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Helen N., born June 18, 1904, and Charles S., born May 8, 1906; viii. Ellis H., born June 3, 1868, died May 12, 1909, unmarried ; for some years a prominent house furnisher under contract, and a well known genealogi- cal researcher; ix. Avery K., born June 4, 1870. teller in the City National Bank of Amsterdam; married Mazie G. Almy, born October 2, 1882.
(V) Darius, fourth child of Joseph and Hannah (Roberts) Clizbe, was born in New Jersey, November 8, 1786, died November 20, 1869, at his residence on the farm near Amsterdam. He was a successful farmer ; his estate was situated in Amsterdam, and is now the property of his son Samuel J. He served in the American army during the war of 1812-14 and afterward received a pension for his services. He married Mary Jones, born January 17, 1790, died June 7, 1854. Children : 1. Marcus W., born May 15, 1814, died March 3, 1896; married, December 10,. 1844, Emily Van Dyke, born January II, 1822, died March 26, 1897. 2. Hannah M., born August 9, 1817, died in April, 1893; married, February 6, 1845, James F. Birch, born February 17, 1819, died November 6, 1905. 3. Cyrus, born March 14, 1819, dieď April 26, 1836. 4. William, born June 2, 1821, died December 14, 1838. 5. Louise J., born August 6, 1823, died December 24, 1880; married, in October, 1846, Alexander Scott, born in Scotland, October, 1815, died Sep- tember 4, 1885. 6. Charlotte, born July 13, 1827, died December 7, 1838. 7. Samuel, J., see forward.
(VI) Samuel J., youngest son of Darius and Mary (Jones) Clizbe, was born in Am- sterdam, Montgomery county, New York, February 1, 1831. He succeeded to the own- ership of the farm on which he has since lived and cultivated. Like his ancestors he is a Presbyterian in religion. Politically he is a Republican, which has been the family politics since the organization of that party ; previously they were Whigs and Abolitionists. He married, in Jersey City, New Jersey, De- cember 18, 1860, Mary Antoinette Chamber- lin, born in Glenville, Schenectady county, New York, January 27, 1837, died near Am- sterdam, September 4, 1889. She was a woman of fine education and for many years an instructor in the schools. She was a daugh- ter of Lewis and Rachel (Van Dyke) Cham- berlin, both born in New York state of Dutch ancestry, and granddaughter of John and Lucretia (Sutphen) Chamberlin, of Dutchess county, New York. There were nine children in the Chamberlin family, two of whom are yet living-Mrs. Rebecca Ely, of Schenectady,
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New York, and Mrs. Lucretia Bloomingdale, of Green Bush, Rensselaer county, New York. Children of Samuel J. and Mary A. Clizbe : I. Ida, born June 12, 1863 ; married William Hugo, born November 17, 1860; children: i. Neva, born July 22, 1887, wife of Bert She- ley, born March 8, 1881, and mother of a daughter, Thursa Sheley; they reside in Brockton. ii. Thursa; iii. Ollie, died. 2. Clara, born March 2, 1870; was educated in public and private schools of Amsterdam; she is unmarried and since the death of her mother is mistress of the home. 3. Electa, born Jan- uary 16, 1873, died August 23, 1908, un- married. 4. George H., born November 27, 1879, unmarried, and his father's assistant in the cultivation of the home farm.
SERVISS This is one of the old families of Montgomery county, that has always been conspicuous in public life. The founder of the family in the Mohawk valley was George Serviss, a soldier of the revolution. He served in the Third Regiment, Tryon county, New York militia. He was probably a son of Christian Serviss, of New York City, and had brothers : Christian, John, Peter and Frederick, and a sister Margaret. George Serviss, the revolu- tionary soldier, was born February 23, 1755, died February 9, 1812. He was a farmer of what was then Tryon county, New York. He married Mary Overbaugh, born October 21, 1754, died in 1839. Children, born between February 15, 1776, and January 20, 1796: Sa- rah, Sophia, Philip, Lawrence, see forward; John G., Wilhelmina, David, Solomon, Sophia, George, Mary.
(II) Lawrence, son of George and Mary (Overbaugh) Serviss, was born December 16, 1780, died May 13, 1866. He was a man of strong character, a prominent and progressive farmer. He was conspicuous in the organiza- tion and management of the Whig party in his county, and everywhere a man of influence. He married, January 28, 1813, Mary Big- ham, born in Scotland, July II, 1791, died March 26, 1870. Children: Helen Marie, born February 17, 1814, died January 25, 1846; George L .; David, August 30, 1816, died August 25, 1819; Alexander, see for- ward; Elizabeth, September 6, 1819, died Feb- ruary 3, 1897.
(III) Alexander, third son and fourth child of Lawrence and Mary ( Bigham) Serviss, was born in Florida, Montgomery county, New York, July 25, 1818, died May 19, 1887. He was one of the leading farmers of Mont- gomery county. He married Nancy Sher- burne, born September 29, 1827, who survived
him and is living (1909) in Amsterdam, New York. Their children were: 1. John G., see forward. 2. Lawrence A., born October 24, 1849; a successful lawyer of Amsterdam; married Emeline Stowetts and has issue. 3. Jane Vander Veer, September 18, 1852; wid- ow of Paige Enders. 4. Mary Bigham, Au- gust II, 1856; resides in Amsterdam, New York, wife of John Enders.
(IV) John G., eldest son and child of Alex- ander and Nancy (Sherburne) Serviss, was born in Florida, Montgomery county, New York, May 1, 1847, died in Amsterdam, New York, January 14, 1909. His early educa- tion was obtained in the public schools of the town. Developing an ambiton to become an instructor, he studied a year at the Jonesville Academy and then entered Fort Edward Col- legiate Institute, where he completed the clas- sical course in his twentieth year. He at once entered upon his chosen career. On August 18, 1873, he was appointed principal of the Union Free School, No. 1I, of Amsterdam. Here he demonstrated his worth as an educa- tor, and remained fourteen years. In 1887 he was appointed superintendent of the same school, retaining that position until 1894, when the school was made a part of the consolida- ted city school system. During his term of office he brought his schools and teachers to the highest point of efficiency. He had the love and confidence of his pupils and of his associates. He had executive ability of a high order and has left a deep impress upon the educational system of his city. Naturally the high qualities of Professor Serviss attracted attention outside the schools. In March, 1890, he was elected secretary of the board of trade. During the two years he was in office he ably discharged his duties, resigning through a press of other duties. He served for many years on the board as chairman of the educa- tional committee. He was chairman of the Tri County Educational Council, which ar- ranged a course of study for the schools of the three counties-Montgomery, Herkimer and Fulton. He served on United States ex- amining boards for admission to Annapolis and West Point, and on the state civil service examining boards. He was interested in the work of the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion, and was one of the trustees, and for a number of years a trustee of the Amsterdam library. In business he was keen and far- sighted. He had a phenomenal knowledge of real estate values, and used this to his own profit. He had large real estate holdings in both business and residential sections. He was regarded as one of the best authorities along this line, and his opinion was often
John S. Suis
Schuyler B. Serviss.
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sought in large realty transactions. In church work he was equally active. He was of the Presbyterian faith, and served as superinten- dent of the Sunday school of the Second Church, until the founding of Emmanuel Presbyterian Church, when he joined that congregation and was chosen an elder. He was a member of the Artisan lodge of Ma- sons. His life was indeed a busy one and no good cause appealed to him in vain. Pro- fessor Serviss married Charlotte Schuyler Bussing (see Bussing V), September 25, 1872. Children : Schuyler Bussing, see forward ; Florence Margaret, born July 22, 1887, was educated in the Amsterdam schools, complet- ing her studies at Lasell Seminary, Auburn- dale, Massachusetts. She is a member of the Daughters of the American Revolution, Am- sterdam Chapter; of the Century Club, and the Antlers. She resides in Amsterdam with her mother, Mrs. Charlotte Bussing Serviss. Mr. Serviss is buried in the cemetery at Min- aville.
(V) Schuyler Bussing, son of John G. and Charlotte Schuyler (Bussing) Serviss, was born in Amsterdam, New York, February 28, 1880, died there June 18, 1909. He was a man of high standing in the educational and scientific world, and gave promise of becoming one of the leading educators of the country. He graduated from the Amsterdam high school, Phillips Academy, Andover, Massa- chusetts, and then entered Harvard Univer- sity, graduating with the class of 1902 with the degree of A. B. In 1903 he received the degree of A. M. He accepted an appointment as an instructor of Physics at Harvard, which position he filled for five years, and was an as- sistant in astronomy for three years. In 1908 the university conferred upon him the degree of M. S., and he was appointed an instructor in mathematics. Mr. Serviss was well known, not only for his scientific research and inves- tigation in his chosen profession, but as a zeal- ous student of the masters of the English language and a great lover of the literature and history of his own country. His diver- sions from the depths of exact sciences were in the enjoyment which he found in the study of Shakespeare, in folio and drama, and in the works of classical literature. He ranked high as an instructor, and his premature death left a vacancy in the Harvard faculty not easily filled. He was a member of the Amer- ican Association for the Advancement of Sci- ence, and the American Physical Society.
(The Bussing Line).
Arent Harmans Bussing, one of the most worthy of the early Harlem (New York)
settlers, appears in the earlier records only as Arent Hermens (Harmens or Harmans, for he has varied the spelling), and is so- called in the Dongan patent, but he finally dropped the patronymic and took his proper surname. By his marriage with Susannah Delamater, in 1673, he obtained two of the west gardens on which he built a house, and where he lived the remainder of his life, serv- ing often in the magistracy and bearing church office. Arent Bussing was not un- mindful of his temporal welfare. At his death, in 1718, he owned one hundred and twenty-seven acres, then valued at £511. This property today would be worth that much per lot, much of it almost that much per foot. He married (first) Susannah Delamater, May 24, 1673. He married (second) Eva Lub- berts, March 31, 1678. By his first wife lie had: Peter, Harman (1), Harman, (see for- ward). By his second wife, Dirck, Margaret, Susanna, Engelite, Elizabeth, Gessie (Ger- trude), John and Mary.
(II) Harman, son of Arent Harmans and Susannah (Delamater) Bussing, was baptized in Harlem, New York, March 12, 1677, died July 29, 1762. He married, January 27, 1707, Sarah, daughter of Isaac Selover; children: Susannah, Isaac, Anna, Eve, Arent, see for- ward; Jacobus, Abraham and Sarah.
(III) Arent, son of Harman and Sarah (Selover) Bussing, was baptized February 16, 1718, died February 17, 1781. He mar- ried, April 29, 1749, Sarah Roome; children : Sarah, Mary, Anna, William, Harmanus, (see forward) ; Hester, Peter, Peter (2),
Hester (2).
(IV) Harmanus, son of Arent and Sarah (Roome) Bussing, was born December 19, 1759, died May 28, 1845. He married Alida Fort, October 6, 1787. Children: I. Re- becca, born November 23. 1788, died Novem- ber 19, 1790. 2. Aaron, September 8, 1790, was lost at sea. 3. John, September 12, 1792, married Mary Brown. 4. Peter, September 14, 1794, married and had two children. 5. Sa- rah, February 1, 1797, died August 22, 1879; married Roswell Granger, July 31, 1816, and had six children. 6. William, November 10, 1799, died March 28, 1860; married (first) Miranda Lum, and had one child, Jane Ann, who married Benjamin Humphrey ; married (second) Susan Winegar. 7. Jane, September 6, 1802; married David Johnson, October 18, 1827, had six children. 8. Mary Ann, March IO, 1805 ; married Edwin B. Chamberlain, De- cember 29, 1835, and had three children. 9. Harman, see forward. 10. Abraham, August 22, 1808, died in infancy. II. Harvey Hyer, July 10, 1812, died April 25, 1860; married
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September 17, 1839, Avilda Hilton, and had five children.
(V) Harman (2), son of Harmanus and Alida (Fort) Bussing, was born August 22, 1806. . He married (first ) Catherine Schuyler, May 20, 1836. She bore him a daughter Catherine, who married Jonathan Morey, July 2, 1861. He married (second) May 21, 1840, Margaret Schuyler, a cousin of his first wife. She was a daughter of Daniel Schuyler, born July 13, 1779, died in 1862, and a granddaugh- ter of Jacob Schuyler, born March 24, 1730, died October 3, 1807. By his second marriage Harman Bussing had: I. Daniel Schuyler, born March 8, 1842; resides on the old Bus- sing homestead in Florida, Montgomery coun- ty; married, October II, 1876, Fannie W. Starr, and has Harman, John, Daniel, Mary, George and Edward. 2. John W., 1846, died in Chicago, Illinois, July 28, 1908. 3. Char- lotte Schuyler, September 8, 1851 ; married John G. Serviss, September 25, 1872 (see Serviss IV) : she survives her husband and resides in Amsterdam, New York. She has always taken a great interest in the patriotic orders to which she is eligible through the rev- olutionary services of two of her ancestral lines-Bussing and Schuyler. She is a char- ter member of the Amsterdam chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution, which she has served as secretary, registrar and vice- regent. She is well known in the state and national society. At the national congress of the order held in Washington, D. C., in 1905, she was a delegate from Amsterdam Chapter. She is a member of the Century Club of Am- sterdam, and of the Presbyterian church. She is a woman of education and refinement.
SERVISS This family is represented in the census of 1790 by George Serviss, who was at the time a resident of New York state. It is likely that he was the father of Christian, Frederick, John, Peter and George Serviss, who are re- corded in the same census as residents of coun- ties in the Mohawk Valley. Under various spellings of the name there were fifteen mem- bers of the family who served in the revolu- tionary war, in the New York militia or line. The name is written Serviss. Servis. Servos and Servisse.
(I) George Serviss was born February 23. 1755, died February 9, 1823. He was a farm- er, and during the revolution served in the Third Regiment, (Tryon county) New York militia. He married Mary Overbauglı, born October 21, 1754, died in 1839. They were the parents of eleven children, the eldest born February 15, 1776, the youngest January 20,
1796, as follows: Sarah, Sophia, Philip, Law- rence, of whom further ; John G., Wilhelmina, David, Solomon, Sophia (2d), George and Mary.
(II) Lawrence, second son of George and Mary (Overbaugh) Serviss, was born on the homestead farm in Tryon (now Montgomery) county, December 16, 1780, died at the age of eighty-one years. He was reared on his fath- er's farm, ownership of which is still in the family. He was a prominent farmer, pros- perous, and interested in the politics of the day, a leader in the Whig party. He mar- ried Mary Bigham, born in Scotland, July II, 1791, died May 26, 1880. Her mother died in Scotland, after which her father, with Mary and three other children, emigrated to the United States, settling about the year 1800 in the town of Florida, Montgomery county, New York. She was a devoted wife and help- meet, contributing much toward her husband's success. She survived him a few years, and breathed her last in the old homestead, at the age of eighty years. Children: I. Helen Marie, born February 17, 1814, died January 25, 1846; married William Voorhees; son John, living in Amsterdam. 2. George; see forward. 3. Alexander. 4. Elizabeth, born September 6, 1819, died February 3, 1897; married John Vander Veer, and died leaving a son, Lawrence.
(III) George (2), eldest son of Lawrence and Mary (Bigham) Serviss, was born in Florida, New York, August 4, 1815, died February 16, 1868. He was one of the sub- stantial farmers of Florida, where he owned a goodly estate, which is occupied by his wid- ow. He married, in Florida, November 27, 1849, Elizabeth A. Young, born March 20, 1829 (see Young IV). Mrs. George Serviss is a woman of remarkable mental and physical activity, despite her advancing years. She proved herself a worthy helpmeet, and reared her large family to habits of thrift and use- fulness. She was an active worker in the Dutch Reformed church, to which her hus- band also belonged. Children: I. Anna, born April 20, 1850; married Charles B. Over- baugh, a farmer of Florida ; children : George. S., Nelson and Mary. 2. George, born Octo- ber 19, 1852, died May 18, 1806: married (first) Nettie Little; (second) Mary Anna Bradt, who survives him; children: Alexan- der, born February 12, 1876, and Lottie, born April 1, 1880. 3. Beulah, born November 12, 1854, died January 15, 1857. 4. Daniel S., born December 8, 1856, died October 24, 1888, unmarried. 5. Edmund, born August 25, 1859, died March 14, 1892. 6. Beulah, born June 17, 1861; married Frank J. My-
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ers, of Schenectady; children : Oscar B., born April 12, 1883; Howard G., April I, 1888. 7. William, born November 3, 1862; resides in Gloversville, New York; married, March 20, 1895, Mary Potter; child, Grace M., born June 16, 1896. 8. Mary E., born June 10, 1865, died December 15, 1906; mar- ried William H. Ochampaugh ; children : Jay, born January 7, 1891 ; Mabel, September 14, 1893, deceased ; George.
(The Young Line).
Peter Young, the first of the family to settle in Montgomery county, New York, was born in New Jersey. He married Eva Fox; children : William, George, Margaret, Sophia, and Peter Warren.
(II) Peter Warren, son of Peter and Eva (Fox) Young, was born in 1734, died Oc- tober 20, 1820. He married Margaret, daugh- ter of George Serviss; she was born in 1734; died May 3, 1833, at the remarkable age of ninety-nine years. Children: Elizabeth, Mar- garet and Peter.
(III) Peter (2), son of Peter Warren and Margaret (Serviss) Young, was born Decem- ber 12, 1776, died December 18, 1856. He married, December 23, 1797, Sarah Serviss, born February 13, 1776. Children : Peter P., of whom further; Ann, William, Sophia E., Winslow P., Amri, Atheliah, Sarah, Alvina and George.
(IV) Peter P., son of Peter (2) and Sa- rah (Serviss) Young, was born in Florida, New York, November 6, 1800, died February 12, 1877. He was a successful prosperous farmer. He married Anna Schuyler, born August 13, 1804, died in 1887, daughter of Daniel and Elaine (Hilts) Schuyler, lifelong residents of Florida. Children: I. Dr. Dan- iel, born June 25, 1827, died February 21, 1902. He studied medicine, and located in Cincinnati, Ohio, where he was professor of surgery in the College of Medicine. He en- listed in the Twenty-first Ohio Regiment, for the civil war, and was commissioned surgeon with the rank of major. He was a noted sur- geon ; also an artist of no mean ability, his etchings showing him to be possessed of un- usual talent. He married Carrie A. Hawley, of Albany. New York, who died without is- sue. 2. Elizabeth A., (Mrs. George Serviss). 3. Mary A., died in infancy. 4. William, born March 18, 1835; settled in the west. 5. George, born December 18, 1836. He is one of the substantial farmers and respected citi- zens of Florida. He married, October 28, 1868, M. Josephine Parks, born July 13, 1846, daughter of Joseph H. and Mary E. (How- ard) Parks, and granddaughter of Sylvester
and Mary (Rowley) Parks, natives of Con- necticut, and pioneers of the town of Florida, New York. Joseph Parks, her father, born March 18, 1822, one of the old settlers of the county, is one of the best known men in the town, where he has attained the venerable age of eighty-seven years, and is still quite active. 6. Mary A., born May 7, 1838; resides in Am- sterdam, New York; widow of Freeman Schuler. 7. Henry Clay, born February 23, 1842; a machinist, resides in Buffalo, New York ; married Sarah C. Avery (deceased), of Florida; children: Henry Clay, Edna A., Clara and Marjorie.
SERVOSS This family, without reason- able doubt, descends from the same Dutch ancestor as the Serviss family of Montgomery county. Just where the change in spelling was made, or why, does not appear. The first of record in the line we are following was Christian Servoss, of Glen, whose tragic death by drowning is well remembered by the older settlers of the county. His father was killed at Oriskany.
(I) Christian Servoss was born in the town of Glen, Montgomery county, New York, of pioneer Dutch ancestors. He there grew to manhood, married, and followed farming as an occupation. His death occurred in middle life. He was returning one dark winter's night from Albany with an empty market sled drawn by a team of horses, which had carried a load of produce to the market of that city. One half the bridge across Scho- harie creek, near where it enters the Mohawk river, on which he had crossed in the morn- ing, had been carried away during the day by the ice. Not knowing this he drove his horses on the bridge and into the creek, where all perished, his body not being recovered un- til months afterward. His two sons, John and James, who were with him, had gotten so cold that they were running some distance behind the sled to get warmed from the exer- cise. This fact saved their lives as, warned by the crash, they stopped and did not take the fatal plunge. He had married, in Glen, a Miss Pettengill, of an early Montgomery county family, who survived him many years. They were members of the Dutch Reformed church. Children : John, James. Cholatt, a son and three daughters whose names are not re- corded.
(II) Dr. Cholatt, son of Christian Ser- voss, was born in Glen. Montgomery county, New York, 1813, died 1892. He was a man of versatile talent, a doctor of good local rep- utation, a musician of more than ordinary abil-
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ity, and a genius in many ways. He married, in Florida, near Minaville, Christina Mc- Micheal, born in Florida, who survived him and was well known for her many womanly virtues and devout Christian character. Chil- dren: I. Antoinette, married Abram Jewell, and had William and Jennie Jewell, the latter now wife of B. W. Kellogg, of Buffalo, New York. 2. Harriet, twice married and now a resident of Los Angeles, California. 3. Wil- liam, see forward. 4. Jeanette, wife of John Beveridge. 5. James, married Lydia Scase and has a son Charles and a daughter Anna; James is a carpenter and builder of Los An- geles, California.
(III) William, eldest son of Dr. Cholatt and Christina (McMichael) Servoss, was born November 23, 1841, in Florida, Mont- gomery county, New York. He was a natural mechanic, and at the age of thirteen began working at the carpenter's trade, at which he later continued several years. He began later in the lumber business by operating a saw mill. He afterward purchased an old mill site on Chuctenunda creek at Mudge Hollow, where he erected a substantial three-story mill. This building, the foundation of which con- tained three hundred yards of solid masonry, included a flour, saw and cider mill. The ma- chinery for these different mills was all in- stalled by Mr. Servoss and was operated first by water and steam auxiliary power, now by electricity, generated by a fifty horsepower dynamo. Here he did a good business, becom- ing prosperous, and earning the title of "Ser- voss, the honest miller." He and all his fam- ily are members of the Reformed church, which he has served as treasurer for twenty- one years. He is an elder of the church and a liberal supporter of its varied benevolences. With his sons he gives his musical ability to the church choir in which they have sung for many years. His political preference and that of his sons is for the man and measures of the Republican party. He married, in Flori- da, 1871, Mary E., born in town of Glen, August 18, 1845, daughter of Peter and Ma- ria (Van Horne) Williams, both natives of Glen, but residents of Florida, dying in Am- sterdam at ages seventy-seven and eighty. Children: I. Emily, married W. J. Sweet (deceased), of the Dr. Leonard Sweet fam- ily. 2. Mary E., (Mrs. William Servoss). 3. Sally, married Albert Francisco, a farmer of Florida. 4. Jane, died unmarried at age of fifty. 5. Cornelius, married Cora Wright, and has issue; he is an extensive and suc- cessful dairyman and milk dealer of Sche- nectady. 6. Ada. 7. Charles. Children of William Servoss and wife: I. Arthur P.,
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