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4. Catharine Milroy, wife of Cor- nelius Dodds, born about 1847, died Sept .. 4, 1870, aged 23 years, 1 mo. and 19 days. She is buried in the Dodds cemetery on the Cranesville road, Town of Amsterdam, Mont- gomery Co., N. Y.
5. The following are buried In the Florida Reformed Church cemetery, Minaville, Town ' of Florida, Mont- gomery Co., N. Y .: Ophelia Milroy, wife of Payne J. Holton, born about 1796, died Aug. 2, 1875, aged 79 years; Polly, wife of Peter Milroy, born about 1808, died Oct. 5, 1890, aged 82 years: William Milroy, son of Peter, born about 1842, died Jan. 15, 1862, aged 19 years and 7 months: Margaret Milroy, daugh- ter of Peter, born about 1843, died Feb. 26, 1860, aged 16 years and six months; Maryette Milroy, daugh- ter of Peter, born about 1845, died March 23, 1867, aged 21 years and 8 months.
6. The following are buried in the cemetery in the village of Broad- albin, Fulton Co., N. Y .: David A. Milroy, born Feb. 7, 1862, died June 23, 1914; Electa Estella, wife of David A. Milroy, born July 22, 1868, died July 29, 1917; Marion Annetta daughter of C. F. and J. G. Milroy, born Aug. 1, 1914, died July 29, 1917.
7. John Milroy, born April 12, 1769, died in the Town of Glenville, Schenectady county, N. Y. April 21, 1832. He married Johanna born June 11, 1792, died in Glenville, Dec. 24, 1874. They are buried in the cemetery of the First Glen- ville Reformed church at West Glenville. The children of John and Johanna Milroy were: 1, Jane, born about 1819, died in Glenville Feb. . 11, 1829, aged 9 years, 10 months and 29 days; 2. John E. (Eglisham ?? born about 1823, died ni Glenville Oct. 3, 1875, married Ann Matilda Haswell, daughter of Robert R. and Ann (Boyd) Has- well, born April 6, 1827, died In Glenville, May 13, 1864: 3. Agnes, born about 1827, died in Glenville, July 2, 1828, aged 1 year and 4 days; 4. William born 1829, mar- ried Harriet Mildred Potter.
The children of John E. and Ann M. (Haswell) Milroy were: 1. Jane, Matilda, born Dec. 8, 1844; 2. Catholine, born July 15, 1847; 1849 ;; 4. Annie (Ann) born April 18, 1851, died Dec. 6, 1931, inarried Charles Greenfield Dawson, born 1853, died March 2, 1909, aged 56 years: 6, Sarah Elizabeth born Dec. 5, 1854, died April 3, 1912, married Feb. 27, 1878 S. Echeveste McCann born Dec. 29, 1854, died Jan. 10,
1906; 7. John Haswell born Nov. 5, 1859; Eimer Elsworth born 1861, dled 1934.
The children of William and Har- riet M. (Potter) Milroy were: 1. Mrs. Dorothea Gwinn Fiegley, Rt. 3, Box 382, Vienna, Virginia, George Potter, born Aug. 31, 1855; 2. Isabella Louisa born Oct. 28, inquires about Gwinn. Dorothea , 18 -: 3. John Eglisham. born Aug.
ANSWER
In answer to query in Thursday, September 18 in second column by Marie Lyle, Lyle Heights, Paso Ro- bles, Calif .: Detroit Society for Genealogical Research. Treasurer, Clarence Reynolds Martin, care of Burton Collections, Detroit Main Li- hrary, Detroit, Mich. Membership chairman, L. Austin Pearce. Same address.
Mrs. R. F. Keeler,
25 W. 9th Street, Holland, Mich.
CLARENCE STEINBURG
Clarence Steinburg, 73, died at Charlotte's Nursing Home in Little Falls Saturday afternoon. He was taken to the home four weeks ago from the Little Falls hospital where he had been a patient.
Mr .. Steinburg was born in St. Johnsville January 4, 1874 and had always lived in this section. He had been living for some time at the home of George Hayes, Sr. He was at one time a shoe clerk for the late Andrew Carroll and also had been employed by the Hough Broth- ers Lumber company. He also was employed on several farms in this section.
Mr. Steinburg is survived by one sister, Mrs. Clarence Smith, Dolge- ville, also by one brother, Howard Steinburg of St. Johnsville and by nieces and nephews.
Funeral services were held Tues- day afternoon from the Lull fun- eral home, the Rev. Roland C. Up- dyke, pastor of the Grace Congre- gational Christian church officiat- Ing. Burial was made in the West St. Johnsville cemetery.
VINCENZO CARROLL
Vincenzo Carroll, 78, died Thurs- day afternoon at 1:30 in his home, 28 Mechanic street. He had been ill for the past several years.
Mr. Carroll was born in Cheara- balle-Centrale, Italy on February 2, 1869, a son of Nicholas and Lena Pitaro Carrilli. He came to the United States and to St. Johnsville 50 years ago and since then has resided all of the time in the same house. He was employed for many years by the New York Central Railroad and retired in 1938.
Mr. Carroll was a member of St. Patrick's Catholic church.
Surviving are his wife, the for- mer Mary Elizabeth Council; two daughters, Mrs. Anthony Rei, Her- kimer and Mrs. Rose LaLone, St. Johnsville; two sons, Nicholas and Anthony Carroll, both of this vil- lage, also five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Mon- day morning at 9 o'clock from the home and at 9:30 from St. Patrick's church. Burial was made in St. Michael's cemetery in Amsterdam.
CORRECTION
In your paper of September 4, 1947, in my query, you listed in (part 4), Nancy Cavelin, which should have been Nancy Havelin. Mabel J. Morgan,
4524 Hickory street, Omaha 6, Neb.
SWEET
Your issue of 18 September con- tained several inquiries regarding the Sweet family. The following notes may help some one and may bring forth some light on my Sweet interests.
From Pension Record, Rev. War .: Benjamin Sweet of Coventry, Kent Co., R. I. in 1820 had wife, age 61, and sons Job 20, Jonathan and Da- vid (twins) 15, and other depend- ents Olive 40 and Orpha 12 ..
Jeremiah Sweet who died in Gloucester, Providence Co., R. I. 6 January 1845 (called age 75 in 1832) was son of Timothy Sweet. He married Dorcas Darling, daugh- ter of Ebenezer Darling 13 March 1780 in Glocester. He was called Jeremiah, Jr., as a young man be- cause he had an uncle Jeremiah, living at that time.
John Sweet and Amos Sweet of Rensselaer County, N. Y., served in the same company. Also Robert and Nathan Sweet and a cousin John Sweet. John, first mentioned, was ... . .. . 000 TTI- fathas died in
The Old Palatine Church
The old Stone Church was thor- oughly repaired prior to the year 1870 and its centennial was cele- brated August 18, 1870. The follow- ing order of exercises of that cele- bration is copied from the Mohawk Valley Register of August 26 of that year:
"At 11 o'clock a. m. the exercises commenced in the church, which of course could hold but a small portion of those in attendance. These exercises consisted: First, of music by the Canajoharie orches- tra, led by Harvey Dunckel, Esq. Reading of the Scripture by Rev. F. Felts, of Johnstown. Prayer by Rev. V. F. Bolton, of Schaghticoke. Music, hymn ararnged for the oc- casion.
A. Address by Rev. Charles A. Smith, D. D. of Philadelphia. Music by orchestra, Benediction by Rev. Wm. Geortner, of Hamilton College.
After the service in the church dinner was served in the yard of the so-called Newkirk of C. Y. Ed- wards place, on the margin of the old Garoga, to such as were lucky enough to gain access to the tables. At two o'clock p. m. Governor Sey- mour delivered his speech in the same enclosure."
We extract a few gems from Gov- ernor Seymour's address on this oc- caslon: "We cannot help thinking of the hardship those old pioneers were necessitated to encounter. The warlike and savage neighbors near them, the scream of the wild hawk and eagle, claiming the lofty pines as their homes. Now you hear the roar of the ponderous trains, bear- ing the produce of the nation to the metropolis of the country, at the great outlet of the waters of your valley." "I may safely say no peo- ple suffered more; no people did more that shaped the destinies of our great country. Living as they did in the wilds of the Mohawk, in the log huts or houses of the rudest forms, they chose to build a house to the glory of God; and I beseech of you not to look with contempt
form, in material, in beauty and in architecture a great majority of similar structures of today."
We also give a few extracts from the centennial sermon by Rev.' Charles A. Smith, D. D., delivered, on this occasion: "The money ex- pended in the erection of the church was mainly contributed by nine in -? dividuals, whose gifts varied from sixty to one hundred pounds. But this was not all they did. The strong handed, able bodied men who favored the enterprise quar- ried the stone, and hauled it with their own teams, and the women each in turn prepared the meals for the workmen in a rough tem- porary building erected for the pur- pose. Thus where the Indian yet roamed, and when events of stirring and fearful moment were soon to' transpire, this sacred edifice was planted. the And all through troublous times of the Revolution was it preserved, while surround- ing fields were laid waste and pri- vate dwellings and barns in which had been stored the products of the harvest, were burned to the ground. And it still stands improved and beautiful, I am glad to say-a me- morial to the zeal and self-deny- ing liberality of the few honored men and women who consecrated their time and means to the work." "One hundred years ago Indian. tribes roamed over these fields and along these water courses. Where the city of Buffalo now stands was an undrained marsh, Fulton, who applied steam to navigation, was only five years old, the far west was an unexplored territory, occu- pied by the wigwam and the blson, the wealth of California lay undis- turbed and unimagined-events had not yet matured into that crisis which made room for the burning eloquence of Chatham and the he- roic deeds and enlightened states- manship of Washington. The canal, the railroad, the telegraph were things undreamed of. Postcards were unknown."
Not only have we spent billions of dollars, but much worse, we have wasted our natural resources. We have wasted and depleted · our stocks of oil, minerals and timber -- all of the resources that made this nation great-Sen. Harry F. on that structure, one that rivals in | Byr'd, (D) of Virginia.
( To be continued)
liam Wetherbee and moved t Iowa.
I would like to trace both of these families previous to 1812 when my grandmother was born. Lilllan Littleproud, 123 Monterey, Highland Park, Mich.
NOCKS, NOAKES (Answer) Miss Agnes Roxburgh, North "Sarah Nocks, daughter of Walter Nocks was born 12th of April, 1781. In the will of John Conklin, Court of Sessions at Southampton March 18-20, 1683-4 he gives to Walter Noakes "three pounds and all my wearing claoths except my Best Coat." A list of children Is given, but none of them marrled a Noakes or Nocks. He mentions a grand- daughter Rebecca Hubert; and one Mr. Eliphalet Jones.
Probably Noaks-Nocks were just friends or servants. There is noth- ing to show that the Noakes were any relation to the Conklins. FARNUM, FARHAM
Phllo Farnham was a resident of Cazenova, New York in 1805. He married Clarena Atwell. IMORSE, MOSS
Wanted data on Joshua Morse or Morse and his wife Rebecca. They lived in the vicinity of Poughkeep- sle, N. Y. in 1769. Their daughter Sarah marrled Samuel Coonley in 1789.
GREEN, HYDE, DURKEE
Sally Green marrled Caleb Phil- lips of Ashfield, Mass. in 1781; also want data of Mary Hyde who mar- ried Oliver Durkee of Windham, Conn. June 21, 1764. Harry A. Odell for Lulu Becker Going, 214 W. Pike street, Pontiac 14, Mich. GWINN, GUINN
Mrs. Dorothea Gwinn Flegley, Rt. 3, Box 382, Vlenna, Virginia, inquires about Gwinn. Dorothea Wildt Gwinn married Joseph Mat- ley Feigley; 4. Chester Allen A. Gwinn; 3. Richard P. Gwinn; 2. Matthew Ciay Gwinn; 1. Bartholo- men Gwinn, married Susanna Bly Muilens on Nov. 4, 1785. He was born Aug. 8, 1765; died April 19, 1829. Wanted his ancestors or oth- er leads of the Gwinn family.
Harry A. Odell,
P. O. Box 899, Church Street Annex 8, New York City
HASWELL, BOYD, MILROY DUBOIS
Who were the parents of Robert R. Haswell? He was born Sept. 24, 1796 (where?) and died in the Town of Glenville, Schenectady Co., N. Y. Oct. 18, 1838. He married (When and where?) Ann Boyd, daughter of Capt. Hugh anr Cath- erine (Staats) Boyd of Albany, N. Y. Ann Boyd was born In Al- bany Jan. 6, (7), 1797 and died In Glenville Jan. 16, 1873. They are First Glenville Reformed church at West Glenville. Thelr children Elizabeth, Sarah Marla and Hugh Boyd Haswell were baptized in the First Glenville Reformed church on May 19, 1842. The children of Rob- ert R. and Ann (Boyd) Haswell were:
1. Ann Matilda born April 26, 1827 (where?) died in Glenvlile May 13, 1864, married (when and where?) John E. Milroy born about 1823 (where?) died in Glenville Oct. 23, 1875.
2. Elizabeth born Sept. 6, 1833 (where?)
3. Sarah Maria born June 18, 1835 (where?) died in Glenville, Sept. 3, 1905, married (when and when?) her brother-in-law George M. Dubols. His dates of birth and jther Romer. 6. Joseph Riggs mar- death wanted.
4. Hugh Boyd born Aug. 31, 1836 (where?)
6. Louisa M. born Jan. 11, 1837 RD 2 Sacandaga Road.
(where?) died In Glenvliie, April first wife Harvey
2, 1876, marrled (when and where?) George M. DuBois. Donald A. Keefer, RD 2 Sacandaga Road, Schenectady, N. Y.
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Milroy, born Feb. 7, 1862, dled June 23, 1914; Electa Esteila, wife of David A. Milroy, born July 22, 1868, died July 29, 1917; Marlon Annetta daughter of C. F. and J. G. Milroy, born Aug. 1, 1914, dled July 29, 1917.
7. John Milroy, born April 12, 1769, died in the Town of Glenville, Schenectady county, N. Y. April 21, 1832. He married Johanna born June 11, 1792, died In Glenville, Dec. 24, 1874. They are burled in the cemetery of the First Glen- vilie Reformed church at West Glenville. The children of John and Johanna Miiroy were: 1. Jane, born about 1819, died in Glenville Feb. . 11, 1829, aged 9 years, 10 months and 29 days; 2. John E.
(Egilsham?)' born about 1823, dicd ni Glenville Oct. 3, 1875, married Ann Matilda Haswell, daughter of Robert R. and Ann (Boyd) Has- well, born Aprli 6, 1827, died in Glenville, May 13, 1864; 3. Agnes, born about 1827, died in Glenville, July 2, 1828, aged 1 year and 4 days; 4. William born 1829, mar- rled Harriet Mildred Potter.
The children of John E. and Ann M. (Haswell) Milroy were: 1. Jane, Matlida, born Dec. 8, 1844; 2. Catholine, born July 15, 1847; 1849 ;; 4. Annie (Ann) born April 18, 1851, dled Dec. 6, 1931, married Charles Greenfield Dawson, born 1853, died March 2, 1909, aged 56 years; 6. Sarah Eilzabeth born Dec. 5. 1854, died April 3, 1912, marrled Feb. 27, 1878 S. Echeveste McCann born Dec. 29, 1854, died Jan. 10, 1906; 7. John Haswell born Nov. 5, 1859; Elmer Elsworth born 1861, died 1934
The children of Willlam and Har- riet M. (Potter) Milroy were: 1. George Potter, born Aug. 31, 1855; 2. Isabella Louisa born Oct. 28, |18 -; 3. John Eglisham, born Aug. 26, 1859.
Donald A. Keefer, RD 2, Sacandaga Road, Schenectady, N. Y.
WEED, MANN, RIGGS
Want proof that Candace Weed born Sept. 8. 1779, N. H., died May 12, 1853, Malta, N. Y .; married Tim- othy Riggs Oct. 27, 1796, Hilton, N. Y, was a daughter of Lt. John Weed and Hannah Mann (Joseph 4 married 2nd Hannah Gilbert; Nathaniel 3 married Mary Root; Richard 2 married Elizabeth Sut- ton; Richard 1 married Rebecca). Also want information on Lt. John Weed, Including hls military ser- vice, children and ancestry. Was he the John Weed who settled on Kayaderosseras Creek, a short dis- tance from Ballston Spa, Saratoga county in the 1780s or 1790s and had a daughter Mary who was born Oct. 19, 1781, Hebron, N. H., mar- ried ca. 1806 Joseph Havens, and rcm. to Yates county, N. Y .? Want further information on the children, including descendants of the above Timothy Riggs and Candace Weed. I have the follow- ing (corrections welcomed) : 1. Ma- tilda Riggs married Timothy Mar- vin. 2. Minerva Roggs born Aug. 12, 1799, where? died Sept. 21, 1842 Fort Plain, N. Y .; married Feb. 12, 1819, (John) Joseph Wagner, Jr. (Johan Jost, or Joseph 3, Lt. Col. Johan Peter 2, Johan Peter 1.) 3. Eli Riggs married Eunice Soules. 4. Dr. John Weed Riggs born Aug. 26, 1804, died July 22, 1873, where? marrled Oct. 24, 1826 Marla Phil- Ipena Gross born Jan. 25, 1804, died July 22, 1886, daughter of Nicholas Gros and Catharine Dy- gert. 5. Alfred Riggs married Es-
rled Alida Beekman and rem. to Detrolt, Mich. 6. Hannah Riggs Emeline Riggs born Feb. 22, 1823, dned Nov. 22, 1846, married as his Eliphaiet Wil- llams. 8. Willlam Riggs, said to have removed to Lincoln, Neb. 9. Hiram Riggs born Aug., 1825, dled July 18, 1856. 10. James Riggs died young.
Any information on any of the above or suggestions for my fur- ther investigation, I shall greatly
Marle Lyle,
Lyle_Heights. Paso Robles, Cal.
mer Mary Elizabeth Council; two. daughters, Mrs. Anthony Rel, Her- kimner and Mrs. Rose LaLone, St. Johnsville; two sons, Nicholas and Anthony Carroll, both of this vil- lage, also five grandchildren.
Funeral services were held Mon- day morning at 9 o'clock from the home and at 9:30 from St. Patrick's church. Burial was made In St. Michael's cemetery in Amsterdam.
CORRECTION
In your paper of September 4, 1947, in my query, you listed In (part 4), Nancy Cavelin, which should have been Nancy Haveiln. Mabel J. Morgan,
4524 Hickory street, Omaha 6, Neb.
SWEET
Your Issue of 18 September con- talned several Inquirles regarding the Sweet famlly. The following notes may help some one and may bring forth some light on my Sweet interests.
From Pension Record, Rev. War .: Benjamin Sweet of Coventry, Kent ! Co., R. I. In 1820 had wife, age 61, and sons Job 20, Jonathan and Da- vid (twins) 15, and other depend- ents Olive 40 and Orpha 12.
Jeremlah Sweet who died in Gloucester, Providence Co., R. I. 6 January 1845 (called age 75 In 1832) was son of Timothy Sweet. He married Dorcas Darilng, daugh- ter of Ebenezer Darling 13 March 1780 In Glocester. He was called Jeremiah, Jr., as a young man be- cause he had an uncle Jeremiah, living at that time.
John Sweet and Amos Sweet of Rensselaer County, N. Y., served in - the same company. Also Robert and Nathan Sweet and a cousin John Sweet. John, flrst mentioned, was called 78 in 1832. His father died In the French War of Camp distemper. Reuben Sweet entered service from Hoosick, Rensselaer county, N. Y. in 1775. Was called 80 in 1832
Samuel Sweet, born East Green- wich, R. I. July 1756, moved to Ber- lin, Rensselaer county, N. Y. after the Revolutionary War. He married 10 Jan. 1789 Elizabeth Griggs and had George, Willlam, Abigail, Si- las, Benjamin and Dorcas. He dled 8 June 1819. His wife remarried 20 Sept. 1820. This Information from Affidavit of Elizabeth Niles. Sam- uel was the son of Samuel and Ly- dia Sweet.
From Hartford Times, 1942:
Jeremiah Sweet, born E. Green- wich, R. I. 25 April 1731, died Hoo- sick Falls, Rensselaer county, N. Y. 1806; marrled Mary Ellis. His son Jonathan Sweet was born East Greenwich 15 Aprll 1755, died Onel- da, N. Y. 11 Feb. 1836, married Margaret Elizabeth Jones (first wife). His son Amos Sweet marrled Patience Eldred and lived in Mil- ford, N. Y.
I am interested in the parents of Sarah Sweet who married Augustus Jerome (1750-1817) of Berlin, Rens- selaer county, N. Y. Her parents are supposed to be Amos and Eliz- abeth Sweet. Cany anyone identify them?
Gordon C. Jones, Lt. Col. 604 North Emerson street, Arlington, Va.
Albany Resident Fatally Injured in Accident
John A. Edenburn, 30, Albany, dled early Friday morning in St. Mary's hospital, Amsterdam, seven hours after he was admitted with injuries received when his auto- moblle, eastbound on Route 5, left the highway about a mile and a culvert on the south side of the pavement.
Baseball Club Holds Sunday Clambake
Members of the Fort Plaln Mer- chants baseball club, their wives and guests attended the organiza- tion's first annual clambake held Sunday afternoon at Firemen's Park, Beck stréet.
Approximately 50 persons were served at the bake, which was un- der the supervision of Eimer Dil- lenback, Stone Arabia bakemaster.
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farmers of Norway excelled all other towns in the excellent and the amount of dairy products pro- duced. Hence . the name "Dairy
Hiil," Nathaniel Salisbury was
highly respected and raised a large family, many of whom left Nor- way to make good among strangers. Two of the children remained in Herkimer county. A daughter, Can- dace married Zenas Brockett of Brocketts Bridge, one of whose granddaughters was a very popular 'and successful primary teacher in Little Falls. She later married the principal of the city high school. Ackland Salisbury
The second child to remain in Norway was Ackland Salisbury, born in 1803, died in Nebraska, 1885. His son William enlisted in work, artistic and cunning in de- sign, dotted her vertude clad plains and glistened in the genial rays of a summer sun. It Is true the Pyra- mids still remain, but as the tour- ist sails up the river made famous by the Pharaohs, mud-huts and broken arches and rifled tombs are about the only vestiges of her for- mer grandeur. the famous 34th regiment and was killed in the battie of Antietam. One son moved to Nebraska. Two daughters Ada and Emma. Ada was my first teacher as already men- tioned. Emma became a famous old time teacher of more than 20 terms. As preceptress of acade- mies her services were in great de- mand. She married Howard Spen- Proud Babylon like a queen ar- rayed in purple once sat upon the banks of the Euphrates, feared and envied alike by her less powerful neighbors. But her Hanging Gar- dens and glittering temples have cer of Brocketts Bridge. I doubt lf a better woman or more sincere Christian ever lived. Ada married Eiton Hopson, a member of a lead- Ing family of the town of Salisbury from -its earliest settlement to the } long since crumbled Into dust and present. not a solitary monument remains The Old Buggy to mark the site of the departed but opulent capital of Assyria.
I distinctly recall the time when Grandpa Ackland was over 80 years of age he came to Brocketts Bridge to visit his daughter Emma and her family. He drove the fat, lazy old family horse caparasoned with an old style harness and his buggy had large hind wheels with smaller front wheels which rolled on large wooden axles. It was the style of buggy used in the early part of the 19th century. Like most old men Gramp Salisbury clung to old fa- miliar things which he considered much better than the new fangled kind. More than 60 years have roll- ed by but I can still see dear old Gramp Ackiand and his brother- in-law, Zenos Brockett riding In that cherished vehicie to visit the graves of relatives in the little ru- ral cemetery by the side of the road near the Wm. Peck farm.
Another funny thing happened during Gramp Ackland's visit. His son-in-law owned a fine team of horses. One day we hitched the most playful horse to the milk wagon to draw seed potatoes to a meadow in what is now the Silver- nail farm on Spencer street in Dolgeville. In play the horse would come for a fellow with mouth open but would never actually bite. I confess after all these years that the hired boy and that young horse had some good times together, but Gramp Ackland did not know this so when the horse came for him with mouth open the old gentleman threw up his hoe in defense which frightened the animal-away went the colt and milk wagon sowing seed potatoes all the way to the house, no damage was done except to Granp's feelings.
Old Time Teachers of Norway I am indebted to Dr E. E. Kelley of Herkimer for the loan of a file of the late Fred Smith's Norway Tidings from which I have ex- tracted a portion of Norway lore. Tradition says the first school In Norway was kept by Jeanette Hen- derson, sister of D. C. Henderson, and great aunt of John D. Hen- derson of Herkjmer. This was In 1793. in a log school house on the Jerseyfield road. Other Norway teachers were John Moon, Charies Morton, Welthy Fulier, Dudley and Elliot Burwell, Jacob Smith, Steve Tompkins and Charles D. Hine who later became secretary to the State Board of Education in Con- necticut. In the late 80s were the names of John Funnell, Edith Nichols, Ada Hurd and Anna Hail. Dalry Hill Teachers Besides Ada and Emma Saiis-
The Iroquois Indian
By Dr. J. D. Fitch, Mohawk The following address was deliv- ered before the Herkimer County Historical Society November9, 1907: There Is an expression, oft quot- ed by writers whose accuracy can hardly · be questioned, and that is "History Repeats Itself.” Egypt once rose in her grandeur. Her monolithic monuments reared high their lofty heads above the fertile banks of the Nile. Spacious palaces, massive temples
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