Landmarks of Oswego County, New York, Part 136

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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Dwyer, Jeremiah T., M. D., was born in the city of Oswego on October 7, 1869. He is a son of Andrew Dwyer, of the First ward, Oswego. He received a liberal ed- ucation in the public schools of the city including one year in the Normal School, after which he entered Niagara University. Having a natural taste for medicine and surgery, he began the study of that profession in the office of Dr. W. J. Bulger,

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of Oswego. After a course at Long Island College Hospital, Brooklyn, N. Y., he graduated from that institution on March 12, 1891, and immediately commenced practice in Oswego. His patients include alike the rich and poor by whom he is highly esteemed for the success which invariably attends his efforts.

Stockwell, Hon. James K., was born at Wilson, Niagara county, N. Y., October 25, 1844. His paternal grandfather was Stephen Stockwell, a soldier in the war of 1812 and married Lucy Bishop. He settled in Niagara county and followed farming. Ralph Stockwell, father of our subject, and second son of Stephen, was born in Jef- ferson county, married Mary Jane Streeter, and was also a farmer. James K. Stock- well is the eldest of five children, was reared on the farm and received his early edu- cation in the common schools. At the age of sixteen he entered the Lockport Union School, remaining two years. In August, 1864, he enlisted in the 23d Battery, New York Independent Light Artillery, in which he served to the close of the Rebellion. He then attended a commercial college in Buffalo one course, after which he engaged in teaching as principal of an unclassified school at Lewiston, N. Y. During the two years he was thus engaged he began the study of medicine, and in 1869 he graduated with the degree of Doctor of Medicine at the College of Physicians and Surgeons in New York city, and in 1870 he received the same degree from the Buffalo Medical College. After an extended western trip he returned and settled for the practice of his profession in Oswego, where he purchased the business of a retiring physician, Dr. E. M. Curtiss. Dr. Stockwell has enjoyed an extensive practice from the first and has gained the esteem alike of his professional brethren and the community at large. Dr. Stockwell polled his first vote in 1865 in support of the nominees of the Republican party, since which time he has upheld the principles of that party. Without seeking or holding office prior to 1889, he was in that year elected mayor of the city of Oswego. On December 7, 1870, Dr. Stockwell married Margaret A. Fleming, daughter of John Fleming, and his wife, Margaret Miller, of Lewiston, N. Y.

Cropsey, Athelbert, son of Alexander Cropsey, was born in Pulaski April 6, 1846. His mother was Violet D. Young. Receiving his education in the Pulaski Academy, he located in Oswego in 1866, where he has since been prominently identified with the lumber interest. He is a Republican in politics and was alderman of the Fourth ward two terms in succession. He was one of the charter trustees of the Oswego City Hospital, and is one of the most prominent members in Oswego in the Masonic fraternity. In Oswego Lodge No. 127 he has held all the official positions, excepting master, and the same is true of the Lake Ontario Chapter No. 165, R. A. M. In Lake Ontario Commandery No. 32, K. T., Colonel Cropsey has filled nearly all the posi- tions and was one of the principal organizers of the well known L. O. Drill Corps, of which corps he was drill master during the entire period of its existence. In Scottish Rite Masonry Colonel Cropsey has always taken a prominent part and has received the great honor of being crowned Honorary Inspector General of the 33d and last degree in Masonry. He has been active in military affairs many years, was pro- moted through the various grades to the post of Lieutenant Colonel of the 48th Regiment, N. Y., which position he filled for a number of years, in fact until the regiment was mustered out of service. He married Hattie E. daughter of Dr. John Tyler of South Richland and has three daughters. Colonel Cropsey is a public spirited citizen and enjoys wide popularity.

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Lyman, Henry H., born in Lorraine, Jefferson county, N. Y., April 15, 1841. Educated in common schools and Pulaski Academy, as a boy and young man he worked at farming and teaching school. Studied and practiced surveying and engi- neering for three years with C. H. Cross, Pulaski, N. Y. Enlisted as private soldier in the 147th N. Y. Vols., August, 1862, serving until the close of the war, was pro- moted through different grades to adjutant and brevetted major. Was appointed lieutenant-colonel in the N. Y. State militia by Governor Fenton November, 1866. At the close of the war he engaged in the hardware trade at Pulaski, N. Y. He was supervisor of Richland in 1871 and 1872; sheriff of Oswego county from 1873 to 1876; worked for several years abstracting title in the Oswego County Clerk's Office. For a number of years he was superintendent of the Oswego Water Works Com- pany, of which he is now secretary; collector of customs for the district of Oswego from July, 1889 to December, 1893; has been a trustee of the Oswego City Savings Bank since 1879, and is a director and vice-president of the First National Bank of Oswego, N. Y. Mr. Lyman's ancestors were of Norman stock and came to England with William the Conqueror in 1066. The family was founded in America by Richard Lyman who came over with Elliot the Missionary in the ship Lion in 1631 and later on with others making the famous winter pilgrimage to Hartford, Conn. Among his de- scendents were many who were prominent in the Indian, French and Revolutionary wars as well as the war of 1812 and the war of the Rebellion, and they have filled every grade from corporal to commander in chief in the American armies. Phineas Lyman, major-general of the Connecticut forces, was in command of the provincial forces and won the battle of Lake George. Gen. Daniel Lyman was prominent in the battles and capture of Ticonderoga, Crown Point, and St. John, and was subsequently president of the Society of Cincinnati. Col. Moses Lyman, for important service at Saratoga, was made special messenger to carry the news of Burgoyne's surrender to General Washington. Mr. Lyman's father was Silas Lyman, who came to the " Black River Country" (which was the west of those days) from Vermont with his father in 1796, he was a soldier of 1812 in the old " floodwood" militia, in which he was later on commissioned captain by Governor Clinton, and colonel by Governor Yates.

Sheridan, Charles A., M. D., was born in Madrid, St. Lawrence county, N. Y .. on March 31, 1857. He is a son of Patrick Sheridan, who came to America in 1843, and married in Canton, N. Y., Margaret Heagerty. Both are deceased. Dr. Sheri- dan received his education in the High School at Madrid, followed by two years in St. Lawrence University, and one year in a collegiate institution in Grinnell, Iowa. To obtain means to further pursue his studies, he taught school in Minnesota four years after he had reached the age of twenty years. He then entered Bellevue Hos- pital, New York, from which he graduated three years later, on March 7, 1885. His first practice was in his native place, where he remained five years, when in 1889, he settled in Oswego and has continued there since. Dr. Sheridan is a member of the Oswego County Medical Society; of the American Medical Society, and was formerly a member of the St. Lawrence County Medical Society. He has attained to a most successful practice in Oswego. He was married in 1886 to Eliza A. Fitzgerald, of Grinnell, Iowa, and they have two sons.

The Francis Perot's Sons Malting Co .- Anthony Morris, who came to this country from England in 1682, with Penn, on the good ship " Welcome," was one of the most

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distinguished of Philadelphia's pioneer citizens. He was the second mayor of the city, and afterwards supreme judge of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. In 1687 he established on Front street, below Walnut street, a brewhouse, and that business, continuing from father to son to the seventh and eighth generation, is still in existence, under the style of the Francis Perot's Sons Malting Company, being the oldest business house in America. Anthony Morris the first died in 1721. His son Anthony succeeded. followed in turn by his son, also Anthony. The latter's son, Thomas, was next in succession; and then in the fifth generation, his sons, Thomas and Joseph Morris, acquired the business. To this firm Francis Perot was appren- ticed in 1812, and having served his time, the latter in 1818 started a brewery and malthouse on Vine street, between Third and Fourth streets. In 1823 he married Elizabeth M. Morris, daughter of Thomas Morris, his former employer. The old Morris business continued, Thomas Morris becoming sole proprietor upon the death of his brother Joseph. In the sixth generation, the business wasacquired by Anthony Saunders Morris, but after conducting the business for some years heretired, turning it over to his brother-in-law, Francis Perot. In partnership with the latter was his brother, William S Perot, the firm name being Francis & William S. Perot. They continued in both the brewing and malting business until 1850, when they discon- tinued brewing and turned their attention exclusively to malting. In 1868 they re- tired, having been in business together for fifty years. They belonged to the fifth generation of their name in this country. A Huguenot ancestor, James Perot, hav- ing been driven from France by religious persecution, landed in America in 1686. The firm, in 1868, became Francis Perot's Sons, and in 1887 the present company was incorporated; its officers being T. Morris Perot, president; Edward H. Ogden, vice-president ; Elliston Perot, secretary; and Theodore F. Miller, treasurer. Mr. T. Morris Perot, the president, is a son of the late Francis Perot, who died in 1885, and represents the seventh generation in direct descent from Anthony Morris, who founded the business 207 years ago: and Mr. Elliston Perot and Mr. T. Morris Perot, jr., represent the eighth generation. The offices of the company are at 314 Vine street, the malthouse premises fronting on 310 to 320 Vine street, and covering nearly a square with other frontage on New street. The equipment is complete for the production of malt by the old system, and the product of this plant is in the highest repute, and commands a large sale to brewers and others in Philadelphia and the surrounding country. The company also has a large and complete plant at Oswego, N. Y., conducted upon the new pneumatic system of malting, from which shipments are made throughout the country. The house holds a high position in the trade, not only as it ranks as one of the largest producers, but also by reason of the high principles of commercial probity that have characterized the house during its more than two centuries of activity. Its present management is in hands that are worthy of the past prestige and present prominence of the house. Mr. T. Morris Perot, the president of the company, has long been known as one of Philadelphia's most dis- tinguished and public-spirited citizens, is first vice-president of the Board of Trade, president of the Mercantile Library Company, for over thirty years president of the Women's Medical College, and a director of the United Security Life Insurance and Trust Company. He is also president of the People's Gas Light Company of Jersey City, N. J. Edward H. Ogden, the vice-president of the company, is also vice-pres- ident of the Consolidation National Bank. The company has membership in the

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Board of Trade, the Commercial Exchange, the Trades League and the Bourse, and is influentially identified with the commercial interests of the city of which it is in years the oldest, and in importance, one of the leading representatives .- Philadel- phia North American.

Rainier, Dr. Elvira, was born in Coldwater, Mich., on November 2, 1847. She is a daughter of the late Stephen D. Rainier, of Marion, Wayne county, N. Y., and Sarah Husker, a native of England. Dr. Rainier received her education in the schools at Coldwater and in the State Normal School at Ypsilanti, Mich. She entered the medical department of the University of Michigan in 1872, where she pursued her professional studies two years. This was succeeded by one year in the New England Hospital for Women and Children of Boston. Then followed a year of work to obtain the means to finish her studies, after which she took her degree in the Woman's College of Philadelphia. She was then appointed resident physician of a hospital in Philadelphia, to which work she gave one year. At the suggestion of a class-mate of Ann Arbor, Dr. Mary F. Lee, she came to Oswego, of which place she has since been a resident. She enjoys the unqualified confidence and esteem of the profession ; is a member of the Oswego County Medical Society, and has been its secretary several years ; was co-attending physician at the Oswego City Hospital ten years, and is now consulting physician in that institution.

Oliphant, Richard J., the well known printer and publisher of Oswego, and son of Richard Oliphant, connected many years with the same business, was born in Oswego on the 16th of August, 1838. His opportunities for obtaining an education were confined to the district schools and the printing office of his father, beginning work in the latter early in life. In 1860 he, in association with his brother, the late John H. Oliphant, purchased the printing and book binding business of their father. Very soon afterward John H. went to Washington in the interest of William Bald- win, contractor, where he remained about a year. Returning to the office, a few months later, Richard J. purchased his interest and has since carried on the business alone and with marked success. Devoting himself earnestly to his business for which he has special fitness as well as natural taste, Mr. Oliphant has now one of the largest and most expensively equipped printing plants in Central New York. Con- nected with his printing business Mr. Oliphant conducts the largest book and sta- tionery store in Oswego, and has recently added facilities for lithographing. He is a Republican in politics and has represented the third ward in the Board of Alder- men.

Bradner, Frank J .- The ancestry of the subject was Scotch and his grandfather on the paternal side was John Bradner, who was born near New York city and mar- ried Susan Bottom, a native of Poughkeepsie. The grandfather on the maternal side was Joseph Spaids, who married Clarissa Jones. He was a minute man and served in the war of 1812. They were married in 1806 and were the first couple married in the town of Richland. Gilbert A. Bradner, father of the subject, was born in the town of Goshen, N. Y., March 17, 1800. Moved to the town of Richland (then a wilderness) in 1821; in 1825 he married Ollive Spaids. They were members of the M. E. church and aided in building the first M. E. church in Pulaski. Their chil- dren were Clarissa, now Mrs. L. L. Graves, and living in Scriba; James B., afarmer in

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South Richland; Susan, who married Allen Davis and now a widow living in Oswego; George William, a lawyer of Mexico; Mary, who married Captain F. A. Pilcher and lives in Cleveland, O., and Frank J. The latter was born in the town of Richland March 4, 1852, and was educated in Mexico Academy. He studied dentistry with H. H. Dobson of Mexico, began practice in Pulaski where he has since remained, and enjoyed a large practice. He married, June 17, 1874, Nettie Stone, only daughter of Thomas M. Stone of Pulaski. They have two children, Claude Horatio, born July 19, 1876, and Roy Stone, born June 8, 1883. Dr. Bradner is a Republican in politics, a member of the Pulaski Lodge No. 415, F. & A. M. He enjoys the respect and confi- dence of the community.

Stone, David S., was born in South Trenton, Oneida county, N. Y., December 21, 1852. His parents were James and Anna (Stockwell) Stone, both natives of England, and both now residents of Minetto, Oswego county, and each upwards of eighty years of age. Our subject was educated in Trenton and in Oswego city, to which place he moved with his parents in 1865. He was first occupied in farming and in the nursery business. He was then employed as a clerk in a grocery store for five years, when he was taken into partnership, the firm being Cook & Stone. In 1882 he sold out his interest and bought the store at the corner of Fifth and Oneida streets, which he now occupies. He carries a general line of fancy and staple groceries, notions, cutlery, tobacco, cigars, etc. He is also engaged in the real estate business, dealing in city property, and is secretary of the Wayne Building and Loan Association of Palmyra, N. Y. He is a member of the K. O. T. M. In 1873 he married Mary A. Thrower, of Oswego, daughter of James and Mary (Gorsline) Thrower. Their children are Gilbert T .. born June 25, 1874; Myron D., born June 24, 1876; Bessie M., born October 4, 1882; and Arthur W., born August 29, 1889. Gilbert and Myron are in business with their father at the store above mentioned. Mr. Stone is a member of the Board of Supervisors, and has been for the last four years.

Todt, William C., M. D., was born at College Point, Long Island, on July 30, 1864. His father was Charles E. Todt, a native of Germany; his mother was Marie C. Weidman, also a native of Germany; they came to America in 1854. They had four children, two sons and two daughters, all of whom are living. William C. Todt was educated in his native place, and having determined to become a physician, he entered Syracuse Medical College, from which he graduated in 1887. He immedi- ately opened an office and began practice in Oswego, where he has since continued with gratifying success. He is a member of the Oswego County Medical Society, and Acting Assistant Surgeon of the United States Marine Hospital. He married in 1892, Margaret C. Lovejoy, of Cambridge, Mass. They have one son.

Benedict, Henry Clay, was born on November 10, 1834, in Richfield Springs, N. Y., and is a son of Charles Benedict, who was an attorney, but was not engaged in his profession. H. C. Benedict received his education in Mexico Academy and Oxford Academy, and studied law in the State and National Law School at Ballston, N. Y. He was admitted to the bar on examination, at the General Term in Albany, Febru- ary 3, 1853. He served one year as head clerk for the law firm of Wheaton & Had- ley, in Albany, with whom he had pursued his studies. He then went to New York city with Henry G. Wheaton, of Wheaton & Hadley, to form the firm of Wheaton,

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Doolittle & Benedict. After about a year's practice in the metropolis he settled in Oswego and opened an office in July, 1854. During his subsequent practice, he has had as partners at different times, Henry F. Davis, A. C. McCarty, and - Webb. Mr. Benedict is a Democrat of the radical type, and while he has held no public office, has made his influence felt in local politics. He married on February 11, 1857, Frances C. Downing, of Mexico. They have two children.

White, John J., a native of the town of New Ross, County Wexford, Ireland, was born November 9, 1850, and is a son of Jeremiah and Mary Frances White, who came to this country in 1851, while their son was an infant. They settled in Oswego, where the father still resides. John J. White was educated in the district schools, supplemented by a commercial education. He studied law with Marsh & Webb, then one of the leading law firms of northern New York, and was admitted April 3, 1873, at Rochester. He immediately formed a partnership with S. A. Webb, which con- tinued until January 1, 1876, when he was elected justice of the peace, and served four years. Since that time he has practiced alone. Mr. White was a Democrat in politics up to the year 1884, since which date he has affiliated with the Republican party. In 18- he was the opposing candidate to Recorder Bulger, and contested the election.

Loomis, De Witt C., was born March 16, 1838, near Rome, N. Y., and is a son of Willard Loomis, a contractor who removed to Oswego and died there in 1886; his wife was Lucy Sanderson, and they were parents of four children, two sons and two daughters. De Witt C. Loomis received his education in the district schools of Os- wego, and early in life became engaged in buying, selling, and shipping sheep and cattle, which he continued about eight years. This occupation finally led him into dealing in horses, and in 1876 he opened a livery in Oswego, which he has success- fully carried on ever since. Mr. Loomis was married in 1867 to Fanny Hall, daughter of Fleming Hall. They have one son.

Tullar, Addison B., was born on December 31, 1831, in the town of Mexico, Os- wego county, N. Y. His father was Harvey Tullar, who removed from Whitestown and settled in Mexico at an early day. He married Lorania Miller, of Marcellus, Onondaga county, N. Y., and they had eleven children, of whom five are now living. After attending the district schools through his boyhood, Addison B. took up the painter's trade, which he followed twelve years in Mexico. Having accumulated some means he then bought a farm in the town of New Haven, containing sixty- three acres, and settled thereon in 1866. He lived there twenty-three years until 1889, when he removed to Mexico village, where he has since resided on a small farm of twelve acres, just outside the village limits. He is a Republican in politics, and held the office of assessor in New Haven six years. In 1859 he was married to Emily Wheeler, daughter of George Wheeler, of Mexico.

INDEXES.

PART I.

Abbey, Dorephus, 406 Seth A., 406 William W., 408 Abbott, Sylvester G., 399 W. M., 240 Abercrombie, Gen. James, 73, 77, 78 Acker, F., Dr., 283

Act erecting Oswego county, 2

Adams, James, 148, 226 Obadiah, 155 Adkins, Augustus, 369 Ira, 425 Leverett C., 340, 341 William G., Dr., 269, 306, 311, 338, 398, 436 Adsit, Samuel B., 677 Agricultural Fair Association, Oswego, 235

Society, Oswego County. 163, 233, 235 Society, Oswego Falls, 236, 237 Society, Phoenix, 239 Society, Sandy Creek, Richland, Or- well and Boylston, 238

Aiken, I. S., 270 Ainsworth, Danforth E., 225, 273 Albion, churches of, 472 first settlers of, 465 et seq. first town meeting in, 463 first town officers of, 464 in the Rebellion, 468 population of, 468 present town officers of, 464 schools of, 468 statistics of, for 1894, 468 supervisors of, 464 topography of, 462 town clerks of, 464 Alden, Enoch, Dr., 285, 674, 675, 676 Isaac, 247, 834 Philander, 836 Alexander, J. B., 270

Alexander, J. B., Mrs., 460 Solomon L., 235 Alfred, La Fayette, 583 Shubael, 590 Allard, Adin, 335, 399, 400 Allen, Arden, Dr., 283 Charles E., 448 Charles H., 435

Edwin, 260, 270, 337, 340, 411, 431, 433, 434, 449 Edwin, Mrs., 457

Eli, 371 Emily, 455

Hiram, 336

John R., 238

John W. P., 335

Lois Ann, 455

Paul, 662 Sardis, 313 note, 335, 454 Sardis M., 338

Solomon, 555

V. A., Dr., 283

William, 466 William D., 342, 343. 396

William F., 221, 223, 240, 247, 264, 334, 410, 411, 455, 461, 462, 639 W. F., Mrs., 458 William H., 239 Allison, Charles R., 269

Allport, Amos, 226, 235

Alton, W. W., 238

Alvord, F. W., 240 George S., 335-337

Ambler, Thomas, 158, 333, 334, 397 Amboy, churches of, 481 erection of, 477 first school house of, 476 first settlers of, 475 et seq. first town meeting in, 477 in the Rebellion, 479 officers of, for 1894, 478

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Amboy, population of, 479 schools of, 479 statistics of, in 1894, 480 supervisors of, 477 topography of, 475 town clerks of, 478 Center, 480

Ambrose, Frederick, 476 American Steamboat Company, 384 Ames, Abel, 828

Cheney, 172, 181, 200, 215, 222, 380 note, 384, 393, 395, 396, 402, 403, 411 Cheney, Mrs., 456

George, 324, 335, 336, 380 note, 381, 461

Henry M., 380, 382

Iron Works, the, 380

Leonard, 223, 235, 393, 590, 593

Leonard, sr., 380 note, 418

Leonard, jr., 392, 454

Lieut. Albert N., 202

Amherst, Gen. Jeffrey, 87, 89, 93

Andrews, Allen, Dr., 282 Norman M., 337 S. D., Dr., 285 Appling, Maj. Daniel, 144 Arthur, 600

Ash John, Dr., 284

Ashford, William, Rev., 481

Askew, Thomas, 766

Assembly districts, 156, 223 et seq. members of, 222 et seq. Assessment roll of the town of Mexicofor 1798, 125

Atha, Benjamin, 387

Auger, Joseph J., Rev., 431

Austin, Amos, Dr., 284 James, Dr., 284 Thomas H., 235

Avery, Charles W., 250, 252, 253, 271 Samuel, Dr., 284

Ayer, Daniel, 369, 408, 409, 699 John G., Dr., 283, 284, 719 Oliver, Rev., 240 Aylesworth, W., 411

Babbott, Frederick E., 338 Babcock, Bronson, 270, 338-341 John C., 273 Leander, 220, 234, 252, 268, 334-336, 442, 461, 640 Bacon, Benjamin W., Rev., 422 Charles G., Dr., 278, 284 Bailey, Joseph, 610 Bakeman, Henry, 518

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Landmarks of Oswego County, New York, Part 136

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