Our county and its people. A descriptive work on Jefferson County, New York, Part 22

Author: Emerson, Edgar C., ed
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: [Boston] Boston History Co.
Number of Pages: 1368

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1844 .- Edwin Clark, Richard S. Hunt, James R. A. Perkins, John P. Brown.

1845 .- Augustus Goodale, Isaac Van Vleck.

1846 .- Levi H. Brown, William A. Gilbert, Stephen J. Hubbard, Merritt Andrus, Richard Ely, Silas A. Webb, Edmund B. Wynn, Wm. A. Ely.

1847 .- Samuel Wardwell, Alexander Wilson, Samuel B. Starr, Albert B. Gilbert, Oliver Robbins.

1848 .- John S. Newcomb, A. Wilson, S. J. Hubbard, E. B. Wynn, De Witt C. Priest, J. Van Vleck.

1849 .- W. F. Porter, Lotus Ingalls, E. J. Marsh, J. Boyer, P. D. Foster, W. L. Bishop, Thonias S. Hammond, A. B. Gilbert, E. Fowler.

1850 .- De Witt C. Calvin. George A. Bagley, Alonzo Maxson, Silas A, Webb.

1851 .- E. A. Brown, Thomas P. Saunders.

1852 .- E. Q. Sewall.

1853 .- Allen C. Beach.

[854 .- Miltou H. Merwin, Horace E. Morse, Fred. Emerson, William B. Farwell, John Lansing.

1855 .- George H, Sherman. Bradley Winslow, G. L. Brown, H. C. Chittenden, George Gilbert, A. E. Morse.

1856 .- M. G. Warrington, Thomas Hawley, O. W. Skinner, N. Vickery, David Bearup, E. R. Keene.

1857 .- A. H. Sawyer, Joseph Spratt, Eli Overton, Mr. Gillett.

1858 .- W. N. Sherman, Milton Ballard, Mr. Brockway, N. Whiting, Isaac Mun- son.

1859 .- Fred. Lansing, jr., Jesse T. Reynolds, J. W. Gilbert, P. C. Maxson, A. H. Francis.

1860 .- C. T. Hammond, Anson B. Moore, A. D. Sternberg, Charles A, Sherman, S. D. Barr, H. A. Gates, M. J. Connelly, Charles H. Kelsey, Parley Brown, Thomas C. Chittenden, 2d, Oliver Robbins, S. C. Green, A. A. Wheeler. S. J. Pratt, O. F. Atwood, J. B. Emmes, R. W. Keene, M. V. Brainerd, M. A. Hackley.

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1861 .- C. H. Walts, Stephen Strong, S. 11. Hammond, John C. McCartin, Wm. II. Brown, A. J. Brown, J. F. Cook, Morris E. Lee, Dennis O'Brien, W. F. Ford.

1862 .- W. W. Taggart, A. B. Cooley, George W. Wager, Wm. S. Phelps, Wm. B. Beckwith, J. C. Johnson, A. Ilarder.

1863 .- Henry J. Welch, Pardon C. Williams, Ross C. Scott, Francis N. Fitch.

1864 .- Allen McGregor, John Cosgrove, R. R. Tousley, Julins D. Beckley.

1865 .- William M. Forbes.

1866 .- Edgar North.

1868 .- Watson M. Rogers.

1870 .- O. G. Walrath, H. W. Congdon, E. F. Ramsdell, John C. Fulton, H. C. Hlawes, Don A. Watson, Hannibal Smith.

1871 .- Joseph Mullin, jr. (died Sept. 2, 1897), H. S. Gipson, Edgar C. Emerson.

1872 .- E. C. Dorwin, W. H. Hotchkin, Walton S. Lamb, Andrew J. Moore, G. B. R. Whipple. Allen E. Kilby, Charles II. Kimball, jun., Thomas F. Kearns.

1873 .- Henry C. Cook (admitted in Schoharie county in 1852).

1871 .- J. C. Trolan.

1875 .- F. H. Remington, George W. Moak.

1876 -W. B. Breen, Henry Purcell, Daniel G. Griffin, John W. Hogan, C. W. Hubbard, Frederick D. Sherman, Thomas H. Breen, Frank T. Evans, C. W. Thompson.

1877 .- George S. Hooker, Wilbur A. Porter, S. S. Trowbridge, W. A. Nims.

1878 .- W. H. H. Tayler, George Fowler.

1879 -W. H. Gilman, H. M. Wilbur.

1880 .- Elon R. Brown, A. F. Saunders, E. S. Woodman, T. F. Saunders, H. V. A. Ferguson, Wm. H. Reese, C. A. Kelsey, John C. Winslow, James A. Ward, J. M. Fairbanks, Fred. J. Merriman, F. C. Whitney, D. J. Cummings.

1881 .- Homer A. Barnes, Hiram M. Brownell, F. D. Barker, Joseph Atwell Fred. J. Romang, F. D. Sherman, Joseph A. McConnell, William Cheeseman, L. E. Pruyne.

1882 .- C. L. Adams, John Trainor.

1883 .- M. A. Hildreth, A. D. Risley, H. J. Foote, W. B. Flansburgh, V. K. Kel- logg, Samuel Child.

1884 .- Frank H. Peck, G. E. Morse, D. H. McFalls, C. W. Simons, G. H. Walker, F. M. Erlicher, E. P. Webb, C. D. Thomas.

1885 .- N. F. Breen, Fred. A. Baldwin.

1886 .- B. A. Field, H. W. Steele, Arthur L. Chapman, N. Van Namee.

1887 .- E. S. Hunt, Edmund J. Wager.

1889 .- Royal E. Wilbur, Charles F. Bowen, John N. Carlisle, John Conboy, Robert Lansing, Isaac R. Breen, Edmund R. Wilson, Fred. Stowell.

1890 .- G. E. Cornell.

1891 .- William D. Kelley, Fred. B. Pitcher, George H. Cobb.

1892 .- George P. Breen.

1893 .- Thomas Burns, Joseph Nellis, Gary M. Jones, Edward N. Smith, Harold L. Hooker, Charles G. Porter.

1894 .- C. A. Van Allen, James Brown, Peter J. Quinn, Sumner S. Bowman.

1895 .- Grant W. Davis.

1896 .- John B. Muzzy, John Bradley, George E. Reeves.

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189 ;.- A. F. Mills, Frederick M. Boyer.

The Present Bar .- Adams-T. P. Saunders, I. L. Hunt, jr., E. F. Ramsdell, G. B. R. Whipple, W. H. H. Taylor, A. F. Saunders, T. F. Saunders, L. E. Pruyne, E. S. Hunt.

Adams Center-A. E. Cooley, Grant W. Davis.

Antwerp-J. C. Trolan, H. J. Foote.

Carthage-Henry J. Welch, Henry C. Cook, A. H. Francis, Allen E. Kilby, F. T. Evans, W. B. Van Allen, Royal E. Wilbur, W. A. Porter, A. F. Mills.

Cape Vincent-M. E. Lee, Fred Stowell.

Clayton-Horace E. Morse, William H. Rees, F. D. Barker, G. E. Morse.

Henderson-A. M. Leffingwell.

Redwood-A. Harder.

Theresa-David Bearup, C. A. Kelsey, C. A. Van Allen.

Mannsville-A. A. Wheeler.

Lafargeville-Wayland F. Ford.

Le Ray-William S. Phelps.

Watertown-John Lansing, L. J. Goodale, Levi H. Brown, Allen C. Beach, Charles D. Wright, Bradley Winslow, Milton Ballard, A. H. Sawyer, W. F. Porter, C. H. Walts, Ross C. Scott, W. M. Rogers, Edgar C. Emerson, Thomas F. Kearns, Fran- cis N. Fitch, Hannibal Smith, Henry Purcell, George S. Hooker, S. S. Trowbridge, W. A. Nims, James A. Ward, Elon R. Brown, Joseph Atwell, C. L. Adams, Samuel Child, G. H. Walker, Joseph A. McConnell, Fred A. Baldwin, B. A. Field, H. W. Steele, A. Goodale, John \. Carlisle, John Conboy, Robert Lansing, Isaac R. Breen, Edmund R. Wilcox, Fred B. Pitcher, George H. Cobb, William W. Kelley, Edward N. Smith, Harold L. Hooker, Charles G. Porter. Thomas Burns, Joseph Nellis, Gary M. Jones, V. K. Kellogg, Arthur L. Chapman, William H. Gilman, N. F. Breen, John B. Muzzy, John Bradley, George E. Reeves, Frederick M. Boyer.

CHATPER XVI.

THE MEDICAL PROFESSION.

The medical profession of Jefferson county has preserved little of its own history, and while there are a few meagre records by which may be learned the proceedings and membership of medical societies that have been formed, there are no data upon which can be based a com- plete history of the development of the profession from the time its pioneer first came into the county. The advance in all branches of art and science during the last century has indeed been marvelous, but in none has there been greater progress than in medicine and surgery. Medical science began with Hippocrates twenty-three hundred years

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ago. He wrote extensively and his works served as a foundation for the succeeding literature of the profession, but the greatest advances in this science have been made during the last hundred years, and chiefly during the last half century. Among the hundreds of valuable dis- coveries which have marked the period, mention may be made of one, the use of anesthetics, which benumb the nerves of sensation and pro- duce a profound yet tranquil state of insensibility in which the patient sleeps and dreams, and the physician is left to the pleasing reflection that he causes no pain or suffering.

There is probably no department of medicine at the present time more promising of good results than sanitary science. While physi- ology and pathology are making known the functions of the human body and the nature and cause of disease, sanitary science is steadily teaching how the causes of disease may be removed or avoided, and health thereby secured. Progress during the coming hundred years, if only equal to that of the past, will more than have accomplished great works in the advancement of sanitary science; but the accom- plishment of this work calls not only for the labor of the physician, but for the intelligent co-operation of the people. Indeed, if anything really great is to be done in this direction, and of preventing disease and premature death, it must be done largely by the people themselves. This implies that they must be instructed in sanitary science; must be taught that unsanitary conditions most favor the origin of disease, how disease is spread, and the means of its prevention. If it be true that that knowledge is of the geatest benefit to us which teaches the means of self-preservation, then the importance of a widespread knowledge of how to prevent disease and untimely death cannot be overestimated.

Settlement in the region now called Jefferson county began soon after 1790, but progressed slowly during the first ten or more years. The country was then an unbroken wilderness, and development was attended with many hardships and privations, and in certain of the marshy localities the existing climatic conditions were a menace to health. At that time, and for several years afterward, proper medical attendance was secured with difficulty, and when found the education of the practitioner was comparatively limited.

The state of New York, unlike New England and Pennsylvania, had done very little to encourage science, and there were no schools of med- icine worthy of the name nearer than Boston or Philadelphia. Few young men could then afford to go so far to qualify themselves for a profes-

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sion which promised little pecuniary inducement, and the custom was for the medical aspirant to enter the office of some practicing physician and read two or three years, at the same time accompanying his tutor in his professional visits and learning his methods of practice. At the end of his term the young doctor would seek some vacancy and begin practice.

The legislation which then regulated the admission and practice of physicians was so defective as to be practically worthless. In 1806, however, the legislature passed an act repealing all former laws in ref- erence to the profession and at the same time authorized a general state medical society and county societies as well.

The Jefferson County Medical society was organized in conformity with the provisions of the act, at a meeting of physicians held at Water- town, December 17, 1806, at which time were present Daniel Barney, John Durkee, Eli Eastman, Benjamin Farlie, Hugh Henderson, Jabez Kingsbury, Isaiah Massey, Isaac Magoon, David B. Ripley, Ozias H. Rawson, James D. Seisco, Elias Skinner and H. Wilcox, representing at that time nearly if not quite the entire profession in the county. The organization was perfected by the election of John Durkee, presi- dent; Daniel Barney, vice-president; Hugh Henderson, secretary; Isaiah Massey, treasurer; Benjamin Farlie, Eli Eastman, Hugh Hen- derson, censors; Hugh Henderson, delegate to the meeting of the state society.

Of these pioneer officers and members of the society and of the pro- fession in the county little is now known, and it was only through the persevering efforts of Dr. J. Mortimer Crawe that some brief recollec- tions of them are obtainable. Dr. Henderson, the first delegate to the state society meeting, is believed to have been a graduate from the once famous medical institution at Fairfield, Herkimer county, soon after which he began practice at Rutland Center. His life in the county, however, was brief, for in 1808 Dr. Ilenry H. Sherwood suc- ceeded him as delegate, and it is more than probable that he died in that year. His was the first burial in Rutland cemetery (on the hill opposite the lake), but his body was afterward removed to Brookside cemetery at Watertown.

Dr. John Durkee, the first president, lived near Champion village, where he settled about 1800, being drawn there undoubtedly by the understanding that the hamlet was about to be designated as a county seat, but while this hope was not realized the worthy doctor remained,

J Matimer Grawerth, 2,

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and was one of the three delegates chosen to represent the town at the convention to discuss the new county question; a discussion which re- sulted in the creation of both Jefferson and Lewis counties. In later years, after a successful professional life in Champion, Dr. Durkee re- moved to Terre Haute Ind., where he died. He was one of the asso- ciate judges of this county in 181, and in 1812 was elected to the as- sembly.

Dr. Benjamin Farlie (sometimes spelled Farley in Champion history), also came to the county about 1800 and practiced in Champion, his locating there being due to the influence of Judge Noadiah Hubbard, as was also that of Dr. Baudry, the French doctor, whose name does not appear in the society's record. Dr. Farlie practiced at Sackets Harbor previous to the war of 1812, and at a later period at the county seat, in company with his son, Ichabod. His daughter, Arthesa, married with Dr. John M. Barton, and after his death with Mr. Mattison, father of Governor Mattison, of Illinois.

Dr. Daniel Barney was one of the earliest physicians in Rutland, where he settled in 1802, and the next year removed to Adams, and finally to Henderson (April 2, 1807), where he died May 19, 1828. lle was born at Swansea, Mass., July 2, 1768, married with Abigail Buck- lin, and with his family came to Little Falls, N. Y., in 1794, and thence to this county. He was in all respects a prominent physician and citizen.

Dr. Isaiah Massey was brother to Hart Massey, a settler in Water- town in 1800, and was also connected with other pioneers of the county. le came from Vermont in 1801, and soon afterward performed the first surgical operation in the county, dressing the injury of an unfortunate man who had received an accidental gunshot wound. In 1802 Dr. Massey opened a tavern in Watertown, and in 1805, was one of nine persons who donated and deeded the publie square to the village. He was born June 2, 1728, and died at Jerseyville, Ill., August 20, 1820.

Dr. Eli Eastman was an educated physician and a man of excellent understanding on general subjects, but reliable facts of his early life are indeed meagre. He was married at Wetmore, N. Y., and came thence to Adams, where he lived and practiced to the time of his death, Sept. 16, 1844. He is believed to have been the first physician in that town. The surname Eastman stands for integrity both in professional and social life. Many later representatives of the name have been physi- cians of note, and some of them have attained high standing in the pro

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fession. Eli Eastman was one of the most prominent doctors in this county. Ile was at the battle of Sackets Harbor as surgeon.

Of the seven other original members of the county medical society no recollections are obtainable, but they are equally worthy of mention in these annals. Indeed family records appear to be lamentably de- fective, while the old minute books of the society have been destroyed many years. The few remnants saved from the disastrous fire of 1849 furnish unsatisfactory data for the writer. However, from such scat- tered pages as were preserved we hear that meetings were held quite regularly, though no entry appears of officers elected annually.

In 180: the members admitted to the society were William Baker, the first regular physician at Sackets Harbor, where he settled in 1803; Daniel Brainerd, who came from Whitestown to Watertown about 1805, and died Jannary 10, 1810; Joshua Beals, of Adams, settled about 1806; Joel Dresser, who began practice at Ellis village about 1805; Joseph Green, of whom no facts are secured; Isaac Weston, the first physician of Lorraine, settled about 1806; Abel Sherman, born at Brimfield, Mass., came from Clinton, N. Y., to Rutland in 1803, and died in 1835; Eli West, one of the most successful physicians and enter- prising men of Carthage for many years, a native of Washington county, born July 26, 1:92, and a resident of Carthage from May 15, 1816, to the time of his death, June 28, 1866. (Further mention of Dr. West will be found in the history of the town of Wilna and Carthage village); Horatio Orvis, the first physician of Le Ray, and one of the first graduates of Fairfield medical college, member of assembly in 1818, supervisor from 1819 to 1825, delegate to the state society in 1823, and president of the county society in 1829.

In 1808 Henry H. Sherwood and Elisha Matthews were admitted to membership in the society. Dr. Sherwood was a good old-time physi- cian and a prominent man in public affairs; was loan commissioner from 1810 to 1829; associate judge in 1818, and appointed county clerk March 5, 1821. His practice began at Rutland but in 1821 he removed to Watertown, where he built a brick dwelling on Washington street. In later years he invented an electric battery much used by physicians. and moving to New York, he made a specialty of its manufacture. lle died in that city. The honorary degree of M. D. was conferred on Dr. Sherwood in 1829 by the regents of the state university.

In 1809 Paul Hutchinson became a member of the society, practicing at the county seat. In the same year also Amasa Trowbridge came to

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the village and was partner with Dr. Hutchinson. Dr. Trowbridge was a physician of much note, a native of Pomfret, Conn., born May 16, 1929, having a good education, and beginning practice at the age of twenty years. He came to this state in 1805, living for a time at Trenton, but in 1809 came to Watertown. During the war of 1812-15 he organized the hospitals at Sackets Harbor, Cape Vincent and Og- densburgh, and was stationed at the harbor during the winters of 1812 13; was associate judge from 1815 to 1818, and then succeeded to the first judgship of the Common pleas. On March 6, 1819, he was ap- pointed sheriff. In 1831 he was appointed professor of surgery and medical jurisprudence in Willoughby (Ohio) university. In 1838 he removed to Painesville, Ohio, and in 1841 returned to Watertown, where he died April 11, 1859.

In 1810 the members admitted to the society were Isaac S. Wood, Nathan Cheever, Russel Steele, Joshua Barrett, jun., and John M. Henderson. Dr. Wood was a native of Wilberham, Mass., came to Rodman in 1805 and was in practice until his death in 1849. Of the other physicians admitted in that year no data is to be found.

In 1811 the new members were Noah Tubbs, Joseph Clary, John Spafford and John Cowen. Dr. Tubbs was an old-time doctor of Hen- derson, successful in practice and well liked in the town. Dr. Spafford was from Vermont, and began his practice in Adams about 1810; was president of the society in 1813, and delegate to the state society in 1819. Hedied June 20, 1828. Dr. Cowen practiced and died at Rice's Corners.

In 1811 Isaac Olney and William Robinson were added to the mem- bership. Both were physicians of Brownville, but of Dr. Olney we have no data. Dr. Robinson was a Vermonter, born at Bennington in 1:85, and came to this county a licensed physician in 1810. Ile was surgeon during the war of 1812, and later on held the offices of asso- ciate judge, and justice of the peace. He was the first permanent phy- sician at Brownville, and to him General Brown generously gave a deed of a three-acre tract of land in the village. He died December 1, 1826.

In 1813 Dr. Reuben Goodale was admitted to the society, and he was in some respects one of the most prominently known physicians and citizens of the county. He was closely identified with the society and its history for many years and held nearly all its offices; but outside of professional life Dr. Goodale was engaged in farming, in mercantile trade, and was also a publisher, having been connected with the Con-

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stellation from Dec. 13, 1830, to the latter part of the next year. He was also identified with interests of Watertown, and was a generous, publie spirited man. He died January 26, 1871.

In 1814 Frederick P. Markham (of whom we have no data) and Crafts P. Kimball became members. Dr. Kimball was a physician of Rut- land, to which town he came from Otsego county in 1808. He was surgeon in Col. Tuttle's regiment and was frequently on the frontier at Sackets Harbor with the command. He was a large, splendidly- proportioned, intelligent person, and was highly respected wherever known. He was president of the society in 1819, and again in 1838. He died Nov. 7, 1872.

In 1815 E. Dunton was admitted; a physician practicing at Plessis several years but afterward removed to Oswego.

In 1816 Sidney Houghton and J. Marsh were admitted, the former having come from Marlborough, Vt., to Belleville in 1812, and resided and practiced there until his death in 1840.

In 1817 Samuel Randall and Alpheus S. Green became members. Dr. Randall was the first physician of Antwerp, where he settled in 1808. He was also the first postmaster, appointed in 1809, holding the office several years. Dr. Green was a native of Rhode Island, and came to the Perch river locality in 1812, practicing there eighteen years. In 1823 he was one of the judges of the common pleas, and in 1826, and again in 1828, was member of assembly. He removed to Watertown and was appointed postmaster in 1829, holling office eleven years; was delegate to the constitutional convention of 1846. In the medical soci- ity he was equally prominent and year after year was elected to some of its chief offices. In 1832 he was honored by the state regents with the degree of M. D. He died in Utica in 1851.

In 1818 John M. Burton, Alpheus Morse, W. H. Buchanan, Alfred Ely, Jonathan Sherwood and Benjamin Cushman were admitted mem- bers of the society. Dr. Buchanan was a surgeon in the navy during the war of 1812-15, stationed at the harbor, remaining there after the war closed, and was prominently associated with the history of that locality. Dr. Burton practiced at the county seat, and is recalled as an active member of the society, and a respected man in the village. Dr. Cushman was located at Rodman for several years but later on re- moved to Indiana. Dr. Sherwood was a native of Williamstown, Mass., an educated physician, and for several years a resident of Champion. He subsequently removed to Turin, where he died April, 15, 1829.

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In 1819 the new members admitted were Joseph N. Clark, David Nelson, L. M. Davis and Ambrose B. Page, of all of whom, except Dr. Nelson, we have no data. Dr. Nelson came from Philadelphia, Pa., and was surgeon's mate at Sackets Harbor during the war of 1812 15. Hle settled at Brownville about 1814, and lived there until his death in 1830. Hle was a prominent physician and leading citizen.

In 1820 Ira A. Smith, Rufus S. Waite, Ralph Rogers and Oliver Brewster were admitted as members. Dr. Smith was educated pro- fessionally at Little Falls, and was graduated at Fairfield medical col- lege. Just when he came to Evans' Mills is uncertain, but for a time he engaged in mercantile pursuits with his professional work. He was president of the society in 1828, supervisor of Le Ray in 1836, and was prominently connected with the Congregational church. He died Jan- uary 1, 1861. Dr. Rogers was a native of New Hampshire, and was graduated in medicine at Fairfield college. He practiced twelve years in Antwerp, then removed to Watertown and continued his professional life at the county seat thirty eight more years, and died February 21. 1842. He was supervisor of Antwerp in 1828. Dr. Brewster came to Theresa from St. Lawrence county, and practiced in that village until his death, about 1853.

In 1821 the new members were James A. Wells, of whom we have no record, and Joseph H. Bagg, the latter practicing at Rodman, and one of the censors of the society in 1828 and 1830.

In 1822 there were admitted to membership James Brooks, the first physician of Theresa (settled in 1822, and died in 1823), and Ithamar B. Crawe. Although not according to the fixed policy of this work to furnish extended biographical sketches in this department, the present chapter could not be regarded as complete without more than a passing notice of this distinguished physican, botanist and scientist. Dr. Crawe was born at Enfield, Hartford county, Conn., June 11, 1792, and when nine years old removed with his parents to Hamilton, N. Y. In early life overwork produced physical disability, unfitting him for manual labor of any kind, hence he turned his attention to botanical studies, for which he had an inclination and which finally resulted in placing him among the first botanists of the country. He taught school suc- cessfully but ill health compelled him to take sea voyages to regain his strength. In 1818 he began the study of medicine in connection with his botanical researches, and in 1821-22 attended the College of Physi- cians and Surgeons, of New York. In the spring of 1822 he began

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practice at Clinton, partner with Dr. Bissell, remaining there about six months when he removed to Watertown. Here he was actively en- gaged several years, then went to Ogdensburgh at the request of lead- ing citizens, remaining three years. He next engaged in mining at Lubec, Maine, but soon returned and located at Pontiac, Mich., where he lived about three years. Sickness compelled his return to Water- town where he lived when he came to his unfortunate death by drowning June 3, 1847, after having spent a day at his favorite pursuit in gathering botanical specimens on and about Perch lake. In this connection we may also mention the fact that Dr. Crawe was a prom- inent Mason, the holder of the honorary degree of doctor of medicine conferred by the state regents at the recommendation of the state med- ical society. He was secretary of the county society in 1825; censor six years; president in 182; and 1842; delegate to the state society in 1834 and '44. Dr. Crawe extracted opium from poppies in 1818: also discovered and described a number of new plants, one of which " Carex Crawei" (Craw's sedge), was named in allusion to him.

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Our county and its people. A descriptive work on Jefferson County, New York, Part 22

Author: Emerson, Edgar C., ed Publication date: 1898 Publisher: [Boston] Boston History Co. Number of Pages: 1368

Author: Emerson, Edgar C., ed
Publication date: 1898
Publisher: [Boston] Boston History Co.
Number of Pages: 1368