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while they portrayed Martin Van Buren up for reelection as the candi- date of the rich landed aristocrats of the Hudson Valley. Both presenta- tions were fantastic but log cabins were erected in all the larger towns of the country for Whig headquar- ters where liquid and other refresh- ments were freely served. Miniature log cabins were carried on wagons in political parades, log cabin theme songs were written and sung at po- litical meetings and badges with pictures of log cabins were worn by Whig party members. The idea went over the country like wild fire for this was a romantic period of our history and Harrison was over- whelmingly elected.
From this time on the mistaken assumption that the English pi- oneers introduced the log cabin type of house in America was accepted without question. In public addresses; poems, historical and centennial ob- servances the log cabin myth has spread down to the present. But
thanks to the publicity given the log cabin by Reverend Young and the presidential campaign of 1840, one of the most exciting in our his- hallowed institution in our history. Martha Washington writing a letter
from Valley Forge on March 7, 1778 said: "the General's apartment is very small, he has had a log cabin built to dine in which has made our quarters much more tolerable than they were at first." Since then three great presidents, Andrew ackson, Abraham Lincoln and James A. Gar- field, born in log cabins, have fur- ther hallowed its history. It has be- come a symbol of our democratic way of life.
It is true that there have been re- ports of loghouses, block houses and garrison houses made of hewn logs in Maine and New Hampshire built by English speaking settlers as early as 1719 and erected soon after the arrival of these settlers in America from Ulster and Ireland. It is quite possible that these Scotch and Irish peoples learned of the log house structure from the German Palatines. who in large numbers were settled in Ireland by the English govern- ment in 1709 and 1710. Prison log; structures were reported in the English settlements in Maryland and North Carolina as early as 1669: They, no doubt, were of the solid well type else they would not have held prisoners very long. These structures seem to have been origi-" nally built for forts, then turned in- to jails and finally used as dwell- concerning
ings. The information them is so indefinite, isolated and conjectural that they had no bear- ing on the introduction and spread of the log house type of structure
on the American frontier. When Americans of the 18th century spoke. of log cabins they did not mean block houses or garrison houses. They were thinking of homes and' dwellings for permanent residence.
The old log house still shelters & goodly number of Americans. The: Farm-Housing Survey of the U. S. Agriculture Department of 1939. says :. "There are over 270,000 log- dwellings in the United States to- day being 3.7 per cent of the total rural dwellings, and more than those of brick, stone and stucco combin- ed." Yes the log cabin has become a. symbol of the plain and honest way of living of the pioneers and their. immediate descendants. And it's high. time that a housing structure of such: significance and influence in Ameri- can history, craftsmanship and
folklore should be carefully studied' Land taken out of the comedy of er- rors classification. We are becoming. more and more conscious about the truth of our history. We want the fallacies exploded and the truth. That however, will take many more years so firmly and universally has the log cabin myth of the pioneers tory, the log cabin has become a and their shelters become establish-
ed
THE END
GENEALOGICAL MATERIAL OF SCHENECTADY CO. HIST. SOC. By H. A. McConville (Continued from last week) D. Genealogical Periodicals and
Books.
1 N. Y. Genealogical and Biogra- phic Record (1870-1889,) April and Oct., 1916, Jan., 1937, Jan, 1938 to present.
N. Y. and N. E. Families , Talcott).
3 Earl Settlers of New Lork State, volumes 1-3 (Foley).
4 Holland Society Year Books
5 Colonial History of N. Y. State .. 6 Documentary History of N. Y. (4 vols.)
7 Council of Appointment (1784- 1821) N. Y. 8 Report of State Historian (Co- lonial Series), 1896-1897. 9 History of N. Y. during Revolu- tionary War.
10 American Military Biography of Officers of Rev. War.
11 Pennsylvania at Culpepper, Va. 12 Journal of Rufus Putnam (1757-1760).
marriages 1882-1907 and deaths, 1882. Custodian Harry C. Pattison, town clerk, Westport, N. Y. Wiilsboro
1883. Record 5 vois. Arr. chron. No index. Includes marriages 1883- 1907 and deaths 1883. Custodian C R. Amos, town clerk, Willsboro, N. Y.
Wilmington
1885. Register 4 vols. Arr. chron. No index. Includes mariages 1885- 1907 and deaths 1885. Custodian,
Charies Farrell, town .
mington, N. Y. clerk, Wil-
Bloomingdale (1905)
--. 1883. 'Register 6 vols. Arr. chron. 1883-1913, no index; 1914 indexed alph. by children. Includes marriages 1883 -- 1907 and deaths 1883. Custo- dian Mark Clark, registrar of vital statistics, Bloomingdale, N. Y. , Elizabethtown
1922. Record 4 f. b. Arr. chron. No index. Includes marriages and deaths. Custodian B. Kirsner, vil- lage clerk, Elizabethtown, N. Y. Keeseville (1878)
1884. Register 5 vols. Arr. chron. Indexed alph. by children. Includes marrlages 1884-1907 and deaths 1884. Custodian Antoine Lesperance, registrar of vital statistics, Keese- ville, N. Y.
Lake Placid
1885. Register, 8 vols. Arr chron. 1885-1907, no index; 1908 indexed alph. by children. Inoludes mariages 1885-1907 and deaths 1885. Custodian Edward C. Herr, village clerk, Lake Placid, N. Y.
Port Henry (1869)
1882. Register, 8 vols. Arr. chron. 1882-1912, no index; 1913 indexed alph. by children. Includes mar-
riages 1882-1908 and deaths 1882.
9 Dutch Settlers of Albany Year- Custodian J. L. Shea, registrar of book (1932).
vital statistics, Port Henry, N. Y. (To be continued)
Myth of Log Cabin cont. Gen. World. More data on House family. Early Churches cont.
Dec. 19 Queries-Cone, Hunger- ford, Gates, Hopkins. Myth of Log Cabin cont. House family data con- tinued. Gen World.
Dec. 26-Queries-Walling, Whit- marsh, Scott, Den, Robertson, Mur- phy, Sixby, Oliver, Corbett, Orr, Alexander. Myth of Early Log Cab- in cont. More House family data. Colonial White Slavery.
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songs were written and sung at po- litical meetings and badges with pictures of log cabins were worn by Whig party members. The idea went over the country like wild fire for this was a romantic period of our history and Harrison was over- whelmingly elected.
From this time on the mistaken assumption that the English pi-
oneers introduced the log cabin type of house in America was accepted without question. In public addresses; poems, historicai and centennial ob- servances the log cabin myth has spread down to the present. But thanks to the publicity given the log cabin by Reverend Young and the, presidential campaign of 1840, one of the most exciting in our his- tory, the log cabin has become a hallowed institution in our history. Martha Washington writing a letter
says :. "There are over 270,000 log dwellings in the United States to- day being 3.7 per cent of the total rural dwellings, and more than those of brick, stone and stucco combin- ed." Yes the log cabin has become a. symbol of the plain and honest way of living of the pioneers and their- immediate descendants. And it's high. time that a housing structure of such: significance and influence in Ameri- can history, craftsmanship and folklore should be carefully studied' and taken out of the comedy of er- rors classification. We are becoming more and more conscious about the truth of our history. We want the fallacies exploded and the truth. That however, will take many more years so firmly and universally has the log cabin myth of the pioneers and their sheiters become establish- ed.
THE END
GENEALOGICAL MATERIAL OF SCHENECTADY CO. HIST. SOC. By H. A. McConville (Continued from last week) D. Genealogical Periodicais and
Books.
1 N. Y. Genealogical and Biogra- phic Record (1870-1889,) April and Oct., 1916, Jan., 1937, Jan, 1938 to present.
N. Y. and N. E. Families ,Talcott). 3 Earl Settlers of New Lork State, volumes 1-3 (Foley). 4 Holland Society Year Books
(1896-1929).
5 Holland Society of Chicago
(1897-1900). 6 Society of Coloniai Wars Year- books (1894-1942). 7 Sons of Revolution Yearbook (1909).
8 1790 Census of N. Y. State.
10 American and English Genealo- gies in the Library of Congress.
11 Journal of American History (20 to 30 vois.)
12 Legacy of Historical Gieanings (Bonney). 13 New Netherlands Register (1626-1674). 14 Maine Historcial and Gen- ealogical Recorder (1884-1887).
15 Index to American Genealogies (Durrie).
16 American Historical Associa-
tion (1894-1910) 1915.
17 New York Historical Society Yearbooks.
18 New York State Historical As- sociation.
19 Palatine German Inmigration (Knittie).
20 North Carolina Society of Cin- cinnati.
21 Schenectady Co. Historical So- ciety Yearbooks 1905-1915.
E. Military Records:
1 Revolutionary Soldiers of On- ondaga Co., N. Y.
2 New York in the Revolution
and Supplement (Aoberts).
3 Archives of State of New York. The -Revolution (1 vol.)
4 Naval Records of the American Revolution.
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5 Coloniai History of N. Y. State ..
6 Documentary History of N. Y.
(4 vols.)
7 Council of Appointment (1784. 1821) N. Y.
8 Report of State Historian (Co- lonial Series), 1896-1897. 9 History of N. Y. during Revolu- tionary War.
10 American Military Biography of Officers of Rev. War.
11 Pennsylvania at Culpepper, Va. 12 Journal of Rufus Putnam (1757-1760).
13 Orderly Book . at Ticonderoga (1776-1777). 14 Orderly Book of Sir John
Johnson (W. L. Stone).
15 Orderly Books of 2nd and 4tla
N Y. Regts. (Revolutionary Yar). 16 Haddens Journal and Orderly Book (Rev. Yar.)
17 Muster Rolls of N. Y. Volun-
teers in the Civil War (6 vols.) 18 N. Y. in the War of the Re- beilion.
19 Schenectady during the Revo- lution (Hanson).
20 Tryon Co. Committee of Safety. 21 Commissioners for Detection of onspiracies (Albany o.)
22 Albany and Schenectady oom- mittee of Correspondence (Rev.
War). 24 Journais of the Continental Congress.
F. Cemetery Records.
1 Private Burying Ground in Sche- nectady.
2 Ref. Dutch Church of Woestina: Cemetery.
3 Various Cemeteries in Schenec- tady.
4 Sweetman am Wool harlton Cemeteries, Saratoga Co. N. Y. G. General Interest
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GENEALOGY AND HISTORY
St. Johnsville Enterprise and News, St. Johnsville. N. Y.
THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 1947
Questions and Answers A department devoted to 'the pursuit of knowledge. No charge to regular subscribers. Any reader, whether subscriber or not, is Inviter to submit answers. Give dates, places and sources.
WELLER, DICKERSON
Desire Information on the paren- tage of Catharine C. Weller who was married to William Dickerson. They in my branch for five generations. probably lived around Shawangunk, Ralph H. Weller, Ulster county, N. Y. The following 132 St. James street, Mansfield, Pa. children are recorded as being bap- tized In the Reformed Protestant Dutch church, Shawangunk: ADAMS
Leander Crawford 13 October 1830. Ester Catharine 6 June 1832. Jesse Theodore 6 December 1833. George Arlinton 9 August 1837. Alpheus January28 January 1836. These are all children of Cathar- ine C. Weller and Willlam Dicke :- son.
Could this William Dickerson be a brother of John Dickerson (1804- 1863) who married as a second wife Susan Weller (1807-1871. She was a daughter of Peter Weller and Susan Truniper.
WELLER, MILLSPAUGH
Desire information on the paren- tage of Susanna Weller (Johanna) who married Frederick Millspaugh. There is record of the baptism of 5 of their children from 1784-1800 in the Reformed Dutch Protestant Church Shawangunk, N. Y.
I would like to correspond with anyone who has any information on any of these families. I have not de-
finitely connected them with mine, but the children of these marriages bear names which have been found
Data as to the parentage of Adam Adams born Nov. 14, 1812, Conn, or Mass. Died April 22, 1898 at Morris, N. Y. Married Alvina Phillips and lived in Sherburne, Chenango County, N. Y. In 1850. Children were Orrin, Martin, Cylinda, Isaac, Harriet, Sal- ly Devillo, Adelbert George, Charles, Ervin, Buchanan and Mary.
Albert Phillips,
|13 Pellett street
Norwich, N. Y.
HOOVER
Information wanted concerning a William Hoover who was born in Mlanhelm in 1790. He was in the war of 1812, married Mary Petrie. He was the son of Jacob Hoover, Sr., who was born April 17, 1760 at Phil- adelphia, Pa. He married Margue =- ite Eigenbroat 1782.
I am desirous of having more in- formation about this son William.|
At least I have to know when he was married and died. Also when his wife, Mary Petrie died.
Mrs. Grover C. Luther,
157 N. Main street, Dolgeville, N. Y.
NORTON, SAVAGE, CHANDLER, SEARS, WITHERALL
Ancestry or further data of this family desired.
Joseph Norton . born about 1761 died 1831 Bennington, Vt. and wife Mary 1760-1848. Known children were:
1. Moses born 1782, Bennington, Vt.
2. Aaron born 1785, Bennington, married 1809 at Rowe, Mass. Sarah Chandler.
3. Martin born 1787, Bennington, Vt. Did he marry first 1814 Nancy Witherall and second 1830 Mary Ann Sears?
4. Polly born 1790 married Ed- ward Savage.
Was Joseph Norton a brother of Col. Martin Norton born about 1766, died 1844 Bennington ?
MANZER, GROFF, GALE, AUSTIN
Ancestry wanted of Christopher Manzer and wife Nancy Groff both! born Mass. Moved to Otsego county N. Y. Children were Christopher- ? Katherine born 1825, Otsego county, married Riel Chapman Gale and Sae, brina who married 1851 Jesse Pomes! roy Austin of Otsego Co.
.Mrs. G. E. Francher,
RD 4, Troy, N. Y.
Fairfield Many Years Ago
by S. C. Kimm
The destruction of the Fairfield Seminary building and the lonely campus carries me back to my boy- hood days when Falrfield was the Boston of culture for central New York, the mecca of the brightest young men and women not only of every town in Herkimer county but of many states as well as the Span- ish young men of Cuba and other southern Spanish countries. Fairfield sent able men to congress and to the state legislature and held the balance of Influence in the rough political days that preceded and subsequent to the Civil War. From the old stone buildings of the seminary went many young men who became commission- ed officers, some of whom attained high rank in the armles of the Unit- ed States. Her farm homes were among the neatest and best kept and her farms among the most pro- ductive of our state of New York. Her farmers were mostly "down east" Yankees or their descendants, men who taught their children hab- its of work, temperance and frugal- Ity.
The Old Familles Have Gone ..
know, not a descendant of the old time families Is now living on their ancestral farms around the village of Fairfield. To the west strangers
family can be said of the Ford fam- ly all scattered and gone. Strangers occupy this pretty farm home. I am
time farm homes the James Ford homestead is the only one kept as neat and attractive as it was 70 years ago. The South Road
The first farm south of the four corners was the Seymour Whitney farm-childhood home of Mary Whit- ney recently deceased. Not a building In which Seymour, John, Allce and Mary and other children played is left standing. Just a scene of de- sertion and desolation the last time I visited the place. Farther on was the home of my genial friend James Thompson, deserted and neglected. Jimmy long since laid down the su- pervisory gavel and entered that mysterious unknown. His children that once clustered about the pleas- ant fireside are all scattered and ange.
gone.
The Ladies' Seminary
Next I come to the Neeley farm- brick house on the hill. Here also only strangers. I was told the big, red cow barn was once the ladics' seminary In Fairfield village. What a tragedy! That beautiful building that housed the lady teachers and girl students for many happy years
The old John Parkinson farm has been occupied by strangers lo, these many years. The Parkinsons repre- -what the hast hland of agriculture
15 History of Schenectady Classis Dutch Reformed church.
16 History of Montgomery Classis sorry to report that of all the old Dutch Reformed church.
17 History of First Dutch Ref .. Church of Schenectady. 18History of St George's Lodge (Masonic), Schenectady. 19 History of Odd Fellows, Sche- nectady.
20 History of First Methodist
Episcopal hurch, Schenectady.
21 Book of St. George's Lodge,' Masonic.
22 History of East Greenbush Dutch Ref. Church.
23 Fifty years on the Frontier with Dutch Congregation of Mag- hagkamick (Deerpark, N. J.) 24. Biographical Record of New
Brunswick Theological Seminary Court Records and Archives.
25. Court minutes of Rensselaer -.
wyck and Schenectady and Fort Or-
26. Early records of Albany.
27. Van Rensselaer Bouwerie Man-
uscripts.
Historical Records Survey
28. Albany County Archives.
29. Chemung County Archives.
30. Chautauqua Archives.
31. Cattaraugus County Archives.
32. Public Vital Statistics Records
Vol. 3. Death Records.
33. Guide to Depositories of Man- uscript Collections in N. Y. State, Vol. Vol. 1.
34. Inventory of Church Archives of N. Y. State excluding N. Y. City. -
With one exceptlon, so far as I turned into a home for domestic ani- mals.
--
Years Ago
by S. C. Kimm
The destruction of the Fairfield Seminary building and the lonely campus carries me back to my boy- hood days when Fairfield was the Boston of culture for central New York, the mecca of the brightest young men and women not only of every town in Herkimer county but of many states as well as the Span- ish young men of Cuba and other southern Spanish countries. Fairficid sent able men to congress and to the state legislature and held the balance of influence in the rough political days that preceded and subsequent to the Civil War. From the old stone buildings of the seminary went many young men who became commission- ed officers, some of whom attained high rank in the armies of the Unit- ed States. Her farm homes were among the neatest and best kept and her farms among the most pro- ductive of our state of New York. Her farmers were mostly "down east" Yankees or their descendants, men who taught their children hab- its of work, temperance and frugal- ity.
The Old Families Have Gone .. With one exception, so far as I know, not a descendant of the old time families is now living on their ancestral farms around the village of Fairfield. To the west strangers occupy the one time homes of Mil- ton Ford, Hiram Barnes and Charles Neeley. Mr. and Mrs. Barnes made their farm buildings among the few * very best of their day, Hiram Barnes was one of the staunch supporters and backers of the seminary. When the house burned a few years ago Herkimer county lost one of its most typical farm, homes of Civil War days. All the Neeleys are gone ex- cept Albert in his 80s living in Littie Falls, At the edge of the village on a slight eminence on the road to Salisbury still stands the Pickert home where once lived a bevy of pretty daughters, great attractions for the richer boys of the old Sem. If only the old house could tell us of the many happy parties that were once engaged within its walls!
Only One Left
Of ail the scores. of boys and girls of my boyhood days, so far as I know, 'Mrs. Glover of Barto Hill is the only person living in her an- cestral home, daughter of that prince of of men, Sammy Wilson. It was my privilege to live for a short time of Supervisors of Schenectday Co. in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Wil- son, a home where a cross word was never said, and where only the 5 Builders of our Country. virtues of neighbors and acquain- tances were exploited. A home where in Library of Congress. the hired boy became a sort of foster son with a son's privileges in the family life.
The little red school house, low, poorly lighted, more poorly ventilat- ed with a hand wide playground has been gone these many years. Across the road lived for years Mr. and Mrs. Whipple, prosperous farm- ers for. thelr day. No longer does the cock's shrill clarion wake them to the labors of another day.
At the foot of Barto Hill, east on the Salisbury rond lived the James Ford family. The nice things I have tried to say of the Sammy Wilson
ly all scattered and one. untie occupy this pretty farm home. I amı sorry to report that of all the oid time farm homes the James Ford homestead is the only one kept as neat and attractive as it was 70 years ago.
The South Road
The first farm south of the four corners was the Seymour Whitney farm-childhood home of Mary Whit- ney recently deceased. Not a building in which Seymour, John, Alice and Mary and other children played is left standing. Just a scene of de- sertion and desolation the last time I visited the place. Farther on was the home of my genial friend James Thompson, deserted and neglected. Jimmy long since laid down the su- pervisory gavel and entered that mysterious unknown. His children that once clustered about the pleas- ant fireside are all scattered and gone.
The Ladies' Seminary
Next I come to the Neeley farm -- brick house on the hill. Here aiso only strangers. I was told the big, red cow barn was once the ladies' seminary in Fairfield village. What a tragedy! That beautiful building that housed the lady teachers and girl students for many happy years turned into a home for domestic ani- mals.
The old John Parkinson farm has been occupied by strangers lo, these many years. The Parkinsons repre- sented the best blood of agriculture- al England. Parents and children are gone. One granddaughter May Par- kinson Chndler is still living but not on the old homestead.
From the first farm north of old Barto came several Murray boys to the seminary. Frank was the last of these to survive. He was prominent in the town and I was told . he was active in promoting the construc- tion of the present Dempster Bridge. Across from the Murray farm liv- ed a little man with a big soul -- genial, generous Billy Wilson. Some years back Billy garnered his last milk check and made a final reckon- ing of good farmer's iong and suc- cessful life.
(To be continued)
GENEALOGICAL MATERIAL OF SCHENECTADY CO. HIST. SOC. By H. A. McConville (Continued from last week)
2 Proceedings of Common Council Schenectady.
3 Proceedings of Boand of Board
4 The Pathfinders of the Revolu- tion.
6 List of 18th Century nenspapers
7 The Fight for the Valley (Stod- dard).
8 Schoharie ounty and the Border Wars (Simms).
9 Crumbs from an Old Dutch Chest. (Dutch dialect of N. Y.) (Van Loon).
10 New York Gazetteer (Spofford) 11 Ecclesiastical Records of N. Y. State (6 vols).
12 Frontiersmen of N. Y. Simms. 13 Highland Clans of Scotland 2 vols.
14 Who's Who in N. Y. 1904 and | book and Reynolds' Hudson and Mo-
1907. Church and Fraternity Histories:
16 History of Montgomery Classis
Dutch Reformed church.
17 History of First Dutch Ref ..
Church of Schenectady. 18History of St George's Lodge (Masonic), Schenectady.
19 History of Odd Fellows, Sche- nectady.
20 History of First Methodist
Episcopal hurch, Schenectady.
21 Book of St. George's Lodge, Masonic.
22 History of East Greenbush Dutch Ref. Church.
23 Fifty years on the Frontier with Dutch Congregation of Mag- hagkamick (Deerpark, N. J.) 24. Biographical Record of New Brunswick Theological Seminary
Court Records and Archives.
25. Court minutes of Rensselaer-,
wyck and Schenectady and Fort Or- ange.
26. Early records of Albany.
27. Van Rensselaer Bouwerie Man-
uscripts. Historical Records Survey
28. Albany County Archives.
29. Chemung County Archives.
30. Chautauqua Archives.
31. Cattaraugus County Archives. 32. Public Vital Statistics Records Vol. 3. Death Records.
33. Guide to Depositories of Man- uscript Collections in N. Y. State, Vol. Vol. 1.
34. Inventory of Church Archives of N. Y. State excluding N. Y. City. 35. (Protestant Episcopal Diocese of Rochester) also Protestant Epis- copal Diocese of Western N. Y.
36. Garrit Smith Papers in Syra- cuse University.
37. There is also a lot of valuable material in the vault relating mainly to Schenectady and vicinity which it would be difficult to classify. A study of this might unearth many vaiua- ble facts about Schenectady long for- gotten, if some one has the energy and perseverance to do it. Dr. Pear- son's original source of material from which he compiled his book on "First Settlers of Schenectady" is probably the most valuable.
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