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Member of Assembly, having a majority in the district. The vote in Watertown follows:
Henry Coffeen, 98 votes; Judge Kelley, 1 vote; Walter Martin, 8 votes; A. Sacket, 1 vote; 108 votes in Watertown.
The Inspectors of Election were: Collis Hinds, Aaron Brown, Joel Goodale, Tillie Richardson, Aaron Blodgett.
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CITY OF WATERTOWN.
In 1806, Moss Kent was elected Member of Assembly; the vote in Watertown was 127.
In 1807, Lewis Graves was elected; the vote in Watertown was 130.
In this year there was a bill passed re- districting the State, whereby the county of Jefferson was allowed two Members of Assem- bly ; therefore in 1808 Collis Hinds and David I. Andrus were elected to represent the county ; the Watertown vote was 186.
In 1809, Moss Kent and Ethel Bronson were elected; Watertown's vote was 314.
In 1810, Moss Kent and Ethel Bronson were again elected; Watertown's vote 395.
In 1811, John Durkee and David I. And- rus were elected; Watertown's vote was 266.
In 1812, Egbert TenEyck and Clark Allen were elected; Watertown's vote was 311.
In 1813, Ethel Bronson and Clark Allen were elected; Watertown's vote was 300.
In 1814, Ethel Bronson and Mark Hopkins were elected; Watertown's vote was 295.
In 1815, Amos Stebbins and Abel Cole were elected; Watertown's vote was 328.
In 1816, Amos Stebbins and Ebenezer Wood were elected; Watertown's vote 397. In 1817, Abel Cole and Horatio Orvis were elected; no record of Watertown's vote.
In 1818, George Brown, Jr .. and John Cowles were elected; Watertown's vote 215. In 1819, Calvin McKnight and Hiram Steele were elected; Watertown's vote 257. In 1820, Richard Goodale and Amos Stebbins were elected; Watertown's vote 282.
In 1821, George Andrus and John B. Esselstyn were elected; Watertown's vote was 365.
In 1821 there was a special election held to elect two delegates to represent the county of Jefferson in a convention to revise the State constitution, to be held at Albany, commenc- ing on the last Tuesday in August, 1821. The delegates for this county were Egbert Ten Eyck and Hiram Steele.
An important change in the Constitution, ratified at the following election, was the selection of a canvassing board to canvass the vote of the county. Up to this time each board of inspectors of the several towns had certified to their votes, and the County Clerk had canvassed the vote and issued his certificate. By the change made, each board of inspectors selected one of its number to represent them on the canvassing board, and they met at the County Clerk's office and chose a chairman to preside, and the County Clerk was ex-officio clerk of the board. The Constitutional Con- vention also changed the time of holding the annual election from April to November, and gave the county three Members of Assembly. The first board of county canvassers for the county was as follows-18 towns. Now we have 22 :
Adams Daniel Talcott.
Alexandria. .James Shurtleff.
Antwerp. Oliver Stowell.
Brownville Peleg Burchard.
Champion Noadiah Hubbard.
Ellisburgh Pardon Earl.
Henderson Noah Tubbs.
Houndsfield . Wm. Baker.
LeRay . Alvin Herrick.
Lorraine Clark Allen.
Lyme.
Jacob A. Willianis.
Orleans . Amos Read.
Pamelia. John Stewart.
Philadelphia Alden Bucklin.
Rodman . Timothy Greenly.
Rutland Abel Doolittle.
Watertown . Titus Ives.
Wilna . Tahoms Brayton.
Titus Ives was chosen chairman, and Henry H. Sherwood, being clerk of the county, was also clerk of the canvassing board.
In 1822, Richard Goodale, Walter Cole and Converse Johnson were elected members of Assembly.
In 1823, Richard Goodale. John Stewart and John Howe were elected members of Assembly.
In 1824, Richard Goodale, George White and John B. Esselstyn were elected members of Assembly.
In 1825, Daniel Wardwell, David W. Buck- lin and Horatio Orvis were elected members of Assembly.
At this election there was submitted to the voters for their approval or rejection, a pro- position entitled, "An Act to provide for taking the sense of the electors of this State as to the manner of choosing electors of Presi- dent and Vice-President of the United States. There were three propositions submitted, as follows, and this county voted on the same as follows :
"By districts " received 2,603 votes.
"By general ticket plurality" received 2,000 votes.
"By general ticket majority" received 35 votes.
The members of Assembly elected for 1826 were Daniel Wardwell, David W. Bucklin and Alpheus S. Green.
This year, 1826, an act was ratified by the people that bereafter justices of the peace should be elected by the people, and the fol- lowing year there were elected four justices of the peace for each town, at the general election. They then met with the supervisor and town clerk of their respective towns and determined by lot their classification; the one drawing a ticket marked No. 1 served one year; the one drawing No. 2 served two years, and each one determining in that way the length of his term-thereafter but one being elected each year unless there was a vacancy in the office.
The members for 1827 were Daniel Ward- well, David W. Bucklin, Alpheus S. Green. The members for 1828 were Jere Carrier, Titus Ives, Fleury Keith.
This year shows the first record of this county having voted for President and Vice- President, and each party seems to bave cast their votes for two electors, as follows:
Augustus Chapman, 3,853; Jesse Smith, 3,850; Charles Dayan, 3,391; Alvin Bronson, 3,391; T. C. Chittenden, 1; Elisha Camp, 1.
Members for 1829 were Aaron Brown, Cur- tis G. Brooks, Charles Orvis.
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Members for 1830 were Fleury Keith, Walter Cole, Joseph C. Budd.
Members for 1831 were William H. Angel, Philip Maxwell, Nathan Strong.
Members for 1832 were William H. Angel, John Burch, Jotham Ives.
In 1833, certain amendments to the consti- tution were submitted to the people: one, for electing the mayor of the city of New York by the voters thereof, received in this county 178 votes for and 6 against. Another, author- izing the Legislature to reduce the duties on salt; 3,376 votes were given for and 299 votes were given against.
Members for 1833 were Calvin Mcknight, William H. Angel, Eli West.
Members for 1834 were Charles Strong, Eli Farwell, Calvin Clark.
Members for 1835 were Lourey Barney, Otis P. Starkey, Richard Hulburt.
Members for 1836 were Richard Hulburt, Jotham Bigelow, John W. Tamblin.
Members for 1837 were Daniel Wardwell, Richard Hulburt, Charles B. Hoard.
Members for 1838 were Philip P. Gaige, Charles E Clark, Calvin Clark.
Members for 1839 were Charles E. Clark, Stephen Johnson, Calvin Clark.
Members for 1840 were William C. Pierre- pont, Joseph Webb, William McAllister.
Members for 1841 were John W. Tamblin, Elisha C. Church, Elisha M. McNeil.
Members for 1842 were Elisha C. Church, Joseph Graves, Job Lamson.
This year seems to be the first year to hold the elections throughout the county on but one day. Up to this time there had been three-days' elections.
Members for 1843 were Samuel Bond, Wil- liam Carlisle, Eli West.
Members for 1844 were Edward S. Salis- bury, Azel W. Danforth, Lysander H. Brown.
Members for 1845 were Levi Miller, Hen- derson Howk, Elisha M. McNeil.
At a special election held on the 28th day of April, 1846, to elect delegates to a Constitu- tional Convention, the following were de- clared elected as such delegates: Alpheus S. Green, Azel W. Danforth, Elisha M. McNeil.
In 1846 a proposition was submitted to the voters of the State to grant equal suffrage to colored persons. The ballot having "Yes " on it received 2,791, and " No " received 4,536.
Members for 1846 were John Boyden, John D. Davison, Samuel J. Davis.
Members for 1847 were Benjamin Maxon, 1st district; Harvey D. Parker, 2d district; Fleury Keith, 3d district.
Members for 1848 were George Gates, 1st district; John L. Marsh, 2d district; Bernard Bagley, 3d district.
Members for 1849 were John Winslow, 1st district; Joel Haworth, 2d district; Alfred Fox, 3d district.
Members for 1850 were Willian A. Gilbert, Ist district; John Pool, Jr., 2d district; Loren Bushnell, 3d district
Members for 1851 were William A. Gilbert, 1st district; Merrill Coburn, 2d district; Wil- liam Rouse, 3d district.
Members for 1852 were James Gifford, De Witt C. West, Charles Smith.
Members for 1853 were Calvin Littlefield, 1st district; Alden Adams, 2d district; Wil- liam Dewey, 3d district.
Members for 1854 were Calvin Littlefield, 1st district: Moses Eames, 2d district; Joshua Main, 3d district.
Members for 1855 were Hart Massey, 1st district; Franklin Parker, 2d district; Isaac Wells, 3d district.
Members for 1856 were Calvin Littlefield, 1st district; Cleanthus P. Granger, 2d dis- trict; Abner W. Peck, 3d district.
Members for 1857 were George Babbitt, 1st district; Elihu C. Church, 2nd district; Robert F. Austin, 3d district.
Members for 1858 were Russell Weaver, 1st district: Patrick S. Stewart, 2d district; Fir- man Fish, 3d district.
Members for 1859 were Bernard D. Searls, 1st district ; William W. Taggart, 2d district; Moses C. Jewett, 3d district.
Members for 1860 were David Montague. 1st district; David J. Wager, 2d district; Harvey Bailey, 3d district.
Members for 1861 were Jonathan Mackley, 1st district; George W. Hazelton, 2d district; William Dewey, 3d district
Members for 1862 were Charles A. Benja- min, 1st district; Levi Miller, 2d district; William Dewey, 3d district.
Members for 1863 were George M. Hopkin- son, 1st district; Lewis Palmer, 2d district; William Dewey. 3d district.
In March, 1864, an election was held in pursurance of an Act to perfect an amendment of the Constitution providing for the vote of electors in the military service of the United States. The vote in this county for, was 6,355; the vote against was 818.
Members of Assembly for 1864 were James F. Kellogg, 1st district; Lewis Palmer, 2d district; Russell B. Biddlecom, 3d district.
Members for 1865 were Theodore Canfield, 1st district; Nelson D. Ferguson, 2d district; Russell B. Biddlecome. 3d district.
In 1866, the county of Jefferson was re- districted, leaving it with but two Assembly districts.
The members for 1866 were L. J. Bigelow, A. D. Shaw.
Members for 1867 were L. J. Bigelow, Andrew Cornwall.
Members for 1868 were Jay Dimick, William W. Butterfield.
Members for 1869 were Jay Dimick and William W. Butterfield. for 1870 were O. C. Wyman, James Johnson.
Members for 1871 were O C. Wyman, William W. Enos.
Members for 1872 were Elam Parsons, H. S. Hendee.
Members for 1873 were Elam Parsons, Hugh Smith.
Members for 1874 were John F. Peck, George E. Yost.
Members for 1875 were Lotus Ingalls, Lansing Becker.
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Members for 1876 were Charles R. Skinner, Henry Spicer.
Members for 1877 were Charles R. Thom- son, William M. Thomson.
Members for 1878 were Charles R. Skinner, George D. McAllister.
Members for 1879 were Charles R. Skinner, George D. McAllister.
Members for 1880 were Charles R. Skinner, Henry Binninger.
Members for 1881 were Isaac L. Hunt, Jr., Henry Binninger.
Members for 1883 werc Isaac L. Hunt. Jr., William M. Thomson.
Members for 1883 were Isaac L. Hunt Jr., Eli J. Seeber.
Members for 1884 were Allen E. Kilby, Eli J. Seeber.
Members for 1885 were Allen E. Kilby, Edward B. Buckley.
Members for 1886 were Anson S. Thomson, Edward B. Buckley.
Members for 1887 were Anson S. Thomson, Andrew C. Comstock.
Members for 1888 were Henry J. Lane, Andrew C. Comstock.
Members for 1889 were Henry J. Lane, Isaac Mitchell.
Members for 1890 were Henry J. Lane, Isaac Mitchell.
Members for 1891 were Harrison Fuller, Martin L. Willard.
In 1892, by a redistricting of the State, we get but one member of Assembly. The mem- ber for 1892 was Harrison Fuller.
Member for '93 and '94 was Harrison Fuller.
FRENCH INFLUENCE
IN THE EARLIEST SETTLEMENT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY.
IT is the general supposition that we are in- debted to New England emigrants for the first attempts to settle the Black River country. This may be largely true, for the men from New England so greatly out-numbered all others, and were of such an assertive race that the casual historian might, without a strict regard to truth, give them the credit for those primal developments which, a little later, they were actually entitled to-for their "staying' and home-making qualities were, after all, what laid the solid foundation for all that has followed.
To French capital and enterprise, however, we are indebted for the earliest efforts to settle the Black River country. The noble St. Lawrence, which forms for so long a distance the northwestern border of the county, was the natural highway for such ad- venturous men as were impelled by a spirit of discovery to seek out those lands and streams which were literally a "terra incognita " before their time. As early as 1760 the French had selected a place for rendezvous on Carlton island, in plain sight from Cape Vincent, and as late as 1814 the head-board of a grave was recognizable in the abandoned fortification there, bearing the date of 1792- almost exactly a hundred years ago. But by that time the county had become attractive on its eastern and forest-environed border. Louis Chassnais, a brother-in-law of the elder LeRay, had thus early (1793) made his purchase from Constable, and through his "New York Land Co." had began to sell to actual settlers lands below the High Falls. The reader will find this discussed in the chapters upon "Land Titles" and "Castorland," the object of this sketch being more explicitly to speak of the direct influence of Frenchmen in settling Jefferson county.
The avowed object of Chassnais, in his large purchase of over 800,000 acres of land, was to furnish small farms for French refugees, who
were leaving France in large numbers, owing to the political disturbances of that time, re- sulting from the French Revolution, which near the close of the last century crimsoned Paris with the best blood of the French nation, not sparing even its king and queen. The rich knew not where to place their wealth to ad- vantage, and the middle class, who stood between the "Reds" and the titled aristocracy, felt great uncertainty as to the political changes the future might develop. Under such circumstances it was but natural that many of the more intelligent and deserving should turn their eyes towards America, where the United States had but lately fought for the independence then grudgingly ac- knowledged-to a land so full of the grandest opportunities, and eagerly solicitous for immi- grants. Many well-to-do Frenchmen came into this northern country as early as 1796, doubtless influenced by Lafayette and the Rochambeaus, who had fought for us against "perfidious Albion," making possible, by their timely assistance, the surrender at Yorktown.
Later on came into prominence that Bona- parte, who hated the Bourbons with almost demoniac fury, and drove into exile all whom he could not placate. Thus the unhappy demoralization of France and the disintegra- tion of the old regime became America's opportunity, and those elements of growth were scattered among our struggling people from which have sprung such propitious and far-reaching results. Upon smaller theatre of this county was witnessed the moulding into common citizenship the des- cendants of Bourbon aristocracy and Na- poleonic impulsiveness-elements as far apart as the north is from the south, but which, assimilating with New England thrift and sturdy vigor, gave to the world a race such as it had never before welcomed, to aid in a national growth that has filled western Europe with astonishment.
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To follow out year by year this transforma- tion of Frenchmen into patriotic and aseful American citizens, and to describe those silent yet powerful processes, would call for a wider space than the pages of a history. What an amount of romance could be woven into such a narrative! How neatly could be described the social conditions, the hopes, ambitions and general tendencies which char- acterized this wholesome growth-this grad- ual giving up of a desire to return to the old home, with all its fond memories, as the new home asserted its influence upon the labor and the mind! Then ties that creep in by birth of children and the "marrying and giving in marriage," for ever thus the world moves on and nations are created. Those who have read George W. Cable's romances founded upon the advent of those exiled Acadians into Louisiana and their simple life there, will have an idea of the fine opportunity presented for some writer to combine romance with reality in depicting the condition of the French in Northern New York from 1796 to 1861-the year when our great civil war began-when two of the Orleans princes, stalwart of frame and brave of heart, heard the call of our northern bugles, and showed that France had not become indifferent to that "l'Amerique" for which her people nearly a hundred years ago had freely poured out their blood and treasure.
As France grew less and less tranquil, (for the throes of her labor were heavy and bitter for many years), and as at a later day the Orleanists in turn drove out the Bonapartists after Waterloo, some wealthy Frenchmen purchased large interests in that virgin forest which stretched from Utica to Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence, that mighty river whose waters were to welcome in later years the beauty and the wealth of America. Louis Chassnais was the earliest to invest a fortune in these lands. Afterwards a syndicate of Dutch capitalists also made investments, and soon these Frenchmen with the elder LeRay and the Antwerp company came to own nearly all of the lands lying between the Black and Oswegatchie rivers in Jefferson and St. Law- rence counties, then not set off from Oneida.
Nor was the French influence upon public affairs confined altogether to what was done by these rich landed proprietors. All along the St. Lawrence the French "emigres" found congenial homes and ready welcome among the early settlers, coming straight to the front in all the communities where they sojourned, and aiding matertally in the development of the county. At Cape Vincent, in particular, they were a strong contingent, and some of their descendants may yet be found there, patriotic citizens, speaking French and Eng- lish with equal facility. [See Cape Vincent.]
The pine timber upon the sandy "plains" of LeRay and Wilna was early sought after, and for a series of winters as many as 200 French Canadians, under capitalists from Montreal and Quebec, would he found felling the tim- ber and hauling it to the hanks of Indian river, whence, by the spring freshet, it would
be borne down past Theresa to Rossie and Ogdensburg, and then formed into rafts for the passage of the rapids of the St. Lawrence.
The "French Settlement," not far from Lyons' Falls, on Black river, was a rallying point for the early French arrivals. Here they came to visit, talk over old times at home. learn the news from abroad, and decide upon plans for the future.
A distinguished French resident was one of the sons of Bonaparte's great cavalry com- mander, Murat. This son built a grist mill north of Evans Mills, and that neighborhood was known in my youth as "Joachim," the baptismal name given to this young man. His stay was short and his mill a failure, for it could not run without water. and the stream on which it was built dried up as the land was cleared.
At Theresa, named after Mr. LaFarge's daughter, there are now living some of the descendants of two French families, whose lives in America admirably illustrate what I have tried to say about French influence in the early settlement of Northern New York. I refer to the Fayels and the Coopers, both of direct French descent, who have been resi- dents of, and prominently identified with the county for many years.
THE FAYELS.
The founder of the Fayel family in Ameri- ca was John Fayel, born in Basle, Switzer- land, in 1774. At 10 years of age he was left an orphan, and came to that Mecca of all the migrating Swiss, the grand city of Paris. Unprotected, of tender years, an orphan in a great city, he was most fortunate to have fall- en into the hands of the good James LeRay de Chaumont, and remained a member of that nobleman's family for nearly 30 years, illustrating. by his sturdy devotion to his patron's interests, that spirit of ancient feud- alism, wholly unknown in America and now almost forgotten in Europe. He was in Paris all through the dreadful scenes of the French Revolution. He saw Louis XVI. and his beautiful queen, Marie Antoinette, as they were being returned to Paris after their futile attempt to escape. He saw Robespierre as he was paraded through the streets on his way to execution, and had previously been present near the scaffold when many of the "aristocrats" were guillotined. What he there saw of blood appears to have banished from his breast any desire to become a soldier, and when, under Napoleon's conscrip- tion, he was drafted to join the army in Egypt, the influence of Mr. LeRay saved him from such a fate, on the ground that he was not a native nor a citizen of France. In 1805 he came to America with Mr. LeRay, and re- mained in his employ as coachman until 1820. He had the honor of driving President Mon- roe from Mr. LeRay's chateau (near LeRays- ville) to Sackets Harbor, at the conclusion of the celebrated visit the President made to his distinguished fellow-citizen.
In 1820 Mr Fayel married Marguerite, one of the daughters of that William Cooper who
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is mentioned below. He commenced a farm- er's life near Gilbertsville, Otsego county, N. Y., where the money he had saved and allowed to remain in the hands of Mr. LeRay. enabled him to purchase a neat farm, well stocked, and with a fine orchard. Here all his children were born, William. Joseph, John. Edwin and Sophia. In 1831, after hearing much about the Black River country, he removed to Theresa and purchased the farm so well known for 40 years as "Fayel Place," ahout a mile south of the village, now the property of J. P. Douglas, Esq. Upon this valuable farm his children throve, Horace Greeley's New Yorker being their mental pabulum, the district school, their sup- posed educator, and farming their occupation. And there, too, the beloved and honored father died in 1840, after having cast his last vote for William Henry Harrison.
JOHN FAYEL.
The care of the family then devolved upon the two eldest sons, William and Joseph, with John for an active assistant. They prospered in their calling, but John had bigher am- bitions, and surprised his brothers one day by expressing a desire to emigrate west and to become a newspaper man. He brought up at Joliet, Illinois, where he became an expert practical printer inside of three years, and re- turned home. An opening was soon made for him in one of the Watertown newspaper offices, and it was not long before Ambrose W. Clark seiected him for a partner, and they resurrected the Northern New York Journal, which had become almost a menace to society under the erratic management of a Seventh Day Baptist preacher. The Jour- nal readily fell into line as a Republican ex-
ponent, after having served the old Whig party to its end, and soon became one of the leading family newspapers in Jefferson county. Col. Clark was the out-of-door partner, while Mr. Fayel attended to all the details of the office, writing the leading edi- torials and making friends on every hand. His journey to Labrador in company with the writer, was only one episode in his editorial experience, we having gone the previous summer to Pembina and to the Red River of the North, then looked upon as beyond the uttermost confines of even semi-civilization. Meeting on that journey the celebrated Chip- pewa chief, "' Hole in the Day," they formed so friendly an acquaintance that when, years afterwards, they met in Washington, the stalwart chief was rejoiced to meet his " white brother."
Mr. Fayel's abilities as a newspaper man, were of a high order. But as Col. Clark came to be more of a public man, having been elected for the second time to Congress, and as Mr. Fayel's health had failed by reason of close attention to business, it was thought hest to sell the Journal, and it was disposed of at a fair price.
Mr. Fayel accepted a position at Washing- ton, where he performed duty for a while, but his health becoming much broken, he came to Saratoga Springs late in the summer of 1863, and died there in the arms of his sister. If he had been spared to pursue his chosen calling with restored health, he would have reached the highest rank, for he had talent, patience and perseverance, and was of so ami- able and kind a nature that he made friends of all who knew him. He sleeps in the vil- lage cemetery at Theresa, the scene of his boyish ambitions, whence he sallied forth, with a stout heart, to " seek his fortune." I can but think he derived his gentle bearing and suavity of manner largely from that Marguerite Cooper, his maternal grand- mother, who traced her pedigree direct to the Bourbons of France.
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