Mohawk Valley genealogy and history : [a compilation of clippings, 1945-1946], Part 18

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fects of the Civil War, and the cor- ruption of the Grant administration. The year previous occurred the fail- ure of the Jay Cooke Company, bankers, causing a financial crisis. during which hundreds of firms fail- ed throughout the Union, followed by a great stagnation in business. Added to this were the Indian. wars, reconciliation of Southern States, and the greatest railroad: strike in history. Travel was sus -. pended and business came to al standstill. Great excitement" ist recall- ed when news came of the burning. of railroad property in Pittsburg .. Troops quelled the mob, at the cost. of many lives.

(To be continued)

Anna Gray, town clerk, Laurens; N Y.

Maryland

1880. Record, 2 vols. Arr. alph. No index Includes marrlages 1883-1907 and deaths, 1883 -. Custodian, Leslle H. Stevenson, town clerk, Schenevus, N Y.

Middlefield

1919. Record, 3 vols. Arr. chron. No index Includes deaths, 1919-30. Custodian, Mrs. Lillian Clark, town clerk, Cooperstown, N. Y.

Milford

.1880. Register, 4 vols. Arr. alph. No index. Includes marriages, 1880- 1906 and eaths 1880-1906, 1908. Cus- todian, Walter A. Veach, town clerk, Portlandville, N. Y.

Morris

1883. Register, 2 vols. Arr. alph. No index. Includes marrlages 1883- 1907, and deaths 1883. Custodian,

1882. Record, 2 vols. Arr. chron. Robert. M Perry, town clerk, Morris,

N. Y.

New Liston

1883. Register, 3 vols Arr. Alph. No index. Includes marriages 1884- 1907 and deaths, 1884. Custodian, Lee F. Myers, town clerk, Garrats- ville, N. Y. *

Oneonta

1887. Register, 5 vols. Arr. alph. No index. Includes marriages 1887- 1907 and deaths 1887 -. Custodian, Pearl Starkweather, town clerk,. West Oneonta, N. Y. Otego

1847. Register, 3 vols. · Arr. alph .. No index. Includes' marriages 1847- 1907 and deaths , 1847. Custodia.1,. Mrs. Georgia Connor, town clerk, Otego, N. Y.

Otsego

1882. Register, 6 vols. Arr. alph ..

Custodian, ; No index. Includes marriages, 1882- 1907 and deaths, 1882. Custodian,. Floyd Muinford, town clerk, Coopers -- town, N. Y. (To be continued)

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Genealogical Sources in the Mohawk Valley

AND NEARBY

OTSEGO COUNTY (Continued from last week.)

Oneonta (1909)

1880. Record, 10 vols."Arr." chron. Separate index, alph. by children. Include marriages and deaths. Cus- todian W. A. Holley, city clerk, Oneonta, N. Y . Burlington

1882. Record 4 vols. Arr. alph. No index. Custodian Mrs. Ethel Harring- ton, town clerk, Burlington, N. Y. Butternuts .

No index. Includes marriages and deaths, 1882-1908, Custodian, Edwin Naturally, one has to be cautious In dealing with church trials. Mem- bers of other denominations may M. Holden, Registrar of vital statis- tics, Gilbertsville, N. Y. 1847, 1863-64, 1889. Register, 4 Cherry Valley vols Arr. chron 1847, 1863-64, 1889- 1910, no index; 1910, Indexed alph. by children. Includes marriages, 1847, 1863-64, 1889-1910 and deaths 1847, 1863-64, 1889. Custodian, Earl Alpaugh, registrar of vital statistics, Cherry Valley, N. Y have been equally guilty or objec- tionable conduct, and it Is hardly fair to quote from, say, the Presbyterian records just because these happen to be extant while the others may have been destroyed or discreetly kept from your eye. In all matters of this sort you will do well to talk over questionable items with the denoml- national pastor. If he will not permit Decatur you to quote verbatim et Iteratìm 1882. Register, 2 vols. Arr. alph No Index. Includes marriages and deaths. Custodian, Mrs. Mae Lum, town clerk, Worcester, N. Y. Edmeston some of the more entertaining in- stances of church discipline, perhaps he can be induced to let you do so by substituting A, B. and C for the leading participants. Failing to se- 1886. 'Record, 4 vols. Arr Alph. No index. Includes marriages 1886- 1908, and deaths 1886. Mrs. O. F. Payne, town clerk, Ed- meston, N. Y cure his consent even to that, he might allow you to use the informa- tion on condition that you cloak the identities both of the participants and of the church involved. The ex- Exeter act recording of a church trial is not essential to your history. It is high-

1847. Record, 2 vols. Arr. alph. No ly entertaining at times, but much index. Includes marriages, 1847-1907 and deaths 1747 -. Custodian, Loulse Young, registrar of vital statistics, Schuyier Lake, N. Y. Hartwick

1883. 'Record, 5 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children Includes marriages,, 1883-1907 and deaths, 1883. Custodian, Mrs. Jannette M.

Laurens

blowing out . the kerosene lights, forcing the Crackerbox Club to ad-

breaches of church discipline and of | journ sine die.

dents, storms, No one had an answer ,and the sit- frosts, fires, and floods. One custom, not entirely ob-quation was saved by the store clerk solete even today, was for certain

denominations to hold trials for

the moral code. In some of these trials the accused was a member of the clergy but just as often a lay member of the church was brought to trial for what might today seem to be a trivial offense. In Parkville, Missouri, during the fifties, for ex- ample, a Mrs. Alvirah Bates was brought before the Presbyterian church session for "having attended a 'ball,' engaged in dancing and long neglected the Ordinances ' of God's house," and several years later the same church tried a John McWil- llams and his wife for playing cards. Among other things such min- utes show that the early residents were real flesh and blood .men and women, subject, just as we are, to fits of temper, moral lapses of one degree or another, perhaps guilty of profanity, of bearing" false witness, of playing cards or dancing, or by breaking the fourth or the seventh commandment.

can be done, and In tactful way, to set forth almost the same thought without giving offense to anyone. It is well to consider In advance the predicament In which you may place the clergyman who will later .be ap- proached by an irate parishioner with the threatening question, "Did you let the writer of that new his- tory of our town have access to the church records of the trial of my grandfather in 1875?"

should always be borne in mind, and ascertained, if possible, by diligent search.

with dates of their service. Occasion- ally, an early minister made use of the registers to enter curious hap- penings, such as accounts of acci-

HISTORY

THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 14, 1946

'LOCAL HISTORY"

BY DONALD D. PARKER Brookings, South Dakota "LOCAL HISTORY"-HOW TO GATHER IT, WRITE IT, AND PUBLISH IT

(Continued from last week)

In addition to registers of bap- tisms, births, marriages, and deaths, there should be other record books and minutes in the keeping of the minister or the clerk. These may list case

all members who have ever belonged to the church, together with dates of admission, dismissal, or death. Such entries often prove valuable, for they state from what church each member has come or "brought his letter," or to which church. he has been dismissed or "taken his letter." The board of elders and the board of trustees, by whatever names these boards are variously known, are in the habit of keeping a record of their meetings. These minutes are in- formative and helpful. If the. elders' records are complete, you should be able to compile a list of past clergy- men together with their years of service, their salaries, and perhaps

the general esteem in which they were held. If the minutes of the trus- tees are complete, you should be

able to find . when .the original

church building was erected, who subscribed toward it, what it cost, what fixtures it had, and what re- pairs and alterations it received and when. You will find that in many communities in spite of the ofttimes bitter denominational rivalry of the period, non-members and members of other falths joined with the reg- ular members in giving toward the erection of each new church.

In addition to these records, the clergyman or church officers may have a collection of reports, anni- versary programs, commemorative sermons, and miscellaneous papers which may add to your store of knowledge. You may even find that the church celebrated a fiftleth or a hundredth anniversary not so many years ago, and that on that occasion someone published a small history of the church, or an anniversary ad- dress in which a good deal of local history is interwoven. Such a dis- covery may save you time and effort,

gives some solld, if somewhat ;enpr- taining, advice on . the proper Pe- proach to some less approach be

clergymen, who, in this country, happily, are few. With the British clerics in mind, he advises that you go around to the church building and "take notes of all you see. Gather sympathy and do not alienate any- one. It is important also to make friends with the parson at a early stage of your pursuit, and if by luck he appears on the scene and no ser- vice Is about to take place, speak to him and ask if he has a few moments to spare to tell you anything he knows. Be modest and presume that he knows a great deal more than you do. Perhaps he will walk around with you and point out . . . pieces of carved stone from some much ear- lier building. Listen to and take in all he has to say. Tell him you are making notes upon the history of the church and parish, and that you

could bear it. Ask if there is any special day or hour when he is more free than another to give you a few minutes. Do not . try to bounce him into doing anything. Find out from him on this first visit. if there is any- one known to him in the village, or [out of it, who is specially interested in the history of the place, and to whom you could go for further as- sistance. Also if he knows of any printed or manuscript accounts of the place. Do not take up too much of his time at first, but when you have parted with him, and used your | best smile in so doing, walk around the churchyard alone and look at some of the names of families in the stones."

(To be continued)

Genealogical Sources in the Mohawk Valley

AND NEARBY

(Continued from last week.) Fulton County

Gloversville 1890

1882 . Record, 24 vols. Arr. chron. 1882-1911, no index; 1912 indexed

alph. by children. Includes marriag- but you should not be content until es 1882-1907 and deaths. 1882. Custo- you have secured permission to dian, Robert Ellithorpe, registrar of glance-through and take notes from the actual church records.

You will probably not have any difficulty to get access to the records of your own denomination. If so, alph. by children. Custodian, Daniel start there, and then go on to the McMartin, registrar of vital statis- tics, Johnstown, N. Y. next most approachable clergymai. If the community Is large, you may Bleecker have difficulty in 'being kindly ri- 1883. Record, 3 vols. Arr. chron. 1883-1915, no index; 1916, indexed ceived by all the ministers of tle town may give you the entry you alph. by children. Includes mar- desire. The Englishman, Humphreys, riages 1883-1907 and deaths 1883. Custodian, Julius Bleyl, :town clerk, Bleecker, N. Y.

Broadaibin

1876, Record. 2 vols. Arr. chron.

How the Ambitions of Alfred Dolge Created an Industrial Dolgeville on Lone Site of a Covered Bridge

(Continued from last week) Provided Social Security for All On January 1, 1882 Alfred Dolge met a hundred and fifty of his em- ployees in the Turn Hall and out-

in his people. Mr. Dolge' built sub-, stantial homes and sold them on easy terms. One would think that after doing all this, Mr. Dolge would have the support of every man, wo- lined, to them his unique industrial man and child in the village, but pension system, in line with what we now call Socieal Security. This pro- vided, among other features, a Mu- tual Aid Society, to which each one could contribute a small monthly payment.

Mr. Dolge volunteered to bear the entire burden of administration and as a guarantee of good faith would start it off with a contribution of $8,300. In case of sickness or acci- dent, each member would be entitled

No such liberal pension scheme had ever been offered anywhere. It at- tracted widespread attention of man- ufacturers, and was extensively featured in all leading newspapers in the United States and abroad.

of the valuable parish registers and other parish books necessary to your purpose . , . if you make out a good he will probably allow you eventually to sit in the vestry or ev- en in his own 'house to make ex- tracts. The parish chest nearly al- Pension and Social Security Act Addressing his employees Mr. ways contains many other books and papers besides the actual registers . ! Dolge said: "From a desire to im- prove the material condition and prosperity of its employees, estab- lish them as a compact, contented, well regulated community, and to fasten mutual tles of esteem, as well Before you say goodbye to the par- son on this first visit, propitiate him in every way you can, and when you tell him. you intend to come of- ten look him straight in the eye and see if he appears as though he as interest that builds us together, the firm of Alfred Dolge this day makes this pension law:

"Every regular employee wil par- ticipate for sickness, accident or old age, based on earnings of the past year; ten years of service, 10 per cent; 13 years of service, 60 per cent, 16 years, 70 per cent, 19 years, 80 per cent, 22 years, 90 per cent; 25 years, 100 per cent; to those serv- ing less than 10 years, 50 per cent will be payable.

Rename the Town for Alfred Dolge As a further measure of Interest in his employees, Mr. Dolge insured the lives of all who had been in his employ five years. Reaction in the community was instant. In appre- ciation of their benefactor, and as a measure of popular approval, it was suggested that Brockett's Bridge be named Dolgeville, which was unani- mously voted.

In accord with this desire, Uncle Sam took immediate action. In Jan- uary, . 1822,the old postoffice of Brockett's Bridge became the new post office of Dolgeville. Editorial comment on these measures punc-

tuated newspapers countrywide.

.If the "Dutchmen" wanted their. children "cddicated" let them sendy Manufacturers flocked to Dolgeville | them to Fairfield or Cazenovia Sem- to learn more about the Dolge social security system.

As a furtner measure of interest

such was not the case. Many staid old Yankees resented naming their town for a "Dutchman."

Various petty annoyances cropped up, finally culminating in a report, printed in the Lowville Times, that Alfred Dolge was contemplating

taking his industries elsewhere. Great excitement prevailed and 140 leading citizens of the town signed a petition urging Mr. Dolge to re- main in Dolgeville ..

A. committee on resolution's, com- prising Ad. Lamberson, Dr. Barney, D. C. Buckley, Horace Brown and Editor Olmstead, presented a unan-' imous report, deploring the action of narrow-minded citizens, and pledg- ing Alfred Dolge the unanimous ap- preciation and support of the com- munity, thus closing a most disagree-) able incident.

The Crusade for Better Schools When in 1874 Alfred Dolge came to Brockett's Bridge, there were probably not over 300 inhabitants in the whole school district. Main street and State street comprised nearly. the entire village.

'The little old white school house stood back in the yard, approached by a dirt path, bordered on each with two rows of beautiful shade trees. In fact the trees were the

only pleasing feature of the whole school property. Some of them are. still standing near the opera house .; The opening of the felt mill soon increased the population so that the old school house was packed full and overflowing.

Early Ideas Rooted in Three R's Alfred Dolge pleaded with thể school trustees to provide addded“ school facilities but in vain. He did get the principal's salary increased to the unheard of amount of $10 per week. He also wished to get a few of the more advanced studies introduced beyond the three R's.

To give free schooling in what we today call high school subjects was abhorrent to the staid old natives. Such a thing as a free high school had not been known in all the coun- try round.

inaries, or to the Fort Plain Liberal Institute. . (To be continued)-

Gazetteer, Business Directory of Montgomery and Fulton Counties

(For the years 1869-70)

(Copled by Leslie A. Frye, Glovers- ville, N. Y.)

Explanations to Directory.

· 1. Name of individual or firm. 2. Post office address.

3. Business or occupation.

Figures placed after the occupa- tlon of farmers, indicate the number of acres of land owned or leased by the person named.

(Continued from last week.)

Dennie, Dennis, Mayfield (with Edwin), lime burner and armer 80. Dennie, Edwin, Mayield (with. Dennis,) lime burner and farmer 80. Dennie, . Jacob, Mayfield, farmer 114.

Dennie, James, Mayfield, Ilme burner and farmer 140. Deronde, William E., Mayfield,

farmer 96.

Dingman, George, Broadalbin farmer '1.

Dingman, John, Gloversville, far-

vital statistics, Gloversville, N. Y. Johnstown 1895

1883. Register, 9 vols. Arr. chron. 1883-1914, no index; 1914, indexed

hope you may count upon his help. Diplomacy is essential with the par- son, especially on a first visit. Do not forget that he has the custody to draw weekly benefits. -

bitter denominational rivalry of the period, non-members and members of other faiths joined with the reg- ular members in giving toward the erection of each new church.

In addition to these records, the clergyman or church officers may have a collection of reports, anni- versary programs, commemorative sermons, and miscellaneous papers which may add to your store of knowiedge. You may even find that the church celebrated a fiftieth or a hundredth anniversary not so many years ago, and that on that occasion someone-published a small history of the church, or an anniversary ad- dress in which a good deal of local history is interwoven. Such a dis- covery may save you time and effort, but you should not be content until you have secured permission to glance-through and take notes from the actual church records.

You will probably not have any difficulty to get access to the records of your own denomination. If so, start there, and then go on to the next most approachable clergymai. If the community is large, you may have difficulty in ' being kindly ri- ceived by all the ministers of tle town may give you the entry you desire. The Englishman, Humphrey's, gives some soild, if somewhat ener- taining, advice on - the proper proach to some less approach be

the churchyard alone and look at employ five years. Reaction in the

some of the names of families in the stones."

(To be continued)

Genealogical Sources in the .. Mohawk Valley

AND NEARBY

(Continued from last week.) Fulton County

Gloversville 1890 -

1882 . Record, 24 vois. Arr. chron. 1882-1911, no index; 1912 indexed alph. by children. Includes marriag- es 1882-1907 and deaths. 1882. Custo- dian, Robert Ellithorpe, registrar of vital statistics, Gloversville, N. Y. Johnstown 1895

1883. Register, 9 vois. Arr. chron. 1883-1914, no index; 1914, indexed alph. by children. Custodian, Daniel McMartin, registrar of vital statis- tics, Johnstown, N. Y.

Bleecker

1883. Record, 3 vois. Arr. chron. 1883-1915, no index; 1916, indexed alph, by children. - Includes mar- riages 1883-1907 and deaths 1883. Custodian, Julius Bleyl, town clerk, Bleecker, N. Y ..

Broadaibin

1876. Record, 2 vois. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by' children. Inciudes deaths. Custodian, Girard Lee, town clerk, Broadaibin, N. Y.

Caroga

1896. Record, 2 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Inciudes deaths 1913. Custodian, Floyd Sher- man, town clerk, Caroga Lake, N. Y. Ephratah

18887. Register, 4 vols. Arr. chron. 1887-1912, no index; 1913, indexed alph. by children. Includes marriag- es 1887-1907 and deaths 1887. Cus- todian Mrs. Lula Mae. Stock, regis- mer 150.

trar of vitai , statistics, Ephratah, N., Y.

Johnstown

1847-49, 1885. Record, 4 vols. Arr. chron. 1847-49, ' 1885-98, no index;

ciudes marriages 1847-49, 1905-7 and deaths 1847-49, 1885. Custodian, George R. Lewis, town clerk, RD 1, Gloversville, N. Y.

Mayfield

** 1847-48, 1884. Register, 6 vols. Miss Phebe), farmer. Arr. chron 1847-48, 1884-1907, no Case, Phebe Miss, Vails Mills,

index; 1908, indexed aiph. by child- ren. Includes marriages, 1847-48, 1884-1909 and deaths, 1847-48, 1884. Custodian, Mrs. Dorothy Smith,

town clerk, Mayfield, N. Y. (To be continued)

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community was instant. In appre- 'clation of their benefactor, and as a measure of popuiar approvai, it was suggested that Brockett's Bridge be named Dolgevilie, which was unani- mously voted.

In accord with this desire, Uncle Sam took immediate action. In Jan- uary, . 1822,the old postoffice of Brockett's Bridge became the new post office of Dolgeville. . Editorial comment on these measures punc- tuated newspapers countrywide. Manufacturers flocked to Dolgeville to learn more about the Dolge social security system.

As a furtner measure of interest

schooi facilities but in vain. He did get the principal's salary increased

to the unheard of amount of $10 per week. He also wished to get a few of the more advanced studies introduced beyond the three R's.

To give free schooling in what we today call high school subjects was abhorrent to the staid oid natives. Such a thing as a free high school had not been known in all the coun- try round.

If the "Dutchmen" wanted their. children "eddicated" let them sendy them to Fairfield or Cazenovia. Sem- inarles, or to the Fort Plain Liberal Institute.

(To be continued).

Gazetteer, Business Directory of Montgomery and Fulton Counties

(For the years 1869-70)

(Copied by Leslie A. Frye, Glovers-1 ville, N. Y.)

Explanations to Directory.

1. Name of individual or firm.

2. Post office address. '

3. Business or occupation.

Figures piaced after the - occupa- tion of farmers, indicate the number of acres of land owned or leased by the person named.

'(Continued from last week.)

Mayfield, Fulton County

Brown, Augustus M. Mayfield, giove ' cutter.

Brown, Emerson, Cranberry creek,

carpenter and farmer 5.

Brown, Isaac, Mayfield, farmer 1.150.' 1

fleld (with John R.,) farmer 100. Christie, Willlam H., Mayfield

Brown, James H., Mayfield, glove manufacturer. 1

Brown, John W., Mayfield, glove salesman and farmer 116. Bruner, John, Mayfield, carpenter and farmer 3.

Close, A. B. and Co., Mayfleld (N.

Buchanan, Jno. L., Vails Mills, far-

E.) generai merchants. Close, Abram B., Mayfield (A. B. Close and Co., ) post master and far- mer 90.

Burby, Edwin, Vails Mills, glove cutter and farmer 30. Busick, Philip, Mayfield, farmer

Ciose, Asa, Broadalbin,

paper

maker.

leases of Levi Yost 112.

Camfleld, Truman, Gloversville,

(Ciose, Beroth, Broadalbin, prop. of Closeville Paper Mills and farmer 75. Close, Chauncey, Broadalbin, pa-

Canfield, oslah, Mayfield, farmerQ Canfield, Josiah, Mayfield, farmer

30.

per maker and farmer 25. Close, Isaac T., Mayfield, farmer 100.

Case, Henry V., farmer 2. Case, Joseph, Vails Mills, (with

Close, N. E., Mayfic'd (A. B. Close and Co.)

farmer 99.

Catten, Caroline, Mrs., Mails

Mills, farmer 75.

"utter.

(To be continued)

Space reserved for Genealogical Directory and Query Register-First page of Directory and part page ofReg- Ister. WATCH FOR IT-CUT IT OUT-WILL APPEAR BUT ONCE. Your name and 5 Query names for 25c, with ono page of each, enclose Stamped envelope, self addressed. Refunded if not satisfied. Harry A. C.lell, P. O. Box 899, Church street Annex 8, New York City .....

Dennie, Dennis, Mayfield (with Edwin), lime burner and armer : 80. Dennie, Edwin, Mayield (with Dennis,) lime burner and farmer 80. Dennie, . Jacob, Mayfield, farmer, 114.

Dennie, James, Mayfield, lime

burner and farmer 140. Deronde, William E., Mayfield,

farmer 96.

w.Dingman,

1- George, .Broadalbin, farmer 1.

[Dingman, John, Gloversville, far;

mer leases of James. Christie 100. Dixon, Baltus W.,, Mayfleld, far, med 96.

Dixon, Walter W., Mayfield, far- mer 100.

(with Simeon,) farmer. Clark, Daniei, Gloversville, farmer, 50. farmer 125.

1899, indexed aiph. by children. In-[farmer 25.

Coddington, John, Broadalbin, 'far- mer 130. Ccie, George, Mayfield, mitten

Ref. 21 1946

LOCAL HISTORY"

BY DONALD D. PARKER Brookings, South · Dakota

"LOCAL HISTORY"-HOW TO GATHER IT, WRITE IT, AND PUBLISH IT

(Continued from last week)

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Mohawk Valley genealogy and history : [a compilation of clippings, 1945-1946], Part 18

Author: Publication date: 1942 Publisher: [1942-1949] Number of Pages: 276

Author:
Publication date: 1942
Publisher: [1942-1949]
Number of Pages: 276