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Volans, Thomas, Ogdensburg, was born in May, 1828, in England. His parents came to this country when he was a child four years old, and settled in Oswegatchie. Mr. Volans owns a fine farm of 270 acres, with good buildings thereon. He has been twice married, and had seven children, only two of whom are now living. Mr. Volans attends regularly to all the duties of the farm and all that demands his attention.
Valley, Mab, Potsdam, was born in Montreal, November 7, 1816. The early ances- try of the family were French. Mr. Valley was only a child when his father died and his mother moved from Montreal to Ottawa, where the family lived until he was seven- teen years of age. In 1838 he came to New York State, locating for a short time in Madrid, and then settled in Potsdam, where he was employed as a carpenter and joiner. In 1853 he moved to Norwood, where he was employed by B. G. Baldwin on the erection of the first hotel of this village. In 1860 he established a dry goods store, which he conducted two years, when he sold his stock to the Ashleys and conducted a gen- eral grocery and provision store. In 1880 the block where Mr. Ashley's store was located was destroyed by fire and he immediately built a two-story brick block which is now leased to other parties for stores and offices. In 1888 Mr. Valley, in partnership with Ira C. Russell, bought the adjoining block, of which he became the sole owner in 1889. In 1888 he was employed to conduct the general store of the manufacturing company, which store he bought in 1891 and conducted until 1893, when he transferred the store to his son, Joseph A. Mr. Valley has been a member of the Masonic fraternity fifteen years, is a member of the Episcopal church of Norwood, has been the treasurer since its establishment, and was the leading one in its founding. Mr. Valley married in 1840, Angeline Barnhardt of Potsdam. Two children are left of this union: Mrs. L. R. Ash- ley of Norwood and Joseph A. Valley, a merchant of Norwood. Mrs. Valley died in 1855 and he married second, Miss Lucetta Drake of Middlebury, Vt.
Vilas, Erastus, Ogdensburg, was born in Antwerp, Jefferson county, October 13, 1824. His ancestors, originally from England, settled in this country early in the seventeenth century. His father, Nathaniel Vilas, jr., was born in Alstead, N. H., June 19, 1795, and died in Wisconsin, August 19, 1880. Erastus Vilas first married Emma Lake of Sterling, Cayuga county, May 22, 1853, by whom he had two children : Calvin E. and George B. His second wife is Sarah P. Ballard. Mr. Vilas has been for forty-three years engaged in the tanning business, during forty of which he has conducted the business either as owner or as manager. He has served as a member of the board of education, as water commissioner, as superintendent of the poor, and in various other capacities, but of late years his business interests have required his entire attention. He is a Republican in politics. His uncle, Erastus Vilas, built the tannery in 1828. The eldest son, Calvin E., is in Seattle, general manager of the Washington National Loan Association ; and George B. has been connected with the Northwestern Railway Company for five years, being now agent at Kenosha, Wis.
Willis, Austin, Parishville, was born in Lyme, N. H., in 1808, and at the age of twelve came with his parents to Parishville, where he married Emily Brown, daughter of Varnum Brown of this town. Mr. and Mrs. Willis had seven children, three of whom reached maturity. Mr. Willis was a farmer, and a Republican in politics, having been
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supervisor, justice of the peace, etc. He was also captain of militia and deacon in the church many years. Mrs. Willis died in April, 1849, and Mr. Willis married, second, Mrs. Amarilla (Ford) Christy, whose first husband was Nathan Christy, who came from Vermont to Parishville in 1825, and took up the farm now owned by Emma J. Willis, where he died. He was a Republican and twice supervisor of his town. He was born October 1, 1797, and died February 29, 1852. His parents were Asa and Sally Christy, early settlers of Vermont, where Mr. Christy died January 5, 1848, and his wife July 17, 1850. Austin Willis died May 15, 1861, and his wife September 9, 1889.
Wilson, Myron, Potsdam, was born on a farm in Potsdam, February 16, 1826. Reuben, father of Myron was a native of Vermont, born in Colchester in May, 1786. He served in the war of 1812, and was wounded at Lundy's Lane. At the close of the war he came to St. Lawrence county and located. In 1835 he moved into the town of Pierrepont, where he spent the balance of his days. He died June 8, 1842. The mother of our subject, Roxanna Churchi, was also a native of Vermont, born in Dorset, February 22, 1790. She died January 4, 1874. Myron is the only one living of eight children. He was educated in the common schools and lived on his parents' farm until he reached his majority. He took up farming, the first farm was one of one hundred acres in the town of Pierrepont, where he made his home until 1880, and that year came to Potsdam. Retaining the one in Pierrepont he also bought one hundred and nine acres on which he has erected a beautiful residence and conducts a dairy farm. Mr. Wilson is one of the representative farmers of this town and one of the early settlers of the county. He is a staunch Democrat. He married in 1852, Malvina D., daughter of Frederick R. and Betsey (Potter) Pierce, of Paris, Oneida county, and they have two living children: Archie L., a graduate of Rochester Business University, now conducting his father's farm. He married December 21, 1892, Edith M., daughter of Norman L. Benson, of Potsdam; and Reuben C., now employed as a book and time keeper in mines in Colorado. He graduated at the Eastman Business College, Pough- keepsie, N. Y., in March, 1887.
Williams, Isaac B., Potsdam, was born in Massena, April 19, 1849, a son of James, a native of Canada. Isaac was the second son of seven children, and was only one year old when his parents returned to Canada, where he was reared until he was thirteen, when he went to the west, remaining two years, and after his return located in Pots- dam (in 1866.) His first occupation here was in Swan's livery, where he spent about eighteen years. In 1884, after the death of Mr. Swan, Mr. Williams bought part of the stock and engaged in the business for himself, and has ever since conducted the Albion House livery. He has twenty-seven horses and carriages, also hacks, sleighs and everything needed in the conducting of a first-class livery. He is a Mason of both Blue Lodge and Lodge of Perfection. Mr. Williams married in 1875, Nellie Halligan, of Potsdam, and they have a beautiful residence on Main street.
Weed, William W., Potsdam, was born in the town of Leray, Jefferson county, June 21, 1824. His father, Seneca, was born in Saratoga county in 1797. He was quite a politician, but never held other than town offices. Helived to be ninety-one years of
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age, and died in Greenfield, Saratoga county. The mother of our subject, Catherine Proctor Drake, was born in Saratoga county in 1794. Our subject was educated in Glens Falls Academy, and when sixteen began teaching, spending four years at this. He then went into a dry goods store where he sold goods. In 1864 he engaged in the lumber business at Glens Falls. In 1886 he came to Potsdam, where he has ever since been engaged in the lumber business, and in 1889 established the Racquette Valley stock farm. He married in 1849, Anner D., daughter of Augustus Sherman, of Glens Falls, and they have three sons and a daughter. Mrs. Weed died March 28, 1889.
Williams, William G., Potsdam, was born in Lancaster, Canada, December 5, 1850. James, father of our subject, is a native of St. Lawrence county, having always fol- lowed farming, and is still living in Lancaster, now about seventy-six years of age. Our subject was only about fifteen years of age when he came to Potsdam, and for six years worked for George E. Swan, and was four years with W. W. Morgan, stock dealer in Potsdam. He then went to Connecticut, following various employments. until 1877, when he returned to Potsdam. In 1878 he established a livery business, which he conducted six years. He was four years stock dealing, and in 1888 bought the Empire Exchange Hotel in Colton, which he conducted three years, sold it, and bought the Parrishville Hotel, which he owned but a year when he exchanged it for the livery business he now conducts. His stable contains about eighteen horses and car- riages, hacks, hearse, sleighs, and all things that go to make a first-class livery stable. He married in 1880, Charlotte Charters, of Potsdam, and they have two children, Mar- garet and Marion.
Westurn, Thomas, Stockholm, was born in Stockholm, on the farm he now owns, March 10, 1839. His father, Freeman, was a son of James Westurn, the latter born in Devonshire, England, March 30, 1760, and died January 25, 1834, aged seventy-four. He served seven years in the wars in the old country, and seven in the Revolutionary war. He was a weaver, and married Ann Hayford, a native of Pembroke, Mass., born June 3, 1760, who died January 4, 1839, aged seventy-nine. They had four sons and three daughters. Freeman Westurn was born in Orwell, Vt., November 25, 1795, and came to Stockholm with his parents in 1824. His wife was Omira Rowley, born January 6, 1829, and they had eight sons and three daughters, all born on the farm now occupied by our subject. Five sons were in the late war, and two died in the service. Mr. Westurn died March 29, 1874. Thomas Westurn was educated in the common schools, and is a farmer. His wife holds the deed of their farm of two hun- dred and eighty acres of land, and they keep twenty-four cows, fourteen horses and twelve sheep and a flock of one hundred fowls. January 9, 1862, he married Martha M. Eastman, a native of Parishville, and a daughter of Samuel Eastman. The latter was born November 6, 1796, a son of Samuel Eastman. Samuel, jr., married Phoebe Orvis, born October 21, 1801, and they had five sons and six daughters. Mr. Eastman died July 22, 1869, and his wife September 24, 1868. Mr. Westurn and wife have had three children : Henry E., aged twenty-two; Mary E., who died July 25, 1876, and M. Alice, aged fourteen. He is a Republican, and a member of Amber Lodge, No. 395, F. & A. M., and P. of H., Depot Lodge, No. 538, of Stockholm. His wife and son are
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also members of the latter. Mrs. Westurn is a member of the Baptist church at Parish- ville, and with Henry and Alice is also a member of P. of I. Henry Westurn is a member of I. O. O. F., Winthrop Lodge.
Whitney, D. J., Gouverneur, one of five children of Nathan E. and Esther (Stephen- son) Whitney, was born in the town of Canton, February 15, 1848. In 1859 the family moved to Ogdensburg and he was educated in the Ogdensburg Academy. In October, 1863, he enlisted in the 24th N. Y. Cavalry, serving until the close of the war. He was in the engagements of Tolopotomy and Bethesda Church, was wounded at Cold Harbor, was at Poplar Springs Church, where he was wounded and lay three months in the hospital, was at the battles of the Wilderness, Spottsylvania, assault on Petersburg and was taken prisoner at Five Forks, March 31, 1865, by General Lee's army. The regiment lost 672 men in eleven months, 117 of whom were killed in action. After the close of the war he went into business with his father, in marble cutting, etc., until the death of his father in 1868. In 1871 he was engaged as foreman of stone cutters on . the Capitol at Albany. In the spring of 1876 Mr. Whitney, his brother. T. J., and Mr. Honeycomb, operated a quarry in Gouverneur, he continuing in that .business to the present time in the town, with the exception of one and one-half years spent in devel- oping quarries in Canada. In 1889 he took the management of the Gouverneur quarry, which position he now occupies. This company produces monumental stock principally and is the leading producer of the section in that direction. Mr. Whitney married December 2, 1866, Augusta D. Ayres, daughter of Ebenezer and Laura (Smith) Ayres, early settlers of Gonverneur. They have four children : De Witt C., Bertha A., Everett A. and Mildred E. Mr. Whitney is a Knight Templar and a thirty-second degree Mason.
Wilson, Loren H., Canton, sheriff of St. Lawrence county, was born in De Peyster, March 15, 1844, and was elected sheriff in 1891. He married Sarna, daughter of John S. Snyder, for many years supervisor of the town of Macomb. He was also school superintendent of that town for a number of years. Loren H. Wilson is a son of Loren Wilson, who died September 17, 1880, and his wife, Polly (Austin) Wilson, died April 24, 1880. They had nine children, of whom Loren H. was the seventh. Loren H. Wilson enlisted in 1862 in Company C, 106th Regiment, N. Y. Vol., and served until discharged in 1865, at the close of the war. He has three living children : Laura K., Lou and Loren Leslie Wilson.
Walling, Col. William H., Potsdam, was born in Hartford, Washington county, September 3, 1830, and was the only son of Joshua and Mary Walling. The former was born in 1796 and died in 1842. The latter was born in 1799 and died in 1835. To them were born one son and four daughters. Joshua married for his second wife, Eveline Atwood, who died in 1835, leaving one daughter. For a third wife he married Elmira Inglesbee, who had one daughter. In the year 1834 Joshua moved his family and settled in the town of Gouverneur. Four of his sisters are now living : Mrs. W. W. Gillett of Glens Falls, Misses Meriba and Elizabeth of Gouverneur, and Mrs. Mary E. Jameson of Alton, Ill. The latter has been for fifteen years a missionary to Burmah. William H. received his education in the district schools and Gouverneur Wesleyan
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Seminary. In the spring of 1855 he went to Wisconsin and in the following year to Hastings, Minn., and was there appointed deputy county surveyor of Dakota county, which office he held until he left the State in 1859. Late in the fall of that year he went to St. Louis and engaged in the produce business, and not meeting with very good success he went to Belleville, Ill., and there received the appointment of deputy county surveyor of St. Clair county. This office he held at the breaking out of the Rebellion. The day before the rebels opened fire on Sumter he started for his old home in New York. On his arrival in Gouverneur the war excitement was at fever heat. A meeting of citizens was called and enlistments made. Gen. A. M. Barney and Colonel Walling were the first to enlist. Active measures were taken by George Parker, A. M. Barney, R. P. Willson and W. H. Walling to raise a company. At the formation of the com- pany the first three were selected for commissioned officers and the latter for orderly sergeant. This company became later Co. D of the 16th Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers. Sergeant Walling was promoted to second lieutenant September 10, 1861, and first lieutenant June 26, 1862. Nearly the whole of the last year of service he was in com- mand of Co. D. Captain Parker was on the staff of General Sedgwick, Lieutenant Barney was promoted captain of Co. E, and Lieutenant Willson was captain on the staff of General Bartlett. The regiment served in all the battles of Mcclellan's Pen- insular campaign, Bull Run, South Mountain, Antietam, first and second Fredericks- burg, and after its two years' service was mustered out and disbanded at Albany, June, 1863. On reaching Gouverneur Lieutenant Walling found a letter from General Curtis, then colonel in command of the 142d Regiment, N. Y. Vol., soliciting him to accept a commission as first lieutenant in Co. G of his regiment. On account of wounds re- ceived at Salem Church, he was prevented from joining the army again until the last of August. In December, 1864, he received a captain's commission and was assigned to Co. C. In the assault on Fort Gilmor, Va., known as the battle of Chapin's Farm, he was severely wounded by a rebel bullet passing through his right lung, and it came near terminating his life on that bloody field. General Grant in his final report of the war refers to this assault on Fort Gilmor by the division of General Foster as "gallant," but "unsuccessful." Nearly all of the line officers of the 142d were wounded and Lieutenant-Colonel Barney was the senior officer in command of the brigade. Gen- eral Dagget, its commander, was among the wounded. In December of that year, Captain Walling had so far recovered from his wounds that he joined his regiment just as the troops under General Terry were embarking at Bermuda Hundred, Va., on the first expedition to Fort Fisher, N. C. The 142d Regiment was among the first to disembark and Co. G was immediately sent forward as skirmishers with the remaining companies as its support. When the skirmish line was about 150 yards from the fort, the rebel flag floating over Stephen's battery had its staff cut off by a shot from the navy. Captain Walling passed through a hole in the stockade went upon the parapet of the fort and captured the rebel flag. For this act of gallantry President Johnson brevetted him major and lieutenant-colonel. At the taking of the fort he had received his commission as captain and had been assigned to Co. C. In March, 1892, he received the following communication :
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WAR DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON CITY, March 28, 1892. Captain William H. Walling, Late 142d Regiment, New York Vols .:
SIR : I have the honor to inform you that I have this day forwarded to you by registered mail a Medal of Honor awarded you by the Secretary of War for gallantry in action at Fort Fisher, North Carolina, December, 25 1864, in accordance with the Act of Congress approved March 3, 1863, pro- viding for the presentation of Medals of Honor to such officers, non-commissioned officers and privates as have most distinguished themselves in action.
Very Respectfully, F. E. AINSWORTH, Major and Surgeon, U. S. Army.
The regiment was mustered out at Raleigh, N. C., June 7, 1865, and was dis- banded at Ogdensburg. July 3, 1865, he returned to Gouverneur and for the next five years he was engaged in the clothing trade with James Brodie. In the winter ter of 1867-68 he was inspector of customs under Gen. N. M. Curtis at Ogdensburg, and in 1868-70 he was assistaut assessor in the internal revenue service. In No- vember, 1870, he was elected sheriff of St. Lawrence county. At the expiration of his term of office, in 1874, he moved to the village of Potsdam, where he has since been engaged in conducting the hardware trade, carrying a general line of hardware and builder's materials. Mr. Walling is a trustee of school district No. 8, a member of the Baptist church, and one of its trustees. He has served two terms on the board of village trustees, six years on the board of water commissioners, and is now chairman of the board. Colonel Walling married, May 20, 1868, Sarah M., daughter of the late Abram Thompson of Gouverneur, and they have four children : William W., Julia T., Mary Louise anu Ruth E. The three oldest are graduates of the Postsdam Normal and Training School.
Waldron, T. F., Ogdensburg, was born in Belleville, Ont., April 23, 1872. Hereceived his education in the schools of that town and in Ogdensburg, to which city his mother removed when he was about twelve years of age. She purchased the New York Hotel, and Mr. Waldron has supervised all details and virtually conducted the house for some years. His mother, Mrs. Joseph Martin, lives in this hotel. Her husband is a prominent horse dealer and at their stables may be seen some of the finest breeds of Kentucky stock.
Wright, Melville S., Oswegatchie, the only son of Rev. Benjamin S. Wright, was born in Oswegatchie, March 17, 1836. He was educated at Lowville Academy, and at sixteen years of age went to live on a farm situated six miles above Ogdensburg, on the banks of the St. Lawrence river, the purchase of his great-grandfather, Samuel Wright, A. D. 1815. He was married to Mary Duy, January 4, 1855, and they have a son and daughter : Levings L., and Florence. Mr. Wright's ancestors were famous people in the olden days in this part of the country, being closely connected to Gover- nor Silas Wright.
Whitney, A. S., Gouverneur, one of the four sons of Nathan E., and Esther (Stephenson) Whitney, was born in the town of Morley, May 13, 1854. The family moved to Ogdensburg when he was five years of age, where he lived until the spring of 1867. When fifteen years of age he entered the employ of the Central Railroad at Albany, where he remained for one year. He then returned to Gouverneur, and
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learned the trade of marble cutter. He was for several years in the employ of D. J. & T. J. Whitney, and in 1877 bought the business and continued it until January, 1889, when he sold out and went into the coal business, in which he is now engaged doing a large business. He married December 28, 1870, Ella Mckean, of Gouverneur, daughter of William and Mary (Hudson) Mckean, whose ancestors were among the first settlers here. They have two children : Clara (Mrs. W. P. Legate, of Gouver- neur) and Nathan W.
Stewart, Wiley, Pierrepont, was born in Russell, November 7, 1828, a son of Russell Stewart, a native of Blandford, Hampden county, Mass., born in 1793. His wife was Sophia Bruce, a native of Washington county, born November 17, 1791, by whom he had ten children. They came to Russell in 1817 and settled on a farm, where they lived until 1839, then came to Edwards, this county, where Mr. Stewart died in 1880, (May 1) and his wife, November 1, 1877. He served in the war of 1812. Wiley Stewart has always been engaged in agriculture, and owns at present one hundred and thirty seven acres which is devoted to general farming and dairying, with ten cows and young stock. January 5, 1863, Mr. Stewart married Mary Sabin, a native of Ver- mont, born March 22, 1833, and a daughter of Dexter and Hannah (Liscomb) Sabin, natives of Vermont, both born in 1800, who came to Pierrepont in 1839, and settled on a farm near where Mr. Stewart resides, and there lived and died ; he in 1876, July 31, and she in 1882. They had six children. To Mr. Stewart and wife was born one son, Elmer A., born September 30, 1863. He was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools. He has always resided at home, and engaged in farming. He is a Republican in politics and attends the Episcopal church, of Colton. Wiley Stewart is Republican in politics, and has been since the organization of the party. He and wife are members of the Free Will Baptist church. W. A. Stewart, a brother of our subject, came to Pierrepont in 1848, and has here since resided. He has been twice married, first to Eunice Hosmer, who died April 31, 1876, aged fifty-nine years. His second wife was Sarah Oglesby, who died October 11, 1889, aged fifty-four years.
Crampton, L., Pierrepont, was born in Pierrepont, March 7, 1825, one of seven children of Andrew A., and Lucy (Leonard) Crampton, the former a native of Pittsford, Vt., born October 13, 1795. His wife died in 1835, and he married second Calista Tupper. Mr. Crampton came to Pierrepont in 1815, and was appointed to two offices when the town was organized in 1818. He subsequently held all the town offices,. being postmaster seventeen years and magistrate twenty-five years. He died Septem- ber 16, 1866, and his wife died in 1867. L. Crampton was reared on a farm and edu - cated in the common schools. In 1846 he married Sallie Brown, of Parishville, who died in 1849, and in 1850 he married Amanda Chamberlain, by whom he had four children : Marion, M. Minnie, Guy A., and Fritz B., who died aged nineteen. Mr. Crampton has always been a Republican, and was assessor nine years, supervisor two years and has been justice of the peace one year. He and his wife attend the M. E. Church. The parents of Mrs. Crampton were Anson and Betsey (McKnight) Chamber- lain, who were among the early settlers of Parishville. They had seven children. Mr. Chamberlain died in 1851 and his wife in 1890. Moses Leonard, the maternal grand- father of our subject, was a native of Springfield, Mass.
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Whitney, Milton A., Madrid, was born in Madrid, June 30, 1845. The earliest ancestor recorded of this family is the great-grandfather of our subject, Daniel, who was a resident of Shrewsbury, Mass. He married Catherine Stone of Oxford, Mass., and they had seven sons : Jonah, John, Daniel, Luther, Isaac, William and Orange; and two daughters. Jonah, the oldest son, was born in Old Shrewsbury, Mass., September 3, 1772. He married in 1802, Sarah Wilder of Wilmington, Vt., and came to St Lawrence county in 1808, where his father had settled about three years previous. Daniel Whitney died December 29, 1809, at Madrid, aged sixty- five years. Catherine, his wife, died May 10, 1817, aged sixty-five years. Jonah Whitney was the father of seven children : Harriet, married Lyman Moss in December, 1822, and died in 1830: Elisha, died in July, 1879 ; Olive, married Leonard Doran in 1823, and died in July, 1860; Phoebe, married Valentine Simons in 1836, and died in February, 1883; Orris, died March 6, 1876; Mary Ann, married Denison G. Wilmarth in 1839, and died April 19, 1889; Daniel, the fifth child and father of our subject, was born at Madrid, May 10, 1811. He was a farmer in early life, and was afterward in a hotel and later in trade. He was a staunch Democrat, held many offices of trust in his town, and was a man who commanded the respect of his townspeople. He was regarded as one of the leading men of this place. He was an earnest supporter of the Universalist church and his death occurred September 6, 1876, a severe loss to the community. He married January 11, 1844, Louisa M., daughter of Abner Hall of Potsdam, and they had three children : George A., died August 11, 1866, aged nineteen years; Abner D., is a manufacturer and farmer of Madrid; and the oldest son is our subject. Mrs. Whitney is still living in her seventy-third year. Milton A. has always made his home in this town and has devoted himself to the management of the farms, of which he and his brother are the owners of 600 acres and large village property. For the last ten years he has been an active member of the Methodist church and is one of the trustees. He married in 1870, Emiline Currier of Madrid, who died October 20, 1875, and left one child, Emiline L., a student of Potsdam State Normal School. Mr. Whitney again married, January 15, 1880, Ida M., daughter of Elizah M. Stearns of Madrid, and they have one daughter, Mabel Caroline.
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