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PLATTSBURGH VOLUNTEERS.
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sent messengers into all parts of the town to call the people to arms. That evening a large number assembled at Van Allen's hotel* where it was arranged that they should meet at the same place the next morning, properly armed and equipped, organ- ize, and march to the scene of conflict. On the 10th, at the hour appointed, more than one hundred men, with their muskets and two days' provisions, paraded on the Common in front of the hotel. They had expected Col. Hammond to lead them ; but when they came to ballot for a commander, he declined to be a candidate ; consequently Gen. Caleb Hendee, Jr., was unani- mously elected, and his acceptance of the command was highly gratifying to the company.
The following is a copy of the muster roll :
Caleb Hendee, Jr.,
Captain.
Isaac Wheaton,
Harris Bogue,
Jonathan Dike,
K. Winslow,
Ensign. Surgeon. Surgeon's Mate. Wagon Master.
George N. Gilbert,
Jonathan Kendall,
John Barns, Jr.,
Sergeant.
Joel Burroughs,
Ditto.
William Cushman,
Ditto.
Anthony C. Rice,
Ditto.
John H. Lincoln,
Ditto.
Amos Drury,
Corporal.
Jason Harwood,
Ditto.
Reuben Jackson,
Ditto.
Thomas Barlow,
Ditto.
Japhet L. Warner,
Ditto.
Azer Dickerman,
Ditto.
Enos Bailey, Jr.,
Drummer.
First Lieut. Second Ditto.
* Now E. B. Rand's house.
..
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+
Samuel Holcomb,
Drummer.
Ardin Willer,
Fifer.
William Beel, Jr.,
Ditto.
Zebidee Cooper, Jr.,
Ditto.
Nathaniel K. Andrews,
Private.
Bradford Andrews,
Ditto.
Jeffrey Barns, 1
Ditto.
Oliver Brown,
Ditto.
Jonathan P. Barron for Allen Penfield.
David L. Beebe, Private.
George Burditt, Ditto.
Gersham Beach,
Ditto.
William W. Barlow, Jr.,
Ditto.
Daniel Barton, .
Ditto.
Edward Clifford,
Ditto.
Zebidee Cooper, Jr.,
Ditto.
Caleb Carpenter,
Ditto.
Luke Dean,
Ditto.
John Downey,
Ditto.
Horace Downey,
Ditto.
Washington Davis for John Kingsley.
Roger Egleston, Private.
Cameron McGregor, Ditto.
Francis C. Goodale, Ditto.
John A. Gillet, Ditto.
Eli Hudson,
Ditto.
William Hay, discharged on the 11th inst. on acc't of old age.
Alvin Hewit, Private.
Nathaniel Hunter for Martin Leech.
Daniel Hendee, Private.
David Jackson,
Ditto.
David A. Jackson, Ditto.
Hezekiah June,
Ditto.
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Lott Keeler,
Private.
Amherst Lee,
Ditto.
Roger Ladd,
Ditto.
Robert L. Loveland,
Ditto.
John Lampson, Jr.,
Ditto.
Ebenezer Mitchell for D. H. Hammond.
Jesse Moon, Private.
Hiram Millington,
Ditto.
Eli Manley, Jr.,
Ditto.
John Miller,
Ditto.
Discharged on the 11th on account of old age.
Joseph A. Montague,
Private.
Abraham Owen,
Ditto.
Justus Powers,
Ditto.
Richard M. Powers,
Ditto.
Joab Powers,
Ditto.
Peter Powers,
Ditto.
Zebulon Pond,
Ditto.
Ira Persons,
Ditto.
James Perkins,
Ditto.
Elijah Richardson,
Ditto.
Oliver Rice,
Ditto.
William Stevens,
Ditto.
Ezra Spencer,
Ditto.
Jacob Simmons,
Ditto.
Obid C. Smith,
Ditto.
John Simmons,
Ditto.
Highman Stevens,
Ditto.
James Tedder,
Ditto.
William Woods,
Ditto.
Nathaniel H. Wescott,
Ditto.
Oliver Wolcott,
Ditto.
Lemuel Whitmore,
Ditto. Deserted.
Simeon Wright,
Ditto.
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Alvin Wright,
Private.
Horatio Walker,
Ditto.
Peter Warner,
Ditto.
John O. Wadsworth,
Ditto.
Oliver Yaw,
Ditto.
Amos Kellogg,
Wagoner. Ditto.
Milton Potter,
Andrew Leach,
Ditto.
Samuel Wheeler,
Ditto.
Isaac Clark,
Ditto.
Isaac Segar,
Ditto. $3.30.
James Buck,
Ditto. $1.34.
Jesse Moon,
Ditto.
William Spencer,
Ditto.
Lewis Barlow,
Wagoner, only one horse.
The above wagoners carried loads both ways between Bur- lington and Pittsford.
Adgate Lathrope,
Wagoner.
Joseph Tottingham,
Ditto. )
Tilly Walker,
Ditto.
William Morgan,
Ditto.
These carried
Abner Hendee,
Ditto.
Loads but one
German Hammond,
Ditto.
way.
Justus Powers,
Ditto.
Josiah Persons,
Ditto.
The forenoon was spent in organizing, and making the necessary preliminary arrangements, and immediately after dinner the company took up the line of march for Burlington. That night they reached Boardman's tavern in Leicester, where they found quarters for the night, some in the house and others in the stable or barn. Sunday morning they resumed the march, and on arriving at Vergennes, stopped, and those not supplied with good fire-arms drew them from the arsenal at
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that place. The company then set out for Charlotte which they reached that night. On their way thither they heard the · booming of cannon which so intimidated one of their number, Lemuel Whitmore, that he deserted the following night. Mon- day morning they proceeded to Burlington where they drew rations, and from thence crossed the lake to Plattsburgh, but too late to take part in the contest which resulted so trium- phantly to the American arms. The enemy having been repulsed made a hasty retreat, and the Vermont volunteers being no longer needed were discharged and returned to their homes. Captain Hendee received a complimentary letter from Gen. Macomb, thanking him and his man for their patriotic efforts to maintain the honor and dignity of their country.
The town of Pittford was not slow to recognize the claims of the soldiers, and provision was made for their wants, as will be seen by the following extract from the records of a meeting held October 10, 1814.
" Voted that the Selectmen, together with the Commanding officers of the several companies, for the time being be a Com- mittee to look into the subject, for procuring necessaries for the Standing Militia when called into actual service, and to appropriate such sum or sums as they may think necessary, not to exceed fifty dollars.
Voted that the Town pay to Caleb Hendee, Jr., Sixteen Dollars and ninety-three cents for monies by him borrowed for the use of the Volunteer Company from Pittsford in their late Expedition to Plattsburgh.
Voted to appropriate a sum, not to exceed twenty Dollars, to be laid out at the discretion of the Commanding Officers of the Respective Companies of Militia of this town, in treating their men when called out and drilled for Military Exercises."
" March 4th, 1817. Voted to Raise two Cents on the Dollar to be appropriated towards the expenses of the Platts- burgh Expedition, and one and one-half for other purposes on
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the Grand List of A. D. 1817, to be paid the one-half in money and the other half in Grain by the first day of January next.
The volunteers from Pittsford, whether in the regular army or serving for a limited time with the militia, suffered but few casualties. It is believed that nearly all, after having served out their term of enlistment, returned to their homes.
Arza Lee, son of Ashbel, lost a leg in the battle of Williamsburgh, and David Jackson died on his way home from the scene of that conflict.
Abel Wheeler, son of Jesse, a young lad who went as a waiter to Col. Rumsey, of Hubbardton, was killed by a musket ball which entered his abdomen.
Amasa Owen, son of Abraham, enlisted in July, 1812, for five years. He was in Capt. Hawley's Company, Col. Clark's Regiment. He was at Sackett's Harbor at the time of the British attack, May 29, 1813. He was also in the battle of Williamsburgh, on the 11th of November. In this battle he was wounded in the thigh by a musket ball, fell into the hands of the enemy and was carried to Prescott, where his wound was dressed, and he remained a short time in the hospital at that place. He was then taken to Montreal, thence to Quebec and afterwards to Halifax, and was confined in prison on Mellville Island. He escaped from prison, and resided some time in New Brunswick, where he married Mary McKeel in 1818. He returned with his family to Pittsford in 1824, though he resided here but a short time. He is now living at the West.
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ABEL PENFIELD-GRATON JACKSON.
CHAPTER X.
Immigrants or Settlers and their Locations, continued. 1820-1830.
Abel Penfield located here in 1820. He was the son of John Penfield, was born in New Fairfield, Conn., Nov. 12, 1787, and came to Pittsford with his father's family in 1796. When a young man he was placed as an apprentice with Eleazer Harwood, Jr., to learn the clothier's trade. After he had acquired his trade, he located in Hartford, Vt., in company pany with Mr. Harwood, his teacher, and they carried on man- ufacturing business there from 1812 to 1820. In 1816, Mr. Penfield married Pedy Lincoln who was born in Keene, N. H., March 6, 1786. He sold his property in Hartford in 1820, returned to Pittsford and occupied his father's house-now the residence of John Stevens-till 1828, when he built the house in which he recently resided. About the same time he bought one-third of the woolen factory, the grist-mill and ten acres of land, the other two-thirds being owned by his brothers, Sturges and Allen. In 1824, he sold his interest in all this property, excepting the grist-mill which he rebuilt, and the same is now the one owned by John Stevens. He sold the mill property to Mr. Stevens in 1836, and since then he has devoted the most of his time to farming. Mrs. Penfield died October 8, 1842. Mr. Penfield died March 9, 1871.
Graton Jackson, son of James, married Malinda Dunham, of Brandon, Nov. 20, 1820, and located about one-fourth of a mile east of the residence of Samuel Waters, on land now owned by Marshall Howland. He died about the year 1830, and his widow, soon afterwards, moved to the West.
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David Hall, son of David, was born in Brandon, June 3, 1795, married Electa Esther, daughter of Isaac Wheaton, April 20, 1820, and resided some months in the house now owned by E. B. Rand. Afterwards he bought the Stephen Mead farm, on the west side of the Creek, and after occupying it a few years he exchanged it for the John Barnes farm, a part of which is now owned by A. N. Loveland. In 1849, he bought of. Warren Barnard the Jonathan Fassett farm, to the improvement of which he devoted the most of his energies in subsequent life. He brought his lands into a high state of cultivation, reconstructed the buildings and made one of the most beautiful estates in the town. He died March 7, 1860.
Clark Taft, born in 1800, son of Josiah, married Mary A., daughter of Moses Hitchcock, April 26, 1820. Soon after their marriage they removed to Hopkinton, N. Y., where they resided till 1828, when they returned to Pittsford, and after residing in various places, located where John Flemming now resides. Mr. Taft bought the house which formerly stood where Mrs. Simonds now resides, and removed it to the pres- ent Fleming place, where it was soon after burnt, and he built the present house on its site in 1854. He removed to Weston in 1860. His wife Mary died, and he married a second time.
John P. Stanton, from Williston, married Lucy Hubbell, daughter of Oliver Bogue, Nov. 28, 1820, and resided a short time on the Rice farm, occupying a house which stood at that time about where the brick house now stands. Afterwards he resided a year on the John Gillett place, and in 1832, removed to the farm now owned and occupied by David Mills. There he resided two years and then removed to Westport, N. Y., where he died in 1868. Mrs. Stanton died in 1840.
Nicholas Wescott, married Abigail Gibson, March 2, 1820, and located on the Benjamin Stevens farm, where he resided a few years, and then moved to the State of New York. He remained there a short time, after which he returned to this
David Hall
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G. F. HENDEE-J. SIMONDS-THOS. F. BOGUE.
town and resided in Whipple Hollow one or two years. He finally removed to Pawlet, where he now resides.
German F. Hendee, son of Gen. Caleb, married Sarah, daughter of Asa Jones, of Claremont, N. H., Nov. 30, 1820, and located on the home farm, where he resided some four years, and then bought the farm which was first improved by Benjamin Stevens, Sen. This purchase was made of Asahel Wolcott, the deed being dated 1839. He built the house on the bluff near the depot in 1849, and the following year returned to the home farm and occupied this new house. He died August 25, 1863.
John Simonds, son of Jahazel, born in Charleston, N. H., April 22, 1793, came here with his brother Henry in 1819, and was one of the firm of "J. Simonds & Co.," traders. He married Nancy Malinda, daughter of Asa Jones of Claremont, N. H., Nov. 30, 1820, and located with his brother in the house now owned by John C. Leonard. He and his brother, Henry, bought the place how owned by the heirs of the latter, and they traded here in company till 1834, when John sold his share of their Pittsford property to Henry, and removed to Shoreham. There he resided till the fall of 1864, when he removed to Brandon. He died there April 17, 1869, leaving six children and seventeen grand children. He was a man of sound judgment and of excellent business habits, and was successful in accumulating a large property. He was twice married. His wife Nancy M. having died March 29, 1841, he married Maria Kirby the following September. She now resides in Brandon.
Thomas F. Bogue became a citizen of this town in 1820. The first of the Booge (as formerly written) family in this country was John Booge, a native of Scotland, born in the city of Glasgow, and a tobacconist by occupation. He was a religious and enterprising young man ; and considering that in the colonies he could enjoy civil and religious liberty, and at .
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the same time landed property, and there lay a better founda- tion for his own support and that of a family, if he should have one, than by working at his trade in his native land, he deter- mined that it was desirable to emigrate. He accordingly left Glasgow and all his connections, and came to America about the year 1680. The place he selected for his residence was in the south part of East Haddam, Conn., near the river. He was the fifth man who made a beginning in that town. When a church was formed there he was appointed an elder, in which capacity he served through life. He was frequently chosen a representative to the legislature of the colony, and such was his good and exemplary conduct among the people with whom he dwelt, that they gave him the appellation of " Good Man Booge." He married Rebecca Walkley, of Had- dam, who proved herself to be equal in worth to the good man with whom she had been united. They had a large family, comprising seven sons - John, William, Richard, Daniel, Stephen, James and Ebenezer; and three daughters-Sarah, Hannah and Rebecca.
Ebenezer Booge, the seventh son and yougest child, was, at the age of fourteen years, bound out by his father as an apprentice to a Capt. Butler, of Saybrook, to learn the trade of carpenter and joiner. He served out the time of his appren- ticeship faithfully, and to the satisfaction of his master. About the time he completed his apprenticeship, he became the sub- ject of very serious and powerful religious impressions, and having obtained, after a time, a good hope of pardon and acceptance with God, he decided to devote himself to the Christian ministry, provided he might be able to enter upon that goodly work with a proper education. As he lacked the means requisite to obtain a college education, he employed himself at his trade about two years, during which time, by the strictest economy, he saved a large proportion of his earn- ings. He then commenced a course of study to qualify himself
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EBENEZER AND JEFFREY A. BOGUE.
for admission to college. Having gone through this prepara- tory course he was examined and admitted to Yale College at the commencement in 1744, being then a little more than twenty-four years of age. He graduated in 1748, and after devoting some time to theological studies, entered upon the labors of the ministry. He accepted a call from the parish of Northington, in the town of Farmington, Conn., and was ordained Nov. 27, 1751. On the 19th of December, 1750, he married Damaris Cook of Wallingford, Conn. This worthy lady was a daughter of Capt. Samuel Cook of Wallingford, one of the most respectable men in the town.
By this lady Mr. Booge had seven children - five sons, Aaron Jordon, Samuel Cook, Oliver, Jeffrey Amherst, and Publius Virgilius ; and two daughters, Rebecca Walkley and Damaris Corintha. Rev. Ebenezer Booge, died February 2, 1767, aged fifty-one years nearly. One writes of him as fol- lows : "He was not only an eminent and finished scholar, but had an ardent desire to promote learning and education. For this purpose, in addition to his multiplied and arduous labors in the ministry, he taught many young men the Latin and Greek languages and prepared them for admission into college; and besides this, such was his tender regard for the youth and children of his people, for whom in that day it was difficult to procure education, that he usually gave four months schooling in a year to the young people and children of his congregation gratuitously, and without fee or reward, at his own house and at such other houses as were most convenient for his people. This excited great gratitude in his society among both parents and children, and greatly endeared him to them."
Jeffrey Amherst Booge, the fourth son of Rev. Ebenezer Booge, was born in Farmington, and married Freedom Bar- nard, of Coventry, who was born in 1773. They located in Chittenden, Vt., and had the following children, viz .: Jeffrey
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A., Clarissa, Sarah, Thomas F., Dan B., Louisa, Sophia, Almira, Nancy, Samuel and Virgilius B.
Thomas F. Bogue, (as he wrote his name,) the second son of Jeffrey Amherst, was born in Chittenden, June 17, 1795, and married, in 1819, Elizabeth Stewart, who was born in Sherman, Conn., in 1794. They located in Pittsford, on the Parsons farm,* which Mr. Bogue purchased of Elder William Harrington early in 1820. Mr. Bogue possessed those quali- ties of mind and heart which fitted him for prominent positions in the town, and at different times he held almost every office within the gift of his fellow-townsmen. He died July 11, 1864. Since his death his family has sold the home farm to Azro Dickerman, and now own and occupy the Sheldon place, in the Village.
Joseph Whitmore married Betsey, daughter of David Jack- son, Feb. 25, 1821, and located on land now owned by Henry Mills. The house stood west of the road, nearly opposite the present residence of Michael Cane. After residing there a short time he removed to the farm now owned by Stephen Whipple. The house he there occupied stood a few rods north of the one now occupied by Mr. Whipple. From that farm he removed to Chittenden.
Hiram Jackson, son of Daniel, married Experience, daugh- ter of Peter Worden, Dec. 31, 1821, and located in Whipple Hollow, on land now owned by Leonard Sargent. The house he occupied stood some rods northeast of Graton Jackson's. He removed to Pennsylvania about the year 1840.
Alexander Bogue, son of Oliver, married Hannah Stanton, Sept. 9, 1821, and located on the home farm with his parents. His life was mostly spent upon that place, where he died Dec. 15, 1842. Mrs. Bogue died July 5, 1839.
* It will be remembered that Elisha Rich bought this farm of Aaron Parsons, and sold it to Mr. Harrington.
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B. C. NEEDHAM-J. H. LINCOLN-S. MORGAN.
Benjamin C. Needham, born Aug. 17, 1794, son of Jere- miah Needham, married Achoah Thayer, March 17, 1814, and located in Wilmington, Essex County, N. Y. His wife Achoah died, and he married Feb. 22, 1821, Lois Huntley, who was born in Salisbury, June 20, 1797. He located at this time in Pittsford, and occupied a house which stood near the bank of the Creek, some forty rods south of the house which had been the residence of Col. Benjamin Cooley. Some years since he removed to Parkersburgh, Butler County, Iowa, where he now resides. He was a soldier in the war of 1812.
John Harvey Lincoln, born in Taunton, Mass., came to Pittsford with his father's family in 1809. He enlisted as a soldier in the war of 1812, and served fifteen months, and, besides, was one of the volunteers in the expedition to Platts- burgh in 1814. In June, 1821, he married Dulcima, daughter of Samuel Fenton, and after residing a few months in the house now owned by Charles Stiles, bought the farm now owned by Capen Leonard and built the house in which Mr. Leonard now resides. He occupied that farm* till 1852, when he removed to Brandon, and there he died in 1867. Mrs. Lincoln died in 1855.
Samuel Morgan, born in March, 1802, son of Samuel, married Eunice Stevens, Jan. 30, 1822, and located on the home farm with his parents, where he resided till about the year 1835. He then moved to Rutland, and after residing there a year or more, he removed to the north part of the State, and there died in February, 1867.
Bradford Andrews, son of Kellogg, married Fanny, daugh- ter of William Baxter, March 14, 1822, and after residing in this town a few months, moved to the State of New York, where he resided some years, and where his wife died. He afterwards returned to Pittsford, and one morning in the year
* He sold the farm to Cyrus Dike, Dec. 21, 1852.
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1843, he was found dead by the side of the road, a little north of the present residence of A. J. Tiffany.
Ambrose Parmelee, born in Seabrook, N. H., in 1763, married Amelia Conant, of Claremont, in 1805, and located in Windsor, Vt., from which place he came to Pittsford in 1822, and bought of Jonathan Dike the June farm ; the deed, dated April 20th, was in consideration of eight hundred and twenty- nine dollars. He removed his family here that spring and resided on his farm till 1844, when he removed to Chittenden where he died in 1853. Mrs. Amelia Parmelee died in 1862.
Eli Lincoln, sixth son of Daniel, born in Taunton, Mass., married Dorris Downey, Feb. 29, 1822, and located in what was then called the Beach house, a part of which is now stand- ing a few rods north of the present residence of Eliab Randall. After residing there about one year he removed to Wilmington, N. Y., and remained there about two years. His wife died in Wilmington, January 25, 1825, when he returned to Pittsford and was engaged in farm work in various places. He married Hannah Powell Oct. 1, 1844, and located on the place now owned by Siloe Dunklee, occupying an old house which for- merly stood where Mr. Dunklee's house now stands. He exchanged his place of residence quite often till 1857, when he settled on the place he now occupies.
Lyman Rockwood, from Fitzwilliam, N. H., married Betsey Powell, and located in Pittsford in 1822. He purchased of his brother, John, one undivided half of a lot of land which the latter had bought of Andrew Leach. This included the lots now owned by Paschal Whitaker and Simeon Gilbert as well as one-half of the saw-mill. The deed bears date March 25, 1823. The two brothers built the Whitaker house that spring and the following summer. Lyman bought of Nathan Dana "40₺ rods of land on the north side of the highway leading from Pittsford Village to Heman Johnson's, and adjoining John and Henry Simonds' garding." The deed
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bears date January 25, 1825, and the consideration was thirty dollars. He built a house upon this lot the following summer -the same now owned by the heirs of the late Charles Walker, D. D. He resided on this place till the 24th of October, 1826, when he sold it to Warren Barnard. On the 2d day of September, 1828, he purchased of Benoni Taylor the land now owned by James Bucknam, and soon after built the house now occupied by Mr. B. His trade was that of a wheelwright, but after locating on this place he worked at sash- making and painting. His wife Betsey died in 1833, and he married Julia Bliss in 1835. He sold the last mentioned place to Amos Crippen, September 30, 1835, and left the town. He returned in 1842,* bought the location now owned by Rollin S. Meacham, and in 1844 built the house now occupied by Mr. M. He traded there till April 26, 1850, when he sold the location to Thomas H. Palmer and again left the town.
Samuel A. Brown, tanner and currier, born July 23, 1798, son of Elijah, Jr., married Betsey Hemenway, Feb. 11, 1822, and located with his brother Elijah on the place now owned and occupied by his son George. The two brothers carried on the tanning and currying business in company until the 1st day of March, 1827, when Samuel A. bought the location of his brother, paying him the sum of twelve hundred dollars. He resided there until his death, Nov. 16, 1867.
Nehemiah Barnes, son of John, bought of David Hall, Jr., the farm now owned by Alexander Parmelee, the deed being dated April 20, 1819 ; and in the spring of 1820, he exchanged farms with Nathaniel K. Andrews who had bought and resided on the farm now owned by Charles Stiles. He married Ladocia Andrews, March 9, 1823, and resided on the farm first men- tioned till 1865, when he exchanged it with Charles Stiles for the one on which he now resides. Mr. Stiles had, a short time before, purchased it of Austin Andrews.
* He purchased this place of Seneca Townsend and Ira Button, April 26.
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Samuel Ward Boardman, son of Timothy, was born in Rutland, Nov. 27, 1789, and the most of his minority was spent in that town. He came to Pittsford in April, 1817, in company with his brother, Charles G., and assisted him in the care of the farm and tavern. The Pittsford property, of which the two brothers had the care and income, was, up to April 5, 1823, owned by their father, Timothy, then residing in Rut- land. At this time he deeded the tavern and a few acres of land adjoining, to Charles G., and the north and larger part (eighty-four acres) of the farm to Samuel W. This included the farm now owned by Josiah Leonard. On the 5th of May, 1823, Samuel W. married Anna, born Dec. 6, 1793, daughter of Simeon Gilbert, and occupied the red house now owned by Mr. Leonard, and standing but a few rods north of the brook. He resided there till 1836, when he removed to West Rutland, and the following year to Castleton where he resided till 1860, when he went to Middlebury and resided with his son, Prof. George N. Boardman. He returned to Pittsford in the spring of 1869, and died here, May 13, 1870. Few men have left a better record. He took a great interest in the peace move- ment, and many articles upon this subject from his pen were published and widely circulated.
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