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At Fort Montgomery, the brunt of that desperate and heroic resistance fell on Major DuBois and his troops; they suffered severely and the Major was taken prisoner and detained in New York for nearly a year, when he was exchanged for a Colonel, on December 22, 1779, he resigned his commission and retired upon half pay. He died in 1802. His children were Nathaniel Louis, Wilhelmus, Margaret Mary and Rachel. Louis DuBois, son of Major DuBois, owned 900 acres of land to the north and west of Old Man's Kill and was in the milling and farming business. His land was sold in 1842 when Samuel Harris purchased part of the old homestead, 172 acres of land. Louis married Anna Hull of Marlboro, who died in 1865, at the age of seventy-eight, the mother of twelve children, two of whom died in infancy, the others being, Margaret R., who married Louis W. Young, Louis, who died in 1854; Amanda, who married Samuel Harris, and died in 1875; Melissa,
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wife of William C. Goddard; Nathaniel H., our subject; Clementine W., who married Reuben H. Rohrer; David L., who died in St. Paul; Cornelia B., who married Dr. Nathaniel Deyo (now deceased), and died in Newburgh; Anna, widow of Henry E. Lehman, and Marcus D., who died in 1904.
Nathaniel DuBois remained in Marlborough. After leaving school he was for a time employed as a clerk in Newburgh; then he attended the Kingston and Newburgh Academies to finish up his education. After this for two years he was in business in New York City. In 1831 his father died, leaving a large estate consisting of a dock, grist-mill and a woolen mill. The mother was left as executrix and Nathaniel was appointed manager of the property. In 1842 the property was divided among the heirs. In 1860 Mr. DuBois went to Kansas and was engaged in the real estate business. During 1863, 1864 and 1865 he was employed in the U. S. Revenue Service as Assistant Assessor for the township of Plattekill and Marlboro. In 1893 he became interested in the Columbus Trust Co., of Newburgh, and was made Second Vice-President. On December 15, 1845, Mr. DuBois was married to Julia Ferries of New Paltz. She died July 12, 1849, the mother of two children.
The children were, Solomon Ferris, born October 28, 1846, died April 12, 1847, and Julia F., born May 22, 1847, married February 28, 1867, to O. B. Whitney. Mr. DuBois was again married April 17, 1864, to Margaret Pitts, of Newburgh. She died June 27, 18 -. No children. DuBois took an active interest in political mat- ters and in 1852 was a candidate for the Legislature, being defeated by only 17 votes.
From 1840 to 1880 he was Clerk of the Board of Electors. Although not a church member, Mr. DuBois has given liberally to the support of church affairs and donated $1,000 to keep the cemetery grounds in good condition at Marlborough. He also donated the town clock, which is placed in the Presbyterian Church.
CHARLES DUMOND was born in West Hurley, New York, December 10, 1840. He attended the district schools and assisted his father on the farm until 1858, when he learned the trade of wagon making, serving an apprenticeship of three years. When Civil War was declared, young Dumond was among those who responded to Lincoln's call for troops, enlisting in Company A of the famous 120th Regiment, N. Y. Volunteers. At James City, Va., Mr. Dumond was among those who were made prisoners, being held in captivity sixteen months, much of the time in Libby Prison.
After serving three years in defence of his country, Mr. Dumond returned to his trade of wagon making in his native town, continuing until 1894, when he established his present grocery store at Hurley. In 1897 he was appointed Post- master by President Mckinley and was re-appointed by President Roosevelt.
Mr. Dumond was united in marriage to Miss Jane C. Elmendorf, who died in 1906. Levi Dumond, father of our subject, was for many years Justice of the Peace in West Hurley, and in 1855 represented his town as a member of the Board of Supervisors. He was one of the founders of the Dutch Reformed Church of West Hurley.
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J. D. W. DUMOND, M. D., of West Shokan, N. Y., was born in Hurley, January 14, 1865. He attended the Hurley Public Schools and the Kingston Academy and afterwards took up the study of medicine, graduating from Bellevue Medical Col- lege, Class of '86. Mr. Dumond then began practicing in Millerton, Dutchess County; from there, he removed to Kingston, N. Y., and eventually located permanently in West Shokan, where he enjoys a large practice. His family consists of self, and wife, formerly Miss Anna Houghtaling. He is identified with different social and benevolent institutions.
M. J. DUNCAN was born in New Jersey, March 31, 1840. He attended school there and resided in that State up to 1897, when he became Superintendent of the F. H. Leggett estate at Stone Ridge, Ulster County, which necessitated his re- moval from New Jersey to assume charge.
Mr. Duncan is a Freemason and a man of considerable experience in managing extensive properties. He is very highly regarded by all and enjoys the esteem of the citizens of Stone Ridge in a marked degree.
J. F. SCORESBY EASTGATE, M. D., was for more than twenty years a very highly respected and popular physician of Ellenville. He was born in that village October 29, 1857, and died June 2, 1906. He was the son of Thomas and Mary Scoresby Eastgate. His father died when our subject was an infant, since which time both he and his mother made their home in the Scoresby family residence.
By birth, environment and training the bent of his life pointed to the medical profession, which also he freely chose. The Scoresby family, from which he sprang on the mother's side, had for generations one or more distinguished physicians in its ranks. His maternal grandfather, Dr. Thomas Scoresby, was one of the number, having attained eminence in the profession before leaving England, which high repute was sustained through the years of his practice in this country; and his uncle, the late Dr. William F. Scoresby, though removed by death at the early age of forty-four years, will long be remembered as one of the most brilliant among his contemporaries in the profession. Bright and genial in youth, J. F. Scoresby Eastgate disclosed excellent powers, kept abreast of his fellows in the various branches of learning, and left the High School well equipped for a course in a New England seminary, afterwards entering a school at Kingston, Pa. He graduated in medicine from Columbia College, New York, March 12, 1880, and under the training of his uncle, Dr. W. F. Scoresby, entered practice as the latter's successor, rapidly making favor with the public, and for a term of years enjoyed a very large practice, commanding also honorable rank among members of the profession. Dr. Eastgate had a large circle of personal friends, who with the public generally, sincerely lament his shortened career, removing from the field of pro- fessional and social business activity, one well fitted for eminent usefulness and honor.
Dr. Eastgate had never married. He is survived by his devoted mother, an affectionate aunt, Mrs. L. Scoresby Sherman, and other relatives.
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OSCAR L. EASTMAN, a direct descendant of Roger Eastman, who was born in Wales, in 1611, and settled in Massachusetts Bay Colony, in 1638, was born at Ira, Cayuga County, N. Y., April I, 1851. After obtaining a public school education he learned telegraphy and was an operator at the time the news of President Lincoln's assassination was flashed over the continent. February 21, 1871, he came to Kingston and was engaged as postal clerk during the time Mr. Winter was postmaster at Rondout. He later served in the same capacity for four years while Mr. Barnes was deputy postmaster. He was then in the employ of the Wallkill Valley R. R. for two years, and in 1882 his services were secured by S. D. Coyken- dall, where he is still employed as general bookkeeper.
On September 2, 1874, Mr. Eastman married Kate Preston of Rondout and they have three children, Fred H., Lizzie M., and Frank L. Mr. Eastman has been a member of the Prudential Committee of the First Baptist Church for twenty-four years; Trustee and Treasurer, fifteen years, and Deacon six years. He has served as Treasurer of the Board of Education of Ulster Academy for seventeen years.
He is a member of the International Association of Office Men and has passed all the chairs in Masonry. His father, Orresta Eastman, was a Baptist clergyman and was born at Pompey, N. Y., December 16, 1819, and died at Walworth, N. Y., August 6, 1870. His third wife, Elizabeth Houghton, mother of our subject, was born at Lincklaen, N. Y., April 27, 1823, and died January 31, 1888.
B. C. EATON, Merchant of Ellenville, was born there, November 2, 1865. He received his education in the public and high schools of the village, and then learned telegraphy ; this he followed for three years. In 1886 he engaged in the boot and shoe business, in which he has since continued. Mr. Eaton has served the village as Trustee for one term, but has refused further public office, as his business requires his entire attention. He was married to Miss Anna Preston Bentley, and to them has been born a daughter, Mildred Humphrey. He is a stanch Democrat and prominently identified with local social and benevolent institutions.
WILLIAM H. ECKERT, cashier of the First National Bank of Saugerties, is a native of Dutchess County, having been born in Milan, April 22, 1843. In 1852 the family removed to Saugerties and in the schools of that place Mr. Eckert received his education. After leaving school he taught for one year, and at nineteen years of age entered the First National Bank of Saugerties in the capacity of clerk. In 1887 he became a Director in the bank and in 1893 was elected its cashier. In 1866 he was joined in marriage with Sarah E. Blackwell of Saugerties, and two children have been born to them, Anna, the wife of E. L. Seamon, and Harry W.
Mr. Eckert is one of Saugerties's leading citizens and takes a deep interest in the welfare of that village. Twenty years ago he was elected Village Treasurer and has held the office continuously since that time. He has also been a member of the Odd Fellows for forty-two years.
REV. CHARLES G. ELLIS, son of Winfield S. Ellis and Franceanna Gerton Ellis, was born in Newtown, Bucks County, Pa., September 23, 1865. After attend-
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ing the Newtown public schools, he was prepared for college in part by a private tutor and partly at Doylestown Seminary, Doylestown, Pa. He graduated from Lafayette College, Easton, Pa., in 1890, receiving the Degree of A. M. in 1893, in which year he also graduated from Union Theological Seminary of New York. He was a student in the Post-Graduate Department of the University of New York, taking lectures in Philosophy and Comparative Religions from 1890 to 1893.
Mr. Ellis was ordained by the Presbytery of Philadelphia North, October, 1893, and the same month was called to the pastorate of the First Presbyterian Church of Northport, N. Y., which he served until November, 1901, when he resigned to accept a call to the Rondout Presbyterian Church of Kingston, N. Y. He was married to Miss Mary L. Brant, of Margaretville, N. Y., October 11, 1904.
LEVI ELMENDORF was born in the town of Olive, Ulster County, New York, where he obtained his education. He was engaged in farming and lumbering until his twenty-first year. In 1870 he established the general store at Brown's Station, which he at present conducts. In this connection he has also acted as Agent for the U. & D. R. R. Co. for some eighteen years, and has served as postmaster under Presidents Harrison, Mckinley and Roosevelt. Socially, Mr. Elmendorf is a member of No. 10 Lodge, F. & A. M., and in politics a stanch Republican.
He was married to Jorella Schriver, and they have one son, Frank, who is associated with his father in business. Peter P. Elmendorf, father of our subject, was engaged in farming and lumbering in Olive township for many years.
CLARENCE J. ELTING, of Highland, Ulster County, is a son of Ezekiel S. Elting and Mary Eleanor (Elting) Elting. He was born at Highland, October 13, 1860, attended the local schools and has been engaged in farming and fruit raising. His father, Ezekiel S. Elting, has for many years been prominently identified with the Republican party. Among the official positions which he has held are Post- master of New Paltz, Justice and Supervisor for the Town of Lloyd, and Justice of Sessions for the County of Ulster. Clarence J. Elting is in direct descent from Jan Elten (or Elting), who came to this country prior to 1663, and was appointed by Governor Andross, one of the Justices at Kingston. From this pro- genitor of the family in America, a stalwart line of descendants have lived in Ulster County, and several have served in public offices of trust and responsibility with honor to themselves and credit to the community .. Mr. Elting was married, October 22, 1890, to Lottie, daughter of Nicholas Zimmerman.
MAURICE W. ELTINGE is a native of New Paltz, Ulster County, and spent his boyhood days attending the public schools and Academy of that place. He taught school for a period of three years, and then entered the Scientific Depart- ment in Cornell University, graduating in 1886, with the degree of B.S. He read law in the office of the late Charles A. Fowler, one of Ulster County's' dis- ยท tinguished attorneys, and in 1889 was admitted to the bar. He then served four years as Clerk of the Surrogate's Court, and has since been engaged in the practice of law in Kingston. Mr. Eltinge is a member of Kingston Lodge No. 10, F. &
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A. M. In politics he is a Republican. In 1891 he married Cornelia D., daughter of Dr. Deyo, of Gardiner. They have one son, Nathaniel.
The father of our subject, Nathaniel Eltinge, was born in 1824, and died April 15, 1905. He was married to Anna Maria Wurts. The names of both the Eltinge and Wurts families figure prominently in Ulster County history.
PHILIP ELTING was born at Highland, Ulster County, January 22, 1864. After attending the public schools and Fort Edward Institute, he entered the Law Department of Cornell University and was admitted to the bar in November, 1890. He has since been engaged in the practice of his profession in Kingston.
In 1902 and 1903 Mr. Elting served as Counsel to the County Board of Super- visors, and is the present Corporation Counsel of Kingston. Socially, he is identified with the Masonic Fraternity.
Mr. Elting was united in marriage to Miss Catharine Ridenour, daughter of C. P. Ridenour of Kingston, N. Y., who was for a long time a partner in the furniture business with John D. Sleight.
WILLIAM S. ELTINGE was born in Kingston, September 3, 1874. He grad- uated from Columbia University of Pharmacy at New York in 1897, and is now secretary and treasurer of the drug firm of Eltinge & Schoonmaker, which was incorporated in 1903.
Mr. Eltinge is an active member of the Republican party in Ulster County and has served as a member of the Board of Supervisors since January, 1903, being re-elected in 1905. His father, John H. Eltinge, was born at Hurley in 1850. He engaged in the drug business and was for many years a prominent citizen of Kingston. He married Sarah, daughter of Richard and Jane (Crispell) Lounsbery of Marbletown, and three sons were born to them, William S., Richard L. and Henry D. Mr. Eltinge died February 3, 1904.
The Eltinges of Hurley are descended from Cornelius Eltinge, who came there from New Paltz about the time of the Revolutionary War. He married Blandina Elmendorf, and his son, Solomon, was the great-grandfather of our subject.
MAJOR JAMES HERVEY EVERETT, who for the past five years has been President of the Kingston Board of Trade, has led a life of unusual activity and a sketch of his career will be read with interest. Throughout the Major's life two traits of character stand out conspicuously, decision and energy.
Major Everett was born in Bath, Steuben County, N. Y., February II, 1837. His father graduated at Dartmouth College in the class of 1813, was licensed to preach in 1815, and from that time on for more than fifty years, was engaged in the work of the ministry in western New York. He had three sons by his second wife, Major Everett being the youngest. All these sons served as captains in the Union Army during the Civil War, up to its close, when they were honorably discharged. Their grandfathers on both sides had been Revolutionary soldiers, and their first ancestor in this country, one of the founders of Dedham, Mass., in 1635, is said to have been a soldier in the Low Countries.
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At the age of fifteen Major Everett left home and went to reside with his sister, Mrs. A. H. Hayes, at Durham, N. Y. Here he acquired his first business experience, working in the shop and store of his brother-in-law, who was engaged in the stove and tinware business. He remained with Mr. Hayes eight years, with the exception of one year at school, and then bought out the business which he success- fully conducted until President Lincoln's call for 300,000 volunteers caused him to offer his services. He was commissioned by the Governor to enlist the quota of his town, and within a week had the full number, twenty-five men enrolled, and with them reported at the camp at Kingston, where the 120th Regiment was forming. Within a week Major Everett was mustered in as Second Lieutenant of Company K, and with the regiment, embarked for the front. The history of this regiment is well known to the citizens of Ulster and Greene Counties, and the Sharpe monu- ment, on the First Dutch Church grounds, in Kingston, will perpetuate it. At the battle of Gettysburg, Major, then Lieutenant Everett, was slightly wounded and the Captain of his company was killed on the field; Lieutenant Everett was promoted to fill the vacancy. In front of Petersburg he was again wounded, but had the good fortune to recover in time to be in command of his company at the surrender of General Lee. He was mustered out with the regiment at Kingston June 3, 1865, and received the commission of Brevet Major, New York Volunteers, for gallant and meritorious conduct.
Returning to Durham, he resumed his former business and after a few months sold out. In 1866 he, and his brother-in-law, settled in Kingston and, under the firm name of Hayes and Everett, were for two years engaged in the stove and tinware business on Front street. t. In 1869 he became a member of the firm of Spore and Everett, wholesale dealers in flour and grain, North Front street. Shortly thereafter J. L. Dewitt took the place of Mr. Spore and was in turn bought out by Major Everett, who continued the business alone for a time, but afterward formed a partnership with T. H. & J. H. Tremper, at Rondout, under the firm name of Tremper, Everett & Co., who carried on the business for two years, when the firm was dissolved, Major Everett continuing the business of the two stores alone. In 1873 Joseph C. Treadwell was admitted to partnership and under the name of Everett & Treadwell the business was vigorously pushed. In 1890 the firm bought a lot on Broadway, adjoining the West Shore Railroad and erected the substantial four-story brick building, and the additional warehouses now occupied by them. Here they established an extensive wholesale grocery business, and still continued their flour, feed and grain business on North Front street. In 1899 Mr. Treadwell died, and in 1903 the business was incorporated under the name of Everett & Treadwell Company, James H. Everett, President.
For forty years Major Everett has been identified with every project that has had for its object the welfare and prosperity of Kingston and Ulster County. He has given both time and money to public improvements of all kinds and has been a leader in insuring the proper observance of Memorial Day in this city. In 1879 the war veterans of this vicinity organized a post of the Grand Army of the Republic, and elected Major Everett commander.
After Company M, of this city, enlisted in the war with Spain citizens of Kingston
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organized a Soldiers' Aid Society and elected Major Everett president, and under his decisive and energetic management funds were raised and used in promoting the comfort of Company M, and in feeding such regiments as passed through the city.
He has always taken an active interest in politics. He is an earnest Republican and has served his party as faithfully as he has his country. He has been frequently nominated for office. In 1884 he accepted the Republican nomination for County Treasurer, and although not elected, his opponent won by a very small vote. In 1889 he was elected a member of the Legislature and served his term. In 1893 he was nominated for Mayor, to fill a vacancy, the regular nominee having withdrawn. His opponent was declared elected by a majority of only ten, and it is only fair to state that there was some question as to the correctness of the votes counted.
In 1875 Major Everett married Miss Benson. Their only child, Benson, entered Yale University at the age of seventeen, and two years later, in the summer of 1899, while at home, he and Mr. Treadwell's son were drowned in the Esopus Creek.
Despite the strenuous life he has led Major Everett is today, at the age of seventy, strong and vigorous. He still actively superintends the business of the large wholesale houses, of which he is at the head, and also finds time to devote to affairs of public interest. As president of the Board of Trade he takes an active interest in the commercial and manufacturing prosperity of Kingston, and does all in his power to promote the advancement and welfare of the city in which he has spent the better part of his life.
BENJAMIN F. FELLOWS, of Saugerties, was born in England in 1866. At the age of four years he came to America with his parents, who located in Sauger- ties. After attending the public schools, he entered the employ of the Sheffield Paper Company, and subsequently the Saugerties Manufacturing Company, as envelope maker, remaining in all with the two concerns some twenty years, or until 1900, when in connection with Mr. J. G. Finger he established the Standard Shoe Company, of which he is now proprietor, retailing boots and shoes and gent's furnishings. He is also associated with Prof. J. H. Rogers under the firm name of Rogers & Fellows in the sale of pianos.
Mr. Fellows is identified with the Masonic Fraternity and an honorary member of the Standard Hose Company. For many years he has been chorister of the Saugerties M. E. Church. Mr. Fellows was united in marriage to Henrietta Finger, daughter of Captain Finger, and they have one daughter, Kathryn.
DANIEL N. FINGER, general agent of the Saugerties & New York Steamboat Company of Saugerties, was born in that village September 12, 1863. After com- pleting a course in the Saugerties Academy, he entered the employ of one of the leading dry-goods houses in the village, acting as head-clerk and buyer. He was appointed to his present position in 1884, which he still holds, having gained the confidence and respect of his employers by his integrity and genial manner. In any enterprise, which will promote the welfare of the village, he is one of the leading factors. In connection with his other business, he is, also, a successful
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real estate dealer. Starting early in life with energy and a purpose, he bids fair to become one of the leading and active business men of the town.
In 1883, he was united in marriage with Jennie C. Fiero of Saugerties. Two children have been born to them, Lilabel McClure and Harry Maxwell. Mr. Finger is an exempt fireman and an honorary member of the Snyder Hose Com- pany, a member of the Confidence Lodge No. 51, I. O. O. F., and the Saugerties Lodge of Eagles.
REV. PAUL ROGERS FISH, rector of the Church of the Holy Spirit, Kings- ton, was born in Brooklyn, N. Y., in 1872. His preliminary education was obtained at private schools and St. Stephen's College, Annandale, N. Y. In 1894 he entered the General Theological Seminary in New York City, and was ordained as deacon and priest in 1897 by Bishop Nicholson. He served successively at St. Clement's, New York, Holy Cross, Kingston, St. Mark's, Springfield, Vt., and in 1904 he returned to Kingston to take up his present work.
In 1899 Mr. Fish was united in marriage to Addie R. Fredericks of Brooklyn and they have two sons. Mr. Fish is identified with the Masonic Order; is a member of the New York Catholic Clerical Club and Sigma Alpha Epsilon Fraternity. He is a son of James and Isabella (Rogers) Fish of Brooklyn, N. Y.
HARRY HARDWICKE FLEMMING was born in Rondout, New York, February 13, 1874. After graduating from the Ulster Academy, in 1891, he took up the study of law, finishing his studies at the Albany Law School in 1902, when he was admitted to practice as Attorney and Counselor-at-Law. He is a member of the New York State Bar Association.
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