History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. II, Part 171

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898,
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Philadelphia : L.E. Preston & Co.
Number of Pages: 1286

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Westchester County in 1787, and into it, on the 15th of November, Isaac Ward, of East Chester, enlisted as appears by a certificate signed by Jacob M. Vermilye, colonel. This troop is supposed to be the same with the Westchester Light Horse which, commanded by Major Pintard, in 1789, escorted Vice-President John Adams from the Connecticut line to King's Bridge, and possibly may have been that troop which at an car- hier date, accompanied Governor George Clinton from East Chester into New York City, at its evacuation by the English forces. The Second Regiment of Horse Artillery, of which Peter Underhill, of Tuckahoe, was Major in 1820, and afterwards Colonel, had several companies in Westchester County.

In 1827, Mathias Warner was in command of the company or troop with which Nathaniel P. Ogden, a well-known citizen, at first of Pelham and after- ward of East Chester, connects himself, the enlistment requiring him to have "the complete uniform of his Troop." In 1831, however, Mr. Ogden was made Quartermaster of the Twelfth Regiment, Fifteenth Brigade, and Fourth Division of Infantry. A few years after this, John R. Hayward, of this town, be- came Colonel of the Regiment of Light Horse, having on his staff as surgeon, Doctor G. B. Wecd, and as quartermaster, Peter I. Sherwood, both of which gentlemen at the time resided in East Chester. The company to which the ordinary troopers from East Chester at this time belonged was under command of Captain Newberry Halstead, of Rye, who, npon Colonel Hayward's resignation it was carnestly desired should succeed him. The failure to elect Captain Halstead, which caused great disappointment, led eventually to the disruption of the regiment.

The companies of infantry in the southern part of Westchester County appear to have made up the then numbered Twelfth Regiment,and the requisite strength of several, if not all, of them appears to have been ob- tained by uniting the men, liable to duty in two or more towns, nnder one command. Under such circum- stances, the trainings were anticipated if not welcomed, as scenes of much exhilaration and excitement. The Green in front of St. Paul's Church at East Chester appears to have been frequently the place of ren- dezvous. That was an evil hour to Marcus Christian, sexton of the church, when he involved himself in the sin of sacrilege by "selling licure in the Belfree of the Church on a Training day."

"Whereupon." says the Minnte-Book of the trus- tees, May 7, 1791, "they did agree that he was not worthey to keep the kee of the Church or to be im- ployed as Sexton, upon which he delivered the kee and was dismist the said service."

When the War of 1812 invoked the active duty of the citizens of East Chester, the response was the mus- ter into the service of the General Government of a full local organization, Abijah Morgan being the Captain of the company and Thomas Oakley its Lien- tenant. Tire duty assigned was the defense of the

1 Letters of General Pattison, New York Historical Society Publica- tions.

2 N. Y. Col. MSS., vol. viii., p. 692, London Doc. xlvi.

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Long Island and Westchester County shores. After the war the old combinations appear again, for in 1820 we find Mr. Morgan as Lieutenant under Captain Maurice Griffin, of New Rochelle.

About ten years after this, some of the more ardent and patriotie young men of the town attached them- selves to one or the other of the two uniformed com- panies of infantry of Yonkers and New Rochelle. The New Rochelle organization was styled tlie "Cadets," and the Yonkers the "Benton Guards," Lancaster U. ' Tompkins being the First Lieutenant of the former body and Lancaster O. Underhill First Lieutenant of the latter; these gentlemen were resi- dents of East Chester. For a dozen years these com- panics awakened much enthusiasm in the County, but the interest eventually so diminished that they were at last discharged. After this for a long period the martial spirit was lying dormant. In 1857 a company of Germans, with Ludwig Jetter as Captain, Otto Wigand as First Lieutenant, and John Begelspacher as Second Licutenant, was formed in the town, and be- came Company E. of the Seventeenth Regiment of In- fantry, of which Edward Pye was Colonel, and John P. Jenkins Lieutenant-Colonel. At the com- mencement of the Civil War this company offered its aid to the government, and did duty at Fortress Monroe. Captain Jetter was succeeded in 1864 by John C. Gebman, who continued in command until the summer of 1868, when the company was mustered out of the State service. Its armory was at East Mount Vernon.

The numerous State military organizations which followed and which are now recalled were character- ized by remarkable intelligence and vigor, and were made up of material as good for its purpose as could be desired.

COMPANY C, SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT, NATIONAL GUARD, was formed October 27, 1863, with forty-six members, and Win. S. Mcclellan as Captain, Abra- ham C. Beardsley as First Lieutenant, and Wm. H. Van Cott as Second Lieutenant. This company did duty during the Rebellion in the forts in New York Harbor. Its armory was at Union Hall, Sixth Avenue and First Street, Mount Vernon. Mr. John G. Fay, in 1867, and Mr. Robert A. Dimmick, in 1868, were Captains of this company. It was dis- banded with its Regiment in August, 1868.

COMPANY I, SEVENTEENTH REGIMENT, NATIONAL GUARD, was organized September 24, 1867. Captain John G. Fay of Company C., was elected, September 28th, as Captain. The First Lieutenant was Mr. E. A. Rockwood, and the Second Lieutenant Mr. Wil- liam H. H. Barker. This company was mustered out of the service August 27, 1868. Its armory was at Union Hall, Mount Vernon.

COMPANY B, THIRD AND TWENTY-SEVENTH REG- IMENTS NATIONAL GUARD, was organized June 14, 1870, when Capt. John C. Gebman was chosen com- mander. Capt. Gebman, however, having been

promoted to the Commissariat of the Third Regiment, Mr. Henry Huss was elected Captain in his stcad. The armory of this company was at Washington Hall, Mt. Vernon. At the execution of Isaac N. Buckhout, in 1872, at White Plains, this company was placed in charge of the prison. When the Third Regiment was disbanded, Company P was transferred to the new Twenty-seventh Regiment, at which time, Capt. Huss having been promoted to be Lieutenant- colonel of that regiment, Lieut. Joseph Martz was elected to the vacant position. Lieut. Marz did not accept. The following gentlemen were in succes- sion afterward in command of this company: Wil- liam Wolcott, George H. Thompson and Emil Car- doze. This company was under arms ten days during the railroad riots of 1877. It was mustered out of the service December 27, 1878.

COMPANY C, THIRD AND TWENTY-SEVENTH REG- IMENTS NATIONAL GUARD was organized in June, 1870, when Mr. James B. Spicer was elected Captain. The company had its armory at Washington Hall. In June, 1872, Captain Spicer resigning, Lieut. Franklin T. Davis was chosen to succeed him. Com- pany C was on duty with the Third Regiment at the execution, at White Plains, of Isaac N. Buckhout. At the disbanding of the Third Regiment this com- pany became part of the Twenty-seventh Regiment, when Mr. William C. Broughton was chosen Captain, December 16, 1873. In February, 1876, this company was consolidated with Company B.

COMPANY E, THIRD AND TWENTY-SEVENTII REG- IMENTS NATIONAL GUARD, was organized June 27. 1870. Mr. Bernard Hufnagel was elected its captain and remained in command until the company con- nected itself with the Twenty-seventh Regiment, in 1873. Lieut. John W. Coburn was then elected Cap- tain. Captain Coburn, in 1876, was promoted Ma- jor, and Lieut. Louis Hagman was chosen Captain The armory was at first at Schenerman's Hotel, and next at Oster's, Mt. Vernon. The public service rendered by Company E was, besides the duty per- formed with the Third Regiment at White Plains, the watch for ten days under arms at its armory in the railroad riots of 1877. This company was dis- banded with the Twenty-seventh Regiment, in 1878.

COMPANY D, THIRD AND TWENTY-SEVENTHI REG- IMENTS NATIONAL GUARD .- This company ranked next to Company A, of Morrisania, in the Third Reg. ment, as to date of organization (Company A being the Color Company). Capt. Edward Carroll was the first commander of Company D, and held this com- mission until May, 1873. The armory was at Temper- ance Hall, in Waverley, a village in the upper part of the town. At Buckhont's cxecution this company was stationed at the east end of the jail. In 1873 it became part of the Twenty-seventh Regiment, at which time it elected Mr. Allan Hay its Captain. He held this position until the fall of 1876. The company after this was under the com-

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mand of First Licut. Thomas O. Reilly and Second Lieut. Thomas M. Swain until disbanded in 1878.

It is proper here to state that the Colonels of both the Third and Twenty-seventh Regiments, Colonel John G. Fay and Colonel John T. Underhill, were residents of East Chester.

ELEVENTH SEPARATE COMPANY INFANTRY, NA- TIONAL GUARDS NEW YORK, was organized on the 14th of January, 1876, as a Troop of Cavalry, and soon after Samuel O. Howe was elected its Captain. Its armory was at Union Hall, Mount Vernon. It took part, as did also the Twenty-seventh Regiment, in the celebration at Kingston of the Centennial of the for- mation of the State Goverment .. Upon the resigna- tion of Captain Howe, in June, 1878, Lieut. James N. Jarvis was elected Captain. On the 23d of Septem- ber, 1880, the troop paraded in Tarrytown at the cen- tennial celebration of the capture of Major Andre. In October, 1881, the company, at the desire of the State authorities, was reorganized into a company of infantry, with its present name. Captain Jarvis still remained in command, but upon his resignation, in November, 1883, Mr. Charles A. Denike was elected to the vacant position. The company, on Evacuation Day, November 25, 1883, took part in New York City in the centennial celebration parade. At the close of 1884 the company took possession of a new armory on Fifth Avenue, Mount Vernon. The present officers are Isaac N. Pressey, captain ; Mr. E. J. Kindler, first lieutenant; Joseph E. Taverner, second lieuten- ant. Dr. S. B. Carlisle is the surgeon of the company.

POLITICAL HISTORY .- After the confirmation, in 1666, by Governor Nichols, of the sales and grants made by Pell and by the Indians, nothing of interest presents itself in the history of East Chester until the reoccupation of the province by the Dutch, except it be the petition, in 1669, for redress, in which the town joined with Long Island and Westchester in asking for the people a share in the legislation.

It may be mentioned, however, that the Recorder of the town, Richard Shute, copies into his minutes of a later date, a " memorandum " of certain edicts or decisions, in 1666, 1669 and 1672, of the Court of As- sizes. These relate mainly to the establishment of land rights and the record of them, to weights and measures, and to the value of the coins in circulation.

In 1673 the Dutch, having recovered New York, summon the people of East Chester to submission, who, uniting with Westchester in a profession of al- legiance, are guaranteed the same privileges and rights as are given to the inhabitants and subjects of the Dutch nation. A few days after, John Hoit is appointed magistrate for East Chester, with power to decide all suits in his town to the value of thirty shil- lings, all suits of greater value to be referred to him and the two magistrates of Westchester.1 On the

16th of the next month (September) the Governor orders Mr. Hoit " not to suffer any person or persons 'to passe or repasse' through his town, 'to or from New England, Except they can produce a Legalle passe or License from authority for the same. ' "2

In little more than a year the Province was restored to the English. Sir Edmund Andross was made Governor, and one of his first acts, in the following January, is recorded in our town minutes. After re- calling the strange fact of the low price of grain in a time of scarcity, he proceeds to proclaim, "that for the future, or until further order, of which to be a year's notiec, the valluation thereof" "'shall be taken in all sales, Bargains and payment, ---

"' Merchantable winter at. 5

Summer Wheat at 4

Merchantable Barley at. 0

Rie at 3 Pease at 3

= Indian Corn at 2

"' But all past sales, contracts or debts upon account of grain to remain in their full force.' " 3

As noticed in the history of the county, the town of East Chester took sides most heartily with Leisler in his efforts to resist the restoration of James the Second, and the final result was a matter of much satisfaction. The elections of 1701 and 1733 brought out, no doubt, much feeling in the town, but we lin- ger not with them, as they have already been con- sidered.

A list of the Supervisors and Town Clerks is here presented.

OVERSEERS.

William Hayden, 1679, '80, '82. Philip Pinckney, 1681, '83.

SUPERVISORS.

John Pinkney, 1690, '91,'93, '94, '96.

Jolin Lancaster, 1693, '99, 1712.

John Drake, 1697, 1703, '05, '07, '15, '20.

Jeremiah Fowler, 1700.

Henry Fowler, 1710.

William Chatterton, 1701.

Thomas Pinckney, 1706, '13, '14.

Edmund Ward, 1708, '09.

Moses Fowler, 1722, '28, '29, '31, 132, '33, 35, '36, '37, '38.

Joseplı Drake, 1723, '24, '26, '27, '43.

Palmer Doughty, 1730.

Benjamin Drake, 1739, '40.

John Fowler, 1740, '44, '45, '46, '47, '4x, '51, '52, '54, '55.

John Ward, 1741, 49, EO.

Samuel Sneden, 1753, '60, '61, '62, '63, '64, "65, '66, '67, 'G8. John Townsend, 1756, 57.

Ebenezer Burling, 1758, '83, 184, '89.

Jonathan Fowler. 1759.

Stephen Ward, 1772, '73, '74, '75, '87, '89, '90, '91, '92, '94. James Hunt, 1785.

Thomas Hunt, 1786.

John G. Wright, 1793, '94.

Benjamin Morgan, 1795, '96, '97, '98, '99, 1800, '01, '02, '04, 05, '06, '07, '08, '09.

Richard Ward, 1803.

John Townsend, 1810 to 1822, inclusive.

James Somerville, 1823, '24, '25.

1 On the 24th of August the inhabitants had nominated Mr. Haiden, and their second choice was Mr. Hoit .- Town Minutes.

2 N. Y. Col. MISS., Vol. ii. p. 659.

3 Town Minutes, Book 1, pp. 23.

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Stephen Ward, 1826, '27, 128. Nathaniel Devoe, 1829, '30, '33, 35. Joshua Hunt, 1431, '34. Joseph Lyon, 1836, '37. John R. Hayward, 1838, '39, '40.

Jesse Lyon, 1841, '42.

Abijah Morgan, 18-13, '44, '46.

William Bertine, 1845. John W. Burtis, 1847, 148. Lancaster Underhill, 1819, '50. Robert Bertine, 1/51.

Crandall Rich, 1851, '52. George Archer, 1853.

Abijahı G. Morgan, 1854.

Darius Lyon, 1×55, '56, '57, '58, '59.

l'elbam McClelan, 1860, '61, '62.

Edward Martin, 1863, '71.

Stephen Bogart, 1×64, '65.

Jolını M. Masterton, 1866, '67, '70.

Edward D. Lawrence, 1868, '69.

William P. Esterbrook, 1872.

Elias Dusenbury, 1873.

William I1. Pemberton, 1874, '75, '76.

David Cromwell, 1877, '78. David Quackenbush, 1879, '80, '82, '83, '84, '85, '86. Henry IJuss, 1881.

TOWN CLERKS.

Richard Shute, 1673 to 1703, called recorder.

Edmund Ward, 1703 to 1711, called recorder.

Moses Fowler, 1711 to 1723, inclusive.

John Cuer, 1724 to 1742, inclusive.

Thomas Sbute, 1743, '44, '-15. 1850.

John Burling, 1746, '47.

Samuel Snedeu, 1748 to 1769.

Charles Ward, 1783, '84, '85, '86.

Benjamin Morgan, 1787, '88, '89, '90, '91, '92, 1814, '15, '16. Jonathan Ward, 1793.

James N. Rosevelt, 1794 to 1801, inclusive.

Jobu Alstyne, 1802, '03, '05, '07, '08, '09, '10, '11, '12, '13, '14.

Moses Morgan, 1804.

Benjamin 11. Underhill, 1817, '18, '19, '20, '21.

Caleb Morgan, 1822, '23, '24, 125.

Joshua lluut, 1826, '27, 128, '29, 30.

Samson D. Valentine, 1831, '32, '33.

John R. Hayward, 1834, '35, '36, '37.

Jesse Lyon. 1×38, '39.

Theodosius Ilunt, 1840, '43, '44, '45.

John .A. Drake, 1x41, '42.

William Bertine, 1846, '47.

Darins Lyon, 18-18, '19, '50, '51.

kannind 1. Toumine, 1852, '53, '54, '55, '56, '57, '58.

.lolin S. Yorke, 1x59.

Joseph D. Fay, 1x60, '61, '62.

Robert M. Foster, 1863, '64, '65, '70, '71, '72, '73, '74. .loneph A. Ilarper, 1866.

I'hilip Lucas, Jr., 1867, '68.

Charles H. Ostrander, 1869.

A M. Nolte, 1875.

George E. Archer, 1876.

Frederick II. Decker, 1877, '78. Edward Pettinger, 1879, '80.

George W. Ihint, 1881

Allwert F. Gescheidt, 18x2, '83, '84.

John Bowden, 1885, 'S6.

The following is the Electoral vote of this town for about sixty years :

1828

1836.

M. Van Buren, Int Elector . 92

Smith Thompson, Ist Elector 56

18.12.

18-10.

Democratic

166

Whlg

1844.

Democratic

158

Democratic 6336

Whig 77

Republican

26%

1868.

Democratic 719

Republican 512

1872.

Democratic 656

Republican

593

Democratic 1×0

1876.

Democratic . 1092

Scattering

Republican 714

1880.

Democratic 9,3

Republican 188

Whig

138

18×4.

Democratic 1136

1×60.

Democratic I'nion 535

Republican 288

People's Party 39

A record is also furnished of the vate of East Ches- ter for Governor in the years named,-

1820.

Tompkins

Clinton

1846.

Wright (Dem.) 112

Young (Whig) 73

Edwards .

Seymour (Dem.) 133

Hunt (Whig) 79

1854.

Seymour (Dem.) 193

Clark (Whig) 75

Brown .

Ulman (K. N.). 148

1858.

A. J. Parker (Dem.) 319

Cleveland (Dem.) 949

Folger (Rep.) 349

Ilowe 37

1862.

Seymour (Dem.) 450

Wadsworth (Rep.) 303

1866.

Hoffman (Dem.).

505

Fenton (Rep.)

416

Jones

RAILROADS .- There are two railroads running into this town, with stations well located for its con- venience.

The New York and Harlem Railroad passes along the westerly boundary of the town for its whole length. The stations which are at West Mount Vernon (formerly called Hunt's Bridge) at Bronxville. and at Tuckahoe, were opened in the summer of 1844. The original location of the stopping-place at West Mount Vernon was where the old Mile Square road crosses the track. It was about ten years afterward moved to its present neighborhood. The Harlem Railroad owns fifty-two acres in East Chester, the assessed value of which is one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. The length of the road-bed in the town is about six and one-half miles.

The New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad carries its travel through this town from the junction

1850.

lloffman (Dem.) . 630

Woodford (Rep.) 423

18,4.

Tilden (Dem.) 799

Dix (Rep.) . 480

Clark 18

1879.

Robinson (Dem.) . 722

Cornell ( Rep.)

609

John Kelly 165

Jlarris . 25

Mears

1882.

E. D. Morgan (Rep.) . 172

Burrows .

Ilopkins.

1885.

ilill (Dem.) 935

Davenport (Rep.) 800

Bascom 44

1×64.

1×48.

Democratic 72

Whig 104

Fre Soil 26

1852.

Whig 128

1856.

Democratic 323

Republican

889

Republican 801

Prohibition 30

Democratic

149

Whig

Democratic

164

W'Ilg

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of their road with that of the New York and Harlem, at Washingtonville, in au easterly direction to Hutch - inson River, a distance of about three miles. The construction of the road took place in 1847 and 1848, and for several years the station on it nearest to this town was at New Rochelle. In 1851 the Industrial Home Association presented from their property a site and building for a depot to the New Haven Com- pany ; but although certaiu trains made their stop- pages during the summer of 1852, not until late in the year was Mount Vernon made a regular station and an ageut of the company appointed for it. There are now more commuters from Mount Vernou than from any other stopping-place from New York to New Haven, and it ranks fourth in importance, being exceeded only by Bridgeport, Stamford and Norwalk. The company owns twenty-six and one- half acres in the town, the assessed value of which is ninety thousand six hundred dollars. The length of the road-bed in the town is a little less than three miles.

SOCIETIES.

If there were any associations in the town before the Revolution for any social, political, intellectual or other purpose, their existence, unfortunately, is un- known.

The most important societies in the town since the establishment of the present government are here pre- sented.

WESTCHESTER LODGE, No. 46, F. AND A. M., which was organized at Westchester in June, 1796, was removed to East Chester on St. John the evan- gelist's day, 1797. The occasion was made a marked one by the attendauce of the members of the lodge and visiting brethren upon Diviue Service at St. Paul's Church. The Rev. Brothers Ireland and Cooper took part in the service, the latter gentleman preaching the Sermon, for which he received the thanks of the lodge and a request for a copy of it for the press. The place of meeting at East Chester was at first at the tavern of William Crawford, opposite the Green, where it continued to be held until the erection, by Brother Philemon Fowler, of an addition to his tav- ern, in which, by previous arrangement, he had pre- pared a room for the sole use of the Lodge. The fol- lowing Worshipful Masters of Westchester Lodge: Alexander Fowler, Benjamin Drake and Caleb Mor- gan, and the following members, Andrew and Hach- aliah Purdy, Philemon Fowler, George Faile, Ben- jamin H. Underhill, Joseph Pell, Jonathan Ward, William Bertine and Jesse Lyon, are remembered as honored citizens of this town. Westchester Lodge continued its meetings at Mr. Fowler's until Novem- ber, 1814, when they were removed to New Rochelle, and there held until the surrender of its charter, in 1827.

EAST CHESTER MARK LODGE, No. 58, in 1809, was granted a warrant,-of course, held its convocations at Fowler's.

HIAWATHA LODGE, No. 434, F. AND A. M .- The name of this lodge was given in deference to the wishes of Brother William II. Pemberton, one of its charter members and a liberal benefactor in its early history. Its warrant of dispensation was granted August 25, 1857, and its charter June 8, 1858. The dedication took place June 24th, in the Methodist Church at Mt. Vernon, and at the same time the installation of the officers. Brother William M. Pahner, Jr., was the first Master, and the meet- ings were at first lield in the upper room of the build- ing of Mr. Van Court, near the depot, Mt. Vernon. The following brethren have been Masters ~since Brother Palmer, viz .: Amos Cheeny, Charles T. Hlatha- way, Philip Lucas, Jr., Gideon D. Pond, Beekman Van Gaasbeck, Horace F. Curtis, Daniel M. Van Cott, Max Huss, Stuart B. Carlisle and Franklin T. Davis. The officers of the present year are Rufus B. Disbrow, W. M. ; Charles H. Booth, S. W .; Isaac N. Mills, J. W .; P. M. Gideon D. Pond, Secretary; Burr Davis, Treasurer ; Frederick B. Bertine, S. D. ; Sanford Hallock, Jr., J. D. ; Edwin J. Kindler and Frank Butler, M. C.'s; Rev. W. S. Coffey, Chaplain; George H. Cameron, Marshal; William J. Collins, Tiler, and Brothers David Quackenbush and John M. Dearborn and Worthy Brother Stuart B. Carlisle, Trustees

Hiawatha Lodge has a plot of ground in Woodlawn Cemetery as a burial-place for its deceased members, if need be. Speaking of the value of this organiza- tion, the Chaplain, at the twenty- fifth anniversary, June, 1883, said, -" All honor to what, under higher or identical impulses, has been done by others to les- sen human misery in our town ; but in all records of the story of good works for fellow-man a page is asked for our organization." The meetings are held in Masonic Hall, Fourth Avenue, Mt. Vernon.

MT. VERNON CHAPTER, NO. 228, R. A. M., was chartered February 3, 1869, with Comp. John H. Gray as High Priest. The initiation fee is twenty dollars and the annual dues five dollars. There are sixty- nine members, and the meetings are held at the Rooms of Hiawatha Lodge, Mt. Vernon. The following Companions have also been High Priests: Gideon D. Pond, James P. Swain, Jr., Daniel M. Van Cott, Henry L. Sproul, Thedore Taylor and Charles H. Booth, who is the present chief officer, with Rufus B. Disbrow, King, and Charles J. Nordquist, Scribe, as the other members of the Council.

MARBLE LODGE, NO. 702, F. AND A. M., was char- tered June 16, 1870, with Rev. Brother Angus M. Ives as Master, The lodge-room is at Tuckahoe.

The value of its furniture is about fifteen hundred dollars. The Past Worshipful Masters, besides Rev. Mr. Ives, are Samuel Leggett, Samuel Fec, James P. Swain, Zebedee Brower, Stephen Higgins,. Dr. C. J. Nordquist and Robert Johnston.

The following brethren are now officers of the lodge: William A. Dewitt, W. M .; Samuel MeG.

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Stevenson, S. W .; David Johnston, J. W .; E. S. Patrick, Secretary ; Samuel S. Horton, Treasurer ; James P. Swain, S. D .; John Fisher, J. D .; Joseph Johnston and Richard Thompson, M1. of C .; and Richard Bennett, Tiler.

MT. VERNON LODGE NO. 195, I. O. OF O. F., was instituted November 13, 1867, with Brother Thomas R. Jones as N. G., and John H. Jennings as V. G. The initiation fee is fifteen dollars, and the yearly dues are six dollars and fifty-two eents. There is a fund on hand of five hundred dollars, and the furniture is valued at seven hundred dollars. The present number of members is fifty-four and the following brethren occupy the various positions : John Cortes, N. G. ; Andrew Jenks, V. G .; John H. Jennings, Financial Secretary ; John N. Hoffmann, Recording Secretary ; James B. Spieer, Treasurer.

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History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City, Vol. II, Part 171

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898, Publication date: 1886 Publisher: Philadelphia : L.E. Preston & Co. Number of Pages: 1286

Author: Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas), 1843-1898,
Publication date: 1886
Publisher: Philadelphia : L.E. Preston & Co.
Number of Pages: 1286