Landmarks of Rensselaer county, New York, pt 2 - 3, Part 26

Author: Anderson, George Baker
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason & Co.
Number of Pages: 1424

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Button, Theodore, was born on the Button homestead, February 24. 1859. He was educated in the common and graded schools and has always followed the occu- pation of farming. December 23, 1885, he married Minnie Smith of the town of Brunswick. They have three children: Olive J., Arthur P., and Hazel E. Merritt the oldest son of William Pitt Button by a second marriage, was born November 21, 1852. He was educated in the common schools and Middletown Academy in the town of Half Moon, and has served his townspeople as supervisor two terms. He was highway commissioner six years, and is an excellent farmer and is not married at this date, 1896 Mr. Button's father, William Pitt, was born in old Schaghticoke in that part which was set aside for the town of Pittstown, January 22, 1806. He was educated in the schools of that early day and was a farmer by occupation. In 1831 he purchased his first real estate. Ile married twice, first on February 23, 1832, to Lois, daughter of Jabez Buckley of this town. They had six children: George W., David M., Edwin S., J. Warren, Sabra A., and Sarah J. George W., Edwin S. and J. Warren are dead. Mrs. Button died March 1, 1849. For his second wife, on June 20, 1850, he married Susan Wing, born Lounsbury; they had four children: Emily F., Merritt, Harriet A., and Theodore, William P. Button joined the M. E. church in 1835. He died January 9, 1887, one of the representative men of the town. Mrs. Theodore Button's father, Paul Smith, was born in the town of Brunswick about the year 1839; his education was obtained in the common schools. He is a business man, is a shirt manufacturer and has a saw and grist mill. He married twice, first to Emily J. Button. They had three children, Minnie, Mary and Reuben. Mrs. Smith died in 1868. For his second wife, he married Delia F. Dingman. They have four children : Paul, jr., Harriet, Charlotte and Theodate. Mr. Smith survives at this date, 1896. The ancestry of the Button family goes back to England in 1610. Sir Thomas Button made three voyages of discovery to this continent, viz. : in 1610, 1611, and again in 1612. His son, Mathias, settled in Salem, Mass., in 1628. There was a Robert Button in Salem, also, in 1641, who went to Boston in 1645; next there was a John Button who was an early pioneer in Boston in 1633. Mathias Button came to America with Governor John Endicott and settled in Salem, Mass. He went to Boston as early as 1633, to Ispwich in 1641, to Haverhill in 1646, where he died in 1672. His son Mathias was born in 16557; he moved to Plainfield, Conn., in 1690 and died in 1725. The following are the descendants: Peter, son of Mathias. Joseph was the son of Mathias. Jesse was born in 1717. Richard, the son of Jesse, was born in 1776. Mathias Button third had five wives, and was a soklier in the Revolutionary war. He died in Rutland county, Vt., in 1811, aged eighty-four years. John, son of Mathias and Phebe Button, was born in 1751; married twice, first to Mary Burch, whose children were Louis, Ilarmon, John, Mary, Ransom, Mil- ton, Sarah, Olive, Lucy, Ira, William P., and Eliza; children of second marriage, Horace, Iliram, and Harmon R. John Button died at Schaghticoke in 1832. Eliza- beth, daughter of Mathias, married her cousin, Daniel Button, son of Ebenezer But- ton ; their children were John, Hazard, and Daniel. John, son of Daniel and Eliza- beth, was born at Groton, Conn .; he married Cynthia Clark; their children were - John II., Emily C., Charles B., Orpah M., Olive C., Elisha L., George W., Dency, Daniel A., and Zydia C. Their father John died in Michigan in 1859. Both Theo- dore and Merritt Button are staunch Republicans. The ancestry of this family in their several marriages is English, Dutch, and German.

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Waldron, Peter, was born in Easton, Washington county, N. Y., November 18, 1837. His education was obtained in the common schools and he has always fol- lowed the honorable occupation of farming. June 8, 1870, he married M. Elizabeth Van Veghten. Mr. Waldron's father, Peter W , was born here, January 5, 1809; hc was educated in the schools of that day and was a farmer by occupation. He mar- ried Maria Ilenistreet; seven children were born to them: Peter as above, Jacob, Catherine, Alida (deceased), Alida, Mary E., and Albert, of whom only three sur- vive, Peter, Alida and Catherine. Mr. Waldron died in 1875 and his wife in Octo- ber, 1892. Mrs. Waldron's father, Jacob Van Veghten, was born on this homestead in 1818. He married Elizabeth Green, formerly of Glens Falls; they had five chil- dren, M. Elizabeth, James, Alida, Castilla, and Elmer. Mr. Van Veghten died April 9, 1895, and his wife March 25, 1896. The family attend the Reform church at Rey- nolds; Mr. Waldron in his political choice is a thorough Democrat. The ancestry of the family was Dutch on both sides. Both families have been identified with the growth and prosperity of the county and the town in which they reside.

Baucus, Elisha S., was born on the old Baucus homestead in the town of Schaght- icoke, October 6, 1817. Ile was educated in the sehools of that early date, and always followed the honorable occupation of farming. He was elected supervisor of the town three term. February 7, 1855, he married Caroline A. Diver of his native town; they had two children, Elisha S. and Mari. Elisha S. was educated in the public schools, and is one of the town's intelligent farmers. He married Kate H. Ilaner of this town; they have three children: Florence, Marion and Helen M. Marion resides with her brother, as yet unmarried at this date, 1896. Mr. Baucus died August 6, 1888, and his wife died May 8, 1890. There were two brothers, John and William, who resided together many years on the farm southeast of this one. John and the father of Elisha S., sr., moved to this homestead where they, the present generation, reside. The family with their parents came here from Dutchess county, N. Y. The great-great-grandfather Baueus came from Germany to Dutchess county. The ancestry of this family is German on both sides.

The late Wyatt R Swift was born in Monmouth, Me., in the year 1798. He re- ceived a good education, and when a young mau he was sent to Schaghticoke to superintend the Joy Linen Mills, and had full charge of the business until the death of Mr. Joy. He then purchased a controlling interest in the Schaghticoke Powder Mills and became its general manager. Was instrumental in making it an incorpo- rated company in 1858, and was its president until in March, 1863. In 1850 he mar- ried Maria O. Morris of Schaghticoke, and they had one adopted daughter, Jeanette F. Russell, of Iloosick Falls. Mrs. Swift's father, Jedediah P. Morris, was born in the year 1800. He married Olive Congdon of Pomfret, Conn., in 1824, and came to Schaghticoke soon after their marriage. They had three children Maria O., Franeis A., and Frances B.

Doremus, Thomas L., of Montelair, N. J., came to Schaghticoke when a young man and entered the employ of the Schaghticoke Powder company as bookkeeper which position he held until 1868, when he was made secretary and treasurer of the company and in February, 1896, was elected its president. Ile married Jeanette P. Swift (Russell), by whom he had eight children: Wyatt Swift, Thomas Edmund, Car-

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oline Harrison, Margaret Isabel, Edward B., and Janet G., and two who died in in- fancy. Mrs. Doremus died in April, 1893. Mr. Doremus has held several positions of trust in the village in which he lives, is quite prominent in Masonic circles, being a member of Victor Lodge F. & A. M., No. 680, and of Apollo Commandery of Troy, N. Y.

Baucus, Hon. J. Irving .- His father, James W., was born on the Baucus home- stead December 19, 1819, was educated in the district schools, and has been a farmer, paper manufacturer and speculator in real estate. October 27, 1836, he married Maria A. Swartout of his native town ; they had ten children, one died in infancy, Eliza J .. Hester M., Frances A., Sarah A., Catherine E., Ida L., J. Irving, Lucy E., and Elva L. ; one died in infancy, and Lucy E. died at the age of eleven years. E. Jane married David M. Button; they have three children, J. Warren, Minnie E., and Ernest D. Hester M. married Frederick Wiley. Sarah A. married Job Vial; they had one daughter, Jennie E. Mrs. Vial died October 16, 1894. Catherine E. married Howland Baker. Ida L. married Abram Beers; they had three children, Iva L., Julia M., and F. Leroy. J. Irving has married twice, first to Anna P. Beers; they had one daughter, Emma; the wife died December 5, 1884. He married sec- ond Cara A. Beers and they have one daughter, Ethel R. J. Irving Baucus has served as supervisor of his town two years. He was elected to the State Legislature for two years, 1887 and 1888; he served on the committee of commerce and naviga- tion, also on the committee on railroads and internal affairs with ability. Elva L. married John W. Fry; they have two daughters, Ilester M. and Edith E. J. IIv- ing's grandfather, John Baueus, was born in the year 1772. He married Maria Weitsel of this town; they had eleven children: William 1., Maria, Elizabeth, David, George W., Jolin A., Joseph, James W., Julia A., Elisha S., and H. Jane. Mr. Bau- cus died in 1832 and his wife in 1889.

Hunt, Lewis, born in Cambridge, Washington county N. Y., September 25, 1816. Ilis education was obtained in the public schools and his carly life was devoted to farming. February 25, 1864, he enlisted in Co. A, 2d N. Y. Cav. ; while in the army of the Potomac he took part in all the general engagements, also while with Sheri- dan in the Shenandoah valley; he was honorably discharged from the general hos- pital at Washington, D. C., on surgeon's certificate of disability, August 9, 1865. lle married three times: first, to Emily Terrill of Pittstown, September 22, 1868; she died in April, 1869. For his second wife, in January, 1870, he married Amy Terrell of the same place; they had two daughters: Emma, who married John Will- iamson of Schaghticoke and has one child, Lewis; and Mayetta, married Frederick M. Askins; they have two children: Frederick, and Amy J. Mrs. Hunt died Sep- tember 4, 1884. For his third wife, September 16, 1888, he married Mary Stevenson of Albany. Mr. Hunt's father died when he was three years old. He is a member of Hartshorn Post No. 487 of Schaghticoke, G. A. R. ; he has been its commander for one year, and is serving his third year astheir chaplain. He is a member of Vic- tor Lodge No. 680, F. & A. M., and is tiler of the lodge. He is also a member of Schaghticoke Lodge No. 526, I. O. O. F., and has been through all the chairs. Mr. Hunt is superintendent of the Elmwood cemetery.

Ackart, Edwin .- Jacob Ackart was born in Schaghticoke April 22, 1813. He was

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educated in the schools of that day and was a farmer. September 14, 1836, he mar- ried Christina Bratt of Schaghticoke; they had four children: Melinda E., who died August 5, 1874; Edwin, Phebe E., and Channcy. Jacob Ackart's father, Peter, was born in the same town, January 16, 1784. Ile married Maria Benway of his native town; they had eight children; David, who died; John, Maria, Jemima, Eleanor, Peter B., Jacob, and David No. 2. Mr. Ackart died April 23, 1861. Jacob Ackart's grandfather and his brother Solomon were born in Dutchess county, and were soldiers in the war of the Revolution. Edwin, son of Jacob, was born in Schaght- icoke. He was educated in the public schools and is one of the town's most intelli- gent farmers. He married Josephine Blewer of Easton; they had six children : Mary C., Fannie E., George E., Charles L., Jacob N., and Forrest C. Mrs. Ackart died November 14, 1888. The ancestry of the family is Dutch.

Stroble, August, was born in Bavaria, Germany, in the year 1830. IIe was edu- cated in their schools and has been a farmer from boyhood up. In the year 1852 he came to the United States and first located near Troy. Ile has resided in the town of Schaghticoke on the same farm for over twenty-two years. He has married twice, first, on March 28, 1855, to Caroline Rink, formerly of Wirtemburg, Germany; they had four children: Charles, Albert, Caroline and Henrietta; the latter died April 14, 1875. Mrs. Stroble died May 3, 1872. For his second wife he married Catherine Sloeum. Charles married Sophia Apton of Troy, N. Y. ; they have two children, Edna and Ida. Albert married Ida Belden. Caroline married Henry Melhuron of this town: they have two children, Augustus and Henrietta. Mr. Stroble is a thor- ough farmer and by honest industrious thrift has earned a competency. The an- cestry of the family is German, and his present wife of New England stock.

Gage, William H., was born in the town of Farmington, Oakland county, Mich- igan, January 1, 1840. He was educated in the schools of that place, and his early life was devoted to farming. December 22, 1864, he married Olive Beadle then of Michigan, formerly of this locality. They have two children, William A. and Mary S. William A. married Susan T. Lewis of Oyster Bay, Long Island. Mary S. married George S. Wright of Cambridge, Washington county; they have one daughter, Olive. Mr. Gage's father, Simeon F., was born in Johnstown, Fulton county, N. Y., in the year 1802. He was educated in the schools of that day, and was a carpenter and joiner by trade. He married Hannah Waite of Cambridge, N. Y., and had four children: Mary, Eunice, Eliza Jane, and William 11. Mr. Gage died in California in 1855, and his widow died at home in 1864. Mrs. Gage's father, John F. Beadle, was born in the town of Easton, Washington county, N. Y., in the year 1803. He was educated in the common schools, and was always a farmer. le married Mary Waite of Cambridge; they had nine children: Elijah E., Sarah A., Joseph R., Firra W., Marcus, Horace, Mary S., Philena, and Olive. Mr. Beadle died in 1875, and his wife in 1885. Mr. Gage is now engaged in the produce busi- ness here, in connection with an office in New York city, with his son as partner, who has charge of the New York office, under the firm name of W. II. Gage & Son. Ile is a member of Victor Lodge No. 680, F. & A. M., Raymond Chapter, Hoosick Falls, No, 248, and Bloss Council, Troy, No. 14, R. & S. M.

Purdy, Forrest A .- His father, Heury E. Purdy, was born at Millertown, this

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county, in the year 1827. He was educated in the public schools, and always followed the honorable occupation of farming, and was an upright citizen of the town and county. He married Caroline Weatherwax of Lansingburgh, N. Y. They had six children, five sons and one daughter: Emma R., Edward J., William L., Clarence W., Forrest A. and Howard. Henry E. Purdy died in the year 1888, and his wife May 22, 1896. October 17, 1888, Emma R. married Dr. Andrew C. Crounse, for- merley of Albany county, N. Y., and a graduate of Albany Medical College. He is now a successful practicing physician at Melrose, N. Y. Edward J. was born in the town of Lansingburgh May 22, 1862. He was educated in the public schools and Lansingburgh Academy and is a farmer. December 9, 1883, he married Addella W., daughter of George Button. They have one son, George H., born December 13, 1886. William L. was born at the old home, has a good liberal education and is a farmer by occupation. He married Carrie, daughter of George Button. Clarence W. was born in the town of Schaghticoke, Jannary 25, 1864; he also has a liberal education and is a farmer by occupation. He is a member of Victor Lodge No. 680, F. & A M. He married Ida A., daughter of Isaac Mabb; they have one son, le Roy C., born September 1, 1888. Forrest was born on the old home place near Mel- rose, N. Y., in 1867. He was educated in the public schools and Troy Business College. The early years of his life were spent on the farm. He is now manager and superintendent of the American Axe and Tool Company at Johnsonville, N. Y. He is a member of Victor Lodge No. 680, F. & A. M., and of Apollo Commandery No. 15 of Troy and is also a member of the Mystic Shrine. Howard wasborn at the old home near Melrose in the year 1860. He was educated in the public schools and Troy Business College. Ile is a passenger conductor on the Fitchburg Railway from Troy to Boston, and is a member of Victor Lodge No. 680, F. & A. M., Apollo Commandery No. 15 of Troy, and of the Mystic Shrine.

Gifford, David, was born in the town of Schaghticoke, N. Y., August 12, 1818. He was educated in the common schools and has always followed the occupation of farming. In the year 1841 he married Jane Tyler of the town of Pittstown. Mrs. Gifford died November 5, 1893. Mr. Gifford's father, Robert, was born in Schaghti- coke in 1790; he married Betsey Sherman of Essex county, N. Y. They had five children: David, Delilah, Darius, Sally and Benjamin, Mr. Gifford died in 1834 and his wife in ISSS. Mr. Gifford is a member of the M. E. church at South Cam- bridge, being one of its stewards. He has resided on the homestead forty-seven years. The Giffords are of Norman extraction.

Gallagher, Andrew, was born in Hoosick, January 23, 1849. He was a son of John and Julia (Lebaron) Gallagher, he a native of Ireland, and she a native of Hoosick, and daughter of one of the early settlers who came from Rhode Island. The father of Mr. Gallagher was a farmer by occupation, and died in 1852; his widow lives in Hoosick. Mr. Gallagher was reared on a farm and educated in the com- mon schools and followed farming for a short time, then went to New York city and engaged in the ice business for about six years, and in 1879 came to Johnsonville and , engaged in the mercantile business near the axe factory, where he is still located, conducting a very successful business. Mr. Gallagher was married in 1877 to Mary A. Mitting of Pittstown, N. Y., by whom he had four children: Frank N., Bessie M. Howard F. and Chester A.

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Mabb, Isaac, was born in the town of Schaghticoke, January 7, 1841. He was educated in the common schools and has always followed the honorable occupation of farming, and is the architect of his own success. February 13, 1867, he married Sabra A. Button, a member of one of the oldest families of the town; they had three children: Clarence E., George W., who died when he was three years old, and Ida A., who married Clarence W. Purdy of this town; they have one son, Le Roy C., born September 1, 1889. Clarence E. was educated in the schools of this town and Albany Business College and is a farmer at home with his father. Mr. Mabb's father, Robert, was born in this town in 1811. Ile was educated in the schools of that early day and was a farmer by occupation. He married Henrietta Gatefield, formerly of England, who came over with her parents when a little girl. They had nine children: Alonzo, Harriet, Isaac, Elizabeth, Helen, Emily F., Mary, Edwin R., and Amelia J. Mr. Mabb died in his eighty-second year, and his wife died June 2, 1884. The ancestry of the family was Dutch, German and Enghsh.

Doty, Job, was born on the old homestead at Melrose, N. Y., April 21, 1857 Hle was educated in the public schools and at the Lansingburgh Academy. He taught sehool ten terms, has been a farmer and is now a produce and coal dealer. October 3, 1889, he marned Nellie Chapman of Sehuylerville, N. Y. Mr. Doty's father, John L., was born here November 12, 1812. He was educated in Lansingburgh Academy ; he taught school and was a farmer by occupation. Ile married Olive R. Brown of this town and she was born in the year 1823. They had seven children, four sons and three daughters: Augusta, who died in infancy ; Ormon J., John D., Antoinette, Job, Ida and Charles, who died at the age of twenty-nine years. He was a member of the Masonic order. Orman J. married Jessie F. Eaton of Troy; they have two children: Ollie F. and Leonard. Mr. Doty ched November 18, 1884, and his wife survives at this date, 1896. Ile was a captain in the State militia and in the home guards during the late war. Job Doty's grandfather was Orman Doty. This farm has been owned in the family for over 100 years without mortgage. Mr. Doty is a member of Victoria Lodge No. 680, F. & A. M., Phoenix Chapter, Lansingburgh R. A. M., Bloss Conneil No. 13, R. & S. M., and Apollo Commandery No. 15. The ancestry of the family was Dutch and English.

Gunner, Richard C., was born in Canterbury, England, December 24, 1826. Ile was educated in their schools, learned the baker's trade and came to the United States in 1851; landing in Schaghticoke the same year, and here he began business on his own account. He purchased the property in 1866, and his business has been a continued success since. In 1855 he married Elizabeth Ablett of this village. They had six children: George C., who died in his third year; Mary F., William O., Richard C., who died at the age of three years; Lizzie F. and Daniel W. Mary F. married John B. Aekart of this town and they had two children: Herbert, died at five years of age, and Everett. Mr Ackart died in 1881. Lizzie F. married Lorenzo Streeter of this village, and they have two children: Lorenzo, jr., and Mary E. Mr. Gunner is a member of Victor Lodge No. 680 of Schaghticoke, F. & A. M. He is one of the trustees and treasurer of the M. E. church. Ilis son William O. is in the same business with his father, and he is a member of Vietor Lodge No. 680, F. & A. M. Mr. Gunner is treasurer of the lodge and is past master. Daniel W. was a grad- uate of Cornell University and died at the age of twenty-four.

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Myers, A. Y., M. D., the highly esteemed physician of Buskirks Bridge, is among the foremost of the medieal profession of Rensselaer county and is a valued member of the Rensselaer County Medical Society. He is a representative of a family closely identified with the history of Sehoharie county, where he was born in 1854, son of John Myers, a farmer, The first American family of Myers settled in that county. When eighteen years of age Mr. Myers left the farm to attend the Fort Edward Academy. After two years there he spent seven years in teaching chiefly in places in Albany county, one year being engaged as teacher in Albany Business College. While thus employed he fitted himself to enter Albany Medical College in 1879, grad- uating in 1882. Ile first practiced in Otsego county, coming to Buskirks Bridge in 1883. Here he takes an active interest in local matters, He is a member of the M. E. church, and a zealous Prohibitionist. He married in 1875 Mary Defendorf, by whom he has two children, Vietor C. and Ralph.

Ball, L. Burke, born in 1838, is the son of L. Chandler Ball, whose death in 1875 was so deeply mourned by the community in which he resided. He was born in Vermont of English ancestry and when a young men went to New Orleans and en_ tered a store kept by an elder brother. Having little or no opportunity for attend- ing school he became his own instructor. The superior educational attainments he acquired are due wholly to his own efforts. When twenty one years of age he came to Iloosick and engaged in farming and became very successful in that vocation. Ile was a steadfast and lifelong Republican and became county judge in 1840, and in 1860 was a member of assembly. He served three years in the late war, organiz- ing a company of militia and filling all its offices to major, Judge Ball's character and abilities are revealed in his "Annals of Hoosick" as originally published in the "Standard" and recognized as a masterpiece of description and history. Mr. L. Burke Ball (the subject) was the first man to enlist in Hoosick Falls in Co. HI, 30th N. Y. Vols , where he served until physically disabled. After the war he remained in Washington as government clerk in the quartermaster's department for a while ; then, though a machinist by trade, he became shipping clerk for the world renowned Wood Company. He married in 1861 Mary V. Fisk of this place, by whom he has three children.

Lamb, George M., M. D., one of the practicing physicians of Hoosick Falls, is a native of Troy, born in-1856. Ilis father was a prominent merchant there, and onee supervisor of the Fifth ward. Dr. Lamb first graduated from the public school in 1876, then spent one year at Albany Medical College; thence two years at Hahnne- man Medical College, Philadelphia, graduating in 1879. He then gave one year to post-graduate work in the lying-in hospital there and six months to general work. He began practice at Troy and came to Hoosick in 1882 where he has an extensive field of work, Since that time he was away two years at Townsend, Mass., for the recovery of his wife's health. She was Emma J. Dick of this place, whom he mar- riee in 1880. They have one sou, Percival, aged twelve years, Dr. Lamb was health officer and has held many other positions,

Haussler, Louis, sole living representative of the long established and prominent furniture house of Haussler & Son of Hoosick Falls, was born in this town and grew up into the business under the fostering care of his father, Joseph Haussler,

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Landmarks of Rensselaer county, New York, pt 2 - 3, Part 26

Author: Anderson, George Baker Publication date: 1897 Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason & Co. Number of Pages: 1424

Author: Anderson, George Baker
Publication date: 1897
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason & Co.
Number of Pages: 1424