Hudson-Mohawk genealogical and family memoirs, Volume II, Part 87

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


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The name Creble was origin- CREBLE ally spelled Kreble. The first settler in the town of New Scotland, Albany county, New York, of this family was the father of Francis Creble, men- tioned below, whose name is unknown, who was a lessee of Van Rensselaer lands, which did not become "soil land" until after 1860, when it was purchased by Henry, son of


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Francis Creble, and now owned by Francis, son of Henry Creble. Where the family or- iginated does not appear in the records ex- amined. They were settlers in New Scotland prior to 1794, as Francis Creble was born there in that year. The family has been a leading one for several generations, and fur- nished a member of the state assembly in 1858, he having previously held important town of- fices. They have been mostly agriculturists of substantial means and men and women of education and refinement.


(I) Francis Creble was born on the original Creble estate at Feurabush, town of New Scotland, Albany county, New York, in 1794, died there 1848. The farm originally settled by his grandfather was still further improved by his father, who in 1819 (as marked on the side of the house at the time) built the present dwelling in which Francis was born. This house is yet in good condition after its one hundred years in the storm and stress of Hel- derberg weather. Francis Creble was a car- penter and cabinetmaker, and a maker of everything in wood that required tools and skill, tubs, churns, furniture and even coffins. He was also a prosperous farmer and left a good estate for his day. He was an active Democrat, and a worker in the Reformed church. He married, at Feurabush, Maria Ann Bush, born 1790, died 1880, a grand- daughter of the early settler, Mr. Bush, a prominent man and land owner. They are all buried in the Jerusalem burying ground. Chil- dren: 1. Henry, mentioned below. 2. Fran- cis (2), married Mary Ann, daughter of Gar- ret Hotaling ; she was born in Bethlehem, Al- bany county, of an old family ; children : Gar- rett and Catherine. 3. Elizabeth, married Richard Creble, and had two sons, Francis (3) and William, both deceased: the former married Ida Mead, and left Herbert and Harry; the latter married Margaret Van At- ten and left Horace, Helen, deceased. Susan deceased, Gertrude, Mildred and Ethel.


(II) Henry, eldest son of Francis and Mary Ann (Bush) Creble, was born on the Feurabush homestead in New Scotland, Al- bany county, New York, 1810, died there 1897. Most of his life was spent in the culti- vation and improvement of his farm, and he passed it on to his heirs in a still higher state of cultivation. He was an active Democrat, and influential in the town. In 1859 he was elected to the state legislature, serving with credit. He was equally active in the church, belonging to the Dutch Reformed Congrega- tion. He was a man of education and lived an honorable life, acquiring a substantial com- petence. He married, in the town of Bethle-


hem, Ann Eliza Houck, born in that town in 1812, died in 1895. She was a devout Chris- tian. belonging to the same church as her hus- band, whose true helpmeet she was. Children : I. Mary, married David Allen, a farmer of the town of Bethlehem, who died past seventy- five years of age. She survives him, a resi- dent of Bethlehem ; children : Harry and John, the latter married Nellie Kimmey, and has a son Kenneth. 2. Margaret, married James Van Allen, whom she survives, a resident of Delmar, New York: children: James, mar- ried Dora Hallenbeck, and has a son Stan- ley ; Frank, married Mary Main, and has a daughter Hazel ; Nellie, unmarried. 3. Fran- cis, see forward.


(III) Francis (2), only son and youngest child of Henry and Ann Eliza (Houck) Cre- ble, was born on the old homestead where four generations of his race had preceded him, and in the house where his father was also born, July 1, 1844. He was educated in the town schools, and remained as his father's farm assistant until the death of the latter. He succeeded to the ownership of the farm of one hundred and thirty-five acres, which he cultivated personally until 1899, when he retired to a beautiful home in the village of Feurabush, which he erected in that year. Here he is living a quiet life and enjoying with his cultured family the comforts of a modern home. He has always been a worker, and his success in life has been fairly earned. He is a Democrat in politics, and a member of the Reformed church. Neither in religion or politics has he departed from the faith of his forbears. Active and earnest in purpose, his example and influence has been always for good. He married, in the town of New Scotland, Sarah, born February 27. 1850, daughter of David and Harriet (Simmons) Callanan, both born in the town, and mem- bers of the Methodist Episcopal church. Da- vid Callanan was a farmer. They were the parents of seven children, among whom were Sarah, aforementioned; John, unmarried, a resident of Albany; Elizabeth, unmarried, a resident of Albany; Bertha, married Profes- sor William H. Squires, D.D., of Hamilton College ; children : Ralph and Paul. Francis and Sarah (Callanan) Creble have six living children: 1. Ann May, born May 3, 1875 : a graduate of Albany Normal College, class of 1898: a teacher prior to her marriage to Roy McMillan, who was killed in the disastrous explosion in the South Bethlehem quarries, May 12. 1909, no issue; she resides in Al- bany. 2. Harriet C., a graduate of Hamilton Academy, class of 1899; she completed her education abroad, studying in France and


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Germany; formerly a teacher of Latin and French in Albany high school; in 1909-10 a teacher of French and German in a school in Rome, New York; unmarried. 3. Sarah, a graduate of State Normal College, class of 1902; married James Harris, son of John Al- bert Loucks ; he is a graduate of Albany Law School, and a practicing attorney of Albany ; child, Frances Elizabeth. 4. Harry D., born August 1, 1884; educated in Albany, where he is engaged in the insurance business; un- married. 5. Bessie, born January 17, 1886; educated in Albany. 6. Kenneth, born De- cember 25, 1893, a student in Albany high school.


SEELEY Charles Seeley, born in West- phalia, Germany, some time about 1784, died there about 1845-46. He was a farmer by occupation, and served in the German army. His wife Catherine was born in Westphalia, 1786. Af- ter the death of her husband, she came to the United States with her son, John H., and his family, about 1848-49, and settled in Glen- ville, Schenectady county, New York, where she died July 17, 1854. Charles Seeley and wife had five sons and two daughters, and of these three sons, John H., Christian F. and Aaron, came to the United States; the other sons, Charles and Frederick, remained in Ger- many where they married and died. The two daughters also married and died in Germany ; one married William Pepper and the other married Lathrop. Charles, the oldest of the five brothers, had one son who also re- mained in Germany. Frederick had six sons and two daughters, of these three sons and two daughters came to the United States ; Henry and the daughters are living in Schenectady, New York; Fred- erick is living somewhere in the west, Charles is farming in Indiana, and the other three children remained in Germany. John Henry, see forward. Aaron, born in Westphalia, 1817, came to the United States when a young man, and settled in Schenec- tady, New York, where he married and died ; children of Aaron and Elizabeth Seeley: i. Mary, married William Stevens, whom she survives, and is a resident of Schenectady, with a son, Henry C. Stevens; ii. Charles, of West Albany; iii. Jacob, deceased; iv. Henry, married Mary Gunn ; one daughter, Lena, married a Mr. Quandt and lives in Schenectady. Christian F., born in Westpha- lia, 1819; he was the first of the family to emigrate to the United States, coming about 1842; he located in Schenectady county, New York, where he became a farmer of the town


of Glenville; he married three times and re- moved to Champaign, Illinois, where he died ; he was a retired farmer. By his first wife, Barbara Spitzer, he had children: i. Elizabeth, now of Chicago, Illinois; ii. Mary, deceased, married Spencer Barheyt, of Schenectady : he is a resident of the state of Texas; iii. Har- mon, deceased; iv. Caroline, died unmarried ; by his second wife, a Miss Bolt, he had one son Eugene and two daughters; by his third wife, name unknown, no issue.


(II) John Henry, son of Charles and Cath- erine Seeley, was born in Westphalia, Ger- many, April 3, 1816, died in Glenville, Sche- nectady county, New York, September 8, 1901. He was well educated in the schools of his native land, and learned the trade of a cabinetmaker. He served three years in the German army as bugler. He married in Westphalia, but left his family in Germany and came to the United States, where he re- mained a short time, then returned to Ger- many, and in 1848-49 came to the United States accompanied by his family. He settled in the city of Schenectady, New York, where he was employed at his trade, becoming well- known and prosperous. Both he and his wife were members of the Lutheran church in Westphalia, but in Schenectady became active and prominent members of the German Meth- odist church. The lot on which the present church building stands, at the corner of Laf- ayette and Union streets, was purchased by Mr. Seeley for the congregation. He was a Republican in politics. He was a highly re- spected citizen, and held the confidence and respect of his community to the last. He married (first) in Westphalia, Germany, Eliz- abeth Bernning, born in that kingdom No- vember 11, 1818, died in Glenville, New York, May 15, 1855. Children: I. Louise, born in Westphalia. died unmarried. 2. Mary L., born September 29, 1840, died January 14, 1901. 3. John Henry, born in Westphalia, came to the United States with his parents ; married in Schenectady, New York, Kather- ine Zeiser, who survives him, a resident of Albany, New York ; children : Emma, Pauline, both unmarried: Walter, died aged twenty- four years. 4. Frederick, born in Westphalia, came to the United States with his parents, married in Columbus, Ohio, Louise Lauer, now residents of Urbana, Ohio, children : Harriet, Catherine, John, Arthur, Cora, an infant daughter, deceased. 5. Charles E., see forward. 6. George W., born in Schenec- tady in 1853; married Katherine Boney, who died leaving a daughter Mary, who resides with her father in Los Angeles, California. John Henry Seeley married (second), Marie


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E. Willner, born in Westphalia, June 8, 1830, died in Schenectady, New York, October 24, 1902. She bore him one daughter, Harriet E., born January 23, 1866, died September 13, 1909. She married Joseph C. Dancer, of Schenectady, and left a son, John Dancer.


(III) Charles E., first child of John Henry and Elizabeth (Bernning) Seeley, born in the United States, was born in Schenectady, New York. He was educated in the public schools, and became a farmer and broom manufac- turer. He was very successful in his business, raising the corn largely on his own land and manufacturing in his own factory. In 1890 he established a coal business in Schenectady, which he conducted until 1902. In 1900 he retired from his manufacturing to his farm in Glenville, which is a well-improved and high- ly-productive property. He is a Republican in politics, and has held many of the local town offices. He is a substantial citizen, high- ly regarded for his upright character and energetic business ability. He married, in Glenville, Louise Willner, a niece of his step- mother. She was born in Westphalia, Ger- many, February, 1850, daughter of Frederick and Louise (Remler) Wilner, who died while she was a very young child. She has a sis- ter Mary, who married Henry Shackalman, of Niskayuna, and has a family. Children of Charles E. and Louise (Willner) Seeley : I. Edward, born May 5, 1874, died September, 1879. 2. Elizabeth, born September, 1876; married William Mepheu, a farmer of Glen- ville. 3. Anna, born November 7, 1878; mar- ried Christian Kruger, of Glenville, and has two children, Gladys and Dorothy. 4. Rob- ert E., born March 7, 1880; resides at home. 5. Chester Frank, resides at home. 6. Spencer, died in infancy.


HOTALING Aaron Hotaling, a descend- ant of the early Hooghteel- ing, (Hooghtelling or Houghtaling) emigrant, was born in Berne, Albany county, New York, January 14, 1797. He was a successful farmer owning two farms in New Scotland which he gave to his sons. These are still in the family name. With his younger son Aaron he settled in the city of Albany, in 1855, and engaged in the ice busi- ness, being the second dealer to so engage in that city. He was very successful and continued in Albany until his death, Sep- tember 16, 1866. He is buried in the old fam- ily burying ground in New Scotland. He married Polly, daughter of Captain Thomas and Polly Rogers, of Berne, New York. Cap- tain Thomas Rogers was born in 1770, died August 2, 1861. Polly, his wife, was born


in 1772, died July 26, 1861. Polly, their daughter, was born in 1800, died August 3, 1865. Thomas, brother of Polly, and son of Captain Thomas Rogers, was born in 1802, died December 4, 1864. He was a farmer of New Scotland. He married Sarah White, born 1802, died July 25, 1870. Children of Aaron and Polly (Rogers) Hotaling: I. Sol- omon, died young. 2. Oscar, see forward. 3. Aaron (2), died young. 4. Hiram, of Al- bany, succeeded his father in the Albany ice business and is now living, retired; he mar- ried Louisa Gardner, of Albany county, who died at the age of seventy; children: Anna, widow of William G. Saxton; Mary, married Curtis Parks who survives her, a resident of Washington. 5. Louisa, married William Con- ger, whom she survives; children: Emerett, Amelia and William. 6. Chauncey, died at age of sixty years ; he married Eleanor Moore of Albany; there is no living issue.


(II) Oscar, second child of Aaron and Polly (Rogers) Hotaling, was born in the town of Berne, Albany county, New York, January 8, 1832. He was educated in the public schools, and at the age of eighteen was of such unusual mental and physicial develop- ment that his father gave him one of his farms in New Scotland and started him out in the world. Oscar removed to the farm at once and continued its cultivation until his death, March 29, 1904. He was a remarkably active man and one of many fine qualities. He was prosperous in business ; an excellent farmer; a prominent local politician ; influen- tial in the Presbyterian church, which he served as elder for twenty-two years. He was frank and generous by nature and up- right in all his dealings. He had many friends who often enjoyed his hospitality. He mar- ried, January 25, 1854, Leah Loucks, born August 23, 1835, in New Scotland, where she was educated and has always lived, eldest daughter of James Harris Loucks, and grand- daughter of John Albert Loucks, who for many years kept a hotel in Albany, where he died aged seventy years.


John Albert Loucks was born in Sharon, Schoharie county, New York, a descendant of the old Dutch family. He had children: I. James Harris, of later mention. 2. Andrew, associated with his father in the hotel busi- ness, married and had one daughter. 3. Ma- ria, married Stephen Mesick : children : John, Stephen. Peter, Jane and Elizabeth, all mar- ried. 4. Sarah, married Peter Van Wormer, a prominent merchant of Albany.


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town, March 5, 1884. He was a well-known member of the Reformed church and a Re- publican. He married Hester Slingerland, daughter of John A. and Leah (Britt) Slin- gerland, of the old Bethlehem town family. Children of James H. and Hester Loucks: 1. Leah, married Oscar Hotaling, whom she sur- vives. She lives near the home farm with her daughter, in the village of New Scotland, where she is surrounded by grandchildren and all earthly comforts. She was a true helpmeet and her husband's best adviser. She has always been active in the church and so- cial life of the town and retains much of her active, helpful spirit. 2. Elizabeth, married Van Alen Whitbeck, a farmer of Coeymans, Albany county, who survived her ; child, Ber- tha. 3. James Harrison, died in boyhood. 4. John Albert, born July 19, 1841, married Su- san Slingerland, born March 2, 1850, daugh- ter of Peter and Rachel (Mosher) Slinger- land ; children : De Ette, died aged three ; Eliz- abeth, born November 9, 1870, married Am- brose J. Wiltsie; Anna, born April 12, 1872, married J. V. D. Bradt ; James Harris, born November 13, 1877, graduate of Albany Law School, class of 1907, now a practicing at- torney of Albany, married Sarah Creble, and has Frances Elizabeth, born April 5, 1909; Agnes Estelle, born December 13, 1887, edu- cated at Albany Girls' Academy, resides at home; John A., born July 23, 1894. 5. Wil- liam, born in New Scotland, graduate of Union University and Albany Law School, practicing attorney of Albany, married De Ette Brimmer, and has a son William Dewey Loucks.


Children of Oscar and Leah (Loucks) Ho- taling: 1. Harris Aaron, born November 15, 1857; educated in the public schools and Ful- som Albany Business College. He has been a successful farmer all his life and is now living retired in the village of New Scotland. He married, in the town of Coeymans, Octo- ber 28, 1886, Ida W. Lamereaux, born in Coeymans, August 25, 1861, daughter of George C., born 1827, died 1898, farmer of Coeymans, and Emily A. (Shear) Lamereaux. George C. was a son of James and a grandson of George Lamereaux, who came from France to America prior to the revolution, with three others of the name, supposed to have been his brothers. They settled in Hudson, New York. 2. Mari Etta, born August 2, 1860, at- tended the public schools of New Scotland, the Model School of Albany, and completed her studies at St. Agnes School, Albany. She married Augustus Mickel, D.D.S., born in New York City. May 30, 1854; graduate of the Boston School of Dentistry, and is now


practicing his profession in Albany. He is a son of Emmanuel Mickel, born in Germany, a decorative artist of the highest reputation. Children of Mr. and Mrs. Mickel: Harris Augustus, born June 26, 1900; Austen Hotal- ing, September 17, 1902, both of whom are at- tending public school. Mrs. Mickel takes an active and prominent part in church work, also in local affairs.


KINUM


The Kinum family of Schenec- tady, New York, descend from a long line of German ancestors,


Protestants and patriots. The earliest record herein is of Hans, born September 13, 1686, but he was of the sixth generation of the family in Baden, Germany.


(I) Hans Kinum was born September 13, 1686, at Nimburgh village, Baden-Oberamt, Emendingen, Baden. Germany, died very old. He came of an agricultural family, long na- tive in the district, and was himself a farmer. He married Anna Margaret Blatten, born February 18, 1682. He was a Protestant in religion.


(II) Frederick, son of Hans and Anna Margaret (Blatten) Kinum, was born in the same village, province and duchy of Germany as his father, September 5, 1735, died in his native village very old. He was a member of the Evangelical Reformed church. He mar- ried in his native place, January 16, 1759, Sa- lome Negler, born in Fearstaden, Germany.


(III) Frederick (2), son of Frederick (I) and Salome (Negler) Kinum, was born in the same village, February 17, 1774. He was by trade a cooper and a wine farmer, owned land and vineyards, becoming very prosperous. He was a leader, and served as hoffmaster (may- or), an office at that time of much more im- portance than now, combining several offices in one. He was a member of the Evangelical church. He married (first) January 8. 1799, Marie Barbara Schreck, of Bottining, a near-by village. Children: 1. Frederick (3), born in 1801, died 1871, married a Miss Schreck and had issue ; he was a cooper. 2. Mary Salome, lived, married and died in Germany ; she mar- ried Christain Anghler, a cracker manufac- turer; of their three daughters, Christiana came to the United States, Magdalena and Salome died in Germany. 3. Andrew, born 1805, died in his native land, 1882: he was a cooper ; he married ( second) Salome Schmidt, born in 1817. She survived her husband, came to the United States and died in Schenectady, New York, 1907, at the extreme age of nine- ty years. Children of first wife: i. Frederick, came to the United States, where there is no further trace ; ii. Barbara, died in Germany,


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unmarried. Children by second wife: iii. Sa- lome, twice married ; resides in Schenectady and has a daughter Salome ; iv. Rosa. married and lives in Switzerland; v. Ludwig Kinum, unmarried, a veteran of the Franco-German war, now resides in Schenectady; vi. Louisa, married and lives in Switzerland; vii. Caro- line, married and lives in Switzerland; viii. Lena, married Franz Heckman, and resides in Schenectady; ix. Carl, lives in Amsterdam, New York: x. Andrew (2), killed in a saw mill accident in Cuba, West Indies. His widow lives in Schenectady. 4. George Jacob, see forward.


(IV) George Jacob, son of Frederick (2) and Marie Barbara (Schreck) Kinum, was born at the ancestral home in Germany, June 26, 1816. He was a cooper and a farmer. He came to the United States in 1880 to join his kinsmen, many of whom had settled in Schenectady, New York. He died six weeks after his arrival, February, 1881. He mar- "ried, February 19, 1839, Maria Catherine Schmidt (a sister to his brother Andrew's wife), born September 18, 1821, at Eicksta- ten-Baden, Germany, died in Schenectady, 1882, daughter of Jacob and Salome (Schu- macher) Schmidt. Jacob died in Germany. His wife, born 1783, after becoming a widow .came to the United States, where she died in Boston, Massachusetts, at the age of eighty- three years. She had four children : Salome, married Andrew Kinum. Maria Catherine, married George Jacob Kinum. Andrew, went to St. Louis, Missouri; he was a baker. He ·married Kate Ruske and had two children: Valentine, killed in the civil war, and Kate. Mary, married a Mr. Wekley, of Boston, Mas- sachusetts, and had a daughter Lena, who "married (first) a Mr. Fauss, and removed to Atlanta, Georgia, and has children: William and Emma. Lena married (second) a Mr. Oetter, of Atlanta, Georgia, and has three · children : Alice, Rudolph and Lena. Children · of George Jacob and Maria Catherine Kinum, all born in Germany: 1. Maria C., Febru- ary, 1840; married John B. Schumacher, re- tired merchant, Schenectady county, New York. They had a large family. 2. Andrew, see forward. 3. M. Barbara, born 1843; mar- ried Albert Redlich, of Montreal, Canada ; children : Charles and Joseph. 4. Jacob Fred- erick, born 1846; now living a quiet retired life in Schenectady. For many years he was 'head of a department of the General Electric Company. He married (first) Barbara Clure. married (second) Catherine Clure, sister of his first wife. Children: Frederick, Henry, Robert. All are married and residents of Schenectady. 5. Godfried, born 1854; came


to the United States and settled in Chatham, New York. He was killed on the street, pierced by the shaft of a fast driven carriage in September, 1888. He married Dora Chris- topher, now a resident of Scotia, Schenectady, New York ; children : Lillian and Charles, both married. 6. Sophia, born 1858; married John Doring. She died in Schenectady, April, 1883, leaving three children: George, John, died 1909, and Amelia, married William Mess- mer. 7. George, born 1860; a resident of Schenectady. He married Catherine Schaff. Children: Laura, Katharine, Harriet, Lena, George, Paul, Walter, Helen, Emily. They all survive their parents and live at home.


(V) Andrew, eldest son and second child of George Jacob and Maria Catherine (Schmidt) Kinum, was born in Germany at the ancestral village at Nimburgh, the home of his forefathers for three centuries, October 14, 1842. He learned the trade of stone cut- ter and mason and attended a trade school. He became an expert workman. He was pos- sessed of native mechanical genius, which with his technical knowledge and practical un- derstanding of stone cutting made him a val- uable and much sought for mechanic. He followed his trade in Germany until 1867, when he came to the United States, sailing from Bremen in the sailing ship "Freihandle" and after a voyage of thirty-nine days ar- rived in New York City. He settled in Sche- nectady, where he engaged at his trade, later becoming a contractor and builder. At one time he was employed on the State Capitol at Albany, New York, as foreman of stone cut- ting and a great deal of this work and laying of same was done under his supervision. He also erected many of the largest buildings of the General Electric Company, Schenectady, New York. He erected many of the buildings in Schenectady and vicinity, gaining both rep- utation and wealth in the form of valuable real estate in Schenectady, including a beau- tiful home. He is a member of the German Methodist Episcopal church, of which he has been trustee for the past twenty-five years. He is a member and active worker in the Young Men's Christian Association, and a member of the Schenectady Board of Trade. He is a Republican. He married, in Schenec- tady, October 14, 1876, Mary Fagel, born in Hille, Minden, Germany, July, 1854 ; she came with her mother and brothers to the United States in 1871, joining her father, Carl Fa- gel, who had preceded them in 1868. Carl Fagel was a shoemaker in his native land, and after his removal to the United States set- tled in Schenectady, where he followed his trade until his death, in 1897, at the age of




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