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IHISTORY OF ULSTER COUNTY, NEW YORK.
Beyond Centreville, Josiah Elting was an early settler. His son Abram, and grandson, P. L. F. Elting, occupy the old place. Another son, Ruloff, lives just over the line in the town of New Paltz.
The Van Wagoner family was an carly and promivent one north of Centreville. John Saxton, father of Silas, was another early settler at Centreville.
Ezekiel Eiting has resided on the Marlborough road a great many years. He married a daughter of Abram El- ting, and is a man of influence and prominence.
An old resident of the town furnishes the following interesting
REMINISCENCES.
" The Woolseys came of Puritan stock, and were among the earliest settlers of Southern Ulster. If we are not mis- taken they came here from Connecticut, and here the family name has been perpetuated to the present day. I remember well the little old church ( Presbyterian), and a very plain, unpretentious structure it was. The society which erected and worshiped in it for years was of the Old School Pres- byterian persuasion. The Woolseys were among its most prominent and active members. The ground upon which the building stood was given to the society by Moses Wool- sey, who, with his two sons, Daniel and Robert, lived on grounds adjoining the church.
" The first minister within my recollection that officiated in this church was Dominic Ostrom, who divided his time between this church and Marlborough. He was replaced by Dominie Beach. Dominic Ostrom did not believe in slavery, and in accordance with his belief he made bold to enter his protest against human bondage. This was too much for the staid old conservatives of his flock, who gave him notice to leave forthwith. With Dominie Beach the society changed from the Old to the New School.
" At this time it was customary to hold annually what was known as a ' four days' meeting.' This was a season of revival in which farmers and their families for miles around would participate. They would come in on horseback, in wagons, and in ox-carts in the morning and remain all day, bringing their food with them. Upon one of these occa- sions, about forty-eight years ago, so great an interest was excited that the meetings were continued two weeks. The services were conducted from day to day by Dominio Beach, assisted by the lite Dowinie Wile, who was then a young man stationed at Pleasant Valley, Dutchess Co. At this meeting some 200 were either converted or sought con- version. Among the number, if I am not mistaken, were the following, whose names are still familiar in Highland : Henry Deyo and family, two of whom were Mrs. Phube Deyo and Mrs. Caroline Pratt, Reuben Hine and Mrs. Chambers, John Coe, Whs. Julia Ransom, Delia Pratt, Squire Lake and family, Jordan Dobbs, wife, and family, Griffin Carpenter. En Ransom and wife, Joseph Rausom, and Abram and Deyo Elting.
" Deyo Elting was captain of the ferry-boat . Dutchess and Elster,' and Abram Elting ran a sloop between New Paltz and New York for freight and passengers. Mrs. Dr. Hasbrouck and Mrs. Ezekiel Elting, of Highland, and Capt. Luther Elting, of Poughkeepsie, were children of Capt. Abram Elting. Josiah Du Bois, Jacob Dayton and family,
Jacob D.yo, Nathan, Deyo, Joseph Deyo and family were also among the number.
" After this awakening small parties would go from hamlet to hamlet and hold meetings. I remember being one of a small company that went to a meeting at a school-house that was located below Lif. Smith's. Our conveyance was an ox-eart. Yet the reader must not infer that all Southern Ulster was a religious community. There were huskings and parties and balls, patronized by young men and women whom the religious excitement had failed to reach. The old stone hotel on the post-road just below this village, kept by Reu- ben Deyo, was a favorite place for those who wished to engage in the dance, and there are those living to-day who have pleasant recollections of that plain but popular hostelry, and many parties that met within its old stone walls to chase away the hours to the music of ' Joe' Gunn's violin. The Paltz was another noted place for balls and parties. The Lotels or " taverns' were of the largest and best eon- ducted in the county. Here grand balls were given on every holiday eve, at which might be seen the sons and daughters of farmers, who had come long distances to attend."
STORES.
The first stores at Highland and vicinity were kept by Salomon Ferris, Abram Elting, and John T. Caverley, all of whom had stores at the dock, or landing, which was then the seat of all the trafic and commercial activity which the town enjoyed. John Howell was also one of the first tradesmen of the town. Thomas Deyo was also quite early in trade. Absalom Barrett was one of the most prominent and influential traders that the town ever had. George Rose and C. B. Harrison have been in trade at Iligliland a great many years. Du Bois Brothers have been in trade in the same place several years, and were pre- ceded by Messrs. Elmore, Du Bois, and Bond. George Saxton is also in active trade at Highland.
TAVERNS.
The public houses of the town have been quite numer- ous, and many of them of little importance. Reuben Deyo had an carly inn three-fourths of a mile south of the village of llighland. An old tavern was kept down the Kingston rond, at an early period, by different parties. It was at one time quite a centre of resort in the town. Another early tavern was kept up the post-road by a man by the name of Watkins. John W. Deyo kept a store and hotel quite early where Abram Benson resides. The house adjoining the Highland House was kept as a tavern by a man named Nichols quite early. The next tavern in point of age in the village was kept where Upright's place now is, by a man by the name of Johnson. Since that time the house had numerous proprietors. The Highland House has been kept by Benjamin Terwilliger for a number of years past. Ileman Dobbs has been the proprietor of the Dobbs House for a couple of years past.
PHYSICIANS.
Dr. Barnabas Benton was one of the carly physicians of the town, and was in practice about the year 1816, comint. iug a great many years. He resided where Abram Beu.
Sachalin H. Rogers. 1439.
UzDan GLEN.
RESIDENCE OF C. H. ROBERTS, ON THE HUDSON, Opposite Poughkeepsie, N. Y.
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son now lives. Dr. Hasbrouck was the next most promi- nent physician of the town. He commenced about the year 1825, and was in regular practice until quite a reeent period. Few men have wielded a wider influence in the towu, or been a greater power for good. Dr. Miller eu- gaged in practice prior to the late war. He performed active professional service in that memorable struggle, and resimting his practice in the town at its close, still resides there. Dr. Abiah Heston, another practicing physician of the town, died a few years ago. Dr. J. I. Dart and Dr. La Moree are in practice in the town now.
LAWYERS.
The legal profession has had some representation in the town. Solomon G. Young. Es.1., has been in active prae- tiee in Lloyd for a score of years, and is still a leading and influential citizen of the town. Abraham D. Lent, Esq., a graduate of the Albany Law School on May 13, 1874, commeneed practice in Highland in November of that year, and is still in successful practice. John V. W. Doty, Esq., has been in practice at Highland for about a year.
ROADS.
The record of the earliest roads of Lloyd is not to be found in the town. For these the reader is referred to the town of New Paltz. In 1813 the most prominent road in the town was the post-road along the river. The road from New Paltz to the river was also early in use, and the road to Modena was used soon after the settlement of the town.
It was known as the Highland and Modena turnpike for a number of years. The New Pakz turnpike was built in 1832, and followed a more dircet and easy route than the old road to the river.
IV .- MEN OF PROMINENCE.
A few of these have already been incidentally mentioned in the general sketches of the town. Among those resi- dents of the town who have held official station have been Joseph Deyo, sheriff in 1821 and 1822; Wells Lake, member of Assembly in 1820-21 and 1823; Reuben H. Hine, member of Assembly, 1845 ; Job G. Elmore, member of Assembly, 18IS; John B. Howell, member of the Legis- lature, 1851; Silas Saxton, clerk of the county, 1858, and sheriff, 1873; Nathan Williams, county clerk, 1864; and A. E. Hasbrouck, member of Assembly, 1868, 1869, and 1870.
V .-- CIVIL ORGANIZATION.
The existence of Lloyd as a distinet municipality dates from the passage of an aet of the Legislature of April 15, 1815, whereby it was set off from the town of New Paltz. The name of Lloyd was eouferred upon the new town.
FIRST TOWN-MEETING.
The first town-meeting was held at the house of Lyman Halstead, on May 6, 1845. Stephen Lake, Esq., called the meeting to order. John H. Coe and Jacob Seryver were chosen by the meeting to be associated with Mr. Lake in conducting the same. Stephen Wardel was appointed elerk. The following town officers were chosen : Super- visor, Reuben Deyo ; Town Clerk, Hasbrouck Lefevre ;
Superintendent of Schools, Aaron Tuthill; Justices of the Peace, Silas Saxton, John B. Howell, John L. Deyo; Assessors, John II. Coe, David S. Degarmo, William L. Relyea; Commissioners of Highways, Robert Woolsey, Alexander Hasbrouck, Robert P. Rose; Overseers of the Poor, John H. Coe, Benjamin E. Ransom; Collector, Job G. Elmore; Inspectors of Election, Thouras N Smith, Jacob Seryver, Jacob Hardenbergh; Constables, Job G. Elmore, Ithamer Haley, Noah Woolsey, Elijah Wilklow, Edward A. Nash ; Poundmasters, Elias S. Degarmo, Abram D. B. Elting; Town Sealer, Moses Saxon.
The principal town officers elected by the citizens of the town since that time have been :
SUPERVISORS.
1845-48, Reuben Deyo; 1849-51, Stephen Lake; 1832-58, Silas Saxton ; 1859, Philip Leroy ; 1800, Nathan Williams; 1561-62, Luther Wilklow : 1863-61, Philip Leroy ; 1865, Samuel D. Bond; 1866, l'zekiel S. Elting; 1867-70, Solomon G. Young : 15;1. Ezekiel S. Elting; 1872-73, George W. Pratt; 1874, levitt Lane; 1875, James R. Weismiller ; 1876, John B. Howell; 1577, James R. Weismiller; 1878, George S. Lamoree; 1879, Ezekiel 8. Elting.
TOWN CLERKS.
1845, Hasbronek Lefevre; 1846-49, James D. Terwilliger; 1850, John Fling ; 1851-32. Samuel D. Bond1; 1833-55, George Saxton; 1856-57. James M. Knapp; 1558, Lyman II. Halstead; 1859, Elias D. Carpenter; 1860, Lyman II. Halstead; 1861-62, Alex- ander C. Hasbrouck ; 1863, Hasbrouck Lefevre; 1864-65, Moses Saxton; 18GG, Charles T. Degroff; 1867, Lewis Atkins; IS68-69, Frederick D. Van Ostrand; 1870-71, James M. Knapp; 1872, Iloyie Adams ; 1873, lewis C. Bevier; 1871, David A. Seymour : 1875, George M. Kumpp; 1876. Frederick D. Van Ostrand; 1875, Richard S. MenIon; 1578, Frederick D. Ven Ostrani; 1870, James E. Du Bois.
JUSTICES OF THE PEACE.
1815. Silas Saxton, John B. Howell, John L. Deyo : 1846, John L. Deyo; 1847, Stephen Lake; 1848, John B. Howell, Jchu Ehring ; 1849, Benjamin King, Silas Saxton ; 1850, John Elting; 1851, Stephen Lake; 1832, Upenetus K. Woolsey ; 1853, Silas Saxton, Abrabaru J. Coutant; 1854, Daniel E Buckhout. Jehu Ehirg; 1855, George W. Harris, Charles W. Elting; 1856, Charles W. Eiting, Robert Lewis; 1857. John Vradenbergh, Luther Wilk- low; 1858, Jacob, Roberts; 1859, Lutber Wilklow : 1860, Charles W. Elting; 1861, John Vradenburgh: 1862, M. W. Powell ; 1863, Luther Wilklow; 1861. James )I. Brown; 1865, Daniel Coc; Isit, Solomon G. Young; 1867, Luther Wilklow ; 1562, Chadles W. Elting; 1869. Daniel Coo: 1870, Oliver P. Car- ponter; 1971, Luther Wilklow ; 1572, Charles W. Elting: 1873, James M. Knapp; 1871, Daniel Coc; 1875, Luther Wilklow: 1876, Charles W. Elting; 1877, James M. Knapp; 1878, Daniel Cue ; 1570, Marens Lane.
NOTES FROM THE RECORDS.
May 6, 1845 .-- " Renolred, that a Bounty of six pence be paid by the town for each Crow killed from the 6th of May inst. untill the 1st of September next, in said town.
" Resolved, that a Bounty of one Dollar be paid by the Town for each fox killel iu this Town for the year ensuing."
April 6, 1852, " Resolved, that the bounty on Skunks shall be twenty- five Cents in the town of Lloyd."
This is believed to be the first premium ever offered on domestic perfume in the county.
STATISTICAL.
By the census of 1875, there are 505 dwelling-houses in the town, and having a total value of $699,220. The
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cash value of farms is $1,711,020, and of farm-buildings, $231,100.
VI .- VILLAGES AND HAMLETS. HIGHLAND,
situated on the Hudson, on the cast border of the town, is the principal village in Lloyd. It lies opposite the city of Poughkeepsie. The real growth of this village began about the year 1820, and the first building was done by Philip Elting, and so wild were considered the schemes of this gentleman to found a village at this point, that the place was for a long time designated as " Philip's Folly." The building of the Methodist church in 1821 also did much to build up the village.
The first honse creeted in the village was that of Mr. Elting, which stood about where the old Methodist church now stands. The second house, the one now adjoining Deyo's Hall, stood near Mr. Elting's. Dr. Hasbrouck had his office in it at quite an early period. The store oeeu- pied by Du Bois Brothers was built soon after the village began to grow, and another was ereeted where the queat- market now is. The building of the New Paltz turnpike, in 1832, gave additional stimulus to the growth of the vil- lage, and increased business at the landing. Improvements came to be made along its course, and for the last twenty years the growth of the village has been quite rapid. The village proper contains Presbyterian, Methodist, and Epis- eupal churches, a public hall, two hotels, a number of stores, and several factories and mechanic-shops. It is pleasantly laid out into streets and lots, has good schools, and a population of about 800.
The landing is designated by the name of " New Paltz Landing," and was at first the seat of business enterprise in the town. It is still an active point, where are located several stores, factories, store-houses, eoal-yards, and mue- chanie-shops. The village is connected with Poughkeepsie by publie conveyance three times a day, and by steam ferry every half-hour. The post-office was established carly in the century. Daniel Coe was an early postmaster, and kept the office in the gate-house on the turnpike. Other postmasters have been Dr. A. P. Heston, Hacalinh Deyo, John Hammond, and the present postmaster, James De Groff.
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( ENTREVILLE,
as its name implies, is situated in the geographical eentre of the town. Settlements were made here at quite an early day. The New Paltz turnpike passes through it. It con- tains a Methodist church, hotel kept by Lyman Halstead, a blacksmith-shop, wagon-shop, grist-will, two saw. mills, and about twenty dwellings.
LEWISBURGH,
about a mile below the landing, is a hamlet of some an- tiquity, and the seat of the main coopering interests of the town.
CLINTONDALE,
in the southwest corner of the town, is located mostly within the town of Plattekill, and is deseribed in the latter town.
VIL .- SCHOOLS.
No account of the early schools of the town can be given, as the records are entirely barren of any reference to them. Several private schools, or seminaries, have been established at Highland, but they have been short-lived, and of little permanent strength. The schools of the town are of the district elass. Of these there are nine.
VIII .- CHURCHES. LLOYD PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH, HIGHLAND.
This church was organized in the year 1808, by Rev. James I. Ostrom. Mr. Ostrom was succeeded as pastor by Rev. J. A. Beach, and the pastors since have been Rev. Messrs. Frederick Tuckerman, George Delavan, Burtis C. Magee, A. O. Pollenbit, M. F. Liebenau, B. F. Wile, and the present pastor, Samuel W. Adriance, who was ordained and installed May 22, 1877.
The first elders of the church, in 1808, were Dr. Barna- bas Burton, Moses Woolsey, and David Gee. Their sue- cessors were G. D. H. Ostrom, Reuben H. Hine, Joseph S. Conklin, Benjamin E. Ransom, Alfred Lane, John Le Roy, John Bartlett, A. J. Pratt, Moses Deyo, Philip Le Roy, 1. C. Du Bois, Charles Pratt, Charles B. Lockwood, and Isaae N. Hammond. The names of a number of the earliest members of the church appear elsewhere in this work.
The first church edifice was erected soon after the or- gauization of the church, and was used until a compara- tively recent period. The present building was erected in 1816, and was rebuilt and enlarged in 1871.
The church is in a prosperous and growing state, having a membership of 150. The Sabbath-school numbers abont 100, and the Sabbath-school library contains 215 volumes. The superintendent is Charles B. Lockwood. The officers of the church are as follows : Elders, Alden J. Pratt, John Cookingham, Nathan S. Williams, Charles B. Lock wood, and Philip Le Roy; Deacons, Albert P. Ford and William Wilcox ; Trustees, Levi J. Hasbrouck, Nathan S. Williams, Abram E. Hasbrouck, Oliver J. Tillson, R. Elting Du Bois, and Johu Coe, Jr. ; Secretary and Treasurer, Alden J. Pratt.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL, HIGHLAND.
For a long time this church formed a portion of a large circuit, having been organized in the year 1787. Ou Dee. 20, 1821, six-tenths of an aere of land was purchased of Philip Elting, and upon it was immediately erected the first meeting-house used by the society, -the plain wooden build ing still standing at Highland, facing its more pretentious suecessor. The old structure was enlarged and renovated about 1850, and in 1869 the present elegant and substan- tial structure was built, at a cost of about $35,000, the ground upon which it stands having been purchased Joue 5, 186S. The church was made a separate station in 1862. The parsonage in the rear of the church was purchased by the society on April 1st of that year.
The pastors who have had charge of the church since 1853 have been as follows: 1853, D. B. Turner ( Highland ), Joseph Elliot (New Paltz) ; 1856-57, D. W. C. Van Gas- beck ; 1858-59, M. Messeter ; 1800-61, William Blake; 1862-63, Jocl Croft ; 1864, Paul R. Brown; 1863-66, E.
SILAS SAXTON.
Silas Saxton was born in the town of New Paltz. Ulster Co., N. Y., Sept. 9, 1817, the third child of John and Catharine (York) Saxton. Gilbert Saxton, his grandfather, emigrated from Holland, and settled in New Paltz. He was twice married, and raised a family of twenty-one children. John Saxion, his father, was a child by his second wife. He was also twice married. His first wife was Catharine York, daughter of John York. He kept the hotel at Ceu- terville now owned and run by John Dinsey. His second wife was Lydia Drake, daughter of Gil- bert Drake. He had six children by his first wife, and seven by his second. Three of the former, viz., David, Sila-, and Sarah, and all of the latter are hving.
David is a farmer living in Michigan. Sarah is the wife of Tobias Elting, of New Paltz.
John Saxton was a carpenter by trade, which occupation he followed up to about the year 1820, when he moved to Centerville, where he pur- chased the grist- and saw-mill now owned by Hiram Weed, and which he continued to operate until his death.
During his boyhood, and up to the year 1856, Silas Saxton was employed principally in these mills, receiving before his marriage one-third interest, and after his marriage one-half interest in them.
His echuication was received in the common school at Centerville, and about two years at the New Paltz
Academy. He married, Feb. 19, 1842, Ruth Ro-e. daughter of Jacob S. and Elizabeth Rose. Mis. Saxton was born in New Paltz (now Lloyd), July 30, 1825. They have no children.
Having sold out his interest in the mills in 1856, for the next three years he kept the hotel at Center- ville now owned by Lyman Halstead. In the fall of 1858 he was elected county clerk. The last year of his clerkship, and two years thereafter, he served as deputy treasurer under William H. Degarino. He then moved to Highland, and for oue year engaged in the tug business in New York harbor. In 1865 he commenced the freighting business between High- land and New York City, which he - followed for eight years. In the fall of 1878 he was elected sheriff. Upon the expiration of his term of office he moved on to his farm in Lloyd, one and a half miles north of Centerville.
Mr. Saxton has also filled a number of the minor offices of the town of Lloyd. He has been a justice of the peace for twelve years, and its supervisor for eight years. In 1879 he was elected to the office of county superintendent of the poor, and is the present incumbent of that office. That the varied duties attached to these several offices have been discharged by Mr. Saxton with singular fidelity and serupulous honesty, and to the satisfaction of not only party friends, but equally to those opposed to him in politics, is to state the simple truth.
ELI L. DU BOIS.
This gentleman is a lineal descendant of Jacques -- or, in English, James-Da Bois, who came to this country in 1675 and settled in Kingston. He was a prominent member of the Kingston Church. He was a younger brother of Louis the Walloon. His son Peter removed to Dutchess Ca., N. Y., where his descen lants have from the fire' rerked atting the most useful citizen .. First on the hst of officers and members of the ancient church of Fishkill stands the name of Peter Du Bois. Ile married, Oct. 12, 1697, JJannetje Barhans. Eleven children- seven boys and four girls-were born to them, six of whom married and had issue. Though not as numerous as the descendants of Louis, the desert lants of Peter Du Bois, the ancestor of the family in Dutchess County, have so spread out that at the present time, if traced from the parent stem through all its different branches, they will make up quite a formidable family tree.
Among these descendants is numbered the subject of our sketch.
Eli L. Du Bois was born in the town of Marlborough, Ulster Co., N. Y., April 20, 1822, the sixth cufill of Rich- ard and Aletta ( Philips) Du Bois. There were eight children in his father's family,-John P., Abraham, Elizabeth, Rich- ard, Aletta, Eli L., Sarah Ellen, and Daniel P.
John P. married Hannah Perkins, of Lloyd ; has one child living,-Fhas P. John P'. was a farmer, and is deecase ..
Abraham studied for the ministry, but died before entering upon his professional life.
Elizabeth, wife of Oliver Smith, of Lloyd, is deceased ; she left four children,-Charles, Frank, Oliver, and Albert.
Richard married Ruth Du Bois; two children,-Mariette and Frank.
Aletta, wife of Ennis Deyo, a farmer in Lloyd ; five chil- dren,-Ira, Albert, Alice, Hattie, and Luther.
Sarah Ellen, wife of Walter Sands; has two children,- Mary and John.
Daniel P. married Phobe Ann Jenkins; they have three children,-Charles, George, and De Witt.
Richard Du Bois, the futher, was born in the town of Fish- kill, Dutchess Co., N. Y., March 18, 1780.
Ilis wife was Aletta Philips, daughter of John R. Philips,
of Fishkill. Some time after his marriage he moved to Ulster County, and settled on a rented farm in the town of Marl. borough. On the first of Aprit, 1823, he moved to Lloyd, and settled on a farmi situated on the west bank of the Hudson River, at a place then called Blue Point. He died at the resi- donc of his daughter, Mrs. Deyo, March 21, 1801. His wife died I'Mb. 19, 1-09.
Eli Ja. was a year old when his father moved to Lloyd. Ilis boyhood days were spent upon his father's farin, attend. ing school winters. He has been twice married. He married. Oct. 16, 1819, Mary Harcourt, daughter of Joseph and Eliza- beth Harcourt, of Marlborough. She was born there Sept. 16. 1826. One child, Mary, was born to them, Dee. 16, 1550. the wife of Albert J. Hasbrouck, son of Dr. De Witt and Phoebe Ann Hasbrouck, living at Highland Landing. Mr. Hasbrouck, her husband, is an otlicer on the steamer " Hardy," running between the Landing and New York City. They were married Nov. 16, 1869.
Mrs Da Bois die 1 Dee. 23, 1550. Mr. Du Bois remained on the home-farin two years after the death of his wife, then, in company with his brother, Daniel P., rented a farm in Fishkill, where he remainel two years. He next carried of for one year a rented farm in Lloyd, next adjoining the home- farm. Then, in company with his brother, purchased of his father the home-farm, and after working it together for one year he purchased his brother's interest.
Hle again married, Feb. 24, 1858, Mariette Hait, daught ..: of David M. and Lucretia ( Woolsey) Hait. Mrs. Du Bois was born in the town of Marlborough, Dec. 28, 1827. 1 :: 1950 he sold the home-farm to Daniel P. Barnard, and pur- chased the farin where he now resides of Robert and Richard S. Woolsey.
Mr. Da Bois has been a hard-working farmer ; by a life of untiring industry, of striet, temperate living, and prudent inanagement he has accumulated a handsome property. In politics he has been a lifelong Democrat ; has filled the offices of commissioner of highways and assessor for three years each.
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