Our county and its people; a descriptive work on Oneida county, New York;, Part 95

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

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of the magnetic telegraph and railroad interests. In 1861 he married Mariette, sec- ond daughter of Charles W. Copeland, a civil engineer of eminence, and since 1878 they have resided in Western.

Stevens, Walter T., was born in the town of Camden, July 3, 1839. His father, Martin H. Stevens, was born in Connecticut, in 1806, and came to the town of Cam- den in 1829, and settled on the land where the village now stands. He was a cabi- netmaker by trade, which business he followed up to 1860. Walter T. was educated in the district schools of Camden, and in 1860 engaged in the furniture and house furnishing business, which he followed up to 1893, when he sold to Williams & Nor- ton, who conducts the same at this time. Mr. Stevens now lives a retired life. He married Irene, daughter of Orson Norton, of Camden, by whom he has one daughter, Mrs. Robert A. Tuft, wife of Rev. Robert A. Tuft, of Brooklyn. Mr. Stevens is a prominent Mason in Camden Lodge, No. 164.

Warcup, John, was born in Floyd, Oneida county, August 31, 1833, a son of Robert and Hannah (Simpson) Warcup, natives of Yorkshire, England. His father was the youngest son of a wealthy English family, and in 1827, to better his fortune, came to America, and soon after located in Oneida county, stopping for periods more or less in Utica, Floyd and Rome, up to 1850, when he removed to Western, where he re- mained until his death, which occurred November 29, 1883, aged seventy-nine years. His children were Matthew, John, Margaret (Mrs. Francis Van Dreasar), Thomas, and Mary (Mrs. John W. Medlew). John Warcup was reared in Oneida county, and educated in the common schools and Rome Academy. He has always followed farming as an occupation, and since 1850 has resided in Western. In 1864 he mar- ried Cynthia, daughter of William H. Harrington, of Rome, by whom he had six children: Stanley, John Olin, Robert J., Frank, William H., and Thomas B. Mr. Warcup was for twelve years in succession a member of the executive committee of Oneida County Agricultural Society, president of the society in 1881, president of the State exhibition of butter and cheese held at Rome the same year, and in politics he is a Republican.

Studor, George M .. was born in Boonville, N. Y., in 1857, son of Jacob Studor, one of three sons (Jacob, Michael, and Philip) born to Michael Studor, a farmer. Jacob and Michael came to America in 1853, the former coming to Hawkinsville, where he remained seven years, employed as a lumberman. From there he moved to White Lake and engaged in farming. His wife was Elizabeth Shidner and their children were Philip, Lena, Henry, Elizabeth, Sarah, and George M. Mr. Studor died in 1887 and his wife in 1885. George M. Studor was educated in the district schools and the Poughkeepsie Business College. At the age of twenty-six he began as a farmer and liveryman on his present site of 200 acres; his principal livery business is in transferring sportsmen and hunters who go to the Adirondacks. He has also devoted some time to lumbering and dealing in fine carriage horses. Mr. Studor has served as assessor several years and has often been elected delegate to county and district conventions. The winter of 1887 he spent in Albany as private messen- ger for Speaker Husted. In 1892 Mr. Studor married Helen, daughter of James Goodrich, born in Lewis county. Mr. Studor is a man of enterprise and is promi- nently identified with the political welfare of his town and county.

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Stone, Walter C., was born in the town of Mexico, Oswego county, N. Y., Decem- ber 27, 1847, the oldest son of Benjamin S. Stone, who was born in Vermont and came to Mexico in 1825, where he has been engaged in the hardware trade for many years. Mr. Benjamin S. Stone is now at the head of the firm of B. S. Stone & Co. Walter C. was educated in the Mexico Academy, from which he was graduated in 1867. He has been engaged in the newspaper business for about twenty-five years; He purchased the Canastota Herald in 1871, which he edited until 1873, when he came to Camden and established the Advance, a local paper in that village. Since 1878 he has also conducted a stationery and book store. In 1872 Mr. Stone married Sarah C. Hosley, of Canastota, by whom he had four children: Benjamin H., Ralph W., Robert C., and Bessie. Benjamin H. is in business with his father. Mr. Stone is secretary of the Camden Opera House Company, has been a member of the Board of Education and is now serving his third terni as city father. He is a member of the K. of P. and the Royal Arcanum.

Sippell, William D., was born in Boonville, Oneida county, N. Y., December 4, 1856. His great-grandfather, Peter Sippell, was a soldier of the Revolution, and a resident of the town at a very early period in its history. His grandfather, and his father, Peter B. Sippell, are well remembered as men of sterling integrity, lifelong residents of the town. William D. Sippell was educated in the schools of the village, finishing at the Dorchester Street High School of Montreal, where he spent the last school year, and was graduated with rank which would have entitled him to enter the second year's course of McGill University of that city. Returning to Boonville he read law with Hon. Henry W. Bentley, and was admitted to the bar January 6, 1882. He never entered upon the practice of his profession, as having become in- terested in the business of insurance through a partnership with Hon. A. L. Hayes, he found that line of work more congenial to his taste. The local agencies of Hon. A. L. Hayesand of Brinckerhoff C. Tharratt at Boonville were consolidated by him as purchaser, and he has since for many years conducted the largest and most success- ful insurance agency of Boonville and adjacent towns. He has never held public office other than trustee of the Board of Education of Union Free School, district No. 1, of Boonville, to which he was elected August 5, 1890, and of which he is still a member. April 23, 1879, Mr. Sippell married Jennie C., daughter of William H. Cole, of Boonville, N. Y. She died April 5, 1890, leaving a son and a daughter of the marriage. March 9, 1892, he married his present wife, Mrs. Antoinette M. Fin- layson, daughter of W. W. Harris, of Boonville, N. Y., with whom, and his two children, Frederick W. and Clara M., he now resides at No. 41 Schuyler street.

Stedman, R. Willett, was born in Lee, February 15, 1854, son of George W. and Lydia J. Perry Stedman, natives of Connecticut and New York, respectively, who were among the pioneers of Western, and later of Lee. Hazard Stedman was born April 2, 1777, son of Trustum and Penelope Stedman, was a farmer by occupation, and a soldier in the war of 1812. He died March 18, 1864. George W. was born in Western, July 23, 1822, a resident of Lee from boyhood, and a farmer by occupation. His wife was a daughter of Robert and Lydia Wilkinson Perry, of Lee, and they were the parents of seven children: R. Willett, Amelia M. (deceased), Charles E., E. Mae. M. Frances (Mrs. G. E. Teeple), Aziel G. (deceased), and Hattie L. (Mrs. F. C. York), Mr. Stedman died April 18, 1891. R. Willett was reared on the homestead in Lee,

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of which he is the owner, was educated at Lee Center Union Free School, and began life as a teacher, following that occupation ten years, and since 1879 has been en- gaged in farming in Lee, having bought the Curtis Spinning farm, where he resides. March 13, 1879, he married Lucy C., daughter of Hugh and Mary Munsell Kenyon, of Annsville. Mr. and Mrs. Stedman are members of the Methodist church. He is a member of the P. of H., P. of I., and Order of the World. He is a Republican, and has held town offices continuously for nineteen years, and is now serving his first term as justice of the peace, and of ninety-seven judgments rendered by him in 1894, but one was appealed to a higher court, which sustained his opinion.

Stamburg, William Riley, was born in Brookfield in 1827. In the spring of 1851 he left Deansville and located in Forestport without a cent in money or any other means. He first obtained employment in a saw mill, but soon after his employer failed and he was unable to secure compensation for his labor; he then went out and chopped wood in the winter and worked in the mills summers for nine years, until he was able to erect a small mill on Pine Creek, which he conducted for a short time when he sold it and returned to Deansville and engaged in hop farming for nine years. He afterward sold the farm and returned to the scene of his early struggles and purchased what is now known as the Stamburg grist mill, which still remains his property; he also engaged in the lumber business and built a mill on the Big Woodhull Creek, the property now known as the Meeker mill, with an annual output of three or four million feet; he soon after sold this mill, but in 1883 again became its owner. About this time Mr. Stamburg erected a large mill in the village of Forest- port, and his business so increasing that water-power was found too slow and steam was substituted, and with all his enterprises furnishing employment to about 100 men. He also owned and conducted a general store in the village, and is one of the largest real estate owners in that section of the country. He also owns 3,000 acres of timber land, and owns and conducts a farm of 140 acres. In June, 1892, he lost his large Forestport mill by fire, thus throwing out of employment a large number of men. In 1893 he sold his store. In politics Mr. Stamburg is a Republican, was assessor for six years, and has filled other offices. He is a member and treasurer of the Masonic fraternity. October 1, 1856, he married Louisa S. Hovey, daughter of George and Sybil (Sweet) Hovey, and they have one adopted child, Bertha Ann.

Seymour, Henry A., was born in the town of Redfield, Oswego county. His father, Alphonso H. Seymour, was born in the same town and county, and is a miller by trade, and is now manufacturing shingles in the State of Washington. He married Sarah Allen, by whom he had four children: William, Ella, Bertie, and Henry A., who has conducted a tannery in Florence for thirteen years, in which he is still engaged, making a rough upper leather, and is a thorough business man in this line. He married Olive, daughter of the late William Graves. .

Simmons, Cyrus C., was born in the town of Annsville, N. Y., July 25, 1838. His father, Oran F. Simmons, was born in Paris, N. Y., July 28, 1811. He married Betsey, daughter of Ira Robinson, by whom he had six children: Alma C., Ira A., who enlisted in the 146th N. Y. Vols., and was killed in the service, Rosanna, Olive J., Ezra D., and Cyrus C., who was educated in the district schools of this town and remained with his parents until he was thirty years of age, when he started in life

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for himself. He married Elnora C., daughter of H. T. B. Hannay, by whom he had five children: George G., Delbert, Fayette E., Rollo O., and Benjamin C. In 1861 Mr. Simmons enlisted in Co. A, 97th N. Y. Vols., and served eleven months. He is a member of Ballard Post No. 551, and in politics is a Republican.

Teachout, Asa, was born in Western, November 16, 1818, a son of Isaac and Anna (Tubbs) Teachout, natives of Dutchess county, N. Y., who settled in Western about 1800, where Mr. Teachout engaged in farming and resided until his death at the age of seventy-seven. Mr. and Mrs. Teachout were the parents of fourteen children : Lydia (Mrs. Isaac Teachout), Ruth (Mrs. Benjamin Chapman), Franklin, Olive (Mrs. Jerome Clark), Catherine (Mrs. David Blasier), Sally (Mrs Henry Hart), Abram, Betsey (Mrs. John Dillenbeck), Cyrus, Asa, Cynthia (Mrs. John Sterrett), Harvey, James, and Diana (Mrs. Isaac Blasier). Asa was reared in Western, and in early manhood went to Philadelphia, Jefferson county, N. Y., where he was employed on a farm eleven years, and then engaged in farming on his own account in Western, in which he continued until 1881, when he retired. He married Sarah, daughter of Henry Blasier, and to them have been born ten children, six of whom grew to ma- turity: Horace, Emma (Mrs. Martin Ruppert), Elmina (Mrs. Reuben Grimes), Will- iam, Sarah (Mrs. George Kelley), and Ella (Mrs. Henry Morehouse). For his second wife he married Mrs. Eliza H. (Lewis) Dillenbeck of Western. In politics Mr. Teachout is a Democrat, and has served twelve years as assessor of Western.

Tuttle, Rufus, was born January 26, 1843, and married Francelia, a daughter of Edmond and Julina Wager of this county, and they have one child, Carrie, who mar- ried George J. Zimmerman of Detroit, Michigan. August 7, 1862, Mr. Tuttle en- listed in Co. H, 117th Regt. N. Y. Vols., and was mustered out June 28, 1865. He acted as corporal, and retained the same gun throughout the war, and was in every battle in which the company took part, and was never wounded or taken prisoner. He is actively interested in school affairs.

Tanner, W. Ray, was born at Fairfield, Herkimer county, N. Y., June 23, 1822, son of Alva Tanner. The American ancestors of Mr. Tanner settled in Rhode Isl- and. His paternal great-grandfather, Ebenezer Tanner, was a somewhat celebrated captain in the merchant marine of colonial days. When nineteen years of age Mr. Tanner engaged in the manufacture of carriages, first locating at Fairfield, jobbing at various points, Middleville, Lee, etc., until 1852, when he settled in Utica, but, owing to failing health, returned to Fairfield, and in 1857 located permanently at Boonville in partnership with E. G. Wooley. This firm did a large business until Mr. Wooley's death in 1891, when Mr. Tanner disposed of his interest in December, 1892, and now lives a retired life.

Tuttle, Lansing, was born in the town of Vienna, February 14, 1835, son of Lent and Catherine (Hosmer) Tuttle, and grandson of Oramon, who was one of the ear- liest settlers of the town of Paris. Mr. and Mrs. Lent Tuttle's children were Lan- sing. Abi Collins, Rufus, Alta, Sophia, and two deceased. He followed farming and lumbering. Lansing married Julina, daughter of David and Sallie Yager, and they have one son, Hiram R., who married Emma Ashpole, and their children are Grace, Lansing, and Margaret. Mr. Tuttle was appointed postmaster in 1875, and con- tinued in that capacity for twelve years.

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Tuttle, Noah, was born in the town of Vienna, August 12, 1842, son of Oramon and Eliza (Bennett) Tuttle, who settled in this town about 1816, coming from Connecti- cut. Oramon Tuttle's first wife was Abi Barnes, who bore him the following chil- dren : Emily, Sallie, Daniel, Lent, Mary, Alma, Thankful, Sophia, Nancy C., Oramon, jr., and Mary Nancy. Oramon followed surveying, farming, and lumbering. He was a member of the Presbyterian church of Camden, and very active in church work. Noah married Marietta, who was born in a log house near North Bay, daughter of Aaron and Mary Ann (York) Bushnell. They have had two children: Johnnie Griffith, and Janie Eliza, deceased. In early life, Noah followed farming, but is now one of the firm of Tuttle & Co., who are engaged in the corn canning works. August 7, 1862, he enlisted in Co. H, 117th Regt. N. Y. Vols., as corporal, and was mustered out June 28, 1865.

Vary, Gideon, was born in the town of Stephentown, Rensselaer county, N. Y., December 29, 1824, son of Nathan and Phoebe (Carrier) Vary. His grandfather, Samuel Vary, settled in Dutchess county, prior to the Revolutionary war, and emi- grated to Rensselaer county; and his grandfather, Amasiah Carrier, was also a pio- neer of Rensselaer county. Nathan Vary came to Oneida county in 1840. He was a Federalist, and voted for Washington; and later a Whig, and voted for Henry Clay. He died in 1850. Gideon Vary has always been successfully engaged in farm- ing. He bought and cleared twelve acres, and has added to it, until he had 500 acres, 100 acres of which he sold in 1894. He is a Republican, and has been justice for twenty-four years, and supervisor of Ava for two years. In 1846 Mr. Vary mar- ried Jane, daughter of Daniel E. Edgerton of Ava, who died in 1893, and he is now married to Erminie Leader, of Utica, N. Y. He has reared and educated two sons of his brother Samuel, who died in Michigan: Nathan C., who is engaged in farm- ing at Ava; and Ezra, who was for twelve years teller of the Farmer's Bank in Rome, N. Y., and now a manufacturer of knit goods at Rome. Mr. Vary is a mem- ber of the Baron Steuben Lodge, No. 264, F. & A. M.

Vandawalker, Milton, was born in Western, November 8, 1843, son of Abram and Lucinda (Neaskern) Vandawalker, both natives of Oneida county. His paternal grandfather, John A. Vandawalker, formerly of Schoharie county, N. Y., was a pioneer farmer of Western, where he lived and died. His maternal grandparents, Henry and Nancy (Putnam) Neaskern, formerly of Schoharie county, N. Y., were pioneers of Augusta, Oneida county. Abram Vandawalker spent all his life in Western, where he engaged in farming, and cleared and improved the farm now oc- cupied by his son, where he died. His children were Cordelia (Mrs. Charles Wesley Teachout), Jane (Mrs. John Betzinger), Milton, and Caroline (Mrs. David Paddock). Milton Vandawalker was reared on the old homestead, where he has always re- sided. He received a common school education, and has always followed farming as an occupation. In 1879 he married Nettie, daughter of James and Susan (Eddick) Paddock, of Steuben, by whom he has one daughter, Susie N. In politics Mr. Van- dawalker is a Republican.

Van Dresar, Steward, was born in Western, April 12, 1844, a son of Ezra and Mary J. (Steward) Van Dresar, both natives of Western. His paternal grandfather, Jacob Van Dresar, was a resident of Western, and son of James Van Dresar, one of the

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pioneers of Western, and of Holland Dutch descent. His maternal grandfather, Jonathan Steward, of Scotch parentage, was also one of the first settlers of Western. Ezra Van Dresar, father of Steward, was born November 30, 1814, and died in Western, January 23, 1892. He was a successful and prosperous farmer and

accumulated a competency. His children were Francis and Steward. Steward Van Dresar was educated in the common schools and Whitestown Seminary. He began life as a teacher, teaching eleven winters in succession, farming summers, and is now one of the leading farmers of Western. April 6, 1876, he married Cor- nelia, daughter of Levi and Adelaide (Van Vorhis) Crill, of Western, by whom he has one son, Arthur. Mr. Van Dresar is a member of the M. E. church, of which he is trustee, and is also a member of the P. of I., and politically is a Republican.

Van Dresar, Francis, was born in Western, August 23, 1838, a son of Ezra and Mary J. (Steward) Van Dresar. His paternal grandfather, Jacob Van Dresar, was a resident of Western, a son of James Van Dresar of Holland Dutch descent and a pioneer of Western. Jacob Van Dresar's wife was Peggy Clark, daughter of Matthew Clark, of Irish parentage, a soldier of the Revolution, and pioneer of Western. The great-great-grandfather, Thomas Selden, participated in the war of the Revolution, and also the French war, and was among the first to form the first religious society in Rome, Oneida county. Ezra Van Dresar was a life-long resident of Western and a prominent and successful farmer. Francis Van Dresar was reared in Western, where he has always resided, and now owns and occupies the old home- stead of 167 acres, and is a prominent and enterprising farmer. In 1859 he mar- ried Rose Ellen, daughter of Alexander and Esther (Boyd) Bowman, of Rome, by whom he has seven children living: Ann (Mrs. Charles W. Mason), Frank E., Jane, Ezra, Alexander, Maria (Mrs. Will E. Stone), and Ruth. Mr. Van Dresar was a soldier in the late Civil war, enlisting August 12, 1862, in Co. D, 117th N. Y. Vols., was wounded in the right foot at the battle of Chapin's Farm, near Fort Gil- more, September 29, 1864, and was honorably discharged from the service July 8, 1865. He is a member of the M. E. church, and in politics is a staunch high tariff Republican. He was in every engagement of the regiment up to September 29, 1864, never applied for a pension, and never joined any secret oath bound lodge, be- lieving such to be detrimental to the free institutions of America, and not in har- mony with the teachings of our Lord and Saviour Jesus Christ.

Van Horne, Nicholas, was born in the town of Stark, Herkimer county, N. Y., April 14, 1854, son of Walter and Eliza Van Horne, who are residents of Herkimer county, N. Y. He married lda Countryman, of Poland, Herkimer, N. Y., December 18, 1878, daughter of John I. and Elizabeth Countryman, and they have two children : Leda E. and Victor C. Van Horne. He first engaged in the cheese business in Salisbury Corners, Herkimer county, N. Y., in 1876; has since worked at Van Hornes- ville and the town of Ohio, Herkimer county, and in the town of Avoca, Steuben county, N. Y., and located permanently at North Bay, town of Vienna, Oneida county, N. Y., in 1880, buying the cheese factory at that place in 1881, and has for the last twelve years been salesman and treasurer of the factory and in 1883 was elected collector of the town on the Republican ticket of which party he belongs, and for the last four years has bought cheese for the export trade, and on May 10, 1895, he passed the Civil Service examination at Albany and on July 15, 1895, was appointed

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milk expert and agent of the agricultural department, and he is a member of Vienna Lodge No. 440, F. & A. M.

Whiter, Hiram A., was born in Boonville, Oneida county, in October, 1861, son of Abram V. Whiter, one of two sons born to Meltire Whiter. Abram V. Whiter has spent his life as a boatman, lumberman, and farmer. He was a soldier in the war of the Rebellion, enlisting in Company I, 117th N. Y. Vols., and was twice wounded. He married Nancy Smith, daughter of John Smith, a soldier in the war of 1812, by whom he had these children: Helen, deceased, Esther and Hiram. In 1871 they re- moved from Boonville to Forestport, where they now reside. Hiram A. Whiter was educated in the district schools, and when seventeen years of age he purchased his time of his father and began lumbering in the woods by the month, and later took logging contract jobs, which he followed until 1889, when he traveled in the interest of the Singer Sewing Machine Company for three years. In 1892 he opened an undertaking establishment in Forestport, which he now conducts with success. In politics he is a Republican and served as constable for several years. He is a mem- ber of the Masonic Lodge, No. 809, of Forestport, and is senior deacon. In 1885 Mr. Whitney married Ermina M., daughter of Thomas Pilbean, by whom he had these children: Roscoe, Charles died in 1888; Vernon and Clarence. H. A. Whiter is a member, class leader and steward and vice-president of the Epworth League of the M. E. church at Forestport. Mrs. H. A. Whiter is also a member of the M. E. church.

Woods, Orson C., was born in the town of Camden, Oneida county, N. Y., Decem- ber 24, 1831. son of Junius Woods, who was born in New Haven, Conn., and came to the town of Camden about 1799 with his father, Samuel Woods, also of Connecti- cut, and engaged in farming. The grandfather was in the Revolutionary war nearly eight years. Junius Woods was in the war of 1812. He married Deidamia Cook of Camden, and they were the parents of eight children, seven of whom are living. Orson C. was educated in the Camden schools, and is a farmer by occupation, now owning a farm of ninety acres improved land. August 30, 1862, he enlisted in the 146th N. Y. Vols., and served for about three years, being on detached duty. He married Louise Torrey of Camden, adopted daughter of Daniel Bickford, and they have four children: Lizzie M., now Mrs. H. D. Curtis, Albert J., Nellie B., and Henry S. In politics Mr. Woods is a Republican, and has been town collector two terms, also supervisor two years. He is a member of the Congregational church of Camden, the Camden Grange, and the J. Parsons Stone Post, No. 482 G. A. R.

White, I. J., was born in Oneida county, N. Y., May 2, 1846, a son of the late Israel White, who was born in the town of Western, Oneida county, N. Y. Israel White came to the town of Annsville when twenty two years of age. He married Abigail F. Taft, by whom he had six children. His ancestors came from Massa- chusetts. I. J. White was educated in Annsville and the Whitestown Seminary. He then followed farming until 1887, at which time he entered into partnership with Frank White, establishing a corn canning factory at Blossvale. They continued in partnership until January, 1895, since which time I. J. White has conducted the busi- ness alone. He also owns and conducts a general merchandise store in Blossvale, and owns a factory at Williamstown, Oswego county, N. Y. Mr. White is now

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Our county and its people; a descriptive work on Oneida county, New York;, Part 95

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