Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs, Volume II, Part 83

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

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and was a recognized leading man of affairs. In 1900 he retired from active business. Now in his eighty-third year he is an active, well- preserved gentleman, highly respected. He is a Democrat in politics and a communicant of the Catholic church. He married, in Sche- nectady, Honora Drury, born in county Mayo, Ireland, April 30, 1828. Her parents came to America and settled in Canada, coming to Schenectady in 1849. She was a devoted wife and mother, rearing her children in the faith of the Catholic church, and saw them grow to maturity and fill responsible positions in church and state. Children: I. Kate, died at the age of six years. 2. William, died in infancy. 3. Michael, died in childhood. 4. Mary, entered the service of the church and as Sister Blandina has been connected since 1878 with the convent "Sister of The Holy Name," at Rome, New York. 5. William P., see forward. 6. Catherine C., unmarried. 7. Anna, unmarried. 8. Michael D., graduate of Union College, prominent member of the Rensselaer county bar; ex-member of the New York legislature; resident of Troy, New York ; married Lillian Ardin. 9. James, born July 24, 1871, died August 3, 1909, leaving a son, Michael Drury Nolan, born January 20, 1901.

(IV) William P., son of Michael (2) and Honora (Drury) Nolan, was born in Schenec- tady, New York, February 13, 1860. He re- ceived his early and preparatory education in the schools of that city, entered Fordham Un- iversity, where he was graduated, class of 1880. He prepared for the profession of law at Columbia, and was admitted to the bar in 1884. He began practice in Schenectady the same year, where he continues in general legal practice. He served the city as corporation counsel and as city attorney, holding the first named position in January, 1908, when Sche- nectady was made a city of the second class. He is a Republican in politics, Roman Catho- lic in religion ; a member of St. John's Church. He belongs to the fraternal order of Knights of Columbus.

He married, in Schenectady, in 1882, Catherine Tempany, born in that city, December 26, 1859, received a convent educa- tion and was for several years chorister of St. John's Roman Catholic Church. She is the daughter of Peter and Bridget (Jordan) Tem- pany, both born in Ireland, came to the Uni- ted States in 1848. Peter Tempany was a man of education and taught in the schools in Ireland. He died in 1900. Bridget (Jordan) Tempany died in 1899. They were active workers in St. John's Church, reared a large family and are buried in St. John's Cemetery,

Schenectady. William P. and Catherine (Tempany) Nolan have no children.

TRUAX Phillippe du Trieux, born 1585, and wife, Jaqueline Noiret, came to New Amsterdam in 1624. Phillippe resided for several years in Amster- dam, Holland, and had two children baptized there, Phillippe in 1619: Madeline in 1620. Little is known of him in New Amsterdam except that in 1640 he was "Court Messen- ger" and obtained a title to lands in "Smith's Valley" on the Island of Manhattan. His first child born in Amsterdam, Sarah, married Isaac De Forest, and they are the progenitors of the De Forests of Albany and the Mohawk Valley. Phillippe, the emigrant, married a second wife, Susannah du Chence. The name du Trieux has become Truax and Truex in the United States, and will be so written in succeeding generations. Phillippe du Trieux had issue by both his wives.

(II) Isaac, son of Phillippe and Susannah. .(Du Chence) du Trieux, was baptized in New Amsterdam, April 21, 1642. He was in Al- bany and later settled upon the "second flat" in the south side of the Mohawk in what is now the town of Rotterdam, Schenectady county. He is of record as being there as early as 1670. He married Maria, daughter of William Brouwer, of Albany, and had issue.

(III) Abraham, son of Isaac and Maria (Brouwer) Truax, died March 16, 1770. He. married Christina, daughter of Jillis De La Grange, of Albany, and had issue.

(IV) Isaac (2), son of Abraham and Chris- tina (De La Grange) Truax, was born Jan- uary 13, 1715. He married, July 24, 1742, Engeltie, daughter of Caleb Beek, and had issue.

(V) Isaac (3), son of Isaac (2) and En- geltie (Beek) Truax, was born July 16, 1756, died December 21, 1854, aged ninety-eight years, seven months and five days. He was a resident of Schenectady, was a prominent figure in the business of the village, engaging in mercantile life, and was an official of the- town. He is buried in Vale Cemetery. He married and had issue: Clara, Angelique, Ja- cob and two others.

(VI) Isaac L., son of Isaac (3) Truax, was born in Schenectady about the year 1800, died in 1885. He was a lifelong resident of Sche- nectady, where for many years he was in the wholesale grocery business. He accumulated a large estate and in his later years retired from mercantile life and devoted himself to the care and improvement of his property. He was a man of education and unusual business ability, standing high in the community. He

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was a member of the Reformed church, active in its advancement and liberal in its support. He was a Democrat in earlier years but later a Republican. He married (first) Mary Bab- cock, born in Schenectady, where she died, leaving one child. He married (second) Es- ther Blair, of Scotch descent, died in Schienec- tady at the age of seventy-six years. Botlı wives were members of the Reformed church. Children: 1. Esther, died in infancy. 2. Ed- gar I., died October 31, 1908, in Schenectady, unmarried, at the age of seventy years ; he was a lifelong resident of that city; he was a member of the Episcopal church. 3. Jane E., see forward.

(VII) Jane E., daughter of Isaac L. and Esther (Blair) Truax, was born in Schenec- tady, where she died in 1893, aged fifty-eight years. She was a member of the Episcopal church. She married Christopher Lansing, of Lisha's Kill, who died in 1900, and is buried in Vale Cemetery. He was a son of Ben- jamin Lansing, a descendant of the early Dutch family of Albany. Children: I. Sa- rahı V. V., (always known as Florence). 2. Bertha, see forward.

(VIII) Bertha, youngest daughter of Ben- jamin and Jane E. (Truax) Lansing, was born in Schenectady, her present home (1910). She was educated in the high school. She married James B. De Land, born in Clin- ton, New York. She is a member of St. George's Episcopal Church, as is Mr. De Land. He is a Republican politically, and a member of the Antlers, Schenectady Boat and Gun Clubs, and Amsterdam Golf Club. They have no children.

The Eisenmenger fam- EISENMENGER ily of Schenectady, New York, descend from Frederick Eisenmenger, a German patri- ot and co-worker in the cause of German liberty with Carl Shurz, Fritz Sigel and others of that devoted band. Like them he was forced to flee from his native land to escape the wrath of his monarch. His friendship for Sigel, under whom he afterward served, was continued through life. They were friends and comrades in the cause of liberty in two lands, and were both vigorous and helpful in their efforts. Ferdinand, when he learned that he was under suspicion as one of the con- spirators against the government, fled from Germany and came to the United States. He was born in Mecklenburg, which was liis home until 1848, the year of his coming to the Uni- ted States. He was a machinist, and on land- ing from the ship "Troubee." Bremen to New York, secured work at his trade. He was

shortly afterward joined by his wife. He removed to Schenectady where he worked at his trade until August, 1862, when he enlisted in Company K, One Hundred and Thirty- fourth Regiment, New York Volunteers. He was with the Army of the Potomac through all its hard fighting and campaigning until after the battle of Gettysburg, when he joined the Army of the Cumberland. At the battle of Resaca, Georgia, fought July 15, 1864, he received a severe wound from a rifle shot, and died fifteen days later. He was a good sol- dier, was several times commended for brav- ery in the field of battle, and gave his life for the cause he loved. He was a member of the Reformed church, earnest and sincere in his religion and conscientious in his daily life. He married, in Germany, Wilhelmina Lamann, born in Beighburgh, near Magde- burgh, Prussia, died in Schenectady, 1866, aged about seventy years. She was a member of the German Methodist Episcopal church. She came from a good, well-to-do German family, and was a woman of intelligence and womanly virtue. They were the parents of three children, two of whom, William and Pauline, died in childhood. Frederick, see forward.

(II) Frederick (2), son of Frederick (1) and Wilhelmina (Lamann) Eisenmenger, was born in New York, March 21, 1849. At the age of fourteen years he joined the One Hun- dred and Thirty-fourth Regiment, New York Volunteers, in which his father was serving. He was not allowed to enlist on account of his youth, and after a time was sent home to Schenectady. A little later he succeeded in enlisting, and in 1863 joined Company A, One Hundred and Thirty-fourth Regiment, New York Volunteers. He served with his regi- ment until the close of the war, when he re- ceived an honorable discharge and returned to Schenectady. He there entered the Ellis Lo- comotive Works as an apprentice. He at- tracted the attention and interest of Judge Austin A. Yates, who gave the boy great help in obtaining an education. He studied law with Judge Yates, and obtained a good knowl- edge of legal practice and procedure. He nev- er was admitted to the bar. but the knowledge gained, materially aided him in later life. In May 1882, he was appointed police justice of Schenectady, and served until December 31, 1903. Prior to his appointment as police judge, and during his years of study, he con- tinued working at his trade. In 1904 he was elected mayor of Schenectady, and gave the city an excellent administration during his two years in office, retiring on account of failing health. In 1908 he was appointed county su-

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perintendent of poor, an office he still re- tains (1910). He is a faithful public official, and has filled every post entrusted to him with fidelity and honor. He is a member of St. George's Lodge, Free and Accepted Masons ; Hosfall Post, No. 90, Grand Army of the Re- public, and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His political faith is in the Demo- cratic party, and he is an active member of the German Methodist Episcopal church. He married, in Schenectady, September, 1874, Louisa, born in Germany, daughter of Louis and Louisa Pepper, who settled in Niskayuna, Schenectady county, New York, where Louis died in 1902. His widow, now aged eighty- eight years, resides with her daughter, Mrs. Louisa (Pepper) Eisenmenger. Her other living children are Professor Albert H. Pep- per, formerly of Union University, now in South America ; Sarah Pepper, unmarried, her mother's devoted companion, and Louis Pep- per, of Amsterdam, New York. Children of Judge Frederick and Louisa (Pepper) Eisen- menger: 1. Frederick M., married Martha M. Vrooman. 2. Clara, unmarried, resides at home.

The progenitor of the Troy family bearing this name was MAGIVNY of Scotch birth and ancestry, the name having various spellings, but the above is as it has been handed down to the present generation. Although but three gen- erations in the United States, the family by marriage are connected with the Johnsons of Johnsonville, New York, one of the oldest in the Mohawk region.

(I) John Magivny was born in Scotland and died in Albany, New York, about 1831. When a young man he came to the United States and located at Albany. He was a mak- er of mill stones and a millwright, a trade he learned in Scotland. Before the introduction of the roller process this was a most lucrative trade, as the mills used several pairs each and they had constantly to be sharpened. He ac- cumulated much property, which unfortunately has been deviated from its intended beneficiar- ies. He had in addition to his milling bus- iness a supply store connected with his plant. He married Mary Bradley, who died in Al- bany, about 1832. They were parents of two sons, John G. and William. The latter was a cattle-buyer of the county, married and had children : William (2) ; Flora, a resident of Saratoga Springs ; and Jerome.

(II) John G., eldest son of John and Mary (Bradley) Magivny, was born in Albany, New York, January 12, 1823. When he was only :about nine years old he lost both father and

mother, their death occurring in 1831 and 1832. A guardian was appointed for the two lads and they were placed in a boarding school in the country. The property left by their parents for various reasons never descended to the children. Mr. Magivny worked on a farm until he was about twenty, then went to Albany, where for a time he was in partner- ship with a Mr. Alexander, buying and ship- ping cattle. The Erie canal at that time de- manded the services of many teams of horses, and he did a good business renting teams and drivers for towing purposes. He next became connected with the Silman Transporta- tion Company of Troy, and continued in their employ some twenty-one years. For some time he was a travelling salesman for Flack Brothers, of Lansingburg, then for fourteen years was in the employ of the Frears of Troy, as collector. Ill health finally forced him to retire from active life. He married, in Troy, 1851, Mary Cornelia, a daughter of William C. Johnson, a merchant of Troy. Their only child is Fanny Cornelia. She was given a musical education, finishing with a course in Germany, after which she returned to Troy, where she is a well known instructor in music. Mary Cornelia Johnson (Mrs. John G. Magivny) is a daughter of William C. and Maria (Fowlett) Jolinson, of Johnsonville, town of Pittstown, Rensselaer county, New York, and a granddaughter of William John- son, the founder of Johnsonville, formerly called "The Lick." When William Johnson first saw the spot there were but five houses, including the tavern, there. He brought his family, which included a daughter who later became the wife of William C. Johnson, son of John. Mr. Johnson had ample means, and in an energetic, businesslike way soon began to improve the town. He built houses ; bought the tavern, which he converted into a store; built a large brick grist mill and a saw mill. The village grew rapidly and he was reaping wealth, but the name of the town "The Lick," was not agreeable to him. He painted the name "Johnsonville" across the front of his store and mill, and dated all his letters with the new name, but did not succeed, and it was not until long after his death that the name was first officially used, and the name of Wil- liam Johnson suitably honored. In 1852 the Troy & Boston railroad painted the name on their new station there, and ever since it has been Johnsonville. William C., son of Wil- liam, was a merchant of Troy, and married Maria Follett, daughter of Jacob. They both died at and are buried in Johnsonville. Their daughter, Mary Cornelia, married John G. Magivny. The Folletts were early New Eng-

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land settlers and figured prominently in the early colonial and revolutionary wars. The name of Eliphalet is carved upon the monu- ment erected to the victims of the "Wyoming Massacre" and Samuel Follett is mentioned in the New England "Historical and Genealogi- cal Register," as being the last survivor of the battle of Bunker Hill. He cast his first vote for George Washington for president, when he was thirty-two, and his last for General Scott, when he was ninety-six. Frederick Fol- lett was in receipt of a revolutionary pension at the time of his death. These were all de- scendants of Robert Follett, of "Salem, Mas- sachusetts," where he married. July 29, 1655, Persis Black. Through the families of John- son and Follett the Magivnys of the present generation are joint heirs to the richest American traditions. Mr. Magivny and wife are members of the Fifth Avenue Baptist Church, while the daughter is a member of St. John's Episcopal Church, of Troy, New York.

Jacob Follett, grandfather of Mrs. Magiv- ny, was a large slaveholder, and one of the very first to advocate freedom for the slaves, and he headed the list as one to free his slaves, many of which at first refused to be freed, and even two of the former slaves remained in the Follett household, but ever after re- ceived compensation for their work.

The progenitor of the Bolton BOLTON family of Troy, New York, came from England and estab- lished the family fortunes on a sound basis that continues to the present. The Eagle Brewing Works is one of the largest of the industries of the town of Lansingburg, with an output that requires a large force of men and a large investment of capital to produce and place upon the market.

(I) Samuel Bolton, son of Thomas and Grace Bolton, was born in Lancashire, Eng- land, May, 1816, died in Lansingburg, New York, November 3. 1888. His father was a block printer, and after the boy Samuel had received a good common school education he was taught his father's trade, which he fol- lowed as long as he remained in England. He married in England and in 1848 came to the United States with his family, locating in Lansingburg, New York. He was practically without means, and was obliged to obtain work quickly. He secured employment with Pow- ers & Sons, oilcloth manufacturers, and re- mained in their employ nineteen years. Dur- ing the last few years he had brewed a home- made ale that pleased his friends very much, and having accumulated a small capital, he

began brewing on a larger scale. The result was the Eagle Brewing Company with its large capital, well-equipped plant and immense business. He had an exhibit at the Centennial Exposition held at Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, in 1876, and received a medal and a diploma from the commission, for purity and superior- ity. His sons were taken into the business, which after his death was carried on by Sam- uel and William as business managers and Joseph as the practical manager at the works. The concern became one of the largest in northern New York, and among the largest taxpayers of Lansingburg. Mr. Bolton was a Republican but took no active part in public affairs. He married in England, Elizabeth. Dugdale, born in Yorkshire November 24, 1816. died in Lansingburg, New York, May 24, 1886. Children, all born in England: I. Joseph, mentioned below. 2. William, enlisted in the Twenty-fourth Regiment, New York Volunteers ; was captured and held a prisoner six months. 3. Elizabeth, married H. E. Col- burn, of Vermont. 4. Crumby, also a veteran of the civil war. 5. Mary, married Isaac Dugdale, of Lansingburg, New York. 6. Alice. 7. Samuel (2), who continued in the business and was also interested in the bank- ing business in Lansingburg, and dealt heav- ily in real estate.

(II) Joseph, eldest child of Samuel and' Elizabeth (Dugdale) Bolton, was born in Lancashire, England, August 15, 1839, died in' Troy, New York, June 19, 1897. He was nine years of age when his parents came to. Lansingburg, New York, where he was edu- cated. He learned the trade of carriage black- smith and worked at that trade until admit- ted to business with his father. He became- the practical head of the company, while his brother Samuel (2) was the office head. As- the business became prosperous and increased to its latter-day proportions, the responsibility became very great. Besides his brewing in- terests Mr. Bolton found time to devote to- other affairs. He was especially interested in the Samaritan Hospital, and served on the first board of trustees. He was a quiet, un- assuming man, held in high regard. He mar- ried, in Adamsville, New York, November 20, 1865, Sarah J. McClenahan, born in Troy, New York, in 1844, daughter of Samuel (died 1851) and Agnes (Davidson) McClenahan, born in county Down, Ireland, died 1898, aged eighty-three. Mrs. Sarah J. Bolton has a brother, Thomas McClenahan, who has been employed for thirty years as a letter carrier at the Philadelphia postoffice. Children of Joseph and Sarah J. Bolton : 1. Samuel T., born October 29, 1886; married Bessie

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McKnight, and has a daughter Ruth M., born 1891. 2. Joseph, March 29, 1869; married Mattie Booth, and had a son Clifford, who died April 30, 1897. 3. George, September 16, 1870; married Elizabeth Moss, and has Joseph, born August 20, 1890, George Wil- liam, born September 25, 1892, and Dorothy, born February 6, 1896. 4. William, May 20, 1873; married Ida Boxley and they have Wil- liam J. and Kenneth. 5. Agnes, April 20, 1875; married Daniel White Kincaid; chil- dren : Daniel W., born September 1900, and Joseph Henry, born June 22, 1903. 6. Eliz- abeth, August 14, 1878; unmarried. Mrs. Bol- ton survives her husband and resides in Troy, New York.

LALLY Prior to 1690 this was a small but very prominent, influential family, seated around Kildare, in the central part of Ireland. They were a warlike clan and became embroiled in the wars of the period, unfortunately on the los- ing side. Their lands were confiscated by William of England in 1690, and since that period they ceased to exist as a landed family. The family is Norman-Irish, as the name in- dicates. The most conspicuous member of the family was Count Lally, commander of a reg- iment of the famous "Irish Legion" in the service of France. He was a dashing, gallant officer, who led his forces into India about the time the English under Lord Clive were conquering that country. He had the mis- fortune to create powerful enemies, who brought about his downfall. He lost his life during the "Reign of Terror" in France. The family scattered after the confiscation of their estates in 1690, and the son of one of the Kildare Lallys, John Lally, came to America. He settled in New York City, and when the rupture with Great Britain came, enlisted in the continental army. He continued to reside in New York City after the revolution, and is to be found in the directory of New York City subsequent to 1800, where he was a cabi- net-maker and engaged in the furniture bus- iness. His wife's name is not given, but he had two sons, George A., and James, who had gone into business in New York, and on the death of the father he admitted his brother to his home and business. The family were al- ways prosperous and in the new world re- trieved their fortunes, so badly shattered by the tyrannical edict of confiscation, which it may be added was a breach of the terms un- der which Limerick and the Irish forces sur- rendered.

(I) The founder of the Lally family in Troy, New York, was George Abbott Lally,

born in New York City, May 20, 1818, died in Lansingburg, June 27, 1881. His parents died when he was a mere child, and in early life he had but few advantages, but he was ever a close observer and student, in fact, ex- actly the "self-made man." He was cared for in youth by an only brother, James Lally, who died in 1839, George A., who had been trained in the business, succeeding him and carrying on shoe manufactories at New Or- leans, Louisiana, and Norwalk, Connecticut, under the firm name of Lally & McCracken. In 1847 he visited Chicago while returning from a business trip to New Orleans. His journey was up the Mississippi and Illinois rivers to the then small town of Peru, Illi- nois, overland to Chicago, where he arrived June 16. His keen eye detected the natural advantages of Chicago, then slowly rising to the dignity of a town, and just beginning to connect by railroad with the outside world. With his usual business foresight, he selected a location, returned east, closed out his inter- ests there, and the following year returned to Chicago, where he opened a real estate office on Clark street, where now stands the Sher- man House. He was remarkably successful, and personally invested in several tracts in different parts of the city, and erected several buildings. He took a very active part in the development of the city and was among the foremost in all public-spirited enterprises. He was one of the promoters and largest stock- holders of the Western Plank Road Company, a wonderfully profitable company, a stockhold- er in the Galena & Chicago Union Railroad, the first steam railroad running out from Chi- cago. At the age of forty he had acquired a fortune and was able to retire from active business. In 1855 he removed East and lo- cated in Lansingburg, New York. He did not dispose of all his Chicago interests and retained much of his real estate. In Lansing- burg he promoted the Troy & Lansingburg horse railroad and was a director of the first board. In this enterprise he was deeply in- terested, and supported it in critical times with his private means. He lived to see it upon a sure and sound paying basis. For twenty years he was a director of the Troy & Co- hoes road, and a director, and for several years vice-president, of the old Lansingburg Bank, and trustee of Lansingburg Academy. He was also interested in the sugar industry of Louisiana, and owned Belaire plantation, one of the largest in the state, extending for three miles along the Mississippi, and back from its banks into the interior one mile and a half. He was a vestryman of Trinity and a generous supporter.

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Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs, Volume II, Part 83

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

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