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In September, 1890, Herbert D. Hoffnagle (Vermont Uni- versity) became Principal and remained till June, 1894. The
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following teachers taught under Principal Hoffnagle : Louise A. Perry, Alice E. Abel, M. Ethel Clark, Edith M. Durand, Milo A. Durand.
In September, 1894, Schuyler F. Herron (Syracuse Univers- ity) became Principal and served till June, 1897. The follow- ing teachers taught under Principal Herron : M. Ethel Clark, Alice E. Abel, Edith M. Durand, Grace Woodin, Glenn A. Crumb, Jennie Clock, Katherine E. Palmer.
In September, 1897, Nelson L. Coleman (Colgate Univers- ity) became Principal and remained two school years. The following teachers taught under Principal Coleman : Ada V. Deming, Alice E. Abel, Louise Payne, Mary E. Darrah, Wil- liam H. Roberts.
In September, 1899, Charles W. Dunn, (St. Lawrence Uni- versity) became Principal and has had the following teachers with him in his educational work here : Ada V. Deming, Ella H. Dudley, Viola L. Still, Jessie Emnott, Pearl V. Emnott, Wm. H. Roberts, Clara L. Dunster, Margaret T. Shepson, Lizzie Shepson, Alice E. Abel.
Brainard's Forge Teachers.
Following is a partial list of those who have taught in the Brainard's Forge district : Henry Lee, Franklin Lee, Lucuis Leonard, Abigail Mitchell, Prusia Mitchell, George Blake, Frank K. Shattuck, Albert Hurd, Lovina Hodgkins, Martha A. Young, Jennie Wood, Ada V. Deming, Wm. H. Lobdell. Gertrude Spear, George Chamberlain, Milo A. Durand, Alice E. Abel, Nellie Simonds, Mary Lodbell.
Pine Grove District.
Following is a partial list of those who have taught school in the Pine Grove district :
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Silas Rowe, Asahel Lyon, Matilda Hooper, Rebecca Perry, Harriet Holcomb, Jane Holcomb, Chloe Bristol, Robertson J. Roscoe, Charlotte Roscoe, Walter Kellogg, Theron Kellogg, Sally Post, Ralza Roberts, Thalia Post, Pearl Markham, (sister of Gov. Markham of California), Lucy Stafford, Min- erva Thompson, Juliet Calkin, Emily Glidden, George Blood, Fayette L. Miller, Arod K. Dudley, Edward J. Smith, Nancy P. Lewis, Alice Pierson, Sarah Ann Williams, Alice Baird, Rose Wakefield, Delia Graves, John J. Ryan, Walter D. Mac- Dougal, Alice E. Abel, Minnie A. Smith, Viola L. Still, Nellie Simonds, Martina Emnott, Miss White, Ada V. Deming.
Meigsville District.
Following are a few of those who have taught school in the Meigsville district : Henry Lee, Amny Storrs, Norton Hart- well, Mania Hoisington, Wallace W. Pierce, Charlotte Ingra- ham, Mason Gates, Celintha Gates, Eleanor Rowe, Susanna Wolcott, Egbert Braman, Lula Hickok, Edward J. Lobdell, Rose Brewster, Walter D. MacDougal.
Post District.
Following is a partial list of those who have taught in the Post District, so-called, in the Boquet Valley : Mary Ann Cook, E. P. Hendee, Alonzo McD. Finney, Calneh Ames, Al- fred Ames, Affa Deming, Nelson J. Roscoe, Elvira Ellis, Miss Babcock, Midas E. Bishop, Mr. Walker, Mr. Woodruff, Viola Burroughs, Jerome T. Lobdell, Fannie Gates, Jennie Holt, John L. Vaughan, Ada V. Deming, Jennie Deming, Miss Sev- erance, Ida E. Palmer, Lillian Archambeau, George L. Brown, Nellie Emnott, Pearl V. Emnott, "Del" Wilkins, Jennie Lav- erty, Anna Otis, Alice E. Abel, Cora Root, Viola L. Still, Ryan L. Hennessey, Mary A. Palmer, Fannie Barker.
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Simonds Hill.
Following is the best list available of those who have aided in teaching the "young idea how to shoot" on Simonds Hill : Huldah Little, Amanda Barnum, Rebecca Wright, Lucetta Loveland, Sally Post, Almira Churchill, Almira Sykes, Louisa Foster, Sophia Havens (sister of Palmer E. Havens), Amanda Mason, (daughter of Judge Ambrose Mason), Lorinda E. Dav- enport, Harriet Tarbell, Susan Tarbell, (sisters of Jonathan Tarbell), Millie Braisted, Aretas Loveland, Leland Rowe, Richard Phelps, James C. Knapp, John Vanderburg Barker, Truworth Barker, Henry H. Havens, George O. Roberts, Richard Henry Lee, Alonzo McD. Finney (1838), William Plummer Graves (1839), Nelson J. Roscoe, Clifford A. Hand, Wallace W. Pierce, Midas E. Bishop, Fayette L. Miller, Mat- thew Ryan, Fannie Baird, Jennie Deming.
Alonzo McD. Finney is unquestionably Elizabethtown's old- est surviving school master, being now in his 90th year. He served as Inspector of Schools for the town of Elizabethtown during the year 1848, receiving therefor $1.25 per day for work actually and necessarily performed, examining candidates for teachers, presiding at "school district row trials," etc. Among the candidates granted a certificate by Mr. Finney was Clifford A. Hand, afterwards the distinguished Wall Street lawyer.
South Valley District.
Following are several teachers who have taught in South Valley : Jerome T. Lobdell, Ada V. Deming, Jennie Freeman, John L. Vaughan, Kate Condlin, Mary McDonald, Abbie Roscoe, Kate Reil, Charlotte Ingraham, Fannie Glidden, Mary Gilligan, Mary Harrington, Nellie Emnott, Anna Davern, Jennie Laverty, Kate Gilligan, Minnie Dunning, May Marvin,
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Almina Bull. Emily Bull, Jennie Lawrence, Olive Denton, Ella Dudley, Jessie Laverty, Lucy Holcomb, Viola L. Still, May Thompson, Ida Roscoe, Fred Chappell, Miss Spaulding, Gertrude Stevens, Alice E. Abel, Florence D. Strong, Mary Ryan, Pearl V. Emnott, Dollie Dickson.
Following are a few of those who have taught in the Euba Mills district : Ada V. Deming, Julius F. Burres, Eliza Chap- man, Jennie Laverty, Mrs. Emma Smith, Susie Dickson, Lil- lian Meagher, Jessie Laverty, Musa Smith (now Mrs. Elmer E. Wakefield), Henry Leonard Barton, Minnie A. Smith, Viola L. Still, Miss Blaw, Miss Colburn, Mary Ryan.
Following are three teachers who taught in The Kingdom district during its existence : Miss Stanton, Miss Lord, Sarah Hammond.
The Blake district school was thrown up 40 years ago. Fol- lowing are three teachers who taught in the Blake district : Martha Braman, Charlotte Ingraham, Jennie Goff.
Elizabethtown Physicians.
The first man to practice medicine here was Dr. Asa Post, who rode on horseback from Panton, Vt., to Pleasant Valley with his saddle bags ere Elizabethtown was formed from Crown Point. He afterwards settled on a farm in the Boquet Valley, where he lived and died.
Dr. Alexander Morse came to Elizabethtown about 1800. He was the first physician to settle in Elizabethtown village. He died in 1852, his remains being buried in the old cemetery. The historic Dr. Morse saddle bags are still preserved, also the lance with which he bled so many of his patients.
Dr. Safford E. Hale came to Elizabethtown in 1842 and practiced medicine here until his death in the spring of 1893.
Above we have a record of three physicians, each of whom resided in Elizabethtown over half a century.
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Dr. Green lived in the Upper Boquet Valley, on a farm now owned by the Ritsons. He is well remembered by those who can recall events of half a century ago. His salve had a rep- utation before G. G. Green of to-day dreamed of healing the public.
Dr. P. P. Atwell, Methodist minister and physician, was here in 1852.
Dr. Midas E. Bishop practiced medicine in Elizabethtown several years, living at New Russia. He now lives at South Haven, Mich.
Dr. Edward Tudor Strong practiced medicine in Elizabeth- town from 1882 to 1893. He died (spring of 1893) in Califor- nia and was buried there.
Dr. George E. Whipple practiced here about 1885.
Dr. Joseph A. Titus practiced here a short time previous to his death in 1880.
Dr. W. E. Pattison practiced here for a short time in the early 80s, living in the Lamson house.
Dr. Arthur practiced medicine here and afterwards went to Vergennes, Vt.
Dr. L. J. Dailey was here as a practicing physician for a short time in the early 80s.
Dr. Thomas A. Wasson came here in the latter part of the year 1886 and enjoys an extensive practice.
Dr. Charles T. Washburn came here in 1892 and went away in 1894, being succeeded by Dr. Fred S. Hallett who remained till 1899, being followed by Dr. Albert A. Wheelock who is still in practice here.
Elizabethtown Churches and Ministers.
METHODIST. A consecutive list of ministers who have served the Methodist Episcopal Society of Elizabethtown since its organization in 1839. The record is the best obtainable from
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the material at hand and was prepared by the present pastor, Rev. A. S. Clark. Elizabethtown was for years a part of a large circuit known as Elizabethtown Circuit and bore the name of Pleasant Valley class.
1839 Oren Gregg; 1841 Chester Lyon ; 1844 Jeremiah Hul- land, Joseph Westcott; 1846 E. Liscomes ; 1848 Albert Champ- lin ; 1850 H. F. Fenton ; 1852 P. P. Atwell, (also a physician); 1854 William Bedell. This year the Church edifice was be- gun and was dedicated in February, 1855, Wm. Griffin, Pre- siding Elder. 1857 Bennett Eaton ; 1859 J. E. Kimball ; 1861 S. Gardiner ; 1863 Henry Munsee; 1865 M. A. Wicker, 1866 J. C. Walker ; 1867 to 69 Elam Marsh ; 1869 to 72 David C. Ayers; 1872 to 75 G. C. Gould ; 1875 to 77 Joseph Cope ; 1877 to 80 Robert Patterson ; 1880 to 83 E. L. Arnold; 1883 to 84 George Kerr : 1884 to 87 Charles L. Hager (Chaplain 118th N. Y. Vols.); 1887 to 89 Alfred Eaton; 1889 to 91 F. S. Fran- cis ; 1891 to 93 Albert W. Wilcox ; 1893 to 95 Gordon L. Thompson ; 1895 to 99 Joseph C. Booth; 1899 to 1900 John N. Goodrich ; 1900 to 1904 Leigh Diefendorf ; 1904 and 5 A. S. Clark.
BAPTIST-The Elizabethtown Baptist Church was organized in the spring of 1796. Elder Reynolds is the first pastor of whom there is record. Elders Brown, Babcock and Chamber- lain served before Daniel Hascall, whose name is in the min- utes for several years after 1808. Elder Churchill, 1818, and John Stearns, 1824. Then followed the Free Mason trouble heretofore mentioned. In 1835 Elder Brandt was pastor. He is said to have been a lineal descendant of Joseph Brandt, the notorious half-breed of Johnson Hall fame. At any rate he is remembered as a benevolent, pious man. The Baptist Church edifice was erected in 1837. In the autumn of 1838 Burchard's revival occurred. In the autumn of 1839 there were 68 baptisms reported and 19 other additions, making a
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total membership of 206, the high water mark so far as I cart learn. Elders Gale, Garfield, Seaver, Dickens, McCollum and Churchill served the Baptist Church. J. H. Walden, Calvin Fisher, S. Ewer, Elias Hurlbut, Lorenzo Kellogg, (blind), M. N. Stearns, G. B. Bills, R. A. Hodge, S. Jones, Levi S. Smith, S. Jewett, H. Steelman, George S. Pratt, S. W. Nichols, Wayne Brewster, George S. Nichols, J. F. Genung, now an Amherst College professor, served in turn as pastor. Rev. P. S. Mc- Killup served as pastor in 1883 and 1884. S. P. Smith, a grad- uate of world-renowned Rugby, served in 1885, being followed by Rev. F. W. Gookin.
Rev. Alexander MacGeorge was pas- tor in 1886 and 1887. Rev. James Hewitt was pastor the latter part of 1888 and the first few months of 1889. Clayton W. Grinnell supplied the Baptist pulpit during the summer of 1891 and John H. Strong in the summer of 1892. During the winter of 1894 Evangelist Blanchard (blind) supplied and Rev. J. N. Lattimer was pastor from June, 1894, to June, 1895. Rev. W. H. Barker came back to Elizabethtown from Wiscon- sin in November, 1895, and shortly aftewards commenced to preach, serving as pastor till October, 1904, being followed by Rev George O. Webster, who is not only a good preacher and pastor but a poet of no mean order.
The centennial of the church was observed April 7, 1896, George L. Brown being historian of the occasion.
The Deacons of the Baptist Church are Wallace W. Pierce, Steptoe C. Williams and Friend A. Brown. Trustees are Al- bert Farnsworth, Friend A. Brown and George L. Brown. The Church Clerk is Miss Esther Barker.
CONGREGATIONAL. The First Congregational Church in Eliz- abethtown was organized March 25, 1821, by Rev. Cyrus Com- stock. Rev. Vernon D. Taylor was first pastor. From Sept. 1830, to May, 1831, Rev. Moses Ingalls supplied and Ovid Miner, a licentiate and student of Auburn Theological Semin-
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ary, was the acting pastor from Oct. 1833, to May, 1834. For the next six years the church had no regular pastor. In March, 1841, Rev. C. C. Stevens became pastor and remained until February, 1846. Mr. Stevens was followed by Rev. Par- ker who was pastor one year, from May, 1845, to May, 1846, after whom the Rev. J. Headley supplied from Dec. 1846, till July, 1847.
In March, 1847, the society was reorganized and assumed the name of "The First Congregational Church of Elizabeth- town."
Rev. S. Hine acted as pastor from Oct. 1847, till April, 1848.
Up to this time service had been held in the Court House, school house, etc. Movements were now begun for the erec- tion of a church edifice which was completed and dedicated in July, 1850.
Rev. John Bradshaw was pastor from Dec. 1850, to June, 1852. Rev. Cyrus Hudson was pastor in 1855 and 1856. Rev. Charles Redfield served from Feb. 1858, till Nov. 1860. Rev. Samuel Storrs Howe was pastor in 1861.
In January, 1864, Rev. George Wellington Barrows became pastor, remaining till his death, September 26, 1881.
Rev. Quincy J. Collin was pastor from July 1, 1883, to Dec. 31, 1884, Rev. Farley Porter from July 1, 1885, to October 1, 1886.
Rev. Jabez Backus was pastor from January, 1887, to Dec. 31, 1888.
In the summer of 1888 the new stone church was erected.
Rev. Wm. S. Smart, D. D., a man smart both by name and nature, supplied the pulpit in 1889.
In May, 1890, Rev. A. W. Wild was called to the pastorate and his services commenced June 29th, and he served till July 1, 1898. Mr. Wild was one of the most scholarly preachers Elizabethtown ever had. Rev. Williams supplied awhile after
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Mr. Wild left. Rev. John K. Moore, a Yale graduate, followed Mr. Williams, remaining till October, 1904. The Church was without a pastor from October, 1904 to May 2, 1905, when Rev. Jabez Backus returned to Elizabethtown from Westport, Conn. Mr. Backus is a graduate of Yale and is in love with Elizabethtown in general with his pastoral charge in particular.
CATHOLIC. The corner stone of St. Elizabeth's Church, next the old cemetery, was laid by Bishop Edgar Prindle Wadhams May 23, 1881. Rev. Father O'Rourke helped build the church edifice, which was erected during the summer of 1881. Since the erection of the edifice the following priests have served : Reddington, Hallahan, Sullivan and LaChance. Father La- Chance, present priest, lives at Westport and officiates here every other Sunday.
EPISCOPAL. During the summer of 1880 Mrs. Ogden Hoff- man of New York City and daughter passed the summer with Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Durand at Pine Grove Cottage. That summer Mrs. Hoffman formulated plans for raising money with which to build an Episcopal Church. The Church of the Good Shepherd was erected in 1881, being consecrated July 8, 1882, by Bishop William Croswell Doane. The rectory was built in 1887. The Church of the Good Shepherd was moved from the rectory site (where Charles C. Oldruff lives) to the present site in the spring of 1899. Following are the names of rectors : Rev. Eugene L. Toy, Rev. Phineas Duyrea, Rev. Sherman, Rev. W. Hughes, Rev. B. R. Kirkbride, Rev. C. C. Edmonds, Rev. John W. Gill, Rev. M. H. Troop, Rev. J. N. Marvin, Rev. Henry Rollings, Rev. J. L. Lasher, Rev. James D. Simmons, Rev. George F. Langdon.
Bench and Bar.
It has been said that the tremendous influence of lawyers upon the condition and destiny of every people which has attained
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to a high degree of civilization is rarely recognized and but lit- tle appreciated. However, the function of the bar is most im- portant. It is the political agent in government and jurispru- dence, exercising as it does the creating faculty, bringing system into being, adjusting all new creations in the form of constitutions and statutes to the diversified relations and con- venience of society, leveling distinctions among men, succoring the weak and holding in check the strong.
Elizabethtown has attained a reputation of having contrib- uted more eminent and worthy men to the legal profession than almost any other town of similar population in the Em- pire State and in fact the reputation of the town in all respects relative to the profession is eminently creditable. June 2, 1899, Richard Lockhart Hand said at the Essex County Cen- tennial held at the Court House in Elizabethtown : "I assert with confidence and challenge comparison, that for profes- sional learning and skill, elevation of character and conspicu- ous ability no community of similar numbers can show so brilliant and so honorable a roll of lawyers as our own, through- out the Empire State."
Among Elizabethtown's early lawyers was Ezra Carter Gross, who served as Surrogate, Member of Assembly and Congressman.
Ashley Pond was an early attorney here. He served as Surrogate and Essex County Clerk, dying in 1827.
Gardner Stow practiced here before 1831. He afterwards served as District Attorney of Essex County and as Attorney General of New York State.
John S. Chipman practiced law here from 1830 to 1838. He went to Michigan and afterwards went to Congress from that State.
Augustus C. Hand, son of Captain Samuel Hand of Battle of Plattsburgh fame, born September 4, 1803, in Shoreham,
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Vt., came to Elizabethtown in April, 1831, having been ap- pointed Surrogate of Essex County. He had studied law at the famous school of Judge Gould in Litchfield, Conn., and in the office of Hon. Cornelius L. Allen at Salem, N. Y. In the autumn of 1838 he was elected to Congress, serving with ability in 1839 and 1840. In 1844 he was elected to the State Senate and served as chairman of the judiciary committee of that body during his term. It was during this time that the Con- stitution of 1846 was adopted and made such radical changes in the organization of the Courts and the practice and proceed- ings in them, that some scheme to harmonize the old and new systems became necessary. This result was effectually se- cured by the law, commonly known as the Judiciary Act, which was originated and drafted by Judge Hand. During this period of time the State Senators, with the Lieutenant Governor, Chancellor, and Justices of the Supreme Court, con- stituted the Court of Final Resort in the State. In this body Judge Hand occupied a high position. Under the new constitution Judge Hand was elected a Justice of the Supreme Court and served eight years in that capacity with great distinction. Barbour's Reports, volumes 1 to 20, give something of the character and scope of the work accom- plished by Judge Hand while he was on the bench. During the year 1855 he was a member, ex-officio, of the Court of Ap- peals and wrote a few carefully prepared opinions, reported in volumes 2 and 3 of Kernan's Reports.
As a lawyer Judge Hand was a model for imitation. Indus- trious, scholarly, careful, conscientious and strictly honest, he was especially kind and considerate towards young and timid members of the profession. As a citizen and neighbor Judge Hand was the embodiment of manhood's ideal, kind, liberal, truthful, upright. Many prominent attorneys went to differ- ent parts of the country from Judge Hand's law office and all
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carried with them memory of a man of pure life and one having a thorough contempt for all knavery and sham.
Judge Augustus C. Hand died February 8, 1838 at his Eliz- abethtown home.
Judge Hand's sons all became lawyers. Clifford A. Hand went to New York and became one of the strong lawyers of that great Metropolis, having his office at 51 Wall Street. He declined appointment to the Court of Appeals. He died in Elizabeth town in 1901.
Samuel Hand, like his brothers Clifford A. and Richard L. graduated from Union College. After a few years practice in Elizabethtown Samuel Hand went to Albany. He refused a nomination to the Supreme Court and afterwards became a Judge of the Court of Appeals by appointment. He died .in 1886.
Richard Lockhart Hand was born in Elizabethtown in Feb- ruary, 1839, and was admitted to the bar at Plattsburgh in 1861. He has repeatedly served as President of the Board of Education, President of the village of Elizabethtown and has served continuously as President of the Elizabethtown Water Company since its organization in 1883. He has been leader of the Essex County bar for a quarter of a century and is now serving his second year as President of the New York State Bar Association. The election and re-election of Mr. Hand, a resident of a little mountain bordered village like Elizabeth- town, as President of the New York State Bar Association, is one of the greatest honors ever paid to any lawyer of the Em- pire State.
As a lawyer Richard L. Hand unquestionably ranks among the ablest in the great State of New York. As a citizen, a neighbor and friend his rank is the highest, being most ad- mired and respected where best known. To appreciate the charm of his domestic character, it is necessary to have seen
Hunter's Home in the Upper Boquet Valley,
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him at his own home and in the midst of his family. There he is as the sun in the center of the system, quickening all things into life by his cheerful influence and shedding bright- ness and animation around him by the almost youthful fresh- ness and gaiety of his disposition.
Mr. Haud's family consists of his wife, formerly Miss Mary E. Noble, one son, Augustus Noble Hand, a distinguished young New York lawyer, and three daughters, Mrs. Henry M. Baird, Jr., of Yonkers, N. Y., Mrs. Albion James Wadhams of Riverton, N. J., and Miss Theodosia Hand of Elizabethtown.
Orlando Kellogg was born in Elizabethtown in 1809. His grandfather, William Kellogg, had been mixed up in the Wy- oming massacre. His father, Rowland Kellogg, died in 1826, leaving Orlando at the tender age of 17 to look after a widowed mother and a large family of children. He worked at the car- penter trade several years and finally taught school and stud- ied law. A few years after his admission to the bar he served as Surrogate of Essex County and went to Congress in the latter 40s, serving there with Abraham Lincoln and forming that strong friendship which lasted between the two great men so long as the latter lived. Mr. Kellogg's mother married for her second husband Col. Jeduthan Case and is buried be- tween her two husbands in the Boquet Valley cemetery. For several years Mr. Kellogg was associated with Robert S. Hale in the practice of law, the firm being Kellogg & Hale. In 1862 Mr. Kellogg was again elected to Congress and was re-elected in 1864. During the civil war Mr. Kellogg stood exceptionally near to President Lincoln and his influence with the latter was great as his efforts in behalf of "Hank" Fuller proved. Henry C. Fuller of Company C, 118th Regiment, N. Y. Vols., com- monly called "Hauk" Fuller, was sentenced to be shot as a mat- ter of military discipline. Rowland C. Kellogg of the 118th happened to be writing his father in Washington just after
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sentence was passed upon "Hank" and wrote the news in a postscript to the letter. As soon as Congressman Kellogg received his son's letter he went to the President's room in the White House, late at night though it was, and entered a plea for "Hank's" life, saying the "boys" of the 118th didn't go to war to be shot that way. President Lincoln allowed that it wouldn't do the poor fellow any particular good to shoot him and decided to interfere in his behalf. The necessary papers were sent to the front, arriving just as "Hank" was passing down the "Street" to be shot. Of course execution was sus- pended. As soon as President Lincoln received word from the front he wrote the following on a card to Congressman Kellogg : "I have answer that the execution of Henry C. Ful- ler is suspended.
Jan. 22, 1864.
A. LINCOLN."
That card with President Lincoln's handwriting upon it is before me as I write, having been preserved by Miss Cornelia A. Kellogg and Mrs. A. C. H. Livingston, daughters of Con- gressman Kellogg. "Hank" Fuller still lives, residing on the Ausable River at a point just below Keene Center.
Comparing Abraham Lincoln and Orlando Kellogg, Richard L. Hand said at the Essex County Centennial June 2, 1899 : "His fondness for 'pointing a moral' by a good story-some delightful bit of humor, some apt and amusing illustration drawn from life, and his profound and genuine interest in men as men, without regard to their station or claims, as well as a singular endowment of what we call, wanting a better term, common sense, have often suggested a strong resemblance between Mr. Kellogg and Abraham Lincoln, whose personal friendship he enjoyed. And doubtless, after all due allowance for natural exaggeration in such cases, there is sufficient foun- dation for this. Both were fountains of humor; both were
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