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(II) John, son of Jonas and Mary Weed, was of Stamford, Connecticut. He married Joanna, daughter of Richard Westcoat, and had Jonas, born 1665; Daniel, 1669; John, Samuel, Joseph, Isaac, Mary and Hannah, the last four dying young.
(III) Jonas (2), son of John and Joanna (Westcoat) Weed, was born February 7, 1665 ; married and had issue.
(IV) Jonathan, son of Jonas (2) Weed, was born April 15, 1684. He married Mary and had Josiah, born October 14, 1716; Silas, July 11, 1719; Mary, March 23, 1722; Jonas, October 4, 1727.
(V) Josiah, son of Jonathan and Mary Weed, was born October 14, 1716, and met an accidental death at the age of sixty years. He lived at New Canaan, Fairfield county, Connecticut, the place of his birth. He mar- ried, at Stamford, Connecticut, April 15,
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1742. Abigail, born in New Canaan, Febru- ary 28, 1723, daughter of Nathaniel and Mary Bouton; granddaughter of John and Sarah (Greggory) Bouton, of Norwalk, Con- necticut, and great-granddaughter of John Bouton, son, it is supposed, of Count Nicholas Bouton, a Huguenot, who fled to England and was among the emigrants sent by the government to America on the condition that all swear allegiance to the crown of England. He embarked from Gravesend, England, in the barque "Assurance," July, 1635, and landed at Boston, Massachusetts, in Decem- ber, 1635, aged twenty years. He lived in Boston, Hartford and Norwalk, Connecticut, where he was influential and prominent in public life; deputy to the general court, and other offices. He had three wives, John (2) being the son of the second, Abigail Marvin, daughter of Marvin, who came from
London, England. Children of Josiah and Abigail (Bouton) Weed, with dates of bap- tism: Margaret, March 16, 1743; Eunice, February 5, 1744 ; James, June 20, 1745 ; Abi- gail, December 14, 1746; Josiah, June II, 1748; Hannah, May 9, 1750; Hannah, Au- gust II, 1751 ; Sarah, April 16, 1753: Josiah, March 3, 1754; Levi, February 22, 1756; Mary, December 25, 1757; Jonathan, March 12, 1760: Sarah, January 17, 1762; Dorcas, October 23, 1763; Daniel, see forward; Abi- gail, December 4, 1768.
(VI) Daniel, son of Josiah and Abigail (Bouton) Weed, was born in New Canaan, Fairfield county, Connecticut, September 2, 1765, died in 1853. He was a soldier of the revolution along with fifty-three others from Connecticut by name of Weed. He enlisted first in Captain Webb's company, Ninth Regi- ment Connecticut Militia, at New York, 1776; he was discharged September 6, 1776. He was a member of Captain Mill's company, Colonel Enos' regiment, 1778. He was on the roll of revolutionary pensioners in 1840 from New Canaan, Connecticut, and his age given as seventy-four years. He married (first) March 12, 1787, Hannah Raymond, who died May 17, 1792; married (second)
Benedict, who lived one year after marriage and died without issue; married (third), a cousin of his second wife, Martha Benedict, who died in Fairfield county, Connecticut, in 1843, an old lady. Children by first marriage : Daniel, went to Delaware county, New York, when a lad of twelve years, became a success- ful farmer and business man ; left issue, now deccased ; Sarah, died in old age, unmarried ; Harvey, see forward. Children by third mar- riage : Dorcas, Hannah, Polly, Martha, all died unmarried; John A., a banker; Rev.
William B., a Congregational minister of Norwalk, Connecticut, author of a "Book of Sermons": he graduated at Yale College, class of 1830.
(VII) Harvey, son of Daniel and Hannah (Raymond) Weed, was born in Fairfield county, Connecticut, in 1790, died in Schenec- tady, New York, 1859. After leaving Con- necticut, he settled first in Galway, Saratoga county, New York, in 1817. Here he fol- lowed the occupation of farming and engaged extensively in lumbering, and being successful in his business enterprises, became one of the substantial men of the town. In 1836 he came to Schenectady. When the Mohawk and Schenectady railroad was extended to Utica, he was in charge of the first train that ran over the road. He remained with the rail- road company eight years, then established a mercantile business, corner of Jay and Union streets, Schenectady. During his long resi- dence in Schenectady he became well known and popular with all classes and ages. He was an active member of the Presbyterian church, and like his father was a Jacksonian Democrat. By energy and thrift he acquired a comfortable fortune, and he erected a com- fortable home in Schenectady, where his son, William Harvey, now resides. He married, in Fairfield, Connecticut, Hannah Smith, born 1793, died 1889, aged ninety-six years. She was a remarkably energetic and able woman, strong in character as well as in body, and retained all her powers and faculties until the last. She was a communicant of the Epis- copal church. Her parents, Joseph and Mary (Waterbury) Smith, of Fairfield county, Con- necticut, both died in old age, and are buried in the Smith cemetery at Talmadge Hill, Connecticut. They were members of the Episcopal church. Children of Harvey and Hannah (Smith) Weed: I. Hanford, born 1810, died at Albion, New York, 1852; mar- ried (first) Sarah Kenyon, died, at the age of thirty-seven ; married (second) Elizabeth Kenyon; left Mary J., who married and left issue, and Sarah E., who died, aged eighteen. Frances, daughter of Sarah E., died in Erie, Pennsylvania, in 1906, wife of H. T. Latti- mer. 2. Lorenzo Smith, born 1813, in Con- necticut, died in New Jersey, 1885 : he was a merchant of Schenectady from 1843 until 1859; later of Albany, New York: removed to Jersey City, 1871 ; he was a successful man of business, a Presbyterian and a Democrat. He married Susan Cornwell, born in Broad- albin, New York, in 1817, died in Jersey City, New Jersey, in 1895, daughter of Ashabel and Ann (Warren) Cornwell, of Connecticut and New York state. Children: i. Edwin Harvey,
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born August 13, 1841 ; educated in the Union School, Schenectady, became a clerk in Al- bany ; in 1873 went to New Jersey, where he lived until the death of his aunt, Mary A., who was the housekeeper for her aged brother, William Harvey Weed. He then re- turned to Schenectady, where he cares for his uncle's business interests and comfort. He married, 1880, Marie Price, born of Welsh parentage, in 1848, died 1898; the mother of three children, all of whom died in infancy. ii. Susan A., married David Whitlock Hull, resides in Jersey City, New Jersey, and has a daughter, Augusta, married. 3. William Har- vey, see forward. 4. Joseph E., born 1827. died 1856, unmarried. 5. Mary A., born 1829, died April 6, 1909, at the brother's home in Schenectady ; unmarried.
(VIII) William Harvey, son of Harvey and Hannah (Smith) Weed, was born in Gal- way, Saratoga county, New York, October 23, 1820, the first child of the family born in that state. He was an able, reliable business man and was for several years manager for Colonel Furman, of Schenectady. He later associated himself with the dry goods firm of Barringer & Company, of Schenectady, and after their retirement was salesman for the H. S. Barney Company. He remained with the latter firm until the death of his father in 1857, when he succeeded to the business the latter had established at the corner of Jay and Union streets, Schenectady. He con- tinued the business from 1857 to 1887, when he retired with a competence. He resides in the home built by his father at 504 Union street. He has led an active, useful life, and now, at the age of ninety, is remarkably well preserved and active in mind and memory. He is a member of St. George's Episcopal Church, and a Democrat. He never married.
HOUCK It is probable that the allotters under the Kinderhook (Colum- bia county) patent were also the first settlers of the territory which it covered, and that they may have come as early as 1650. They were emigrants from Holland and Sweden, and came provided with all the means necessary to make themselves good homes, having building material, cattle and farming implements to cultivate the virgin soil of that fertile country. A map of old Kinderhook made in 1763 shows that the vil- lage contained fifteen houses scattered along the Creek Ridge. Andries and John Huyck lived a little farther up the Kinderhook, and further east was the home of Richard Huyck. When they came to Columbia county, or from where, is not shown. . The earliest preserved
record is of Andries Hanse Huyk, of Kinder- hook, who married Cathaline Lammerse Van Valkenburg. He made his will August 23, 1705. They had children: Johannes, Lam- beert, Berger, Catie, Jochem, baptized July 29, 1685, Cornelis, Anna, Andries, baptized December 16, 1693, Maritie and Margaretje. While not proven, it is highly probable that Andries was one of the original settlers on the Kinderhook patent, and was the original emigrant from Holland. From Columbia county the family came to different towns in Albany county, being found in Rensselaerville, Coeymans, Watervliet and New Scotland. The original spelling seems to have been Huyk, then Huyck and Houck. The family in Sco- tia, herein recorded, descend from the New Scotland, Albany county, branch, where Ad- rian Huyck, son of Andries, was born in 1790. He was a descendant of Andries H. (of Kinderhook ) and Cathaline L. (Van Val- kenburgh) Huyk. His father, Andries Huyck, was a farmer of Albany county, and in 1787 was living in the town of Rensselaerville. He may have moved between this date and the birth of his son Adrian in 1790. Andries Huyck married Rachel Carr and had issue.
(I) Andries Hanse Huyk, of Kinderhook, married Cathaline Lammerse Van Valken- burgh, and had issue.
(II) Burger, son of Andries Hanse and Cathaline L. (Van Valkenburgh) Huyk, was baptized in 1683. He was of Kinderhook, where he married Mayke Goes (Hoes), Octo- ber 2, 1703. Children : Andries, baptized Au- gust 20, 1704; Johannes, see forward ; Catha- rine, September 26, 1708; Christyntje, Octo- ber II, 1711; Jacobus, August 19, 1716; Dirk, May 13, 1722.
(III) Hannes, (Johannes), son of Burger and Mayke (Goes) Huyk, was baptized Jan- uary 13, 1706. He married Catharine Bovie (Bevier), November 24. 1739. Children, bap- tized: Cornelis, June 29, 1740 ; Nicolas, Feb- ruary 14, 1742; Andries, see forward; Cor- nelia, February 16, 1746; Guertje, April 5, 1751 ; Catrina, December 31, 1752; Maria, October 27, 1754; Petrus, May 20, 1761.
(IV) Andries, son of Johannes and Cath- arine (Bovie) Huyk, was baptized May 20, 1744. He was a farmer of Albany county, New York, and died in the town of New Scotland, that county. He married Rachel Carr, and had issue.
(\') Adrian, son of Andries and Rachel (Carr) Huyck, was born in New Scotland, Albany county, New York, February 25. 1790, died in the town of Glenville, Schenectady county, New York, May 23. 1847. Ile was of the invariable family religion-Dutch Re-
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formed-and was a supporter of the principles of the Whig party. He was a farmer. He married Mary Oliver, born July 16, 1790, died in Glenville, April 18, 1865. She was also a member of the Dutch Reformed church. Children born: Jacob A., see forward; John P., October 24, 1820, in Albany county, died there March 31, 1838; Henry S., August 28, 1825, died February 23, 1839, in Albany county.
(VI) Jacob A., eldest son of Adrian and Mary (Oliver) Houck, was born in New Scotland, Albany county, New York, Octo- ber 2, 1814, died at Glenville, Schenectady county, April 10, 1900. He was reared on the farm in Albany county and in Schenectady county, where his parents removed when he was a boy. He adopted his father's occupa- tion and became a prosperous, well-to-do farmer, owning a well improved farm in Glenville, on which he died. He married (first) Mary Fowler, born in Glenville, about 1815, died while still a young woman, leaving three children: I. A daughter, died in child- hood. 2. Perry, now of Guilderland, a farmer ; married (first) Christina Van Wie; (second) Rose Sager, of Glenville; children: Hattie, Frank and Douglass. 3. John H., a farmer of Glenville; married Lucretia Jenkins ; chil- dren : Abbie : John, married Ella Vedder and has one child, Clara May. Jacob A. Houck married (second) in Glenville, Elizabeth A. Secor. born in the town of Berne, Albany county, New York, 1840. She survives him and resides in Schenectady, having disposed of a part of the home farm. She is a mem- ber of the Dutch Reformed church. She is a daughter of Captain Francis and Catherine (Brunk) Secor. Captain Secor was born in Berne, Albany county, in 1818, died there at the age of forty-four years, a son of Colonel Cornelius and Mary (Shaver) Secor, both native-born residents of Albany county. Colo- nel Secor was a son of Daniel Secor, of France, emigrant ancestor and founder of the Albany county Secor family. He was reared a Catholic in religion, but on arriving at ma- ture years became a convert to Protestantism. He was greatly persecuted for his change of faith, and his life was threatened. He re- solved to come to the American colonies, and secretly made his preparations. His intentions became known, and he was forced to flee with nothing but the clothes he wore and his new- found treasure, "The Bible," which he strapped under his clothing, and slipping into the river, swam silently across unobserved. He settled first in New York state in the Black River country, later locating in Albany county, where he took up two hundred and
forty acres of land, then in a wild state. He obtained a clear title to the land by purchase from the patroon, improved it and converted it into a fertile farm. His son, Colonel Corne- lius Secor, married Mary Shaver, and had eight children. His son, Captain Francis Secor, married Catherine Brunk and had five children: I. Elizabeth A., married Jacob A. Houck. 2. Cornelius, married Elizabeth Gal- lup, and has six living children (1910). 3. Mary E., married Peter Pollock, both de- ceased, leaving four children. 4. Lydia, mar- ried Isaac Gallup, who survives her, a resi- dent of Coeymans, Albany county, and had five children. 5. Jacob, now of Schenectady, married Belle MacKeaver, and has two chil- dren. By the marriage of Jacob A. Houck and Elizabeth A. Secor, six children were born. I. Edward, born July 27, 1867; a farmer and fruit grower of the town of Ball- ston Spa, Saratoga county ; he married Annie L. Dougal; children: Everett and Stanley. 2. Maryette, born May 13, 1869, died 1901; married William Morrison, and left a daugh- ter May. 3. Catherine A., born May 7, 1871, unmarried. 4. Julia, born May 27, 1873, died March 23, 1875. 5. Lucretia, born July 9, 1876, died July, 1903 ; married Francis Gray, now of Schenectady. 6. Charles, born April 8, 1880; a carpenter and builder of Schenectady ; he married Della Lunis, and has a son Louis.
This is one of the old
VAN DERPOOL Holland families of Al- bany and the Mohawk Valley. There is no record of when they first made a settlement in Beverwyck, the earliest record being in 1674. The family were of Dutch ancestry and the surname is taken from the surroundings of their home. The first of the name living by a small body of water Van Der, the prefixes, meaning "from" or "by the" water, or pool. The name is spelled Vanderpool, Van Derpool and Van Der Pool.
The first of the name of record, the American ancestor of the Van Derpools of Schenectady, is Wynant Gerritse (Wynant, son of Gerrit) Van Derpool. In 1674 he bought of Geertruy (Gertrude) Pieterse, widow of Abraham Vosburg, one-half a saw mill on the east bank of the Hudson river, opposite Captain Philip Schuyler's bourery on the creek that is still called "Wynant's Kill." Wynant G. Van Derpool, "late of Albany, now of New York," made his will February 29, 1695, in which he spoke of his wife, Tryntje Melgers, licensed "Vroederouw" of Albany, eldest son, Melgert, and son-in-law,
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Willem Van Den Bergh, who was named his executor. He was deceased in 1699.
(II) Melgert Wygantse, son of Wynant Gerritse and Tryntje (Melgers) Van Der- pool, was a gunsmith and lived in Albany. His house and his father's fronted the fort in 1675, probably on the south side of State street. He was not living September 19, 1700. He married (first) Adriantje Verplanck; (second) Elizabeth, daughter of William Tel- ler (I) and widow of Abraham Van Tricht, June 29, 1692. Children: Melgert, Maria, Trinke, Abraham, see forward, Wynant, Gelyn, Jacobus (James), Henderick, Wil- helm, Adriantje, baptized November 17, 1695. (III) Abraham, son of Melgert Wygantse Van Derpool, was born in 1682. He mar- ried, January 3, 1713, Antje Van Den Bergh. Children. Melchert, see forward, Ariantje, Teuntje, Gerrit, Teuntje, Maria, Ariantje (2).
(IV) Melgert, son of Abraham and Antje (Van Den Bergh) Van Derpool, was bap- tized February 7, 1714. He married Mar- garita Vin Hagen. Children baptized: Abra- ham, July 10, 1748; Maria, June 21, 1752; Jacobus (James), May 27, 1759; Gerrit, born March 26, 1762; Maria, born May 1, 1766.
(V) James, son of Melgert and Margarita (Vin Hagen) Van Derpool, was born April 26, 1759, baptized May 27, died August 5, 1838, at Princetown, New York. He mar- ried, February 5, 1783, Mary Muller (Mil- ler), born February 5, 1764, died February 15, 1851. James Van Derpool was a farmer, a member of the Reformed church, and lived at Castleton, New York, as did his parents. Children: I. Margaret, born February 25, 1784 ; married - -- Cormack and left issue. 2. Catherine, April 9, 1786, died April 7, 1863; married (first) Wood; (second)
Acker. 3. Jeremie (Jeremiah), Feb- ruary 26, 1788, died January 12, 1872 ; mar- ried Hannah Shufelt. 4. Sophia, March 26, 1797, died August 22, 1862; married Wemple, grandfather of Hon. W. W. Wem- ple, of Schenectady. 5. Lyncha, May 30, 1800 ; married Van Patten. 6. Abra- ham M., see forward.
(VI) Abraham M., son of James and Mary (Miller) Van Derpool, was born on the farm on Norman's Kill, Princetown, Schenectady county, New York, and died there August 23, 1885. He was reared on the farm, and edu- cated in the public schools. He learned the carpenter's trade, became a contractor and builder and erected many private houses and business blocks. He accumulated a handsome competence, which he lost through endorsing notes for friends. He was a man of high character and generous impulse. He was a
Republican, and in earlier life a member of the Reformed church, but later became a Methodist. He married (first) in Prince- town, Folica Wemple, born November 26, 1806, died July 28, 1827, leaving four chil- dren. He married (second) in Florida, Mont- gomery county, New York, Sarah Jane Ruff, born November 6, 1829, in Florida, died June 7, 1895, daughter of Benjamin F. and Polly (Merry) Ruff, both of whom died at ad- vanced ages in Schenectady county. Benja- min Ruff, shortly after his marriage to Polly Merry, lost both arms while assisting at a Fourth of July celebration, a cannon going off unexpectedly. Notwithstanding his seri- ous handicap, he succeeded in accumulating a sufficient competence to enable him to retire in easy circumstances. He had a powerful constitution and possessed great strength. Children of Abraham M. Van Derpool by his first wife, Folica Wemple: I. Peter, died Sep- tember 8, 1877; married Kitty Westfall, who survives him. 2. John Nott, deceased ; mar- ried Jeannette McCullum, now of Chicago, Illinois. 3. Maria Ann, deceased ; married James Liddle, also deceased, leaving children, Abraham and Mary G. 4. Margaret, de- ceased; married George Tygart, now of Princetown ; children: Williard D., Abraham F., George G., Elizabeth H., S. Jane, Cathalie, died young ; James, died young. Children by second wife, Sarah Jane Ruff: 5. Jeremiah Franklin, see forward. 6. Joamiah, born March 4, 1858; resides in Schenectady, un- married. 7. Roselia, born February 28, 1860, died April 19, 1882; she was educated for the teacher's profession, and already attained a high reputation ; she was unmarried.
(VII) Jeremiah Franklin, only son of Abra- ham M. and Sarah Jane (Ruff) Van Der- pool, was born in Duanesburg, Schenectady county, New York (where his parents died), October 28, 1853. He was reared on his father's farm in Duanesburg, and educated in the public school. He worked on the farm, and with his father at carpentering dur- ing his earlier life. In 1889 he built and operated a hotel at Rotterdam Junction, con- tinuing there until 1899, when he disposed of his property and removed to the village of Scotia, where he established an ice business,
which he still continues. He is a man of substance, strong character and of untiring energy. He is a thorough man of business and careful in management. He is a Republi- can in politics, and a Baptist in religion. He is a charter member of Woestine Lodge, and now a member of Scotia Lodge, No. 845, Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He mar- ried, in Brooklyn, New York, in 1888, Lucy,
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daughter of Adam B. and (Smith) Groat, who had other children. I. Alida, mar- ried James Ostrander, of Buffalo, New York, and has a daughter Lucy. 2. Martin, of the United States navy; died in the Naval Hos- pital, Brooklyn navy yard. Adam B. Groat resides with his daughter, Lucy (Groat) Van Derpool. Children of Jeremiah F. and Lucy (Groat) Van Derpool: I. Bessie, born Octo- ber 22, 1890. 2. Frank, November 20, 1898. 3. James, July 21, 1903.
The United States census of
STOVER 1790 records the name of Mar- tinus Stover as the head of a family living in Rensselaerwick, Albany county, New York. At that time he had three children over sixteen years of age. Whom he married or where he came from is not a matter of record, nor are the names of his sons. Tradition has it that the family name was Stauffer, and that one of the three brothers who came from Germany may have been the founder of the Stover family of New York. One of the brothers did found the Pennsylvania family, but they were Stauffers for many generations, the name being changed to Stover in recent generations, by act of the Pennsylvania legislature. There is no connection between the Pennsylvania and New York families of the Stover name. The family no doubt were original New England settlers who removed to Westchester county, New York, where they intermarried. The strong probability is that Martinus Stover, previously mentioned, was father of Martin Stover, with whom this history begins.
(I) Martin Stover was born July 15, 1758, died September 14, 1845. He was a weaver and worked at his trade in the Mohawk Val- ley, and later became a farmer, also owning land in Rensselaer county. He was also pro- prietor of a wayside inn at Grant's Hollow, in that county-a place of accommodation for travelers-where he gained a reputation for hospitality and kindliness of heart, and where he lived until death. He married there Eliza- beth Drake, of English ancestry, born Febru- ary 3, 1755, died March 8, 1825. She is be- lieved to be of the numerous family of that name in Westchester county who served so prominently in the revolution, particularly in the Third Regiment of Westchester militia. There were also George and Neche Stover, enlisted men in the continental line, First New York Regiment, but whether they were broth- ers of Martin is unknown. Children of Mar- tin and Elizabeth (Drake) Stover, probably all born in Rensselaer county: Jacob S., of whom further ; Sarah, Jerardus, or Gaudes;
Mary, Elizabeth, Hannah, Martin, Phoebe and Peter. All these children married and reared families.
(II) Jacob S., son of Martin and Elizabeth (Drake) Stover, was born either in Pittstown or Grant's Hollow, Rensselaer county, New York. November 29, 1784, died September 5, 1848. He married in that county, where he cultivated a farm, and also kept an inn. He was religious, as was his wife, who was a strong advocate of temperance, both pub- licly and privately, and not in sympathy with her husband dispensing liquor to his guests, as was the custom of the day. They brought up their children carefully, and their sons grew up good men and citizens. Children: I. Harriet, married De Witt Halstead, a teacher and farmer ; child, Frank Halstead, of the firm of Young & Halstead, Troy, New York. 2. Jane C., married Sanford Bovies. 3. Margaret E., married Irwin Graves. 4. Elizabeth, never married. 5. Mariah, married Joseph Wiley 6. Jacob, married (first) Catherine E. Haner, (second) Christana Eycklesymer. 7. John, married (first) Sallie Snyder, (second) Mary Buckley. 8. George, married (first) Ella Q. Canary, (second) Anna Barr. 9. Rev. Martin J., see forward. (III) Rev. Martin J. Stover, youngest child of Jacob S. Stover, was born in Pittstown, New York, February 1, 1807, died in Amster- dam, New York, November 27, 1893. He was educated at the Hartwick Seminary, and for over sixty years was a member of the Hart- wick synod of the Lutheran church. For fifty-nine years he was in active ministerial work, only retiring a year previous to his death. During that year he but filled charges temporarily for his brethren of the ministry. He filled many important pulpits in the state, among them being Dansville, Waterloo, Cob- leskill, Sharon, Sand Lake, Stone Arabia, West Amsterdam, Bearytown and Woodstock, Ulster county, which was his last charge. He was continuously engaged in the work of the Hartwick synod except from 1856 to 1862. Four of these years he was pastor of the Dan- ville (Pennsylvania) congregation, and two years at Galion, Ohio. While at the latter place the war of the rebellion broke out, and he was offered a chaplaincy in the army by Governor Tod, of Ohio, but declined, as his older sons were serving in Ohio regiments. and his duty lay at home. He was a devout Christian, and an earnest, conscientious min- ister of the gospel. The sacrifices of his early life, rendered necessary by his determi- nation to secure an education and fit himself for the ministry, developed his character and made him the friend of every one struggling
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