Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs, Volume II, Part 48

Author: Reynolds, Cuyler, 1866- ed
Publication date: 1911
Publisher: New York, Lewis historical publishing company
Number of Pages: 716


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(VII) Abraham Lawyer, second son of Freeman and Maria (Lawyer) Stanton, was born in Middleburgh, Schoharie county, New .York, October 16, 1824. He was reared on the farm and followed agriculture and bee culture in connection with various enterprises until 1888, when he retired to Schenectady, New York, his present home. He is pos- sessed of ample means, has a wonderful mem- ory, and although in his eighty-sixth year is active and in good health. He has always


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been a Democrat in politics. He married, in Middleburgh, December 6, 1845, Sabina M. Bouck, born May 1, 1823, died January 10, 1860, daughter of Congressman Joseph Bouck and niece of ex-Governor Bouck, of New York. He married (second) Mary Morrow, who died in 1887, without issue. Children: Freeman, born in Middleburgh, New York, July 20, 1846, died in Schenectady, February 4, 1880, unmarried ; William B., born June 16, 1849, died March 8, 1896, unmarried, in Stockton, California; Howard Mitchell, see forward.


(VIII) Howard Mitchell, only surviving son of Abraham Lawyer and Sabina M. (Bouck) Stanton, was born in Middleburgh, Schoharie county, New York, July 19, 1856. He was educated in the public schools, and on arriving at his majority located in Schenec- tady, where he engaged in the hide and tal- low business. Later he became a wholesale dealer in grocers', butchers' and shoemakers' supplies, and built up a very large and profit- able business, handling everything required in the way of fixtures and appurtenances for supplying these lines of trade. His store is on Clinton street, Schenectady, and the busi- ness is now conducted under the firm name of Stanton & Ouderkirk, having admitted his son-in-law as a partner. He is a member of the Second Reformed Church, which he serves as trustee, and is a member of the con- sistory. He is a Democrat in politics, but has never aspired to public office. He is a member of the Masonic order, belonging to St. George's Lodge, Chapter and Command- ery of Schenectady, and to Oriental Shrine of Troy, New York. He married, September 18, 1878, Roselia Garnsey, born in Middle- burgh, New York, March 7, 1858, daughter of Montraville and granddaughter of William Garnsey, born 1805, died 1885, married, July 10, 1824, Celia Ferona Comstock, born in Kingston, New York, July 6, 1806. Children : I. Montraville, born September 30, 1826, died September 24, 1883; married, 1847, Alida C. Becker, born June 8, 1829, died August 24, 1884; children: i. Albert, died in infancy. ii. Emerette, born January 15, 1850, married, January 3. 1870, Frank Straub, of Middle- burgh, and had a daughter Inez, who mar- ried Frank Wells, and has Mildred and San- ford Wells. iii. Charles, married Elizabeth Palmatier ; no issue. iv. Arthur, married Lena Earls, and has Francis. v. Julia C., born August 10, 1851 ; married, December 19, 1871, Isaac Sutphen, of Schenectady ; has son Edward, who married, October 17, 1894, Dora Haines, and has Vernon and Helen Sutphen. vi. Ellura, died January 19, 1854, aged three


years twelve days. vii. Edith Inez, born Jan- uary 14, 1853; married (first) Colonel Hun- ter, and had William, married Ellen Paddock, July 15, 1905, and Alida, married Arthur Hailliday, June 7, 1905. She married (sec- ond) Samuel H. Sheldon, of Utica, New York; no issue. viii. Roselia, married, Sep- tember 18, 1878, Howard M. Stanton. ix. Roxella, born July 31, 1859, unmarried. x. Lettie, born October 10, 1866, married Thomas Vroman, a druggist of Albany, and has Ver- non and Myra Vroman. xi. Elmira E., born September II, 1869, died December 5, 1889. She married Arthur Dayton, and has no issue.


Mrs. Roselia (Garnsey) Stanton is a mem- ber of the Reformed church, a woman of quiet, domestic tastes and a most capable and devoted helpmate. Children of Howard M. and Roselia (Garnsey) Stanton: I. Edith Sabina, born December 21, 1879; educated in Schenectady common and high schools; mar- ried, September 15, 1904, in Schenectady, Howard Russell Ouderkirk, of Schenectady (see Ouderkirk VII forward). 2. Earl Free- man, born September 15, 1895; a student in Schenectady high school.


(The Ouderkirk Line).


Jan Janse Ouderkirk was a cooper in Bever- wyck as early as 1692, and lived on the north side of Yonkers, now State street. He was commonly known as the "Smalle Cuyper." He was the earliest settler of the name in or about Albany.


(II) Pieter (I), son of John Janse Ouder- kirk, married Alida, daughter of Johannes Clute, June 13, 1704, in the town of Niskay- una. His name appears on the records of the First Reformed Dutch Church, December 26, 1701.


(III) Pieter (2), son of Pieter and Alida (Clute) Ouderkirk, was born in Albany, May 8, 1720. His name appears on church records in April, 1767. He married, June 18, 1755, Machtelt, daughter of Takel Heemstraat.


(IV) Isaac, son of Pieter (2) and Machtelt (Heemstraat) Ouderkirk, married Angelica Van Slyke, October 3, 1794.


(V) William, son of Isaac Ouderkirk, was born March 1, 1808, died 1886. He married Susan Durney, who died March 4, 1890.


(VI) Charles, son of William and Susan (Durney) Ouderkirk, was born March 29, 1854. He is a contractor of machines and machinery, and is associated with the Amer- ican Locomotive Company at Schenectady. He is a member of the Presbyterian church, and a Republican in politics. He married, Decem- ber 25, 1879, Margaret Hamilton.


(VII) Howard Russell, son of Charles and


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Margaret (Hamilton) Ouderkirk, was born in Schenectady, New York, April 27, 1881. He was educated in the public schools, and early engaged in public business life, and is junior partner of Stanton & Ouderkirk, wholesale grocers', butchers' and shoemakers' supplies. He is a deacon of the First Reformed Church, and a Republican. He has attained unusual honor in the Masonic order, is master of St. George's Lodge, and at the date of his in- stallation was the youngest master that ever filled the office since the lodge was chartered in 1774. He is a member of St. George's Chapter, the Council and Commandery, and a trustee of Oriental Shrine, Troy, New York. He married, September 15, 1904, Edith Sabina, daughter of Howard Mitchell and Roselia (Garnsey) Stanton, of Schenec- tady. (See Stanton VIII.)


LEMON The ancestor of the Lemon fam- ily of Cohoes, represented in the present generation by Harold S.


Lemon, is Lieutenant-Colonel George Frank Lemon, of Troy, New York, who was born in that city in 1816. He was a gallant officer of the civil war and in battle received wounds that resulted in death. He was enrolled May 22, 1861, at New York City, to serve two years; mustered in as major of the Thirty- second Regiment, Volunteer Infantry, May 31, 1861 ; promoted lieutenant-colonel, October 23, 1862, with rank from October 2, 1862; wounded September 14, 1862, at Crampton's Gap, Maryland ; died of his wounds November 10, 1862, at Burkettsville, Maryland. He was in many of the hard battles of the war that previous to his death were fought by the Army of the Potomac. His promotion to lieu- tenant-colonel was for "gallant conduct" on the field of battle, and had not his career been early cut short he would surely have attained greater glory and higher rank. He married, in 1841, Susan A., daughter of Abraham L. Lansing, of Lansingburg, New York (see Lansing family). Child, George McElvie, see forward.


(II) George McElvie, son of Lieutenant- Colonel George Frank and Susan A. (Lan- sing) Lemon, was born in Lansingburg, New York, August 3, 1842. He was educated in the public schools, and was for thirty years with the Walter A. Wood Company, manu- facturers of agricultural machinery. After leaving their employ he was with the New York Central railroad for five years in Cohoes, and for the past year (1910) has been cashier at the freight office of the same company. August 29, 1862, he enlisted in Company H, Thirty-second Regiment, Volunteer Infantry,


and served three years. The Thirty-second was part of the Army of the Potomac. April 8, 1863, he was promoted to the rank of com- missary sergeant. August 25, 1863, he was transferred to the One Hundred and Twenty- first New York Regiment. He was engaged in many of the fierce battles in which the Army of the Potomac fought: Bull Run, Fredericksburg, Antietam, where his father also fought, White Oak Church and others. The Thirty-second was enlisted as a two years' regiment, but Mr. Lemon served three years and received an honorable discharge. In politics Mr. Lemon is an ardent Republican ; he is a communicant of the Episcopal church, as was his wife. He has been a Mason for thirty-six years; is a member of Mount Zion Lodge, No. 311, of Troy. He married, Sep- tember 17, 1874, Mary W. Snyder, born in Watervliet, New York, died May 20, 1910, daughter of Abraham George Snyder, a long- time employee of the Watervliet Arsenal, where he was master machinist. He was a highly esteemed and very popular man. On the day of his funeral the Arsenal was closed and the flags lowered to half mast, an honor seldom if ever before paid to an unofficial employee. Mr. Snyder was born at West Troy, New York, March 31, 1819; married Eliza Ann Williams, born October 19, 1820, died August 22, 1892, at Cohoes. He died June 10, 1876. Children of George McElvie and Mary W. (Snyder) Lemon: 1. Harold Snyder, mentioned below. 2. George Snyder, born December 12, 1879, at Hoosick Falls, where he was educated. At age of nineteen entered employ of New York Central & Hud- son River Railroad as cashier; was made freight agent for same company at Cohoes in February, 1909, which position he still holds (1910). He married Ida Waitey Brown, of Troy, New York.


(III) Harold Snyder, son of George Mc- Elvie and Mary W. (Snyder) Lemon, was born in Watervliet, New York, October 12, 1875. When he was a year old his parents removed to Hoosick Falls, Rensselaer county, New York, and here he obtained his education in the public schools. At age of sixteen he left school and entered the employ of the Walter A. Wood Company, in the sign and stenciling department. He was the youngest employee in the paint department and as partner was placed with the oldest man, caus- ing much merry comment. He rapidly ac- quired the necessary skill in the department, and as it was all piece work, was soon making good wages. The firm then began to adopt the unwise plan of penalizing expert work- men by cutting the piece price, which they


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continued until wages were reduced over one- half. When this condition became unbearable to an ambitious, expert man, Mr. Lemon left the company. He had now reached the age of twenty-one. He went to Troy, New York, and entered the employ of E. W. Millard, the leading undertaker of Troy, remaining with


him until February, 1897, becoming thorough master of the undertaking business. In the latter year he removed to Cohoes, where for a few months he was employed in the under- taking establishment of Frank C. Reavy. He then entered the employ of Parker G. Tymer- son, undertaker, where he remained over five years. He took a special course in embalm- ing, received his diploma, March 19, 1895, and his state license as undertaker and em- balmer, September 11, 1899. On February 22, 1902, having complied with all the legal requirements and possessing a thorough knowledge of his business gained by his many years of practical experience, Mr. Lemon de- cided to engage in business for himself. June 14, 1902, he opened an undertaking and em- balming establishment in Cohoes, on Oneida street, and in 1907 removed to enlarged quar- ters at 47 Oneida street. July 1, 1907, he purchased the livery business of W. W. Syn- der-a livery and ambulance service, with boarding stable-and now conducts it in con- nection with his undertaking business. His establishment is modern and well equipped, and he enjoys a liberal patronage. In De- cember, 1908, he engaged in the retail coal trade which he still continues. His ambulance service is the only one on the west side be- tween Albany and Saratoga, and is also used by the city as a police patrol wagon. He is a loyal Republican and active in politics. For ten years he has been inspector of the first district, second ward of Cohoes, and a fre- quent delegate to the local party conventions. He was connected with the National Guard of New York for six years, receiving an hon- orable discharge, June 9, 1897. He was cor- poral of Second Company M, of Hoosick Falls, Second Regiment. His grandfather re- ceived his death wound while leading the Thirty-second New York Regiment, at the battle of Antietam; his father fought in the ranks of the same regiment, in the same and other desperate conflicts; the son in more peaceful times served as a citizen soldier in the National Guard, Second Separate Com- pany. Among the precious heirlooms and treasured relics of the family is the service sword of Lieutenant-Colonel Lemon, owned by Harold S. Lemon, and a handsome gold- mounted sword presented to Colonel Lemon by his Thirty-second Regiment, owned by his


son, George McElvie Lemon. Harold S. Lemon is a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, and for three years was president of the Young Men's Association of that church. He is a member of Spartan Lodge, No. 210, Independent Order of Odd Fellows, and has been chief chaplain, Sons of Veterans. He has been a volunteer fireman for eleven years with Truck No. I and Steamer No. 4.


He married, June 14, 1900, Martha A. Har- rington, of Bennington, Vermont, born in Hoosick, New York, daughter of Lorenzo and Hannah M. (Eydesheimer ) Harrington, and granddaughter of John and (McCoy.) Harrington. John Harrington was a farmer of Hoosick, Rensselaer county, New York, where he was born in the southwest part of the town, and where he died. Lorenzo, his son, was born on the homestead farm in 1834, was a farmer, and is now living retired at Potter Hill, New York. He was an active member of the Seventh Day. Adventists Church and superintendent of the Sunday school. He married Hannah M. Eydesheimer, born in Johnsonville, New York, died Sep- tember 22, 1886.


In speaking of the first settlers STILES of Boxford, Massachusetts, Per- ley (the town historian) says: "Robert Stiles, another early settler, was an emigrant from Yorkshire, England. In 1659 we find him owning a farm containing two hundred and fifty acres, with buildings thereon, in Rowley Village. His residence was near the East Parish village." In "Mar- riages, Births and Deaths in Essex County" it is stated, "Robert Stiles was married (by Bradstreet) to Elizabeth, (daughter of John) Frye of Andover." In 1680 the number of families in Rowley Village had increased to twenty. The head of one of these families was "Goodman" Stiles. In the same year the town of Rowley (not Rowley Village) ap- pointed "tithingmen to see that the Sabbath was well kept," and among the eleven families under the supervision of Joseph Higsbee was that of "Goodman" Stiles. In 1684 the Rev. Joseph Capen was settled at Topsfield, where a church had existed since 1663, and in his list of members in full communion is found the name of Robert Stiles, also that of his son John and wife Deliverance. During the year 1685 the town of Boxford was formed, and the Stiles family afterwards appear on the records of that town and church. In 1686 Robert Stiles was chosen constable of Box- ford (probably the first one chosen), which in 1685 had been incorporated a town. Per- ley's "History of Boxford" says: "Robert


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Stiles Sr. died July 30, 1690, and adminis- tration was granted his widow Elizabeth, a month later."


Robert Stiles married (first) October 4, 1660, Elizabeth Frye, of Andover, Massachu- setts, daughter of John and Ann Frye, who were born in England in 1637. According to the Boxford records he married a second wife, also named Elizabeth, who survived and administered his estate. Children by first wife, all born in the village of Rowley (afterward Boxford) : I. John, married Deliverance Towne. 2. Elizabeth, married John Buswell, of Boxford. 3. Sarah, unmarried. 4. Abi- gail; "dismissed from the church in Rowley Jan. 15, 1710-II, Abigail Styles, now wife of Zaccheus Curtis." 5. Ebenezer, married Dor- othy Dalton. 6. Sarah, admitted to church in Boxford, June 27, 1703. 7. Robert (2), see forward. 8. Eunice, married Robert Wil- lis. 9. Timothy, married Hannah Foster. IO. Samuel, married Elizabeth Cary.


(II) Robert (2), son of Robert (I), the emigrant, and his first wife, Elizabeth (Frye) Stiles, was born in Rowley village, Massa- chusetts (Boxford), November 15, 1675, died in Hebron, Connecticut, February 25, 1720. The land records of Lebanon, Connecticut, show that "Robert Stiles of Boxford, Essex county, Massachusetts Bay," purchased two hundred acres of land for the sum of £100, in the year 1718. The town records of Hebron, Connecticut, show "Robert Stiles died ye 25th day Feb., 1720." He married, November 10, 1699, Ruth Bridges, who was admitted to full communion in the church at Boxford, March 4, 1704-05. She is believed to have been the daughter of Josiah and granddaughter of Edmund Bridges, the emi- grant. Children, all recorded at Boxford : Jemima; Nathan, see forward; Lieutenant Amos, married Martha Skinner; Hepsibah, married Charles Phelps, of Hebron, Connec- ticut : Job, married Anna Bliss.


(III) Nathan, eldest son and second child of Robert (2) and Ruth (Bridges) Stiles, was born at Boxford, Massachusetts, May 7, 1703, died March 19, 1760. His marriage and death are recorded at Hebron, Connecticut, where he spent most of his life. The probate rec- ords at Colchester, Connecticut, show that his estate was settled there. He married, March 3, 1726, Ruth Carlings. Children (from Hebron records) : I. Nathan (2), married Kezeath Kilbron; is believed to have been the Nathan Stiles who was one of the grantees of Cornwallis, Nova Scotia, and served in the British army at the capture of Louisburg in 1758, and at Quebec in 1759 : he made a most honorable record. 2. Robert (3), see for-


ward. 3. Stephen, married Rebecca Brown. 4. Mary. 5. Abigail.


(IV) Robert (3), second child of Nathan and Ruth (Carlings) Stiles, was born at Hebron, Connecticut, January 25, 1730-31. He married Patience Children : I. Robert (4), born March 15, 1757; in his ap- plication for a revolutionary pension he states that he: "Enlisted in March or April, 1777, for three years with Captain Fitch in Colonel Durkee's Connecticut regiment, serving as Corporal and Sargeant." He mentions his services and says he has been "a cripple for many years"; he was placed on the pension roll July 29, 1819. 2. Patience, born August 6, 1758. 3. Beriah, born September 19, 1760; in April, 1818, he was living in Schoharie, New York, as was his brother Robert. He states in his application for a revolutionary pension that he "Enlisted at Chatham, Conn. in Oct., 1775, with Capt. Blake in Col. Sage's regiment for six months going to the Siege of Boston." In April, 1766, he volunteered for six months with Captain Wetmore in Colonel Sage's regiment. In 1777 volunteered for three years in Colonel Durkee's regiment ; was at the battle of White Plains and Ger- mantown. 4. Martin, see forward. 5. Lotan, of Mendon, Monroe county, New York.


(V) Martin, fourth child and third son of Robert (3) and Patience Stiles, was born at Hebron, Connecticut, November 20, 1761. In August, 1833, he applied for a revolution- ary pension and states: "That he enlisted at Chatham, Connecticut, for three years with Capt. Fitch in Col. Webb's regiment in March, 1777, and was in the battle of Germantown, Pennsylvania, October 4, 1777, and in the assault and capture of Stony Point, July 16, 1779. In May, 1781, he enlisted in Colonel Sheldon's Connecticut regiment of light dra- goons for three years ; at Middlefield, Connec- ticut, under Captain Edgar, but not mounted, and was discharged in the early part of the summer of 1783, at Danbury." After the war he removed to New Hampshire, then to Ver- mont, then to Canada. He was placed on the pension roll April 2, 1834. He married, at East Haddam, Connecticut, September, 1782, Candace Cone, born April 23, 1761. Chil- dren: Elizabeth Cone, married Milne; Polly; Lydia; Edgar; Martin (2) ; Clary ; Henry ; Joel (see forward).


(VI) Joel, son of Martin and Candace (Cone) Stiles, was born in 1800. He married Sally Dennis; children: I. Robert, married Nancy - . 2. Martin (3), see forward. 3. Fanny, married John Clute. 4. Margaret, married Azariah Sisson, of Iowa. 5. Amos, married Amy - ---. 6. Sarah, married Ja-


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cob Rising, and among others had a daughter Emily S., who married - Warn, and re- sides in Cambridge, New York. 7. Lydia, married Humnell. 8. J. Louisa, mar- ried (first) E. E. Beadle, (second) John R. Hitchcock.


(VII) Martin (3), son of Joel and Sally (Dennis) Stiles, was born at Cobbleskill, Al- bany county, New York, February 14, 1829, died at Cedar Hill, same county, July 16, 1885. He was a farmer for a number of years, then became proprietor of the Cedar Hill House. He married Mary Jane Baumes, born in Carlisle, Albany county, New York, in 1834, died at Cohoes, New York, January 5. 1899. Children: I. Emma M., married Wil- liam Miller, deceased; she resides in New York City. 2. Margaret S., married Merrill E. Wolf, of Schenectady; children: Charles A. and Mabel L. Wolf. 3. Helen L., married John H. Hendrickson, died May 12, 1909, killed by an explosion in a quarry at South Bethlehem, New York. They had a daugh- ter, Minnie L., born April 7, 1886, died Jan- uary, 1905 ; married William Baumes and had a son, William H. Baumes. William Baumes was killed in the same accident that took the life of his father-in-law, John H. Hendrickson. 4. John B., born September 10, 1864; married Hattie Degeoff, and has a son Raymond, born December 25, 1894. 5. Peter Melville, see forward. 6. Edwin Dwight, born September 19, 1871 ; married Della May Groom, and has a daughter, Mabel Groom Stiles. He is a partner with his brother, Peter M. Stiles. Ed- win D. is a Republican and member of the board of aldermen of Cohoes. Della May (Groom) Stiles is a daughter of Edwin Groom, of Groom's Corners, Saratoga county, New York, and his wife, Della (Sanford) Groom, of Cohoes, New York.


(VIII) Peter Melville, son of Martin (3) and Mary Jane (Baumes) Stiles, was born at Callanan's Corners, Albany county, New York, June 28, 1868. He was educated in the public schools, and remained on the farm with his father until he was fifteen years of age. From 1889 to 1900 he was employed in the hardware business of the Burbanks Hard- ware Company, first as clerk, then assisting manager, then as manager. In 1900 he left the store and was with Sweet & Doyle for five years as traveling salesman for mill sup- plies, covering the states of Massachusetts, Connecticut, Vermont and New York. In 1905, in company with his brother, Edwin D., he formed the firm of Stiles Brothers, and purchased the business of the Burbanks Hard- ware Company, of Cohoes, and has since been actively engaged in the management of the


business of that firm. Stiles Brothers are ex- tensive dealers in stoves, carrying the largest stock in the city, together with a complete builders' and house-furnishing line of hard- ware. They are a well-known and successful firm. Peter M. Stiles is an active member of the Remsen Street Methodist Episcopal Church, a member of the official board, and former treasurer of the Sunday school, in which he is most deeply interested. Politi- cally he is a Republican and has served as school commissioner. He married, October 2, 1901, Florence J. Stimson, born in Cohoes, New York, daughter of James and Frances (Bogue) Stimson, of Cohoes. Frances Bogue was the daughter of Henry S. Bogue, a promi- nent knitting mill owner and mayor of Cohoes in 1884. Children of Peter Melville and Florence J. (Stimson) Stiles: Mildred Edith, born April 7, 1903, and Frances Bell Stiles, born March 1I, 1908.


MARSHALL


Tradition is the only au- thority the Marshall fam- ily have for claiming de-


scent from William C. Mareschal, who came over from England with William the Con- queror. The name is prominent in England and in Ireland. The history of the branch herein recorded begins with Thomas Mar- shall, of Boston, Massachusetts, called "Widower" on his admission to the church August 31, 1634. He was a shoemaker or a ferryman, perhaps both (Savage). He brought with him from England, sons Thomas and Samuel, daughters Sarah and Frances. By a second wife, Alice, he had a son Eliakim. He went with the majority of the members of his church to the support of Wheelwright, and in November, 1637, was compelled with others to surrender his arms as a punishment. Like many others similarly abused, he re- gained high esteem, and held the office of selectman 1647-58, deacon and deputy 1650, and died about 1665.


(II) Captain Samuel, son of Deacon Thomas Marshall, of Boston, was born in England. He was a tanner by trade; settled in Windsor, Connecticut; was a freeman in 1654, deputy in 1637, magistrate in 1638, and in the war against King Philip had a short but most honorable service. November 30, 1675, he was made captain in place of Ben- jamin Newbury, who was disabled and pre- vented from joining the projected winter cam- paign. On December 19, 1695, the battle at the "Great Swamp" was fought (the hardest ever known in New England), and Captain Samuel Marshall was killed, with many of his company. He married, May 6, 1652, Mary,




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