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In 1860 the population of the Town of Marlborough was 2,776 ; in 1865 it decreased to 2,733. In 1870 it was 2,974. By 1875 it had gained eleven souls, the figures being 2985. The estimated population in 1887 is from 4,502 to 5,000, of which the village of Marlborough comprises 1,200 to 1,500.
In I701 there was not a house in what is now the Town of Marlborough. In fact there was only one in the whole Evans' tract, and that was near Cornwall. From the time
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Capt. Bond settled here in 1712, the place has increased rapidly, the greatest growth being made during the past five years, since the West Shore & Buffalo R. R. was opened.
Following is the list of Supervisors, who have represented Marlborough at the county seat :
1772, Lewis DuBois; '77, Benjamin Carpenter ; '78-79, Elijah Lewis; '80, Anning Smith ; 'S1, Lewis DuBois ; '82, Stephen Case ; '83-89, Anning Smith ; '90-94, Ebenezer Foote ; 95-97, Stephen Nottingham ; '93-99, Cornelius Drake ; 1800-II, Benjamin Ely ; '12-16, Nehemiah L. Smith ; '17, David Staples; '18-19, Richard I. Woolsey ; '20-24, William Soper; '25, William Gedney ; '26-29, Benjamin Harcourt ; '30, Jesse T. Conklin ; '31, Benjamin Harcourt ; '32-33, Abram D. Soper ; '34, William D. Wygant ; '35, David W. Woolsey ; '36-37, Miles J. Fletcher ; '38-39, William Soper ; 40, Lewis W. Young ; '41-42, Robert S. Lockwood; '43, David Fowler ; '44-45, William Martin ; '46, John D. Crook ; 47, Cornelius Carpenter ; '48, John D. Crook; '49-50, Lee Ensign ; '51, John D. Crook; '52-53, William H. Gedney ; '54, James C. Harcourt ; '55, William H. Gedney ; '56, Thos. D. Bloomer ; '57, William H. Gedney; '58, Robert Beebe ; 59, William B. Pierson ; '60, Cornelius Carpenter ; '61, Wil- liam B. Pierson ; '62, Jesse Lyons ; '63, James C. Harcourt ; '64-71, Jesse Lyons ; '72-73, William Bloomer ; '74, William H. Gedney ; '75, William Bloomer; '76, Townsend M. Sher- man; '77, Eugene F. Patten; '78, Townsend M. Sherman ; '79, Eugene F. Patten ; '80-81, James C. Harcourt ; '82-84, C. Meech Woolsey ; '85, Samuel L. Quimby ; '86-87, C. Meech Woolsey.
The early settlers of Marlborough received their mail through the Newburgh post office. About 1825 a weekly mail was delivered here. The postmasters have been Daniel J. Russell, Miles J. Fletcher, Robert B. Mapes, Dr. Jas. S. Knapp, Samuel Corwin, Dallas DuBois, Chas. T. Jackson, John H. Baxter, John C. Merritt and M. V. B. Morgan. Milton first had a mail in 1828. The postmasters were Abram D. Soper, Wm. Soper, Calvin Bulkeley, David Sands, Earl Stone, Ethan Parrott, Fred H. Smith.
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Marlborough was represented in the State Legislature in 1843 by William Soper ; 1853, L. Harrison Smith ; 1860, Jere- miah Clark ; C. Meech Woolsey, 1871-72.
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BUSINESS INDUSTRIES
AND BUSINESS MEN.
The village of Marlborough in 1877 is a thriving place, and contains probably fifteen hundred population within a one mile radius of the centre. About seventy-five business concerns exist here, and most of them are progressive and enterprising. The constant improvements made on every hand indicate that Marlborough is a growing village, and will soon be incorporated. The location is advantageous to growth, being midway between Newburgh and Poughkeep- sie. Business men have not been slow to appreciate these advantages, and the influx of new residents and new in- dustries is steady and healthy.
The following alphabetical resume of the men who carry on business, and how they do it, may serve to illustrate the character and extent of the trade now carried on in Marl- borough. These are in no sense advertisements, nor are they introduced in this work for any other purpose than to demonstrate to non-residents that the business interests of Marlborough are considerable, and compare very favorably with the condition of the place as portrayed in preceding pages :
B. B. Apgar, who runs the flour and grist mill on Landing street, came to Marlborough from Whiteport, in 1885, and has managed the mill successfully. His two sons assist him in the business.
Edwin W. Barnes established a boot and shoe and hat and cap store in the Kniffin block in April, 1886. He came from Middle Hope, being already known to a large number of citizens. His business is now regarded as a fixture, and a decided addition to the village. Mr. Barnes is a taxider- mist, and has"fine cases of stuffed birds and animals in his store. The tops of shelves and other prominent places are also adorned with stuffed birds in appropriate positions.
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John Badner has the honor of being for fifty-three years a merchant in Marlborough, a record in excess of any other tradesman. He has witnessed a great many changes, and a long and steady growth of the town. When he opened store here the "Terrace" was nothing but open fields, most- ly devoted to grain, with a few patches of wood. Four new streets, each half a mile long, have been laid out there dur- ing his experience as a boot, shoe and clothing merchant. He has a wide acquaintance, and can discourse quite elo- quently of Marlborough, and the many changes which he has witnessed. During the summer he makes a business of furnishing berry pickers to the fruit growers of the vicinity, and many Germans flock regularly to his place for employ- ment as soon as the season opens.
George A. Badner is son of John Badner, and leader of the Marlborough Cornet Band, and also plays in Lent & Badner's orchestra.
John W. Badner keeps a restaurant and pool room on Main street, and has a large custom. He has been estab- lished four or five years.
Jacob Berean is a contractor for mason work and lathing and plastering, and the many new houses going up keep him busy.
George Brundidge has carried on the watch and jewelry business for a year or two, having his headquarters in Gor- don's drug store.
John Bingham has a nursery and does a considerable local trade in fruits and berries.
S. F. Burgess took the furniture business of C. B. Redfield the latter part of 1886. He is a practical man, having had twenty years' experience in the manufacture of furniture.
Carpenter's store was established in 1843, ranking second in point of age. The business was started by the grand -. father of James S. Carpenter. The trade has been that of a generał country store, selling a variety of staple articles. In 1886 the store was enlarged and improved, and a meat market added. The proprietor constantly adds new features, and aims to keep everything in the provision line ;
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also selling coal and plows. He advertises largely and drives trade on modern principles.
Thos. E. Carroll conducts the harness store at the junction of Main and King streets, which was long and successfully run by W. H. Goehringer. He is a newcomer who has made a good impression in Marlborough.
A. J. Caywood & Son have extensive nurseries south of the village of Marlborough. They make a specialty of pro- ducing new varieties of fruit, and have attained a wide celebrity for some varieties, noticeably the Ulster Prolific, Dutchess and Poughkeepsie Red grapes, Minnewaski black- berry, and the Marlborough raspberry. The firm have about sixty acres in fruit, and probably are experimenting with as many new varieties of fruit as any concern in the country. Their trade is mostly foreign.
Caywood & Wardell are a new firm in the nursery busi- ness, established in 1887.
Walter J. Caywood & Co. are dealers in paints, oils, var- nishe , etc. The firm handle a considerable quantity of varnishes and stains of W. J. Caywood's own production.
W. S. Clark & Son are proprietors of the mill a mile and a half west of Marlborough, one of the oldest mill sites in town, being on the same spot as Silas Purdy's mill, where town meetings were held during the last century. They have long been established, and.have a high business stand- ing.
Charles H. Cochrane established the Marlborough Pro- gress in July, 1885, in connection with M. F. Appelgate. The newspaper and job printing business started by them has proved a success. Appelgate retired in 1886, and Cochrane conducted the business in the second story of Kniffin's block until August of the present year. The paper was started four pages in size, seven columns to a page, and has been enlarged several times. The present proprietor, Egbert E. Carr, came from Rome, N. Y., where for twenty- one years he edited the Roman Citizen. He has re-chris- tened the paper "The Marlborough Record."
H. Scott Corwin is the Southern Ulster correspondent of
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the Kingston Freeman, and also contributes to the Orange County Farmer and several New York papers.
Samuel Corwin is a real estate and insurance agent, and a great deal of property passes through his hands.
Sam'l Corwin's Sons conduct the dry goods, grocery, car- pet, hardware and general store business, established by their father in 1860. They advertise largely, and deal in a great variety of goods, and keep a model store, on the prin- ciple that people will not go out of town to buy when they can do as well at home, and that it pays to keep a full line in the country as well as in a city store. H. S. Corwin and Edward Corwin compose the firm.
Henry Covert is the only licensed veterinary surgeon in the village. He has all the trade in sick horses and cattle. He is also the inventor of an ointment for sores and wounds on animals, which has acquired some local reputation.
Mrs. Libbie Craft keeps the only millinery store in the place, being located on Main street, having been established about four years.
Patrick Crough is a mason and builder, and has all the contracts he can handle.
George Davy is a mason, and has fulfilled contracts on some of the finest residences in and about the village.
Eldorous Dayton, attorney at law, has recently opened an office in Marlborough village. He also has an office in Milton.
A. Dimick DuBois, contractor and builder, is putting up new houses all the time. 1
Abner Fuller's harness store in McMullen's building, on Main street, was established the present year, is tastefully fitted up, and promises to be a success. He has come to stay.
J. F. Hensey runs the only tonsorial establishment in town, keeping an assistant. He also sells tobacco, cigars, and gent's furnishing goods.
Maurice Hudler's fruit and confectionery store on West- ern avenue has been established about five years. He fur- nishes refreshments to parties, entertainments and festivals, and manufactures ice cream on a large scale.
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Chas. W. Jackson is agent of the Poughkeepsie Transpor- tation Company, on the lower dock. He is also town clerk, having held the office several years.
Charles H. Kniffin opened his grocery and news store four years since. He sells all the popular papers. The telephone office is located in his store, connecting with both Newburgh and Poughkeepsie.
Samuel H. Kniffin is proprietor of the Exchange hotel, the oldest hotel building in the town. A large extension was made to the building the present year, and the arrange- ments compare favorably with those of hotels in places of greater population than Marlborough.
J. O. Mackey runs a stage line to the West Shore R. R. depot, and also meets all passenger boats and carries the U. S. mail. He began business in June, 1883, and met the first train run on the West Shore line. Previous to that date he ran a stage line to Newburgh.
W. H. Mccullough has a wheelwright shop in Western avenue, where he repairs wagons, sleighs, etc. He has been established some years.
Moses McMullen is the proprietor of the Farmers' hotel, on Main street. The buildings are extensive, including a pool room, bowling alley and rifle gallery.
A. B. Masten, house and sign painter, has his headquarters in the basement of Shaw's building, on King street. He is a veteran in the business.
Elmer E. McNamee has the Main street drug store, having purchased of C. W. Frost in 1886. He keeps a full stock of drugs, paints and fancy articles.
Jesse R. Masten is a contractor for painting. and executes numerous large contracts.
M. L. Masten's bakery on Western avenue, is an old estab- lished institution. A wagon is run, delivering over a con- siderable territory.
J. Carlton Merritt, proprietor of the large dry goods, grocery, hardware and general store, on Main street, has been established twelve years, succeeding John H. Baxter. He had the post office in his store for nine years prior to
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1886. He is agent for the National Express Co., and does some banking business. His store is one of the first in the place.
Merritt & Kelly are contractors and builders, and have built some of the finest dwellings in Marlborough. Edward A. Merritt and Marcus D. Kelly compose the firm.
J. C. & G. H. Milden have a livery stable, and do all kinds of teaming and hauling, and run a stnge in the summer sea- son. They also cut ice from Milden's pond in the winter, and deliver to owners of small ice houses.
M. V. B. Morgan has a meat market on Main street, and is also postmaster, taking the office by Cleveland's appoint- ment in 1886.
David Mosher, M. D., is a physician of the allopathic school, who settled in Marlborough five or six years since. He started the drug store now owned by Everitt & Gordon.
Milton Munday runs an express to Newburgh Wednes- days and Saturdays, and has his headquarters in Penny's store. He is also an insurance agent.
Wm. H. Newman has the tin and stove store, and does roofing, guttering and spouting. The business was started by James Shaw.
A. N. Palmer, M. D., has practiced medicine in Marlbo- rough for nine years. He is also a justice of the peace, and is serving second term as school trustee.
Isaac R. Penny bought the retail boot and shoe business of Stillwell & Smith three years ago, and in 1886 removed his store to its present location on Western avenue. He carries a large stock of footwear, especially in rubber goods.
Chas. E. Reynolds, carriage maker and wheelright, has been known to the public of Marlborough for years. He occupies the old stand on Main street. and is busy all the year round.
Isaac Reynolds, boot and shoemaker, north of the post office, does custom work and repairing.
Philip A. Rion, undertaker, has been established about four years. He furnishes modern appointments, and directs a large number of funerals.
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John Rusk, attorney at law, has been settled in Marlbo- rough for nine years. He is also a notary public and in- surance agent. He does a large business in the settling of estates, etc.
John Rusk, jrz, is justice of the peace. Office with John Rusk, sr.
G. B. Shelden is station and National Express agent at the West Shore R. R. station.
Stephen D. Warren, blacksmith, located on Western avenue. He was for several years at the shop on the Lat- tintown road, a mile and a half west of Marlborough, but took the shop in the village the present year. His custom is extensive.
John E. Woolsey is proprietor of the Western avenue meat market. He drives a, wagon through the country in the summer months, and furnishes the village trade from his market.
N. W. Wright has a flour and grist mill on West Landing street, being assisted in the business by his son, Fred. Wright. The mill is a very old one, being the same run by Spence & McElrath as a woolen mill sixty years ago.
D. L. Wygant has a blacksmith shop on Main street, and does a great deal of horse shoeing and general jobbing.
William C. Young & Son are proprietors of the upper dock, dealers in coal and fertilizers and agents for the Ron- dout line of steamboats. Their trade is extensive.
MILTON BUSINESS MEN.
Edward Anderson is the house and sign painter of Milton, having executed some of the best work in the village. He is also blackboard artist in the Methodist Sunday school, where he has rendered useful service for several years. Politically he is a Democrat, and has held the office of col- lector two terms. He is the Milton correspondent of the " Marlborough Record." and compiles the news for the village.
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James H. Crook came to Milton and started in the grocery business at the dock in 1862. He was also agent for the Rondout boats for a number of years. In 1882, when the West Shore R. R. line was cut through the dock property he was forced to move, and W. H. Townsend built him a large store about 150 feet west of the old stand. He con- tinued there until 1884, when he built the commodious store which he now occupies on the main street. Meat and poul- try have been added to the grocery stock. J. H. Crook is a native of the town, having been born about a mile west of Marlborough village, October 9, 1833. He has been a life- long Democrat.
C. J. Depuy carries on the blacksmith business in the vil- lage of Milton, having come here in August, 1876, and pur- chased the business of John Galaway. He has built up a considerable trade, and has a constant supply of new work and repairing.
Robert J. Dickey came to Milton from Poughkeepsie in 1860, and bought the drug store of Dr. Pierson. He is a native of Newburgh, and a brother of Nathaniel, Wm. D. and Joseph Dickey of that city.
William A Goehringer in 1880 saw that there was an opening for a stove and tinware store in Milton, and sup- plied the long felt want. His business has proved success- ful, and a confectionary and ice cream store has been added.
C. J. Miller, tonsorial artist, came to this village from Ger- many in 1866, and opened a barber shop and cigar store, which are of more than ordinary pretensions for a place of the size. He has customers from a radius of several miles.
Nolan & Spratt opened their grocery on the 14th of July, 1886, being the successors of Fricnd W. Perkins, who fol- lowed Jacob Rowley. These young men are natives of the town, and having a large acquaintance command a good trade. They deliver orders anywhere in the vicinity and are up to the times.
Eugene Foster Patten came to Milton December 29, 1870, as successor to J. O. Smith, in the butchering and meat market business. When he took the place the trade was
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small, but under his management it has become quite large. A few years since he enlarged his market to secure more room, and recently he built a new and large ice house on the property of Nathaniel Hallock. Seven men are con- stantly employed by him, four of whom are kept busy slaughtering for the New York market. In politics Eugene F. Patten has always been a Democrat, and is local leader in his party, having served as supervisor, collector and other honorable positions.
Albert Pattison carries on the wagon making and repair shop of Milton. He came from Matteawan to this place in March, 1878, and has secured a good patronage. His work is superior, and the best wagons and sleighs in the village are of his make.
Ethan Parrott is one of the oldest business men in Milton. He commenced business on the dock, in connection with his brother-in-law, James H. Malcolm, in the year 1854. And he has carried on the mercantile business here since then with the exception of the year 1863, when he was engaged in the grocery business in the city of Poughkeepsie. Return- ing after one year he purchased of the estate of the late Luther Pratt the property on Main street, where he has ever since been engaged in the mercantile business. Besides his store business he held the office of postmaster for fifteen years, and he was also town clerk for one year. In 1860 he he was elected school commissioner for this Assembly Dis- trict by a large majority, holding the office for three years, and again in 1831, he was appointed by Judge Lawton to the same office to carry out the unexpired term of Dr. Bauscher, who resigned the office to take charge of a school at College Point, Long Island. In the same autumn he was again elected to the office for three years by a large majority. As a public officer he has always given general satisfaction. He has been a leading member of the Methodist church for over forty years, and has held the office of steward for over thirty years, and most of that time has been recording steward. In his early years he was a successful school teach- ' er in Ulster and Dutchess counties. Besides paying strict
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attention to his business, he has found time for literary im- provement, being well acquainted with the most popular authors, and always interested in the study of English litera- ture. In 1846 he married Julia Ann Malcolm, who died in May, 1887, leaving six children : Dr. Malcolm E. Parrott, of Brooklyn; George E. Parrott, of Highland ; Dr. Walter E. Parrott, of Catskill ; Mrs. Dr. C. J. Wood, of Wappingers Falls ; Mrs. George P. DuBois, of Milton, and Mrs. De Witt H. DuBois, of Highland.
Justice Wm. S. Ramsley has an office in the village, and dispenses the law therefrom. He has been justice of the peace several years.
W. H. Townsend runs a store at the dock, and another at the centre of Milton, the latter being the one occupied by Jacob B. Townsend previous to 1867. He does a large business in grain, flour, etc., owns considerable property, and is a prominent member of the Presbyterian church. His son, W. H. Townsend, jr., assists him in his business.
C. Meech Woolsey has an office in Main street. He is an attorney at law, town supervisor, etc., and does a great deal of public business.
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