Our county and its people : a memorial record of St. Lawrence County, New York, Part 113

Author: Curtis, Gates
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1328

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Carpenter, L. P., Gouverneur, was born in Hermon, April 26, 1846, and has been en- gaged in many lines of business. He is now a farmer and owner of a residence in Gouverneur. In 1882 he married Annie Smith, and they have three children. Mr. Carpenter farms 100 acres of land for dairy purposes. Mr. Smith's father is Benjamin Smith of Oxford Mills, Canada.

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Callanan, Thomas F., Ogdensburg, was born February 10, 1859. He, after receiving an excellent education, immediately commenced active business operations in several lines. For a short time he had under his control the entire block since purchased by the Edgar Merrell Company ; besides sub-letting portions he conducted an agency for billiard tables, a wholesale and retail liquor business, besides doing a general specula- tive trade. April 12, 1892, he started his butcher business on Ford street, near Natt's grocery, where he already controls a large trade. Mr. Callanan also conducts, further up the street, a liquor business under the management of a competent assistant. He employs from four to eight hands constantly. In 1882 he married Margaret Mulaney of Ogdensburg, and they have two sons.

Carpenter, A. S., Gouverneur, was born in Hailesboro, February 15, 1823. He has been a farmer all his life since twenty-eight years of age. Previous to that he learned and for some time followed the trade of carpenter. In 1855 he married Elizabeth McArthur, and they have one daughter, Josephine. Mr. Carpenter is interested in raising Shropshire sheep. He is a brother of Dr. James Carpenter of Gouverneur, and a son of Jonathan Carpenter, a native of Rhode Island.

Capron, Royal E., Edwardsville, was born in Rhode Island, November 15, 1836. He left that State at fourteen years of age and went to Chicago where he remained three years, coming to Edwardsville in 1858. He has conducted the Capron House twenty years. In 1858 he married Susanna, daughter of II. J. Pohlman, and their children are : Irwin, William, Claude Enma, Jessie, Laura and Susan. Jessie was appointed post- mistress of Edwardsville, May 24, 1893. Mr. Pohlman was one of the early settlers on Black Lake. Mr. Capron's father was Royal, and his mother Desire (Burdick) Capron.

Chapman, H. A., Morristown, was born in Morristown in the house he now occu- pies, July 2, 1850. His business operations have been mainly confined to the manage- ment of his large property interests. He conducted a paper factory for four years and was one of the promoters of the First National Bank of Ogdensburg. In 1874 Mr. Chapman married Laura Sheppard, and they have three sons: Henry Hooker, Charles Sheppard and George Augustus. Mr. Chapman is highly popular in Morristown owing to his liberality and his interests in churches, schools and the general prosperity of the place. | He has been trustee of the village six years and held other local offices.

Clark, Charles A., Gouverneur, was born in Potsdam, November 12, 1836. After clerking for a time he embarked in mercantile business for himself, and has been a suc- cessful man. In 1868 he began the milling business in Hailesborough, in which he is engaged. In 1860 he married Jean Herbert, and their children were : W. T. Clark, the present supervisor of the town; and Charles H., who is connected with the Watertown Times. His first wife died and Mr. Clark married Arlina Phillips. In politics he is a Republican, and has been identified with the party since the days of Fremont.

Corbin, Charles M., Gouverneur, was born in Gouverneur, November 25, 1837. He was a cattle dealer thirty-one years, and has since been engaged in farming. He is known all over this county as the man who spent a fortune in fighting railway monop-

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oly, refusing a rebate on shipments that was not granted other shippers. In 1859 Mr. Corbin married Arlina McComb, and they have two daughters, Ada and Mrs. McWill- iams of Gouverneur. His father was Amasa Corbin, one of the leading men of this county in his time.

Cogswell, Setlı L., Madrid, was born in Madrid, December 8, 1850. He was edu- cated in the common schools and took up farming. He has been engaged in various enterprises in connection with his farm duties, spending one year on the road for a marble firm, and one year a salesman of nursery stock. In 1886 he bought a portion of the old homestead farm and has increased it by purchase until now he owns 138 acres. A year later he began dealing in agricultural implements, and to that business in 1889 he added the handling of wagons and fine carriages. He handles the D. S. Morgan mowers, reapers, rakes, harrows, etc., and buys for the market the Emerson & Fisher fine carriages and Milburn & Co. farm wagons. Mr. Cogswell is a Republican, but has never been an aspirant to public office. He married in 1881 Maggie Martin, of Win- chester, Ontario, who died five years after marriage. She left two children: Bessie V. and Minnie E. Mr. Cogswell married again December 14, 1887, Alice E., daugh- ter of William Phillips, of Madrid, and they have one child, Hazel R., now in her sec- ond year.

Coggswell, Enos Loomis, Madrid, was born in the town of Sherlock, Chittenden county, Vt., June 14, 1804, and was only three years of age when his parents moved into St. Lawrence county. This was then a new country just being opened up, and Seth Coggswell, father of our subject, took up a farm of 100 acres, which he redeemed from a wilderness into a garden, reared a family of four children and spent the balance of his days. He died July 12, 1862. The mother of our subject, Hannah Martin, was a native of Massachusetts, born in Lanesborough, May 13, 1776, and died in Madrid, July 15, 1833. The four children of Seth and Hannah Coggswell were: Laura, who married Truman Wilcox, of Potsdam; Paulina, married Alanson Durfey, of Madrid ; Wait Martin, the oldest son, became a farmer and died October 31, 1827, at twenty-six years of age ; and Enos L., our subject. The whole life of our subject has been spent in this town. He was educated in the common schools and has always followed farm- ing. In politics in early life Mr. Coggswell was a staunch Democrat, but at the forma- tion of the Republican party he joined their ranks. He has held numerous offices of honor and trust in this town. Mr. Coggswell is the only living witness of the ac- cident at Madrid Dam in the Grass River, May 9, 1818, when six men were drowned. He is a man of wonderful memory of the early history of the town and tells many in- teresting stories of the first buildings in the town. He has always been an active member of the Universalist church, and was one of the founders of the first Uni- versalist church of this town. He has always been an active and thorough worker and lived on the old homestead farm until June 12, 1879, when he removed to a small place with ten acres attached in the village of Madrid, leaving his sons to conduct the farm. Mr. Coggswell has been twice married, first, February 16, 1831, to Eliza Gibbs, by whom he had four children: Harriet, who married Milo Lockwood, a stone cutter of Madrid, and died April 9, 1886, leaving one son, Sylvanus R., of Madrid ; Betsey Vene-

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tia, wife of William Phillips ; Martin Enos and Seth Loomis conduct the old homestead farm. Mrs. Eliza G. Coggswell died February 19, 1852, and he married second, Sep- tember 7, 1856, Elmina Bailey, daughter of Isaac Bailey, of Vermont.

Clark, Harry Noble, Potsdam, was born on his present farm in Potsdam, January 12, 1834. The earliest ancestor of this family we find trace of was Nathan Clark, who, with four brothers, served in the War of the Revolution and was at the battle of Bunker Hill, Nathan as quartermaster-general. His home was at Tinmouth, Vt., but was a native of Connecticut. He was judge of probate of Rutland county. He was three times married and was the father of eight children, five sons and three daughters. Harry, father of our subject, was the second son. He was born in Tinmouth, Vt., in 1786, where he remained until March, 1833, when he moved to St. Lawrence county and bought a tract of 220 acres, where he has since resided. He was twice married. His first wife was a Taylor and was the mother of six children. His second wife was Lucinda Lord, of Shrewsbury, Vt., born April 15, 1796, a daughter of Philip Lord, who also served in the War of the Revolution and in the French and English War. Both grandfathers of our subject served in the battle at Quebec. Philip Lord was a native of Ipswich, Mass. Harry and Lucinda (Lord) Clark were the parents of six children, two now living. Mr. Clark died January 8, 1846, and his wife March 4, 1884. The other son of Harry Clark living is Nathan Edgar Clark. These two brothers have always been interested together in farming the homestead farm. They were educated in the common schools, and Nathan spent some time in the old St. Lawrence Academy. Harry spent about seven years in California engaged in mining, but has always made this his home. H. and N. E. Clark now own about 950 acres of land in Potsdam and Canton which is devoted to dairying. They have a cheese factory on their farm, and have 110 cows, ten horses, seventy-five sheep, etc. Harry Clark married, April 3, 1877, Julia, daughter of Humphrey and Margaret (Murphy) Leary, of Potsdam, and they have four children : William N., born August 31, 1880; Harry N., born December 3, 1885; Mary L., born June 17, 1888; and Margaret D., born March 18, 1890. Mrs. Clark was born November 24, 1858.

Clark, Nathan Edgar, Potsdam, was born March 17, 1837, and married, February 21, 1879, Emma L., daughter of Philip and Sally (Knight) Lord, of Ludlow. They have two children : Nathan E., born June 26, 1882, and Lizzie D., born February 22, 1886. Mr. Clark is a member of Raquette River Lodge No. 213, F. & A. M.

Church, Charles B., Potsdam, was born in Canton, December 20, 1830. The earliest ancestor we find trace of in this family is the grandfather of our subject, who was a native of Vermont and the father of four sons, of which Jonathan, the father of our subject, was the oldest. He was born in Dorset, Vt., September 23, 1785. He fol- lowed farming until 1808, when he removed to this section, locating in South Canton, where he took up a tract of 100 acres, but remained there only a short time when he removed to near Crary Mills, where he remained until his death, August 29, 1867. He married in Canton, December 20, 1810, Amelia Lloyd, of Colwell's Manor, Canada; and they had nine children, four of whom are still living : Robert L., retired, of Can- ton ; Ashley, manufacturer of Canton ; Eliza M., widow of Dr. Alvin Ames, of Can-

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ton ; and Charles B. The early life of Charles was spent on the farm in Canton. He was educated in the common schools and learned the blacksmith trade with Nathan C. Howard at Crary's Mills, but followed this trade only a short time when he returned to farming, and was engaged in that occupation in Pierrepont, Potsdam and Canton until the breaking out of the war, when, October 10, 1861, he enlisted in the Ninety-second N. Y. Infantry, and served with them three years and three months. He served as a private only twenty days when he was commissioned second lieutenant, and made the captain of Company D, January 1, 1863, which office he held when mustered out, Jan- uary 7, 1865. He was in the battles of Williamsburg, Cold Harbor, before Petersburg, Kingston, N. C., where he was wounded, Goldsboro, Newburn, and many others with the Army of the James. After his return home he took up farming, which he followed until 1885, when he retired. He is now notary public and justice of the peace of Pots- dam. He married, January 31, 1853, Caroline C., daughter of Edward Crary, whose father, Nathan, was one of the first settlers of Potsdam, and it was Edwin Crary for whom the settlement of Crary's Mills was named. Mr. and Mrs. Church have had five children, three now living : Edwin A., a musician and composer, now in one of the Western States; Anna E., wife of Edmund Hamilton, of Potterville, Mich .; and Les- lie H., a clerk in the post-office and store at Crary's Mills. Amelia Lloyd and her brother came to this country about 1808. Robert Lloyd became a prominent con- tractor on the Erie Canal. After he completed this he died on his way to Virginia in 1837.

Couper, Joseph, Morristown, was born in Morristown, April 8, 1824. He learned the carpenter's trade, but only followed it ten years, since which he has been farming, own- ing a very fine place of 278 acres. In 1855 he married Emily C., daughter of A. W. Church, and they have a family of three sons and four daughters. Mr. Couper's father, George, was a native of England, who came to Morristown in 1818, being one of the earliest settlers in this part.

Couper, Joseph P., Morristown, was born in Morristown, March 16, 1828. He has followed farming all his life, and is one of the most extensive farmers of the county. He married first Hannah Wilson, and their children were: Mary Augusta (now Mrs. John Whitherhead), Edgar J., and Walter T., the latter an assistant professor of Greek and Latin in Hamilton College. Mr. Couper's second wife was Josie Long, and his present wife was Janet E. Ferguson. His father, Joseph Couper, left England in. 1817 and settled in Morristown in 1818, after a short sojourn in Canada.

Clark, S. L., Parishville, was born in Hermon, this county, May 11, 1844, a son of Jedediah S., whose father, Jedediah, sr., was a native of Rockingham, Vt. He had ten children and came to Hermon in 1841, where he resided until his death in 1850. Jede- diah S. was born in Rockingham, Vt., March 31, 1816, and married while there Char- lotte A. Mott, by whom he had six children. In 1840 he went to Hermon, and about 1870 to Norwood, where he engaged in groceries, farming, etc., and in 1878, went to Parishville, where he died in 1882. He was a Democrat, and he and wife were mem- bers of the Baptist church. S. L. Clark was educated in the common schools of Her- mon, and started in life as a teacher, which he followed for five years, working on the

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farm during vacations. In 1871 he came to Parishville and engaged in the drug busi- ness in company with J. H. Miller, M.D. After one year he bought out Mr. Miller and continued in business over five years, when he sold out to Mr. Newton. About 1877 our subject engaged in the grocery business and in 1880 formed a partnership with H. L. Dagget ; in 1883 bought him out and also purchased the Union store in Par- ishville and soon afterwards formed a partnership with C. E. and H. I. Sanford. After three years he sold his interest in the store and bought them out in the lum- ber business. In 1876 he engaged in the manufacture of butter tubs, turning out about 20,000 annually, and has since increased the output to 350,000. He has also been engaged extensively in the manufacture of lumber since 1880. He owns a half interest in the Parishville Lumber Company. The firm of S. L. Clark & Son employs 125 men in summer and fifty-five in winter. September 5, 1864, Mr. Clark enlisted in the First N. Y. Light Artillery, serving till the close of the war. August 4, 1865, he married Mary E. Keeler, a native of Spencerville, Ontario, by whom he had four children : Charlotte A., Plina J., Ernest S., who died in 1882, and Earl K., who died in 1880. Mrs. Clark died September 15, 1891, and June 7, 1893, Mr. Clark married Mrs. Mary (Keeler) Berry. Mr. Clark is a member of Amber Lodge No. 395, F. & A. M., also of the G. A. R., Rockwell Post No. 328. He is a member of the Baptist church of Parishville.

Clutterbuck, William H., Ogdensburg, was born in Brockville, Ontario, July 7, 1862. His father, Henry, settled in Brockville from England about 1842. William H. re- ceived his education in the schools of Brockville, and in 1879 came to Ogdensburg and engaged in the hotel business, with which he has since been identified. He em- ploys about seven assistants. Mr. Clutterbuck is a member of Ogdensburg Lodge No. 128, Chapter 63 Ogdensburg Commandery, St. Lawrence Lodge of Perfection, and of the Syracuse Consistory. He is also a prominent Odd Fellow, a member of Elijah White Lodge. He married in 1887 Emma Bell, of Ogdensburg, and they have one daughter. During his residence and business career in this city Mr. Clutterbuck has made many friends.

Crawford, George A., Edwardsville, was born in Edwardsville, March 6, 1866. He followed farming for some time and seven years ago began mercantile business in Ed- wardsville. His father is David Crawford. His mother was Margaret (Mayberry) Crawford, both parents were natives of Ireland.

Clark, James, Gouverneur, one of ten children of James and Lydia (Woodward) Clark, was born on the family homestead in Gouverneur, where he now lives. The father, James, came to Gouverneur to live in August, 1831. He was born in Franklin county, Mass., as was also his wife, Lydia (Woodward) Clark. He died here in De- cember, 1878, aged nearly eighty-two. The grandfather, James Clark, was also born in Massachusetts, where he lived and died. Mr. Clark has always lived on the home- stead. The farm comprises of 330 acres and is used as a dairy farm, carrying a dairy of about forty cows. On the farm is a sugar bush of about 500 trees, producing from 1,400 to 1,600 pounds of sugar the season. Mr. Clark has served the town as assessor continuously for the past eighteen years. He is now serving a second term as master

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of Gouverneur Grange, he being interested in all movements to further the agricultural interests of the town and section.

Cox, James A., Potsdam, was born in Potsdam, November 28, 1849, a son of Charles, the first to establish a dry goods store in Potsdam. The latter was born in Pomfret, Vt., in 1813 and came to live with his uncle Thomas Cox, a fur dealer and restaurant keeper in Potsdam. He married Martha J. McCrea of Fort Covington, and they had three children, all living. Mr. Cox also had a son by his first wife, Charles Cox of Potsdam. The brother of our subject, H. M. Cox, is a physician in New York city. James A. was the youngest son and was educated in old St. Lawrence Academy, and at the Poughkeepsie Military Academy. In 1873 he became a partner in his father's store, making the firm name Cox, Herrick & Co. This partnership lasted until the death of his father in 1887, when Cox & Herrick bought the interests of the senior member and this company conducted the business until the death of Mr. Herrick, January 13, 1889. Mr. Cox bought his interest and was alone in the business until January 5, 1892, when he was joined by E. E. Maxfield, making the firm now Cox & Maxfield, No. 7 Market street, where in 1888 Mr. Cox built a block three stories high. Mr. Cox is a member of Raquette River Lodge No. 231, F. & A. M. He married in 1888, Alice A. Heath of Watertown.

Colburn, Benjamin, Ogdensburg, was born in Canada, near North Augusta and lived in that vicinity until about seven years of age, when he came to St. Lawrence county. He was well to do, but through misfortune lost most of his property in Canada. He served as clerk of the Division court of Leeds and Granville for over seven years, and was proprietor of the leading grist mill in North Augusta, besides possessing consider- able other property. Mr. Colburn lived in Gouverneur for three or four years, then came to Ogdensburg and engaged in carriage making and general blacksmithing, in the prosecution of which industry he is assisted by two sons. He also has a son in the employ of Gates Curtis. Mr. Colburn married in 1855 Harriet Earl, and they have had eight children.

Breckenridge, M. P., Morristown, was born in Macomb, July 3, 1854. His father was a farmer, and he followed that occupation till 1891, whom he moved into Morris- town and opened his livery stables and carriage repository. He sells the vehicles of H. H. Babcock, the union gear and Watertown spring. In 1878 he married Cassie Row- land, daughter of Harvey Rowland, and they have two sons and three daughters.

Buckley, John H., Gouverneur, was born in Rutland county, Vt., and came to St. Lawrence county in 1884. He was a diamond drill man, and successful in his trade. He conducts the Wegatchie Hotel, the only hostelry in the village. In 1874 Mr. Buck- ley married Mary Kelly, and they have two daughters, Maggie and Mary. Mr. Buck- ley is of Irish descent.

Bloss, George W., Parishville, was born in Canada, August 24, 1838, one of thirteen children of Samuel and Patty (Jones) Bloss. Samuel was a native of New Hampshire, and by his first wife, who was a Miss Bloss, he had six children. Mr. Bloss came to Canada, and afterwards to Parishville, where he died. George W. Bloss was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. At the age of twenty-one he came to

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Parishville and engaged in farming, and with the exception of five years in the cooper trade, has since followed that occupation. He owns 160 acres and keeps fifteen cows. Mr. Bloss married in Parishville, Jane Parker, a native of that place, and daughter of Hiram Parker. They have one child, Jennie, the wife of William Hart of Parishville. Mr. Bloss is a Republican in politics, and he and wife attend the M. E. church, though liberal in the support of all churches.

Briggs, Benjamin P., Parishville, was born in Grafton county, N. H., August 16, 1820, a son of Ebenezer, a native of the same place, born in 1785, who married Lois Shattuck, by whom he had five children. He came to Parishville in 1839 and died in 1869. He was one of the leading men of his native town, where lie was honored by numerous town offices. He was a minute man in the War of 1812 and an of- ficer in the militia. His wife died in 1868. Benjamin P. Briggs was reared on the farm on which his father was born and educated in the common schools. He came to Parishville with his parents when nineteen years old and has always been en- gaged in farming, owning 200 acres of land. In 1871 he came to Parishville, and has since led a retired life. In 1849 Mr. Briggs married Caroline Keach, a native of Rhode Island, born in 1824. She is a daughter of Amasa Keach and Abbie Hull, who came to this town in 1840. They had three sons and three daughters. Mr. Keach went to Illinois, where he died in 1863, his wife having died in 1860. Mr. and Mrs. Briggs have had six children : Lawson D., Josephine D., Horace, Georgia D., Abbie J. and Samuel. Mr. Briggs is a Republican and a member of the Amber Lodge No. 395, F. & A. M., of Parishville. He has always been a member of the M. E. church, and as- sisted largely in building the Parishville church, in which he was trustee for fifteen years. His wife was a member of the M. E. church for many years, but is now a mem- ber of the Baptist church. The father of Ebenezer Briggs, Nathaniel, was a soldier of the Revolutionary War under Washington. Horace A. Briggs was born in Parishville, August 15, 1853. He was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools and Potsdam Normal School, supplemented by a course at the Oberlin Telegraphic College, from which he graduated in 1876. He followed teaching for a number of years, but his principal occupation has been farming. March 7, 1880, he married a Miss Potter, a native of Russell, N. Y. Mr. Briggs is a Republican in politics.

Boody, Joseph, Pierrepont, was born in Vermont, December 7, 1815, a son of Eza- riah and Susannah (Barker) Boody, he a native of New Hampshire and she of Vermont. They had seven sons and four daughters. Mr. Boody and family came to Pierre- pont in 1837 and resided there until their death, he in 1839 and she in 1877. Joseph Boody was twenty-two years old when he came to Pierrepont, and in 1846 he married Sarah Russell, by whom one child was born, Amanda E., who was educated in the Pots- dam Normal School. She followed teaching for several years, and excelled in penman- ship, at one time taking the highest prize offered among a large number of com- petitors. Her death occurred at the age of twenty-six years. Mr. Boody and wife have one adopted son, George W., a merchant at Parishville Centre, where he is also postmaster. His wife was Ida Nightengale. Mr. Boody owns 179 acres of land. In politics he is a Republican, and he and wife are members of the M. E. church at Hanawa Falls. Mrs. Boody, wife of our subject, was born in Parishville in 1823, a daughter of

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Abram Russell and Mary Kenyon, natives of Rhode Island, who moved to Vermont and thence to Parishville. He finally moved to Colton in 1832, where his wife died in 1855, and he spent his last eight years with our subject.

Borland, C. W., Lisbon, was born at De Kalb, October 23, 1862. After receiving a good education in the public schools of this town he learned the process of cheese manufacturing with George Lalone, with whom he remained for some time. After becoming thoroughly proficient in this important branch of industry he started his pres- ent factory in Lisbon some three years since, where he enjoys the confidence of the community to a marked degree, inasmuch that now his annual output is over 9,000 pounds of superior cheese. Mr. Borland married in 1887 Libbie Creighton, and they have two sons. Mr. Borland is an energetic, careful and popular manufacturer and citizen, and is much respected and esteemed by all.

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Our county and its people : a memorial record of St. Lawrence County, New York, Part 113

Author: Curtis, Gates Publication date: 1894 Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason Number of Pages: 1328

Author: Curtis, Gates
Publication date: 1894
Publisher: Syracuse, N.Y. : D. Mason
Number of Pages: 1328