Supplement to Revolutionary soldiers of Onondaga, Part 3

Author: Beauchamp, William Martin; 1830-1925.
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WILLIAM SWAIN .- Phylura Swain, adm., Dec. 3, 1812. Name in 13 Albany L. B. R. regiment, and also in Mass. Probable. In Albany Co. in '90.


LEWIS SWEETING, SEN .- The Lineage Book says he died in Manlius, but family records say his wife was a widow when she came there with her son John.


JOHN SWEETING .- See Manlius. Family records state that this pensioner came to Manlius with his mother, then a widow, in 1793, settling on lot 76. She died before 1809, and he then sold out and went to Westmoreland, being over 50 years old. There is a nice story of his meeting Mary Sessions there, a teacher from Vermont, and of their mar-


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riage. He was living in Clinton, N. Y., in 1835, where he died, aged over 90 years.


JOHN SWIFT .- (See Fa.) This pensioner applied in 1831, age 81, having served in Mass. Militia.


ESEK TABER .- (See Cam.) This pioneer, who died in 1814, left children and grandchildren.


PETER TALLMAN .- (See Skan.) The pensioner who ap- plied in 1831, age 73, does not agree in age with either of those before recorded, but is the Skaneateles veteran. His application gives service in Conn. Militia.


JOHN D. TAYLOR .- P. O. tablet John Taylor is frequent on rolls.


RUSSEL TAYLOR | died March 17, 1839, | aged 79 years | 9 Mo. & 3 Ds.


ASENATH, | wife of | Russel Taylor | died April | 13, 1843 | aged 84 years. |


A Marcellus pioneer and apparently Roswell in the Conn. Militia, in which he served. This appears in Lieut. Sey- mour's company. His application was in 1831, and age 73. Old cemetery, Marcellus.


STEPHEN THOMPSON .- (See Cam.) This pensioner ap- plied in 1818, age 60, having served in Conn. Line.


MOSES THORP .- Fabius. Will, Dec. 19, 1811-Dec. 26, '12. Wife, Sarah. Son Daniel and three married daughters. Name in Col. Brown's Berkshire regiment, Mass., serving on the Mohawk. Also in W. Springfield and New Marl- borough, Mass., in '90. Probable.


RICHARD TOWNSEND .- (See Pom.) Applied 1831, age 74. In N. Y. Continentals.


ISAAC TROWBRIDGE .- (See Skan.) Applied 1818, age 80. Mass Line. In list of 1835 in Cayuga county.


SAMUEL TULLY .- Born in 1750 and died in Tully in 1827. He enlisted in '77, in N. Y., and served through the war. His wife was his cousin, Sarah Tully, according to the D. A. R. Lineage Book, and he served in Col. Van Schaick's 1st N. Y. Line, '77-'81. No stone.


WOODHULL TURNEUR .- Probably Skaneateles. Applied 1831, age 78. In N. J. Militia, but company not mentioned.


EDWARD TYLEE .- (See Lys.) Same year, age 76. N. Y. Continentals.


JOHN VAN PATTEN .- Tully. Will, Oct. 16, 1824-Sept. 10, '25. Wife, Margaret. Four sons and three married daugh- ters. His wife died there, Oct. 8, 1851, aged 100 years.


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The only one in the census of '90 was in Watervliet, N. Y., apparently Capt. John V. P., of the 2d Albany regiment. It seems a clear identification.


THOMAS VICKERY .- Pompey. Abigail Vickery and Ozias Burr, adm., Feb. 28, 1808. Name in 3d Dutchess Co. regi- ment, N. Y., and Capt. Ichabod Doolittle's company, '75, which may be the same. Probable. In '90 in Montgomery Co., N. Y.


COLOGUS VINAL .- Pompey. Will, Aug. 4, 1823-Oct. 22. Wife, Martha, with five sons and five daughters. In Lexing- ton alarm, Scituate, Mass., Capt. Wm. Turner. In '90 in Chesterfield, Mass. Probable.


THOMAS WAIT .- (See Skan.) Naomi, his wife, lies beside him in the Mottville cemetery, but the dates are deeply buried.


CORNELIUS WALLACE .- Applied 1831, age 68. In N. Y. Militia, but with no record.


ADAM WALTER .- (See Man.) This pensioner applied in 1831, age 80, and served in N. Y. Militia.


EBENEZER WARD .- Same year. Served in Conn. Militia. No record.


CHARLES WARNER .- Same year. See Syracuse.


DAVID WATKINS .- Applied 1818, age 65. (See Pom.) Died July 24, 1827. In Mass. Line.


JAMES | WATSON | died | Nov. 27, 1820; | in the 67 year of his age. |


MARY |Wife of | James Watson | Died | April 21, 1848, | Aged 87 Y'rs. |


Mottville cemetery in Skaneateles. 13th Albany regi- ment and another. In 1790 Westchester Co. Probable.


BENJAMIN WEBB .- (See L. F.) Applied 1831, age 75. Corp. in Conn. Continentals.


SAMUEL WEBSTER .- Same year, age 78. (See Fab.) Sergt. in Conn. Continentals.


PETER WELLS .- Same year, age 85, in R. I. Continentals.


JOHN WEST .- (See Skan.) Same year, age 72. Corporal in N. Y. Militia.


NATHANIEL | WESTON | died | March 11, 1822, | in the 85 year of his | age. |


MARY | Wife of | Nathaniel Weston | died Jan. 10, 1820 | in the 79 year of | her age. |


See Pompey. Two small stones overlooked in the James-


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ville cemetery. Name in Mass. rolls. Probable. He was an inspector of elections in Pompey, 1799-'01.


SAMUEL WHEADON, an early settler in Marcellus, was a member of the Presbyterian church there in 1801, but went to Michigan and died there in 1835. The name is in Capt. Douglass's company, Conn., '75-'76, which shared in the Canada campaign. Quite probable.


DAVID WHITE .- (See LaFayette.) Applied 1831, age 74. In Conn. Militia.


JABEZ WHITMORE | Died | Dec. 5, 1843. |Ae. 77 Y'rs 3 Mo. | 18 D's. |


He sleeps the sleep that knows no waking,


His last long dreamless sleep, |


While hearts in anguish deep are breaking,


And friends in sorrow weep. [


SALLY, | Wife of | Jabez Whitmore, | Died | Mar. 2, 1862 1 Aged 89 y'rs 2 m's & 13 days. | Blessed are the pure in heart | for they shall see God.|


See Pompey for record, but they are buried in the West Otisco cemetery.


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ISAAC WETHERBEE .- See P. O. tablet. In '80 served in Lunenburgh, Mass. Several of the name later.


DAVID WILLIAMS .- (See Manlius.) On good authority I am told he was buried in the tabular tomb in the ruined cemetery, lot 9, Pompey, on or near the David Williams farm.


EBEN WILLIAMS .- P. O. tablet. Applied 1818, age 78. Lieut. in Mass. Line. In rolls it is always Ebenezer.


JAMES WILLIAMS .- Applied 1831, age 77. In N. J. Militia.


GODFREY WILLISTON .- (See Pompey.) Same year, age 70. Col. Asa Whitcomb's regiment, Mass. Militia, in '76.


SAMUEL WINCHESTER .- Marcellus. Will, Jan. 20, 1820- Feb. 17, 1823. His first wife was Rebeka, and there were five sons and two daughters. His second wife, Hannah, also had children. The name appears in the Lexington alarm from Brookline, Mass. Probable.


REUBEN WOODWARD .- Applied 1831, age 68. In Conn. Continentals, but no record appears.


ENOS WRIGHT .- Pompey. Will, Nov. 4, 1805-Nov. 6, '06. Wife, Sarah, four sons and two daughters; one of the latter a minor. Son Ezekiel, born in 1766. Name in Mass. 2d Line. Two in Connecticut in '90. Probable.


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VETERANS IN MILITARY LODGE, MANLIUS.


Those reported by Mr. Lakin have already appeared. A few are now added.


EPHRAIM BARRETT .- The lodge had "an elegant enter- tainment" at this brother's house, Dec. 27, 1810, but his name is not in Lakin's list of members unless as Erastus. He served under Capt. Allen in a Conn. company in '76, at Forts Dayton and Stanwix, N. Y., and was in Windham, Conn., in '90.


DANIEL CHASE .- This may be one already mentioned in Lysander.


ROBERT CARSKADDEN .- He was in the Ulster 4th L. B. R. regiment.


LEMUEL JOHNSON .- He served in Capt. Timothy Page's company of Mass., in '77, and was at Bennington, with later service in '80. In '90 he was in Berkshire, Mass.


MOSES LILLEY .- In Capt. Pettibone's company, Simsbury, Conn., in '77, and still there in '90.


OLIVER W. MILLER .- Various services in Berkshire, Mass.


DANIEL OLDS .- In Capt. Noble's company, Berkshire, Mass., and various to '80.


CALEB PRATT .- Pension, already mentioned.


ANDREW PHARIS .- Already recorded and living in Salina. Some members were farther away.


JOHN RAPALYEA .- In 2d Dutchess regiment.


TIMOTHY TEALL .- Already recorded, but without date of death. June 15, 1820, there was a special lodge meeting to attend his funeral.


SMITH WEED .- This early physician was Commissary in Gen. Waterbury's Staff, Conn., in '81 and in Norwalk in '90. After some years in Manlius, he went to the northeast part of New York, where he died.


ISAAC WETHERBEE .- Already recorded. Mrs. Mary Wetherby, buried at Oran, may have been his wife. She died Oct. 2, 1817, aged 46 years.


Possible veterans in this lodge were Thomas Bancroft, John Bowers, Thomas Church, Samuel Foster, John Hig- gins, Benjamin Hutchins, Elijah Kent, Levi Ward and Sam- uel Woodworth.


General Index


Editor's Life


Notes of Other Days


Old Trail and Visitors


5


Barrow on Early Settlers


5


Visit in 1829


8


Coming to Skaneateles


8 9


Early Churches


8, 10, 14, 23, 30, 37, 43, 60


Steamboats


9, 39 10


Glen Haven


10, 19, 23, 37, 40, 45, 66


St. James's Church


11, 31, 38, 40,67


Capt. Benjamin Lee


12


Methodist Church


12, 52


James Cummings Fuller


13, 38, 64


Charles L. Elliott


13, 32


Weather Notes


.13, 14, 18, 21, 28, 44


Fourth of July


13, 23, 27, 31


Mechanics' Association


14, 28 15


Quakers


.15, 78


Taverna


15, 25, 56 15


Deep Snow


16


Skaneateles Railroad


17, 37, 39


Rev. Joseph Cross


17


Old Stages


.18, 23


Menagerie and Circus


19, 41, 77


Patriot War


20


Ocean Steamships


21


Anti-Slavery


20, 21


Agricultural Fairs


.20, 22, 44, 47


The Jeromes


21


Presbyterian Church


20, 30, 42, 49


Brass Band


23, 26


Tippecanoe Times


.23, 25


Military Companies and Training Days


.23, 31, 65


Baptist Church


.24, 28, 32, 42


Congregational Church


25


Daguerrotypes


25


Sailboats


25, 28, 29, 38, 73


Canal Water


26


Washingtonian Reform


27


Fire in '42


27


Panther Hunt


27


Skaneateles Community


29,31


Public Schools


29, 30, 35, 43, 65


Temperance Affairs


.29, 30, 36, 37


Politics in 1844


.30, 77


Carriage Making


31, 45, 71


General Training


32


Farmers' Meetings and Club


34, 44


Odd Fellows


.36, 38


Sons of Temperance


36, 49


Skaneateles Lyceum


.38, 42


Masonic Lodge


40, 41, 66


Toll Gates


41


Lectures


42, 44


President Fillmore


44


Free Soil


45, 64


Bloomers 40, 45


3


Newspapers


Pioneers


Bishop Burnett


Great Fire


GENERAL INDEX --- Continued


Hall Family and Twins


47


Village Topography


51


Teasels


53


Indian Stories


54


Indian Teacher


56


Log Rafts


57


Fish and Fishermen


57


Water Fowl and Other Game


Ice Sports


Revolutionary Soldiers


Wide Awakes


Old Sol Foster


63


Funerals


Heating and Cooking


68 68 70 72 72


School Exhibitions


75


Cattle Droves


76


Millerites and Comet


76


Quaker Customs and People


78


CHENEY'S REMINISCENCES-83.


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Preface


84


Sketch of T. C. Cheney's Life


85


Sketch of P. B. Johnson


87


Cheney's Reminiscences


88


Early Life


88


Asa Danforth


89


Moves to Syracuse


91, 132


Indian Relics


92


Nukerck and Webster


93


Washington and Grain Elevator


96


Early School


97


Independence Day


99


Revolutionary Soldiers


100


Mansion House


102, 108


Empire Block and House


102


La Fayette's Visit


104


James Street


106


Circus


109


Gunpowder Explosion


109


South Side of Canal


116 116


Great Fire


120


Canal Basin


121


Lodi and the Swamp


121


Oliver Teall


122


Taverns .122, 124, 135


First White Child


123


St. Paul's Church


123


Syracuse House


124


Stage Lines


125


First Presbyterian Church


126


Yellow Brook


127


Cinder Road


128


Wieting Block


129


Judge Forman and Col. Stone


130


Early Cemeteries 132


John Wilkinson


133


Coins and Postage


Camping


58 60 61 65


Saw-mills


Indians 89, 143 90


Old Red Mill


Onondaga or Syracuse Gazette


GENERAL INDEX --- Continued


Salina Street


135


Town of Salina


136


Major Forman


138


Mrs. O'Blenen's


141


Salt Works


142, 146


Blockhouse


144


Onondaga Hill


148


Onondaga Hollow


149


County Buildings


150


Court House


154


Solar Salt


158


Mickles' Furnace


160


James Sackett


161


Beauchamp's Notes on Cheney's Reminiscences.


163


Indians


163


Advertisements of 1857


164


Early Citizens


165


Centennial Notes


179


Onondaga Valley Houses


180


La Fayette's Visit


181


Thurlow Weed


182


Lotteries


183


Mrs. Dillaye's Reminiscences


183


Mrs. Hargin's Reminiscences


184


Mrs. Ives' Reminiscences


185


T. G. Alvord on Salina


186


Slaves


184


Revolutionary Soldiers


188


Soldiers of Military Lodge


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