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1818, at Schaghticoke, Rensselaer county, New York. His great-grandfather, Daniel De Voll, was a resident of Westport, Massachusetts, where his grandfather, Charles De Voll, was born and reared. The latter was a farmer by vocation, and in later life removed from Mas- sachusetts to Rensselaer county, New York, where he died in 1837, at the age of eighty- two years. He was a Friend in religion, as his ancestors had been, and married Desire Potter, by whom he had five children, four sons and a daughter : Stephen, Abner, David, Charles and Hannah. The second son, Abner De Voll (father), was born at Westport, Mas- sachusetts, in 1790, where he received a com- mon school education and afterward learned the trade of shoemaker. He worked at that business for a short time, and then engaged in farming, which was ever afterward his main occupation. Most of his life was passed at Schaghticoke, Rensselaer county, but he died in Saratoga county, July 1, 1883, aged nearly ninety-three years, on the farm where his son, the subject of this sketch, now resides. He was a whig and republican in politics, a mem- ber of the Society of Friends, and in 1817 married Comfort Hoag, a daughter of Jona- than Hoag, of Easton, who was also a Friend. To them was born a family of five children, three sons and two daughters : Jonathan, Han- nah and Mary (twins), Allen P. and Charles H.
Jonathan De Voll was reared on the farm, in Rensselaer county, attended the public schools for a time, and completed his educa- tion at a Friends' boarding school, in Wash- ington, Duchess county, this State. After leaving school he engaged in farming at Schaghticoke, where he followed that occupa- tion until 1858, when he removed to Moreau, Saratoga county, and purchased the farm of seventy-five acres, which he now rents out, while he resides on the old homestead.
In religion Jonathan De Voll has strictly adhered to the faith in which he was reared, joining the church of his choice in early life. He has always taken a prominent part in the
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affairs of his church in this county, and has been a preacher in the church at Clark's Cor- ners for a period of thirty-four years, being now the oldest resident pastor in Saratoga county. It is needless to say that all his labors for his society have been voluntary offerings on his part, without a dollar of recompense expected or received. Politically Mr. De Voll is a temperance republican, but extremely liberal in his views ; votes for men who best represent his views, regardless of party.
On December 12, 1838, the subject of this sketch was united in the bonds of marriage to Mary Jane Potter, a daughter of Abner Pot- ter, of Granville, Washington county. To that union was born a family of four children, two sons and two daughters : Martha A., who married Irving Mott; A. Willis, now a dealer in farmers' supplies at Gansevoort; Edward M., deceased in childhood; and Emma, who died at the age of sixteen. Mrs. Mary Jane De Voll died March 19, 1892, after an active and useful life of seventy-four years, fifty-two of which were spent as the devoted companion of Mr. De Voll. She was born at Granville, reared in the Friends' faith, was a minister of the gospel, and by her many womanly qualities and excellent Christian character reflected honor on the faith she professed, and won the admiration and esteem of all who knew her.
RICHARD KEARNEY, a successful farmer and a reliable citizen of the town of Saratoga, is a son of William and Sarah (Leo) Kearney, and was born in County Lim- erick, Ireland, April 27, 1830. He received his education in the National schools of Ire- land, and in 1847 came with his father's fam- ily to the town of Saratoga, where they loca- ted on the farm which he purchased in 1863, and still owns. This farm contains seventy- four acres of good farming and grazing land. He is a careful and prosperous farmer, who has been successful in every agricultural pur- suit in which he has ever been engaged. He
has been a democrat since coming to this country, and has also been active in the inter- est of his party. Mr. Kearney is an earnest mem- ber of the Roman Catholic church of Schuy- lerville, to which he contributes liberally. Active in business and successful in farming, he is a reliable man and a good neighbor. He was drafted in 1863, but was not called into active service, paying the government three hundred dollars.
On January 22, 1863, Mr. Kearney married Hannah Hartigan, a daughter of Maurice and Catherine Hartigan, and their union has been blessed with four children, two sons and two daughters: William, who is successfully en- gaged in the grocery business at Aberdeen, South Dakota; Katie, wife of Richard Rourke, of Saratoga Springs; Sadie, at home; and Maurice.
The Kearney family has been long resident in Ireland, and William Kearney (father) was born, reared and educated in Ireland, where he followed farming in County Limerick up to 1847. In that year he came to the town of Saratoga, and purchased the farm now owned by the subject of this sketch. He resided during the latter part of his life at Granger- ville, where he died July 27, 1877, aged eighty- four years. He married Sarah Leo, daughter of Richard Leo. Mrs. Kearney passed away October 12, 1886, at eighty-six years of age. Their children were: Mary, Michael, Richard (subject), William, Margaret, Joana, John and Sarah.
G RANT GOULD, the popular postmas-
ter, station agent and telegraph operator at Round Lake, this county, is another of our prosperous and busy young men who deserve extended mention in this volume. He is a son of Sylvester S. and Amelia (Inman) Gould, and a native of Masonville, Delaware county, New York, where he was born April 16, 1861. The Goulds are of English extraction, the family having been planted in New York at a very early day. Capt. John Gould, paternal
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grandfather of the subject of this sketch, was born in Saratoga county, but while yet a boy was taken by his parents to Delaware county, where he grew to manhood, married, and passed nearly all his life. He served for many years as a captain in the old State militia, and was always addressed as Captain Gould. He was accidentally killed by a falling tree at Flat Rock, Ohio, while on a visit to relatives at that place in 1837. He married Sybil E. Robbins, and reared a family of three children, one of his sons being Sylvester S. Gould (father), who was born and reared in Delaware county, this State, and resided there until 1865, when he removed to Ballston Spa, this county. He became foreman in the ax factory at Ballston Spa, and occupied that position until 1890, when he removed to Round Lake, where he now resides, in the fifty-eighth year of his age. For many years he has been a member of the Presbyterian church, and in his political opin- ions has always been in hearty accord with the Democratic party. In 1862 he enlisted in battery H, New York heavy artillery, and served for three years, participating in some of the heaviest engagements of the great civil war. He married Amelia Inman, a daughter of Robert Inman, and to them was born one son.
Grant Gould was reared principally in the village of Ballston Spa, this county, where he obtained an excellent English education in the public schools. He afterward took a course of training in the Eastman Business college at Poughkeepsie, from which institution he was graduated in 1879. After completing his edu- cation he learned telegraphy at Round Lake, and has ever since been connected with the Delaware & Hudson railroad in tlie double ca- pacity of telegraph operator and station agent. Since May, 1884, he has been located at Round Lake, where he is also agent for the National Express Company. After coming to Round Lake he was also appointed deputy postmas- ter, and served as such for a period of four years. In April, 1889, he became postmaster
here, and is still holding that office in connec- tion with his other positions. Having inher- ited fine business ability, and carefully devel- oped and trained his powers, he finds it com- paratively easy to look after the mixed details of a complicated business, and has rendered satisfaction alike to the general public and his official superiors. Politically he is a republi- can, and is financial secretary of the Methodist Episcopal church of Round Lake, and secre- tary and treasurer of the Round Lake Hose Company.
On October 1, 1883, Mr. Gould was united in marriage to Mary Dykman, daughter of Nicholas Dykman, of the city of Albany, this State. He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church at Round Lake. Mr. Gould is also a member of Franklin Lodge, No. 90, Free and Accepted Masons, of Balls- ton Spa; Warren Chapter, No. 23, Royal Arch Masons, of Ballston Spa; Washington Com- mandery, No. 33, Knights Templar, of Sara- toga Springs; and Oriental Temple of the Mystic Shrine, of Troy.
C LARENCE L. GRIPPEN is one of
the younger business men of Corinth, who is ever active and public spirited, and as a member of the firm of Harridon & Grippen, is prominent in mercantile and insurance mat- ters. He is a son of Jeremiah and Lucy (White) Grippen, and was born at Corinth, Saratoga county, New York, Christmas, 1859. He received his education in the district schools and Rev. R. D. Andrews' select school of Corinth, and then entered a grocery store, where he remained for a short time, and by industry and close application to his many duties as a clerk laid the foundations for his future success in the mercantile business. Leaving the grocery he entered the employ of the Hudson River Pulp & Paper Company, and worked steadily in their large mill at Cor- inth for fifteen years, during which time he familiarized himself with many of the princi-
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ples on which that great firm achieved success of a permanent and lasting character. He left the service of the company in 1891, and on July 7th of that year formed a partnership with Alonzo Harridon, in the mercantile busi- ness, under the firm name of Harridon & Grip- pen. Their dry goods and clothing house is on Main street, and they do a large and re- munerative business. They are also in the life, accident and fire insurance business, rep- resenting old and trustworthy companies. Mr. Grippen is a republican in politics, has served for some time as a notary public, and in 1892 was elected as town clerk, which office he still holds. He is a member of Hope Lodge, No. 963, Independent Order of Good Tem- plars; and Corinth Lodge, No. 174, Indepen- dent Order of Odd Fellows. In addition to business interests and the affairs of the frater- nal societies with which he is identified, he gives considerable time to music, and for some time has been an active member of the Corinth Cornet band.
On September 29, 1880, Mr. Grippen was united in marriage with Lina McQueen, a daughter of Cornelius and Ann (West) Mc- Queen, of Greenfield.
The Grippen family is of Scotch lineage, and some of its early members in this State served in the French and Indian war, during which they took an honorable part in the de- fence of Schenectady. One of these was Wil- liam Grippen, a native of Lebanon Springs, Albany county, who settled in the eastern part of the town of Corinth, this county, where his son Benjamin Grippen (grandfather) was born. Benjamin Grippen spent the carly part of his life near Palmer Falls, where he cleared out and improved a farm, and in middle age came to Corinth when that village was a mere ham- let. He there purchased the Stone store, and in connection with conducting it operated a tin shop. He was a republican politically, served for several years as postmaster of Cor- inth, and died at seventy-eight years of age. He was a Baptist in religion, and married
Lydia Eggleston, by whom he had three chil- dren : Jeremiah, Emeline Butler and Emma J. Birch. Jeremiah Grippen (father) was born near Palmer's Falls, received a good education in the district schools and Ballston academy, and then taught several terms. From teach- ing he turned his attention to merchandising, and in 1862 went to Minnesota, where he re- mained but a short time. He then returned to Corinth and established the first drug store of that place. In 1887 he sold his drug busi- ness and removed to Rochester, Minnesota, to establish a grocery house. A short time later he went to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he was engaged successively in egg pickling and music and stationery business until 1892, when he went to Hudson, Wisconsin, at which place he has conducted a ready-made clothing house ever since. Mr. Grippen owns some valuable property at Corinth, and is doing a good business at his western home. A repub- lican politically, he served while residing at Corinth for fifteen years as town clerk. He married Lucy White, and, after her death, wedded Georgiana Eddy. Mrs. Lucy (White) Grippen was a daughter of Lewis White, and died January 12, 1875, when in the thirty- eighth year of her age. By his first marriage Mr. Grippen had four children, two sons and two daughters : Clarence L. (subject), Wilbur B., Iola Waite and Edith Mastin.
D ANIEL WEBSTER KENDALL,
a resident of Corinth, who is largely in- terested in the lumber business, and who was one of the Union soldiers captured at Harper's Ferry by "Stonewall" Jackson, is a son of Riley and Nancy (Reeves) Kendall, and was born at Corinth, Saratoga county, New York. April 27, 1844. His paternal grandfather. Jonathan Kendall, was of English lineage, and first saw the light amid the green hills of Ver- mont, where he was reared and lived until he had crossed the meridian line of his life. In- viting prospects for a wider field for effort and
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for success in the Empire State then attracted his attention, and he joined in the ever west- ward stream of emigration that has ebbed and swelled through all the years of a century, from New England to the great west, that dur- ing all that time has moved from the banks of the classic Hudson across a score of broad and beautiful streams to the mighty rivers of the Pacific slope. He settled on Black River, but soon came to the town of Corinth, where he passed his days peacefully in the pursuits in- cident to a farmer's life. He was an exemplary member and deacon of the Baptist church, a man respected for his honesty and manliness, and in his later years, in the great political issues of the day, gave his allegiance to the Republican party. He was happily married, and seven children blessed his home: Uriah, Edmund, Ira, Riley, Lucy Tanner, Laura Kel- ley and Siloa Rockwell. Riley Kendall was born in Vermont, and at eighteen years of age came with his father to New York. He was engaged principally in farming and lumbering, and resided in the town of Corinth from 1844 to the time of his death, March 30, 1882, when- in the seventy-eighth year of his age. He was a republican and a Baptist, and a member of Corinth Lodge, No. 174, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, which conducted the funeral exercises when his remains were consigned to the grave. He married Nancy Reeves, a daugh- ter of Nathan and Electa (Herrick) Reeves. Mrs. Kendall was born in April, 1807, and died April 24, 1891. Mr. and Mrs. Kendall were the parents of ten children : Lucas, James, Myron, Charles, Loton, Daniel Webster, Al- thea Wheaton, Matilda Allen, Sarah Mallory and Ruth Wandell.
Daniel W. Kendall was reared and received his education in his native town, and at eigh- teen years of age, on August 9, 1862, enlisted in Co. G, 115th New York infantry. He took part in several engagements, was captured and paroled at Harper's Ferry, and shortly after- ward became ill from exposure and starvation. His sickness was of such a character as to ren-
der him unable for further active service, and he was discharged for disability at Albany, this State, on April 9, 1863. Returning home, he slowly recruited in health, and followed light farming for some years. He then engaged in his present lumber business, and operates sev- eral saw mills, sawing large quantities of hem- lock, spruce and ash lumber for the home market. Mr. Kendall is a republican and a member of Corinth Baptist church, in which he is now serving as a deacon and the clerk.
On January 1, 1864, Mr. Kendall married Adaline West, who was an adopted daughter of John West, of Greenfield, and passed away May 7, 1882, at thirty-six years of age, hav- ing been born January 27, 1846. After her death he wedded Mrs. Lydia ( Kathan ) Mosher, daughter of Truman Kathan, and widow of W. Mosher. By his first marriage Mr. Kendall had five children : Daniel L., Minnie Sturdevant, Eva Eddy, Janie and Ad- aline; while to his second union have been born two daughters: Bertha Lucinda and Effie May.
Active and energetic, as his health will per- mit, Mr. Kendall has made a success of his lumbering business, which he thoroughly un- derstands in all of its details. He has given it close attention and study, and has been am- ply rewarded in results.
C RANGE E. KATHAN, a prosperous farmer and extensive lumber dealer of the town of Day, is a man of energy and influence in his community, where he has held numerous local offices, and is at present serving on his sec- ond term as a justice of the peace. He is a son of Luke and Freelove (Allen) Kathan, and was born in the town of Day, Saratoga county, New York, September 11, 1843. He received his education in the district schools of his na- tive town, and then engaged in farming and lumbering, in which he soon manifested such ability and judgment that his success became an assured fact. With each succeeding year
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he has grasped new opportunities for widen- ing out his business and making profitable in- vestments and speculations, until now he con- trols an extensive lumbering business, owns a very valuable farm of two hundred and sixty acres, and has a number of houses and lots at Conklingville, besides having an interest in several prosperous commercial enterprises. When but a boy Mr. Kathan enlisted in a New York regiment, but his extreme youth, in con- nection with the objections of his parents, pre- vented him from being mustered into the Fed- eral service. In politics he has always taken an active, but not an objectionable part, be- ing a republican, and heartily supporting the principles of his party. He has been fre- quently called upon to serve his town in an official capacity, twice serving as assessor, and now filling his second term as a justice of the peace. As a business man and as a town offi- cer he has always acted with energy and de- cision, and disposed of all of his affairs with celerity and dispatch, while as a man and neighbor he has never been neglectful of any of the duties of life or good citizenship.
Orange E. Kathan, on February 7, 1865, married Frances Howe, a daughter of Jesse and Charlotte (Reed) Howe. To Mr. and Mrs. Kathan have been born five children, three sons and two daughters : Jesse, Willie, Walter, Mabel and Grace. Willie, the second son, married Ina Mosher, and is engaged in busi- ness for himself.
Orange E. Kathan is of Irish descent. His grandfather, Allen Kathan, was one of the pio- neer settlers of the town of Day, and his father, Luke Kathan, was born in Vermont, in 1802. Luke Kathan received a common school edu- cation, such as was afforded at that early day, and like his father before him, made farming his life pursuit. He was a whig and republi- can in politics, and in his town was one of the most trusted leaders of the Whig and after- ward of the Republican party. An enthusi- astic worker for the triumph of liis political principles, yet he never would accept an office,
although several offices were tendered him by his party. Luke Kathan was an active mem- ber of the Christian church, and died on Sep- tember 30, 1881, at seventy-nine years of age. He wedded Freelove Allen, whose father was a resident of the town of Day. To their union were born six sons and nine daughters : Car- oline Frazier, Emeline Wait (deceased), Sarah Wait, Amy Wait, Betsey Huntoon, Alvina Ellithorp, Mary Wait, Martha Wait, Orange E. (subject), Hugh, Harmon, Monroe and James.
L ALORUS WINNEY, while not noted for restless activity, yet is an energetic and thoroughgoing farmer and business man, of the town of Saratoga. He is a son of Francis K. and Dorcas (Tefft) Winney, and was born in the town of Saratoga, Saratoga county, New York, July 27, 1812. He was reared on the farm, received his education in the old common schools of Grangerville and his native town, and then learned the trade of carpenter, which he soon quit to engage in his present profitable occupation of farming. In 1852 he came to near Victory Mills and purchased the farm of fifty-one acres, which he has owned and cultivated ever since. His land is good, and under his judicious and progressive methods of farming has yielded excellent crops of grain and grass. Beginning in a small way as a farmer he has continued under circumstances alternately encouraging and dis- couraging at times, until he has now achieved success and earned a comfortable competency. In his early manhood, the great west -the region from the Ohio to the Mississippi - was opening bright pages of promise for enterprise and energy, but Mr. Winney was one of those who chose to remain in the cast and seek his fortunes in his native county, where substan- tial inducements have always been offered to active and energetic workers. In politics Mr. Winney is a republican, and though never actively engaged in political life, yet he served his town for four years as assessor. In that
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office he was active, conscientious and faithful in the discharge of all of his duties.
On April 8, 1840, Mr. Winney married Teressa Shearen. Mrs. Winney is an intelli- gent and active. woman, who presides well over their comfortable home.
Valorus Winney is of Dutch descent, and his grandfather, Killim Winney, was descended from the Winney family, of Holland, and spent the greater part of his life near Schuylerville, where he followed his trade of blacksmith in connection with farming. He was a federal- ist in politics, born October 15, 1759, and died September 9, 1798, at thirty-nine years of age. He married Mary Perry, and their chil- dren were: Francis K., John P., Ann Davis and Rachel Potter. Francis K. Winney (father), was born June 12, 1782, and died September 2, 1853, in the seventy-second year of his age. He was engaged in early life in merchandising, and then embarked in farm- ing, which he followed up to the time of his death. He owned over three hundred acres of land, was a prosperous farmer, and in pol- itics supported the Whig party. He was an- influential man in his community, served eight years as justice of the peace, and took an ac- tive part in the affairs of the Presbyterian church, of which he had been a member for many years. He married Dorcas Tefft, who was a daughter of Nathan Tefft, of Washington county, and died on April 1, 1866, in the eigh- tieth year of her age. They were the parents of nine sons and six daughters : Killim, Nathan, Frances M. Patterson, Emma and Emily, twins ; Sarah A., Isabella Ostrander, Rachel, Gardiner, Valorus (subject), John P., James S., Stephen H., Rowe, and a son that died in infancy.
M ICHAEL CAREY, an engineer by pro- fession, and one of the thrifty and com- fortably situated farmers of the town of Cor- inth, is a son of Timothy and Catherine (Donevan) Carey, and was born in County Cork, Ireland, October 4, 1836. Timothy
Carey was a farmer by occupation, and lived ncar the village of Dunmanway, in County Cork, where he died 1868, at fifty-two years of age. He was a member of the Catholic church, and in Irish politics supported the Liberal party, through whose principles en- forced he hoped for Ireland's liberation from the thrall of political bondage and the thou- sand other woes with which her people have been cursed for centuries. He married Cath- erine Donevan, daughter of Patrick Donevan, and their union has been blessed with four sons and four daughters : Mary, who died at twenty-two years of age ; Cornelius, died 1858, was a farmer of Ireland; Nora, married and came to this country; Jeremiah, now a resi- dent of the United States ; Michael, the sub- ject of this sketch; Anna, who married Cor- nelius O'Brian ; John, who died in Ireland ; and Katie, now the wife of John Carney, of Ireland, but now both residents of this country. Mrs. Catherine Carey was born in Ireland in 1800, and died in 1873.
Michael Carey was reared in his native county, received his education in the excellent National schools of Ireland, and then with the impulsive nature of his warm-hearted and sympathetic race, sought for a future home, a competency and political freedom in the United States, where all the avenues to wealth, honor and distinction are ever open to every citizen, from the cottage to the palatial man- sion. He landed at New York city in 1867, and in a short time came to this county in quest of respectable and remunerative employment, which he found in the service of the Hudson River Pulp & Paper Company, with whom he remained for eighteen years. He commenced work in their mill at Corinth as a day hand, but soon was promoted to another position on account of his activity and intelligent ser- vice. Having some knowledge of engineer- ing he was transferred after a few months to the engine room, where from an assistant he became chief engineer of the great mill. As engineer he served acceptably year after year
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