Our county and its people; a descriptive work on Oneida county, New York;, Part 112

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

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Bartholomew, Edward J., was born in Augusta, N. Y., October 20, 1850, son of Orlo Bartholomew, who was born in Goshen, Conn., in 1801, and died in Augusta May 7, 1864. He was a minister of the Presbyterian faith, and for twenty-eight years was pastor of the Presbyterian church at Augusta. He was the second pastor the church had, and did more to build up and promote the interest of the society than any other person connected with it. He came to Augusta in 1836, and up to that time had been engaged in farming. November 13, 1836, he married Julia A. Peck, of Skaneateles, N. Y., who came from one of the best known families of that place. She was born May 11, 1813, and died in Augusta, March 21, 1892. Edward J. Bartholomew received his education at the school in Augusta, and after finishing, he taught school for eleven successive winters, devoting his summers to farming. At the age of twenty-four he bought the Sheldon Smith farm near Angusta, where he remained for two years. Ile then sold out and moved to Madison, N. Y., where he resided for seven years, still continuing to teach school winters. October 8, 1873, he married Flora Spooner of Augusta, daughter of James Spooner, a prominent farmer of that place. In 1888 they took possession of the Spooner farm, and remained there until 1892, when Mr. Bartholomew moved on to the farm left vacant by the death of his brother, A. P. Bartholomew. Mr. and Mrs. Bartholomew have four children: Florence A., born December 27, 1875; Clara M , born July 17, 1878; Joseph- ine S., born June 23, 1881 ; and Harry J., born January 12, 1889.

Amann, Ignace L.« was born in Alsace, France (now Germany), February 1, 1850. He was educated there and then came to the United States, landing in New York January 30, 1872, and locating in Verona, where he is engaged in farming. May 15, 1877, he married Josephine A. Schwarz, who came from Philadelphia, Jefferson county, N. Y., when five years of age. They have five children: Louise V., Minnie 'T., J. Albert, Josephine A., and Leona M. Mr. Amann is a member of the Benevo- lent Order of the C. M. B. A., No. 60, Rome, N. Y. Anthony Amann, his father, was born at the old home in Alsace. He married Theresa Wind, of that place, by whom he had ten children, of whom the following grew to maturity: Joseph, Antone, Salome, Andrew, Nicholas, Mary and Ignace L. Mr. and Mrs. Anthony Amann are dead. Mrs. Amann's father, Joseph Schwarz, was born in Germany in 1824. He married Balbina Becherer, and came to the United States in 1852, going to Utica first, afterwards to Detroit, Mich., and then to Philadelphia, N. Y. They had twelve children: Sabina (who died at sea), Wilhelmina, William A., Joseph E.,

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Josephine A., John S., Mary M., Francis L., Louisa T., Nettie B., Alvin H., and Emma H. (who died at the age of fifteen). Mr. Schwarz died July 6, 1875. The family is of French and German descent.

Bourke, Miles R., was born in the town of Florence, Oneida county, May 1, 1848, son of Thomas and Mary Bourke, natives of Ireland, who came to America in 1836, settling in Florence. In 1851 he moved to Utica where Mr. Bourke worked for a telegraph company, and then for the New York Central Railroad. Miles R. Bourke learned the trade of plumber and hardware business with John Carton of Utica. Ile was appointed to the Naval Academy by Francis Kernan, but did not serve, owing to lack of physical development. In 1866 he came to Waterville, where he con- ducts a general hardware and plumbing business. He is serving his fourth term on the exise board, and was chief of the fire department one year. He is an active Demo- erat and has been delegate to many conventions. He was formerly in the Utica Fire Department, and is an exempt fireman in that city. In 1880 he married Mar- garet Landers, by whom he has four children: John, Miles, Rachel and Frances.

Thomas, Charles H., was born on the farm where he now resides, April 17, 18-10, son of Stephen and Lucy (Goodell) Thomas. He was born in the first frame house in this part of the country. His mother's family belonged to Montgomery county, N. Y. His father's family were Quakers, and moved from Dutchess county to Her- kimer county when Stephen was twelve years of age. There were two brothers, Ilenry, of Lone Rock, Wis., and the late Dr. D. G. Thomas of Utica, and one sister who married Capt. Holcomb of Litchfield. About 1830 Stephen became connected with Frankfort Iron Works, being superintendent first, and afterwards, as agent, he traveled all over the State. In 1834 he came to Paris and bought a farm of eighty acres, adding to it until it contained over two hundred aeres. He was one of the first to put up a cheese factory in this section, where his son Charles was cheesemaker for some years. Ile was an energetic, progressive and successful farmer, and was one of the men who rendered efficient aid in putting through the Utica, Chenango and Susquehanna Valley (now D. L. & W.) railroad, being one of the commissioners until his health failed. Both parents died at the age of eighty-seven years, leaving two sons, C H., and W. J. Thomas of Westmoreland. In 1867 Charles H. Thomas married Frances L. Knight, daughter of Jeremiah Knight, M. D., also of Quaker family, coming from Providence, R. I. He was a well known physician of the town of Paris, also supervisor, and superintendent of schools. Her mother, Lucia (Marsh) Knight, was a lineal descendant of Anne Webster, daughter of Gov. John Webster, and John Marsh, both of whose names are to be found on a fine shaft, erected to the memory of the first settlers in Ilartford, Conn. Other members of the family were, later on, first settlers of Hadley, Mass., New Hartford, Conn., and still later of Whitesboro and New Hartford, Oneida county, N. Y. These families were both represented in the wars of 1776, 1812, and the war of the Rebellion. Sergt. Robert Knight and Dr. Arthur Knight, of Sauquoit, served three years in the Union army. The old militia commissions of Capt. Nehemiah Knight, jr., rank of Colonel, "Cranston Blues, R. I." dated 1802, signed by "Gov. Arthur Fenner, Commander in Chief of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations :" countersigned by " N. Knight, Senator," also the commission of " Lient. Jeremiah Knight, 140th N. Y. Infantry," signed by De Witt Clinton are still in the possession of the family. Charles and

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Frances Thomas have three sons: Jeremiah K. of Binghamton, Stephen G., and Irving H., still on the farm.

Thompson, Joseph T., was born in Durhamville, N. Y., in 1831. He was educated in the district and select schools, and has since had a variety of occupations; in earlier years he was a farmer. He erected and has been interested in the cheese factories of Oneida Castle, and built the first circular saw mill in the town of Verona, near Oneida, where he conducted for fourteen years an extensive lumber business. He started the first ice business in Oneida, and is the originator of several new varie- ties of fruit, among them the Columbus gooseberry and the Columbian raspberry, being very valuable additions to the list of small fruits. He is also an inventor and mechanic. February 6, 1861, he married Mary S. White, of Oneida Castle, N. Y., who was born in Potsdam, N. Y., in 1836. Mr. Thompson's father, Joseph Thomp- son, was born in Colerain, Mass., September 30, 1791. He was educated in the schools of that day, and came to this county when a young man. He married Betsey Frazee, of Durhamville, N. Y., by whom he had seven children: Margaret, Betsey, Rachel, Angeline, Joseph T., as above, Benjamin F. and Edwin. Mr. Thompson was a soldier in the war of 1812, and was also an officer in the State militia. He died in 1870 and his wife in 1877. Mr. Thompson's grandfather, Joseph Thompson, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war, and his grandfather Frazee was the first settler in Durhamville, N. Y. Mrs. Thompson's father, Harry White, was born in Rome, N. Y., in 1801. He was educated in the schools of that day, and was a mechanic by occupation, also a Baptist minister. He married Deborah Jenne, of Shaftsbury, Vt., by whom he had three children: Henry S., Mary S., as above, and Jenne L. He died in 1889 and his wife in 1881. The ancestry of the family is Scotch on both sides.

Barnard, Josiah E., was born in Kirkland, N. Y., October 16, 1834, son of George W. and Phoebe Frances Barnard. George W. Barnard was born May 5, 1806, in Kirkland. Mrs. Barnard was born in Pittsfied, and is still living, being in her eighty- sixth year. Josiah E. Barnard was educated partly in Westmoreland and partly in Clinton, and was connected with the agricultural manufacturing business for about fifteen years in Madison county, and then he engaged in farming, at which he has since continued. He married Eliza C. Mansfield, of Madison county, by whom he has one child, Frances M. Barnard, who was graduated from Albany Normal School and is now teaching in Tome Institute, Port Deposit, Maryland.

Dietche, Henry, was born in Baden, Germany, February 21, 1842. He was edu- cated in their schools, and afterward learned the boot and shoe trade. In 1870 he came to the United States, first locating in Cleveland, Ohio, but in 1871 he removed to Vernon, Oneida county, N. Y., and to New London, N. Y., October 1, 1872, where he is engaged in the shoe and harness business; he is also an ice dealer. November 1. 1873, he married Elizabeth Ziller, of this place, by whom he had five children : Emma, who died October 28, 1887; Nettie, who died October 2, 1887; Henry G., Joseph E., and Lena B. Mr. Dietche's father, Gallus Dietche, was born at the old home- stead in Germany. He married Mary Riester of his native place, by whom he had two children: Ilenry, as above, and Louisa. Mr. Dietche died in 1892, and his wife in 1855. Mrs. Dietche's father, John Ziller, was born in Hesse Darmstadt, Ger-

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many, about 1802, He married Margaret Triebel, of Saxony, by whom he had six children : Margaret, George and Elizabeth, twins, Adam, Elizabeth No. 2, as above, and Catherine. Elizabeth No. 1 died young. Mr. Ziller died in October, 1887. The nationality of this family is German on both sides.

Daly, William Francis, was born in Utica, N. Y., September 22, 1850. He was the son of Michael and Catharine (Campbell) Daly. At the age of twelve years Mr. Daly enlisted in the army as a drummer boy but only went as far as Willett's Point when he was caught and brought back to school. He remained in school two years and in 1864 again made an attempt to join the northern forces at the front. Ile reached Governor's Island where he was again caught and brought back. He gradu- ated from the Assumption Academy in 1868. He then went west to Dakota and served as scout in the Red Cloud troubles and in several campaigns against the Apaches in Arizona and the Commanches in New Mexico. When the great Mexican leader General Diaz took the field against the then recognized government authori- ties, Mr. Daly accepted a command under him and served with distinction through the campaign until the surrender of Matamoras. Mr. Daly came north in time to attend the Centennial at Philadelphia. He then returned to Utica and became inter- ested in the sale of beef. Mr. Daly was the leader of the little band that ran the first carload of dressed beef into Utica from Chicago. Though the western beef is now almost universally used in the east, at that time all the meat dealers of Utica refused to buy outside of Utica, and Mr. Daly's project was ruined. In the year 1880 he again went west to Leadville, Col., but returned the following year to accept a posi- tion with the American Express Company. Later he was connected with the Star brewery and served some time as a elerk in the post-office. In 1887 Mr. Daly formed a partnership with J. J. Holland under the name Daly & Holland, manufacturers of barber's supplies and toilet articles. The firm also dealt in wall-paper, window shades, pictures and mouldings. In July, 1894, Mr. Holland retired and Mr. Daly conducted the business alone. After his return from the west he married Miss Catherine C. Venn of Utica, in June, 1877, two children blessing the union, Mark A. and Emma V. Daley. In May, 1881, Mr. Daly was called to mourn his wife's death. On November 19, 1884, he married Katherine Loftus of Constableville, Lewis county, N. Y. Mr. Daly is a genial, whole souled man who is a friend to everybody. It is his special boast that he has trod every foot of ground on the western slope on horse- back.

MeLean, William Gardner, was born in Stratford, Fulton county, N. Y., June 19, 1868, son of William J. and Margaret J. (Gardner) McLean, of Scotch descent. When fifteen years of age he moved to Utica with his parents where he completed his edu- cation. Immediately afterwards he accepted a position in the office of Charles Mil. lar & Son, Utica, dealers in plumbers' and tinners' supplies. In 1889 he came to Waterville as manager of a hardware business owned by Messrs. Millar & Son, and in 1891 purchased the business and organized the firm of W. G. MeLean & Co. In 1894 they added a complete line of furniture to their present business. In 1890 he was married to Sarah M., daughter of the late Stephen Bridenbecker, of the town of Lenox, Madison county, They have one son, Charles William MeLean.

Parke, Morgan Adelbert, was born in Westmoreland, November 4, 1853, son of

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David N. and Mary J. (Morgan) Parke. David N. Parke was born in Eaton, Madi- son county, in 1820, and came to Westmoreland about 1848, where he bought a farm, clearing part of it himself, and which he conducted until his death, January 22, 1888. Morgan A. Parke was educated at Whitestown, and then engaged in farming on the old homestead farm. Mr. Parke is a staunch Republican, and takes an active interest in the success of his party. Mr. Parke married Jennie S. Armstrong, daughter of Chauncey M. Armstrong of Rome, by whom he has three children: Estella May, Edna Alice, and Ruth Helena. Mr. Parke and wife are members of the Bartlett Baptist church.

Smith, Samuel G., was born in Westmoreland, February 3, 1833, son of Richard and Mary E. Smith. Richard Smith was born in England in 1805 and came to Westmoreland where he settled about 1820. He engaged in farming until 1889 when he retired from active work, and now resides with his son Samuel G. Samuel G. Smith was educated in Westmoreland. He has been engaged in the clothing busi- ness in Erie, Pa., and also in Youngstown, and Springfield, Ohio; but he is now en- gaged in cultivating his farm in Westmoreland. He married Charlotte P. Camp, daughter of Rev. Riverius Camp of Connecticut, by whom he has had three children: Kate S. (deceased), Lizzie J. and Dudley C. Mr. Smith and wife are members of the Episcopal church, and are among the oldest families in Oneida county.

Norton, Orlo B., was born in the town of Vernon, Oneida county, N. Y .. July 11, 1832, son of Florris Norton, who was born in Connecticut in 1793, and who was one of the earliest settlers in the town of Vernon, coming to this town when only eleven years of age. He married Elizabeth A. Curry, who was born in Bangor, Me., July 22, 1806, and died September 30, 1891. Mr. Norton died February 26, 1876. Orlo B. was educated at the Vernon Center school, after which he returned to the farm where he remained until the war broke out, when he enlisted in the 14th N. Y. Heavy Artillery, but was subsequently transferred to the 6th Heavy Artillery, and served until the close of the war. In 1865 he bought the farm upon which he is now living, and February 13, 1868, he married Edna A. Edgerton, of Waterville, who was born November 13, 1835, daughter of Guy and Esther K. Edgerton. Mr. and Mrs. Nor- ton have four adopted daughters. Mr. Norton is one of the largest farmers in the town of Vernon, and has always been identified with the town's best interests.

Morgan, Frank W., was born in the town of New Hartford in 1856, son of Elias Morgan, who was a pioneer farmer here, where he came when twenty years of age from Brookfield, Madison county, where he was born in 1808. For ten years he was in the employment of Morgan Butler, and by strict economy and hard work he saved sufficient money to purchase a farm near New Hartford, where he led a life of indus- try and integrity and was highly esteemed by the community, who revere his mem- ory as a man and a citizen. By his death in 1881 the Prohibition cause lost one of its most earnest advocates. Frank W. took a course at Utica Business College, and then engaged in farming, owning a farm in the suburbs of this village. In 1892 he married Mary H., daughter of Frank Kunze, an able mechanic, by whom he had two children: Glenn W., born August 31, 1893, and Iva F., born March 8, 1895. Mr. Morgan and wife are both intimately identified with the Methodist Episcopal church ; and he is an able defender of the temperance cause.

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Donlon, Thomas H., was born in the town of Vernon, in January, 1860, son of Patrick and Margaret Donlon natives of Ireland, and who first came to this country in 1840, and lived for a time in Osceola, Lewis county, N. Y. In 1869 they settled in Vernon, near Sherrill, where they remained during their life. They were pros- perous farmers, and by industry accumulated considerable property, leaving at their death two large farms; one is in Lewis county and the other in Vernon. Thomas H. attended the Sherrill school, and while yet a boy entered the employ of the Oneida Community, being engaged in the trap shop. He there learned the machinist trade in which he became proficient, and while thus employed he invented and got pat- ented a nutholder for lumber wagons, also a broomholder, both of which are in extensive use. Soon after this he invented a spring trap which possessed superior qualities over any other in the market. In 1888 he severed his connection with the Community and going to Cortland organized the Cortland Trap Co., where the traps were manufactured. Subsequent important improvements on this led to the sale of his trap to the Oneida Community. At the same time Mr. Donlon re- turned to the employ of the Community, in which service he remained one year. Since that time he has brought out several valuable patents, one of which being a new trap, and for the manufacture of which he has organized a new company.

Dewhurst, J. C., was born in Willowvale, N. Y. m 1858, son of the late Join Dewhurst, a widely-known resident machinist, who came to New Hartford at the age of twenty-five years, prospered and passed the balance of an active life, near this village as a farmer. J. C. Dewhurst, who was supervisor of this town in 1887, is a prominent architect and builder. Independent in politics, firm in his opinions of right, he endorses and serves the highest interests of citizenship. He is a member of the Royal Arcanum. In 1883 he married Christina Kuhn of this place, by whom he has had three children. Bertha, born in 1954; Herbert. in 1887 and De Forest in 1889. Ilis religious views are liberal and are summed up in the Golden Rule.

Dunham M. Earl, D. D., Ph. D., LL. D., son of the Rev. Moses and Roxana Dun- ham, and grandson of the Rev. Samuel Dunham, was born February 6, 1825, in Herkimer county, N. Y. He was kept steadily at school until he was twenty-two years of age, having prepared for college at Cazenovia Seminary and graduated from Hamilton College, in Clinton, N. Y., in the class of 1847. Three years later he took the degree of M. A. in course. After graduating he entered upon the profession of teaching and pursued it steadily for twelve years, holding the position of principal in Berlin Academy for four years and in Sauquoit Academy for eight years. Later in life he was principal of the famous Whitestown Seminary for three years. He was eminently successful in educational work and won a wide reputation as a teacher. In 1859 he entered the ministry, being licensed and ordained by the Presbytery of Utica. For the period of twenty-seven years he held his connection with the Pres- byterian church, holding pastorates in some of the most prominent church societies and serving twice as delegate to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in America. In 1889 he changed his church relation to the Congregationalists, in which body he was honored with a seat in the National Council, and is now pastor of the Plymouth Congregational church, of Utica, N. Y. During the period of his successful ministry he has received from Union and other universities the degrees of Ph. D .. D. D., and LL. D). His life has been an exceedingly busy one, and in addi-

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tion to his school and pastoral work he has occupied the editorial chair for several years as managing and associate editor of the The Temperance Patriot, The Living Issne, and associate editor of The Temperance Banner, The New York Central News, and other reform papers. His correspondence with secular, religious and reformatory journals has been prolific, and many short and continued stories of his have been published in papers and magazines. He has also written and published two books named respectively Here and Hereafter, and The Philosophy of Prayer, and is busy preparing others. Early in life he entered upon reform work, first as a temperance reformer, and has lectured upon this topic extensively throughout the State of New York and more or less in neighboring States and Canada. His services have been in large requisition for special addresses at school conventions and institutes and other special occasions, as well as at religious gatherings. He was one of the original movers in the prohibitory sentiment in New York State, and has been hon- ored by several nominations for State and National offices. Identified with the Good Templars for years he has held some of the highest offices in the Grand Worthy Lodge, and has been a member of the Right Worthy Grand Lodge of the World. He has also held high official positions among the Sons of Temperance, the Rechabites, and the Templars of Honor. As a presiding officer he has manifested special ability and has often been elected chairman of State conventions and other gatherings. He was chairman of the New York State delegation in the Prohibition convention at Pitts- burg, Pa., which put St. John in nomination for president of the United States. In 1851 he married Miss Harriet U. Hughston, only daughter of James Hughston, of East Guilford, N. Y., a lady of rare abilities. She died in 1859, leaving one son, George F., editor of the Utica Daily Press, trustee of Hamilton College, and one of the managers of the Utica State Hospital. In 1862 Mr. Dunham married Lydia M. Johnston, only daughter of David S. Johnston, of Sydney, N. Y., a lady of culture and refinement, who devotes much of her time and energies to works of reform. Hale and hearty, Mr. Dunham is still in the forefront of the battle, doing an amount of work before which many a younger man would shrink.

Miller, Frank P., D.D.S., was born at Camden, Oneida county, N. Y., October 18, 1870 He is a son of Perry B. and Phoebe C. Miller, residents of that place. Mr. Miller is a commercial traveler, an occupation he has actively followed many years. Smith Miller, his father, and grandfather, Dr. Miller, were natives of Connecticut, but came to Oneida county at an early period of its settlement. An ox team and rude cart were the means of conveyance for the family to the new home. He spent his life in Camden, being one of the leading citizens of the town. Dr. Frank P. Miller was reared in Camden and received his education in the public schools of the place. At the age of sixteen he began the study of dentistry with Dr. George P. Manville of Camden. He subsequently entered the Philadelphia Dental College and graduated from that institution in 1891. Dr. Miller then returned to Camden and entered upon the practice of his profession. This he continued successfully till De- cember, 1895, at which time he moved to Whitesboro. His proficiency in the science of dentistry has already assured him of a prosperous business in his new home. October 4, 1893, Dr. Miller married Harriet E., daughter of John and Elizabeth Hume, of Camden, N. Y. They have one daughter, now an infant.

Tompkins, C. H., was born on the farm where he now resides, February 24,

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1856, son of Joshua P. and Angelina (Pierce) Tompkins. His grandfather, Nathaniel Tompkins, was a native of Little Compton, R. I., and was one of the early settlers in the town of Paris, the deed of his farm being dated 1806. C. H. Tompkins has been engaged in farming all of his life. In 1877 he married Jennie Brownell, who died leaving one daughter, Angeline Pierce Tompkins, and in November, 1889, he married Kittie Brownell, by whom he had one son, Nathaniel Tompkins. In politics he is a Republican, and is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and also of the Patrons of Industry.

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Our county and its people; a descriptive work on Oneida county, New York;, Part 112

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