Our county and its people; a descriptive work on Oneida county, New York;, Part 93

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

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Gliffe, Henry, was born in Prussia, December 8, 1849, son of Charles and Austenia (Creger) Gliffe, natives of Germany. Mr. Gliffe was a wagonmaker by trade, and died in Germany in 1867; Mrs. Gliffe also died in Germany, in 1885. Henry Gliffe was reared and educated in Germany. He served in the army and also served ap- prenticeship at the tailor trade, and after working five years at the trade in Germany, emigrated to America in 1874, settling first in Utica, and then in Oneida in 1875; whence in 1878, he removed to Deerfield Corners, where he has since resided and carried on the business of manufacturing clothing for Utica firms. In 1874 he mar- ried Mary, adopted daughter of John Summerfield of Germany, where she was reared and educated, and came to America in 1873. They have three children: Adaline,

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Lilly and Henry M. Mr. Gliffe is an active Republican, and has been overseer of the poor for seven years in succession.

Garrett, Edward E., was born in South Trenton, N. Y., November 9, 1841, son of John P. and Elizabeth (Savage) Garrett. John P. was born in the house where Edward E. now lives, and is a son of Cheney and Lorena (Plant) Garrett, who came from Connecticut, and built the first frame house in the city of Utica. Cheney was engaged in the hotel business, also farming, and as a carpenter. John P. was also engaged in farming, and was town superintendent of schools, and has been constable and collector for many years. He was a member of Co. E, 97th Regt. N. Y. Vols., and was a private detailed as a musician. His children were William Henry, Edward Eugene, Cornelia Eliza, Ella Elizabeth and George W. Edward E. Garrett mar- ried Marian, adopted daughter of Charles Wall, by whom he has one child, John Cheney Garrett. Mr. Garrett enlisted in Co. D, 1st U. S. Sharpshooters, better known as Berdan's Sharpshooters, and is a member of the Thomas Post of Prospect, N. Y. He is engaged in farming. John P. Garrett is a member of the Hunt Post of Holland Patent. James Garrett, son of Cheney, was a missionary and died in Bombay, India, and his son, Samuel James, died in Andersonville Prison, a member of Co. D, 146th Regt.

Gaus, Fred E., was born in Stittville, N. Y., May 3, 1861, son of Christian and Rosene (Sickenberger) Gaus, who settled in Stittville about 1852, and whose children were Mary, Christiana, Carrie Mularky, and Fred E. Fred E. Gaus married Mary E., daughter of John and Sylvia Merriman, residents of Prospect, N. Y., by whom he has two children : Winifred and John. When seventeen years of age he engaged in the general merchandise business, at which he now continues. He is also inter- ested in the Stittville Canning Company, and is one of its directors, and is also a di- rector of the Merchants Co-operative Fire Insurance Co., of Utica, N. Y. He was appointed postmaster under Cleveland, in 1888. Mr. Gaus is a member of the Rem- sen F. & A. M. Lodge, No. 677, of Trenton, also I. O. O. F., No. 577, of Trenton, and the United Friends.

Hagedorn, Henry, was born in Hamilton county, N. Y., November 15, 1838, son of Henry and Margaret Hagedorn, of Hamilton county. Henry Hagedorn, jr., set- tled in Oneida county with his family about 1880. His wife was Amelia, daughter of Samuel Colwell, of Herkimer county, and they have one child, Katherine, who was born in Herkimer county, February 4, 1881. Mr. Hagedorn started for himself when twenty-one years of age as a carpenter, which business he followed until 1880, when he purchased the grist and grinding mill at Prospect, which he has run to the present time. He is a charter member of Lodge No. 221, I. O. R. M., of Prospect, and is active in lodge work.

Hamlin, Fred W., was born near Holland Patent, October 9, 1819, son of Joseph and Catherine Hamlin. Joseph is a son of William Hamlin, whose children were Joseph and David, who came to Trenton with their father in 1807. Joseph married Catherine West, by whom he had five children: Joseph S., Marietta, Frederick W., David, and Sophia. He was actively interested in town and county affairs, and was assessor of the town many years. Fred W. married Mary Ann (deceased). daughter of Broughton White, by whom he had one child, Mary Ann (deceased).

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He married for his second wife, Millicent Le Moyne, a daughter of William Webb De Anglis, by whom he had three children: Charles F., Johnnie A. (deceased), and Mary A. Mr. Hamlin has always been engaged in farming, and also in live stock. He was active in the building and support of the Holland Patent Academy, and his wife and children are members of the Episcopal church.

Hughes, Edgar, was born in Boonville, in 1863, son of John J. Hughes, who died in 1886. His mother was Sarah A. McClusky of Boonville, and here he was educated. He was early connected with the flour and feed mill, and was also proprietor of the Washington meat market, and his first public office was that of president of the vil- lage in the years 1893, 1894; he was also a member of the Board of Health, and now holds the responsible position of canal superintendent, of section No. 1, Black River Canal over which he has charge, having seventy-two locks, requiring fifty-two tend- ers, which with other employees, constitute about 100 men under his direction. In 1891 he married Lillie M. Burt, daughter of P. K. Burt, a lumberman. Mr. Hughes is president of the Acme Hose Co., also secretary of the I. O. O. F.

Franklin, James H., was born in Ava, Oneida county, N. Y., September 10, 1828, son of Gilbert and Sarah (Farr) Franklin, he a native of Herkimer county, N. Y., and she of Remsen, Oneida county, N. Y. David Franklin, the great-grandfather of James H., was born in England, emigrated to America prior to the Revolution, was a soldier in the Revolutionary war and there died, leaving a widow and three children: James, Wait and Mary Franklin. The grandfather, James Franklin, came from Connecti- cut to Herkimer county, thence to Remsen, Oneida county, where he died in 1825. The maternal grandparents, Peris and Dolly (Foster) Farr, came from New Hamp- shire and settled in Remsen where they died. Gilbert Franklin, father of James H., came to Ava in 1826 and settled on the farm now owned by his son. He purchased 154 acres of land, then an unbroken wilderness, and cleared 130 acres. He died in 1854 and his wife died in 1885. James H. was reared on the farm and educated in the common schools. He taught school nine winters, farming summers, and now owns a farm of 192 acres, with a dairy of about thirty cows. In 1858 he married Caroline, daughter of Davis Tuthill of Ava, by whom he had three children: John C., a farmer on the homestead; Ellsworth D., proprietor of a cheese factory at Hill- side, N. Y .; Elwin J., who died at twenty-four years of age. Mr. Franklin is a Dem- ocrat in politics, has been commissioner of highways and is now assessor of his town.

Halstead, Charles N., was born in Redfield, Oswego county, March 19, 1852, son of Henry and Amelia (Nettleton) Halstead. Henry came here with his father, Tim- othy, when four years of age, in 1798 or 1799, and settled near McConnellsville. Mr. and Mrs. Henry N. Halstead's children were Henry J., Martha L., Charles N., Frank H., and three deceased. Timothy was in the Revolutionary war three or four years, and Henry served in the war of 1812. Timothy Halstead was the third settler in town, coming from Connecticut to the town of Trenton, and from there to Vienna.

Harris, Henry, was born in Parish of Plynt, county of Cornwall, England, Febru ary 22, 1824, son of Henry and Ann (Bate) Harris, natives of England. Mr. Harris died in parish of Landreath, in 1841, and Mrs. Harris came to America in 1869 and resided with her daughter in the town of Lec, where she died in 1873. Mr. Henry

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Harris's grandparents, John and Elizabeth Harris, were farmers in England. Mr. Harris was reared in England, where he served seven years' apprenticeship at the tailor's trade, and came to America in 1854, where he served three years' apprentice- ship at the blacksmith trade. He later engaged in farming, which has been his life work, in connection with butchering, in which he has been engaged eight years; and he has a farm of 192 acres. In 1856 he married Hannah, daughter of Truman and Eunice (Higbee) Harger, of Ava, by whom he has had seven children: James H. T., Eunice H. L., Eliza A. E. (deceased), Janet M. L., wife of N. Rockwell, of Iowa; Sarah E. J., wife of T. R. Walker, of South Dakota; Augusta E. M., wife of F. C. Silberhorn, of Chicago; and Susan M. L., wife of Henry Pohl, of Ava. Mrs. Harris died in 1868, and Mr. Harris married for his second wife Rachel Sassenbury, a na- tive of Germany, by whom he had four children: Ella C., Samuel J., Edith R., and Rosena A. E. (deceased). Mr. Harris has been road commissioner for three years, and supervisor for four years.

Jones, Richard J., was born in the town of Steuben, December 27, 1832, son of James R. and Ann Jones, natives of Wales. James R. came to Steuben about 1817, and one year later married Ann, daughter of Even Lewis, and they have six chil- dren: William J., Ellen Griffiths, Even J., Mary, Jesse N., and Richard J. Mr. Jones was engaged in farming, and was a member and deacon of the Presbyterian church of Steuben. Richard J. married Catherine, daughter of John W. Pritchard, by whom he has six children: Manzie, James R., John P., Jesse, Katie M., and Georgiana L. Mr. Jones in early life, with his brother Jesse, was engaged as a carpenter and builder, and in 1867 they engaged in farming, at which they still continue. Richard J. is a member of Trenton Grange, and an active worker and deacon in the Congre- gational church.

Jones, Robert G., was born in Wales, May 25, 1852. He came to the United States in 1870 and settled in Oneida county, N. Y., where he has been a successful and prominent business man, being interested in the milling business, owning a grist and saw mill, and running a cheese box factory with a capacity of turning out 500 boxes per day. Mr. Jones is also largely interested in the manufacture of cheese, owning at this time two factories, one in Annsville and one in Steuben, Oneida county. He married Jeanette Jones, of Western. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, and in politics is a Democrat.

Jackson, B. O., was born in Boonville, Oneida county, N. Y., in 1831, son of Thomas Jackson, of Fairfield, Herkimer county, a descendant of the old renowned family of Andrew Jackson. His father came here in pioneer times of 1807, and cleared the land where his son now resides. The farm is devoted to dairying, and contains 240 acres, on which Mr. Jackson erected an elegant modern residence in 1870. In 1863 he married Nancy C., daughter of Hamilton Rice of Fairfield, Her- kimer county, by whom he had two children: Clara E. and Ward R.

Kilborn, Dr. George L., was born in Jefferson county, in 1863. His father, Dr. Henry F. Kilborn, was born in Brockville, N. Y., in 1844, and practiced medicine for twenty-one years in Croghan, Lewis county. He is one of five sons and four daughters born to Lewis Kilborn, a farmer of Vermont. The Kilborn (or Kilnburn) family dates back many generations, three brothers from England, who settled in

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the east and burned lime, whence the name Kilnburn. Henry F. Kilborn, father of George L., now a practicing physician in Watertown, married Sarah Nichols, by whom he had these children: Anna, George, Mary, and Nellie. The daughters all married doctors. Mr. Kilborn has been a member of the order of Odd Fellows for twenty years, and in politics is a Republican. George L. Kilborn received his pre- liminary education in Lowville Academy and Utica Business College, after which he taught school for two years, and then took a medical course in the University of Ver- mont; in 1888 he was graduated from the Kentucky School of Medicine in Louis- ville, Ky., after which he practiced with his father in Croghan one year, thence to West Leyden, Lewis county, where he remained for three years. In 1892 he re- moved to Forestport, where he now enjoys an extensive and lucrative practice. He is a member of the S. F. I., of which he is the medical examiner. In 1889 he married Laura, daughter of Joseph and Margaret (Bush) Bush, by whom he has three chil- dren: Luverne, Blain, and Henry.

Lewis, John M., was born in Utica, March 24, 1824. Was the eldest son of David and Fanny Lewis. He received his education in the schools of that city. In early manhood he learned the drug business, and in 1847 located in Boonville, establishing the first drug store in the village, remaining in the business till his death, which occurred May 28, 1881. Within the year of his coming here to reside, he secured the appointment of postmaster succeeding Major Graves. Mr. Lewis continued in the office of postmaster during the changing administrations over twenty-five years, sustained alike by political friends and opponents, a result unparalleled in the county save in one instance. He was an ardent politician. Originally a Whig, he was one of the first to profess allegiance to the newly organized Republican party, and never wavered from its principles. At the organization of Trinity Episcopal church, he was elected warden, an office in which he continued during his life. He was devotedly attached to his church and contributed liberally to its support, pecun- iarily, and still more effectively by his untiring efforts to sustain its influence and teachings. He was prominently connected with all that furthered the best interests of the village. In his intercourse with society Mr. Lewis was quiet and reticent, but there is not often found a heart so filled with the very spirit of love and kindness, of loyalty and devotion to friends, as many beneficiaries can attest. In October, 1850, he married Lovina C., daughter of Thomas Jackson, one of the pioncer settlers of Boonville, who came here in 1805.

Mayhew, Mortimer M., son of Merchant and grandson of Robert, was born on the farm where he now resides August 27, 1842. Robert Mayhew and his wife, Mary, came to this country from England in 1796, and settled in the town of New Hartford, N. Y. Here Merchant Mayhew was born. When a young man Merchant moved to the town of Marcy where he married Hannah Haskill by whom he had two children, Melissa M., wife of Thomas W. Carr, and Mortimer M. After his marriage Merchant Mayhew and his wife settled on a farm on the River Road in Marcy where they spent the remainder of their lives, Hannah dying in 1882 and her husband four years later. In 1865 Mortimer Mayhew married Jane C. Fuller, daughter of Austin and Laura Fuller, by whom he had two children, Laura F. and Carolyn H. Laura F. Mayhew was graduated from the Utica Free Academy in 1885. After her gradu- ation she taught school until 1890 when she was elected school commissioner of the

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first district of Oneida county, being the first woman ever nominated for office in Oneida county. Carolyn H. Mayhew was graduated from the Utica Free Academy in 1890 and subsequently from the classical course of the State Normal College at Albany. She is now a teacher in the public schools of Utica, N. Y. Mortimer May- hew was elected collector from 1862 to 1863, assessor from 1863 to 1878 and since 1884 he has served his town as supervisor for seven terms.

Mack, Jonathan, was born in Ireland, June 9, 1812. He came to the United States in 1850, settled in the town of Annsville, where he has since resided, and through his own energy and push has acquired quite an amount of property, and is the owner of 230 acres, mostly all improved. He married Mary Shaw, of Ireland, by whom he had six children who grew to maturity: Robert, Jacob, David, Isaac, Mary and Jennie. Mr. Mack is a member of the M. E. church, a respected citizen, and an in- dulgent husband and father. In politics he is a Republican.

McGuire, Mrs. Mary (Coughlin), widow of the late Philip McGuire, was born in Boon- ville, now Forestport, in 1844, daughter of John and Catherine (McGuire) Coughlin, both natives of Ireland. In 1864, she married Philip McGuire, who was born in Ire- land in 1837. At twenty years of age, he came to America, where he settled in Oneida county, and engaged in farm work, and later worked in a tannery at Hawk- insville for five years; he then spent a year at lumbering at Lyon Falls, after which he engaged in farming and lumbering in Forestport, in which he was very success- ful. He owned 350 acres of farm land, and 7,000 acres of timber. He purchased a tannery in 1891, which he conducted, and in 1874 he erected the grist mill in Forest- port, now owned by W. R. Stanbury; in 1888 he erected a pulp mill which he operated until his death, which occurred October 15, 1894, by accidentally falling through a trap door in his barn. 1n 1881 he erected and operated for three years, the feed mill now owned by George Farley. He also erected large and commodious buildings, also a cheese factory, and in 1889, he was awarded the contract for building a State dam one and one-half miles above Forestport, consideration $45,000. Mr. and Mrs. McGuire had seven children: Anna, Catherine, Mary, Frank, Grace, Frances, and Bertha. Anna died in 1882. Frank was educated at Manhattan College; Mary, Grace and Frances were graduates of St Peter's Academy of Rome. Since Mr. Mc- Guire's death Mrs. McGuire with the assistance of her daughters has carried on the large business, which she is closing as rapidly as possible.

Marsh, Lyman, was born in Salisbury, N. Y., August 25, 1812, son of Abram and Mary (Bleekman) Marsh; he a native of Hoosac, and she of Massachusetts. John Marsh, father of Abram, came from the east and was an early settler of Salisbury, where he owned a large farm, and died at the age of ninety-four years. Abram Marsh was captain in 1812, at Sackett's Harbor, and he spent his life on the home- stead farm. He was a member of Salisbury Lodge, F. & A. M., and was supervisor of his town several terms. Lyman Marsh was reared on the farm, and his principal occupation has been farming. He came to Deerfield in 1845, where he has since been engaged in farming. In 1837, he married Achsa, daughter of Jacob and Lucy (Smith) Munson. Mr. Munson was a native of Wallingford, Conn., and Mrs. Munson of Littleton, N. H. The grandparents, Joseph and Elizabeth (Hart) Munson, came to Salisbury in 1792. Jacob Munson died 1847, aged seventy-one years, and Mrs.

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Munson died in 1827, at the age of forty-five years. Mr. and Mrs. Marsh have one child: Emma, who was born August 29, 1839, married to Rev. John R. Lewis of the Presbyterian church; their grandson, John H., born January 3, 1865 ; he is complet . ing his musical education at Cincinnati. Mr. Marsh has been assessor several years.

Moore, Maria .- Michael Moore was born in New York city, April 3, 1803, and set- tled in Oneida county in 1832. In 1831 he married Maria, daughter of Rev. John and Abigail (Perkins) Sherman, by whom he had these children: Michael, Archibald Dunlap, Julia Sherman, Charles Edward, John Robert, Maria Moore Jones, Roger Sherman, Samuel Glover, and Abbie Perkins Gouge, all of whom are natives of the town. In early life Michael was a wool merchant in New York city, but after his residence in Oneida county his time was spent in the study of geology and the im- provement of the Trenton Falls property, which the Rev. John Sherman had com- menced, making it one of the most noted resorts in New York State. These sons served in the army of the Rebellion, Michael, Charles, Edward and J. Robert.

Miller, G. Adam, sr., was born in Weitenberg, Middlestadt, Germany, January 6, 1827, son of George Miller. G. Adam located at State Bridge, N. Y., in 1851, and moved to Vienna in 1867. He married Christina Rung, and they have four children. Mary Olden, Libbie Cole, Jennie, wife of Charles Nobles; and three step-children : Frederick, George and Louise Rung. G. Adam, sr., follows farming, and is also connected with his son, G. Adam, jr., in the sand business, shipping for furnaces, etc. Mr. Miller is a public spirited man and has been very active in building up and improving the property at Sylvan Beach. He is a member of Vienna, F. &. A. M., No. 440.

Miller, G. Adam, jr., was born in what is now called Sylvan Beach, January 4, 1870, son of G. Adam Miller, sr. He married Virginia E., daughter of Washington Sewell Sautell, and they have three children: Sewell, G. Adam, jr., and Christiana V., all of whom were born on the homestead at Sylvan Beach. G. Adam, jr., is as- sociated with his father in business, and they ship from 7,000 to 10,000 tons of Oneida Lake sand yearly, which is used on railroads, cores for malleable castings, and also for furnace bottoms, and is of the finest quality in use. G. Adam, jr., is a member of Vienna, F. & A. M., No. 440.

McClanathan, William, was born September 21, 1817, near Lake Champlain, Vt., and came to Higginsville about 1846, and one year later married Martha Jane, a daughter of John Babbitt, who resided at Fish Creek Landing, and they were the parents of the following children: Caroline Medora Baker, Lester, William Henry, Elmer E., Francis L., Betsey M. Jones, Viola A. Cole, Benjamin F., Eudora, and Ulysses Monroe, of whom the last three are deceased. William followed lumbering, farming, and boating until 1882, since which time until his death in 1887, he engaged only in farming. Lester McClanathan married Gertie E., daughter of Jay C. and Eunice Conger Bailey, and they have one child, Myrtle L. Lester is a carpenter by trade, has followed boating for a number of years, but is now entirely engaged in farming.

Midlam, John W., was born in Utica, N. Y., December 4, 1832, a son of John and Jane (Smith) Midlam, natives of England, the former born in Callerton, Yorkshire, November 14, 1796, and emigrated to America in 1822, coming to Westmoreland,

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Oneida county, thence to Utica, where he engaged in the butchering business. In 1833 he removed with his family to Floyd, where he engaged in farming for thirty- five years. In 1868 he removed to Rome, where he died in 1878, aged eighty-two years. He was strictly honest and upright, scrupulously exact in his business trans- actions, and for upwards of twenty-five years was a member of the M. E. church. His children were Eliza (Mrs. George Massee), Frank S., Mary J. (Mrs. T. J. Selden), John W., Hannah (Mrs. Ezra Clark), Samuel T., Susan, Carrie F. (Mrs. Thomas Warcup), and Safaria. John W. Midlam was reared in Floyd from infancy, and be- gan life as a farmer, in which he has been engaged more or less all his life. Janu- ary 11, 1865, he married Mary, daughter of Robert and Hannah (Simpson) Warcup, of Western, by whom he has one son, Robert W.

Mullin, Martin H., was born in New York city, July 11, 1842, son of the late Mar- tin Mullin, who was also born in New York city. Martin H. came to the town of Annsville when seven years of age, with his stepfather, John Sheehan. The occu- pation of the father was stevedoring in New York. He married Mary Quinn, of Ire- land, who came to this country when ten years of age, by whom he had three chil- dren: Katie, Michael, who was killed in Sacramento, Cal., March 11, 1879; and Mar- tin H., who received his education in the district schools of this town, after which he engaged in farming. May 4, 1861, he enlisted in the 26th N. Y. Vols., re-enlisted December 2, 1863, in the 24th N. Y. Cavalry, and was discharged August 1, 1865, as first lieutenant of Co. F, 24th Cav. He was in most of the noted battles, such as Cold Harbor, Antietam, Gettysburg, etc., and was at Lee's surrender, April 9, 1865. He married Maggie Enright, of Annsville, by whom he had six children : Molly, James, William, Michael, Nellie and Katie. Mr. Mullin is a Democrat in politics was com- missioner for four years and town assessor six years. He is commander of Ballard Post G. A. R., No. 551.

King, William, was born in Holland, in 1850. His father, Henry King, was born about 1825, and was a barber in Holland. He came to New York about 1851, and soon after came to Forestport, where he worked many years for Dr. Platt Williams. He married Hannah Nichols, daughter of Christian and Anna Nichols, natives of Holland, who came to America and settled in Forestport. Mr. and Mrs. King had these children: William, Charles, Anna, deceased, wife of Charles Cronan, Albert, Henry and Hannah; the three latter died young. Mrs. King died in 1860. When twelve years of age William King began as a chore boy for Dr. Williams. When twenty-two years of age he began his apprenticeship as a blacksmith, and in 1883 started a shop for himself on his present site in Forestport, where he has made a success, and up to 1893 manufactured wagons and sleighs. He is a member of the Masonic fraternity, of Forestport. In 1876 he married Sarah, daughter of William Farley, of Boonville, by whom he had these children : Anson, Lee, Grace Mabel and Clarence.

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Our county and its people; a descriptive work on Oneida county, New York;, Part 93

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