Landmarks of Oswego County, New York, Part 110

Author: Churchill, John Charles, 1821-1905; Smith, H. P. (Henry Perry), 1839-1925; Child, W. Stanley
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1410

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Sage, John L., is a son of Hon. Chauncey S. Sage, and was born in Verona, Oneida county, September 28, 1848. Chauncey S. Sage was also born there September 5, 1816, and came to Williamstown in 1850. He purchased the Rensselaer Burdick farm

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of 100 acres, lying in the west part of the village and south of the railroad, from which he sold a number of building lots. About 1868 he removed to the railroad station, where he erected that year the Sage House, a large three-story frame hotel, which he always leased, first to G. C. Potter and subsequently others. The same year he built the present residence of his son, and erected and opened a store on the opposite side of the street. He engaged in merchandising, lumbering, etc., and for several years before his death conducted business under the firm name of C. S. Sage & Son. During his entire residence here Mr. Sage was one of the leading men of the town. He was prominently and actively identified with every public improvement, with so- cial, charitable and business affairs, and with politics. He served as supervisor in 1857, 1858, 1860 and 1862, and represented his district as a Republican in the Assem- bly of 1857, of 1858, of 1871, and of 1872. He also hel : other local positions of trust, being postmaster about twenty-one years, and discharged the duties of each office with fidelity and strict integrity. He was also assistant assessor of U. S. internal revenue five years. He married, first, Mary E. Cummings, in 1840, who died in 1842, leaving one son, Hiram L., now of Beloit, Wis. His second wife was Lucy Lee, whom he married in 1844, and who survives him, residing with her son, John L. Their children were Mary E. (Mrs. N. H. Woodman), of Brooklyn; Lucy E. (Mrs. D. E. Cox), deceased; John L .; and Cora E. (Mrs. A. B. Powell), of Camden, N. Y. Mr. Sage died November 23, 1890. John L. Sage has also served his town in various public capacities and succeeded his father in business in Williamstown village. He was supervisor from 1878 to 1882 inclusive. January 26, 1876, he married Mary E., daughter of Dr. W. N. Lundy, of Roscoe, Ill. They have two sons, Chauncey S. and Lundy E.

Boomer, John V., late of Fulton, was born at Belleville, Jefferson county, May 22, 1829. He came to Fulton when a boy and began business life as a clerk for Palmer Kenyon, and was for years in the dry goods store of R. T. Jones. Securing a situa- tion in the engineer's office under Maurice Kimball, civil engineer, he became an in- valuable assistant in the village surveys, and in the enlargement of the canal and con- struction of locks. He was associated with this work for a period of fourteen years, and afterward purchased the wholesale liquor business of E. H. Lewis on Oneida street. In 1854 he married Ellen J., daughter of Alfred Sabin of Fulton, by whom he had four children: Walter J., born in 1857; Maude, born in 1868, now the wife of D. C. Highwriter, M. D .; Blanche, wife of Albert J. Aubrey, born in 1870; and Hat- tie born in 1878. Walter Boomer now conducts the business. His wife was Nellie, daughter of John Harrison of Fulton. John V. Boomer was a man of great force of character and benevolence, and his decease was felt as a personal loss by a wide cir- cle of friends. He was a Royal Arch Mason.

Broadwell, Julia A., of Oswego Falls, born at Marcellus April 24, 1816, is the daugh- ter of Asa Phillips. He might be termed the founder of the village and was during life a liberal patron of its best interests, in fact "Phillipsville" was the original des- ignation of the village. His ancestry was English, and he was born in Connecticut in 1794. Thirty years later when he purchased and began utilizing the water power here, there was but one log house standing and dense forests covered the adjacent locality, furnishing material for various saw mills operated by Mr. Phillips. The first school house here was built by him, and the first teacher was employed at his personal

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expense. He died in 1865 aged seventy-two years; his wife, Polly Barnes, having died a few days previous. Julia A. Phillips was liberally educated in the academies of Geneva and Schenectady, and in 1884 married C. L. Whiting, who died four years later, leaving one daughter, Frances, now deceased. In 1858 Julia married the late Henry Broadwell. He was a contractor and builder, doing a large business in Ful- ton and vicinity.

Brown, John, was born in 1830, is one of a family of ten children and a brother of A. C. Brown of Pulaski. Their father, James Brown, was born in Rhode Island in 1788, came to Oswego county in 1809, and located in Richland, where he died in 1859. He was at Sackett's Harbor in the war of 1812. His wife was Lydia Colegrove, who died in 1853. John Brown married in 1851 Harriet E. Russell, a native of Herkimer county. They resided three years in Minnesota and five years in California, and re- turned to Oswego county in 1864, lived in Richland two years and came to Mexico in 1866. He was a farmer and stock dealer. His children are C. Courtland, born in Oswego county in 1852, now an attorney at Denver, Col .; Levitt C., a stock dealer of Jackson county, Ia., was born in Steele county, Minn., in 1856; John C., of Platt City, Kan., was born in California in 1862; and Capitola, born in 1871 in Mexico.

Balcom .- This is a name that has been familiar in the southern part of the town of Redfield almost since its earliest settlement. Mark Balcom came from England about 1750. He had a son, Samuel, who was one of the first settlers of this town, coming here from Lanesboro, Mass., in 1816. His wife was Caroline Powell of Pittsfield, who was of Dutch descent. They raised thirteen children. Samuel's chil- dren were: George E., born in 1819; Samuel second, born in 1824; and Charles, a farmer and preacher, born in 1829. Samuel second died in 1885. The other two and Nelson, another brother, are living in the town, and Mark is in Oxford. Orin went to Ohio and died in 1888; Samuel first died in South Redfield in 1892; George F. married first Betsey Jeffries and second Ursula Mix of Camden. He raised a family of ten children. Dennis lives in Florence; Lydia, Mrs. Harmon, in Rutenburg; Samuel in Lewis county; Henry in Waterville; Chester in Illinois; Betsey, Franklin, Almira, Martha and Ada. He is one of the oldest citizens who were raised here, and is a member of the Baptist church. Samuel Balcom second married first Lydia Grant, by whom he had five children; and second Sarah Foster of Dexter. There were three sons and three daughters of this marriage. Mr. Balcom had a farm on the State road, on which his widow is now living. Franklin Balcom, fifth son of George, was born in Redfield in 1857, and has always lived here. He is a farmer and has seventy-eight acres of fine land. He married first Alice Loomis of this town, who died leaving one son, Wilbur. There were two other children who died in in- fancy. Mr. Balcom married second Esther A. Duggleby of Utica, foster daughter of Dr. James G. Hunt. Henry D. Balcom is a son of Samuel second by his first wife, Lydia Grant. He owns a farm of 125 acres. He married Clara I. Brower, of Lee, sister of E. J. Brower. They have two sons: Ray, born in 1885 and Leon, born in 1888. He conducts a dairy farm, and is treasurer of the Balcom Cheese Factory. The family attend and support the Free Will Baptist Church.

Coble, John Ephraim, was born December 27, 1832, in Strausburg, Germany, son of John and Matilda (Schneider) Coble of the same place. He was the youngest of

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six children, Constantine, Julia, Catherine, George and Leo, and was an orphan from his birth. He was cared for by strangers until seven years of age, when he was taken by a Mr. Schuler, with whom he lived until thirteen years of age, when he was bound out by his uncle as cabin boy on a ship, on which he sailed six years. He then returned home and married his benefactor's daughter, Catherine Schuler. Three months later he shipped as a sailor to New York, thence to Syracuse, where he obtained employment in the plaster business and remained four years. From 1852 to 1862 he was engaged in various occupations. In 1862 he enlisted and served until the close of the war, participating in many engagements and being wounded four times. He was with Sherman on his march, and during the battle of New Hope Church received a severe wound from a shell and was left for dead on the field. He crawled three miles during the night and reached the Union line. Six weeks later he was with his regiment again and during the battle at Chancellorsville was taken prisoner and confined in Libby prison twenty-seven days, when he and a comrade made their escape and reached their home in Brewerton. After ten days he returned to his regiment. Since the war he has devoted his time to boating and farming. His children are Oscar, John, Mrs. Julia Quereau, Charles A., Wallace and Edward. His wife died in 1872, and in October of the same year he married Catherine Jacot, a native of Oswego county. He is a member of the Masonic order, and of the Isaac Waterbury Post G. A. R.

Courbat, Joseph A., was born in Switzerland county, France, in May, 1842, son of Anthony and Margaret Courbat of the same place, who came to West Monroe, Oswego county, in 1845 and settled on a farm. Their children were Elexes, Joseph, John M., and Mrs. Mary Piquett of Hastings. He died in 1890, and his wife lives with her daughter, Mrs. Piquett. Subject began life as a farmer when twenty-one, and later dealt in agricultural implements. In 1886 he moved to Mallory, where he erected a saw, grist and planing mill. He and his sons also conduct a machine and blacksmith shop. He is the largest manufacturer and dealer in all kinds of lumber in this section of the county, deals extensively in portable saw mills, engines and flour roller mills and machinery of all kinds, and is the only contractor and builder in this part of the county, and deals in all kinds of building materials. In 1862 he mar- ried Mary Ann, daughter of Peter Piquett of Cicero, and they have four children, Charles, George, Frank and Octavia. He has a large farm in West Monroe, which his son Charles conducts. He also carries a large line of second-hand. and new threshers and engines in hand and deals in doors, blinds, sash and glass.

Hazzard, Noble, son of Cyrus and Mahala Hazzard, was born December 5, 1828. The father was from New Hampshire and the mother from Massachusetts. The father came to Oneida county in 1824. The great-grandfather of Noble Hazzard was a sea- faring man, and his grandfather at the age of fourteen entered the Revolutionary war, serving at Bunker Hill. He settled at Springfield, N. H., at which place he acquired a large amount of land. Noble Hazzard has been a carpenter and builder for many years. He at one time kept a hardware store at Sand Bank. For the last five years he has run a saw and planing mill and wagon and blacksmith shop com- bined. He built the tannery now run by A. & E. Lane, In 1854 he married Caro- line E. Edgar, of Albion. They have two daughters, both married. One is Mrs.

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Levi Gleason, the other Mrs. Charles D. Palmer. Mr. Hazzard has filled the offices of justice of the peace, postmaster, and was president of the village for six years.

Huntington, E. L., the present supervisor of Mexico, was born in Mexico in 1839, reared at the same place and finished his studies at the Mexico Military Academy in 1856. He spent two years in Wisconsin, and enlisted in 1861 in Co. B, 24th N. Y. Infy., served two years and three months and re-enlisted in 1863 as lieutenant in Battery L, 9th N. Y. Artillery, being mustered out two years later as captain. Since the close of the war he has devoted most of his time to the drug trade in Mexico, and in 1881 was elected sheriff of the county, serving three years. In 1868 he married Florence A. Allen, and they have two children: Edith L., now Mrs. Clinton Avery of Mexico, and Lulu Adelle. His wife died in 1886, and he married Miss Mary A. Tudo. Mr. Huntington's parents, Edwin and Lucy A. (Gregory) Huntington, were natives of Otsego and Oneida counties.

Russo, Joseph A., was born in Palermo, Sicily, Italy, April 28, 1858, and came to this country in 1867. He first settled in New York, then in 1874 came to Oswego. While in New York he learned the harness trade, at which he worked three years, then took a course in stenography. In 1874 his father opened a tonsorial parlor in the Doolittle House, at which our subject assisted till he had acquired the requisite knowledge of the business. After graduating in stenography Joseph A. filled the position of stenographer in a law office for about a year, then returned to Oswego and formed a partnership with his father, who died in 1891, and the son bought the en- tire business, which he now conducts, the place being one of the finest in northern New York. They cater largely to ladies and children in their business. The rooms are situated on the ground floor of the Doolittle House, which is very centrally located. The sister of our subject, Sara, is a musical composer, and a teacher of the organ, piano, and of the voice, standing at the head of her profession in Oswego. Antonino Russo, father of Joseph A., was also born in Sicily, was educated by pri- vate tutor, and learned the barber's trade, which in that country comprises much more than the mere mechanical part of the work. He graduated and entered the employ of Paulo Briuccia, a wealthy wholesale and retail merchant of Sicily, and was promoted until he became confidential clerk. In 1866 he determined to come to America, and his employer gave him introductory letters to prominent Italians in this country, as well as the Italian consul, and offered to keep his position open for him one year, in case of his desire to return. In less than a year, however, he sent for his family.

Austin, Zadoc B., was born in the town of Hammond, St. Lawrence county, Sep- tember 4, 1837, son of Charles G. and Pamelia A. Austin. His home was in town of Hammond until the late war, when he enlisted with Co. F, 10th N. Y. Heavy Artill- ery, and endured for three years all the perils and privations of a soldier's life. In 1865 he came to Fulton, and in 1868, he began farming in Volney, at which he is still engaged. February 16, 1868, he married Constance A., daughter of Seth C. and Jane A. Graham, who has borne him five children, Ulysses S., Clara, Warren S., Melvin S., and Maud M. In the councils of the G. A. R. and of the order of Patrons of Husbandry, Mr. Austin takes a leading part. Of the latter order he has been sec- retary for eight years and a director of its co-operative fire insurance,

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Bishop, John, was born near Bath, Eng., in 1835, and when seven or eight years old came to Dutchess county, and about two years later to Pulaski, Oswego county. His father, Joseph, was a weaver in Pulaski, and died on a farm in Palermo in 1873. In 1870 Mr. Bishop married Maryza, daughter of Robert Bell, and located on his present farm of 130 acres. His wife owns the Bell homestead. They have one child, R. Jay.

Pierce, Mrs. Annis R. (Young), was born in Hastings in 1842, daughter of Godfrey Young, a native of Hastings, born in 1820, whose father was John Young, a native of Germany. His wife was Mary Klock, and their children were John and Godfrey. The latter was a farmer and lived in Hastings until 1856, when he was accidentally killed by the limb of a tree. His wife was Mary Yorton, and their children were Annis R., Garrett, Matilda, Elizabeth and Mary Jane. Mrs. Pierce cared for herself from the age of fourteen until twenty-eight, when she married Emery Pierce, a na- tive of Montgomery county, son of Joseph Pierce of Massachusetts, who was a pio- neer of Hastings. Mr. Pierce received a good education, and in early life was devoted to the mercantile business in Central Square. Later he moved to Syracuse where for fourteen years he was traveling salesman and thirteen years conducted a hotel. In 1884 he returned to Central Square and purchased what is now the Johnson House, which he conducted until his death in 1887. He was a member of the Masonic order and Royal Arcanum. Since his death Mrs. Pierce has resided on her farm. Her chil- dren are Annis C., Jennie, Ella W., Lizzie and Emma, two of whom are teachers. Mrs. Pierce is a member of the Central Square Grange.

Gilson, Ward, was born in New Haven in 1867, and is the only child of Cordon C. and Abby Y. Gilson. His parents died in 1885 and 1893 aged fifty six and sixty-six respectively. He married in 1887, Lillie Coon, daughter of M. S. Coon, and a native of New Haven. Mr. Gilson owns and resides on his father's home place of 150 acres.

Dimon, Justin, was born April 12, 1834, in Hastings, son of John and Polly M. Di- mon. John Dimon was one of the early settlers of Hastings, where he lived seventy years and died December 15, 1893, aged eighty-nine years. Subject was educated in Hastings, and then went to work on his father's farm. From Hastings he moved to Parish in 1859, where he purchased the farm on which he now resides. This is a fine farm of over 100 acres under splendid cutivation. He married Ursula L. Avery, daughter of Richard F. Avery of Hastings, and has four daughters, Etta, Ida, Jenny and Mary.

Hill, A. K. was born in Scriba April 15, 1832, and from 1847 to 1854 worked on the State scow in the summer and attended school during the winter, and then followed farming until 1866, when he was appointed deputy sheriff, which office he filled four years. He then entered the Oswego police force and served twenty years, when he returned to farming. He has been on his present farm four years, and is one of tlie assessors of the town. In 1854 -Mr. Hill married Sarah Crouch, and they have two children, Florence L., and Ada M., now Mrs. Charles Osborne. Mr. Hill's father was Asa K. Hill, and his mother Maria (Briggs) Hill. His grandfather was Ferris Hill, and his grandmother Polly Hill.

Morton, G. W. is manager of the Nettleton shoe stores at Fulton. Mr. Morton took control of this important business in 1876 and has proven a popular and efficient manager. Born in Volney in 1849, his life has been spent in that place except three

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years, during which he was engaged in mercantile business in Cincinnati, O. He was for a time associated with the late C. S. Eggleston in the book-store on First street. Of the Fulton branch of the Empire Building and Loan Association he has been secretary and treasurer since its organization. In 1879 he married Miss Kate L. Spencer of Fulton. They have one son, Albert Irving Morton, now fifteen years old.

Sperbeck, Harlow, postmaster at South Granby, was born in Lysander January 1, 1859, son of Andrew D. Sperbeck, who was postmaster here at the time of his death, in 1877. Harlow, educated at Baldwinsville Academy, entered the employ of the D. L. & W. R. R. Co. in 1884, having spent six months in the mail service on the route between Syracuse and New York. He is now station agent and telegrapher at South Granby, and in 1881 established a trade in groceries and drugs at the same location, beside dealing largely in coal and fertilizers. Of an unbounded popularity, his appointment as postmaster in 1888 gave general satisfaction. He married in 1886 Lizzie Herriman of Syracuse, and they have four children, Bessie, born November 30, 1887; Edna, born May 7, 1889; Ethel, born June 13, 1891; and Earl, born July 3, 1893. Mr. Sperbeck's mother, Hannah Nettleton of Pompey, now seventy-one years of age, shares his home.

Whitaker, E. C., son of the late James and Lucretia Whitaker, was born in 1840. James Whitaker was an early settler here, coming from New Hampshire. He was for many years a merchant in Fulton, in dry goods and similar lines. He died in 1876 and his wife in 1888, leaving ten children, eight of whom are living. E. C. was educated at Falley Seminary, and is now engaged in farming near the village. He married first Mary J. Gillespie, who died soon after. He married second M. Alice, a daughter of the late John C. Gillespie. They have two children, Earl and Mabel.

Waterbury Bros .- David was born in Rensselaer county in 1836 and Philip in Hastings in 1846, sons of John A. Waterbury, a native of Rensselaer county, whose father was David Waterbury, a farmer. John A. was a shoemaker by trade, and came to Hastings in 1830. His wife was Harriet Haughton, and their children were Isaac H., Cyrus, David, Sophia, Edgar, Palmyra, Philip and Mary. In 1861 Isaac, Edgar and David enlisted in Co. C, 101st Regiment N. Y. Vols .; Isaac and Edgar died in the army. The Isaac Waterbury G. A. R. Post of Central Square was named in their honor. After fifteen months David was discharged on account of disabilities. In 1864 he again enlisted in Co. H, 184th Regiment, and served until the close of the war, since which time he has been interested with his brother Philip on the farm. At the age of seventeen Philip enlisted in 1863 in Co. A, 24th N. Y. Cavalry, participated in many of the principal battles, and served until the close of the war. Since then he followed blacksmithing several years, when he returned to farming. In 1873 he married Cerelia M., daughter of Lyman Kenyon, and their children are Edgar, born in 1877, and Tillie E., born in 1880. The brothers, David and Philip, are members of the G. A. R., Isaac Waterbury Post No. 418 of Central Square. Mrs. Cerelia M. Waterbury is a member of the Women's Relief Corps No. 55 of Central Square. Philip served as assessor two terms and collector one term.

Sweeney, William, was born in Ireland, January 17, 1852, a son of James and Ann (Somerville) Sweeney, the mother being now deceased. William was educated in

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Oswego, where he came at the age of six. He engaged on the railroad for a year, was promoted brakeman, which position he filled two years, then served as baggage- man eight years. He was next made conductor on a coal train, after which he was promoted passenger conductor between Oswego and Binghamton. He was then given charge of a train running between Detroit, Mich., and Jackson. Returning to Oswego he engaged with the R. W. & O. R. R., but resigned soon after, and in 1882 became a member of the firm of Scully & Sweeney, 206 West First street, which still continues. Mr. Sweeney is a member of the Elks. He married in 1894 Catherine McGrath, of this town.

More, M., was born in Albion February 23, 1838, son of James and Mercy C. More. The father of James More was one of the pioneers of the State. He was educated in Parish, came here when twelve years of age, worked at clearing land and lumbering, was associated with his brother and did a large business in lumber and hemlock bark for tanning purposes. He conducted this business till the bark was used up in this section of the country, then went to Pennsylvania and Michigan, and returned about 1879 to Parish and bought the farm on which he has since resided. His farm is one of the most productive in the town. He married Gratia C. Watkins, and has two children, James L., and Warren D. James L. is a physician practicing in Holmes- ville, Oswego county, and Warren D. is now in his second year in the Presbyterian ministry in Elmira.

Abbott, W. M., was born in Schoharie county in 1834, moved to Onondaga county, and in 1871 located on his present place near Phoenix. In 1865 he married Helen C. Soule, a native of Onondaga county, and they have four children, Chancey M., Jack- son C., Henry and Mable F. He formerly dealt largely in tobacco, and makes a specialty of raising it in connection with general farming; and is also quite a horse breeder. The parents, Henry and Mary A., were natives of Schoharie county, and died in Onondaga county.

Trimble, G. D., was born June 13, 1860. His father, David H., has been a promi- nent man in Palermo, and is at present located there in a general mercantile busi- ness. Our subject is a man of push and energy, having in the towns of Palermo, Volney and Hannibal cheese factories, also a cheese box manufactory in Palermo. He has earned a reputation as judge of the different grades of milk, and certainly deserves the credit due a young man for the establishment of such a business. He is a member of the Masonic Fraternity, Harman Lodge No. 144 of Fulton, and is at present town clerk.

Boyd, David, was born at Rochester, N. Y., in 1832 and followed the lake many years, being captain of different vessels. In 1853 he moved to Clayton, residing there till 1871, when he moved to Mexico. He was proprietor of the old Empire Hotel a short time, then kept a hotel in Parish two years. He returned to Mexico and kept the Mexico Hotel two years, and in 1879 purchased the Empire House since known as the Boyd House, which he still owns and keeps. In 1851 he married Mary Ann Johnson of Rochester, and has two sons, John, of Chicago, and Napoleon David, of Mexico.

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Landmarks of Oswego County, New York, Part 110

Author: Churchill, John Charles, 1821-1905; Smith, H. P. (Henry Perry), 1839-1925; Child, W. Stanley Publication date: 1895 Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason Number of Pages: 1410

Author: Churchill, John Charles, 1821-1905; Smith, H. P. (Henry Perry), 1839-1925; Child, W. Stanley
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1410