The growth of a century: as illustrated in the history of Jefferson county, New York, from 1793-1894, Part 170

Author: Haddock, John A., b. 1823-
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Albany, N. Y., Weed-Parsons printing company
Number of Pages: 1098

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FERNANDO HUBBARD, for many years a merchant of Carthage, is the son of Heman Hubbard. Fernando's paternal grandmother reached the extreme age of 104, and died in West Carthage in 1877. He married Miss Kate Harris in 1861, now deceased. Mr. Hubbard has held many responsible positions in Carthage and is an enterprising citizen.

HENRY J. ERVIN, son of Durgas Ervin, was born in Lewis county and brought up on a farm. He served in the Mississippi squadron over two years. They were in several engagements at Vicksburg and up the Red River. At the close of the war he was honorably discharged, and soon after came to Carthage, where he has been chief of police, constable, and held other minor offices. In 1876 he was married to Miss Adelaide Stillman, and they have four chil- dren.

PATRICK VILLARS was born in Ireland, and has been a resident of Carthage ahout 20 years. He was a former resident of Antwerp, where he engaged in farming. He is with his son Edward in the drug business in Car- thage, and they are among the most re- spected citizens of that place.

ZEBINA CHAFFEE, son of Clifford, was horn in Westminster, Vt., and about 1818 or 1819 came to Wilna and located at Natural Bridge. He was a carpenter by trade, and assisted in building the Bonaparte house. He died in 1850. He married Lucy Nutting, of Westminster, Vt., and they had six children. Ira V., his son, was born in Natural Bridge, June 25, 1821. He married Eliza, daughter of Stiles Brown, of Diana, Lewis county, in 1850. Four children were born to them.

CALVIN COWAN, son of Isaac, was born in Lanesborough, Mass., and when young lo- cated in Lewis county, N. Y., where he mar- ried Abi Weed, of Lowville. In 1828 he came to the town of Wilna, where he re- mained but a few years. After the death of his wife he resided with his son, Herman, until his decease. He had eight children. Herman Cowan, his son, was born in Depau- ville, April 1, 1819. In 1846 he married Almira M. Frasier, of Wilna. His wife died in 1888. They had eight children. Mr. Cowan married, second, Mrs. Margaretta H. Townsend, and they still reside in Wilna.

CRANSON GATES located in the town of Wilna about 1830, settling on a farm, where he remained a few years, when he removed to the farm now occupied by W. J. Scott. and here resided until his death. He owned the saw-mill known as the Gates mill. He reared a family of seven children. Julius K. was born January 11, 1836. He was the first to enlist from the town of Wilna, in April, 1861, and served in Company B, 35th N. Y. Volunteers. He is now a resident of Carthage.

THOMAS BURNS, from Ireland, located in Carthage in 1829. About 1831 he removed to Lewis county, and two years later return- ed Wilna, where he died in 1880. He fol- lowed the occupation of farming. His wife, Catharine Gormley, bore him 12 children. His son, James W., was born November 16, 1837. In 1864 he enlisted in Company A, 186th Regt. N. Y. Volunteers, and was dis- charged June 2, 1865. In 1866 he married Patience, daughter of Isaac Blanchard. Mr. Thomas Burns has always resided in the town, engaged in the lumber trade.

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TRUMAN CROWNER, son of Peter, was born in Washington county, N. Y. He mar- ried Polly Clintsman, and located in Lewis county, where he reared a family of 10 sons and three daughters. About 1830 he re- moved to Wilna, and located near the centre of the town, where he remained until his death. States Crowner, his son, married Lorinda M., daughter of Orlo Stanard, in 1852.

JACOB CLEARWATER, son of Daniel, was born in Marbletown, Ulster county, and about 1836 came to the town of Wilna. About 1842 he located upon the farm, on road 79. He married Hester Sheley, of Johnstown, N. Y., by whom he had five sons and two daughters. He married Helen, daughter of V. P. Hanson, of Theresa, and they had one son, Victor H.

MILTON H. CARTER, was born in Lewis county, N. Y., in 1807. In 1837, with his wife, Sarah, he came to Wilna, where he resided until 1848, when he removed to his farm. Here he resided until 1866, when he removed to Denmark, Lewis county, where he died in 1874. He was supervisor of Wilna in 1845, and also held other town offices. He had a family of eight children, six of whom are living. Mr. Carter enlisted in Company E, 20th N. Y. Cavalry, in 1863, served as quartermaster-sergeant, and was discharged in the fall of 1864. His son, Norris M. Carter, was a prominent surgeon in the army, now deceased.

JOHN JOHNSON removed from Oneida county and located in Carthage, where he resided about 16 years. He was a moulder and iron worker hy . trade. Of his seven children, John B. was for many years a merchant in Carthage; Julia A. married J. P. Hodgkins, of Carthage, and now lives in Brooklyn, N. Y .; Epaphroditus now re- sides near Carthage. The latter was born April 3, 1814, and in 1838 married Martha L. Gates, and settled in Sterlingville, where he worked. at the moulding and iron-working trade. Upon the death of his wife, about 11 months after their marriage, he removed to Wilna, where he married Cornelia, daughter of Rev. Harvey De Wolf, and was located upon a farm for five years. Mr. Johnson en- listed in Company E, 16th Pennsylvania Cavalry, January 4, 1863, and was discharg- ed November 28, 1865. After an absence of several years in Pennsylvania, he returned to Carthage and married the widow of John Grannis, now deceased.

NELSON W. LANPHEAR, son of Jeremiah and Fanny (Fulton) Lanphear, was born in the town of Wilna, June 16, 1841. In August, 1863, he enlisted in Company A, 20th N. Y. Cavalry, and was discharged in May, 1865, from Balfour Hospital. In November, 1870, he married Sarah M., daughter of Abram and Samantha (Loomis) Smith, and settled on the homestead, where he resided until 1889, when he removed to Carthage village. He has three children : Herbert S., Fanny S. and Fred.

GUY E. PENNIMAN, son of Zuriel, was born in the town of Rutland, January 4, 1828. In 1850 he married Madeline M., daughter of John Smith, of Wilna, and lo- cated in this town, on road 75, where he now resides. He has two children, Guy, who re- sides in Carthage, and Carrie (Mrs. Dexter Crowner). Zurial Penniman came from Keene, N. H., in 1815.

SOLOMON ASHCRAFT came from Guilford, Vt., to the town of Wilna, about 1850, and located at Natural Bridge, where he engaged in the manufacture of broom handles. He died in 1879, aged 71 years. His son, Eugene S., married Amelia Ann, daughter of Philip Covey, Mr. Asbcraft is a carpenter by trade. When 19 years of age, while hunting in the town of Vernon, Vt., he sus- tained an accident to his foot, which necessi- tated its amputation.

LEVI WOOD, son of Joshua A .. was born in LeRay, September 2, 1826. He learned the moulder's trade in Watertown, and in 1851 married Lucinda M. Hotchkins, and located in Carthage. He served one year in Company D, 10th N. Y. Heavy Artillery. He married, second, Mrs. Catharine Tripp. His first wife hore him two children.

JOHN W. OWEN, son of William and Sarah Owen, was born in Felts Mills, October 28, 1830. He attended the common schools until about 13 years of age, and then entered the Academy at Canandaigua, where he re- mained four years. For two years he prac- ticed medicine in Avon, N. Y., and subse- quently travelled and lectured on hygiene. In 1852 he located in Carthage, where he is now in practice He married, first, Elvira . Monroe, and second, Ellen Burke.

EBER MAYHUE came from Canada to this town in 1858, and located on a farm. He followed the dual occupation of blacksmith and farmer. He married Susannah, daugh- ter of John Smith, by whom he had a daugh- ter, Florence O., who married Dan Sterling, and has two children, Julia and Eber.

GEORGE GILBERT, son of Berzilla and Asenath Gilbert, was horn December 18, 1828, in the town of Northampton, N. Y. His ancestors were of French and English descent, and his grandparents were natives of Connecticut. Both of his grandfathers served in the Revolutionary War. He was admitted to the bar in June, 1853, and was admitted to practice in the district courts of the United States in 1862. June 30, 1854, Mr. Gilbert located in Carthage village. . He served as town clerk and justice of the peace one term. From 1861 his influence was with the Republican party. July 7, 1875, Mr. Gilbert married Hattie C. McAllister, daugh- ter of Harvel McAllister, of Stowe, Vt., by whom he had four children. Mr. Gilbert was a prominent citizen of the town, and was identified with the principal enterprises for its commercial advancement. It was through his efforts that the requisite legisla- tion was secured in favor of the construction of the last lock and dam upon what is known

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as the "Black River improvement," which was really the completion of the Black River Canal. He was vice-president, secre- tary, director, and general manager of the Black River & St. Lawrence River Railway Company, whose interests were afterwards merged in the Carthage and Adirondack Railway Company, and was a member of the first board of directors in the latter organiza- tion. He died at his home, in Carthage, after a brief illness, March 19, 1890. He was a prominent member of the Presbyterian Church.

DAVID REYNOLDS, son of John, was born in Sligo, Ireland, and about 1830 immigrated with his parents to this country, and located in the town of Alexandria. He married Lois B., daughter of William Holmes, of Alexan- dria, in 1848, and located at Barnes Settle- ment, and here remained until 1860, when he removed to Wilna, and bought the farm once occupied by Madam de Ferriet, and here re- sided until his death in 1881.

JACOB BLISS was born in Hartwick, Otsego county, N. Y., June 15, 1818, and in in 1827 came with his parents to Watertown. He was married three times, first to Permelia Tallman, who bore him two children, and died in 1852; second to Almira Derby, who bore him one child, and died in 1856; and third to Margaret Kilmer, who bore him one child. He has been a machinist since 1844, and now resides in Utica. He carried on a machine shop in Bellville, Canada, six years, and in Watertown eight years. Orlando T. Bliss, son of Jacob, served in the 10th N. Y. H. A., and was promoted to captain.

C. C. LAKE, son of Jesse, was born in Genesee county, N. Y., May 8, 1838. In 1862 he removed with his wife to this town, and located at Natural Bridge, where he engaged in carpentering. August 17, 1864, he enlisted in Co. A, 186th N. Y. Vols., and was dis- charged June 13, 1865. He participated in the battle of Petersburg. He has been jus- tice of the peace several years, and is now in the manufacturing business.

MOSES C. MERRILL, son of Moses, was born in Connecticut, and about 1806 removed to the town of Champion, where he married Philena, daughter of Abel and Elizabeth Crandall, and settled on a farm. He was a deacon in the Baptist church for many years, and died in 1838. His wife died in 1855. He had a family of 15 children, 13 of whom attained mature years. Moses L. Merrill, his son, was born in Champion in 1811. Moses had two sons, Erwin M. and Samuel L. In October, 1861, Erwin M. enlisted as second lieutenant in Co. I, 94th N. Y. Vols., and re- signed September 13, 1862. In 1864 he was commissioned captain of Co. K, 17th Regt. U. S. Col. Inf., and was mustered out April 25, 1866. Dr. Samuel Merrill in 1861 com- menced the study of medicine with Dr. G. N. Hubbard. In 1864 he entered the army as a contract surgeon, and was located at Nash- ville, Tenn. He graduated at Nashville in 1865, and in May entered the 17th Regt. U.

S. Col. Inf. as assistant surgeon. He then came to Carthage and engaged in the drug business with his brother, E. M. In 1877 he removed to Mannsville, and remained 10 years, when he returned to Carthage where he now resides. He married. first, Mary E. Osborn, by whom he had three children, one of whom is living, Mrs. Foster Wileox, of Utica, N. Y. He married for his second wife Ellen E. Brown, of Mannsville. Erwin M. Merrill married Ellen M. Gates, of Gouver- neur, by whom he had seven children. His wife died in 1888. He is engaged in the drug business in Carthage.

HARRY DAVIS removed from Saratoga county, N. Y., to the town of Pamelia with his mother, about 1812, and there lived until about 1838, when he removed to the town of Philadelphia, and settled in Sterlingille. He drove stage from Watertown to Sterlingville and Antwerp. and was well known in that locality. He married Martha C. Foster, by whom he has had four children, three of whom are living, viz .: George N. of Car- thage, and James H. and Martha F. (Mrs. Martin De Tamble), of Carthage. James H. married Ida A. Van Amber, and they have had three children, one of whom, Hattie L., is living.

JOSEPH MICK, son of . Michael, came to Wilna from New Jersey, about 1829. He was a moulder, and worked in the foundry, and also purchased and worked the farm now occupied by George Hosford. He married Alice, daughter of Thomas Gustin, and they had three children.

JOEL B. HURLBURT, son of Josiah, was born October 20, 1840. He married, first, Lucena, daughter of Nicholas Mealos, of Antwerp, in 1860, by whom he had three children. For his second wife he married Cora, daughter of Wesley Blanchard, of Diana, and they have two children. In August, 1862, Mr. Hurlburt enlisted in Co. C, 10th N. Y. H. A., and in 1863 was dis- charged for disability. In 1870 he came to Natural Bridge. In 1875 he ereeted a small building, and opened a grocery and meat market. In 1877 he built the store he now occupies, and in 1878 built the Hurlburt House. In 1888 he erected the opera house. In politics he has always been a Democrat.

WILLIAM H. DELMORE, son of Thomas, was born in Croghan, Lewis county, June 8, 1858. He worked upon a farm and attended school until 1872, when he came to Carthage, and opened a meat market in company with John Pittock. He was also in the grocery business five years. In 1885 he bought the Cold Spring Brewery, which was burned in 1888. In 1887-88-89 he served as supervisor of the town, was re-elected for the term of 1890, and in 1889 was elected president of the village of Carthage. October 17, 1876, he married Ellen O'Connor, and they have two children. In 1887 be built the Delmore block, one of the finest buildings in Car- thage. He is largely interested in real estate and in the prosperity of the village.

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H. D. BINGLE, M. D., a native of Ger- many, came to America with his parents when a youth, and located in Naumburg, Lewis county. He was educated in the dis- trict school and Lowville Academy, and in 1877, when 21 years of age, came to Car- thage and commenced the study of medicine with Dr. N. D. Ferguson. He graduated from Dartmouth College in 1881. In 1882 he located in Denmark, in 1883 in Deer River and in 1886 in Carthage, where he is now in practice. In 1889 he married Minnie C., daughter of W. R. Thompson, of Carthage.

CHARLES S. DRURY, son of Charles H., was born in Canton, St. Lawrence county, in 1856. He graduated from the University of Vermont at Burlington in 1880, and the same year commenced the practice of his profes- sion at Great Bend, in the town of Champion. In April, 1883, he located at Natural Bridge, where he now resides. He married Addie M., daughter of Sidney Morrison, of Winooski, Vt., and they have one daughter, Vera B., born September 29, 1884.

GRANSON LEWISmarried Merab N. Chaffee, daughter of Zebina Chaffee, who came from Vermont. Mr. Lewis located on a farm, and here he kept a hotel. He had five children, viz .. Nelson, Emeline, Hendrickson, Colum- bus and Lucia A., of whom two are living, Columbus, in Oakland, Cal., and Lucia A., (Mrs. John R. Washburn), wife of the super- intendent of the county house.

H. K. LAMPHEAR, son of Jeremiah, was born August 1, 1838. In 1860 he married Achsah C. Loomis, daughter of Wilson, of Champion. In August, 1864, he enlisted in Co. A, 186th N. Y. Vols., and was discharged in June, 1865. He has two childred, Wilson L. and Lillian A.

PETER CROWNER, son of Truman, married Susan, daughter of William Adams, of Ant werp, and located on a farm. He had born to him seven children, viz .: Amyr, who en- listed in Co. I, 14th N. Y. H. A., and was killed in battle at Petersburg, Va., June 17, 1864; Mucious, Truman A., Hubert B., Marion, Louise E. and Byron (deceased). Peter Crowner died January 13, 1865. His widow married Joel Crowner.

JOHN I. PASSENGER came from Albany county, N. Y., to Wilna among the early settlers. He was well known throughout the county, snd was said to have been the first who laid out the frame of a barn with a square rule He had born to him 12 child- ren. James, his son married Louisa, daugh- ter of David Whinney. He had two child- ren, viz .: Nettie C. (Mrs. James J. Wilson) and Sherman W. Peter Passenger, son of John I., served in the late war in the 4th Michigan Cavalry, and was one of the com- pany which captured Jeff, Davis at the close of the war. Diantha Passenger married Charles Ward, who enlisted in Co. F. 193d N. Y. Vols., March 6, 1865, and was dis- charged January 18. 1866. Mr. Ward was a pensioner, and died February 3, 1887. Mrs. Passenger died March 7, 1875.

JOHN FARR, son of John, came from Pennsylvania to the town of Wilna at an early day, located in Carthage village, and engaged in making iron for Mr. LeRay. He married Susan McClain, by whom he had six sons and six daughters. V. L., his son, who resides in the village of Carthage, where be was born, married Abby J. Allen, Mr. V. L. Farr enlisted in Co. B, 35th Regt. N. Y. Vols., in 1861, was wounded and discharged the same year. He re-enlisted in Co. E, 20th N. Y. Cav., in 1863, and was dis- charged in 1865.

JOHN I. VAN ANTWERP came from Johns- town to Wilna, and located at Natural Bridge where he lived a few years, when he removed to the farm now occupied by George Van Antwep, and here remained until his death. Peter, his eldest son, married Esther A., daughter of Calvin Cowan, and died on the farm. His widow married Joseph Hastings.

LEWIS LAMPHEAR came to the town of Wilna at an early day and settled on the farm now owned by L. G. Stanard. Jere- miah Lamphear, son of Lewis, married Fannie, daughter of Caleb Fulton, and settled on a farm in Wilna, and where he resided until his death. Of his family of eight children three are living, viz .: Nelson W. and. Hiram K. in this town, and Simeon F. in Crystal Springs, Yates county.

BENJAMIN G. HALL came from Deerfield, Oneida county to Wilna about 1810, and settled on a farm on road 44. He reared a family of eight children. William, son of Luther, son of Benjamin, enlisted in Co. K, 20th N. Y. Cav., in 1863, and was mustered out in 1865.

ELISHA FULTON, son of Caleb, was born in 1823. He married Angelica Clearwater, and settled on the old homestead. He had five children : Maria L. (Mrs. Charles Devois de- ceased), Sedate H., who married Eugene Lewis ; Joseph E. andClark A. He was a farmer, and died in November, 1886.

ORLO STANARD came from Saybrook, Conn., and thence to Wilna in 1812, locating near what was known as the "Checkered House," where he built a shop and engaged in carpentering. He also built and run several saw-mills, and bought and occupied the farms now owned by his sons George and La Fayette. He married Lurena Griffin, whose father, Enoch, was one of the first settlers of the town. La Fayette and George Stanard, their sons, live in Wilna. They had five children.

THOMAS HASTINGS came from Massachu- setts, and located in the town of Champion in 1808. In 1816 he located on the the farm on road 45, in this town. He had born to him 10 children-five sons and five daughters. Joseph, his son, married Rachel Van Ant- werp, by whom he had eight children. Joseph is now deceased.

MR. AND MRS. SUEL GILBERT, substantial and highly respected citizens of Carthage, were among the earliest settlers. He was a carpenter by trade, aud by industry and

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by industry and frugality accumulated a handsome property. Mr. Gilbert died from the effects of coal gas. The neighbors found him and his worthy wife in a state of asphyxia, from the effects of which he never rallied. Being childless, Mrs. Gilbert died January 2, 1831, leaving the greater portion of her property to the Presbyterian, Metho- dist and Baptist Churches of Carthage. To the first named $2,000, and the balance (from $6,000 to $9,000) to each an equal share. This was a veritable God-send to these churches, which had lost their houses of worship in the great conflagration of 1884. The memory of these Christian people is blessed to the mem- bers of their own church (the Presbyterian), as well as to all with whom they were ac- quainted.

J. T. ATWOOD was born in Morristown, St. Lawrence county, in 1832, whence he re- moved to the town of Champion in 1860, and in 1887 located in Carthage village. He mar- ried Elizabeth Starling, by whom he has one daughter, Clara L., who married George B. Haas. His second wife was Miss Demerius Nye, of Wilna.

SOME UNION SOLDIERS.

GENERAL THOMAS W. OSBORN, son of Jonathan and Amelia Osborn, was born at the village of Scotch Plains, New Jersey, in 1833. In 1842 he removed with his parents to North Wilna, Jefferson county. He re- mained upon the farm, performing the or- dinary labor of a farmer's son, until 1854. During that time he had no educational ad- vantages excepting the winter terms of the district school. In the autumn of 1854 he commenced a course of study preparatory for college. He graduated from Madison University (now Colgate University) in 1860. After graduation he entered the law-office of Starbuck & Sawyer, at Watertown, being admitted to practice law in 1861. It was not until after the battle of First Bull Run that he determined to do what he could to sustain the government. He raised a com- pany for light artillery service, afterwards known as Company D, First New York Light Artillery. Of this command he was com- missioned captain. The battery served con- tinuously with the Army of the Potomac and was engaged in more than 30 pitched battles, from the Peninsula to Gettysburg, proving itself one of the best artillery forces in the army, only equaled by the battery of Mink and Spratt, also raised in Jefferson, St. Lawrence and Lewis counties. After this general and entirely truthful statement it is not necessary to go into details, for Osborn's battery has a record that can he found in the history of the Army of the Potomac. The services of Captain Osborn werc so meri- torious that he was rapidly promoted from one grade to another, having been chief of artillery of the second division of the second corps, under General Berry, with the rank

of major; in 1863 he was promoted to the command of the second brigade of the volun- tcer artillery of the Army of the Potomac; and in June, 1863, was made chief of artillery of the second corps, under General Howard, in which capacity he went through with the battle of Chancellorsville. In 1864 he was transferred to the Army of the Cumberland, and was chief of artillery of the fourth corps of that army ; and while thus employed was seriously wounded. While in command of the recruiting barracks at Louisville, Ky., he organized the 106th, 107th and 108th regi- ments of colored troops. Returning to the front as soon as convalescent, on the 28th of July, 1864, he was assigned, by General Sherman, as chief of artillery of the Army and Department of the Tennessee, com- manded by General Howard. This assign- ment gave Major Osborn the largest artillery command held by any officer during the war, with the one exception of Major-General Barry, who was General Sherman's chief of artillery. November 1, 1865, upon the or- ganization of Sherman's army for the Savannah campaign, Major Osborn was re- lieved from the command of the artillery of the department, and retained that of the moving army. December 21, 1864, in ad- dition to his other duties, be was put in com- mand and had charge of all the artillery, light and heavy, captured at Savannah ; January 9, 1865, he received his previous command of the artillery only with the moving army and entered upon the Carolina campaign. This be retained until May 10, 1865, when he was relieved by the Secretary of War and assigned to other duty.

The principal campaigns in which he was engaged were the Peninsula, Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Lookout Val- ley and Chattanooga, Atlanta, Savannah and the Carolinas. His first commission was that of captain, and at the close of the war he re- ceived that of hrevet brigadier-general.

The Major's best work was probably per- formed at the battle of Gettysburg, while in command of the artillery brigade of the 11th corps. We pass over the first two days' fighting at Gettysburg, and state that, ex- cepting a severc fight by Slocum, before and after service, to dislodge Ewell from some earth works, there was no considerable fighting on the third day until the artillery contest, preparatory to the grand charge of Pickett's division. In the forenoon. the offi- cers of Mead's army with their field glasses could plainly see Lee's batteries going into position along the crest of Seminary Ridge. Those batteries, standing at regular inter- vals, covered a point of about two miles, and about 150 of Lee's guns were in position. This was believed to be the longest and finest line of field guns ever in position upon a battlefield, and engaged at the same time in battle. Major Osborn's five battalions occupied the crest of Cemetery Hill. The distance between the two lines of battle, from seven-eighths of a mile to a milc and a

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The growth of a century: as illustrated in the history of Jefferson county, New York, from 1793-1894, Part 170

Author: Haddock, John A., b. 1823- Publication date: 1895 Publisher: Albany, N. Y., Weed-Parsons printing company Number of Pages: 1098

Author: Haddock, John A., b. 1823-
Publication date: 1895
Publisher: Albany, N. Y., Weed-Parsons printing company
Number of Pages: 1098