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Following is a list of the supervisors of the town from its formation to the present time with the years of their service.
1814, Reuben Streeter; 1815, Theodosius O. Fowler; 1816-1818, Reuben Streeter ; 1822-24, Louis Franklin ; 1825, Ebenezer Martin ; 1826-1827, James Howard; 1828, William Brown ; 1829, Reuben Streeter ; 1830-32, S. Pratt ; 1833-34, William Skinner ; 1835, S. Pratt ; 1836-38, Robert Clark ;. 1839-40, Martin Thatcher ; 1843-44, William B. Bostwick; 1845-46, S. Pratt; 1847-48, H. V. R. Wilmont; 1849, Zacheus Gates ; 1850, Adam Turnbull; 1851-52, Zacheus Gates; 1853-4, Solomon S. Pratt; 1855, R. R. Sherman; 1856-57, L. W. Baldwin, 1858, William B. Bostwick, 1859-63 ; James H. Church ; 1864-66, Thomas A. Turnbull ; 1867-69, David McFalls ; 1870-74, Thomas A. Turnbull; 1875-77, A. E. Helmer; 1878, T. A. Turnbull; 1879-80, A. E. Helmer;
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1881-83, George McLear ; 1884-1886, A. E. Helmer; 1887-88, John Barry ; 1889, D. W. Church; 1890-1894, James W. Marshall.
Rossie Village .- This village is situated at the head of navigation on Indian River, where there is a good water power. The early settle- ments here have been fully described. Mr. Parish built the mills here at an early day, which were operated by him in connection with his other large industries, The grist mill is now operated by Robert Mel- rose, and the saw-mill by W. W. Leonard. Here also the Rossie Iron Company built a furnace and a machine shop and a foundry, none of which are now in operation. A freshet in April, 1892, carried away the dam, wheelhouse, etc., but a new one has been built, supplying power for the saw-mill and grist mill. Among the various persons who have done business at this point may be mentioned W. W. Leonard, W. W. Butterfield, George Backus, William A. Paul, Gates & Laidlaw, and Hiram Polley. At the present time W. W. Leonard and Alexander Brown sell dry goods and groceries ; C. W. Ormiston and Miss Rose Gillen sell groceries, and the latter is postmistress. There are two hotels, the Rossie House, owned by George McLear and conducted by L. D. Ladd, and the Laidlaw House, by J. Laidlaw.
Somerville .- This little village is situated in the southern part of the town, on the road between Antwerp and Gouverneur. It took its name from the township as given by Surveyor-General Dewitt long before its settlement. There has never been much business carried on here, there being no natural facilities for it. There has been a small mercantile business here for many years, in which have been engaged Solomon Pratt, Lucius Draper, M. G. Wait, C. D. Gilbert, Wallace Foster, and J. B. Johnson. At the present time John Rickley carries on a store and is postmaster. A hotel is kept by William Becker, and a cheese factory by J. W. Marshall Hiram Hall and Orin Freeman formerly manufact- ured furniture. P. M. Crowley made carriages and still does a small business in that line.
What was formerly called "Sprague's Corners," the post-office name now being Spragueville, is a small village situated in the extreme south- ern end of this town, near Keene's station on the R. W. & O. Railroad. A part of the village, including the two churches (Methodist and Bap- tist), is within the bounds of Jefferson county. D. W. Sprague carries
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on a store here and is postmaster, and A. H. Johnson and Steele & Co. also have stores.
RELIGIOUS SOCIETIES.
A Universalist church was organized at Somerville, August 20, 1842, with Lyman Merriman, Alva Weeks, and William Ayers, trustees. In 1846 they erected a house of worship at a cost of $1,500. The first pastor was Rev. C. C. Swan. For many years past there has been only occasional services.
The Methodist Episcopal church at Somerville was incorporated De- cember 16, 1845, with Hiram Hall, Orin Freeman, John Johnson, Free- dom Freeman. Augustus Preston, and A. C. Van Dyke, trustees. In 1846 they erected a house of worship costing $1,500, which is still in use. The present pastor is Rev. Mr. Warren.
St. Patrick's church (Catholic) was organized in 1852 at Rossie with about twenty-five families, and in the same year the society erected a building costing $2,000. The first rector was Father Michael Clark. A new church was erected about six years ago, and the member- ship is now about 150. Father Michael O'Neill is in charge of the so- ciety.
The first Presbyterian church of Rossie village was organized with eighteen members in October, 1855. In the next year the church was built at a cost of $1,600. It is still in use and the membership is seventy-five. Rev. W. A. Fisher is pastor.
The Methodist church at the village was organized in 1868 with seven- teen members by Rev. Lemuel Clark. The first pastor was Rev. O. F. Nichols.
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CHAPTER XXXIV.
THE TOWN OF PARISHVILLE-ORGANIZED IN 1814.
T HIS was the fourteenth town erected by an act of the Legislature passed March 18, 1814. It was formerly under the jurisdiction of Hopkinton, and embraced all of its present area and all that is now in- cluded in the town of Colton. It was reduced to its present area by the formation of Colton in 1843, and by annexing three sections to the latter town in 1851. The northern part of the town is rolling and adapted to grazing, and the southern is hilly and sandy. It is watered by both the Raquette and St. Regis Rivers, and contains several small lakes.
The first town meeting was directed to be held at the house of Thom- as C. Colburn, April 5, 1814, when the following officers were elected : Daniel W. Church, supervisor; Abijah Abbott, town clerk; Stephen Goodman, Ira Ransom, Daniel Rockwell, assessors ; Ephraim Smith, collector ; Jonathan M. Derby, Stephen Paddock, poormasters ; Abel Brown, Peter Mayhew, Elisha Brooks, commissioners of highways ; Ephraim Smith, Mathew Wallace, constables; Peter Mayhew, Abel Brown, overseers of highways ; Russell Foot, pound-keeper. The town was named in honor of David Parish, who purchased the territory of J. D. Le Ray de Chaumont, December 2, 1808.
The settlement of the town was begun under the direction of Daniel Hoard, who, with his brother Silvius, natives of Springfield, Vt., were employed as agents for David Parish. The town was surveyed by Joseph Crary in 1809, and in the fall of that year Mr. Hoard surveyed and cut out a road from the Potsdam line to the site of Parishville village. Mr. Hoard returned to Vermont for that winter and in the spring came back with Luke Brown, Isaac Towner, Hartwell Shattuck and Levi Sawyer. The former three were from Vermont and the latter was from Massa- chusetts. They were engaged in making clearings on the site of Parish- ville village. Mr. Whitmore and his wife came into town the same summer to cook for the men clearing land. During that year a saw mill
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was built by two brothers named Barnes, and put in operation in the winter of 1810. The first permanent family settlement was that of Luke Brown, whose family came the last of March, 1811. Others who came in that year were Richard Newton, George A. Flower, Joel Haw- kins, Reuben Thomas, Abijah Abbott, Otis Daggett, Foster Brownell, Elisha Brooks, Nathan Whittemore, Chester Rockwell and Simeon Tupper. During the summer of 1811 the turnpike from Plattsburg to the Black River was cut through the town and a large number of set- tlers came in during that and the following year, many of whom had fled from the river towns below on account of the war. Among them were Abel Brown, Rufus De Land, Peter Mayhew, Joseph Thomas, Stephen Paddock, Ira and Oliver Raymond, Jonathan M. Derby and Oliver Forbes. In 1814 came Joel Barnes, Joel Button, Moses Sellick, Silas and Francis Tupper and Peter B. Gilbert. In 1815-16 Frank Priest, William Miller, Isaac Russell and Jacob Rosevelt came. Others who soon followed were, Salmon Frost, Daniel P. Rose, James Scott, jr., John Hoit, Gustavus A. Wakefield, Seymour Flower, Nathan Christy, and others, who with their descendants developed the town and made it what it is.
Parishville village was surveyed in 1812 by Sewell Raymond, and is situated in the eastern part of the town on the west branch of the St. Regis River, where there is an excellent water power on a fall of 125 feet in the space of a mile. Here the first grist mill was built by Mr. D. W. Church, in 1811, for Mr. Parish, and a distillery was started the same season by Mr. Hoard, and operated by him for many years there- after. In 1812-13 the place received large accessions from the inhab- itants living on the frontier, on account of the danger they apprehended from the war, and this gave business and life to the settlement.
A lamentable affair occurred in town in the fall of 1812. A fiend in human form, by the name of B-, living on the edge of Stockholm, committed a crime and was sent to jail in Ogdensburg. While under- going his trial at the June session, he threatened vengeance against the neighborhood where the crime was committed, and especially against Mrs. Miller, one of the principal witnesses against him. Shortly after he broke jail and was not seen until the morning on Monday, October 23, following, crossing a bridge near the line of Pierrepont. On the
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following Wednesday morning Mr. Miller went to a neighbor's to get fire to start his own. On his return he found that Mrs. Miller was gone, but her shoes and stockings and part of her clothing were lying on the floor. A search was instituted but proved fruitless. On Friday night of the same week several houses and barns, including the culprit's own house in the vicinity were burned, and on Saturday morning the jail bird was seen crossing the bridge and was followed up and arrested at Carthage, having in his possession a stolen rifle. He was sent to State's prison and died there. In the following spring Mrs. Miller's body was found in the woods about three miles above Parishville, her head having been severed from the body and lying some distance away.
In the summer of 1812 a large three story building was erected by Daniel W. Church for the proprietor, for a tavern, at a cost of $12,000 ; it was burned in 1875. A forge was built and put in operation for a time in early years. In 1813 progress in the village was marked, among other buildings erected being one intended for an academy, which was used for a town hall, school purposes, for religious meetings and public purposes until 1854, when it was burned. The first school was taught in 1813 by Harriet Bronson in Daniel Hoard's barn ; a school house was soon after erected. Dr. Francis Parker, a native of Vermont, was the first practicing physician in town. In January, 1820, J. & J. Hoit paid $25 for water privilege for a clothier's factory. Considerable manufacturing, especially in lumber and its products, has been carried on at this point. The Parishville Lumber Company and S. L. Clark & Son now operate large saw mills, and the latter also a butter factory ; and A. M. Randall a planing mill. The present grist mill is on the site of the original mill and is operated by C. J. Newell, jr. E. Whittaker has a saw mill outside of the village. The merchants of the place are Newton & Gilmore, H. L. Daggett, Adams Brothers, H. J. Sanford, J. J. Campbell and W. W. Baker. Two hotels are conducted here, the Eagle House by Myron G. Hastings, and the Commercial House by A. F. Cole. Fred D. Gilmore is postmaster.
Parishville Center .- This is a small hamlet four miles west of the village. There has been very little business done here. G. W. Boodey is now the postmaster and carries on a store.
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At Allen's Falls, in the northern part of the town, a post-office has been established recently, and W. N. Crouch is the present postmaster, and operates a grist mill and a small machine shop.
The post-office at West Parishville is in charge of Charles B. Willis.
Religious Societies .- The Congregational missionaries held services in the settlement as early as 1811, but no regular church was organized until August 7, 1823, which was by a council consisting of the Rev. Mr. Parmelee of Stockholm, Rev. Oliver Eastman, pastor, Rev. Mr. Constant Southworth of Canton, Rev. R. Pettibone of Hopkinton, Mr. Henry Winchester from Madrid and Deacon Samuel P. Reynolds of Potsdam, with eleven members. The society was incorporated April 23, 1827, with Noran Rockwell, James Hardy and George A. Flower, trustees. A stone church was built in 1834, at a cost of $3,000. It was burned in 1854, and a new church building erected. The services are now held (1893) with the Methodists. W. F. York is the present pastor.
A Baptist society was formed at the Lower Falls in October, 1823, with thirteen members. On the 5th of April, 1831, a society was or- ganized at the village, with Graton Brand, Seymour Flower and David Burdit, trustees. They built a church, which was also burned in the great fire of 1854. A new edifice was erected and in 1870 a parsonage was purchased. In 1874 the church and house were repaired, at a cost of $500. The property was then worth about $4,000 Rev. E. E. Brown is the present pastor.
The first Methodist class was formed in 1818, though meetings had been held previous to that date, and a society was organized March 10, 1828. During that year the first church was built near the Center. A reorganization took place in August, 1833, and again in October, 1846, soon after which the church was removed to the village, repaired and refitted. The organization took the title of " The Parishville Village Society of the Methodist Episcopal Church." In 1832 a Protestant society of Methodists was formed from the Methodist Episcopal society, and retained its organization until 1843, when it was absorbed by the Wesleyan Methodist organization and took the latter name. In 1859- 60 the parsonage was built, and the present house of worship was dedi- cated in 1867. The present pastor is W. F. York ; membership about sixty.
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A Free-will Baptist society was formed in the southwest part of the town in September, 1859, and a church built in the same year at a cost of $2,000. There has been no regular pastor in recent years.
The usual bounties were offered for wolves and other obnoxious animals during the early period of the settlement.
Following is a list of the supervisors of the town from its formation, with years of service :
Daniel W. Church, 1814; Abijalı Abbott, 1815; Daniel Hoard, 1816-21; William Allen, 1822 ; Daniel Hoard, 1823; William Allen, 1824-31; John Brownell, 1832-34; William Allen, 1835-37; John Hoyt, 1838. 1839; John Browneli, 1840, 1841; Ethan H. Pease, 1842-44; Sylvanus B. Merrill, 1845-47 ; Erasmus D. Brooks, 1848, 1849; Nathan Christy, 1850, 1851 ; William F. Gurley, 1852, 1853; E. D. Brooks, 1854, 1855 ; Parker W. Rose, 1856-58; Austin Willis, 1859, 1860; Elam Marsh, 1861-63; Allen Whipple, 1864-69 ; P. W. Rose, 1870-74; Edward H. Abram, 1875-87 ; Fred. D. Gil- more, 1888-92 ; Royal Newton, 1893-94.
CHAPTER XXXV.
THE TOWN OF FOWLER -- ORGANIZED IN 1815.
T HIS was the fifteenth town erected by an act of the Legislature passed April 15, 1815. The first town meeting was directed to be held at the house of Noah Holcomb, which met on April 15, 1816, where the following officers were chosen: Supervisor, Theodosius O. Fowler; town clerk, Simeon Hazleton ; assessors, Noah Holcomb, Eben Cole, Benjamin Brown ; commissioners of highways, John Parker, Noah Holcomb ; overseers of poor, Noah Holcomb, Benjamin Brown ; overseers of highways, Simeon Hazleton, Samuel B. Sprague; con- stable and collector, Alvan Wright; commissioners of schools, Alvan Wright, Simeon Hazleton, Elam Cole. On the 10th of April, 1818, the townships of Edwards and Fitzwilliam were attached to Fowler and taken from Russell. These were taken from Fowler in the subsequent erection of Edwards.
The only vote taken in town for the destruction of obnoxious animals was in 1824, when a bounty was offered for wolves and wildcats agree- able to the late law.
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The town lies on the southwestern borders of the county, bordering on both Lewis and Jefferson counties, with Gouverneur and Rossie on the northwest; Hermon on the north; Edwards on the east, and Pit - cairn on the south. The principal watercourse is the Oswegatchie, which crosses the town in a northwesterly direction, while the south branch of that river flows across the southeastern corner of the town and then takes a northerly direction and passes through Fullerville on into Edwards, where it joins the main river. Into these streams small tributaries flow, the principal ones being the outlets of Sylvia and Chub lakes. In the western part are Sawyer's and Shingle creeks. The surface of the town is rough and hilly, broken by rocky ranges, with productive soil between and along the streams. The town now em- braces the survey township of Kilkenny, in Great Tract No. 3, and a small portion of that of Portaferry, No. II. The town takes its name from Theodosius Fowler, a Revolutionary officer of the city of New York, to whom, and Robert Gilchrist, Kilkenny township fell in the division of the Great Tract. On the 3d of August, 1810, Gilchrist con- veyed his interest to Fowler, and the latter on the 15th of May, 1821, conveyed the whole to his son, Theodosius O. Fowler, under whom the settlement of the locality was chiefly promoted, though it had been begun by Gilclirist and the elder Fowler.
The first purchaser with the view of permanent settlement was Gen. James Haile, who made a tour of exploration in 1807 and selected a tract one mile square covering the site of the village of Hailesborough, which was named from him. In the same year he began erecting mills upon the superior water power of that locality, where the Oswegatchie falls eighty-four feet in half a mile, and within a mile above has an equal descent. Eleven years later General Haile removed his family to his purchase, and there he died December 17, 1821. Other very early settlers were Ebenezer Parker, John Ryan, S. Cleveland, Lemuel Arnold, John Parker, Samuel B. Sprague, Noah Holcomb, Oliver Wright, Alvin Wright, Simeon Hazleton, Benjamin Brown, Richard Merrill, Eben Cole and Jedediah Kingsley. Theodosius O. Fowler came to Kilkenny in 1814, and insisted that his father should not only give him almost the entire township, but should also build him a stately mansion. Upon the granting of this request, a site was chosen on the
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shores of the beautiful lake then called " Lake Kilkenny," but rechris - tened Sylvia Lake from Miss Sylvia De Pau, of New York, whom the young man was to wed. In 1816 the erection of the mansion was begun on a site now embraced in the farm of John L. Parker, occupied by D. E. Parker. About three years later it was finished at a cost of $16,000. Here Mr. Fowler lived in elegant style for many years. He sold his estate in 1838 to Thomas D. Carpenter, from whom it passed to Mr. Parker. The wood-work of the mansion was burned about 1872, and the stones in the walls were removed and placed in buildings in Gouverneur. Mr. Fowler died in 1861.
There are many descendants of the worthy old settlers of this town still living, among whom may be mentioned Ira Arnold, James Hazle- ton, Asa Woodcock, father of D. P. Woodcock, and others. Settle- ments were not numerous previous to the War of 1812, but a few years after that event the town filled up rapidly. The first marriage was that of John Parker to Elizabeth S. Sackett, in 1812. He settled on the south branch of the Oswegatchie, a little below the site of Fullerville, on the Russell turnpike, and there he opened a tavern for the accom- modation of the public. Mr. Parker died in 1866, aged eighty-three years. Elijah Sackett was the first person who died in the town; his death occurred at the Haile settlement in 1812. During the war several families left the town fearing Indian depredations, and settle- ment was not active again until about 1820.
This town was originally covered with a dense forest, a considerable portion of which was valuable for lumber, the manufacture of which gave occupation to settlers in connection with farming for some years. Tanning was also carried on quite extensively until the supply of bark became diminished. At the present time dairying is followed, but not so largely as in other towns, the character of which is better adapted to grazing. In quite recent years an immense industry has been in- augurated through the manufacture of pulp and talc, as explained further on. There are fifteen school districts in the town, where schools are generously supported, and district No. I, at Little York, and dis- trict No. 4, at Hailesborough, are graded schools with two departments.
Little York (now Fowler) .- The first settlement at this hamlet was made by Samuel B. Sprague, who came from Gouverneur in 1811. 76
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Several families came here during the War of 1812, and they gave the name of "Little York " to the place, in memory of the then recent capture of Toronto, which then bore that name. A store was opened here early by William Lawrence, who came from New York to take charge of the Fowler Mansion. He was succeeded by Martin Mitchell, Justus Pickett and E. W. Abbott. Another early merchant was Aaron Rowley, who was succeeded by Simeon Hazleton and his sons. A public house was built by Jason Wright, who was succeeded by various landlords. Here the meetings and elections for the town were com- monly held. The post-office was established in November, 1821, T. O. Fowler being the first postmaster ; it was for many years the only post-office in the town. The present merchants of the place are G. C. Davis, J. F. Herrick, and L. L. Austin, the latter being also postmaster. The hotel is kept by R. E. Webb. There has never been any manu- facturing at this point. A bed of red hematite iron ore was discovered here on the land of Justus Pickit, and opened in 1833 by the proprietors of the Fullerville Iron Works, who, with others, took out considerable of the ore. Nothing is now being done in the town in this line.
Hailesborough .- This village is situated very near the northern line of the town on the Oswegatchie. The settlement of the site is described a few pages back. Under the terms of purchase by General Haile he was obliged to erect mills within a year, and so energetically did he push his work that the saw-mill was in operation before the close of the year 1807, while the following season saw a grist mill with one run of quarried stone in operation. The building of these mills was the real beginning of improvement in the town. The old saw-mill with various repairs stood until 1873, when it was rebuilt by Clark & Howard. The grist mill was carried away by a flood in 1809; was rebuilt the next year, and in 1819 a second run of stones was added. This was oper- ated until 1844, when the third mill was built by H. H. Haile, son of the general. This property passed into possession of the International Talc Company about 1881. This is a strong business organization for the prosecution of the important and growing talc industry, and has ab- sorbed a number of mills and other property. Among these, besides the one just mentioned, are a mill built in 1881 by the Natural Dam Pulp Company, and the mill built in 1884-5 by the St. Lawrence Pulp
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Company. (Further details of this business are given in the history of Gouverneur.) In 1825 Jasper Clark began quarrying, sawing and work- ing the veined limestone, resembling coarse marble, which is found here. The business was abandoned, chiefly on account of the coarse grain of stone. About the same time a carding mill was started by Raymond Austin, who was succeeded by Addison Giles, and James and Edwin McIntosh ; the latter changed it into or added to it a woolen cloth fac- tory. J. H. Abbott purchased an interest in the factory and later E. W. Abbott bought the remaining interest. The business was prosper- ous for some years, employing twenty hands ; but in 1891 it passed by lease into the hands of the Abestos Pulp Company, and is now used in the manufacture of talc ; the company are Rochester capitalists. Jesse Banister started a cabinet shop about 1850, which after various changes passed to Carpenter & Tupper ; while in use as a wood working shop it burned about 1871, and was rebuilt by J. H. Carpenter, and is now car- ried on by him as a planing mill, sash factory, etc. An upper leather tannery was started about 1865 by Morse & Carpenter and operated twelve or fifteen years. It was subsequently changed to a grist mill and is now run by C. A. Clark.
The first merchant at Hailesborough of consequence was probably William Hurlbut, who began business about 1825. He was succeeded by Justus Pickit, who continued to his death in 1842. Other later mer- chants were Horace Barnes, John R. Stewart, Theodore Clark, Mathias Fithian, S. D. Rich, and J. T. McCombs. The present merchants are Edwin Nobles, A. A. Potter & Co., and Coats & Ayers.
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