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D. M. Robertson was born in Gouverneur, December 1, 1829. He was educated in the Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary, and the Canton Law School. He was admitted to the bar in 1871, and opened his present office in the same year. In 1861 Mr. Robertson enlisted in Company A, 60th New York Infantry, and served nearly two years, enlisting as a private, and returning home a major. In 1872 he married Sarah Thatcher, and they have one daughter, Jessie Robertson. Major Robertson has been president of the St. Lawrence County Veterans' Association for two years; was formerly deputy county clerk of St. Lawrence county ; was for several years superintendent of the St. Law- rence County Agricultural Society, and is now, and has been for three years, president of the Canton Savings and Loan Association.
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William H. Andrews, one of nine children of Hugh and Clarisa An- drews, was born in Parishville, December 8, 1824. Hugh, the father, was born in Germany, and when a boy came to America with his fath- er, James, locating at Alburg, Vt., and subsequently removing to St. Lawrence county, N. Y. The boyhood of William H. was spent among the hardships of chopping, logging, lumbering, and in the clear- ing of the farm. In 1843 he entered the Potsdam Academy, where he finished his studies in 1848, teaching school in the mean time. In 1849 he came to Gouverneur, as teacher of writing and the higher branches. He began the study of law in the office of Charles Anthony, esq., May 29, 1849, and was admitted attorney and counsellor to prac- tice in the Supreme Court of the State of New York in 1851, and in 1856, was admitted to practice in the United States Courts, and for forty-two years, has practiced his profession in this village. While in the office with Charles Anthony, esq., in 1849, he formed the acquaint- ance of Dr. Franklin B. Hough, a historian of note and also an expert in mineralogy, and a love for that branch of science which has never left him, one of the results of which is a collection of minerals noted the world over. Regarding it, Prof. David T. Day says in the United States Geological Survey of 1885, on the Mineral Resources of the United States : "Mr. William H. Andrews, of Gouverneur, has a re- markable collection of 2,200 specimens of polished marbles, serpentines, jaspers, agates, and other ornamental stones, principally from St. Law- rence, Jefferson and adjoining counties. A variety of other minerals are also to be found in this collection, which, though the polishing is mainly done by Mr. Andrews himself, is one of the most complete series of the kind in the United States." The collection now numbers over 3,000 polished specimens, which have recently been labeled and catalogued. The entire collection contains some 14,000 to 15,000 specimens of crystals gathered from Europe, Asia, Africa and America. Mr. Andrews cuts and polishes all kinds of gems and does lapidary work equal to the skill of the best experts.
Henry E. Seaver was born in Jamacia Plain, Mass., April 30, 1869. He was educated at Harvard College, from which he graduated in 1881. In 1884 he began to study law in Canton, being admitted to the bar in 1886, in which year he opened his office in Canton. In 1891 Mr.
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Seaver married Charlotte E. Dezell, daughter of Robert Dezell of Wad- dington. He has been town clerk one year and has served as police justice seven years. He has also been secretary of the County Fair for five years.
The reader of the few foregoing pages has learned that the Bar of St. Lawrence county has included many men of eminence in their pro - fession, and many who have been called by their fellow citizens to high station in the councils of the county, the State and the nation. The lawyers of this county, as a class, have been characterized as unusually self-reliant and independent, their comparative isolation from other more central parts of the State, compelling them to rely mainly upon their own talents and energies for their success, intead of calling the ready aid of those whose reputation at least would have been of great benefit. At the present time it can be safely stated that the bar of the county is wholly able to cope with professional antagonists from any other interior locality, while in point of character they are far above the average.
The St. Lawrence Bar Association was organized in May, 1877, with its chief objects the proper and closer association of its members, aiding in obtaining proper legislation, maintaining a library, etc. In these respects it is auxiliary to the State association. Its meetings have been held in Canton. The first officers were : Hon. Charles O. Tap- pan, president; Edwin M. Holbrook, corresponding secretary ; Delos McCurdy, secretary ; V. P. Abbott, treasurer.
PRESENT ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY BAR.
BRASHER. D. M. Robertson. John C. Keeler.
COLTON. Charles Anstead.
Calvin Hulburd.
Lewis C. Lang.
Lawrence Russell. A. Z. Squires. John F. Bugbee. John T. Rutherford.
Clarence S. Ferris.
DEKALB
CANTON.
Thomas V. Russell.
Carson E. Chamberlain.
Frank N. Cleaveland.
EDWARDS.
Chamberlain & Caldwell.
§ Worth Chamberlain. Everett Caldwell.
Hale & Bowers.
P. R. McMonagle A. B. Hepburn. Henry E. Seaver.
Earl Bancroft.
§ Ledyard P. Hale. George H. Bowers. William A. Poste.
Horace D. Ellsworth.
Sawyer & Sawyer. S Geo. C. Sawyer. Lawrence C. Sawyer. Nelson L. Robinson.
E. O. Hurlbut.
GOUVERNEUR.
Charles Anthony. Parker & Parker. C. A. Parker. C. Arthur Parker.
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Conger & Orvis. j G. S. Conger. A. W. Orvis.
Thomas N. Murphy. Norman M. Claflin. Willis J. Fletcher.
Frederick R. Smith.
OGDENSBURG.
O. W. Dodge. George Morton.
Gustave S. Dorwin.
George E. Van Kennen.
E. P. Kingsbury. James H. Martin.
P. H. McCarthy.
V. P. Abbott.
Grace E. Robinson.
William H. Andrews.
J. Y. Chapin.
Daniel Magone.
Jesse T. Reynolds.
Fred H. Norton.
George B. Shepard.
William Neary.
C. McC. Myers.
Chas A. Kellogg.
L. Hasbrouck.
Charles G. Idler.
F. K. Moreland.
A. X. Parker.
John G. McIntyre.
George Z. Erwin.
Luther E. Wadleigh.
W. M. Hawkins.
John A. Vance.
Swift & Bell.
§ Theo. Swift.
¿ Frank L. Bell.
C. E. Sanford.
E. A. Everett.
F. J. Merriman.
MASSENA.
C. A. Boynton.
L. S. Dominy.
NORWOOD.
Charles N. Bixby.
Malby & Lncey. § G. R. Malby. D. B. Lucey. Martin O'Brian.
RICHVILLE.
Joseph George.
Edward L. Strong.
WADDINGTON.
A. B. Shepard. C. L. Montgomery. Sellar Leishman.
Biographies of Charles O. Tappan, William A. Dart, George Z. Erwin, Daniel Magone, Leslie W. Russell, H. L. Knowles, L. Has- brouck, C. E. Sanford, Dan S. Giffin, and others will be found in a later department of this volume.
Gleason & Johnson. § George M. Gleason. Arthur T. Johnson. E. H. Neary.
E. C. James.
A. R. Herriman.
J. M. Kellogg.
HEUVELTON.
Dan S. Giffin.
George W. Hurlbut.
PARISHVILLE.
Charles N. Reynolds.
Herbert G. Aldrich.
Archie F. McAllaster.
Charles M. Hale.
HERMON.
D. R. P. Parker. H. W. Day.
LAWRENCE.
Joseph McNaughton.
R. E. Waterman.
George B. Stacy.
N. P. Hays.
R. W. Judson.
Charles G. Egert.
Wells & Wells. § Nathaniel Wells. Leslie I. Wells. Charles R. Westbrook.
Charles O. Tappan.
A. E. Smith.
O. F. Partridge.
M. C. Spratt.
Nathan T. Lovejoy.
George M. McGuire.
POTSDAM.
J. B. Preston.
Thomas Spratt.
Nathan W. Bartlett.
MADRID.
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CHAPTER XX.
ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY MEDICAL PROFESSION.
Organization of the St. Lawrence County Medical Society -- Reorganization of Same -- List of Presidents of the Society -- List of Resident and Non-Resident Members -- St. Lawrence Homoeopathic Medical Society -- Medical Association of Northern New York -- Biographies.
T HE organization of the medical profession into societies was begun in the State of New York early in the century, under a law passed for that purpose in 1806. There were not at that time very many physicians in St. Lawrence county, but those who had become residents acted promptly under the law and organized the St. Law- rence County Medical Society on the 14th of October, 1807. At the first meeting the following officers were elected: President, Joseph W. Smith; vice-president, I. W. Pier; secretary, W. Noble; treas- urer, B. Holmes ; censors, John Seeley, Powell Davis and B. Holmes.
The records of the society down to 1856 are lost, but by diligent research Mr. Hough was able to collect considerable data relating to its membership. It is believed that regular annual meetings were usually held previous to the date named, and it is known that many able papers were read by members. Through the labors of Dr. Hough and Dr. Darius Clark, of Canton, who was secretary in 1856 a nearly or quite correct list of the members up to that year was collected, which has been supplemented by those who have joined since as ap- pears in the records.
On the 19th of January, 1864, between which date and the year 1856 the society was in a state of suspension, several of the members of the old organization met and reorganized by electing M. S. Parker, president ; S. L. Parmalee, vice-president ; R. R. Sherman, secretary ; Jessie Reynolds, treasurer ; N. L. Buck, F. P. Sprague and H. A. Boland, censors.
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The following physicians have held the office of president of the society since its first organization : Joseph W. Smith, Robert McChes- ney, Gideon Sprague, B. Holmes, E. Baker, S. H. McChesney, S. N. Sherman, J. A. Mott, S. Ford, WV. S. Paddock, Francis Parker, M. S. Parker, Lewis Stowers, Z. B. Bridges, C. C. Bates, B. F. Sherman, S. L. Parmalee, Jesse Reynolds, Robert Morris, D. McFauls, A. R. Gregor, E. H. Bridges, H. A. Boland, L. E. Felton, C. C. Barthol- omew, F. Geare, C. M. Wilson, F. R. Sherman, G. G. Munroe, F. H. Brewer, B. F. Drury. M. E. Smith, W. E. Whitford, W. B. Hanbridge, A. C. Drury, A. H. Allen, Wilbur H. Reynolds, W. Shanly Daly, and S. E. Brown, the present incumbent. The officers in 1893 are John Sherman, vice-president ; B. F. Drury, E. H. Bridges and Jesse Rey- nolds, censors.
The following lists of resident and non resident members of the society is as nearly full as it can be made under the circumstances :
RESIDENT MEMBERS.
1888, Andrew H. Allen, Gouverneur ; 1877. F. A. Anderson, Massena ; 1876, Lucius B. Baker, Russell; 1883, John N. Bassett, jr., Canton; 1882, C. W. Bayley, Rensselaer Falls ; 1870, C. C. Bartholomew, Ogdensburg : 1864, H. A. Boland, Lawrenceville ; Silas J. Bower, Waddington ; 1881, F. H. Brewer, Madrid; 1860, Zina B. Bridges, Ogdensburg; 1867, E. H. Bridges, Ogdensburg; 1883, Silas E. Brown, Ogdensburg ; 1873, H. H. Carpenter, Lawrenceville; 1885, S. W. Close, Gouverneur ; 1878, G. R. Cook, Louisville ; 1885, M. D. Cook, West Stockholm; 1856, W. H. Cruickshank, Lis- bon Centre ; 1885, W. Shanly Daly, Ogdensburg; 1868, B. F. Drury, Gouverneur ; 1884; A. C. Drury, Canton; 1881, H. E. Dunton, North Lawrence; 1871, Lucius E. Felton, Potsdam; 1882, James Q. Flood, Hopkinton ; 1855, James S. Gale, Canton ; 1874, James Garvin, Morristown; 1875, A. B. Goodenough, Edwards; 1864, A. R. Gregor, Hammond; 1887, E. H. Hackett, North Lawrence; 1876. H. T. Hammond, Chase's Mills ; 1884, W. B. Hanbidge, Ogdensburg ; 1880, T. R. Hossie, Gouverneur ; 1876, O. J. Hutchins, Canton; 1881, A. M. Larkin, Norwood ; 1873, Orrell McFadden, Massena ; 1867, David McFalls, Gouverneur ; 1886, W. J. S. Millar, Depeyster; 1879 Geo. G. Munroe, Crary's Mills; 1866, Robert Morris, Ogdensburg; 1874 John Mor- rison, Ogdensburg ; 1876, Albert L. Morgan, Lisbon Centre ; 1843, Martin S. Parker, Parishville ; 1869, Truman A. Pease, Norwood ; 1873, James A. Phillips, Morristown ; 1852. John C. Preston, Canton; 1852, Jesse Reynolds, Potsdam ; 1867, G. W. Rey- nolds, Madrid; 1881, Geo. M. Russell, Potsdam ; 1875, David M. Seelee, Morristown , 1865, E. G. Seymour, Hermon ; 1842, B. F. Sherman, Ogdensburg; 1879, Moses E. Smith, Heuvelton ; 1881, W. C. Smith, Brasher Falls; 1888, Geo. B. Smith, Stockholm Depot ; 1886, H. A. Stearns, Waddington ; 1867, E. C. Walsh, Madrid; 1883, Wm. E. Whitford, DeKalb Junction; 1871, C. M. Wilson, Gouverneur ; 1889, David M. Foss,
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Depeyster; 1839, Grant C. Madill, Ogdensburg; 1899, Frank D. Allen, Richville ; 1890, Sidney W. Dodge, Massena; 1891, John C. Sherman, Ogdensburg; 1891, Fred F. Drury, Gouveneur ;; 1891, J. M. Mosher, Ogdensburg; 1891, J. H. Brownlow, Og- densburg; 1892, P. Monakey, Gouverneur; 1892, Thos. F. Connolly, Ogdensburg ; 1892, H. S. Stilwell, Ogdensburg ; 1892, John W. Benton, Ogdensburg ; 1892, D. M. Taylor, Edwards; 1893, Geo. H. Dowsey, Brasher Falls; 1893, R. H. Hutchings, Ogdensburg ; 1890, P. M. Wise, Ogdensburg.
NON-RESIDENT MEMBERS.
1882, S. O. Alguire, Cornwall, Ont., Can .; 1867, C. B. Barber, Bloomingdale ; 1884, Blake Bigelow, Malone; 1882, M. D. Briggs, Chateaugay ; 1864, N. S. Buck, Springfield, Mass , 1864, Cornelius H. Buck, - -, Mass .; 1878, J. E. Colburn, Chicago, Ill. ; 1846, R. L. Clark, -; 1879, Henry M. Cox, 225 E. 118th street, New York ; 1866, Stuart Crichton, -, Cal .; 1866, F. A. Cutter, formerly at Hopkinton ; 1866, Ira A. Darling, West Bangor, Franklin county ; 1852, R. Davidson, -; 1878, David F. Dayton, Anthony, Harper county, Kansas; 1870, Isaac Drake, formerly at Stockholm ; 1842, T. H. Dnnton, --; 1875, Sidney H. Foster, formerly at West Stockholm ; 1874, D. R. Freeman, formerly at Parishville; 1878, A. P. Grinnell, Bur- lington Vt .; 1847, W. F. Galloway, --; 1873, Frederic Geare, 158 West avenue, Rochester ; 1878, L. M. Giffin, Boulder, Colorado; 1842, Geo. Green, --; 1875, Charles B. Hawley, San Jose, Cal. ; 1858, Charles N. Hewitt, Redwing, Minn .; 1866, Samuel A. Holman, North Parma, Munroe county ; 1880, J. S. Howard, Oswego ; 1866, Eugene A. Hutchins, Minneapolis, Minn. ; 1852, J. H. Hyer, --; 1844, C. F. Ide, --; 1866, J. H. Jackson, Barre, Washington county, Vt .; 1864, J. A. Jackson, Manchester, N. H .; 1852, G. R. Lowe, --; 1881, M. M. Lown, formerly at Hopkinton ; 1844, W. J. Manley, --; 1843, O. H. Mayhew, --; 1836, H. Mazuzan, --; 1876, C. S. Merrill, West Liberty, Iowa ; 1886, Chas. N. Miller, formerly at Ogdensburg ; 1835, Calvin S. Millington, --; 1882, W. L. Moon, Fair- haven, Vt. ; 1873, Richard S. O'Connell, formerly at Waddington ; 1838, D. S. Olin, --; 1836, Charles Orvis, --; 1843, T. R. Pangburn, --; 1852, O. F. Parker, ----; 1863, John, Pierce, Adams, Jefferson county ; 1885, W. N. Rand, Syracuse ; 1848, D. A. Raymond, --; 1887, Wilbur H. Reynolds, Ava, Oneida county ; 1832, R. M. Rigdon, --; 1869, O.G. Ross, Dickinson Centre, Franklin county ; 1840, M. G. Sherman, Michigan City, Indiana; 1843, Asaph B. Sherman, Morrisburg, Canada ; 1832, Benjamin P. Smith, --; 1878, L. T. Sprague, Peoria, Ill .; 1842, C. A. J. Sprague, ---; 1842, W. H. Sprague, formerly at Nicholville ; 1852, F. P. Sprague, formerly at Hopkinton ; 1852, G. S. Sutherland, --; 1860, A. C. Taylor, Malone, Franklin county ; 1879, A. Dixon Wagner, Dickinson's Landing, Ont. ; 1864, John Willson, --; 1842, Wm. Witherell, --; 1833, - - Wood,
; 1870, W. C. Wood, Lockport, H. A. Boland, dead; F. R. Brewer, moved to Utica ; Zina B. Bridges, dead; W. H. Cruickshank, dead; Lucius E. Felton, moved to Hanford, Cal. ; A. R. Gregor, dead ; David McFalls, dead; Geo. G. Munroe, moved to Chicago, Ill .; Albert L. Morgan, dead; David M. Seelee, dead ; E. G. Seymour, dead ; W. C. Smith, moved west; Geo. B. Smith, moved west ; C. M. Wilson, moved to Park City, Utah.
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The following physicians who were non-resident members have moved back into the county :
1875, Chas. B. Hawley, to Gouverneur ; 1885, N. Rand. to Rossie.
The St. Lawrence Homeopathic Medical Society .- This society was organized October 4, 1871, with the following officers : D. E. South- wick, president ; Ezra Parmalee, vice president ; H. D. Brown, secre- tary ; N. N. Child, treasurer ; E. R. Belding, Sanford Hoag and J. M. Dow, censors. The society embraces in its jurisdiction both St. Law- rence and Franklin counties. Physicians in this school had practiced in Northern New York many years previous to the date of organiza- tion of this society, and when Dr. Southwick made his annual address in 1872, he sketched the early history of homoeopathy in this section. He noted the fact that Dr. Edward Parmalee, of Morley, was the first homœopathist in St. Lawrence county. He had practiced in the old school until 1856, when he was converted to the new school. In 1857 Dr. - Austin began practice in Canton, and Dr. Southwick in Ogdensburg. In 1890 Dr. - Johnson changed his faith from the old to the new school in Depeyster, and afterward removed to Illinois. About the same time Dr. Swan began in Richville, and Dr. Willard at Potsdam. The latter was succeeded by Dr. H. D. Brown. E. R. Belding was a student with Dr. Willard and settled in Malone, Frank- lin county. In 1864 Dr. George Dart settled in Depeyster, succeeding Dr. Johnson, and removed to California in 1870. Dr. N. N. Child located in Ogdensburg in 1863. The membership of this society has always been small, and for a period of ten years, between 1880 and June, 1890, no meetings were held at which business was transacted. On the last named date, several physicians, among whom were a few from Franklin county, held a meeting, and they have been regularly kept up since. The name of the society now stands as the St. Law- rence and Franklin Homeopathic Society, and has for 1893 the follow - ing officers : Dexter R. Belding, of Franklin county, president ; Edson C. Austin, of Norwood, secretary ; H. D. Brown, vice-president ; Wil- lard N. Bell, treasurer ; N. N. Childs, F. F. Williams and W. J. Flint, censors.
The Medical Association of Northern New York is composed of physicians of the old school practicing in that portion of the State, as
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indicated by the title of the society ; but members are admitted from any part of the State, provided they are at the time of application members of the county organization where they reside. Physicians of the Dominion of Canada may also become members on presentation of a diploma of some regularly incorporated and organized medical school.
BIOGRAPHICAL.
Through the loss of the records of the medical society from its organization down to about 1850, we are deprived of a source from which we might have drawn personal notes of many of the early physicians of this county. As it is, there were a large number, some of whom attained considerable local fame, of whom very little is now known, except that they faithfully and unselfishly performed their mission in healing and comforting the sick.
Dr. Pierce Shepard settled in the town of Potsdam as early as 1808, when he joined the medical society. Previous to his arrival the sick had been cared for in that town by Dr. Elijah Baker, of Canton. Dr. Shepard died in Potsdam.
Dr. W. Noble was the first physician in Canton, where he settled either in 1805 or 1806. He had a large practice for many years and died in Canton in 1871.
Darius Clark .- This distinguished early physician of Canton was born in Weybridge, Vt., April 7, 1798, and settled for a time in Malone, Franklin county, some time before 1822, where he began to study medicine with Dr. Waterhouse. In 1824 he was admitted to practice and removed to Canton. He was admitted to the St. Law- rence Medical Society the same year, and was several years its secretary. He was prominent not alone in his profession, but in public affairs and politics, as a Democrat, and held several offices, among them inspector of State prisons, serving six years. He married, February 5, 1826, Clarissa Maria, daughter of Elijah Baker, of Canton, and they had three children. Dr. Clark died in Canton, January 23, 1871.
Henry Hewitt .- Dr. Hewitt was born in New London, Conn., Octo- ber 8, 1797, studied medicine in Yale College and began practice in Ver- gennes, Vt, and removed to Coventry in the same State, where he
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remained until 1840, when he removed to Potsdam. He was a pro- gressive, self-reliant man, and while he continued in active practice, was among the foremost. But his restless energy soon took him into other pursuits, and he was conspicuous in the project of improving the channel of the Raquette River, as related in the history of the town of Potsdam. He founded what became known as the town of Hewitt- ville, where he built and carried on a large mill. He died at Potsdam, July 2, 1869.
Robert McChesney .- Dr. McChesney was a native of Troy, N. Y., and studied his profession in Cherry Valley and Springfield, N. Y. In 1810 he removed to Madrid and in the following year to Potsdam. He continued in a large and successful practice until his death, which occurred in 1824.
Dr. Joseph W. Smith was probably the first physician to settle in St. Lawrence county, at a time when the duties of the profession were of the most arduous character, and the financial returns were compara- tively insignificant. He was born in Cheshire, Mass , February 22, 1781, studied in Vergennes, Vt., in 1799 and finished in Middlebury in 1802. In the following year he removed to Lisbon and began practice, which soon called him to attend the sick in several surrounding towns. It is said that he was known to travel on foot in the night, carrying a torch, to Canton, a distance of eighteen miles, to minister to a patient. In 1807 he removed to Ogdensburg, and became the first settled physician in that place. He was the first president of the County Medical Society, and filled the office much of the time until his death. He also held the office of loan commissioner. It has been written of him: "Perhaps no physician ever had the universal con- fidence both of his professional brethren and of his patients, more than Dr. Smith. To the poor and distressed he was the good Samaritan, and in the various relations of life, professional and private, he was ever found exemplary." He died in Ogdensburg July 4, 1835.
Richard Townsend .- Dr. Townsend was born in Hebron, N. Y., about 1798. He studied medicine in his early life, but did not practice much until 1813, when a prevailing epidemic drew him perforce into his profession, having settled in Gouverneur soon after 1804. He gave
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most of his time and energy to farming, and was much esteemed in the community. Later in his life he became a Quaker and died in that faith near Gouverneur village about 1826.
Charles Carroll Benton, born August 20, 1818; studied medicine in Watertown about three years, and was with Prof. William E. Horner of Philadelphia three years, and later with Professor Gibson of the same city four years. He graduated in 1850, left Philadelphia in 1854 and made a long tour of Europe, visiting the hospitals of Paris, London and Edinburgh. He settled at Oxbow, St. Lawrence county, in 1854, and practiced there until 1875, when he removed to Ogdensburg and continued in practice until near his death.
Dr. Geo. W. Barber was born in Wardsboro, Vt., January 1, 1793. He studied medicine with Dr. Ranney of Townshead, Vt., after which he attended the medical department at Dartmouth College, N. H., from which he graduated and received his diploma in 1818. He returned to Townshead and practiced his profession four years. In the mean time he married Miss Susan, daughter of Rev. Samuel Kingsbury, of the same place, on May 24, 1820. She was born there on January 19, 1801. In 1824 Dr. Barber moved with his wife to Depeyster, N. Y., where he practiced his profession the remainder of his days, thirty- four years. By his untiring energy and devotion to the sick, he soon became the family physician and confidential friend of the pioneers of that early day. He was honored with the various offices in the town, and he held the office of justice of the peace for a number of terms, and did the principal part of the business in town, drafting wills, deeds and contracts. They had a family of nine children, three of whom died in infancy. Mr. Barber died March 23, 1858, and his wife survived him several years and died September 4, 1867, in Brooklin, Vt.
The Sherman family trace their origin to Henry Sherman, who was born in Devon, England, in 1516, and died in 1590. He had two sons, Henry and Edward. Edward had a son John, whose son (also John), born in 1613, came to New England and died in 1691. Dr. B. F. Sherman descended from him. The doctor's father's name was Asaph. His grandfather was of the same name. Benjamin Franklin Sherman, a brother of Socrates N. Sherman, was born at Barre, Vt., May 24,
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