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Daniels, John M., was born in the town of Greenfield, April 28, 1850, a son of John T., son of Nathan, son of Nathaniel, who came from Connecticut to Greenfield in 1794 and there lived and died. John T. was a farmer and lumberman and lived and died in Greenfield in 1888; his wife, Ann Eliza Miller, died in 1879. John M. Daniels was reared on the farm and educated in the common schools. He is a farmer and owns eighty-eight acres of land. He is a member of the I. O. O. F .; A. O. U. W., and P. of G. In politics he is a Republican and is now serving his twelfth year as assessor. He married Altha E. Jeffers of Hadley, and they have had four children : Gertrude C., Annie E., Leroy J. and Clifford G. Gertrude C. died June 26, 1898.
Darrow, William C., was born in the town of Greenfield, N. Y., December 9, 1816, a son of Ebenezer and Lydia (Hoyt) Darrow. His father was born in Milton, Sara- toga county, N. Y., January 1, 1792, and died June 7, 1872. His mother was born January 25, 1796, and died November 4, 1877. Ebenezer was a son of Thomas Dar- row, of Danbury, Conn., who was lost at sea in 1810. Lydia Hoyt was a daughter of Jonathan Hoyt, who was born in 1760. Ebenezer Darrow was a carpenter by trade and was drafted in the war of 1812, but the war closed before he went. Will- iam C. was reared as a carpenter and farmer and has followed the carpenter's trade ever since; he also owns a farm of eighty-five acres on which he moved in 1844. He married Amanda M. Calkins, born in Greenfield, April 11, 1814, and died June 23, 1897; they had two children: Annette Maria, born April 28, 1843, and Stephen E., born in December, 1845. Mr. Darrow is a Republican in politics and has been in- spector of elections. Stephen E. Darrow was born in Greenfield, December 18, 1845, educated in the common schools and Saratoga private schools and Fort Edward In- stitute. He is a farmer and has 100 acres of land and follows general farming. June 20, 1875, he married F. Josephine Wing, and they have seven children: Alice A., Arthur E., Mabel J., William G., Norman Earl, Marion F. and Helen W. Mr.
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Darrow is a member of the A. O. U. W., and P. of H. In politics he is a Republican and was commissioner of highways five years, excise commissioner two terms and elected supervisor in 1898.
Dee, John, was born in Ireland, May 3, 1840, a son of John and Kittie (Butler) Dee. His father came to this country in September, 1848, and at the breaking out of the war of the Rebellion in 1848 he took an active part and was forced to move to America, where he was followed by portion of his family soon after. When he first came to this country he worked as a day laborer, afterwards he purchased a farm near Fort Ann, where he lived until his death. John Dee, the subject of this sketch, was educated in the public schools of Fort Ann, assisting his father on the farm summers and attending school winters. When he was seventeen years of age he started in life for himself as a farmer; when thirty two years of age he purchased a farm adjoining the one where he now lives, where he lived for ten years; and in 1885 purchased his present farm. He has been active in town and county affairs, also education and in the Catholic church.
De Garmo, Deroy, was born in the town of Lysander, N. Y., September 11, 1836. His father, Jacob De Garmo, was a native of Saratoga county, and his grandfather, Matthew De Garmo, came to Saratoga about 1750. Jacob De Garmo married Mary Sutphin, and was identified as a farmer. Deroy De Garmo was educated in the common schools, and carried on farming for fifteen years. In 1872 he came to Balls- ton and engaged in the livery business, then established his present business of con- tractor and builder and for sixteen years was employed in railroad interests. In 1892 he resumed his business of contracting. In 1861 he married Frances A. Wood, who died in 1863. Afterwards he married Harriet Dennison, and they have one son, Albert C. Mr. De Garmo is one of the self-made men of his town. He takes an active interest in school and church matters and is recognized as a man of sterling integrity, whose word is as good as his bond, and a firm advocate of temperance principles.
Dehn, Christian, was born in Germany, February 25, 1859, and came to America in 1890, settling in Saratoga Springs. He was an expert florist in the old country and at once engaged in the same business here. He has erected a new place near the corner of Beekman and Division streets, where he has a very fine stand. In Germany he had a store at the corner of Carl and Jahn streets, in Wiesbaden. March 17, 1883, Mr. Dehn married Sophie Witte, and they have one son, Charles.
Densmore, Isaac, was born in Corinth, March 30, 1865, a son of R. H. and Amy J. (Carpenter) Densmore, she a native of Saratoga county and daughter of Isaac Car- penter. R. H. Densmore was born in Warren county and came to Greenfield with his parents when a mere child. He has followed undertaking and manufacturing furniture for about thirty-five years, first at South Corinth and in 1892 came to Cor- inth. In August, 1896, he retired from business and his son Isaac succeeded him. Mr. Densmore was a soldier in the late war, enlisting in 1861, and was wounded in the first engagement, when he was honorably discharged. He is a Republican in
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politics and was one of the county appraisers when trying to equalize taxes in the State. Isaac Densmore was educated in the common schools and Troy Business College, from which he was graduated in 1883. He left home at fifteen years of age and began as clerk at South Corinth for H. B. Cady, and attended school at the same time. He was clerk there for about four years and then engaged in the mer- cantile business at North Greenfield and was made postmaster at that place when twenty-one years of age. He came to Corinth in 1896, bought out his father's busi- ness and has the largest business of the kind in the village and is the only under- taker. In 1885 he married Alice S. Taylor and they have one son, James H. In politics he is a Republican and was appointed town clerk in 1895 and re-elected in 1898. He is a member of St. John's Lodge No. 22, F. & A. M., St. John's Chapter No. 103, R. A. M. and of Tent No. 275, of Corinth, N. Y.
Denton, Myron, the subject of this sketch, was born in Saratoga, N. Y., March 7, 1819, at the homestead one mile west of the village, and having bought adjoining property, spent most of his life there until he passed away, March 10, 1896. He was the eighth in descent from Rev. Richard Denton who was born in England in 1586 and came to Boston in 1632 in the ship Arabella with the party of Governor Win- throp. He was first pastor of the Congregational church in Stamford, Conn., and after removed to Hempstead, L. I., where he founded the first Presbyterian church in America. He returned to England and died in Essex in 1662. Myron was a son of Jacob and Eva Elizabeth (Miller) Denton. His father was a native of Greenfield born February 11, 1781, near the present sight of "Overlook Mansion" in Woodlawn Park, in the log house built by his father, Preston Denton, in what was then a wilder- ness. Preston Denton, born in May, 1755, came to Saratoga from Dutchess county. Early in May, 1775, he joined an independent company of militia, in the town of Stillwater, they being the first troops that went from the frontier of New York to fight the enemy at the North. Later he was with a company under Col. Ethan Allen, when they were captured by the British and sent to England. He was re- turned to New York and afterward made his escape from the prison ship and came to Greenfield where he lived until his death, November 13, 1826. His wife, Esther Deyoe, was the daughter of Jacob Deyoe, one of the early settlers of Wilton. She was born October 5, 1763, and died March 12, 1836. Myron Denton was reared on his father's farm and educated in the common schools and the Union Village Acad- emy. He carried on a successful dairy business and served his patrons for forty- seven years without missing a day. A man of the strictest integrity in all his transactions with others, he commanded the respect and esteem of all who knew him. In politics he was a staunch Republican, and held several minor town offices, serving as assessor and highway commissioner. On July 4, 1849, he married Lucinda White Scofield, who was born in Greenfield, January 11, 1827, and died i 1 Saratoga May 2, 1898. Her ancestors on the maternal side lead back to the Mayflower pil- grims, and comprise the families of Cooke, White and Warren. Three children were born to them: Lucinda E. who married Harmon S. Cronkhite, by whom she had two daughters. He having died, she afterward married George C. Wilkins. Myron P. was graduated from the Saratoga High School, prepared for college under Prof. Otto Von Below, took his degree from Harvard University in 1884, and Har-
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vard Medical School in 1887. Later he studied in Paris and London and is now a rising practitioner of New York city. Adelaide L., residing at home home, grad- uated from Temple Grove Seminary and afterwards studied in France and Germany.
Desjardins, Noe, was born in the county of Two Mountains, district of Montreal, Canada, June 16, 1847, a son of Pierre and Thetotice M. (Poirrier) Desjardins, both natives of Paris. In 1834 his grandfather, Paul Desjardins, came to Three Rivers, Canada, and settled there. He gave an acre of ground to the convent on condition that his grandchildren be educated free by the parochial school. Mr. Desjardins came to the United States in 1866, settling first in Vermont, and in 1870 came to Saratoga Springs. On March 19, 1872, he formed a partnership in the black- smithing business, but in 1878 assumed the whole business which he has since con- ducted. September 24, 1873, he married Margaret E. Powers, and they have four children: Azilda F., Marie L., Robert A. and George W. P. Azilda was a teacher and taught in the Saratoga schools for five years. She married John M. Nownan of Ballston Spa.
Deyo, Philip, is a son of Israel T. and Jane (Miller) Deyo, and has three sisters: Mary E., Elizabeth and Caroline. He has a farm of 140 acres of fine land and a good dairy of cows. In politics he is a Republican and has been town collector three years. In 1861 he married Sarah M. Gailor, and their living children are Frank C. of California, Daniel J. of Wilton, Minnie C. and Jennie B., wife of John B. Winney.
Deyoe, Albert, was born on the farm where he now resides, December 1, 1851, a son of Lorenzo and Nancy (Brower) Deyoe. Lorenzo came from Dutchess county with his parents and settled in the town of Wilton, near Wheeler's Pond. Lorenzo was son of Jacob, who settled in this country in 1826, and who had seven children: Lorenzo, Harvey, Jacob, Peter, Hannah, Esther, Polly, all born in Dutchess county. Albert Deyoe was educated in the district school of the town of Stillwater, attend- ing school in the winter and assisting his father on the farm summers. After his father's death he purchased the homestead and has since added to it until now he has 131 acres. He married Alice, daughter of Hugh and Maria (McIntosh) Holmes, and they have one son, Alvie. Mr. Deyoe has been active in town and county affairs and in educational interests.
Deyoe, Chauncey A., was born in Wilton, N. Y., February 10, 1843, a son of Peter P. and Eliza J. (Talmadge) Deyoe. He attended the common schools of Wilton and also Fort Edward Collegiate Institute for two years. His early life was spent on the farm. In 1867 he entered the law office of Isaac G. Thompson of Troy, where he studied law, and nine months later was admitted to the bar. He then taught school for a term of years, and in 1876 entered the general mercantile business in Stillwater in the old Tucker building and two years later removed to his present location. Mr. Deyoe married Ella A., adopted daughter of Simeon and Anna Elms, and they have one son, Webster E., a graduate of the Stillwater union school. Mr. Deyoe is actively interested in town and county affairs and is at present one of the trustees of the village.
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Dolch, Charles C., was born in Wurtemberg, Germany, February 1, 1862, and came to the United States in 1880, settling in Albany, where he learned the baker's trade. In 1891 he came to Ballston and entered the employ of F. J. Quinn and in 1894 established his present business and is now the leading baker and confectionery manufacturer in Ballston Spa. In 1885 he married Carrie Klauser, and they have three sons: Harry, William and Arthur. Mr. Dolch is one of the self-made men of Saratoga county, taking an intelligent interest in school and church matters, and has ever advanced the best interests of his town and town's people.
Donnelly, William S., a successful young physician of Ketchum's Corners, who has been engaged in the practice of medicine since 1883, is the youngest son of Arthur and Mary Fitzgerald Donnelly, and was born at Northumberland, Saratoga county, December 25, 1859. His father was a native of Ireland and was born in 1814, and in 1836 left the Emerald Isle and crossed the broad Atlantic, settling in Canada. There he married a Canadian girl, who died a short time afterwards, and a few years later he removed to the United States, locating in Northumberland, where he resided until his death on September 12, 1864, after an active life of half a century. He was a blacksmith by trade, having learned his trade in the old country, and was employed in a large ship yard in Canada; after coming to Saratoga county he successfully conducted the blacksmith business at Bacon Hill for many years. In connection with that work he carried on wagon making and repairing. Politically he was a Democrat and in religion a member of the Catholic church. In 1844 he married Mary, daughter of James Fitzgerald, and they had eight children: John, Daniel, Arthur, James, Edward, Thomas, William S. and Susan, who married Dan- iel McCarty. Mrs. Donnelly was born in Ireland and died July, 1891, aged sixty- nine years. William S. was reared at Northumberland, educated in the public schools and by private instructor. He studied medicine with Drs. John A. Moore of Saratoga Springs and A. Van Derveer of Albany; he was graduated from the Albany Medical College in 1883, with the degree of M. D., and soon after located at Quaker Springs where he was engaged in a successful practice for two years. In 1885 he re- moved to Ketchum's Corners where he has since been successfully engaged in pro- fessional work. Politically Mr. Donnelly is a staunch Democrat and has been one of the local leaders of his party for several years. In the fall of 1892 he was a candi- date for State assemblymen on the Democratic ticket and made a good run, but found it impossible to overcome the large Republican majority; in 1898 he was elected supervisor of the town of Stillwater by a substantial majority. He is a mem ber of Montgomery Lodge No. 504, F. & A. M .; Montgomery Chapter No. 257, R. A. M., of Stillwater; Washington Commandery No. 33, Knights Templar, of Saratoga Springs; and Oriental Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of Troy; he is also prominently identified with the Patrons of Industry and in 1891 was elected pres- ident of the State organization, and at present is the national president, which posi- tion he has held since 1895. Mr. Donnelly married Clara B. Howland, daughter of David Howland, jr .. of Ketchum's Corners, and they have one son, Charles C.
-Douglass, Daniel S., was born in Saratoga Springs, September 15, 1827, educated in the common schools and was a merchant there for several years. He came to
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Mechanicville in 1860 and has conducted a general life, fire and accident insurance and real estate business since. October 15, 1851, he married Almira M. Morehouse of Mechanicville, and they had three children: Ann E. (who died when about a year old), Edward M., and Minnie T. (who died in her tenth year). Edward M. is in the employ of the government in the department of topography and survey, having charge of a large number of men. He married Minnie Z. Childs of North Adams, Mass., and they have two children: Willard R. and Helen. Mr. Douglass's father, Daniel Douglass, was born in the town of Saratoga Springs in 1797, educated in the schools of that day and was a farmer; he married Elizabeth, daughter of Dr. Car- penter of Saratoga Springs, and they had five children: Daniel S. (as above), Maria, Harriet, Chauncey and Amanda. He died in 1840 and his widow in May, 1844. Mrs. Douglass's father, Edward A. Morehouse, was born in Ballston Spa, in 1803, ed- ucated in the schools of that day, and married twice, first in 1830 to Almira Middle- brook of Ballston, and they had one danghter, Almira M. (as above). Mrs. More- house died in 1831, and for his second wife he married Ann E., daughter of Joseph Brown. Mr. Morehouse died in 1884 and his wife August 31, 1889. Mr. Douglass and wife are members of the M. E. church. In his political choice he is a thorough Republican; he has been notary public here many years.
Dower, Morris, was born in County Waterford, Ireland, June 25, 1842, only child of Morris and Nora Dower. His early life was spent with his parents; when about nineteen years of age he left his father's home, emigrated to this country and en- tered the employ of what is now the West Shore Railroad. He worked as a con- tractor on construction of the D. and H. Railroad, Vermont Central and other rail- roads. In 1872 he purchased the farm where he now resides and where he has since lived and follows general farming. In 1863 Mr. Dower married Margaret, daughter of William McCarthy, a native of County Waterford, Ireland, and their children are John B., Mary Ellen, William, Edward, James, Anastasia, Thomas, Morris, jr., and one deceased. Mr. Dower is a public spirited man and interested in the affairs of his town and active in school and educational work, having been trustee of the school several times. He is a member of the Catholic church of Ballston Spa, to which his family belongs. With the exception of John B. all his sons are interested in railroad work. Anastasia, Thomas and Morris M., jr., were born on the farm where they now reside on the banks of the Mourning kill.
Duncan, John C., was born in Greenville, Conn., January 23, 1859. In 1864 his parents moved to Buckland, Conn., and in 1867 to Poquonock, Conn. He was edu- cated in the public schools, at Mount Pleasant Institute at Amherst, Mass., and at Eastman's Commercial College at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., and has always been a paper manufacturer. May 15, 1886, he became the superintendent of the Hudson River Water Power and Paper Co. In 1895 its corporate name was changed to the Duncan Co. of Mechanicville, N. Y., and he is now superintendent and manager of the con- cern. October 29, 1890, he married Anor Collamer of Ballston, and they have one son, John C., jr. Mr. Duncan's father, Thomas Duncan, was born in Scotland in 1833, educated there and came to the United States in 1851, locating in Greenville, Conn. He has always been a paper manufacturer. He has married twice, first to
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Grace Leslie Yule of Scotland, and they had five children: Thomas E., Elizabeth, John C. (as above), Agnes M. and Grace L. Mr. Duncan is treasurer of the Duncan Co. and stands at the head of it and now resides in New York city. John C. is prominent in Masonic circles and was a promoter of and member of On-da-wa Lodge No. 820, of Mechanicville, F. & A. M .; Capital City Chapter No. 242, R. A. M., of Albany, N. Y .; Saratoga Springs Cryptic Council; of Washington Commandery of Saratoga Springs No. 33, K. T .; Oriental Temple of Troy, A. A. O. N. M. S. ; Albany Sovereign Consistory of Albany, N. Y., thirty-second degree; and in his political choice is a staunch Republican. He is vice-president of the Manufacturers' National Bank of Mechanicville.
Dunlop, John J., M. D., son of Jackson and Mary J. (Clark) Dunlop, was born in the county of Monaghan, Ireland, August 2, 1818. The doctor's parents were both of Scotch descent. His father was at an early age appointed by the government as stipendiary magistrate, and held the office up to 1827, the time of his death. He received his early education and studied medicine in his native country, and in 1840 came to the United States, where he continued his medical education in the Univer- sities of Buffalo and New York, graduating from the latter institution in 1854, and for the past forty years has practiced medicine in Waterford and vicinty. Dr. Dun- lop is a member of the New York Medical Association and of the Medical Society of Troy and vicinity. He is also a member of Clinton Lodge No. 140, F. & A. M. ; of Chapter No. 169, R. A. M., Waterford, and of Apollo Commandery No. 15, K. T., of Troy, N. Y.
Dunn, Francis J., was born in Hadley, N. Y., February 19, 1858, a son of Joseph and Sarah (Parker) Dunn, natives of Ireland. Joseph came with the parents to Brooklyn about 1835. His wife was a daughter of James Parker, an early settler of Orange county. Francis J. was educated in the common schools and was graduated from Eastman's Business College in 1883, and has since been engaged as bookkeeper for A. A. Summer of New York city. In 1886 Mr. Dunn married Martha Gillespie, and they have three children: Thomas G., Sarah P., and Gertrude M. In politics Mr. Dunn is a Republican, and is now serving as supervisor of Hadley, in his seventh year, and supports the Presbyterian church at Conklingville.
Dunston, R. E., general manager of the Saratoga Traction Co., is a native of Eng- land, and there studied civil and electrical engineering, in which lines he was em- ployed for some years before coming to America. He is an expert electrician and a member of the Institution of Civil Engineers of London, England, and of the Ainer- ican Society of Electrical Engineers. He was appointed general manager of the Saratoga Traction Company in May, 1897, and in December, 1897, was made super- intendent of the Saratoga Northern Railroad. The Saratoga Traction Company operates the electric road from Saratoga Springs to Saratoga Lake and from Saratoga Springs to the Geysers. The original projectors of the road received their charter on July 8, 1889, and built the last named branch; on June 30, 1892, the road was purchased by the Union Electric Railway Co., who built the lake division. In June, 1896, the present company acquired the property, and it is their intention in the near
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future to extend the Geyser division to Ballston Spa and possibly to Mechanicville. The Saratoga Northern Railway has acquired the property and franchise of the old Mt. McGregor Railway, which is at present a narrow gauge steam road, and it is their intention to equip the same electrically, changing the gauge to four feet eight and one-half inches, and extend it to the village of Glens Falls, twenty-two miles north of Saratoga. When this is done a connecting link will be built joining the tracks of the Traction Company with those of the Northern road. Mr. Charles H. Davis of New York is the chief engineer of both these enterprises, which is a guaran- tee that Saratoga county will soon be second to none in the matter of trolley roads.
Durant, Rev. William, D. D., pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Saratoga Springs, was born in Albany, August 21, 1846, a son of William Clark and Ann Elizabeth (White) Durant. His father, a successful manufacturer of flour in Albany, N. Y., and Milwaukee, Wis., was a resident of Albany for many years and was known as a leading business man. The family is of old Puritan stock, tracing their descent from William Durant, who was in Boston, Mass., 1640, ruling elder of Puritan colony in Virginia, and, when exiled by Governor Berkley, led colony into Maryland and founded Providence, which is now Annapolis; he came from Corn- wall, England; (2) George, (3) Edward, (4) Edward, (5) Edward, (6) Thomas, (7) Ed- ward, (8) William C., and (9) William. Dr. Durant attended the Albany private schools and graduated from the Albany Academy in 1864, in the same year he en- tered Yale and received the degree A. B. in 1868. During the following year he made a Continental, Egyptian and Palestine trip and upon his return entered Prince- ton Theological Seminary, from which he was graduated in 1872. In December, 1873, he was ordained and installed as pastor of the Sixth Presbyterian church of Albany; he continued with this charge until 1882, when he became pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Morristown, N. J. In the spring of 1887 he accepted a call to the Boundary Avenue Presbyterian church at Baltimore, Md., where he remained until 1892, in which year he made an extended European tour and in Feb- ruary, 1893, was installed as pastor of the First Presbyterian church of Saratoga Springs. In 1884 the degree of D. D. was conferred upon him by Union College. Dr. Durant has been a frequent contributor to the press and has also edited the writings of the late Dr. Charles Hodge of Princeton on " Church Polity " (Scribner, 1878), and a compilation of the " Records and Genealogies" of the First Presbyterian church of Morristown, N. J. He is a pulpit orator of ability and a man of liberal education. For his first wife Dr. Durant married in July, 1878, Elizabeth F. Stan- tial and they have one son, William Clark Durant. In 1887 Dr. Durant married Lucy B. Stantial, sister of his first wife, and they have one daughter, Lois Pierson Durant.
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