Our county and its people : a memorial record of St. Lawrence County, New York, Part 97

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


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Arnold of Rhode Island, by whom he had fourteen children, one now living, John Wes- ley Crary of St. Paul, Minn. In 1804 he and his wife came to Potsdam, where he was a farmer and local preacher. Later he came to Pierrepont where he died in 1852, his wife dying a year later. His son, Appleton, was born in Wallingford, Vt., in 1789, and he was also a farmer and local preacher. In 1808 he married Roby Hopkins, a native of Pittsford, Vt., born in 1791, a daughter of Jolin and Hannalı (Mead) Hopkins. Mr. and Mrs. Crary had fourteen children, four now living. He was a Whig and a strong Abolitionist, and died in 1867. His wife died in 1882. Ezra Crary, our subject, was educated in the common schools and began teaching at the age of nineteen and taught seventeen terms, though his chief occupation has been farming. He now owns 324 acres and keeps a dairy of twenty-eight cows. May 8, 1850, he married Julia A. Brown, a native of Addison, Vt., and daughter of Isaac S. and Anna A. (Lewis) Brown who came to St. Lawrence county in 1833. Mr. and Mrs. Crary had two children, who died young. Mrs. Crary died December, 1853, and he married, second, Margaret Bell, a native of Vaughn, Ontario, born in 1834, a daughter of John and Margaret (Currier) Bell, natives of Argyleshire, Scotland. By his second wife Mr. Crary has had these children : John H., born May 22, 1856; William A., born July 4, 1858; Merrill M., born April 28, 1860, died December 17, 1885; Edward B., born February 21, 1862; Philip S., born November 11, 1864, died May 22, 1889; Francis C., born July 11, 1866; Ezra M., born September 30, 1868 ; Albert M., born October 22, 1870; Clayton B., born September 17, 1872; Lydia L., born September 16, 1875. Mr. Crary is a Republican and has been justice of the peace eight years and assessor for the same length of time. He was superintendent of schools in Eldorado, Wis., for four years.


Shattuck, Henry B., Brasher Falls, was born in Brasher, November 1, 1836, a son of . Elisha and Angeline (Walker) Shattuck, both natives of Vermont. He was a carpen- ter and farmer, and came to Brasher in early life. They had eight children : George, a mechanic, of Brushton; Henry B., Horace C., a farmer of this town; David, who died aged ten years; Willis, a farmer of this town; Orilla, wife of George Hammond; Cordelia, wife of G. B. Herriman, and Justin. Mr. Shattuck was for eighteen months a soldier in the civil war, and was wounded in the left hand at the battle of Bethesda Church, Virginia. He has been for many years a sawyer in mills and a farmer, owning now a fine farm near Brasher Center. He is a Republican, and has been assessor of the town six years, and has also held other offices. March 13, 1866, he married Maria Dudley, born in Potsdam September 1, 1841, daughter of David and Harriet C. (Mon- tague) Dudley, descendants of Puritan families of the early days of this country. Of this family there have been many noted people, among them being the mother of George Washington, who was a Miss Ball. The earliest ancestor claimed by the family of Mrs. Shattuck is one Richard Montague, whose first home is still standing at Hadley, Mass., where, in 1882, the family held the 282d anniversary of the family in America, there being 600 members present.


Sturtevant, De Witt C., Pierrepont, was born in Sandy Hill, Washington county, October 16, 1838, a son of Peter, a native of the same place, born in 1803. Peter Sturtevant was reared on a farm and educated in the public schools, lived and died in


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his native place. November 14, 1832, he married Laura A. Howard, a native of Fort Ann, born September 11, 1812, who is one of the sixth generation from John Howard, who came over in the Mayflower with his brother James. Mr. and Mrs. Sturtevant had five children. Mr. Sturtevant was a prominent military man, having held all the positions, from corporal to colonel. He was also a prominent politician. He died July 24, 1849, and his wife October 12, 1893. De Witt C. was educated in the common schools and St. Lawrence Academy, following teaching eight years. His mother married William M. Robeson, and came to Colton in 1850, where they remained two years, then removed to this town and settled on the farm now owned by our subject. Mr. Sturtevant owns one hundred and fifty acres of land aud follows general farming and dairying, keeping about twenty-three cows, besides young stock, amounting to thirty head. February 4, 1890, he married Alda B. Schwartz, a native of Pillar Point, Jefferson county, born January 22, 1865, daughter of Adolphus P. Schwartz and Mary A Baker. Mr. Sturtevant is a Republican in politics, and he and his wife attend the M. E. Church, of which his parents were members also, his mother having belonged to it for sixty-six years.


Vebber, William, Pierrepont, was born in De Kalb, July 14, 1835, a son of Larra Vebber, a native of Shelburne Falls, Mass. He came to Jefferson county when a young man, his parents having died when he was ten years old. He married Salinda Wood, a native of Jefferson county, and a daughter of John and Polly Wood. Of their five children three survive. Mr. Vebber and wife came to De Kalb in 1833, where they spent the rest of their days. Mr. Vebber was an influential man in Dc Kalb, having been assessor for two years, aud the owner of a great deal of land. William was educated in the common schools and has always followed farming, owning one hundred and ten acres of land. He has a dairy of twelve cows, and also owns the Cook's Corners cheese factory, with an annual output of 60,000 pounds. Mr. Vebber has been twice married, first to Elmira, daughter of John and Zilpha Harvey. Mr. and Mrs. Vebber had two daughters : Minnie, wife of Irwin Hamilton, of Pierrepont, who have two children, Lila and Hazel; and Lillie, wife of Pierce Beswick, of this town, and they have one child, Elmira. Mrs. Vebber died in August, 1887, and November 23, 1892, Mr. Vebber married Lavora Bancroft, daughter of Morris and Laura Macdonald, natives of Vermont, who came to this country when young. Mrs. Vebber was the widow of Burton Bancroft, by whom she had two children, Ernest E., and Laura I. Mr. Bancroft died in January, 1882. Mr. Vebber has served as highway commissioner seven years, and is a Republicau.


Willis, Eben, Colton, was born in Lyme, N. H., December 1, 1823, a son of Roswell O. and Lydia (Stark) Willis, natives of New Hampshire, who came to Parishville in 1826, and finally settled in Colton. He died in Massachusetts in 1851 and his wife in 1849. They had seven children. Eben was nineteen years old when he went to New Hampshire, where he worked as a farmer, then became overseer in a match factory for two years. In 1849 he married Sophronia Stoddard, born in that State, July 17, 1833, a daughter of Joshua and Anna (Wilder) Stoddard, natives of Cohassett, Massachuetts. Mr. Stoddard died in 1843 and his wife in 1864. Mr. and Mrs. Willis came to Colton


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in 1852, and after seven years removed to a farm in Pierrepont, and here lived until 1872, then returned to Colton, where they have since resided. For the past sixteen years Mr. Willis has been engaged in the manufacture of sap spouts, his own patent, of the year 1866, also of the year 1891, also patented in Canada. Mr. Willis is also the inventor of an arch for boiling sap, sorghum, etc., of which he has patents of 1886, and is engaged in the manufacture of these also. He has also dealt in lumber and real estate. He is a Republican and has been assessor six years and highway commissioner two years. He is a member of Higli Falls Lodge No. 428, F. & A. M. They have had three children : E. Almeron, born September 20, 1850, who married Milllie C., daughter of Orrin Howard of Pierrepont, and has three children, Howard O., Allie B. and Susie S .; Althea I., born November 12, 1851, in Massachusetts, who married Herbert M. Hep- burn, March 16, 1872, and has one daughter, Cordelia I., who has been reared by her grandparents, Mrs. Hepburn dying March 27, 1875. The third child of Mr. and Mrs. Willis, Olcott A., died in infancy.


Brogan, Henry, Pierrepont, was born in Ireland in 1837, a son of Robert Brogan and Mary Smith, both natives of Ireland, who had four children. Of these three sons grew to manhood. Both parents died in their native country. Henry was reared in Navan, County Meath, and educated in the common schools, coming to this country at the age of seventeen, and locating in Canton. In 1862 he enlisted in Co. A, 83d N. Y. Infantry, serving till the close of the war. November 27, 1863, he was taken pris- oner at Mine Run, and was held until the end of the strife. Returning to Canton he married, September 30, 1872, Catherine Welch, a native of Winchester, Canada, by whom he has had two children: Patrick and Mary. Mr. Brogan is a farmer, and owns 133 acres of land. He follows general farming and dairying, and keeps about twelve cows. He is a Republican and was an assessor in Clare for one year, and poormaster two years. He is a member of the G. A. R. Martin Post No. 346.


Lynde, D. S., Canton, was born in Antwerp, July 1, 1833. After some experi- ence as a bookkeeper and later as a clerk, he embarked in the mercantile business for himself in Hermon, N. Y., where he remained thirty years. He has been six years in Canton, and has been president of the First National Bank of Canton, which he organized in 1877, for six years. He is also treasurer of the South Edwards Pulp Company. In 1853 Mr. Lynde married Esther S. Caul, and they have one adopted daughter, Grace P. Lynde. Our subject was supervisor of Hermon seven years, was member of assembly four years, and for six years was a member of the Senate of New York.


Babcock, Z. W., Hermon, was born in the town of Russell, February 15, 1830, and learned the trade of carpenter and joiner and cabinet maker with his father. In 1852 he left home and sailed for California, called at Rio de Janiero, went through the Straits of Magellan and visited nearly all the principal seaport towns on the western coast of North and South America. He left California for Australia, touching the Society Islands on his way. He remained in Australia until 1859, and came home by way of England. In 1867 he married Nellie Acres and their living issue is two children: Juan A. and Murray A. Mr. Babcock is regarded as


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one of Hermon's representative men. He was supervisor six years, member of the board of education nine years and justice of the peace six years, and is now secretary and treasurer of the Hermon Cemetery Association and is interested in every project that helps to build up and benefit the town.


Wells, Wallace H., Brasher Falls, postmaster and telegraph operator at Brasher Falls, was born December 23, 1849, a son of Thomas W. Wells and Susan S. Morsc, the former born August 9, 1815, in Plymouth, Conn., and the latter born in Litchfield, Conn., February 1, 1814, a relative of Prof. S. F. B. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph. The parents were married May 7, 1840, the father being a clock maker, who, in con- nection with his brother Joseph and a Mr. Boardman, were among the first clock makers in the country. Thomas W. continued in the business here about thirty years, dying in 1876. He was also postmaster, and at his death was succeeded by his son, our subject, who has held the office since, with the exception of one and a half years under President Cleveland. His mother died July 27, 1872, aged fifty-eight years. He has been telegraph operator for the past twenty years, and was also for several years in the mercantile trade. He married June 27, 1872, Carrie E. Boynton, born April 28, 1852, and they have one child, N. Anna, born September 3. 1874.


Taylor, Randolph, Brasher Falls, was a native of Alstead, N. H., a blacksmith by trade, and of English and Scotch descent. About 1800 he came with his family to Jay, Essex county, N. Y., and a few years later to Parishville, where he died, aged about ninety. Pardon R. Taylor, his oldest son, was born about 1780, at Alstead, N. H., and came with his father to this county, where they worked at their trade. The son was also a contractor and built the turnpike in Essex county, to the iron ore regions. He married Polly Ames, a relative of the celebrated family of that name in Massachusetts. He died at the age of fifty-two years, and his wife aged eighty-two. Their seven children were as follows: Thomas R., John A., Mary, Dorcas L., Pamelia S., Alice. Henry F., our subject, was born in Jay, Essex county, October. 22, 1824, educated in Clintonville, and in 1840 engaged in the manufacture of forks and hoes, and in 1846 he removed to Brasher Falls, where he continued in the same line, doing a prosperous business for some years. In 1852 he discontinued the business and engaged in insur- ance, both fire and life, at which he has continued since. Mr. Taylor is a prominent member of the Presbyterian church and has been an elder there many years. August 8, 1848, he married Harriet L. Taft, born March 18, 1830, daughter of Silas and Tri- phena (Clinton) Taft, the former a relative of Judge Taft, of Ohio, also Lieutenant- Governor Taft, of Vermont. The Tafts are of English ancestry and trace their lineage back to 1680, to one Robert Taft, of Massachusetts. The mother was a relative of the celebrated De Witt Clinton. Mr. and Mrs. Taylor have three children : Bell H., born, June 16, 1853 ; Carrie G., born August 29, 1855; and Theodore R., born November 8, 1862, who is in life insurance business.


McCarthy, John H., Brasher, was born in Brasher, May 1, 1850, a son of Jolin and Mary (Lorden) McCarthy, natives of County Cork, Ireland, who came to America in 1846, and settled in this town. The father died December 15, 1883, at the age of seventy-three, and the mother, July 6, 1892, also aged seventy-three. Their seven


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children were : Eugene, a farmer in Kansas; Michael, merchant, of Chicago ; Thomas, a farmer, of Stockholm ; Margaret, wife of Edward Rockford, of Stockholm; John H., merchant ; Mary, wife of Daniel Sullivan, of Chicago; and Daniel D., a policeman, of Chicago. John H. was educated in the schools of Brasher and followed farming till the age of thirty-six, when he engaged in the mercantile trade in Brasher Falls, where he has a general store. He is also town clerk. The last thirteen years of his farm life he was in the employ of Hon. C. T. Hulburd, having charge of his farm and dairy. February 4, 1875, Mr. McCarthy married Mary McCuin, born December 6, 1845, a daughter of James and Isabella (Hart) McCuin, natives of Ireland, who came to America when young. Our subject has three children : Bertha B., born June 17, 1876 ; Walter H., born March 8, 1879; and Charles J., born January 3, 1881. Mr. McCarthy is a Republican, and one of the leading merchants in this section.


Gardner, Clark A., De Kalb, was born in Rodman, Jefferson county, June 20, 1839. His father was a farmer and he has been interested in that occupation all his life. In 1862 he enlisted in Company B, Tenth N. Y. Heavy Artillery, and served two years and four months. Aftar the war he resumed farming, and came to De Kalb in 1868. The same year he married Amorett Doane, and they have two children : Jennie J., and Jay William. Mr. Gardner's father, Peleg Gardner, was a son of William, who settled in Lewis county in 1812. Our subject's maternal grandfather was Reuben Waite, a captain in the war of 1812.


Hulburd, Luther (deceased), Brasher Falls, was a native of Orwell, Vt., born May 1, 1785, a son of Ebenezer Hulburd of Puritan ancestry, the founder of the family in this country having come from Wales in the early part of 1600. Hon. Calvin T. Hulburd is a nephew of Luther, who came from Vermont about 1803 and settled in Stockholm, this county, where he spent most of his life on a farm. He married Lydia Tilden, a sister of Calvin's mother, and a relative of the late Hon. Samuel J. Tilden. Luther had eight children : Melissa, Clarinda, Lucius, Oliver, Hiland, Luther, Henry M. and Wesley. He died February 6, 1874, aged eighty-nine. Henry M. was born in Stockholm on the farm, March 19, 1824, educated in the common schools and Potsdam Academy, and was for some years a clerk at Portsmouth, N. H. In 1852 he engaged in the mercantile business for himself at Brasher Falls, where he has since continued a successful busi- ness. He has been a Republican since the organization of the party. He married, May 1, 1853, Margaret W. Foster of Andover, Mass., born November 15, 1830, a daughter of Timothy and Lydia Foster, descendants of the Forsters of Bamborough Castle, Northumberland, England. Mrs. Hulburd died April 19, 1887. Of their five children, two survive: Alice L. and Harry F. Mr. Hulburd married for his second wife, May 16, 1889, Mary B. Chittenden of Hopkinton. The family are members of the Presbyterian church.


Hulburd, Sandford W., Brasher Falls, manufacturer of potato starch and broom handles at Brasher Falls, was born in Lawrenceville, St. Lawrence county, June 12, 1845, a son of Lucius and Cordelia (Whittemore) Hulburd, the father a native of Stock- holm, and the mother of St. Albans, Vt. Sanford W. was reared in Lawrenceville and was in business with his father until twenty-seven years of age, and in 1872 he engaged


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in his present business in Brasher Falls. August 17, 1870, he married J. Amanda Chit- tenden, born August 23, 1849, daughter of Asahel Chittenden of Hopkinton, and sister of Mrs. Henry M. Hulburd. Her grandfather Chittenden was in the war of the Rev- olution at the age of sixteen, serving seven years. He was born in Connecticut and died in Hopkinton, N. Y. Mr. and Mrs. Hulburd have had four children: Leroy C., born May 6, 1873, a student at the Norwich University, Vermont; Annabel A., born October 19, 1876; Lucius S., born June 2, 1879; and Ethel O., born July 16, 1882. Mr. Hulburd is a Republican and one of the representative business men of the place.


Crouch, C. F., Stockholm, was born June 24, 1816, in Shelburne, Vt. His father was Aaron Crouch, a native of Paulett, Vt., who married Lucy Blair, a native of Williams- town, Mass. They have four sons and five daughters. Mr. Crouch died May 22, 1848, and his wife January 27, 1837. O. F. Crouch was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools, and at the early age of eight years started in life for himself by working on a farm. In 1850 he came to Stockholm and married Emma Chandler, a native of Fairfield, Vt. He then returned to Vermont, and after remaining two years went to Bombay, Franklin county, N. Y., and purchased a small farm on which he re- sided for nine years. He then sold his farm and in 1861 again came to Stockholm and located on the farm of 175 acres which he now owns. He is a general farmer and dairyman, keeping an average of twenty cows. Mr. Crouch is a Republican in politics and liberal in religion. He is a member of the P. of I., Eureka Lodge No. 162. He has two daughters, Jennie L., wife of Verne A. Kirk, a farmer of Parishville; and E. Myra, wife of Charles H. Flannigan, a native of Stockholm. Mr. Flannigan at present has charge of the farm owned by Mr. Crouch. Miss Blair, wife of Aaron Crouch, was a daughter of Ezekiel Blair, a captain in the Revolutionary war, who was at the battle of Bunker Hill. The latter married Elizabeth Deming, a native of Massachusetts. She was one of the girls who raised onions and sold them in England to build a church in Wethers- field, Conn. She died in Shelburne, Vt., in 1836.


Crossman, Marcus, Pierrepont, was born in Pierrepont, October 26, 1843, a son of Abner Crossman, a native of Vermont, born February 12, 1809. The latter was a son of Carmi, one of the first settlers of Pierrepont, where he died, aged ninety-one. Abner Crossman came to Pierrepont when a young man. He married Hily A. Doolittle of Vermont who also came to this town with her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Crossman had six children. They settled on a farm in Pierrepont, where the father died October 29, 1865. He was twice married, his second wife being Clarinda Pryor. Marcus Cross- man lost his mother at the age of six years. He had his own way to make and fol- lowed farming until the age of eighteen years, when he enlisted in August, 1862, in Co. I, 142d N. Y. Infantry, serving till the close of the war. September 29, 1864, he was taken prisoner at Chapin's Farm, Va., where he was also wounded badly, and at the end of ten days was paroled and sent to Annapolis, Md., thence to Balti- more, and was discharged from the Camden Street Hospital at the close of the ser- vice. Returning home he married, January 17, 1867, Charlotte C., daughter of Loren and Eliza J. Couch of Lewis county, who came to Canton and settled. Mrs. Crossman was educated at Canton College and taught for several terms. They have


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had five children : Merton L., who died aged four years; Gertrude, who died aged three years; Orra W., who lives at home ; Gilfred A., who died November 12, 1893, aged seventeen years; James E., and Maude A., an adopted daughter. Mr. Cross- man is a farmer and owns 175 acres of land, keeping a dairy of twenty-five cows. In politics he is a Republican, taking an active interest in local affairs. For five years he has been engaged in life insurance, representing the Connecticut General Life Insurance Company of Hartford, Conn. He is a member of High Falls Lodge No. 428, F. & A. M., and of Martin Post No. 346, G. A. R., Department of New York, and also of P. of H. No. 54 of Crary's Mills.


Bell, Oliver (deceased), Brasher Falls, was born on the farm where his sons and and widow now live, March 15, 1830, and died January 7, 1878. He was a son of J. Bell, a native of Vermont, who came to this locality when the place was a wilderness, and bought 200 acres of land, which he converted into a fine farm. He was a great hunter, and killed many deer, bear, etc. He was murdered while in his camp in the woods, at the age of fifty years. Oliver Bell and his brothers added to the farm from time to time until the family owned nearly 600 acres. Oliver married, November 4, 1863, Eliza A. Wood, who was born March 5, 1833, a daughter of Elijah and Phœbe (Corbin) Wood, Quakers, as were also the maternal grandparents. Mr. and Mrs. Bell had two sons, Warren E. and William J. The farm, which now comprises about 210 acres, is under a fine state of cultivation, and the brothers have recently erected a cream- ery with all modern machinery, and have a fine dairy of their own. Warren E. mar- ried, February 15, 1893, Ella, daughter of David Floyd of Crown Point.


Squires, John B., Pierrepont, was born in Canton, February 26, 1846, a son of Isaac A., son of Salmon W. and Anna (Wells) Squires, who came from Dorset, Vt., in 1806. Mr. Squires had previously, in 1799, visited Canton and assisted in surveying the town. Here he selected a site on which he afterwards located, building a log house on Grannis' Brook. Frederick, brother of Samuel W., was one of Captain Forsyth's men in Rifle Company, and was wounded at Ogdensburg. Isaac A. Squires was born in the log house previously mentioned, March 8, 1810, and was twice married. First, July 19, 1836, to Candis (Dimick) Kingsbury, born in 1803, by whom he had two chil- dren, who died young. Mrs. Squires died July 6, 1844, and December 31, 1844, he married, second, Sarah Hull, of Potsdam, born April 28, 1815, and by her he had a son and three daughters. Mr. Squires was an extensive real estate owner, having land in Canton, Potsdam, etc. He died August 14, 1887, while residing with John B. Mrs. Squires died in June, 1886. John B. was educated in St. Lawrence University, and in 1870 came to Pierrepont from Potsdam, where he had lived since two years of age, and located on the farm of 260 acres which he now owns. He follows general farming and dairying. In 1867 Mr. Squires married Ellen M., daughter of George Crandall, a native of Vermont, born in 1812, and one of the early settlers of Pierrepont. His wife was Maria Bicknell, by whom he had six children, three of whom grew to maturity. Mr. and Mrs. Squires have five children : Nellie K., Martha A., Mabel E., Grace M. and Elizabeth M. Mr. Squires is a Republican, and has been justice of the peace four - years, assessor eight years, and is how serving his fifth term as supervisor. He is a


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member of Raquette River Lodge No. 213, F. & A. M., of Potsdam, and of Crary's Mill Grange No. 54.


Stafford, Thomas, Brasher Falls, was a native of Peru, Clinton county, and came to Potsdam in 1818. He was a blacksmith by trade. He married Lydia Green, a native of Clinton county, by whom he had seven children. He lived to the age of eighty- eight years, and his wife to the age of ninety. Erastus, the second child, was born in 1800, and came with his father to this county. In 1843 moved to Stockholm, where he worked at wool carding and dressing cloth. He died in January, 1861. His wife was Prudence Perkins, of Potsdam, by whom he had twelve children, eight now living. John P., the third child, was born January 4, 1828, at Stafford's Corners (in Potsdam), and in early life engaged with his father in the manufacture of cloth in Stockholm. He came to Brasher in 1866, and engaged in the same business, which he still continues. In 1853 he married Martha Bicknell, whose grandfather, Amos B., was the original settler of Bicknellville, in Stockholm, and after whom the place was named. Mr. and Mrs. Stafford had two children : Ella, deceased, and Cassius. Mr. Stafford is a Re- publican, and his wife is an active member of the M. E. Church.




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