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Henry S. Baldwin was born November 13th, 1801, and his earliest years were passed on the old homestead. When ten years of age he came with his parents to reside on the old Mabie farm, which his father had bought, the house standing on the shore of the lake. This was torn down and a new dwelling erected on the same site in 1826, which was burned as stated above. In 1827 Mr. Baldwin married Eliza, daughter of Eleazar Baldwin, and began life for himself, settling on a farm of 100 acres, which belonged to his father. On this farm he built the mansion now known as the Carpenter House at Lake Mahopac, in 1827. At one time he owned here 225 acres of land. Of this he sold 125 acres to Ebenezer Horton, on which the "Horton Cottage " was built, and in 1868 he sold 100 acres to Samuel Kaufman for $30,000. Mr. Kaufman proceeded to make great. improvements upon the premises, and erected the "Kaufman
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House " at a large expense. About 1840 Mr. Baldwin purchased the farm where he now resides, of William Bailey. This farm was formerly a portion of the estate of Devoe Bailey, and the location, which is on the east side of the road, about half a mile south of the lake, was in early times known as " Kenicot's Hill," probably from an early occupant. Here he built liis present resi- dence in 1868, and has made agriculture his occupation for the greater part of his life.
Mr. Baldwin has two sons, James M. and Henry R. The former is now living in Kansas, where he is the owner of sev- eral thousands of acres of land, and is very extensively engaged in stock raising. The latter has a very extensive farm in York- town, Westchester county, on which he now resides. Mrs. Eliza Baldwin died December 22d, 1884, at the age of 76. Mr. Bald- win, now in his 84th year, but as vigorous as many a man twenty years younger, still takes a lively interest in the affairs of the county and town.
A few words concerning other branches of the Baldwin family may not be amiss. Elisha Baldwin, as stated above, had four brothers, Pierce, James, Ephraim and Henry.
The last married Mary Lonnsbury, and had children: Henry, James, Eleazar, John, Isaac, Lydia, wife of Obed Cole, Sarah, wife of Stephen Hitchcock, and Hannah. Of these Eleazar was born in 1784 and died in 1868. He inarried Hannah, daugliter of Reuben Cole, and had two children, Reuben D. and Eliza, wife of Henry S. Baldwin.
Reuben D. Baldwin owned a farm at Baldwin's Place Station on the New York City & Northern Railroad, and gave the land for the depot on condition it should be called by that name.
James Baldwin, brother of Eleazar, was born in 1759. He removed from Carmel to Southeast, where he had a large farm on Starr's Ridge. He exchanged this for a farm near Luding- tonville about 1827, where he passed the rest of his days. He married Susannah Vail in 1780. Their children were: Daniel, born 1781, died 1874, married Betsy Field; Fanny, wife of Peter Dykeman; Henry, born 1787, died 1863, married Mary Smith; Polly, .wife of James Townsend; Aaron, born 1791, died unmar- ried 1812; James, born 1793, died 1865, married Cornelia Lud- ington; Betsy, wife of Allen Light, born 1799, died 1833; Dorcas, wife of Peter Whitney; Nathan C., born 1800, died March 2d,
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1884, married Eliza Smith; Susan, wife of David Russell; Han- nah J., wife of Jacob Sunderlin. She was murdered at her residence in Patterson in March, 1883.
Nathan C. Baldwin, the ninth child, was at the time of his death, not only the last of his father's family, but the last of a whole generation. At one time he had 93 brothers, sisters and cousins, on his father's and mother's side, and outlived them all. He died at the residence of his son, Peter W. Baldwin, of Pawling, March 2d, 1884.
Another son, W. R. Baldwin, is a lawyer in Brooklyn, N. Y.
THE BARRETT FAMILY. - In the list of taxpayers of Fredricks- burg in 1777 appear the names of Isaac, James, John, Justus W. and Marcus Barrett. What relation they were to each other cannot be traced with certainty.
Isaac Barrett married Jemima Lockwood, and their children were: Mary, wife of Marcus Barrett; John, born about 1775, and died in December, 1861; Ebenezer; Abigail, wife of Joseph Haight; and Isaac, born January 23d, 1788, died November 13th, 1869.
Isaac married Rachel, daughter of John Beyea, who was born in 1792, and died December 26th, 1871. They were married March 10th, 1813, and the children of this marriage were: Sarah, born July 5th, 1816, married Theodore B. Wilson; and Peter Beyea, born September 26th, 1829.
Mr. Peter B. Barrett, married Mary A., daughter of Enos Hazen, who was born August 17th, 1829. They were married June 4th, 1851, and have four children; Isaac L., Thomas E., Sarah J., and Emma J. (deceased).
The farm upon which his home is situated was originally Farm No. 15, of the Morris Lot, and was sold after the Revolu- tion to Stephen Whitney, who sold it to his son-in-law, Michael Vandervoort, who kept a tavern there in the olden times. This house stood a short distance north of Mr. Barrett's residence, and was sold to his father, Isaac Barrett, by William and Sarah Vandervoort April 9th, 1829. The old house was torn down in 1859, and on the site Mr. Barrett erected a dwelling house which he now owns. The farm extended north to the famous " Hill Farm," and south to a point below the Baptist church.
The residence of Mr. Barrett is on a portion of the original farm, and was bought and owned by Richard Dean in 1794. He
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is said to have sold two acres of it to the Presbyterian church, and a parsonage was built on it. This house and lot having been given by the church to one of the ministers, Rev. Stephen Dodd, he is reported to have sold it, and after some transfers it was purchased by Mr. Isaac Barrett about 1826. The parsonage house, a plain old-fashioned building, was torn down, and the present elegant residence erected in 1873.
The old orchard south of the house was the place where the first meetings of the Baptist society were held, and the church lot was donated by Mr. Isaac Barrett, who, with his family, was closely identified with the advancement and welfare of the so- ciety.
The place descended to Mr. Peter B. Barrett at the decease of his father, which occured in 1869. Mr. Barrett has made agri- culture the business of his life, and in addition to the original Vandervoort farm he has purchased a portion of the old "Mill farm," formerly owned by Judge Robert Johnston.
Mr. Barrett has been connected with town affairs as commis- sioner of highways, and overseer of poor. For many years he has been deacon of the Baptist Church his father helped to build. In politics he has ever been a strong supporter of the republican party.
Isaac Barrett, the grandfather, was a soldier in the Revolution, and one of the guards stationed at Red Mills.
The original home of the family is in the locality known as Barrett Hill, in the northwest part of the town of Carmel.
Isaac Barrett left the old homestead to his heirs, and it was eventually purchased by John Barrett who bought the shares of the rest. On this place he lived and died, and the place de- scended to his son, Allen, whose heirs sold it to John Parker, the present owner.
John Barrett, the eldest son of Isaac Barrett, was born about 1775 and died in December, 1861. He married Sarah, daughter of Isaac Drew, and their children were: Ferris, who married Laura, daughter of Elder Moseman Barrett, and had two chil- dren, Absalom, and Sarles; Jemima, wife of Samuel Barrett; Allen, who married Sarah, daughter of James Drew, and had two children, James W. and Charity, wife of Chauncey Smith; Sarah, wife of Nathaniel Wixsom; John, who married Marga- ret, daughter of Michael Mead, and is now living at Fishkill; Fanny, wife of Hiram Cole; Simeon, who married Emily,
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daughter of Jacob Clawson, and is living in Cataraugus county; Annis, wife of Moses Mead; Moseman, who married Margaret Gay, and after her decease married Cornelia, daughter of Fred . erick Ludington (He has a son George D., who lives at Red Mills); Isaac D .; Wright, who married Rebecca, daughter of Jacob Clawson, and is living in Dutchess county (He has two sons, Oscar and John J.); and Amanda, who died young.
Isaac D. Barrett, the tenth child named above, was born at the old homestead on Barrett Hill, October 27th, 1829. At this place he remained till the time of his marriage, and then began housekeeping on a portion of the original farm. Here he stayed two years, and then removed to a farm which his father bought in Peekskill Hollow, and now owned by Sarles Drew. He after- ward purchased a farm of George Tompkins, south of Red Mills, and lived on it nine years. He then purchased a farm on the west side of Lake Mahopac of Abram Cronk, which he sold. and it became a part of the lands of the Lake Mahopac Improve- ment Company.
In 1872, Mr. Barrett purchased his present residence from the heirs of Selah Ballard. This place, which is on the east side of the road, a short distance south of the Red Mills Presbyterian Church, has been greatly improved by him, and is an elegant and convenient home.
Mr. Barrett has made agriculture his principal business, and has held the office of assessor for several years. As a member of the Baptist church, his interest in its welfare has never ceased. For twenty-five years he has been deacon in the church, and it is a remarkable fact that all of his brothers have held the same office in this or other churches. He is also superintendent of the Sabbath school and treasurer of the society.
Mr. Barrett married Tamar, daughter of Abram Cronk, Feb- ruary 14th, 1852. They were the parents of one daughter, who died December 11th, 1879, at the early age of 22.
· This young lady was a general favorite in the community, and a bright and shining ornament in the Baptist church of which she was a loved member. Her loss was deeply felt and greatly mourned. The following notice, which appeared in the papers, expressed the feelings of all who knew her:
"BARRETT-At Mahopac Falls, N. Y., Dec. 11th, 1879, Miss Ida E., only daughter of Deacon Isaac D. and Tamar A. Bar- rett, in her 23d year.
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" Her life from childhood was devoted to Christ. She was baptized into the fellowship of the Mahopac Falls Baptist church in the 14th year of her age, and her spotless character and pleasant manner won the admiration and love of all. Dur- ing her sickness of nearly five years her suffering was at times intense, and she had many fears that she would fail to gain heaven, but she never murmured. Her constant prayer was that Jesus might be with her, and Jesus indeed was. Her last days were passed in almost angelic serenity and she passed trustingly into promised rest."
ABRAM CRONK .- The family of this name were among the early Dutch settlers of Westchester county, and are probably descended from Siebert Cronk, the first of the name which appears.
Abram Cronk was born October 29th, 1799, and died April 26th, 1871. He married Billecha, daughter of Robert Wixson, who was born February 20th, 1805, and died March 1st, 1884. Their children were : Joseph A., born October 3d, 1841, and died un- married August 14th, 1866; Mary, wife of Henry J. Pierce; Tamar, born September 14th, 1831, and married Isaac D. Bar- rett; Hannah J., wife of Frederick J. Wardell; and Susan E., born July 22d, 1833, and died unmarried February 16th, 1872.
Abram Cronk, the father of this family, was a resident of Red Mills, and during a long life was an earnest member of the church, and known to the community as a good man and useful citizen. By his death the Baptist society lost one of its bright- est members and one who was foremost in all good works.
CORNELIUS DEAN .-- Richard Dean, who was an early resident near Red Mills, was a soldier in the Revolution, and was killed at the storming of Stony Point. His wife was Susan Ward, and their only child was Richard, who was born September 10th, 1771. He married, August 27th, 1794, Althea, daughter of Smith Austin, who was born January 17th, 1777. The children of this marriage were: Anne, born August 19th, 1795, married Uriah Hill; John, born October 17th, 1797; Mary, born March 15th, 1800, married William Alley; Smith A., born March 10th, 1802, died in Kane county, Ill., 1849; Stephen D., born January 13th, 1804 (he went in 1849 on an overland journey to California, and was never heard from afterward); Ada, born March 28th, 1806;
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Ira W., born July 3d, 1809, died in Buffalo in 1853; Amzi L., born September 5th, 1811; Cornelius, born January 13th, 1814; Lewis A., born July 9th, 1816, now living in Aurora, Ill .; and William A., died in 1854.
Amzi L. Dean was a very prominent citizen of the town. He was supervisor in 1854, and clerk of the board of supervisors for many years. He married Catharine, daughter of Joshua Louns- bury, June 4th, 1836, and had three sons: Joshua L., Adrian H., and William A., who are now living at Lake Mahopac.
Cornelius Dean was born at Red Mills, January 13th, 1814, and received his early education in the public school of the vil- lage. He was elected supervisor of Carmel in 1850, and has held other town offices. He has always been intimately connected with the political affairs of the democratic party.
The homestead farm on which Mr. Cornelius Dean now lives, is situated southeast from Lake Mahopac and not far from the Westchester county line. This farm was originally owned by Abraham Mabie, who lived on it many years before the Revolu- tion, and afterward bought it from the commissioners of for- feiture. He sold it to Stephen Crane, who conveyed it to John Carpenter, and he sold it to James S. Horton, March 4th, 1816. It was sold by Silas Slawson and others, assignees of James S. Horton, to Richard Dean in 1825, and from him it descended to its present owner. The old house built by Abraham Mabie, stood on the west side of the road opposite the present residence. A rough stone marked " A. M. 1765," is still preserved from the old house, and gives the initials of its owner and the time of its erection. The present residence of Mr. Dean was built by John Carpenter about the beginning of the present century.
Mr. Dean was coroner for the period of sixteen years, and also held the office of assessor and commissioner of highways. He held the rank of lieutenant colonel of militia of the State in 1838, and he was captain of a company under Governor Marcy. For twenty years he has been director of the Farmers' and Drovers' Bank of Somers, Westchester county. He is a con- tributing member of the Presbyterian church at Red Mills.
The old house in which Richard Dean lived at Red Mills has been torn down, within the last few months. It stood on the north side of the road at the point where it turns south, and immediately north of the store now occupied by M. F. Agor. This old house, with its stone chimney, was the last relic of the
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past in the neighborhood. The executors of W. H. Johnston sold to Richard Dean, in 1829, a tract of 90 acres, beginning on the west side of the road from Red Mills to John Beyea's, thence running westerly to Orin Agor's line (now W. B. Hazleton's), then northerly to school house lot, and along the highway to the corner of the Mill farm opposite the house of W. H. Sloat (near Baptist Parsonage), thence easterly across the meadow to first named road.
ALOTSON DEAN .- Jotham Dean came from Westchester county about the time of the Revolution. He died abont 1836 at the age of 85. His children were: William, Amos, Jonathan, Nancy, wife of James Welch; Elizabeth, wife of Alexander Ganong; Zippa, wife of Robert Powers; and Jemima, wife of Stephen Craft.
Amos Dean died November 15tl, 1862, aged 92. He married Rhoda Mead. Their children were: Julia, wife of Henry Knapp; Ada, wife of John Beam; Mary, wife of William Pinckney; Eliza and Sylvester.
Mr. Alotson Dean was born August 11th, 1805, on the old homestead on the west shore of Lake Gilead, and from. this family the lake gained the name of "Dean's Pond" in olden time. His early life was passed on the small farm which his father owned. This farm his father exchanged for a farm owned by Reuben Ganong; but after a few years the old home- stead came back into his hands, and on this place Mr. Dean has lived all his life. To the original farm of thirty acres he added forty more, and afterward sold the north portion to Ben- jamin Bailey for as much as the whole originally cost. The summer boarding house of James Wixsom stands upon it.
By strict economy and superior management, Mr. Dean has accumulated a comfortable fortune, and is regarded as one of the most successful business men of the town. Among other property he owns the "Masonic Hall" in Croton Falls, and stores in the village of Brewster.
Mr. Dean married Marinda, daughter of Nathan Field, Octo- ber 21st, 1834. Their children are: Sarah F. H., wife of Ira T. Fowler; Anna M., wife of Howard D. Ganong; and Georgianna, wife of Winfield S. Harris of Croton Falls.
The home of Mr. Dean is beautifully situated on the west shore of Lake Gilead, which is one of the most beautiful sheets
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of water in the county. For forty years both he and his wife have been active and zealous members of the Carmel Baptist Church and supporters of the society. His success in life has not depended upon wealth inherited from his ancestors, but has been gained by care, economy and skill, with the assistance of a wife who had been his able and efficient helpmeet. His father began life with the small capital of sixty dollars, and left a large fortune, accumulated by care and economy.
LEWIS LUDINGTON. the sixth son and the youngest of the twelve children of Col. Henry Ludington, of Revolutionary memory, was born June 25th, 1786, in Fredericksburg, Dutch- ess (now Putnam) county, N. Y. The name of the township was subsequently changed to Kent. The education which he received was obtained at the district schools, no other having been in existence in that section of the country until the erec- tion of the academy in the village of Patterson at a later period, for which his father, Col. Ludington, contributed the timber.
On the 6th of May, 1806, in company with his brother, Fred- erick, who was four years his senior, he opened a store near their father's house, upon the homestead property, and began a partnership which continued uninterruptedly for over thirty years.
Lewis was married to Polly, the daughter and oldest child of Samuel Townsend, and for several years lived in a small cottage adjacent to the homestead of his father in Kent, from whence he removed to the village of Carmel, in the spring of 1816, where he soon afterward bought the property still owned and occupied by some members of the family. In the fall of 1855, he completed and removed to the commodious house which is yet the family home. The timber for this house-selected Nor- way pine-also the pine lumber of which it was constructed were cut on the lands of Mr. Ludington, in Wisconsin, sawed in his mill in Oconto, and by a singular coincidence were shipped to Buffalo on the schooner " Lewis Ludington," and thence on a boat of the same name by the Erie Canal and Hudson River, to Mott Haven, from whence they were brought by the Harlem Railroad to Croton Ealls, in the autumn of 1854.
Owing to the limited opportunity for business enterprise in Putnam county, Mr. Ludington, in company with his nephew,
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Harrison Ludington, late governor of Wisconsin, and Harvey Burchard, a resident of Carmel, started, October 19th, 1838, for Milwaukee, to examine into the resources and opportunities for business in the young and growing territory. Milwaukee, then but a mere village, was showing signs of future prominence. During the succeeding winter the above-mentioned persons made one or more trips on horseback through the interior for the purpose of selecting government lands, of which they lo- cated and purchased a considerable quantity.
In 1839 was started at Milwaukee the firm of Ludington, Burchard & Co., of which Lewis Ludington was the senior partner and Harrison Ludington, the junior. This firm was changed a year or so later by the retirement of Harvey Bur- chard, and continued under the name of Ludington & Co., composed of Lewis and his two nephews, Harrison and his younger brother, Nelson, who at a later date became the presi- dent of the Fifth National Bank, of Chicago. With little change the firm remained upon the same spot, one of the most prominent locations in the city of Milwaukee, for upwards of twenty years, conducting for those early days, a business of great magnitude, showing enterprise and sagacity, which re- sulted in wealtlı to all the participants. Connected with their mercantile business was a large lumbering establishment, con- sisting of mills at Oconto, Wis., and yards in Milwaukee. Dur- ing all these years the firm saw the growing importance of the city in which it had cast its fortunes, and of the State of Wis- consin, which has since become in population and influence one of the great commonwealths of the Republic.
About the year 1843, Lewis Ludington bought from Colonel Drake, an extensive tract of land in Columbia county, Wis., and in July, 1844, laid out, and in August of that year recorded, the plat of the city of Columbus. For many years he super- intended and encouraged the settlement of the young town, assisted by his son James, who at the early age of nineteen be- came for some time his father's resident agent there, until the promotion of Mr. R. W. Chadbourn to that position. The city finally grew to be a place of considerable importance and wealth.
Thus for more than half a century Mr. Ludington continued to conduct these and his various other enterprises with untiring energy and zeal. He was influential both at home in Putnam county, and in Wisconsin, the chosen State of his principal
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activities, always enjoying the respect and confidence of all who knew him.
An incident occurred in the early business life of Lewis Lud- ington, which showed the energy for which he was always dis- tinguished. Together with a number of other Putnam county people, farmers and merchants, he went to New York by boat, by the way of Peekskill, with produce to sell and purchases to make, all expecting to return home by the river. A very sud- den cold snap occurred which completely closed navigation, and as there now remained no way of reaching home but on foot, a company of half a dozen decided to adopt that method without delay. They, therefore, late that afternoon, walked to Kings Bridge at the north end of the island, from whence early the next morning they started for home in company. A snow storm set in during the day and one after another of the mem became exhausted and gave out, the last one excepting Mr. Ludington, at the village of Somers, six miles below Carmel. Nothing daunted he kept on his journey and went five miles above Car- mel near " Dingees," and only one mile from his home in Kent, overcome with fatigue, he fell asleep in a snow drift. When the cold awoke him, which it soon after did, he trudged on home, reaching there near midnight. Though impeded by the snow storm he had walked forty-five miles since he started in the morning.
Mr. Ludington was a member of the Whig party during its existence up to the time of his death, and was strongly opposed to slavery and to its extension He would not accept office though frequently urged to do so.
His death occurred September 3d, 1857, at Kenosha, Wis., in the 72d year of his age. He was buried in the family plat, in Raymond Hill Cemetery, at Carmel. His family consisted of his wife, Polly, who survived , him over twenty two years, and his children: Laura Ann, Delia, William Edgar, Robert, Charles Henry, James, Lavinia Elizabeth, Emily, and Amelia.
CHARLES HENRY LUDINGTON, son of Lewis Ludington, was born at Carmel, February 1st, 1825. His education was partly ob- tained at the Polytechnic School conducted by Rev. Dr. Hunter, at Owenville (now Croton Falls), also at the Grammar School of Hugh Stocker Banks, a faithful and able instructor, held in the house previously owned and occupied by the celebrated "Peter
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Parley" at Ridgefield, Conn., and the academy at Carmel, under Valentine Vermilyea.
September 18th, 1842, in his eighteenth year, Mr. Ludington went to New York with his father, and entered as clerk the wholesale dry goods store of Woodward, Otis & Terbell, 53 Cedar street, near the old "Middle Dutch Church," now the site of the magnificent building of the Mutual Life Insurance Company. He remained in their employment until 1846, when Harrison Gray Otis of that house separated from his partners and formed, in company with Edward Johnes and his nephew, William Johnes, the firm of Johnes, Otis & Co., with whom he continued as salesman until January 1st, 1849. He then be- came a member of tlie importing and wholesale dry goods house of Lathrop & Ludington, which started business February 1st, at 18 Cortlandt street, N. Y., which firm was composed and or- ganized by Richard D. Lathrop and himself as general, and James W. Johnson and Charles T. Pierson as special partners. Undeterred by the gloomy predictions of many of the older merchants, this young house, in company with two other firms, crossed Broadway, leaving the time honored localities of Han- over Square, Pearl, William and Cedar streets behind them, and became the pioneers in a movement which soon completely changed the location and even the character of this important branch of business. In consequence of their energy and enter- prise they met with success from the very start. After con- tinning in this store for eight years they removed to a much larger one in Park Place, running through to Murray street, which they built on the site of the former residence of Dr. Valentine Mott, the name of the firm being changed to Lathrop, Ludington & Co., on the retirement of the special partners. The partners afterward included John H. Morrison, Robert J. Hunter and William Faxon. Their business grew during the War of the Rebellion and subsequently to great magnitude for that time, their sales ranging annually from eight to eleven millions, their merchandise being distributed over every part of the republic north of Mason and Dixon's line, from the Atlantic to the Pacific Ocean, the firm possessing the respect and con- fidence of all the trade. Previous to the Rebellion their sales were not largely made to the South, and fortunately were much reduced in that section when the agitation first began. When the spirit of secession became rampant, their names were pub-
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