Onondaga's centennial. Gleanings of a century, Vol. II, Part 97

Author: Bruce, Dwight H. (Dwight Hall), 1834-1908
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: [Boston] : The Boston History Company
Number of Pages: 1094

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Pease, Harvey C., Manlius, was born in New Lebanon, Mass., April 30, 1823, and came to New York State with his father when five years of age. John B., his father, settled in De Ruyter, Madison Co., in 1828, where he followed farming for about eight years, then removed to the town of Cicero, where he made his home for about two years. In 1839 he bought a farm of 100 acres in the town of Manlius. He died in Madison Co., Nov. 8, 1872. Abigail Hunt, his wife, died Jan. 11, 1853. Harvey was educated in the common schools, but as soon as old enough left school and engaged in farming. He bought 85 acres of land of his father, which he has added to until now he owns 110 acres of the best farm land in the northern part of the town. He has made many improvements on the place and now has one of the most desirable homes of this section. Mr. Pease was for three years road commis- sioner in the town of Manlius, also trustee of the school for a great many years. July 11, 1847, Mr. Pease married Sarah W. Earl, by whom he had four children: George H., a farmer of Fayetteville; John W., a farmer of Manlius; Jennie S., died March 31, 1875, aged 15 years; and Wheeler T., who conducts the farm. Mrs. Pease died Oct. 16, 1891.

Kippley, Oliver, Manlius, was born in Rhodes, France, Dec. 17, 1830, and came to this country with his parents when two years old. Sebastian, his father, bought a small farm of 13 acres within two days after his arrival here, where he brought his family of seven children and spent the rest of his days. He could speak the Ger- man and French languages and was a man honored and respected by all who knew him. Of his children, three are now dead: Mrs. Jacob Amos, of Syracuse; Sebas- tian, died in Syracuse; and George, killed at the battle of Chancellorsville. Sebas- tian, the father, died June 26, 1854. His wife died in 1875. Oliver was educated in tha common schools. At the age of 16 he entered the employ of a railroad company and after one year as common laborer he was made a member of the construction gang. The next year he went to Syracuse and was employed in the yard for a year and a half, and was then sent out with a traveling crew, laying branches, In 1854 he left the employ of the N. Y. C. R. R. and spent one year laying track on the Utica and Black River Railroad; returning in 1855, he for seven years had charge of the bridges, culverts and station. For 28 years Mr Kippley has been in the em- ploy of Peter Snyder, as general foreman and manager of his mechanical works. In Nov., 1854, he married Jane, daughter of John M. Snyder, who died 35 years

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later. They had eight children: Mary J., died when three years old; Katie, died when three years old; Oliver, died in 1892, aged 30, at St. Paul, Minn., conductor on the Northern Pacific Railroad; George W., of East Syracuse, employed on the N. Y. C. R. R. ; Conrad, fireman of N. Y. C. R. R., lives at home; Matilda, Maggie and Josephine, all living at home.

Nolia, William, Manlius, was born near Bremen, Germany, Dec. 12, 1855. He came to this country with his parents when five months old. His opportunities for going to school were limited and his education has been obtained by close observa- tion, practical experience and good reading. He remained on the homestead farm until 22 years of age, then took up railroading. He started at the lowest round of the ladder, but has by his faithfulness and perseverance become one of the most trusted employees of the N. Y. C. R. R. On account of ill health in 1889 he gave up his position and engaged in farming. He bought a farm of 40 acres on lot 36, which he now conducts. July 18, 1886, he married Clara, daughter of America Worden, by whom he has two children: Ida C., born July 24, 1887; and Ray A., born Feb. 26, 1893.

A. L. Denton, of Cardiff, in the town of La Fayette, was born in Volney Center, Oswego Co., N. Y., in 1850, was educated in the district schools and in the private or select school taught by W. B. Howard, now State dairy commissioner, and in 1868 moved with his father, John Trumbull Denton, to Phoenix, N. Y. In 1873 he married Miss Emma, daughter of Ephraim Maxfield, of that village. He served apprenticeships at practical wood-working and the machinist's trades, and followed these vocations about eighteen years. In 1892 he went to Seneca Falls, N. Y., and engaged in mercantile business, but in March, 1893, sold out to W. H. Jennings and removed to Syracuse, where he remained one year. On May 2, 1894, he purchased the hotel in Cardiff, where he has since resided. He has four children : Ephraim, born in 1874, now a steel finisher ;

A. L. DENTON.

Roy C., born in 1876, a salesman for H. B. Claflin, of New York city, and Ina, born in 1880, and Arthur, born in 1883, at school. His brother, Charles, two years younger, died in March, 1895, and a half-brother, died in 1861. He also has two sisters, Mrs. E. R. Fish and Mrs. Dora Munger, the latter a widow. John Trumbull Denton, father of A. L., was born May 9, 1806, and was one of twelve children of Robert Denton (born May 14, 1775) and Betsey Robin- son, his wife (born March 15, 1780), who were married March 9, 1799. Robert Den- ton married for his second wife, Sept. 30, 1825, Ruth Johnson, by whom he had two sons. His father, James Denton, of Jamaica, L. I., was a tailor by trade, and in 1450 was living in Newburg, N. Y., whither he had removed from Kings Co. ; his

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second wife, whom he married Feb. 3, 1759, was Margaret Barton, of Kings Co., N. Y., who bore him three sons, Benjamin, Robert, and Daniel, and four daughters, Mary, Margaret, Betsey, and Martha. James Denton, sr., great-grandfather of John T. Denton and father of the above James, was a yoeman and died in Jamaica, L. I., in 1757; by his wife Martha he had seven children: James, the eldest; Amos, born March 24, 1718; John, born May 21, 1728; William, who died in 1797; Thomas, who died in 1777; Martha, born in 1731, married Stephen Herriman, of Jamaica, and died Jan. 7, 1788; and Deborah, who married John Hastings. Nathaniel Denton, jr. of Jamaica, great-great-grandfather of John Trumbull Denton, married Elizabetlı, daughter of Robert and Catherine Ashman, of Jamaica, and their children were Nathaniel, 3d, James, Timothy, Nehemiah, Robert, Deborah, Martha, and Catherine. Of these Nehemiah, a merchant in Jamaica and later in Newburg, N. Y., had six children, while Timothy had an only daughter. The great-great-great-grandfather of John T. was Nathaniel Denton, sr , who was living in Hemstead, L. I., in March, 1656, when he sold a parcel of land to Francis Weeks; afterward he moved with his brother, Daniel. to Jamaica, L. I., where they were instrumental in settling that town. Nathaniel sr., sold his house lot in Hemstead to Richard Gilderslieve on the 26th day of March, 1658 style novo, he having purchased with others on Sept. 13, 1655, lands in Jamaica of the Indians, and the town of Jamaica granted him and others house lots lying on the south quarter of the township. The lots, comprising six acres, were "18 foot ye pole, 12 pole in breadth and 80 in length." This was on Nov. 28, 1656. He was likewise allowed twenty acres of meadow. He was magistrate of Jamaica (Ruseldorf) in 1661 and 1673 was appointed schepens and town clerk by Amerul Benckers, Sept. 6, 1673, and received his commis- sion as justice of Queen's Co. Dec. 13, 1689. By his wife, Sarah, he had children: Nathaniel, jr., previously mentioned; Samuel born in 1655; Richard, and Mary, who was baptized in the Dutch church in New York city, June 18, 1664; three of these married within seven years preceding the year 1688. He died before 1695, being survived by his wife. Rev. Richard Denton, great-great-great great-grand- father of John Trumbull Denton, was graduated, it is said, from Cambridge, Eng- land, and was the fifth minister of Coloy Chapel, so named from Coloy Hall, near an ancient seat tenure, commonly called St. John of Jerusalem. He "was a godly minister, lived at Priestly Green, had no great matters, yet increased exceedingly in the world, had several children and continued at Coloy about seven years. But times were sharp, the bishops were at their height, and in his time came out the Book for Sports on the Sabbath Day, the Paths, etc. He saw he could not do what was re- quired, and feared further persecution, and therefore took the opportunity of going into New England. Suppose about this time that Mathew Mitchell and other good men went thither out of these parts. In his time at Coloy the chapel was enlarged, the new ceiling built that goes to the north, the seats made uniform, the pulpit brought from Halifax, being an odd pulpit there, opposite to that which now stands in the church, for as this stands on south side so that removed stood north facing the south." In his diary dated Sept. 7, 1664, he says: "I am told this day by an ancient man that is 86 years old that all the ministers that have been at Coloy this 70 years and upwards came out of Lancashire. He reckoned them up: Mr. Nicols (who was the first preaching minister there was after one Sir Adams, a reader), Mr. Gibson Mr. Marsden, Mr. Hurst, Mr. Denton, Mr. Lathum, Mr. Cudworth, Mr. Clinton and

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myself, who am the last and least of these famous predecessors into whose labors 1 have entered and have labored about 12 years in this part of the vineyard, but have been cast out of my work because of my unprofitableness now this two years and up- wards. Oh, when will the Lord return! This is Sept. ? , 1664." Rev. Richard Den- ton came to New England between 1630 and 1635, was among the first settlers of Wethersfield, Conn., and occasionally exercised his profession while there. In 1641 he removed with a part of the church to Rippowoms (now Stamford), where he was the first minister. A few years later he removed with some of the principal men of the plantation and founded the town of Ilemstead, L. H., where he continued in the ministry until his death. Rev. Dr. Mather, in his Magnolia, says of him: "First at Wethersfield and then at Stamford, his doctrine as the rain, his speech distilled as the dew, as the small rain upon the tender herbs, and as the showers upon the grass." Mr. Denton was the fourth Puritan minister, the second Presbyterian min- ister in New York city and the first minister of the first Presbyterian church built in America, which was located in Hemstead. He sailed for Old England in 1658, lived a while in Essex, and there died in 1662, aged 76 years. He had at least six sons, all born in England: John, born in 1618, lived in Harlem, N. Y., in 1643-44; Daniel, author of a history of New Netherlands, published in London in 1670, patentee of Elizabeth, N. J., town clerk of Hemstead in 1650, clerk of Queens Co. in 1698-99 and a noted man of his time; Robert of Salem, Mass .; Richard of Dorchester, who died Dec. 28, 1658; Samuel of Hemstead, who had ten children, and died in 1713, and Nathaniel, the great-great-great-great-grandfather of A. I .. Denton of Cardiff, On- ondaga Co.

The late George Geddes, of Fairmount, was born in 1809 on the farm where he always resided, and where he died in 1883. His father, James Geddes, was born near Carlisle in Pennsylvania in 1763, and died on his farm at Fairmount in 1838. He was one of the engineers of the Erie Canal, and to his foresight and perseverance was largely due the success of that great work. In 1799 he married Lucy Jerome, a native of Stockbridge, Mass., who became the mother of the subject of this sketch. George Geddes was educated in the district schools of Camillus, at the Pompey and Onondaga Academies, and graduated at the Military School of Captain Partridge at Middletown, Mass. He read law with Kellogg and Sandford at Skaneateles, but with no intention of practicing that profession, preferring to follow his father as a civil engineer and surveyor. He was consulting engineer in the construction of the Syracuse and Oswego Railroad, was an original member of the State Survey Com- mission, and prominently connected with many of the more important public en- gineering enterprises of the State. He was during two terms a member of the Senate of New York, where he was the author of one of the most useful measures of his day, the General Railroad Law, and was also greatly instrumental in securing the passage of the Woman's Property Bill of 1848. He was superintendent of the Onondaga Salt Springs for seven years, was well known as a scientific agricultural writer, and twice took for his farm the first prize of the State Agricultural Society. Ile married twice: first, Maria, daughter of Dr. Porter of Skaneateles, and the mother of the late Hon. James Geddes, of Fairmount, and the late Mrs. Davis Cos- sitt, of Onondaga. In 1875 he married Mary, daughter of William Chamberlain, of Red Hook, N. V.

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Lewis, Ceylon, H., Syracuse .- For sketch of the Lewis family see Chapter XXXIX, Fabius.

Renehan, James J., Marcellus, the pastor of the church of St. Francis Xavier, of Marcellus, assumed charge in 1879, succeeding his brother, Rev. M. P. Renehan, who died in charge of this church. The latter graduated from All Hallows College, Dub- lin, Ireland, with highest honors, and went to Australia, remaining some years. He was vicar-general to Rt. Rev. Dr. James O'Quinn, of Brisbane, Queensland, Aus- tralia, and from there came to America, finally locating in the diocese of Albany. Here he was assigned to the parishes of Marathon and Whitney's Point, building a fine church at each of these points, and leaving them nearly out of debt. He then came to Marcellus, where his death occurred Nov. 17, 1879, after a pastorate of four- teen months, during which he paid off an indebtedness of $2,500. Rev. James J. Renehan came from St. Johns, Albany, to Marathon, where he received the appoint- ment to Marcellus by Rt. Rev. Francis McNierny, bishop of Albany (Nov., 1879). During this period, in the face of dull times, he has liquidated a large indebtedness of his church, leaving it now virtually clear of encumbrance. Father Renehan is a rarely well-read man, while his library embraces a collection of books that could only be gathered by a mind possessing the highest scholastic attainments.

Reese, James M., Clay, was born May 25, 1824. In early life Mr. Reese was clerk in a general merchandise store in Rome, N. Y. From Rome he went to Utica and then to St. Louis, still following the same business up to 1846, when he went to Chicago and remained two years. He began clerking on a steamboat, and being effi- cient in this line was promoted to captain, which position he held several years. After leaving the boat he went to California, where he remained twenty years, two years mining, and then run a merchandise business for many years, and also owned a ranch. He returned to North Syracuse in 1878, and has since followed farming. He married (first) Elizabeth Tusk of Michigan, and their children were: Ida May and Nellie Bell. He married (second) Elizabeth Young, by whom he had one child, Florence L. The oldest daughter is the wife of Charles Furgise of North Syracuse ; the second daughter is the wife of W. J. Stebbins, and the third is the wife of Dr. J. M. Price of Syracuse.

Reed, Colton J., Clay, was born in Lewis Co., Jan. 26, 1831, a son of Joseph M. Reed of Vermont, who came to Lewis Co. in 1824. Later he moved to Oneida Co. and settled in Boonville, where he died, aged 79 years. His wife was Louise M., daughter of John Seymour of West Hartford, Conn., and they had several children, of whom our subject is the oldest now living. Colton J., spent his early life in attending school and assisting on the farm. He obtained a university education, graduating in 1860, then entered the law office of Sedgwick, Andrews & Kennedy, and was admitted to the bar in 1867. He practiced two years in Syracuse under the firm name of Kramer & Reed, but has been a farmer for fifteen years. For seven years he traveled on the road for a New York firm. Jan. 16, 1862, he married Martha J., daughter of Joseph Palmer of Centerville, an old and respected citizen of that place, and a prominent politician, having served as justice of the peace 24 years and postmaster several years. Mr. and Mrs. Reed have had two children: Anna Marsh Reed and Sallie Reed (deceased). Anna is a graduate in music and now employed in the New Pultney Normal School in Ulster Co.

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Rhodes, Almon E., Camillus, was born in Cayuga Co. in 1852, son of Leonard Rhodes, also a native of that county. At the age of 21 Mr. Rhodes came to Fair- mount, locating at his present place on Genesee street. In 1887 he married Florence Austin. Mr. Rhodes has been interested in real estate transactions and agricultural implements.

Roosevelt, Frederick, Skaneateles, was born in New York city, son of Judge. James I. Roosevelt. Hon. James Roosevelt was a member of Congress from New York city, United States district attorney for the Southern District of New York, and also judge of the Supreme Court. He retired from the bench and lived some years in New York, dying there in 1875. Mr. Frederick Roosevelt built his present residence in Skaneateles in 1879. This residence is remarkable as commanding the finest view of the lake that can be obtained at any one spot. He resides here four months in the year and spends the balance in New York. He married Mary Loney of Balti- more.

Reed, Hollister S., Pompey, was born in Pompey, April 8, 1843, a son of William B. and Sarah A. (Cole) Reed of La Fayette, the former born in 1809 and the latter in 1810. The grandfather, Jacob Reed, came to La Fayette in an early day, and there died. William B. died in Pompey, June 3, 1859, and his wife on Dec. 19, 1893. He was a captain in the State militia. Hollis was educated at Manlius Academy, is a farmer, and owns 100 acres of land in Pompey. In 1866 he married Julia A. Wheeler, who was born in Manlius Oct. 20, 1845. She is a daughter of Horace and Ellen E. (Eldridge) Wheeler, both of Pompey. The father of Horace was Benjamin Wheeler, one of the early settlers of Pompey. Mr. and Mrs. Reed have one son, William H., born Aug. 25, 1870, and is now on the farm at home.

Rowland, W. Scott, La Fayette, was born in La Fayette, Oct. 29, 1864, only child of Joseph T. and Albina T. (Newell) Rowland, the father a native of La Fayette, born in 1833, and the mother born in this county in 1841. The grandfather was Isaac, mentioned elsewhere in this work. Joseph T. spent his life in this town, with the exception of four years in California and the west. He has also traveled in Brit- ish Columbia, and was a passenger in the "Seabird," the first steamboat on Frazer River, where he was engaged in mining. He started his financial success in that way, then came to La Fayette, and then went to Pike's Peak. Returning to La Fayette he bought 100 acres, where our subject now lives, and where he lived until 1890, when he went to Syracuse, and now lives retired. He has taken an active part in local politics, having served as assessor, poormaster, etc. The maternal grand- father of W. Scott was Justus Newell, one of the early settlers of Otisco, who spent his last years in Syracuse. He owned about 200 acres where Brighton now stands, and built the street car line from Brighton to Onondaga Valley. He was also the largest stockholder on the South Salina street car line. He died in Syracuse, Oct. 4, 1885. Scott Rowland was reared on the farm, educated in the common school and Onondaga Valley Academy, with a course at Meads's Business College. He is a member of Tully Grange, No. 646. He married Nellie Walker, a native of Cedar- vale, town of Onondaga, and a daughter of Andrew and Mahala (Hull) Walker. Mr. and Mrs. Rowland have had four children: Judd, born April 18, 1889; Leon, born April 20, 1890; Montgomery V., born Dec. 24, 1892, and Harvey B.

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Tuffley, Henry, Otisco, a native of Gloucestershire, England, was born March 11, 1833, a son of Peter and Jane (Cadwallader) Tuffley, both natives of England, the mother being of Welsh descent. Mr. Tuffley was a woodsman of England, where he died. Henry T. came to America in 1854 and settled in Otisco, where he has always resided. He has followed farming and dealing in cattle, In England in 1851 he married Ann, daughter of James and Charity Skinner, the former a gar- dener. Mr. and Mrs. Tuffley have had eight children, five surviving: Henry J., of Tully, who married Della French, daughter of Ashbel French; Elizabeth, wife of Thomas Lanning of Otisco; Edward S., of this town ; Hattie, wife of William C. Bailey, a Methodist minister in Cayuga Co., and Mary, wife of Dix Hobert of Preble. Mrs. Tuffley died in 1889. Our subject has held several town offices, hav- ing served as road commissioner five years, supervisor, etc. He is also a Mason.

Taber, Warren, a farmer of East Onondaga, and a builder for thirty-five years, was born in Cazenovia in 1817, and settled in this county in 1865. He is a son of David and Abigail (Simmons) Taber, both natives of Rhode Island, who came to Madison Co. about 1810. Their children were Darius, Warren, David and George, Mary. Alma and Abbie. Warren married Maria L. Barrett, and they have one son, George, who married Amelia Conklin, and has two children, Laura M. and Florence I. The grandfather of our subject was Philip Taber of Rhode Island, who came to Cazenovia, where he remained until his death. Maria L. (Barrett) Taber was a , daughter of Joseph Barrett of Cazenovia. Captain Benjamin Simmons, grandfather of our subject, was a soldier in the Revolution.

Turner, Uriah, Onondaga, was born in Van Buren, and settled in this town in 1887. Aug. 4, 1862, he enlisted in Co. A, 122d N. Y. Vols., and was wounded at the battle of the Wilderness May 6, 1864, again at the battle of Winchester Sept. 19, 1864, and a third time at the battle of Fisher's Hill in Sept., 1864. Uriah, father of our subject, is a native of Vermont, and came to New York State when a boy. He married and had these children: Uriah, jr., Samuel, Albert (who died of camp fever acquired while in the army April 9, 1864), Marinda and Elias. Uriah, jr., married Anna Starr.

Terpenning, Edward A., Manlius, was born at Manlius Station, Dec. 22, 1839. Peter I., his father, was a native of Herkimer Co. and came to this county in 1834. He was a carpenter and builder by trade, and was one of the builders of bridges, stations, etc., when the railroad was first built, and at its completion was made sta- tion agent at Manlius Station, which position he held until 1857, making eighteen years in the company's employ. He then removed to a farm of 196 acres, about half a mile north of North Manlius, where he made his home up to the time of his death, which occurred Ang. 8, 1886. His wife was Betsey, daughter of Abram Shoe- maker. She died Feb. 22, 1844, aged 29 years. Four children were born of this union, of whom Edward A. alone survives. He was educated in the common schools, then assisted his father in various employments until he was 30 years of age. He then engaged with his uncle, Conrad Shoemaker, on his farm, and with exception of from 1874 to 1880, when in partnership with his brother, he conducted his father's farm. Mr. Terpenning has a fine residence opposite the farm, which he erected in 1880. In 1862 he married Eliza, daughter of Jacob Taffner, sr., by whom he had

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three children: Agnes, died in 1865, aged two years; Dolly wife of John R. Spencer, meat cutter of the Chicago Market, Syracuse, and Margaret May, who lives at home.

Temple, Henry T., Manlius, was born in the town of Dewitt, Feb. 14, 1850. Orson Temple, his father, was born in Dewitt in 1816, and the family were among the earliest settlers in the county. He always followed farming in his native county, where he died Feb. 9, 1870. His wife, Esther Wands, was a native of Albany Co., whose parents came to this county in the early part of the century. They had eight children, of whom Henry was the second son. He was given a good common school education, then engaged in farming on his father's farm. At the age of 17 he started in for himself by working on other farms for three years. He then engaged in house painting for two years. After spending one year on the farm again he became pro- prietor of a thrashing machine for a number of years. In 1880 he bought a farm of 42 acres in Dewitt, which he owned for six years, then sold and bought a grocery at Collamer in partnership with James E. Stewart. This firm existed for two years, then Mr. Temple sold his share and exchanged his village residence for a farm of 52 acres in the town of Manlius, where he now conducts a general line of farming. Dec. 12, 1876, Mr. Temple married Carrie E., daughter of Philip King of Dewitt, by whom he has seven children: Orson D., Alfred K., Merwin, Nettie, Elsie, Lena and Robert. Mr. Temple has been the trustee of school district No. 15 for two years.

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Onondaga's centennial. Gleanings of a century, Vol. II, Part 97

Author: Bruce, Dwight H. (Dwight Hall), 1834-1908 Publication date: 1896 Publisher: [Boston] : The Boston History Company Number of Pages: 1094

Author: Bruce, Dwight H. (Dwight Hall), 1834-1908
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: [Boston] : The Boston History Company
Number of Pages: 1094