Our county and its people : a memorial record of St. Lawrence County, New York, Part 122

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

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Fish, Marcus, Massena, was a son of Hiram. He was reared on a farm and educated at Massena Union School, and graduated from Rochester Business College. He was for a while engaged as bookkeeper for J. L. Hyde, of Massena. March 5, 1868, he married Callie J., daughter of Daniel and Sarah (Hyde) Bebee, he of Vermont (born in 1812), and she of Massena (born July 2, 1819). The father of Mr. Bebee was Calvin, who came from Vermont to Massena about 1834. He was a farmer. Daniel T. Bebee was a shoemaker. He bought in Massena 145 acres of land, which he left to his widow, who rents it with a dairy of eighteen cows. To Mr. and Mrs. Marcus Fish was born one daughter, Sarah Genevieve, who inserts this sketch through respect for her parents, who are both deceased. Her father died December 15, 1876, and her mother August 20, 1883. They left to their daughter a farm of 76g acres, which she rents with a dairy of seventeen cows. Mr. Fish was a Republican, and for a number of years was clerk of Massena. He and wife were active and consistent members of the Baptist church of Massena, of which he was a deacon. Miss Fish is a member of the Good Templars Lodge 566 of Massena and of Massena Grange No. 704.

Wells, Otis H., Louisville, was born in the town of Louisville, February 14, 1839. He is a son of Elijah Wells, a native of Louisville, born November 7, 1808. Subject's grandfather was also Elijah Wells. Elijah Wells, jr., was a farmer and owned 160 acres in Louisville, which he left to his family. His wife was Joanna Hosmer, born in New York, November 27, 1815. She was a daughter of Otis G. Hosmer, who came from Vermont to Massena in 1806 and settled on a farm now known as the Captain Bridges farm. He sold this and moved to Louisville, where he spent the remainder of his lite. He died in 1883 and his wife in 1872. To Mr. and Mrs. Wells were born three sons and two daughters: Celia, died at the age of four years; Henry, a carpenter in Ten- nessee ; Jesse, a farmer in Louisville; Ida, now resides with Otis H. Mr. Wells was a Democrat, and he and wife were Universalists in religious faith. He died February 7, 1882, and she April 23, 1861. Otis H. was raised on a farm and educated in the common schools and St. Lawrence Academy. He taught school four years in Minne- sota, and has followed teaching at home in connection with farming, which has been his principal occupation except during the time he was in the army. He now has a farm of 260 acres, and keeps a dairy of thirty cows. In 1862 he enlisted in the 106th N. Y. Vols., and served till the close of the war; he was honorably discharged June 27, 1865. He participated in the battles of Fairmount, second Cold Harbor, Spottsyl- vania, Wilderness, Monocacy, Winchester and Cedar Creek, the time of Sheridan's memorable ride. He was promoted to fourth sergeant, orderly sergeant and to first

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lieutenant of Company H. Mr. Wells is a Democrat, and is now supervisor. He is lib- eral in his religious views, but is a Universalist in belief.

Whalen, Edward, Louisville, was born in Louisville, April 17, 1840. His father was William, born in Montgomery county, N. Y., in 1797. The grandfather was John, who came from Ireland about 1783, and settled on a farm in Montgomery county, where he spent his days. A brother Charles was a chaplain in La Fayette's army, and was the first Catholic priest to say mass in New York city. This family comprised four sons and four daughters. John W died in Louisville, while on a visit to his son, Charles. William was a farmer, and came to Louisville about 1825, where he owned over 700 acres of land. He was twice married; first to Miss Goff of Montgomery county, who bore him three sons; she died, and he married, second, Ann Murphy, who came to America from Ireland wlien nineteen years old; she bore him four sons and two daughters, all living but Charles, who died in 1872 Mr. Whalen came to Louisville abous 1825 and purchased land. At his death he left 700 acres to his family. He died February 14, 1886, and the mother of subject in November, 1878. Edward Whalen has made farming his chief occupation. He now owns three farms: 200 acres where he lives and raises cattle for the other two farms; one of 120 acres with twenty cows ; and one of 270 acres with fifty-six cows. He also owns a half interest in the grist mill at Louisville and has a large tract of land in Texas. January 20, 1881, he married Kate, daughter of Patrick Spratt of Rossie, by whom he has two sons and four daugh- ters : Anne, Mary, Catharine, Edward A. and John W. Mr. Whalen is a Democrat, and the family are Catholics.

Matthews, R. B., Louisville, was born in Louisville, March 9, 1844, the sixth son of a family of eight children of Patrick and Mary (Moore) Matthews of Ireland, who came to America in 1832, and after a short time in Canada went to Vermont, finally coming to Louisville about 1840, and on the farm owned by subject about 1846, where they spent their lives. He died in 1889, and she in November, 1880, both aged about eighty years. R. B. Matthews was raised on the farm he owns and was educated in the com- mon and Canton public schools. He followed teaching for fourtecn terms and then went to farming, which he has followed in connection with butter manufacturing and buying farm produce. Mr. Matthews is a Democrat, and has been assessor three years and justice of the peace two years. He is a member of the A. O. U. W. of Aultsville, Canada, and is also a member of the Episcopal church. He married in 1872, Irda, daughter of David and Murilla Summers of Canada. They have had five daughters : Lena G., Lottie M. and Ida M. (twins), Jennie and Florence. Ida M. died in 1878, aged four years. Mr. Mathew owns 2233 acres and a hotel with 14 acres at Louisville Landing, and keeps a dairy of twenty-eight cows.

Matthews, James, Louisville, was born in Canada, January 27, 1836, third child of Patrick Matthews. He was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools and Potsdam Academy. He followed teaching for a number of years, and was teaching in Wisconsin when the war broke out. He belonged to the home guard and was cap- tured and held prisoner for a short time. He returned to Louisville, and after teaching one term, engaged in the mercantile business at Louisville Landing, and for twenty-five

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years has followed that occupation. He has also carried on farming, and owns 214 acres, on which he keeps twenty-five cows. He is a Republican, and has been justice of the peace seven years, notary public fifteen years, and September 10, 1890, was ap- pointed custom house officer at Louisville Landing, which latter position he now holds. He was married, January 25, 1865, to Christianna (born October 29, 1842), daughter of Israel G. and Ann (Powers) Stone of Louisville. They have had six children: Eva E., George P., James G., Annie M. and Edith M .; one died in infancy. Mr. and Mrs. Matthews are Methodists.

Singleton, Peter, Louisville, was born in Louisville, December 4, 1825, third child of five born to Thomas and Ellen (Murphy) Singleton, he a native of England, born in 1793, and she of Ireland, born in 1791. He came to Canada in 1817, and after three years to Louisville, settling on a farm on the county road, from which he removed to the farm now owned by the subject. He died in April, 1856, and his wife in Decem- ber, 1872. The subject was raised on a farm and educated in the common schools. He has always been a farmer, and also has been a pilot on Long Saut Rapids. Mr. Single- ton owns 233 acres of land and keeps a dairy of twenty-five cows. He is a Republican, and at present is one of the assessors, serving his second term ; he has been election in- spector, overseer of the poor, and highway commissioner. Mr. S. was married in 1852 to Ella A., daughter of Dennis and Ellen McCarthy, of Massena. They have had seven children : 1. John F., who married Amelia McGee and had six children ; he died August 28, 1893, in Wisconsin. 2. George H., who was educated at the Potsdam Normal School ; he studied law with Parker & McIntyre, and is now practicing in Wisconsin ; he is also prominent in politics and has been chairman of the board in his town, and has also served his county in public office. His wife is Hannalı Brosnan, a graduate of Potsdam Normal School, and they have four children. 3. Michael A. 4. Charles D., at home. 5. Joseph W., who graduated at Ogdensburg Academy and taught school for a short time in that city. He also received the first prize for oratory at Ogdensburg Academy offered by Dr. Brownlow. He afterwards graduated from Georgetown Col- lege, receiving two medals, one for elocution and one for oratory. He went to Bur- lington, Vt., and taught in the college for some time, and also practiced law in that place for two years. He was nominated by the Democratic party for State attorney and re- ceived a majority of the votes in the city of Burlington. He is now in Eau Claire, Wis., practicing law, where he is also quite prominent in politics. 6. Minnie A., at home. 7. Lydia J., at school in female seminary in Vermont. Mrs. Singleton died March 24, 1892. The family are members of the Roman Catholic church.

Cole, Edwin N., Louisville, was born in Louisville, January 18, 1827. He is the fifth child born to Levi and Phoebe (Baxter) Cole, he a native of Vermont and she of Hart- ford, Conn. They came to St. Lawrence county when young and were married in Madrid. Mr. Cole was a hotelkeeper, and kept the first hotel in the northwest part of the town, where he was among the first settlers. He was also a farmer, and a clothier by trade. He was a Democrat, and was constable for a number of years. He died in 1853, and his wife in 1887. Edwin N. Cole was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. He has always been a farmer, and owns a farm of 200 acres and keeps a dairy of twenty-one cows. He is a Democrat, but never aspired to office. The

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family belongs to the M. E. church. He was married twice; first, in 1856, to Jane Roddick, by whom he had four children : A. W., E. M., Viola J., Elma (deceased 1882). Mrs. Cole died in 1887, and he married, in 1888, Harriet G. Kentner, of Waddington, a daughter of Gardner and Clarissa (Burlingame) Kentner. By his second wife Mr. Cole has one child, Stella C. M.

Bradford, Henry, Louisville, was born in Louisville, March 7, 1837, a son of Samuel, a son of Joseph, a son of William and Jane Bradford, of England, who removed to Ireland, where Joseph was born November 12, 1766, in Banbridge, County Down. He came to America in 1785, landing in Philadelphia. He settled in New London, Conn., where he married, and went to Vermont, and finally came to Louisville, June 15, 1806, and settled on the river road, three miles east of subject, and in 1814 came to where William Bradford now resides and spent the remainder of his days; his death occurred July 6, 1834. His wife was Elizabeth, daughter of Samuel and Saralı (Colfax) Rose, born in Wethersfield, Conn., December 12, 1771, and died October 26, 1856. They had four sons and one daughter. Samuel Bradford was born in Pawlet, Vt., 1796, and came to Louisville with his parents in 1806. He was twice married : first to Abigail Wright, born in Vermont, whose parents came to Louisville in an early day. Mrs. Bradford died May 12, 1830. She had two daughters, Elizabeth and Mary. His sec- ond wife was Mary Chaplin, daughter of John E. and Polly Perkins, born in Massena, December 10, 1807. Her father was born in 1783, and came to Massena in 1805. This second marriage produced two sons : William, born November 17, 1834, and the sub- ject of this sketch. Mr. Bradford was a Whig, and a Republican after the formation of that party ; he was supervisor, custom house officer, and justice of the peace, holding the latter office many years. He died November 1, 1871, and his wife Feb- ruary 25, 1881. Henry Bradford has been a steamboat pilot on the St. Lawrence from 1868 to 1894 inclusive. He owns 154 acres of land and follows general farming, keeping a dairy of thirteen cows. He is a Republican, and has been inspector of customs for six years. He is a member of Waddington Lodge, No. 393, F. & A. M. September 28, 1859, he was married to Mary L., daughter of Reuben and Lucy Allen, born in Canton, June 16, 1840. Reuben Allen was born in Madrid in 1807, and his wife in Louisville in 1808. Mr. Allen and wife had four children. He died at Spring- ville, Wis., in 1855, and his wife in Canton in July, 1843. Henry Bradford and wife have three children : Mary R., born April 22, 1863, educated in Lawrenceville Academy and Potsdam Normal School ; her profession is that of an artist, and she has much ability in that line ; Samuel P., born March 3, 1867, educated in Ogdensburg, and is en- gaged as a commercial traveler; Walter A., born March 30, 1871, educated in the common schools, is at home.

Dewy, Aaron, Louisville, was born in Canada in 1839. He was a son of James, a native of Vermont, whose parents were Ezekiel and Elizabeth (Goodell) Dewy, of New England stock, who had a family of four sons and three daughters, all now de- ceased. They went to Canada when James was a boy. Mr. Dewy was a farmer and innkeeper. His wife and daughter were accidentally burned to death. Three sons came to the United States; two settled in Fort Covington, and James came to Louis- ville and bought 120 acres of land, which is now in possession of the widow of the sub-

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ject of this sketch. The wife of James was Martha Priest, of Hammondsford, who bore him four sons and four daughters, of whom one son and two daughters are now living. James and Amos were soldiers in the late war, and both died in the South. This so grieved their father that on hearing of the death of his second son, he fell sick and soon died; his death occurred in September, 1863. The subject, who was at this time in the West, came home and rented the homestead for three years, and then bought it. He spent his boyhood days on the homestead farm and attended the schools of Louisville. He was on the road for a time as a speculator and worked on a farm a while in Wisconsin. Mr. Dewy was an active, energetic man, and was largely engaged in speculating. He added forty acres to the old homestead, and left in all 160 acres of land unincumbered to his family. He died suddenly of heart disease, April 27, 1886. April 22, 1867, he married Nancy, daughter of Amos and Isabel (McMurphy) Short, both of New England. The grandparents were John and Eleanor (Emerson) Short, and Samuel and Jane (Beaty) McMurphy. The father of Jane was a weaver. To Mr. and Mrs. Dewy were born one son and two daughters: Bertha A., born July 10, 1869, died August 12, 1889 ; Ada I., born February 3, 1871, educated at Massena, and is a teacher; William A., born January 8, 1877, has had charge of the farm for three years. They have 160 acres of land and keep a dairy of twenty-five to thirty cows and a few sheep. They also have a one-fourth interest in a farm of 177 acres in Massena, where they furnish six cows ; this farm is rented. The parents of Mr. Dewy were Methodist, and the family attend and support the M. E. church.

Mulholland, Henry, Louisville, is the youngest of a family of two sons and two daugh- ters, who were brought from Antrim, Ireland, by their parents, David and Mary (Mc- Curry) Mulholland, to the town of Louisville, where they settled on a farm in the fall of 1831. Henry was born in April, 1831. Mr. Mulholland died in February, 1832, soon after his arrival, and the farm he he had bought was sold. Mr. Mulholland was reared a farmer, and educated in the common schools of Ireland. His father was James Mul- holland, and the father of Mrs. M. was Henry McCurry. Henry Mulholland was reared on a farm, and received his education in the common schools of Louisville and the acad- emy at Gouverneur. His first business enterprise was mining in California and Nevada, which he followed for sixteen years. He next purchased a farm of 106 acres in Iowa on Des Moines River. Here he married Kate, a daughter of John Soule, a farmer and carpenter of Fort Dodge, Ia. One child was born, Charles A., July, 1870, died in May, 1871. Mrs. Mulholland died in September, 1870, and he returned to Louisville and pur- chased a farm of 262 acres, where he has since resided. He has a dairy of thirty-six cows besides young stock. November 8, 1871, he married Jane E., widow of William Dodge, of Louisville, who has borne him three sons and two daughters: Mollie H., born December 21, 1872, a graduate of Massena Union School and now in Potsdam Normal School. Edward J., born April 15, 1875, educated at Massena Union School. Ellen M., born July 20, 1877, now in Massena School. Henry E., born May 22, 1879. Fan- nie E., born August 12, 1882. Mr. Mulholland is a Republican, and has been supervisor and highway commissioner. He is a member of Massena Lodge No. 513, F. & A. M. The family adhere to the Episcopal church.

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Hosmer, Ira G., Louisville, was born in Louisville, May 6, 1829. He is the third son of a family of eleven children born to Otis G. and Betsey (Perkins) Hosmer, natives of Chester, Vt., who came to Massena about 1806, and soon moved to Louisville on the farm now owned by the subject of this sketch, where Mr. Hosmer died in 1883, and his wife in 1835. The grandfather of subject, Wm. Hosmer, was born in Boston and moved to Chester, Vt., where he lived and died. He had eleven sons and one daughter, and all save one weighed over 200 pounds each. He was in the War of the Revolution, and four of his sons were in the War of 1812, one of them, Martin, being a quartermaster. The subject's father was justice of the peace for many years, and held most of the town offices. Mr. Hosmer was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. He has always followed farming and owns 438 acres of land, and keeps a dairy of thirty- five cows. He is a Democrat, and he and family are Universalists. September 29, 1858, he was married to Betsey, daughter of Wm. and Lucy Perkins, he of Stanstead, Vt., and she of Connecticut. They had three children : William, at home ; Martin, who married Jane Hart, by whom he has three children, Hattie M., Ida M., and an infant ; Harriet M., wife of A. John Heague.

Heague, Roff J., Louisville, was born in Huntington, Canada, February 28, 1830. He was the fifth child of William John and Dorothy (Newman) Heague, who came from England to Canada in 1827, thence to Franklin county, where Mrs. Heague died in January, 1835, and he moved to Waddington, afterward to Louisville, and finally in 1849 went overland to California, and died in Momence, Ill., in 1864. He married second Widow Stowell, of Waddington, and had two children. Roff J. Heague was reared by his uncle, John Newman, of Ogdensburg, and learned the painter's trade. He came to Louisville when a yonng man in 1848, and, excepting seven years in Pots- dam, always lived there. He followed farming in Louisville and owned 250 acres and carried thirty-eight. He was a Republican and, with his family, a Presbyterian. He was married, January 1, 1850, to Louisa, daughter of Amariah and Clarissa (Wells) Har- ris, born February 18, 1831. William Harris was from Massachusetts, and his wife from Croil's Island. Mrs. Heague was their only child. In 1820 they came to Louis- ville, where the father died August 13, 1873, and the mother February 4, 1855. Mr. Heague and wife have had five children : Amariah J., who married, November 9, 1888, Hattie M. Hosmer, of Louisville, by whom he has one child, Winnifred M., they reside in Johnsville, Minn. Amos, died in infancy. Winnifred M. was married, June 27, 1877, to Dr. Henry F. Campfield, of Louisville. Libbie, who died October 25, 1886. She was the wife of W. D. Kingsley, of Louisville. Amos L., at home. Mr. Heague died December 22, 1883.

Babcock, Allen, Massena, was born in Brasher, February 5, 1840. The family is of English descent, and date their ancestry to three brothers, George, John and Benjamin, who were among those who came to America in the Mayflower. Benjamin Babcock was born in Rhode Island, and in 1820 came to Bombay, Franklin county, and engaged in the timber trade until his death. W. H. Babcock was born in Alburg, Vt., in 1812. and when eight years of age came to Bombay, and, excepting a few years in Brasher, spent his life there. His wife was Harriet Wait of Isle la Motte ; she was a cousin of General Scott and President Fillmore. They had six sons and three daughters. Mr.

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Babcock was justice of the peace, and deputy custom house office at Hogansburg. He is dead and his widow now resides in Brasher. Allen Babcock was reared in the vil- lage of Hogansburg and educated in the same place. At fourteen years of age he be- gan as clerk in Hogansburg and continued as such until he reached seventeen, when he went to Helena and learned the miller's trade. He then enlisted in Co. H, 92d Reg't N. Y. Vols. and was afterwards transferred to the 96th N. Y. Vols., and served four years and four months. He was absent from his regiment but eight days, and served as quartermaster on the staff of General Curtis. At the close of the war he returned to Helena and purchased the mill in which he learned his trade and carried it on four years, and after one year in North Lawrence he purchased the mill at Raymondville, and was there twelve years. In 1882 he came to Massena and purchased the grist mill and has since had a very successful business. July 26, 1886, he was burned out, with no insurance, but rebuilt, and on November 26 was again in running order. His mill capacity is fifty barrels daily and 500 bushels of other grain ; his business is local, and he grinds about 15,000 bushels of wheat and 30,000 to 40,000 bushels of coarse grain annually. Mr. Babcock is a Republican, but has never sought office; he has been school trustee for eleven years, and at the present time is president of the board of education. He is a member of Deer River Lodge, F. & A. M., and he and family are members of the M. E. church. Mr. Babcock was married March 1, 1866, to Margaret Carpenter of Cornwall, Canada, by whom he has had four children : Orville A., Fred L., Alma D. and Martha E.

Cubley, William H., Massena, manufacturer and dealer in furniture, and undertaker, embalmer and funeral director. Mr. Cubley was born in Woodstock, Vt., October 28, 1833, a son of Wm. Cubley, a native of England, who came to Canada when a young man and worked on the locks. He was a marble cutter by trade, and afterwards settled in Woodstock, Vt., where he died. His wife was Wealthy Kinney. She was born in Vermont and raised in Winsor, Vt., by an aunt, the wife of Deacon Hart Smith. They had three children: Catherine, who is the wife of G. B. Skinner, of Middleport, Ohio; William, who died in infancy; and the subject of this sketch. Mr. Cubley died in Woodstock, Vt., and his wife in Massena, where she liad resided with William H. for several years. William H. Cubley was a mere child when his father died, and he was reared on a farm by Deacon Hart Smith in Winsor, and educated in the common schools, He came to Massena when twelve years of age, and afterwards lived with James Danforth until he reached his majority, working on a farm and at the carpeter trade and furniture business. After he became his own master he worked at carpentering in the summer and in a furniture shop in the winter, and for two years in the armory at Winsor. In 1867 Mr. Cubley engaged in his present business, and has been very successful. Mr. Cubley was a Republican for many years, but at present is a Prohibitionist, and was town clerk one year. He is a Congregationalist, as also was his wife. Mr. Cubley was married, September 15, 1862, to Martha S. Jones, of Parishville, born December 26, 1835, daughter of Ralph and Martha (Welch) Jones, of Potsdam. They have had six children: Wm. H., born August 28, 1863, who has charge of his father's store; his wife is Jessie Mawson, of Cazenovia, who was a teacher at Massena for several years. Katie, born April 25, 1865, died February 10,

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1866. Mary M., born May 1, 1867, wife of Rev. Wm. Rochester, of Prince Albert, Canada, and have one son, Herbert. Charles E., born May 25, 1869, who is now in Potsdam Normal School. Frank L., born October 15, 1870, now in Rochester Uni- versity. Ralph J., born December 30, 1872, at home. Mrs. Cubley died April 16, 1893. The grandfather of subject was Samuel Cubley, who came to America July 24, 1828, with sixteen children and grandchildren. He settled in Essex, Vt., and there lived and died December 29, 1829, and his wife, Sarah, died May 8, 1829.

Crary, Ryland A., Pierrepont, was born in Pierrepont, on the farm he now owns, August 25, 1850. He is a son of Stephen A. Crary, a son of Nathan. Stephen A. Crary was born in Potsdam in 1812, and was a young man when his parents came to Pierrepont. His wife was Juliet Reynolds, whoin he married in 1832, and they had six children. Mrs. Crary died, and he married Mary Smead, by whom he had two children. Crary was a farmer and owned 270 acres of land. He died July 30, 1880, and his wife August 21, 1890. Ryland A. Crary was reared on a farm and educated in the common school. He has always followed farming and breeding Hambletonian and Phil Sheridan horses. He owns the old homestead, consisting of 270 acres, and at present has thirty head of fine horses, with Ryswood 216 at head of herd. Mr. Crary also keeps a fine dairy of twenty-five cows. Ha has been twice married : first to Maria Bacheller, by whom he had one child, Maud A. Mrs. Crary died in 1873, and in 1875 he married Orley Holcomb, by whom he had four children : Maria E., Mack L., Nathan C., Gretchen C. In politics Mr. C. is a Republican, but not an aspirant for office.

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Our county and its people : a memorial record of St. Lawrence County, New York, Part 122

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