number were of Dutch extraction from the Mohawk valley. There being a marked difference in their character and habits, much trouble was the result. A fight was no uncommon occur- once upon the meeting of the Dutch and the " Yankees." and so common had it become that it was finally agreed that each side should choose a champion, and that these is" were to " fight it out," as representatives of the respec- wyr factions. Those selected for this perilous task wen. J.hn French and Peter Seramling. The contest took I've after the raising of the first saw-mill in the town by Korom Hunt. Three days had been spent in building the cam, and upon the day of the " raising" a keg of ram was furnished, and after the building had been successfully rxi-xl, and all had become comfortably merry, the cham- 1 .is closed for the contest. After a spirited fight. French " adjudged the victor, and thus ended the border tours."
The following interesting and valuable sketch of :::: early settlements of Otego was contributed is Mes. Hin nezer Blakely :
OTEGO.
The first settlements in Otego were made as caso as 17-7; some of the first being Dutch, from Albany etaty all the Mohawk valley and Schoharie. These jojtext-
tled along in the valley of the Susquehauna river. They were the Wins, Mericles, Seramlings, Calder, Snouse, and Wild, and Shellman, a famous hunter; and Vanderweriker, Hess, Overhisers on the north side of the river ; and on the south side were Jolin Christian, Seramling, Houtice, Smith, and Snouse. The latter was taken from the settlement at Old Schoharie and carried into Canada by Indians, and kept some three years before he escaped. He could speak their language, and was famous for his skill in making the rude plows used in his time.
The early settlers of English origin' from the eastern States, who settled at first on the south side of the river, were three brothers, Ogdens, who took lots above the pres- ent lower railroad bridge. Philo Goodin, John Wattles, Menos Goodrich, Rathbone, Northrup, Tracey, and 'Squire Birdsall, who eventually moved to the northerly side of the river, near the highway leading up Briar creek.
Captain Peter and Colonel Elisha Bundy also settled, for a short period, on the south side of the river, on the farm recently owned by Warren T. Godard.
On the north side of the river, beginning at the lower or southwesterly side of the town, the early settlers were the Fisks, from Connecticut, Ferry, Abner, and Elijah, the latter making his first settlement near to where the steam saw-mill, built recently by Barnes & Fox, was situated. Subsequently, on Briar creek. He was the father of Hon. Elijah Ferry, deceased.
The farm now owned by Mr. Burnside was originally set- tled by Abner Ferry, called the Peter Bundy farm, and the lot next above, where Mr. Root now lives, was settled by John Youmans, who kept a publie-house there for many years.
The Birdsalls and Youmans were from Dutchess Co., N. Y. ; Acker, Hornings, David Smith, 'Squire Birdsall. Ben- jamin Birdsall, Timothy Birdsall, David Blakeley, Michael Birdsall, who settled the farm now owned by Wm. Birdsall.
The farm bought by David Blakeley was originally settled by a squatter, with his log hut upon the bank of the river.
Daniel Weller, from Connecticut, was an early settler in about the year 1800.
Abram Blakeley and Ransom Hunt came in about 1800. Dr. Root, with his father, from Vermont.
T. R. Austin, from Connecticut, about 1800. He was an intelligent gentleman, and a merchant for nearly fifty years at Otego.
The first store started in what is now the village of Otego was kept by Nahum Smith & Morely, near the resi- dence of the late Dr. E. S. Saunders.
Ransom Hunt settled the farm now owned by Harvey Hunt, Esq., about 1800; built and kept a publie-house for many years ; was a member of the convention of 1-21. to amend and revise the constitution of New York, and built a grist-mill and saw-miil on the site of the present grist- and saw. mill owned by Jennings.
Riee settled the lot upon which the residence of Levi French was situated at the time of his decease, in 1972, on the easterly side of Otsdawa eroek.
The farm and lot owned by Win. Van Amee was orig- iually taken up by Ransom, who built the first saw-mill at
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the head of the ravine or rocky ledge on the Otsdawa creek, and afterwards by Captain Peter Bundy, who kept a public- house there, on the site now occupied by the dwelling of Henry Bundy.
Ephraim Sleeper (a Quaker) subsequently bought the saw-mill erected just below the ledge of rocks, a grist-mill, and a distillery. These mills were erected in abont 1795.
Colonel Elisha and Captain Peter Bundy were men of prominence in the early settlement, and each brought their family with them and engaged in lumbering and clearing their lands for farming. Their first settlement was on the southeasterly side of the river, but they eventually took lots on the Otsdawa creek, where l'eter erceted a saw-mill on the west branch of the Otsdawa, near its junction with the east branch. He also erected a dwelling there, and lived there with his family until he removed to the farmu bought of Ransom. Colonel Elisha Bundy settled on the farin subsequently owned by John Blakely.
Captain Peter Bundy moved from Massachusetts in the winter of 1777, with his large family of young children and wife, taking the children, such as were unable to travel on foot, and his wife, into a wood-shod sled drawn by a small pair of oxen. Ile was accompanied by Deacon Asahel Packard and others, they having to " eut their way" a por- tion of the route traveled, before and after reaching the. valley of the Charlotte. Their meagre amount of persoual effects were carried on the sled. A part of a barrel of pork furnished them with food, the brine of which was afterwards boiled down for salt for the daily use of the · family. They camped out in the woods many nights, building large fires to protect themselves from the cold. They traveled slowly, the oxen being fed on "browse" a large portion of the way.
Deacon Packard settled near Peter Bundy on the Ots- dawa, and William French settled on the fariu now owned by Dennis French, his grandson. For some years after these first settlers reached their new homes, they carried their grain to Cooperstown, to be ground for the use of their families, by canoe or dug-out up the Susquehanna, and afterwards by wood-shod sleds to a mill erected on a branch of the Charlotte; the neighbors combining and, in turn, one carrying for several families. It was a four days' jour- ney to Cooperstown and back, and three days to the other mill. A rude log cabin was ereeted in the woods on the path to the mill on the Charlotte branch, to stay in over- night, furnished with dry wood, ete., to make their fire. The fire was kindled, by flint and punk and the back of the jack-knife, to keep them warm overnight if cold.
There was mueh privation and suffering for the first few years in this carly settlement. One of the brothers Serami- ling, who settled the farm recently owned by Peter Van Woert, sowed ten acres of peas with the intention of supplying the hungry settlers-who were crowding in larger numbers than usual into the woods for settlement-with food, which he gave to them without seeking remuneration. lle said, "dey shall have dem free." Many of the persons who consumed the green peas lived several miles away. They were all " picked clean" and no charge.
There was little or no means of procuring money to pay for their lots by the first settlers, except through the pro-
eceds of lumbering on the Susquehanna, and the fine ; .. was swept from the lands and run down the river. 1 ... receipts, however, were a meagre compensation for 1 ... labor and risks.
The east branch of the Otsdawa ercek was settled by 1 !.. following among other families and persons, to wit : Cap ._::: James French where R. Thorp now lives ; Casper Overla :- r where Arnold now lives; Conrad Overhiser where the late James Bundy lived ; above Deacon Green, Frederick Mar. tin, Edward Pope, Samuel Green, John Lamb, Lewis Hatha- ways, Phineas Cook, John Taylor, Samuel Hyatt. Th ... settlement commeneed on the west branch about 1800, by the Browns, Weavers, Jacob Knolls, Rice, Cheency Filon. Hopkins, Emerson, Sheldon, and Jarr Cook, mostly from Rhode Island.
Mill creek was settled soon after the elose of 1800 by the Thayers, Dolivair Lawrance, Stevens, Murrays, Conk. Isaac Warren, Nathan Hurd, Hurlbut, and Solomon Squires, the latter four from Connecticut.
Brier creek was settled by Isaac Brown, Deacon Daniel Knapp, Jacob Gates, Eben Warner, John Walden, Jo- seph Pearce, Potter, Vaiuillyca, Arthur Emmons, Waits. The farm now owned and occupied by R. Day, along on the northerly side of the river, was originally settled by Barnet Overhiser, and the farm of Mr. Hale by HI. Iless.
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