Our county and its people; a descriptive work on Oneida county, New York;, Part 105

Author: Wager, Daniel Elbridge, 1823-1896
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: [Boston] : The Boston history co.
Number of Pages: 1612

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Wood, Mrs. Permelia I., is the widow of Horace Wood, who died in Deerfield, in 1868, son of Calvin and Sarah Wood of West Schuyler, Herkimer county. Mrs. Wood is the daughter of Franklin (a native of Massachusetts) and Phoebe (Brown) Whitney, a native of Connecticut. Her grandfather was a pioneer of Herkimer

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county, and was a soldier in the Revolutionary war. Franklin Whitney came to Deerfield in pioneer days, where he cleared a home. He kept a tavern on the farm now owned by Mrs. Wood, and also owned a large tract of land and was engaged in farming. Mr. and Mrs. Wood had four children: Julia, who died June 9, 1895: Murray, a butcher at Schuyler, N. Y .; Horace, a farmer of White Hall, Ill .; and Charles, who conducts the home farm, and has a dairy of twenty cows. Franklin Whitney was a captain in the war of 1812, and died in 1845.

Lloyd, David R., son of Richard and Winifred Lloyd, was born in Wales in 1824. He was one of six children: Evan, John. Mary, William, Catherine, and David R. In 1854 he settled in Utica. There he married Sidna, daughter of Lewis Owen, by whom he has had eight children: Winifred (deceased, wife of William D. Edwards); Mary, wife of John P. Jones; Harriet, John Lemuel, William, David R., jr., and Evan H. After leaving Utica, where he resided for some time, he became engaged in farming. He now resides on what is known as the Fox farm, two miles from Holland Patent. Mr. Lloyd is a deacon in the Bethany Presbyterian church, of which he has been trustee. Evan H. is employed by the N. Y. C. R. R. as sten- ographer and typewriter at Utica. David R., jr., was graduated from the State Normal School at Oneonta and is teaching at Forestport, N. Y. William, after tak- ing a course in music, is engaged in giving vocal lessons.

Thomas, Evan T., was born in the town of Steuben, Oneida county, N. Y., August 25, 1833, son of Thomas J. and Ann (Jones) Thomas. Mrs. Thomas was a daughter of John F. and Mary Jones, who settled in Trenton about 1800. John F. Jones was a private in the war of 1812. Thomas J. Thomas settled in Trenton about 1825, and in 1828 he married and moved to Steuben. They had three children: Capt. John T .. who enlisted in Co. F, 117th Regt., N. Y. Vols., and was killed January 15, 1865, at Fort Fisher, N. C .; Evan T., and Maria (deceased). Evan T. Thomas married Priscilla, daughter of Meredith H. and Jane Meredith by whom he had four chil- dren : Anna, John, Clarence D., and Jennie (deceased). His wife died in 1874. He was married December 22, 1875, to Ann, daughter of John O. and Jeanette Roberts, of Remsen. In 1857 Mr. Thomas engaged in the limestone and quarry business near Remsen, and in 1869 he removed to Prospect, where he has since been engaged in the same business. He has always been interested in educational and church work.

Wilson, Benjamin F., was born in the town of Newport, Herkimer county, N. Y., November 11, 1819. He was educated in the common schools and has always been a farmer. He came with his brother George to the town of Westmoreland in 1841, and March 7, 1849, he married Susan F. Brewster, of the town of Verona, by whom he had eight children: Emma J., George B., Alice C., James H., Frank B., Herbert E., Julia C., and Seymour E. Emma J. married William H. Soper, and they have two children: Alice L. and Willard P. George B. married Anna Maycock, and they have three children: Minnie, George H. and Henry B. Alice C. married William Brewster, and they have two daughters: Maud and Susan. James H. married Lulu Palmer, of Verona village, and they have seven children: Benjamin W., William, Dwight, George, Hubert, Nellie, and Irving. Frank B. married Emma Soper. Herbert J. married Emma Youngs, and they had two daughters: Susan and Flora.

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He died January 2, 1891. Julia C. married H. Wylie Adams, and they have two children: Henry and Ruth. Seymour E. married Ellen J. Huminston, and they have one daughter, Florence V. Mrs Wilson died September 1, 1890. Mr. Wilson's father, John Wilson, was born in the town of Thompson, Conn., September 16, 1780 and was educated in the schools of his day. He married Sarah Wheaton, who was born July 12, 1782, in Swansea, Conn. They had twelve children: Lyman, Nancy A., Simon W., Sally, Ruth, Harriet, John, George, Benjamin, who died in infancy, Benjamin F., as above, Lanard K., and Samuel S. Mr. Wilson died December 16, 1873. Mr. Wilson's grandfather, John Wilson, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war.

Perry, Gilbert, was born in Franklin county in 1855, son of Frank Perry, who was born in Canada in 1830, son of Martin, who was a laborer. Frank Perry was a farmer and woodsman, and came to Franklin county about 1845, where he still re- sides. He married Betsey Farmer, by whom he had one child, Gilbert, who at- tended the district school and was brought up to lumbering. When sixteen years of age he began for himself and when eighteen years of age took his first lumber con- tract. From 1878 to 1888 he was employed as foreman under a superintendent in the lumber woods, and during 1888 acted as superintendent, putting in a stock of 21,500,- 000 feet of lumber. In 1889 he was sent to Oneida county and the Adirondacks prospecting for timber, the result of which was the purchasing of 93,000 acres of land by a syndicate, and the following year he came to Forestport as superintendent of a logging crew. He built the first logging camp on Black River and began operations with twenty-five men, the next year he entered into contract with the Forestport Lumber Company to clear Black River Valley of the lumber timber. In 1894 he took another contract of Denton & Waterbury to clear from a large tract of land the timber amounting to 400,000,000 feet and to deliver the logs at their mill at Forest- port; these two later contracts he is still operating on. Mr. Perry owns a farm in Franklin county and one in Forestport, where he now resides and which he superin- tends. He is an active, enterprising business man, and to him is due the opening of the Black River country. In 1892 he put in a general store in Forestport and in 1895 erected a store at North Lake, which he stocked with general merchandise. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. In 1877 he married Elizabeth, daughter of Charles Camp, of Franklin county, by whom he has three children: Violet, May and Jane.

Krebs, Albert, was born in Annsville, October 12, 1858, a son of Samuel and Rosanna (Yutzler) Krebs, both natives of Switzerland. His father, who was a cabi- netmaker and cheesemaker by trade, came to America in the early fifties, and for a short time lived in Lee, and then removed to Annsville, where he engaged in farm- ing for eight years. He then conducted a Swiss cheese factory at Blossvale about three years, and later operated a cheese factory at Lee State Road for two years, and since 1869 has been a resident of Lee, on the farm he now occupies, engaged in farming and the manufacture of Swiss and Limburger cheese. During the late Civil war he was a member of Co. F, 146th N. Y. Vols., and after serving nearly a year was honorably discharged on account of disability. Mr. and Mrs. Krebs were the parents of seven children, five of whom survive: Samuel, jr., John F., Albert, Ed- ward F., and Susan K. (Mrs. Jacob Abbuhl). Albert was reared in his native coun-

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try and educated in the common schools and Utica Business College, from which he graduated in the spring of 1882. The following year he conducted a Swiss cheese factory at Lee State Road, and has since been engaged in the business at home, be- ing associated with his father and brother. He married, October 16, 1893, Hattie M., daughter of Cornelius J. Western of Boonville. He is a member of F. & A. M., Royal Arcanum, S. F. I., and P. of H. In 1888 he was appointed justice of the peace to fill a vacancy, and elected the following spring for a full term, and resigned in 1889 to accept an appointment of supervisor to fill an unexpired term, and was subsequently elected to the same office four successive terms, one year being placed at the head of the Republican and Democrat tickets. Mr. Krebs is a Democrat.

Miller, Dr. Frederick Munger, was born in Clinton, N. Y., November 22, 1868, son of George L. and Cornelia (Foote) Miller. George L. is a native of Oneida county, son of Phineas C. and Mary E. (Munger) Miller. Phineas C. is a native of Hanover Green, son of Isaac Miller, who came from Middleville, Conn. to Hanover Green about 1775, being one of the first settlers there. He took up 400 acres of land and cleared a home. In 1809 he went to Deansboro, where he died about 1840. Mrs. Cornelia (Foote) Miller was a native of Vernon, N. Y., daughter of Daniel B. and Eliza M. (Yale) Foote, who were early settlers of Vernon, where they came from Norfolk, Conn. George L. Miller was reared on a farm, and engaged in the mer- cantile business in Clinton. He then went on the road as a commercial traveler, and settled in Utica in 1881, and in 1891 took up his residence at Deerfield. Dr. Frederick Miller was educated at the Clinton Grammar School and Utica Academy; he was for one year at the University of Maryland, and two years at Long Island College Hospital, and he was graduated from the Long Island College Hospital in the spring of 1891, after which he commenced his practice at Deerfield; he also has an office in Utica. He is health officer of Deerfield and Marcy. He is a member of Shenandoah Lodge, I. O. O. F. In 1891 he married Marie A. Tefft, daughter of Dr. Charles B. Tefft of Utica, by whom he had two children: Charles Tefft, who died at the age of sixteen months, and Frederick M.

Pratt, Charles A., was born in Verona, N. Y., in 1849. At the age of twelve he went to live with his uncle, N. J. Blackman, and attended the district schools. The early years of his life were devoted to dairy farming on a large scale and he also did a large lumbering business, together with the manufacture of cider and vinegar in company with his uncle. Mr. Pratt now owns the Summit View Stock Farm, where he makes a specialty of breeding the best strains of trotting horses. Among the best ones he has developed are Repetition 2:14}; Bon Homie, 2:171; Charley Green, 2:19}, etc. Mr. Pratt has held the position of highway commissioner for six years. May 7, 1874, he married Mary L. Beck, formerly of Herkimer, and they have three sons: Jay H., W. Spencer, and Nahum B. Jay H. Pratt is actively en- gaged in the horse business with his father. Mr. Pratt's father, William, was born in the town of Westmoreland, November 29, 1823. He married twice, first to Sarah M. Blackman, by whom he had three children: one died in infancy, Charles A., and Herbert W. Mr. William Pratt died January 22, 1891, and his wife died February 19, 1864. Mrs. Charles A. Pratt's father, Jacob Beck, was born in Germany, in March, 1830, and was educated in their schools. He came to the United States when eighteen years of age, first locating in Herkimer county. He married Elizabeth

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Brandenstein, a native of Germany, by whom he had seven children: Mary L., William, Caroline, Oliver, Julia, Frances, and Elizabeth. The family came to the town of Verona in 1854. The family is of English, Scotch and German descent.

Potter, Carroll C., was born on the farm where he now resides, September 18, 1832, son of William and Angeline (Briggs) Potter, who settled in Marcy about 1824. They had eight children: Caroline Mattison, John, Betsey Fox, Carroll C., Roderick, Mary Ann Wilcox, Angeline and Henry J. William Potter was a farmer by occupation, and held the office of justice and assessor for about thirty years. He was also active in educational and church work, and helped to build the first school house in dis. trict No. 5, in the town of Marcy in 1832. He also helped to organize the Baptist society, and was trustee at the time the church was erected in 1842. Carroll C. Potter married Sarah S., daughter of Hiram Getman. Mr. Potter has been justice of the peace for twenty years, and was appointed postmaster at Marcy in 1868. He was captain in the 41st Regt., 21st Brigade, 6th Division, N. G. S. N. Y. Mr. Potter has been connected with the School Board since 1857, and has been an officer of the church for twenty-five years, also takes an active part in agricultural societies, and is a member of the New York Central Farmers' Club. He is a secretary of the State Good Roads Committee, also a member of the County Good Roads Society He is a member of Marcy Grange, Utica F. & A. M., Lodge No. 47, and of Oneida Chapter of Utica.

Shaw, Henry W., was born in Sheffield, England, September 25, 1830, son of John and Ann (Ashforth) Shaw, natives of England, who came to Albany, N. Y., in 1831, and in 1832 came to Deerfield, where they engaged in farming. His maternal grandfather, George Ashforth, was a cabinet maker at Vernon Center; and his paternal grandfather, John Shaw, was overseer of land estate in England, who in old age came to America, where he died at the age of ninety-four years. Henry W. has been engaged at railroading for ten years; at the carpenter trade for twenty years, and was collector of toll on the Deerfield and Utica road, for three years. In 1857 he married Helen Sweet of Schuyler, who died in 1887, leaving one daugh- ter, Cora A. In 1862 Mr. Shaw enlisted in Co. C, 117th, 4th Oneida Regt. and was honorably discharged May 10, 1864, because of disability. He is a charter member of Post McQuaid No. 14, G. A. R.

Ballou, Ellis, was born near Boonville, in 1842, son of Ellis Ballon, also a native of that place. His grandfather, Peletiah Ballou, came from Rhode Island. Ellis Ballou, jr., was educated at Boonville, after which he engaged in farming, and now owns a farm of 170 acres. He is a Democrat in politics, and was highway commis- sioner in 1882, and in 1884 was elected assessor. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity. In 1875 he married Agnes Sester, of a French family of Boonville, by whom he had one daughter, Mary A.

Brewer, Edward E., was born on the homestead in the town of Verona in 1840. He was educated in the common schools and Vernon Academy, and is by occupation a farmer. He is also a dealer in hay. In 1863 he married Melia Eigabroadt, of the town of Vernon, by whom he had two sons: James E. and Charles E. James E. is a prominent attorney in Oneida, N. Y., and married Clara Swift, of Warren, Conn., by whom he had two daughters: Helen and Grace. Charles E. is a fireman on the

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N. V. C. & H. R. R. R. He married Lizzie Mahaney, of Vienna. Mr. Brewer's father, Morris P., was also born here July 3, 1812. He was educated in the public schools and Hamilton College at Clinton, and was a farmer by occupation. He married Caroline E. Sage, by whom he had five children: James A., Theodore R., Edward E., as above, and Mercy E., now Mrs. John Merrill, of Toledo, Ohio, and Morris P. Mr. Brewer's grandfather, Artemus Brewer, was born in Massachusetts, about 1776. He married Electa Hall, by whom he had six children. He died in 1863, and his wife about 1858. Mrs. Brewer's father, Peter G. Eigabroadt, was born at Palatine Bridge, Montgomery county, N. Y., April 28, 1792. He married Lena Garlock, of his native place, and came to this county in 1840. They had thirteen children: Mary, Nancy, Elizabeth, Washington, David, James, Alonzo, Walter, Peter, Diana, William, Charles, and Amelia. Charles was a soldier in the late war, in the 3d N. Y. Vols., and died at Fort McHenry, Baltimore, Md. Peter was a soldier in a Wis- consin Regiment, and was honorably discharged at the close of the war. Mrs. Brewer's father was a soldier in the war of 1812. Her grandfather, Adam Garlock, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and was in the battle of Oriskany.

Bowen, John, was born near South Trenton, Oneida county, N. Y., April 2, 1851, son of William and Ann Bowen, who came from England and settled in Trenton about 1843. In early life William Bowen was a laborer, but later followed farming. His children are William E., Thomas, Elizabeth, John, Lydia, and Hannah. John Bowen married Carrie, daughter of Thomas and Maria Theobold, by whom he had one child, Fred W. Mr. Bowen is active in education, school and church work, and is also interested in town, county, and national affairs. He is a charter member and president of South Trenton Patrons of Industry, and has held other minor offices.

Coventry, Robert, was born in Deerfield, N. Y., on the farm he now owns, Au- gust 19, 1837, son of Robert and Lydia (Barnes) Coventry, natives of Deerfield. His maternal grandparents were Aaron and Lucinda Barnes. Aaron Barnes was born at Lanesboro, Mass., March 16, 1781, and came to Deerfield in 1818, where he died March 25, 1852; and his father, Joseph Barnes, was a captain in the Revolutionary war. Mr. Coventry's paternal grandfather, Dr. Alexander Coventry, was born in Scotland, August 27, 1876, son of Capt. George Coventry, a soldier under George II in the French war. He studied medicine at Glasgow and Edingburgh, and in 1785 settled at Hudson, N. Y., where he engaged in the practice of medicine and farming. In 1796 he removed to Utica, where he also practiced. In 1804 he engaged in fruit growing in Deerfield, where he took up his residence, but also continued his practice in Utica; he died in 1831. Robert Coventry was born in Deerfield, February 7, 1807, and was engaged in farming in Deerfield, where he died February 15, 1888. Mrs. Coventry died December 27, 1885. Robert Coventry, jr., was educated at Whites- town Seminary, and November 18, 1863, he married Catherine, daughter of Reese and Jane (Jones) Lewis of Deerfield, N. Y., by whom he has three children: Helen, born September 26, 1864; Thomas L., born December 10, 1867, of the Utica Press; and Lydia Jane, born May 13, 1869, wife of Dr. Woodruff of Joliet, Ill.

Hughes, John W., was born in Remsen, Oneida county, January 17, 1842, son of William and Catherine (Roberts) Hughes, natives of North Wales, who came to America in 1841, locating in Remsen, where they remained two years and then

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removed to Henderson Harbor, Jefferson county, N. Y., thence to Wisconsin, and in 1845 located in Rome, where the father engaged in street contracting and speculat- ing in real estate, and where he resided until his death, which occurred June 16, 1894, aged seventy-four years. He had four children, of whom John W. was the only one to reach maturity. John W. was educated in the public schools of Rome, and dur- ing the late Civil war was a member of Co. B, 146th N. Y. Vols., enlisting August 26, 1862, served eighteen months, and was in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chan cellorsville and Gettysburg. Since 1867 Mr. Hughes has been engaged in farming, and has been a resident of Western since 1877. In 1867 he married Ann, daughter of Owen O. and Jeanette Evans, of Constableville, N. Y., by whom he has five chil- dren surviving; one, Kittie, died young; those living are Jeanette, Elizabeth (Mrs. Hamilton), Grace, Catharine and William.

Hemenway, Henry M., was born in Marcy, February 17, 1817, son of Nathan and Martha D. (Bruce) Ilemenway. He was one of nine children: Louise, Susan, Patty, Henry M., James, Aurelia, Janette, Martha D. and Margaret. He married Mary. daughter of Austin and Maria Fuller, by whom he has one child, Helen M., wife of Allison Holland. At the age of sixteen he left home and hired as a farm hand to Reuben Fox, near Holland Patent, where he remained until twenty-one, when he married and took on shares the farm of Aaron White of that place. When twenty- five he bought the farm in Floyd on which he has since resided. Mr. Hemenway was at one time captain in the State National Guards and is a descendant on the maternal side of the ancient Scottish family of Bruce. About 1660 his third great- grandfather, Thomas Eames, settled in Framingham, Mass., and was early chosen selectman. His house was burned by the Indians February 1, 1676, his wife killed with some of his children and others taken captive. The massacre was committed by twelve Indians headed by Nitus. The actors did not long escape the hands of justice. Nitus was killed March 27 at Marlboro by a party of English under Lieutenant Jacobs, and his wife sold. Annecocken was dead before the close of summer. August 12 a warrant was issued by Thomas Danforth, magistrate, for the arrest of Joshua Assunt, John Dublet, William Jackstraw and two of his sons, also Jackstraw's wife, all of them Monguncog Indians. Jackstraw and his two sons were examined by Mr. Danforth, to whom they confessed the act. The three were com . mitted to prison with, probably, the others, and tried September 18 and three were executed on the 21.

Porter, George L., was born at Boonville in 1851, son of Erastus C. Porter, who was also born at Boonville, and whose father, Ezekiel Porter, was a pioneer settler at the present homestead, where in the year 1810 he built the second frame house erected in that locality. Erastus C. Porter was twice married, having two children, one son and one daughter by his first wife who died in 1838; in 1842 he married Jane Kent, by whom he had two children, all of whom are now dead except George L., the subject of the present sketch. In 1886 Erastus C. Porter died aged eighty-one years; he was a man of sterling worth and energy and was respected and hon- ored by all who knew him; his wife died nine years later aged eighty three years. George L. Porter devoted his life to farming where his ancestors resided be- fore him, and has done much to beautify the place by building a handsome residence and new barns and out buildings. In 1872 he married Sarah Reynolds, by whom he has four children : Charles E., Walter J., Frank and Le Roy.

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Roberts, Mrs. Emma J., is the widow of the late Hon. R. H. Roberts, who died in 1888, aged fifty-one years. He was born in Wales in 1837, and came to America when two years of age. In 1870 he married Emma J., daughter of Spencer Pitcher, of Boonville, by whom he had three children: Anna Lena; Robert H., a law student in the office of Hon. H. W. Bentley; and Emma J., who died in 1874. In 1865 Mr. Roberts engaged in building oil tanks in the Pennsylvania oil regions, but afterward retailed wagons, cutters, etc. He was elected supervisor in 1874 and 1875, and was sent to the Assembly in 1877. In 1883 he represented Oneida county in the State Senate. Latterly his allegiance was given to the Democratic party.

Soule, Germain M., was born in Floyd, son of Nicholas and Mary E. (Burlison) Soule, who had two children: Minnie E. and Germain M. Nicholas Soule is a native of Oneida county, son of Thomas E., who came from Connecticut about 1800 and was a carpenter by trade. Germain M. Soule married Libbie, daughter of Earnest and Dora (Dussel) Brueckner, by whom he has two children ; Nicholas G. and Almira D. In 1888 Mr. Soule engaged in the mercantile business at Floyd in which he con- tinued for two years. He has since been engaged in farming and dealing in agricul- tural implements. He was elected inspector of election, appointed town clerk and in 1892 was elected supervisor. For the last two years he has been highway com- missioner. He is a member of Oriskany Lodge, F. & A. M., No. 799; O. U. F. of Stittville; Floyd Grange; and is president of the Patrons of Industry.

Sargent, Foster, was born at Sterling, Mass., in 1849, son of N. M. Sargent, who was of English descent, and was born at Lancaster, Mass., in 1813. He came here in 1851 and established the industry of chair manufacturing, one of the important features in the development of the town. In 1857 he purchased the plant of the Tuttle estate, which covers seven acres and furnishes employment for many men. He married Lydia A. Roper, by whom he had four children : Augustus W. (deceased), Nellie, M. Foster, and Frank L. His death in 1884 was universally regretted by the community, with which he had been so closely identified for so many years. Foster and Frank L. Sargent then formed a copartnership styled N. M. Sargent's Sons, and fully maintain the reputation earned during the lifetime of the founder of the enter- prise. Foster Sargent has always been engaged in the above enterprise. He first married Nettie Rohda, who died January 13, 1889, and afterward married Hattie E. Hubbard of Gregg, N. Y., by whom he had one son, Walter Sargent. N. M. Sar- gent represented the town two years in the Oneida county Board of Supervisors, and at various times was trustee of the village; Frank Sargent the junior member of the present firm was born at Boonville August 22, 1853. He married Miss Anna Monna- han, by whom he has one daughter, Anna May, and one son, Frank Harvey Sar- gent ; he is the business manager of the firm of N. M. Sargent's Sons.

Swartwout, Leander. M. D., was born in Pamelia, Jefferson county, N. Y., April 30, 1842, son of Enoch and Sally Swartwout. Leander Swartwout was educated in the district and select schools of Jefferson county, and in 1861 entered the Fairfield Academy. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. C, 121st Regt. N. Y. Vols., and was discharged in 1863. In 1864 he again entered the Fairfield Academy, where he graduated. He taught school for forty terms, and in 1878 he entered the Albany Medical College, where he graduated in 1880, and since which time he has practiced in Prospect. He

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Our county and its people; a descriptive work on Oneida county, New York;, Part 105

Author: Wager, Daniel Elbridge, 1823-1896 Publication date: 1896 Publisher: [Boston] : The Boston history co. Number of Pages: 1612

Author: Wager, Daniel Elbridge, 1823-1896
Publication date: 1896
Publisher: [Boston] : The Boston history co.
Number of Pages: 1612