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A. O. U. W. No. 214 of Cornwall, and of the G. A. R. of Massena. In 1867 he mar- ried Elizabeth Patterson, by whom he has one daughter, who was educated in Williams- town Convent, in Canada, and who now lives at home. Mr. Maley owns 163 acres of the original homestead, and has added eighty-five acres, keeping a dairy of forty COWS.
McEuen, A. E., Lawrence, was born in Lawrence, January 17, 1834. His father, Captain Carlton, was a son of George, one of the pioneers of Hinesburg, Vt., who came from Shaftsbury, Vt., and the grandfather of George came from Edinburgh, Scotland. Capt. Carlton McEuen married Wealthy Calkins, of Hinesburg, Vt., born in 1797 and died in 1826. They had three children. He married second Phoebe Millington, of Lawrence, in 1833. She was born in Fairfax, Vt., in 1799. By her he had four chil- dren. He settled in Lawrence in 1825, his death occurring February 2, 1866, and there lived and died. His farm is now owned by our subject, Augustus E., who was educated in the common schools, and is a farmer, owning 300 acres of the old homestead and an- other place of 250 acres. In partnership with his brother, R. H., he owns 260 acres, and his sons at home also own 125 acres at Fort Jackson. He has a dairy of forty thorough-bred Ayrshire cattle, and is also an extensive breeder of Shropshire sheep and Chester white hogs. He has a fine sugar bush of about 1200 trees. In politics he is a Republican, and has served his town as highway commissioner, assessor and supervisor. He belongs to the P. of H. No. 702, and was first master of the lodge. Mr. McEuen married, March 14, 1860, Martha Witherel, of Hopkinton, who was born in Orwell, Vt., October 7, 1841. They have had four children ; J. W., who died August 27, 1876, aged thirteen years ; Guy C., G. Wright, and Clyde A., all living at home. Mrs. McEuen died September 25, 1886.
Hopson, B. M., Massena, was born in Salisbury, Herkimer county, August 3, 1818, a son of Abel, son of Alvirus, of New Haven, Conn. The wife of the latter was Mary Munger, by whom he had ten children. He and wife both died in Salisbury, N. Y. Abel was born in New Haven, Conn., and at the age of eight years came with his par- ents to Herkimer county, where he spent most of his life. He married Hannah Avery, daughter of Stephen Avery, formerly of Connecticut, who was a soldier in the Revolu- tion. B. M. Hopson was reared on a farm and educated in his native town. He came to Brasher in 1847 and had just forty-five dollars, and settled on a dairy farm, coming to Massena twelve years later, where he bought a large farm, keeping a dairy of fifty- one cows. Hc is a Republican and cast his first vote for General Harrison in 1840, and has been assessor, excise commissioner, etc. In 1838 he married in Herkimer county, Catharine, daughter of George Loucks, and they have had seven children : Richard M., who was drowned in Wisconsin, aged twenty-two; George H., who lives on his fath- er's farm. He married Libbie Hitchcock, by whom he has two sons : Fred M. and Nor- man A .; Norman A., son of B. M. Hopson, who resides on his father's farm, and mar- ried Mary Tracey, by whom he has two children : Floyd B. and Lulie; Irving F., who lives in Massena village, and married Delia Carton, by whom he has two children : Carlie and Catharine; Amelia A., wife of Jacent H. Denison, of Wisconsin, by whom she has six children : Burton, Elsie, Delia, Martin, Rowena, and Lon ; M. Rowena, de- ceased wife of Nathan H. Denison, who left two children : Nellie A., and Floyd M .;
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S. Louisa, wife of Allen Kezar, of Massena, by whom she has two children : Ernest and Earl. Our subject is the owner of large tracts of farming lands in Brasher, Massena and vicinity. Since 1884 he has lived in the village.
Dana, L. A., Massena, was born in Massena Center, December 18, 1826, a son of Samuel Dana, born in Amherst, Mass., March 26, 1790, and married Julia Moody of that town, born November 6, 1792. They had ten children, of whom nine grew to matu- rity. In 1814 Mr. Dana came to Massena, where he lived on a farm. He was a Repub- lican in politics, and his death occurred in July, 1882, that of his wife in July, 1880. L. A. Dana was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. He remained on his father's farm, which he purchased in 1882. He afterwards sold all but ten acres, and in 1891 came to the village of Massena, where he has since lived. He is a Repub- lican, a member of the P. of H. No. 704 of Massena, and married April 11, 1871, Fan- nie Dunn, of Massena, born August 27, 1830, a daughter of Joel Dunn and Relief Lis- comb, the former born in Bakersfield, Vt., September 20, 1798, and the latter born in Hartland, Vt., September 4, 1798. Both came to Massena when young, their marriage occurring in 1829. They had five children. Mr. Dunn died in March, 1871, and his wife in August, 1868.
Smith, Frank H., Gouverneur, was born in Moira, Franklin county, January 15, 1836, a son of Daniel and Mary E. (Salls) Smith, the former born in Grafton, N. H., in 1813, and the latter born in Grand Isle county, Vt. Frank H. came to Gouverneur in 1837. His first business was in a hotel until 1861, since which he has been engaged in agri- cultural pursuits. He now lives in the village and owns a farm of 180 acres on Johns- town street, two and a half miles west of Gouverneur. February 7, 1861, he married Martha H. Parsons, daughter of Richard and Maria Parsons, natives of Johnstown, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Smith have one child, Henry C. Smith, born in 1864. Mr. Smith is an active member of the Gouverneur Masonic Lodge, and is a past master, member of Marble City Commandery, Media Temple, Mystic Shrine.
Lavack. Frederick, Gouverneur, was born March 27, 1842, in Canada, a son of Joseph and Lizzie Lavack. He was two years of age when his parents removed to Ogdens- burg. In 1860 they came to Gouverneur, where Mr. Lavack has since resided, with the exception of the years 1868-75, when he was in Syracuse engaged in the factory of D. L. Fry. From 1875 to 1877 he was engaged in the jewelry business in Gouverneur, and at that date founded the drug business, which he has successfully conducted up to the present time. In 1876 he married Mary, daughter of Noah Loomis, of Gouverneur, and they have had five children : Jennie, born December 18, 1882; Winifred, born May 27, 1884 ; Florence, born January 11, 1889; Anna, born August 6, 1877 ; and Robert, born February 28, 1879, all now living. Mr. Lavack is a Mason and an Odd Fellow, and in politics a Democrat. He is a prosperous business man, and held in high esteem by his fellow townsmen.
Witherell, H. E., Hopkinton, was born in Hopkinton, July 31, 1835, a son of Stephen R., born April 17, 1799, in Vermont. His father was Job Witherell. Stephen R. mar- ried Abigail Moon, came to Hopkinton and bought a farm, where he lived the remainder of his life, dying August 14, 1878. His wife, who died in 1882, bore him these chil-
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dren : Clarissa, Charlotte, George R., Engenia (who during the war was a prisoner at Libby prison and was nearly starved to death, his weight being reduced from 200 to ninety pounds), and our subject, H. E. Witherell, who was reared on the farm and worked with his father as long as the latter lived. Afterwards he bought the liome- stead, which he still owns, together with other property, comprising about 500 acres in all. He keeps about thirty-five cows and also a flock of sheep, about 110 head. In 1863 he married Louisa Miller, daughter of Stephen Miller, of Essex county, born July 25, 1844. His wife was Abigail Jenney. Mr. and Mrs. Witherell have had two sons and one daughter: Edna, born June 22, 1864, attended the Lawrenceville Academy and Potsdam School, and has been a teacher for a number of years ; George, born August 24, 1865, is a bookkeeper for a lumber company ; Charles, born February 5, 1867, is also in the lumber business in Washington. Mr. Witherell is a Republican in politics.
Smith, E. M., Massena, was born in Massena, this county, November 10, 1820, a son of Perez Smith, who came from Massachusetts to this town in 1812, settling near Mas- sena Centre, and in 1840 came to the Springs, where he died in 1855, aged seventy-five years. His wife, Elizabeth Fields, was a native of Massachusetts, and they had eight children. Mr. Smith was a Democrat and was overseer of the poor many years. Our subject was reared on a farm and educated in Massena and Potsdam Academy. In 1849 he married Margaret E. Polley, of Canada, daughter of William Polley, who was born in Massachusetts. She was reared by an uncle, Capt. John Polley, the first man who owned the springs at Massena, and who was in the War of 1812. He built the house now owned by our subject. Mr. Smith is a Democrat, and was custom house officer under Buchanan. He engaged in keeping boarders in Massena Springs in 1850, and has continued in that business longer than any other man in the place. He owns a very comfortable home, and has about eight acres of land, known as the old Captain Polley place.
Wight, Allen, Gouverneur, was born November 14, 1824, in Fowler, and is the son of John and Laura (Hodgskin) Wight. He prepared himself for teaching at the Normal School at Albany and taught twelve terms. He was school commissioner four and a half years, having charge of 153 schools. He has since followed civil engineering and surveying, and managing his farm near Little York for the past thirty-two years. In 1888 he sold his farm and moved to the village of Little York. In 1891 he bought his present location of twenty-two acres, where he has since lived. December 25, 1853, Mr. Wight married Lury Geer, born in Fowler, July 6, 1831, daughter of Aaron and Martha (Burdick) Geer. She died July 31, 1859, and he married second, September 21, 1859, Lucy (Fuller) Johnson, born in Fowler, May 1, 1835, daughter of John and Zeruah (Bly) Johnson. Mr. Wight's children are : Laura, born June 28, 1855, who married, September 16, 1873, Andrew Leach (their children being Clarence E., born March 6, 1877, and Flossie) ; Edgar Allen, born January 29, 1857, married in Nebraska Mary Cleveland (their children being Hattie L., born July 20, 1883 ; Nora J., born November 28, 1885; Blanche B., born February 2, 1888; Mary E., born May 2, 1891); Nora Jane, born February 12, 1861, and married, February 21, 1882, William S. Griffiths ; Julia Ann, born July 25, 1862, married, November 19, 1885, Sidney Brown (their chil-
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dren being Sayles Allen, born April 10, 1888; and Nora Linn, born December 10, 1890) ; Grant John, born March 15, 1864, married, July 29, 1890, Anna Meridith Hanna ; Blanche, born March 8, 1878, died January 24, 1883. Mr. Wight is a direct descendant of Thomas Wight, who settled in Dedham, Mass., about 1636, who probably came from the Isle of Wight.
White, Erastus R., Russell, was born in Hermon. September 15, 1838, a son of Al- phonso White, born in Oswego in 1808, who came to Hermon and married Janette Hale, daughter of Peleg Hale. Mr. and Mrs. White had four children, two now living. He and wife are dead, the latter dying in Russell in 1860. Erastus R. was educated in the common schools of his native town, and learned carpentry, which he followed until 1871, except for two years, when he served in the war. In 1871 he came to Monterey and engaged in the manufacture of lumber, purchasing the Rose saw mill, and in 1873 he bought his present farm. In 1883 he went to Monterey and engaged in the mercan- tile business for two years, since which time he has been a farmer, owning seventy- two acres of fine land. He is a Republican and is now serving his second term as jus- tice of the peace. In 1862 he enlisted in Company E, Eighty-third N. Y. Infantry, and served two years. He was wounded in the hand at the battle of the Wilderness. Mr. White is a G. A. R. man, of Rice Post No. 169, and a member of High Fal's Lodge No. 428, F. & A. M. In 1860 he married Hannah Robinson, of Antwerp, by whom he has had two children : Floyd, who died aged eighteen months; and Carrie, wife of Silas Wright, by whom she has one child, Floyd W. Mrs. White died, and October 4, 1870, he married second Ellen Van Ornum, daughter of Harry Van Ornum, of Russell, and they have one daughter, Mary E., wife of Lewis Phillips, of Russell.
Pierce, William H., Hopkinton, was born in Hopkinton, October 4, 1845. He was a son of Porter, who was a son of Rolland Pierce, of Maine, who came to this county and town with his wife, by whom he had three sons and four daughters. Porter was born in 1816 and came to this town with his parents. His wife was Mary Wilkinson, a native of Jay, N. Y., and they had eight children. They died in 1871 and 1877 re- spectively. William H. Pierce was educated in the common schools and brought up to farm work, owning now 100 acres of dairy land and keeping fourteen cows. He is a Republican in politics During the late war he enlisted in Company G, One Hundred and Sixth N. Y. Volunteers (1863), and served till the close of the war, having been in the following battles: Wilderness, Spottsylvania, Cold Harbor, Petersburg, Monocacy Junction, Winchester, Fisher's Hill, Cedar Creek, and Sailor's Creek. He was wounded at Winchester and also at Cedar Creek, and was in the hospital five months. In 1874 Mr. Pierce married Sarah C., daughter of Joseph Kempton, and they have one daughter, Ada, wife of Addison Snell, a farmer of Hopkinton, and they have one son, Guy Snell.
Thomas, Alonzo H., Parishville, was born in this town July 20, 1853, a son of Har- rison Thomas, who was a son of Reuben and Rhoda (Rice) Thomas, who had six chil- dren. They were natives of Claremont, N. H., and came to Parishville in 1812. Alonzo H. was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools and Potsdam Normal School. He followed teaching for three years, and worked at the carpenter's trade for
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fourteen years, but has for some time been engaged in farming. He owns 143 acres of land. In October, 1882, Mr. Thomas married Frances H., daughter of Capt. J. H. Hitchcock, of Washington, D. C. Mr. Thomas and wife have three children : Ethel E., Eva M., and Helen A. Our subject is a Republican in politics, and is one of the charter members of the West Parishville Grange No. 542. He and wife are Free Will Baptists.
Tharrett, James, Hopkinton, was born in Clinton county, December 11. 1825, a son of James, born in Lincolnshire, England, about 1797, whose father, Joseph Tharrett, of England, had five sons, only one of whom, the father of our subject, came to America. James was married in England in 1818 to Mary Needham, crossing the ocean in 1821, and settling in Champlain, where he worked in the lumber yards for five years. From there he went to Canada, then came to Franklin county and settled on a farm for about seven years. He then returned to Canada and followed farming the rest of his life. He died in 1872 and his wife November 10, 1886. They had four sons and two daugh- ters. At the age of about ten years our subject came with his parents to this county, and he early engaged in farming, which he followed as an occupation all his life. He bought and sold several pieces of land, but finally settled in Hopkinton, where he now owns a good farm of about 200 acres, a small portion of which is in Lawrence. Jan- uary 9, 1851, he married Celinda Clark, born May 2, 1826, daughter of Orange B. and Hannah (Sweet) Clark, who came from Vermont in 1825. Mr. and Mrs. Tharrett have had three sons and three daughters: Clark and Milton, who live at home; George, who went west and became a successful farmer, afterwards sold his farm, and has not since been heard from ; Annie, wife of a Mr. Matthews of this town ; Eva, wife of Josiah Smith, also of this town ; and Nellie, wife of Edgar Corser, a farmer. Mr. Tharrett is a Democrat in politics, and they attend the M. E. church.
Shaw, A. B., Russell, was born in Bolton, Warren county, March 20, 1817. His father, Samuel, was a native of Massachusetts, who married Delight Barker, by whom he had six sons and three daughters. He came with his family to Russell in 1843 and here spent the remainder of his life. When our subject was three years of age he went with his parents to Herkimer county, where they lived previous to coming to Russell. In 1843 he married Mary J., daughter of Ebenezer and Susan (Rodgers) Dodge, of New Hampshire and Canada, respectively, who had three children : Charles Dodge, Helen M., and Mrs. Shaw. After their marriage our subject and wife lived for a time in Rus- sia, Herkimer county, and then for three years in Wilna, Jefferson county. They then came to Potsdam, and later to Jefferson county. Next they spent some time in the west, returning to Potsdam, where they lived till 1875, since which time they have re- sided in Russell. Mr. Shaw at present owns 1,200 acres of farming land, an ? keeps 100 cows and young stock. He is a Republican in politics and has been poormaster and member of the Board of Excise. He has also been offered the office of supervisor three different times, but has always declined. He is a member of Russell Lodge No. 666, F. & A. M.
Sayer, Ransom E., Ogdensburg, was born in St. Lawrence county in 1852. He, in connection with his father, inaugurated the business here in 1875. The copartnership
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existed until two years ago, when his father returned to agricultural pursuits. The latter possessing three or four farms a few miles from Ogdensburg. Ransom E. married Mary Jane Lawrence, and they have two sons. Mr. Sayer keeps several hands and a team busy. His business consists of wholesale and retail baker and confectionery.
Perkins, A. J., Hopkinton, was born in the town of Parishville, January 28, 1848, a son of John L., whose father, Leonard, is mentioned elsewhere in this work. John L. was born in New Hampshire, May 27, 1810, and died in Parishville Aug- ust 17, 1876. He was a farmer and came to Parishville when a young man, own- ing 800 acres of land. He was a Republican and was assessor and postmaster. January 8, 1834, he married Clarissa Brown, by whom he had nine children. Mrs. Perkins died December 31, 1891. Our subject was educated in the public schools and has always been a farmer. He owned a farm of 200 acres in Parishville, which in 1891 he exchanged for 160 acres in Hopkinton, where he now carries on general farming, keeping a dairy of twenty cows. June 20, 1872, he married Harriet, daugh- ter of Hasting S. Cowles, one of the earliest settlers of Parishville, who died May 3, 1893. His wife was Lucretia Sampson, by whom he had three children. Mr. and Mrs. Perkins have had two children : Alice, wife of Frank Wilson of Parishville; and Olive J., who died October 25, 1885.
Putnam, B., Russell, was born in Sutton, Worcester county, Mass., December 12, 1816. Moses, his father, was a native of that State also, born in 1789, who mar- ricd Lovina Livermore and had two children. They came to Jefferson county and finally to Russell, St. Lawrence county, where they died, Mr. Putnam in 1869 and and his wife in 1882, aged ninety-two years. Our subject went to Jefferson county at the age of seven, with his parents, and there grew to manhoood. He married Nancy, daughter of Daniel and Thuseba (Grimes) Burton, of Swanzey, N. H., who came to Herkimer county in an early day and later went to Jefferson county, where Mr. Burton died in 1869 and his wife in 1854. They had six children. To Mr. and Mrs. Burton were born three children: Oscar, who died aged eight years ; Florence, wife of C. C. Spencer of De Kalb, who has two sons, Oscar and Ira ; and Charles B., born in Champion, Jefferson county, March 25, 1861, who was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. He came with his parents to Rus- sell in infancy and married, November 18, 1875, Adda Hosley, a native of New York, and daughter of Almon Hosley, who died in Russell in 1875. Charles B. and wife have had one child, Florence, born December 23, 1881. Mr. Putnam is a Dem- ocrat in politics, and he and his father are engaged in farming, having a place of 210 acres, and a dairy of thirty aows.
Peck, Daniel, Gouverneur, was born in Rutland, Vt. July 1, 1822, a son of John and Sabra (Rounds) Peck, natives of Vermont, who came to Fullerville in 1837. John Peck was a Baptist minister. Our subject was connected with the iron business in Fuller- ville until 1861, the firm being Fuller & Peck. In June, 1862, he enlisted in Co. K, 106th N. Y. Vol. Infantry, and served two years. He was in the Army of the Poto- mac, brigaded at Harrisburg, and was aide on the staff of Col. B. F. Smith. He was in
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the battle of the Wilderness, and was on General Seymour's staff. He was mustered out July 1, 1864. He then began the business of hotel life in Fowler, came to Gouverneur in 1876, and kept the Peck House. He was supervisor of Fowler nine years and was elected to the Legislature in 1879, for the regular term of three years. March 10, 1842, he married Martha Fuller, a native of Rossie, by whom he has had children as follows : Anna, born December 25, 1842, married Justus Pickett, April 6, 1864, and now lives at Fergus Falls, Minn. ; Celinda, born February 2, 1849, married February 2, 1866, Hor- ace Pickett, and now lives at Fergus Falls, Minn. ; Everett, born January 11, 1860, married February 7, 1884, and resides in Gouverneur, occupying the position of clerk in the Peck House.
Johnston, J. P., Ogdensburg, was born in Hinesburg, Chittenden county, Vt., August 21, 1841. His parents moved into this county from Vermont, early in 1846. He re- ceived a common school education and afterwards learned the carpenter's trade, and followed contracting and building for a number of years, but desiring to materialize some of his plans regarding buildings, he commenced the study of practical architecture and soon, through persistent effort, became a leading man in his profession. Gradually extending his work, he became known most favorably within a radius of seventy-five miles of this city, in both this country and Canada, and to-day there is hardly a hamlet in St. Lawrence county but what contains specimens of his skill and ingenuity. In Ogdensburg he designed the Ogdensburg Club Honse, and many churches, residences, etc. Mr. Johnson married in October, 1871, Emma E. Burt, and they have three chil- dred. He is a member of Masonic lodge, Ogdensburg Club and has been a member of the council for the past four years.
Ingerson, Eneas, Russell, was born in Jefferson county, February 18, 1833. His father, David, was a son of Jonathan, who came to Jefferson county in an early day, where he died. David was born in Vermont, and came to Jefferson county when a young man. He married Almira Grover, by whom he had five children. In 1843 he went to Gouverneur and settled. He served two years in the late war, and his death occurred-, his wife dying in 1850. Eneas was ten years of age when his father settled in Gouverneur, where our subject was reared and educated. He engaged in farming, working by the month at first, and later renting in Hermon. Later he came to Russell and followed the same work until about 1869, when he engaged in the manu- facture of lumber for twenty years in Clifton. He next came to Monterey and manu- factured lumber for four years. He then bought the lot he now owns, on which he erected a fine residence and an ice house. He has been engaged in the grocery busi- ness, in connection with milling, for the past twenty years, and for the last six years has kept a hotel at Monterey. Mr. Ingerson voted for Lincoln, but has been a Demo- crat ever since. While residing in Clifton he served as justice of the peace, town clerk, and highway commissioner. He is a member of Vernon Lodge No. 500, F. & A. M., and has been a Free Mason since 1861. He has been twice married, first to Vesta A. Wait, of Jefferson county, by whom he had three children : Seymour C., deceased ; Florence G., deceased ; and Charles, deceased. Mrs. Ingerson died April 22, 1891, and he married second Emma Hamilton, of Russell.
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Parker, B. G., Gouverneur, was born in Gouverneur, May 13, 1858, the only son of George and Helen R. Parker. The father was at that time a merchant, but at the breaking out of the war he enlisted in the service of his country, and served as captain of Company D, Sixteenth N. Y. Volunteer Infantry. He afterwards represented his district two terms in the Assembly, and was collector of customs at the port of Oswe- gatchie. Captain Parker died in 1883. Mrs. Parker is of English birth and education, and during her husband's absence in the army and on official duties was most able and successful in business affairs, and the training of her family. B. G. Parker was edu- cated in the public and private schools of Ogdensburg and Gouverneur Wesleyan Semi- nary. He early evinced a taste for the printing trade, beginning his work in that line at the age of fifteen. Four years later he established the Norwood News, which he conducted five years. In 1882 he returned to his native town and established the Gouverneur Free Press, a flourishing and popular Republican newspaper. In this busi- ness his sister, Helen I. Parker, has assisted liim, having been local editor since 1887. Mr. Parker is now associated with P. L. Dovle in the publication of the Potsdam Re- corder. Aside from his newspaper business Mr. Parker has been a large investor in real estate, and has added much to Gouverneur by the building of numerous fine residences and two marble blocks. He has been actively identified with the Masonic orders and with the Presbyterian church.
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