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lished in the celebrated " Black list," or list of abolition houses, in the "Southern Confederacy," and other notorious papers of Georgia and other Southern States. This list, which was origin- ally composed of Bowen, Holmes & Co., Lathrop, Ludington & Co., and a few others, was afterward extended by many addi- tions until it embraced about forty of the leading houses in the wholesale line in New York, Philadelphia, Boston and Balti- more. The publication was made with the design of injuring or ruining in the South the trade of the several firms which in the words of Henry C. Bowen, "Sold their goods but not their principles."
Unable to go to the war himself, Mr. Ludington sent a sub- stitute, and he personally, and the firm of which he was a member, assisted by large contributions of money, the raising of regiments and recruits in New York and in Putnam county. One entire regiment was principally obtained by their efforts and means.
The firm of Lathrop, Ludington & Co. afterward removed to the elegant store 326, 328 and 330 Broadway, built on the site of the old Broadway Theatre, retiring from business in 1868. Mr. Ludington since then has continued to attend to his private affairs and enterprises in New York and the West. He is a director in a number of leading institutions in the city, trust, insurance and other companies, and resides at 276 Madison Avenue, New York, in the same house he has occupied for over a quarter of a century. His family consists of a wife and six children, three sons and three daughters.
JAMES LUDINGTON, son of Lewis Ludington, was born at Car- mel, Putnam county, N. Y., April 18th, 1827. The first sixteen years of liis life were passed with his parents at home, where every one recognized in him a lad of much promise. He en- joyed an academic education and was commended by his teachers as bright and attentive.
In 1843, he left his books, and bidding a temporary farewell to the old homestead, set out for Milwaukee. Here he first found employment for a time in the store of Ludington & Co. Subsequently he accompanied his father to the spot where stands to-day the city of Columbus, Wis., and it was their united energy and wisdom that planned and laid out the plat, and stimulated the early growth of the town. After some years of
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work there he returned to Milwaukee and entered upon a busi- ness career of marked prosperity. For two years he held the position of treasurer of the La Crosse Railroad Company. He was also president of the "Bank of the West" at Madison, and vice-president of the Juneau Bank at Milwaukee. His sa- gacity in all matters of a business nature assured success to every enterprise in which he was engaged. For two years he rendered efficient service as alderman in Milwaukee.
In 1859, a small saw mill at the mouth of the Pere Marquette River, Michigan, together with a large amount of adjacent pine land came into Mr. Ludington's possession. He had advanced money upon the property at different times, and when finally he purchased it, he turned with enthusiasm to the new enterprise, and in a year or two decided to makes it the location of a town (the plat of which was begun in 1867), the chosen name for which was "Ludington."
After consultation with Elisha Starr, who founded the " Sen- tinel " newspaper, in Milwaukee, he selected George W. Clay- ton, a man in his employ, to start a local paper at Ludington, which afterward became prosperous and influential.
It was in 1873 that the town was incorporated as a city, re- ceiving the name of " Ludington" in honor of its founder. It has grown greatly in population and in wealth and is the west- ern terminus of the Flint & Pere Marquette Railway.
Mr. Ludington's extreme liberality was exhibited whenever any enterprise was on foot for the improvement or advantage of the place. An appeal to him for assistance for a deserving ob ject always elicited a generous gift. In his sales of village property he expressly stipulated that no spiritous liquor should ever be sold on the lot in question, and he insisted vigorously on compliance with this condition.
In 1869, Mr. Ludington sold his entire property interest in that region for half a million dollars and practically retired from business, though he still retained an interest in the newly formed organization named the "Pere Marquette Lumber Company."
Mr. Ludington never married. For some years he lived at the Newhall House, up to the time when the building was destroyed by fire, and after that he removed to the Plankinton House in Milwaukee, Wis., where he now resides. It is always with a lively interest and justifiable pride that he refers to the prosperous city which owes its existence to him.
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ZALMON LUDINGTON, the son of Zalmon and grandson of Comfort Ludington, of Rombout Precinct, Dutchess county, who was a brother of Abigal, the wife of Col. Henry Ludington, was born May 12th, 1797, about one mile from the residence of the latter. His father lived in the same place until 1810, when he removed to Western New York. His son, Zalmon, the sub- ject of this sketch, remained with friends until 1813, when he went to Batavia, N. Y., to visit his mother, and while there en- listed in Col. Churchill's Regiment and participated in the bat- tle of Black Rock. In the spring of 1814 he returned to Put- nam county to his uncle Yale's and to Col. Henry Ludington's, and assisted the firm of F. & L. Ludington, in their store in Kent.
In the spring of 1816 he came with Lewis Ludingtou to Car- mel and aided him in opening his branch store there and re- mained in his employ until midsummer. In the fall of 1818 he went to Virginia, returning to Carmel in 1819, and again visited there in 1820, remaining with Lewis Ludington two months.
In 1822 he married Lovila Hagan, of Preston county, Vir- ginia, who bore him eight children, five sons and three daugh- ters. Four children are now living : Mrs. M. L. Patrick, of Louisville, Ky .; Horace Ludington, M. D., of Omaha, Neb .; Brevet Col. Elisha H. Ludington, U. S. Army (retired); and Lieut. Col. Marshall I. Ludington, Deputy Quarter Master General U. S. Army, now stationed at Philadelphia, Pa.
Four of Zalmon Ludington's sons served as officers in the Union Army during the war of the Rebellion.
In 1823 he settled in Somerset county, Pa., where he resided until 1842, when he removed to Uniontown, Fayette county, same State, and resided there until about five years ago. Since then he has lived with his sons, Horace and Marshall, and is now with the latter in Philadelphia. Although in his 89th year he is still hale and hearty, remembers all about his boyhood days in Kent and Carmel, and only a year ago made an address in Philadelphia which was extensively published.
DEACON AARON GANONG was born in Carmel, Putnam county, January 3d, 1809, on the farm where his son, Chauncey B., now resides, and which has been the homestead proper for about eighty-five years.
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His father, Alexander, a farmer, was a resident of the county as were also. his parents. He died Angust 4th, 1842, aged 62.
Aaron Ganong was educated at the common schools. His early years were spent on the farm. The first money that he earned for himself was five hundred dollars that he made as a musician in the employ of a prominent show firm, at the age of eighteen years. He pursued the occupation of a farmer until 1861, when he removed to the city of New York, with his wife, and engaged in . the sale of milk at retail, shipped from his farm and others in Putnam county.
In 1876 he returned to Putnam county and located in Carmel village, where he continued to reside until his death, which oc- curred August 1st, 1883. He is buried in the Baptist cemetery in Carmel.
At the age of twelve years he became a member of the Baptist church at Carmel, which he attended before and after his resi- dence in New York. On locating in New York he and his wife became constituent members of the Trinity Baptist Church, which they largely assisted. He was also elected deacon by this church, and acquired the title by which he was familiarly distinguished from many others of the same family name. By the Trinity Baptist Church of New York, he was presented with a testimonial of their esteem, in the form of an engrossed letter, as follows :
"To our beloved brother, Deacon A. Ganong, we the mem- bers of the Trinity Baptist Church and congregation, of the city of New York beg to express to you, first our admiration for the character God has given you ; second, our high appre- ciation of your wisdom in council, your liberality in giving, and your constancy in attending the meetings of the church; you have not only contributed habitually and generously of your money, but it is believed that you have attended more of our meetings than any other member living or dead; third, we ex- press all our hearty, Christian love for your amiable wife, with sympathy quite in harmony with your own; she seems never to have discouraged you in making sacrifices for the church of Christ; finally we express to you both our sincere regret that you are about to remove from among us and an earnest hope that our heavenly Father will soon turn your footsteps hither-
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ward again, and cause you to dwell among us to the end of your days. New York City, January 6tlı, 1878.
"JAMES B. SIMMONS, Pastor."
He was a good citizen and a successful business man, esteemed by all who knew him. November 17th, 1831, he married Amanda Ballard, of Carmel, daughter of Selah and Melinda Ballard. In her he found a worthy helpmeet, who assisted him in all the efforts of his life. Mrs. Ganong became a member of the Mr. Carmel Baptist Church, at about twenty years of age.
Their oldest child is Chauncey B., born October 3d, 1832, and who now resides on the homestead farm. He married, January 16th, 1856, Jane C. Kelley of Carmel village, by whom he has three children: Emma K., married to Volentine H. Massey, de- ceased; Annie L., married to Henry C. Wilson; and Francis J., at home. Chauncey B. Ganong is a farmer and is a member of the Mt. Carmel Baptist Church, of which he is clerk and for many years has been a deacon.
Christopher C., the second son, was born August 21st, 1839, and died in his fourteenth year, February 2d, 1853, esteemed by all that knew him.
The grandfather of Deacon Aaron Ganong was Jesse Ganong. He had four sons: Alexander, Isaac, Daniel and Gilbert. Jesse Ganong, with two of his sons, Isaac and Gilbert, went to the western part of the State. Alexander Ganong married Eliza- beth Dean. Their children were; Joseph, Deacon Aaron, and Mary, wife of O. H. Cole.
LEONARD YEAMANS .- Johnston Yeamans, with his brothers, John and Abraham, are said to have been among the settlers who came from Cape Cod. John went to Canada after the Revo- lution and Abraham settled in Westchester county.
Johnston Yeamans married a daughter of Thomas Wilson. Their children were: John, Johnston, Ampelias, Epenetus, Hes- ter, wife of Elihu Haines, and Martha, wife of Stephen Haines.
Of this family Johnston Yeamans, the second son, was born August 9th, 1785. He married Phebe, daughter of Isaac Pierce. They were the parents of four children: Leonard, Jarvis, Eme- line and Eveline.
Leonard Yeamans was born June 16th, 1811, at the old home- stead of his grandfather which was at Drewville, and situated on the farm now owned by William H. Drew. About 1815 his
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father built the house in which Mr. Yeamans now resides, and with his family removed to it and made it his home till the time of his death. The farm was purchased by Mr. Johnston Yea- mans from Frederick Philipse in 1815. That tract was 65 acres and was part of a farm which his father held as a tenant of Frederick Philipse, and is situated on the road from Carmel to Croton Falls about a mile and a half north of the county line. Mr. Johnston Yeamans died June 4th, 1848, and rests in the Baptist cemetery at Carmel.
Mr. Leonard Yeamans passed his early days on the paternal homestead till the time of his marriage to Miss Almira Hopkins, daughter of Enos Hopkins, a representative of an old family in Carmel. They were married December 15th, 1847, and Mr. Yeamans then settled on a farm formerly owned by his mater- nal grandfather, Isaac Pierce, now in possession of Frank Smalley.
On this place he remained four years, then removed to a farm in Westchester county, where he lived several years, and re- turning to this county, lived on the farm of his father-in-law, near Cole's Mills, for six years.
By a strange coincidence his brother and sisters, who were living on the homestead of his father, and both of his own chil- dren died within a space of three weeks in the year 1865. He then removed to the home of his childhood and has continued there till the present time.
He has made agriculture the business of his life, having no connections with public or political affairs. For nearly fifty years he has been connected with the Baptist church at Carmel, of which he is an active and zealous member, and he is one of the deacons of the society.
A few words may be added concerning the other branches of the family. Ampelias Yeamans married Abigal, daughter of Isaac Pierce, and had three daughters: Jane, wife of Joel Frost (son of Hon. Joel Frost, the first surrogate of the county, and now living in Illinois); Phebe, wife of Husted Halstead of Salem; and Clarissa. Ampelias Yeamans died February 22d, 1853, aged 74.
Epenetus Yeamans left three children: Jane, wife of Horace Haines; Betsy, wife of Worden Kelly; and Delana, wife of James Lawrence, of Katonah, Westchester county. Epenetus Yeamans died August 19th, 1850, aged 75.
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Enos Hopkins was a son of Jeremiah Hopkins, whose home- stead was at Cole's Mills in Kent. He married Cynthia, daughter of Joseph Cole, and their children were: Eliza, wife of Ansel Hazen; Ruth, wife of Horace Cole; Antha, wife of Owen Cole; Rebecca, William H., Erastus, and Almira, wife of Leonard Yeamans, all of whom are now living except Mrs. Owen Cole. Mr. Yeamans died April 6th, 1886.
THE BADEAU FAMILY .- John Badeau, who was born in New Rochelle, in 1699, was probably the son of Elias Badeau, who was a French Huguenot, and one of the original settlers in New Rochelle, their place of refuge.
John Badean, who died in 1787, at the age of 88, was the father of four children: Peter, who died August 9th, 1816, aged 88, came to Red Mills, Putnam county, in 1775; Elias; John; and Fanny, wife of Isaac Contant.
Peter Badeau married Catharine Contant. She died in Feb- ruary, 1790, aged 64. Their children were: Peter, born 1749, removed to Albany, N. Y .; Isaac, born May 13th, 1750, died September 7th, 1842; John, born February 8th, 1752, lived near Peekskill; Elias, born July 13th, 1755, lived at Troy, N. Y .; Ja- cob, born April 12th, 1757, lived in Westchester county; Cathar- ine, born August 12th, 1759, married Isaac Heroy; James, born May 13th, 1761, died yonng; Magdalen, born November 4th, 1763, married James Heroy; David, born April 14th, 1765, died young; William, born September 15th, 1767, died in 1860 in Port Byron, N. Y .; Isaiah, born April 2d, 1770, lived in New York city.
Isaac Badeau, the second son of this family, married Susannah, daughter of Henry Contant, of New Rochelle. She was born December 14th, 1753. Their children were: Peter, born May 29th, 1776; Henry, born January 17th, 1778, died 1868; William, born June 24th, 1780; Isaac, born September 2d, 1782, died young; Gilbert, born March 23d, 1785; Elizabeth, born October 10th, 1787, married William Pierce; Elias, born 1789, died young; Fanny, born August 18th, 1791, died unmarried; Isaac, born March 17th, 1794; John, born December 16th, 1797.
Henry Badeau, the second son of the above family, married Elizabeth, daughter of John Contant. Their children were: John Henry, born February 29th, 1808, now living at Red Mills, Putnam county, N. Y .; Peter C., born 1819, now living in Brook-
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lyn, N. Y .; William Smith, born in 1819, also living in Brooklyn.
Gilbert Badeau, the fifth son of Isaac, married Mary Price, and had children: Isaac, now living at Lake Mahopac; Seles, Jonathan, Harrison, Susannah, and Adeline, wife of Edgar Rogers.
William Badeau, the third son of Isaac, had a son, Nicholas, who is the father of Gen. Adam Badeau, a distinguished officer of the late war, and anthor of the "Military History of Gen- eral U. S. Grant."
John Badeau, the ancestor of this family, came from New Rochelle with his son Peter, and settled at Red Mills in 1775. Here they held a farm on the Roger Morris Lot as tenants until after the Revolution.
Peter Badeau built a house where the residence of Isaac Pierce now stands. His son, Isaac, built his house on the present site of the Presbyterian church. In April, 1782, John Hathorn and Samuel Dodge, the commissioners of forfeiture, sold to Peter Badeau the farm which he then held.
It was described as "beginning at a butternut sappling, on the northeast side of a brook coming out of Healey's pond, at the mouth of a small run of water, where it emptied into the same, and is corner to farm 13, thence N. 78 degrees, E. 16 chains, 40 links to a hickory tree, thence S. 89, 30 E., 39 chains, 75 links, to line of farm 15, then south by the same, 18 chains, 69 links, to an elm tree on west side of a small brook, and down the same to Stillwater river, down the Stillwater river to the mouth of Healey pond brook; then up the same to the corner of farm 6; then North 10, 15 East, 10 chains, 33 links to a chest- nut tree by the side of brook, then up the same to place of be- ginning containing 217 acres."
This farm included all the land in the vicinity of the Presby- terian church, Peter Badeau gave the land for the church, and his son Isaac, the land for the parsonage.
Isaac Badeau purchased and resided on a farm adjoining his father, and with him he subsequently lived. After a residence here for 50 years, he died on this homestead, which was later purchased by William Pierce, who married his daughter Eliza- beth.
After the decease of Mr. Pierce it went to his children Wil- liam, Isaac, Cordelia, and Hannah. Cordelia married John H. Baldwin, and the place now belongs to her.
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John Henry Badeau, the present representative of the family, the son of Henry, and grandson of Isaac Badeau, was born in the city of New York, February 29th, 1808. His parents then resided at what is now the corner of 9th street and 4th avenue. He and his brothers engaged in business as grocers; their place of business being on the site of the present well known dry goods store of Lord Taylor. After many years of very successful business, they retired with a competency, leasing the premises to Lord & Taylor in 1869.
Mr. Badeau then came to Red Mills where he has since made his home. His residence is on a portion of the original Badean farm, and was greatly enlarged by him in '1869. Upon this place the family now live, good and worthy representatives of the Huguenot ancestors who came here long years ago. Mr. Badeau married Cordelia, daughter of William Pierce, to whom we are indebted for much valuable information in rela- tion to the family.
THE HAZEN FAMILY .- This family is descended from John Hazen, who lived in Norwich, Connecticut, and was born March 23d. 1683. His son, Caleb, was born April 4th. 1720, and mar- ried Sarah, daughter of Deacon Eleazar Hamblin. She was born in 1721, and died in 1814. Caleb Hazen, with his wife and father-in-law, came to what is now the town of Carmel in 1740, and settled on what has ever since been called "Hazen Hill," on the south side of Croton River, about a mile and a half southwest of the village of Carmel. Caleb died March 5th, 1777, leaving seven children: Sarah, wife of Isaac Merritt; Charity, wife of Elisha Cole; Abigail, wife of Abel Smith; Mercy, wife of -- Mead; Caleb, born November 7th, 1749, died March 31st. 1806; Eleazar, born 1755, died September 20th, 1793: Moses, born February, 1758, died January 20th, 1834.
Caleb Hazen, 2d, married Ruth, daughter of William Wright. She was born in 1751 and died in 1828. Their children were : Joshua, born December 12th, 1771, died April 17th, 1840 ; John, born July 17th, 1773, died February 11th, 1813; Thomas, born April 6th, 1775, died April 15th, 1853 ; Aaron, born June 26th, 1777, died July 9th, 1837; Caleb, born November 7th, 1779, died March 3d, 1858; Elizabeth, wife of James Kniffen, born 1781, died 1840; Hosea, born October 8th, 1784, died May 22d, 1842; Sabina, born 1788, died unmarried 1826; Zillah, wife of Ira
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Crane, born August 2d, 1791, died November 27th, 1851; Mentor W., born July 27th, 1795, died February 16th, 1881.
Thomas Hazen, the third child of the above family, lived on the old homestead at Hazen Hill, and married Anna, daughter of Jesse Smith, November 10th, 1801. She was born in 1785, and died in 1868. Their children were : Enos, born November 5th, 1802, died June 11th, 1875; Anson and Ansel (twins), born August 13th, 1807; Emily, wife of James Harvey Reed, born March 28th, 1811; Augustus, born February 10th, 1815, died March 1st, 1886; Adeline, wife of Benjamin Wright, born 1819, died 1861.
Enos Hazen, son of Thomas Hazen, married Nancy, daughter of Jeremialı Wilson, November 23d, 1825. Their children were : Thomas W., born 1827; Mary A., wife of Peter B. Barrett; Leonard, who died unmarried; George E .; Truman S .; Emily J .; Sarah E., wife of Howard E. Barrett; Fanny; Adeline, wife of Alonzo W. Hadden; and Jeremiah W., born September 27th, 1845, the present sheriff of Putnam county.
Anson Hazen, son of Thomas, married Hannah Townsend. He died December 21st, 1877. The only children who left issue were Jerome, whose son Calvert now lives in Carmel, and Carrie, wife of William H. Baxter, who, with her mother, inherited and lives on the old homestead at Hazen Hill.
Ansel Hazen died in 1844. He left children : Lientenant Charles F., who died at Harper's Ferry, Va., in 1863; Byron, and Zillah, first wife of Joseph G. Cole.
Augustus, son of Thomas, has been for many years super- visor of Carmel, and justice of the peace. He was county clerk one term and deputy for many years.
Mentor W. Hazen was born and brought up on the old home- stead at Hazen Hill, and remained there till he was married to Miss Rachel, daughter of Obed Cole, October 1st, 1817. He then removed to a farm in the town of Kent, which is now a portion of the "County House farm." He lived there a few years, and then returned to the old homestead. After staying there one year he bought a farm which now belongs to James Wright. He lived on this place about six years and then ex- changed it for a farm farther south. In 1840, he purchased a farm of 60 acres of Charles Agor. This farm lies east from Lake Mahopac, the line between the Philipse and Morris Lots being the western boundary, and on this he continued to live
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till the time of his death which occurred February 16th, 1881. Mr. Hazen left two sons: Henry C., who is now living in Chi- cago, and Orson, whose portrait is appended.
Orson Hazen was born November 18th, 1820, and lived with his father till he died, when he inherited the homestead where he now lives. To this farm he has added by purchasing a farm of seventy acres, which formerly belonged to Arvah Pierce. Mr. Hazen has made agriculture the business of his life, and his care and skill have made his farm one of the finest and best cultivated in the town. Without taking any active part in politics he has held the office of commissioner of highways. He married Phebe, daughter of James Carver, February 11th, 1852.
Their children are Francis A., and Arthur C., born January 30th, 1861. Mrs. Hazen died January 29th, 1870, at the age of 49.
Arthur C. Hazen married Carrie D., daughter of Ira T. Fowler, March 4th, 1885.
Mr. Mentor W. Hazen was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was stationed with the troops at Harlem Heights.
The homestead on "Hazen Hill " (105 acres) was leased to Caleb Hazen by Mrs. Margaret Ogilvie (widow of Philip Philipse), May 27th, 1798, for a rent of 20 Spanish milled dol- lars. Frederick Philipse afterward leased to Caleb Hazen 98 acres, including his homestead, for $30 yearly. The premises were sold to Thomas Hazen by Samuel Gouverneur and wife, daughter of Frederick Philipse, February 1st, 1834.
JEREMIAH W. HAZEN, son of Enos and Nancy (Wilson) Hazen, was born on his father's homestead (now the farm of Robert Kelly, near Gahn's school house in the western part of Carmel), September 10th, 1845. When a child he removed with his parents to a farm in the southeastern part of the town of Kent. At the breaking out of the War of the Rebellion, Mr. Hazen, though still a boy, was seized with military enthusiasm, and ran away from home to enlist in Company E, 38th Regiment, N. Y. S. V., May 15th, 1861. He was honor- ably discharged October 10th of the same year on account of sickness contracted in the service. After returning from the army he was employed with Van Amburg & Co.'s menagerie for three years from 1863 to 1866. While thus employed he
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