Mohawk Valley genealogy and history : [a compilation of clippings, 1947], Part 22

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3. Ephraim Simmons born c 1760 in Dighton, Mass., married Bristol, R. I. July 12 1801 Priscilla West, daughter of Nathaniel of Bristol. They removed to N. Y. Zora Shields,

4921 California street,

Omaha 3, Nebraska.

BALDWIN

. Virginia Baldwin, born Dec. 2, 1822, Boston, Mass .; died Feb. 24, 1902, buried in Linwood cemetery, Dubuque, Iowa; married in 1846 at New Diggings, Wisconsin to Dr.

Edward Barry Ferris who was born March 10, 1810 In Cathy, Ireland and died March 30, 1875, New Dig- gings, Wis. They had 12 children.

Virginia Baldwin's parents were William Baldwin, porn probably in Maryland near the border of West Virginia, and Nancy Cooper born in Shepherdstown, West Virginia. They resided in Boston and Chelmsford, Mass .; Utica, N. Y .; Cincinnati, Ohio; Morgansfield, Ky .; Richmond, Mo. and finally about 1836 settled at New Diggings, La Fayette Co., Wis. The names and birthdates of 12 of their children are known, Vir- ginia being the eldest. Want data of William (Henry ?) Baldwin and of his ancestors; also data of his wife, Nancy Cooper and her ancestors. Mrs. J. Harry Baker, 2732 Mabel street, Berkeley 2 Calif.

WICKERS

I would ilke to know the parents of William George Wickers, born 1807, London, England, died 17 Oct. 1872, Lyons, Iowa, married Mrs. Em- ma (Chapman) Barclay, born 5 Aug. 1818, Islington Parish, London, Mid- dlesex, Enganld. . They had a son, William George Wickers, born 15 April 1856 in Brooklyn, Kings, N. Y., married 24 May 1883 Mary Christina Simmons.

William George Wickers was 49 years old when this son was born. This was Emma (Chapman) Bar- clay's third marriage. The following is a quotaton from a letter written about the daughter of Emma by her first marriage. "My mother had seen Emma, her step-son once, but no tuntil they came to Iowa that my mother saw William Jr. He was then 14 years old."

This leads me to believe that Wil- liam George Wickers had previously been married. It is not likely that he was a bachelor. Any further. in- formation about this Wickers family will be appreciated.

MACHIELSE

Who were the parents and brothers and sisters of Leuntie Machielse who married Wiliem De Grauw. He

Levi marrled Mary Brown. Magdalena married Adam Kilts. Jerome married Harriet Waters. James marrled Flora.

Also Leonard, John, Elijah, Har- rlet, Henry D. No record.

Levi Petrie and Mary J. Brown had children:

Alice J. born 1856 married 1875,

Dolivar E. House.

Frank B, born 1861 married Mary Tygert.

Magdalena Petrie and Adam Kilts children :

Elizabeth married Wm. Austin. Jerome Petrie and Harriet Waters children.

Burton, Fred, Walter, Elmer and Frank. No further record.

Allce J. Petrie and Dolover House children :

Homer D. House born 1878, mar- ried Emma Houghtaling. Raymond B. House born 1889,

married Florence Case.

| Frank B. Petrie and Mary Tygert children :

Ethel born 1891 marrled 1915 Dr. McNamee.

Petries In Parish, Oswego Co., N. Y. about 1890.

Tunis, wife's name unknown. Then about 50 years old. Had sons Chaun- cey and Albert. Albert still living at Parish.

Abraham, wife's name unknown. Had daughter Cora marrled George Bush, druggist, lived in Oswego, N. Y. Nathan who together with

Mills' who married a sister, name unknown went west. They accumu- lated a large fortune and returned to Parish and the village became the richer through their generosity In providing and contributing to pub- lic improvements. -

Melvin Rhodes Shaver, Ransomville, N. Y.

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Athenians

The group of the Athenian Liter-, ary society consisted of 30 young ladies old enough to wear dresses long enough to sweep the sidewalks and wear tightly laced corsets. My| lady of '88 avolded sun tan and was a delicate creature with soft hnds and easily shocked; afraid of mice and spiders of which there were plenty in the Old Sem. However nearly all of this group of 30 made splendid wives, mothers and grand- mothers. If any are living today they see their granddaughters wear- ing furs in July and going bare leg- ged to high shool in winter with paint enough to bedeck an Iroquois brave. The grandchildren of today have been liberated from sweeping gowns, tight corsets, pretense of timid gentility and fear of sun tan. Could it be possible that they enjoy just a little too much liberty in con- trast to the social restrictions of the '80s ?

. Calliopes

Twenty-five faces appear in the group photo of the Calliopean Liter- ary society. There are two from Nor- way, two from St. Johnsville, four from Paines Hollow, five from Fair- field, one cach from Little Falls and Herkimer. They came from dif- ferent sections of the state one as far away as New York city. In the center of the group sits the grand old man of Fairfield, Prof. Jimmy. Among others John Johnson, several times supervisor of Stark, Dr. O. H. Deck, long time physician in Herki- mer, Rev. John B. Funneli of Cort- land, Dr. W. E. Hunt of Little Falls. Nine of the group wear shining plug hats.

Commercial Department

The last group was made up of 14 students In the commercial de- partment and two teachers. Two shining plug hats and two pretty girls added charm to this group.

A Family of Doctors

Mrs. Deck, donor of these photo- graphs belonged to a family of phy- sicians. Her grandfather, Abel Green, was a graduate of the Fair- field Medical College. Her father, Henry Green for many years was the prominent and much loved doctor who lived in a large white house near Paines Hollow church and winter and summers traveled the hills and val- leys for miles around to relieve the aches and pains of the farmers. Her husband, Dr. O. H. Deck was for several years a leading physician in the village of Herkimer, greatiy trusted by his patients and highly respected for his knowledge of med- icine by the fraternity of medical men in Herkimer county.

The gift of these photos by Mrs. Deck will help keep alive the mem- ory of a school that once flourished on the hills of Old Fairfield.

Rev. Eugene Wiseman

We are also in receipt of a short biography of Dr. Eugene Wiseman, a graduate of Fairfield, class of 1880. He taught for a time In the old

The Petries In America ·

(Continued from last week)

101 Christian Schell, Jr., born Oct. 8, 1758 applied for a pension for serving in the Revoluitonary war. He stated that he served from the fore part of the summer of 1775 to the spring or summer of 1780. He says in his affidavit that he saw Capt. But- ler shot, when in the summer of 1781, the militia were called out un- der Col. Willett and drove the In- dians and Tories under Ross and Butler across West Canada Creek.

The first attack on the Schell | hour per week through an entire se- block house at Schell's Bush occurred mester of 18 weeks. on August 31, 1780, according to a The sections are graded from the most practical, first to the academic classes. letter written by Col. Peter Bellin- ger to Col. Van Schaick and Gov- ernor Clinton, dated Fort Dayton, Any section can be taken independ- ently of the others, but the entire group represents a complete course, giving the student a comprehensive understanding of the many prob- lems and values in genealogical re- search. Sept. 1, 1780. Histories give the date as August 1781. It was learned that 60 Mohawks and Tories under the leadership of Donald McDonald were advancing toward the little settle- ment. The Inhabitants with the ex- ception of the Schell family, fled to Fort Dayton at Herkimer. The

The following sub-titles present the course as broken down into the five separate sections:

Section a. Practical Applied Gen- ealogy. Methods, tools and sources. b. The Book of Family History. A clinic in composition and con- struction of a compilation in gen- ealogy.

c. Local and Family History. Co- operative class work on a book with a local historical theme.

d. Genealogical Journalism. Study and comparison of newspapers and magazines in the field of family his- tory.

e. Genealogical Backgrounds. Lec- ture course on genealogical begin- ning in American History.

Section a: Practical Applied Gen- ealogy; The "How" course of Infor- mation.

Lectures and practical presenta- tion of problems confronting the am- better after a major operation but

ateur genealogist. Methods of ap- proach to the various genealogical requirements. Tools of the trade for the amateur genealogist. Sources of information.

Section b: The Book of Family History. The "How" course of com- pilation. A laboratory course.

The last five hours of the course are devoted to publishing and bind- ing the books. If equipment Is avail- able, ten copies of each student's book will be published as follows.

6 copies for the author and com- piler.

1 copy for the Library of Congress.

1 copy for the San Diego Public Library.

1 copy for the School library. 1 copy for the Institute of Ameri- can Genealogy

Section C. Local and Family His- tory: The "How" course of research. A field course in historical records. Section D. Genealogical Journal- 1sm: "How" course of exposition. Making genealogy a "readable" lore. Section E; Genealogical Back- grounds: A survey of American be- ginnings. The 'How" course in back- ground study.

This class which rounds out the complete course In family history and genealogy, consists of a series of lectures and discussions on gen- ealogical backgrounds of American

DR. RAY G. HULBURT

The following is submitted hy: Har- ry A. Odell of New York.

Genealogists from all over the United States will be saddened to hear of the death of Dr. Hulbburt. He was a leading professional In the field but at the same time he always gave freely of his ability and ex- perience to help the beginner and the family genealogist. His "R. G. H." was one of the most familiar signa- tures in the Genealogy Press. Dr. Hurlburt was a stickler for honest genealogy. "Meticulous" was his fav- orite word and he was one of the severe critics of this writer from which I greatly benefitted.

Editor of the "Journal of the Am- erican Osteopathic Association," and director of statistical informaton, made him careful. He was a compar- atively young man and suffered from a cancer in the throat when I last. heard from him. His work will be found in many genealogies, several pages of the pedigrees of my mater- nal grandmother must be credited to him. Only 61 years old, he was born in Nebraska having worked up the hard way, as a printer "at the case" and was an honorary member of the Typographical Union. In 1920 he graduated from the College of Osteopathy in Missouri and joined the staff of the Osteopathic associa- tion in Chicago in 1924 and since 1931 edited its many publications. His home was at 915 Pleasant street Oak Park, Ill. but his editorial of- fices were in Chicago.

He leaves a widow, Mrs:, Em- ma Hulburt, a daughter, Mrs. Ruth Hamilton of Oak Park and a son, Rev. Drayton Hulburt, an official of Berea College in Kentucy. He now lies in the family cemetery near Albany, Wisconsin.

We are happy to report that two- ladies, prominent in the genealogical world, are much improved after be- ing in a hospital for the past month. Mrs. Abbott reports she is feeling'

her doctor says she "still has a long way to go," may get up a few min- utes at a time after April 28. (I think a few get-well cards from her many admirers will help a lot. In these heart cases morale is half the battle. Her address is 730 North

and clinic |Grove avenue, Oak aPrk, Ill.)

A letter to' the Hartfond Times inquiring why the paper seemed to have less genealogy and nothing from its editor elicited the response that Mrs. Benn had neither been in Florida or Los Angles, but had spent a month in a hospital. We wish both these ladies a speedy recovery. To those who wish to send cards to Mrs. Benn, her home address is 145 Whit- ney street, Hartford 5, Conn.

Genealogica Sources in the Mohawk Valley :

BIRTHI, DEATH AND MARRIAGE RECORDS

(Continued from last week) COLUMBIA COUNTY

KINDERIIOOK

1881. Record, 3 vols. Arr. chron. 1881-1911, no index; 1912 indexed

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Schells, with the exception of the twins, reached the safety of their block house made of logs and two stories high. The lower floor had no windows, only loopholes which en- abled them to fire upon the enemy. Mrs. Schell loaded the muskets which her husband and sons fired with deadly aim. An attempt was inade to set the building afire, but it failed. Then the Tory McDonald attempted to force the door with a crowbar, much to his regret. He was shot, then Schell quickly opened the door and pulled him inside, a prison- er. He had some ammunition on his person which the defenders found useful. The enemy ceased the attack for a time, and it is said that Schell went to the second floor and sang one of his favorite hymns, "A Firm Fortress is Our Lord." However, the attack was soon renewed. Five of the Indians managed to thrust the muzzles of their guns through the loopholes when Mrs. Schell snatched up an axe and with well directed iblows bent the barrels of the mus- kets. As darkness was coming on Mr. Schell used a bit of strategy. He went to the upper floor and began shouting directions to an imaginary body of troops, first calling to his wife that relief was coming from Fort Dayton. A little later, he shout- ed, "Capt. Small, march your com- pany around to this side of the house. Capt. Getman you had better bring your men up on the left side." The Tories and Indians took to their heels and disappeared in the woods. 'Schell and his family remained in the blockhouse on guard through the night, but the enemy did not return. They suffered a loss of 11 killed and [6 wounded while no one in the blockhouse was injured. The next day the Tory prisoner was taken to Fort Dayton where he died after an operation. As stated before, the twins were returned unharmed at the end of the war.

The next year Schell was working in his fields with two of his sons when some Mohawks who had con- cealed themselves in a nearby wheat field opened fire. Schell and one son, Augustinus were fatally wounded and Fndericus was shot in the thigh.

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The syllabus is as follows: A Course in Family History and Genealogy

This course is arranged in five sections. Each section consists of one

one of his favorite hymns, "A Firm Fortress is Our Lord." However, the attack was soon renewed. Five of the Indians managed to thrust the muzzles of their guns through the loopholes when Mrs. Schell snatched up an axe and with well directed information.

blows bent the barrels of the mus- kets. As darkness was coming on Mr. Schell used a bit of strategy. He went to the upper floor and began shouting directions to an imaginary body of troops, first calling to his wife that relief was coming from Fort Dayton. A little later, he shout- ed, "Capt. Small, march your com- pany around to this side of the house. Capt. Getman you had better bring your men up on the left side." The Tories and Indians took to their heels and disappeared in the woods. Schell and his family remained in the blockhouse on guard through the night, but the enemy did not return. They suffered a loss of 11 killed and [6 wounded while no one in the blockhouse was injured. The next day the Tory prisoner was taken to Fort Dayton where he died after an operation. As stated before, the twins were returned unharmed at the end of the war.

A marker erected by the DAR commemorates the heroic deed of Johan Christlan Schell.

There is a Schell book or pamphlet by the Rev. Christian Denissen, pub- lished in 1896. I saw It in the Utica Public Library and it can probably be found in other city libraries.

Records of this Schell family were published also in the Enterprise and News in April, 1935, sent in by F. D. Deuel.

(To be ontinued)

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Office of the Clerk of Montgomery County.

Fonda, N. Y., April 25, 1947. Notice is hereby given, That on Thursday the 8th day of May, 1947. a Panel of Trial Jurors will be drawn at this office, to serve at a Reguiar Term of the County Court. appointed to be heid in and for the County of Montgomery, at the Court House in the Village of Fonda, in said County, on Monday, the 28th day of May, 1947.

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red school house, now in the Pine Crest district of Salisbury. He was graduated from Syracuse in 1885, the same year he married Jennie A. Bliss, a Salisbury teacher. In 1893 he acquired the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from his alma mater. Dr. Wiseman took a high rank as a Methodist preacher in the Troy con- ference. Was district superintendent six years and delegate to the general cuse university and of other educa- conference. He Is a trustee of Syra- tional institutions.

Lectures and practical presenta- tion of problems confronting the am- ateur genealogist. Methods of ap- proach to the various genealogical requirements. Tools of the trade for the amateur genealogist. Sources of

Section b: The Book of Family History. The "How" course of com- pilation. A laboratory and clinic course.

The last five hours of the course are devoted to publishing and bind- ing the books. If equipment is avail- able, ten copies of each student's book will be published as follows.

6 copies for the author and com- piler:

1 copy for the Library of Congress. 1 copy for the San Diego Public Library.

1 copy for the School library.

1 copy for the Institute of Ameri- can Genealogy.

Section C. Local and Family His- tory: The "How" course of research. A field course in historical records. Section D. Genealogical Journal-

ism: "How" course of exposition. Making genealogy a "readable" lore. Section E; Genealogical Back- grounds: A survey of American be- ginnings. The 'How" course in back- ground study.

This class which rounds out the complete course in family history of lectures and discussions on gen- ealogical backgrounds of American families. A specific theme of genea- logical research will be presented for each of the 18 class sessions.

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, , , , Mrs. Abbott reports she is feeling' better after a major operation but her doctor says she "still has a long way to go," may get up a few miz- utes at a time after April 28. (K. think a few get-well cards from her many admirers will help a lot. In these heart cases morale is half the battle. Her address is 730 North Grove avenue, Oak aPrk, Ill.)

A letter to' the Hartford Times inquiring why the paper seemed to have less genealogy and nothing from its editor elicited the response that Mrs. Benn had neither been in Florida or Los Angles, but had spent a month in a hospital. We wish botki these ladies a speedy recovery. To those who wish to send cards to Mrs. Benn, her home address is 145 Whit- ney street, Hartford 5, Conn.

Genealogica Sources in the Mohawk Valley

BIRTII, DEATH AND MARRIAGE RECORDS

(Continued from last week) COLUMBIA COUNTY

1881. Record, 3 vols. Arr. chrom 1881-1911, no index; 1912 indexed alph. by children. Includes marriag- es 1881-1907 and deaths 1881. Cus- todian W. Truscott Sherman, town clerk, Valatie, N. Y.

LIVINGSTON

1881. Record, 5 vols. Arr. chron. 1881-1913, no index; 1914 indexed alph. by children. Includes marriages 1881-1907 and deaths 1881. Custo- dian J. E. Simmons, town clerk, Livingston, N. Y.

NEW LEBANON

1881. Register, 4 vols. Ar. chron. 1881-1910, no index, 1911 indexed alph. by children. Includes mar- riages 1881-1902 and deaths 1881- 1932. Custodian Howard B. Hicks, town clerk, West Lebanon,' N. Y.

STOCKPORT

1881. Register, 5 vols. Arr. alph. No index. Includes deaths. Custodian Edwin Andrew, town cierk, Stotts- ville, N. Y.

STUYVESANT

1881. Register, 6 vols. 1881-1902, arr. num., 1903 arr. chron. 1881-1902, no index; 1903 indexed alph. by children. Includes marriages 1881- 1907 and deaths 1881-1907, 1914. Cus- todlan Clayton E. Van Aistyne, town clerk, Stuyvesant, N. Y.

TAGHKANIIC

1881. Register, 3 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Includes marriages 1881-1907 and deaths, 1881. Cnustodian Arthur P. Woodard, town clerk, Craryville, N Y. (To be continued)

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THURSDAY, MAY 8, 1947

Questions and Answers

A department devoted to the pursuit of knowledge. No charge to reguiar subscribers. Any reader, whether subscriber or not, is invited to submit answers. Give dates, places and sources.

WEATHERWAX

IInscriptions from the Weather- wax family cemetery located on the old Andrew Weatherwax farm in the town of Glenville, Schenectady Co., N. Y.

Andrew Weatherwax died Sept. 26, 1847, aged 79 years.

Olive, wife of Andrew Weatherwax died June 10, 1823 ( ?). Aged 56 years.

Sally Weatherwax died Feb. 20, 1841, age 53 years.

In memory of Sally, wife of G. G. Van Zandt who died March 1, 1835, aged 62 years.

In memory of Abijah A. Weather- wax who died Oct. 29, 1808, aged 8 years, 10 months, 29 days.

BLAINE

Patrick Blain (e), a native of Par- ish .... , Shire of Galway, Scotland, was born in 1740 and died June 12, 1825, aged 85 years. His wife Isa- bella McConnell, a native of Parish Colomeneil, Shire Air, Scotland, was born in 1742 and died March 22, 1818, aged 76 years. They are bur- ied in the Florida United Presbyter- ian church cemetery "Scotch Bush", 400 Lagurotas avenue,

Pattersonville, N. Y.

Patrick Biaine ]ived at Blaines- field, an estate on the Schenectady- Albany highway near the intersec- tion of the Balitown road. The In- gersoll Home now occupies a portion of this estate. It is believed Blaines- field was confiscated by the Colonial authorities at the close of the Revo- lution, as it is known that Blaine was an ardent Tory.

Margaret Blaine, dughter of Pat- rick and Isabella: (McConnell) Blaine married (when and where ?) Reuben Groot (bp. May 4, 1787 at Schenec- tady(, son of Dirk and Maria (Hos- ford) Groot. When and where was

Margaret Blaine born and where is she buried ? It is known that Reuben Groot was a farmer of the town of Duanesburgh, Schenectady Co., N. Y. Did Patrick Blaine have children other than Margaret ?

Donald A. Keeper

RD 2 Sacandaga Road, Schenectady, N. Y.

FAGG

Wish data on Catharine Fagg, (known in my grandfather's family as Aunt Kitty Fagg.") I think she was Catharine Kingsland born per- haps 1797 in or near Pittsburg, Pa. and her brothers and sisters to have Malvern, Iowa.

James Kingsland, Philip? Kings- land?, Ann Kingsland married Geo. Echart (Eacrett). /

Sarah Kingsland married John Mamanwra ond Mowrro rot

LAW

My family came from South

Heindley, York, England and it sems difficult to get records from them or to get them interested.I do not find many of the records in li- braries.

My grandfather came here. from England in 1856. His name was Charles Law, son of Isaac and Mary F. Law born Dec. 19, 1832. His brother, William, came about ten years before and we have never heard of hilt. The above Isaac's grandfather was named Isaac Law and nearly every family has an Isaac of this line of the family. I have read the records of the non-indexed Parish records and nearly all in this country and I find but one

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Mohawk Valley genealogy and history : [a compilation of clippings, 1947], Part 22

Author: Publication date: 1942 Publisher: [1942-1949] Number of Pages: 222

Author:
Publication date: 1942
Publisher: [1942-1949]
Number of Pages: 222