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The list of soldiers from Rosendale who served in the Union army during the war of 1861-65 is given below, as prepared from various authorities in the office of the county clerk. The military history was not written up under the law of 1865 by the town clerk, and no records in that office are available for the purpose of rendering this list more complete and accurate.
Moses Huffman, ent. December, 1963, 39th N. Y. Regt .; lost right leg. l'eter Durham, eul. April, Isot, Lith Regt. ; re-eul. September, last. Martin Rumple, enl, Sept. 19, 1864, 20th Regt.
Corn. Wheeler, ent. Jan. 26, 1x61, 20th Regt. Luther Lawrence, enl. Jan. 13, 1565, 20th liegt.
Jolin Donovan, ent. Ang. 2, 1802, 120th Regt .; trans, to H. S. Art .; disch. June 28, 1-5.
Win. Kisenbergher, eul. Oct. 20, 1861, 20th Regt. Bernard Frear, enl. October, 1$63, Alst Regt.
George O. Kisenbergher, enl. Aug. 24, 1862, 120th Regt.
George Bodly, enl. September, 1860, 20th Regt. ; Alisch. June 17, 1865.
Josephus Elimendorph, corp, enl. October, 1362, 156th Regt.
Dennis HeCarty, eul. January, 1561, 20th Regt.
Inanc Fitzgerald, enl. January, 1864, Bat. B.
Fritz Sulkey, enl. Jannary, 15Gi, Art.
Wm. T. Van Tassel, ent. April, 1861, 20th Regt.
Patrick Walin, enl. April, 1864, 20th Regt.
George Vanwager, ent. September, Isto, 2othr Regt.
George P. Mulks, enl. April, 1864, 20th Regt .; pro. to capt.
Johnson Clearwater, enl. Sept. 11, 1861, 49th Regt .; re-enl. Dec. 23, 1x63.
David R. Le Fever, enl. March 20, 1864, 20th Regt.
Longinus $. Bates, enl. September, 1862, 156th Regt .; pro. to capt. ; died Sept. 24, 1864, at Shenandoah, Va.
John Caisey, ent. September, 1862, 120th Regt .; died July 12, 1863.
Andrew Dewitt, ent. June 3, 1863, 120th Regt .; died July 3, 1663, at Gettys-
burg.
Benj. Clearwater, end. Nov. 17, 1962, 150th Regt. ; died Sept 9, 1865, at New Orleans.
John 11. New kirk, eal. September, 1862, 120th Regt.
Joseph Deits, enl. Sept. 29, 1864, 15th Eng .; disch. June 25, 1865.
Walter Taylor, en !. August, 1860, 20th Regt .; died July 3, 1863, at Gettysburg.
James Craig, cal. September, 1860, 20th Regt. ; slied July 3, 1863, at Gettysburg. Martin Snyder, enl. April, leGl, 20th Regt .; re-eat. September, 1861; prv. to Ist and 2d lient., capt., and asst. prov .- marshal at Richmond.
Michiel Connor, enl. March, 1861, 20th Regt.
John Farrel, enl. March, 1804, 20th Regt.
Sinon P. Keator, enl. March 17, 1861, 20th Regt.
George Krom, ent. April, 1861, 2oth Regt.
John lloffman, ent. April, 1865, 20th Regt.
Wm. Delamater, en1. 1862, 120th Regt .; pro. to q.m. dept.
Hirain Tappan, enl. 1862, 120th Regt.
Fred. Smith, ent. April, 1861, 20th Regt .; re-enl. September, 1801.
Win. Selfick, enl. 1862, 4!st Regt.
John Duffy, enl. 1861.
John K. Wood, eul. March, 1865, 20th Regt.
John C. Bogardus, surg., enl. Bocklett brigade; re-enl. in 102d Regt .; trans. to hospital at Alexandria, Va.
John Brown, enl. Jan. 18, 1865, 4th N. Y. Regt
Nelson Durham, enl. March, 1864, 20th Regt.
Isnac Lawrence, enl. March, 1864, 20th Regt.
Fred. S. Lafin, sergt., enl. October, 1862, 156th Regt .; died October, 1863, at Cairo, Ill.
And. J. Conway, enl. April, 1861, 20th Regt. ; re-en.l. September, 1501.
Jacob HF. Kow, enl. March, 1864, 20th Regt. ; died in service.
Edwin Dates, eul. Feb. 2, 1865, 20th Regt.
Wm. Dates, enl. April, 1861, 20th Regt. ; re-en1. September, IS61.
Abram Bush, enl. March, 1865.
Miran Wheeler, enl. Nov. 18, 1863, 41st Regt.
Moses K. Du Bois, enl. Oct. 13, 1864, 15th Eng.
Peter D. Lefever, eul. April, 1861, 20th Regt .; re-enl. September, 1801; trans. to 90th Regt.
Evertire Griswold, ent. Jan. 29, 1865, 20th Regt.
Alva Schoonmaker, enl. April, 1864, 20th Regt.
Edwin M. Carter, ent. April, 1864, 20th legt.
John Mowi, enl. Jannary: 1865.
Lewis Craig, ent. April, 1861, 20th Regt.
M. Connor, enl. Sept. 4, 1864, 20th Regt.
3 In E. Honghtaling, enl. Nov. 17, 1862, 156th Regt.
Hirant Hasbrouck, Pul. 1862, 20th Regt.
John Deyo, ent. September, 1861, 50th Regt.
Silas Slater, enl. Feb. 20, 1864, 20th Regt.
Engene Ilil, enl. March: 17, 1804, 20th Regt.
Lewis M. Lamminger, 20th Regt .; disch. for wounds; afterwards drafted ; served in 125th Regt .; disch. June 20, 1565,
Alexander Hill, cul. April, 1861, 20th Regt.
James Dunn, enl. September, 1>61, 131st Regt .; re-enlisted.
Mathusalem Krum, enl. April 7, 1865, 96th Regt.
James C. Osterhoudt, served nearly three years.
John If. Osterhoudt, enl. September, 1502, 120th Regt. ; disch. Anne, 1:65. Walter Tyler, eul. April, 1861, 20th Regt ; killed at Gettysburg.
James Craig, end. September, 1861, 20th Regt. Daniel Metiown, eul. March 17, 1863, 20th Regt.
Oweh Murphy, ent. Dec. 17, 1823, 20th Regt.
Richard MeDonald, ent. April 17, 1861, 20th Regt.
O. Du Bois, ent. June, 1862, 12th Cav. ; died April 12, 1865.
George Youuse, ent. September, Is02, 20th Regt. Philip Lucklow, en !. Siarch 8, 1-62, 5th Car.
Martin D. Durbem, enl. Sept. 4, 18G2, 156th Regt., Co. F.
Samuel Lage, cal. Ang. 26, 1:02, 16th Regt., Co. F.
Patrick Perry, eal. Oct. 7, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. G. David 11. Vansteenburgh, drummer, ent. Sept. 1, 1862, Co. A. Georgr Gilsinger, enl. Sept. 2, 1862, 150th Regl., Co. B
Charles Smith, end. Aug. 8, 1-62, 156th liegt., Co. C. John Roose, ent. Sept. 3, 15+2, 15th Road., Co. C. O. S. Danlavy, ent. Nov. 11, 1802, 150th Regl., Co. C. Wa. E. Would, 2d sergt., enl. Sept. 2, 1962, 136th Regt, Co. F.
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Frederick S. Latting, oth corp., ent. Sept. 5, 1862, 156th Regt., Co. E. Joseph Wilkeuson, Ist sergt., enl. Ang. 6, 1462, 120th Regt., Co. C. Silas S. Anchmoody, enl. Aug. 15, 1862, 12th Regt., Co. C. Michael Quinn, cul. Aug. 8, 1862, 120th Regt., Co. C. Nicholas Loughran, ent. July 30, 1x62, 120th Regt., Co. A.
BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.
EDMUND DOREMUS,
whose portrait appears in connection with this sketch, was born Sept. 26, 1821, at West Bloomfield, now Mont Clair, N. J. Hle was the fourth in a family of eight children, all of whom lived to mature years, reared families, and six of whom are still living.
His father was Peter Doremus, a native of Pompton, N. J .; and his mother, Rhoda (Crane) Doremus, was born in West Bloomfield. Both of his parents are dead. His father was a successful farmer and merchant, and au exten- sive shoe manufacturer of West Bloomfield. After the war of 1812 he left the tanning business, in which he had been engaged for a few years, and purchased the property now owned and occupied by Philip Doremus, where there has been a store coutinuously by the Doremus family since 1814.
The earlier years of Edmund Doremus were spent at home assisting his father, and acquiring the rudiments of his education in the comoou schools of the town. At the age of thirteen ho entered Briar Hill Academy, at Caldwell, N. J., and remained there as a student two years. Subse- quently he attended Mount Prospect Institute, near West Bloomfield, several terms.
Returning home, he assisted his father in business for one year, and then entered as an apprentice into the employ of Isaae B. Lee, a millwright, at Newark, N. J., where he continued until he was of age. Hle then spent one year in Michigan, engaged in teaching, and at the close of his labors returned home.
Hle married, May 18, 1845, Caroline, daughter of Isaae A. and Johanna ( Ward) Harrison, of Orange, N. J. Their children are as follows: Thomas J., born May 2, 1846, married Nettie, daughter of Col. Swift, of Schaghticoke, N. Y., and now secretary of Schaghticoke Powder Com- pany, Hart's Falls; Auna, born Jan. 16, 1843, wife of Harry Tremper, of Rhinebeck ; Bella, born July 31, 1850, wife of T. Scott Millegan, of Rondout; Lizzie, boru Aug. 24, 1852, died March 7, 1855 ; Frederick Harrison, born Jan. 8, 1855, married Mary, daughter of Lewis Mosier, of Creek Locks ; Walter Louis, born Oct. 7, 1857, resides at Mont Clair, N. J., with his uncle, Philip Doremus ; Edmund Chauncey, boru Dec. 17, 1859, died Dec. 12, 1864; Wil- liam Andrew, born May 2, 1862; and George Harrison, born June 16, 1867.
Edmund Doremus was engaged after his marriage for seven years in the millwright business, as contractor, ete., during two years of which time he was mechanical director of the Watsessing Calico Print-Works and Bleachery at West. Bloomfield.
In February, 1832, he moved to Whiteport, Ulster Co.,
N. Y., and became general manufacturing agent or superin- tendent of the Newark and Rosendale Cement Company, -- a position he still holds after a continuous service of twenty- eight years. The success of this company, its thoroughly systematized operations, the excellent quality of its cement, and its well-known popularity are undoubtedly largely due to the tact, skill, and untiring energy of Mr. Doremus.
In politics he was formerly connected with the Whig party, but at its dissolution attached himself to the Repub- lican party, and was one of its active organizers in the town of Rosendale. Ile has resolutely declined nominations for office, but his advice and influence have often been effective in political conventions.
In religious faith he is an Episcopalian, and is a mem- ber of the Church of the Holy Spirit at Rondout. Through his exertions a mission chapel has been established by that church at Whiteport, and a Sunday-school is maintained under his charge.
Mr. Doremus has thoroughly identified himself with the interests of the town, is universally respected by his fellow- citizens, and is a representative of the most important busi- ness interests of Ulster County.
ANDREW J. SNYDER,
son of John J. and Catherine ( Hardenbergh) Snyder, was born July 5, 1823, in the town of Hurley, Ulster Co.
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ANDREW J. SNYDER.
His father, a native of Hurley, was born Feb. 6, 1799. and died March 25, 1874. He (John J. ) commenced teaching when quite young, and afterwards was a surveyor through- out the county for several years. His father, Andrew, a highly-educated man, was the fourth from Jacob, the emi- grant, who settled in Dutchess Co., N. Y.
Andrew J. spent his boyhood at home till he was sixteen, when he commenced life for himself by farm labor at six dollars a month. In the spring of 1844 he commenced to learn the wheelwright and carpenter trade, which he fol-
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lowed till the spring of 1848, when he engaged in the ce- ment business, as superintendent of a quarry on the farm then owned by Silas Snyder, which was afterwards known as the Rosendale Lime and Cement Company.
Ile married, Nov. 14, 1850, Catherine, youngest daughter of Jacob L. Snyder, of Rosendale. She was born Dee. 13, 1831, and died July 29, 1879. The children of this union were John Jacob, born Sept. 20, 1852; Sarah Ann, born Jan. 27, 1855, died June 16, 1862; Lawrence, born May 27, 1857 (married Mary, daughter of John T. Wells, of Marbletown) ; Minnie, born June 1, 1866; Charles, born April 11, 1869; and Alva D., born Sept. 28, 1873. Mr. Snyder continued in the eement business till 1853, when he engaged in farming, and again, in 1960, he commenced the manufacture of cement on his farm, where he is now en- gaged.
In politics he is a Republican, but was never an office- sceker.
For the past ten years he has been a member of the Dutch Reformed Church of Rosendale, eight of which he has been an officer in the church, four years as deacon and four as elder. His wife was also a member of the same church.
NATHAN KEATOR,
son of Jacob I. and Magdalena (Schoonmaker) Keator, was born in the town of Rosendale, Ulster Co., N. Y., May 11, 1838.
Jacob J. Keator was a native of the same town, and re- siled there during his lite. He was a farmer by occupa- tion, an active and influential member of the Democratic party, and became a Republican upon the organization of that party. He was one of the assessors of the town for sixteen years, and for twelve years overseer of the poor. Ile was most of his life a member of the First Reformed Church, and for many years served that church officially. lle died May 8, 1871, aged sixty-eight years. His wife was a daughter of Abram P. Schoonmaker, and survives in 1480, having been born Nov. 9, 1809.
Their children are Aaron (deceased) ; Martha (deceased), wife of John T. Decker ; Ahuira, wife of Mathew Le Fever; Mury (deceased), wife of Addison E. Seaman, of Brooklyn, N. Y .; Nathan; Abrain S. (deceased ) ; Sarah C., wife of Abramu P. Keator; Lavina (deceased) ; and Engenie.
Nathan Keator received a good education in early life, and remained at home until he was twenty years of age. fie then spent one year at Openham Centre, Fulton Co., and one year in Rosendale, learning the blacksmith's trade, ktil for one year and a half was engaged in a carriage- tatinfactory at Poughkeepsie. lle married Harrietta A., Junghter of Otis Church, of Rosendale. Their children ate Charlie A., Walter J., Eva M. (died in infancy). After 3.'s marriage he carried on blacksmithing for two years in Saw Paltz, and mpon the death of his brother, Aaron, re- wal to the old homestead in Rosendale, which he carried su wnitil the death of his father, when he added to his farm- Of the flour, feed, lumber, and coal business, which he routines in ISS0.
Mr. Keator early in life took an active interest in Yocal
polities, and east his first vote for Abraham Lincoln for President of the United States. He was elected super- visor of Rosendale in 1876 on the Republican ticket, al- though the town is largely Democratie, receiving a handsome majority. In the fall of the same year he was elected to the State Legislature, and in 1877 re-elected to the same position by the very large majority of seven hundred and nineteen. While a member of the Legislature he was a member of the following committees: on commerce and navigation, banks, charitable and religious institutions, and chairman of the committee on expenditures of the executive department. In the spring of 1878 he was elected one of the assessors of the town for three years.
Mr. Keator is a liberal promoter of church and kindred interests; is a member of the Reformed Church ; has been deacon, and now officiates as elder of that church.
SIMON P. KEATOR,
son of Thomas G. and Elizabeth Keator, was born in the town ef Rosendale, Ulster Co., Aug. 22, 1827, and fol- lowed farming until 1870, when he purchased the property
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he now occupies in Rosendale, and engaged in the drug trade for nearly three years, when he disposed of his stock and went into the grocery business, in which he is engaged at the present time.
In 1815 he was appointed census marshal for, the town of Rosendale by Elias W. Leavenworth, then Secretary of State, In 1853 he was elected justice of the peace, and was re-elected in 1859, and held the office for eight years ; was justice of sessions in 1854. In 1862 he was appointed revenue assessor for the towns of Esopus and
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Rosendale by Abraham Lincoln, and held that office five years, and was appointed one of the railroad commissioners for Rosendale, which office he held six years.
In politics he has been a Republican since the formation of that party, and in Lincoln's first campaign commanded a company of Wide-Awakes, and did good service during the campaign.
Mr. Keator was active in organizing the Rosendale Cem- etery Association, of which he is the president, and has held the office of treasurer for a number of years.
In 1848 he married Hannah, the only daughter of Isaae and Catherine Coutant, by whom he has five children, -- three boys and two girls. The oldest son, Theron P., is editor and one-half owner of the Wabash Plaindealer, Indiana. The second son, Thomas O., a graduate of Dart- mouth College, N. H., is a physician, and is practicing medicine at Accord, Ulster Co. The third son, Isaac; is engaged with his father iu the grocery business. The two girls, Clara and Lucy, six and nine years old, are attending school. Mr. Keator is a man of correct habits, sterling integrity in all the relations of life, and enjoys the esteem and confidence of all who know him.
GARTON J. KEATOR.
The subject of this sketch is of Holland descent, and was born in Rosendale, formerly Marbletown, in 1810. He is the youngest in a family of seven children of Jacob N. and Susan (Keator) Kcator, also natives of Ulster County. Garton passed his earlier years in attendance upon the dis- trict school of his day, and in working upon his father's farm. After his father's death he purchased from the heirs the old homestead, where he now resides. This place has been familiarly known for many years as " Keator's Corners."
Mr. Keator married Catherine, daughter of Abrabam Deitz, of Rosendale. Of this union five children were born, viz. : Anna Maria, wife of Saul Relyea, of Rochester, Ulster Co .; Abram, who married Louisa, daughter of Henry Krum, of Marbletown; Susan C., wife of Nelson Schoonmaker, of Rosendale; Jane A., wife of L. E. Hoff- man, of Rosendale ; ard Jacob G., who married Catherine Jane, daughter of Silas Snyder.
Mr. Keator is a Democrat in politics, but has never sought public office or political honors.
His farm has been successively owned by his grandfather and father, both of whom were farmers by occupation and good members of society.
Garton J. Keator represents the agricultural interests of his town, and is known as a thrifty and enterprising farmer. IIe is a man of good judgment, integrity, and houesty of purpose, and is respected by all who know him.
JOHN HUBBARD SPAULDING
was born in Lancaster, Coos Co., N. H., Aug. 17, 1821. His grandfather, Edward Spaukling, was one of the first settlers of that town. His father, John Wilson Spaulding, und his mother, Electa Stebbins Spaulding, died before he was three years of age. Ilis uncle and aunt ( William D. - 1
Spaulding and Sarah A. Spaulding) adopted and cared for him affectionately as for their own child. After receiving a good common-school and academical education, for several years le taught a district school and practiced land survey- ing. After the forming of the famous Webster and Ash- burton treaty he was employed under Lieut. John Pope (now general), and as a surveyor assisted in establishing the United States boundary line from the " Highlands," in Maine, to St. Regis, on the St. Lawrence River. In 1848 he purchased timber lands in Laneaster and Northumber- land, and built two mills, where he manufactured lumber successfully for several years, and yet owns an interest in valuable timber lands. In 1848 he married Miss Emeline Corser, of Guildhall, Vt. They have two children. The oldest, John H. Spaulding, Jr., is now a railroad condnetor on the Boston, Concord and Montreal Railroad, and the other, Debbie A., is married to Charles E. Burus, and lives in Lancaster, N. H. In 1333 he assisted in the erection of the famous Tip-Top House on the summit of Mount Washington, N. H., and soon became half-owner of that and also of the Summit House, and for nine years was chief manager of both houses, becoming favorably well kuowu to the many distinguished visitors to that locality. On Feb. 11, 1862, with two invited companions, he accomplished the dangerous enterprise of first visiting Mount Washing- ton in mid-winter, where they remained two days and two nights. In 1862 two rival claimants to the real estate title of Mount Washington instituted thorough surveys by which to prove ownership. He assisted both parties iu making their surveys ; and though protected by a special charter from the State in his right to hold the hotel im- provements on the top of Mount Washington, he sold his interest there to the party that succeeded in establish- ing a title, and bid farewell to mountain life. By invita- tion from an old business associate he camue to Rosendale, Ulster Co., N. Y., March 9, 1865, and from that date has superintended the maunfacture of hydraulic cement for the Lawrenceville Cement Company. The quality of Mr. Spaulding's mind is strong, aud he is firm and very deter- mined iu his action without being bold or boastful. He has always enjoyed good health, and his large vital power has enabled him to endure more hardships than most men. Without apparent inclination to selfishly court favor, he has a remarkably good faculty for managing men, and under all circumstances manifests a desire to generously assist those who are poor and dependent. Though shrewd in business he will not stoop to a mean advantage, and though not over-zealous in matters of religion has large veneration, and, with profound respect for practical piety, never fails to array the force of his character on the side of justice and morality. Having often endured hardships for ad- venture's sake, and from his experience as a successful mountaineer and hardy woodman, many interesting reminis- cences of his eventful life might be recited.
WARREN K. ATKINSON,
whose portrait appears in connection with this sketch, was bori: in Hawley, Wayne Co., Pa., March 9, 1848. His father, George W. Atkinson, was also a native of Hawley,
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and born in 1818. His mother, Elizabeth ( Brown) Atkin- son, was likewise a Pennsylvanian, born in 1816.
Warren K. is the third son in a family of twelve children, ten of whom are yet living. His childhood and carly youth were spent at home, farming in the summer and lumbering in the winter. In the common schools of the district he
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obtained a good business education. About fourteen years ago he entered the employ of the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company. His fidelity in the execution of the duties entrusted to him led to his appointment as superintendent of the first section of the first division of the canal, a posi- tion which he still hohls He settled at Rosendale, com- mencing the labors of his office March 1, 1870. He mar- ried, May 1, 1872, Miss Gussie, who was born May 28, 1851, and whose parents were Samtel and Mary (Grant) Snyder. She died March 28, 1877.
Mr. Atkinson has filled the position of superintentent for ten years with marked ability. His duties are respon- sible and often difficult. Under his management regularity and rapidity of transportation have been secured. At the time when he took charge of the section, rough and quar- relsome boatmen were often trespassing upon each other's rights and delaying business. The canal was often block- aded, and its commerce interrupted. With rare tact and energy he subdued turbulent elements, brought order out of confusion, enforced salutary rules, and made his section a model one upon the canals of the State. Though often obliged to exercise authority firmly, he yet tempers power with mildness, and by his courteous demeanor has won the respect and esteem of his neighbors and townsmen. In politics he is a Republican, expressing his opinions frankly and supporting them actively. While frequently represent-
ing the party as a delegate to various conventions, and wielding a strong influence, he has uniformly declined nominations to office, though often solicited to accept.
Mr. Atkinson takes an active interest in all that pertains to the welfare of the community, and is universally re- garded as a kind neighbor, a good citizen, and a faithful friend.
SILAS SNYDER
(Jacob L.,5 Christopher,' a Revolutionary soldier, Jacob,3 Christopher," Jacob1) is a lineal descendant in the sixth generation from Jacob Snyder the emigrant, who settled in Dutchess Co., N. Y., at the time of the settlement of New Paltz by the Huguenots. His grandson, Jacob, born in 1726, settled in Rosendale in 1755, where his great-grand- son, Christopher, and brother of Silas, now resides. Hle had four sons and two daughters, namely, Christopher, Henry, Jacob, Andrew, Elizabeth, and Catherine, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood and reared fami- lies, who settled in Ulster County.
Silas, son of Jacob L. and Catherine (Hasbrouck) Sny- der, was born in Marbletown, Ulster Co., Jan. 18, 1824. He is the seventh in a family of ten children, three of whom are now living, viz. : Ann Eliza, Christopher, and Silas. His father was born Sept. 9, 1788, and died Dee. 23, 1834.
Silas spent his youth on his father's farm, and his edu- cation was limited to the common schools of his native town.
He married, March 11, 1844, Jane M., daughter of John J. Snyder, of the town of Rochester. She was born Oct. 17, 1826, and died May 21, 1860. The children of this union were Norman J., born Feb. 28, 1845 ; Charles, born May 5, 1848, died in infancy ; Catherine Jane, born Ang. 19, 1850 (married Jacob Keator, of Roseadale) ; De- borah, born Jan. 27, 1853 (married Edward Abrams, of Rosendale) ; and Ferdinand, born March 15, 1856, who died in infancy. Mrs. Snyder died in June, 1860.
For his second wife he married, March 13, 1861, Mrs. Sarah Ann Lefever, daughter of Simon Roosa, of New Paltz. She was born Feb. 11, 1820.
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