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WOOD, JAMES, from R. I., m. Lydia Pettiface, and settled in the Little Village. Their children were : John, Squire, Wel- com, David and James. Squire m. Rachael Steer, and raised a family of seven children : Salinda, Leafee, Squire, Welcom, John, Lydia and Sophia.
WOOD, JAMES. JR., m. Faithful, da. of William Bromly, and raised a family of eight children : James, Daniel. Tolman, Lo- vone, Sophia, Hannah, Willard, Stephen and Leonard. Tolman m. Rhoda Sherman, and lives west ; Lovone m. Ada Matteson, and lives in Michigan; Willard and Stephen both served in the Mexican war, and also in the war of 1861 : Stephen m. Harriet Buxton ; he died in 1865, aged !1. Their children are : Willard, James, Amos, Leonard Faithful and Simmer.
WOODEN, PETER, from B. I., settled at an early day on the farm owned by Lemuel Harrington. He was a mechanic by trade. He removed west many years ago. His children are : Berzalied, Emer and Archilaus.
WHITE, ANDREW, from Nine Partners, at an early day, set-
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tled at the Borough where the widow Bradley now lives. He owned and run a grist mill there in early times. He finally re- moved to Pern. His wife's name was Amy Palmer, by whom he raised the following children : Edward, Peter, William, Ne- hemiah, Roubin, Oliver. Palmer, Benjamin, Elizabeth. Rachael, Catherine and Mary.
WHITE. REUBIN. m. Debrah Wilbur, and settled on the farm owned by Albert Bucklin, and afterwards on the present home- stead of J. E. Nichols. He was one of the leading members of the Quaker society. He died at Collins. N. Y., at the age of 72. His children follow : Deborah. b. 1775; Elizabeth, b. 1793 ; Isaac, b. 1794 : Huldah, b. 1796 ; Peter, b. 1797 ; Stephen, b. 1798; Rachael. b. 1799 : Anna, b. 1802, and Mary, b. 1804. Deborah m. Nathan Smith ; Rachael m. Petter Potter of Gran- ville, N. Y. Isaac m. Hannah da. of Judge Thorn, of Gran- ville. and settled on the farm owned by Joel Colvin. He remov- ed to Collins, N. Y. : Peter m. Sylvia, da. of Zoheth Allen, and settled in Tiumouth ; Stephen m. Sally, da. of David Congor, and settled in Collins, N. Y.
WHITE, JOHN C., son of Hosea White, from Mt. Holly. m. Cynthia. da. of Nathan Lapham, and settled where Henry Grif- fin now lives. He was a thrifty farmer, and a man of good abil- ity. He was selectinan three years ; lister two years, and a mag- istrate five years. He was also a captain in the State Militia. He died about the year 1840, leaving but one son, John J., who m. Ann Sperry, and settled in Buffalo, N. Y.
WHIPPLE, DR. E. O., was born at Athens, Vt., in 1831. He studied his profession with Profs. Bradford and Sprague, of Ran- dolph. . He graduated at Castleton Medical College in 1848, and located in Danby the same year. By his great attachment to the profession, he has obtained a thorough knowledge of the medical and surgical science, and has acquired during his long residence here, the reputation of a skillful physician, having had an exten- sive and lucrative practice. Dr. Whipple is a gentleman of re- fined taste and manners, ripe scholarship, and admirable sociable qualities. His prompt attention to his patients, and their couti- dence in his skill, have rendered him a pepalar and successful practitioner. As a citizen he is highly esteemed, being influen- tial aud useful, both in public and private life. Ile is also a member of the Masonic Fraternity. He m. Augusta Sawyer, and they have but one son, Frank. now living.
WHEELER, STEPHEN, from R. I., settled on the Mathew Wing farm. He finally removed back to Rhode Island. All of his family left town many years ago.
WYNNE, FRANCIS, from Ireland, in 1846, m. Mary Frery. Ile is a good citizen. a man of industrious habits, good judgment and ability, and highly respected by all. He has also accumulat- ed considerable property. They have raised a family of six children : Maria, Aun, Lizzie, Ellen d. 1865, Thomas, Frances, Delia, Michael and James.
Yousas, DAVID, a native of Paizley, Scotland, came to Danby
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at the age of 16, and was among our early merchants. He m. Charlana Eggleston, and was a resident of this town until his death. He possessed a peculiar tact for business, which was ni- ted with, industry and a will to accomplish. He commenced ped- dling quite young, being his first experience in trade. He soon after went into the mercantile business, in connection with Rob- ert Green, in which he continued for a number of years. He was also in trade with Williams & Eggleston, after which he pur- chased the clothing mill of Hosea Williams. Iu 1821 he built a woolen mill at the Borough which he run antil 1837, when it was burned. He was a man greatly respected in the community, and possessed the confidence of all with whom he had deal. He was honored with various town offices. having been selectman seven years, grand-juror two years, and a justice of the peace three Ho diod in 1810 ; his wife in 1942. Then children are : Samuel B., Harriet, Fanny, David and Alexander. Samuel B. in. a Jamison, is a tinsmith, and resides in Manchester ; Harriet m. Calvin Norton and lives in Bennington : Alexander m. Mary Cole, and died of consumption in 1869.
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SOLDIERS' RECORD).
REVOLUTIONARY WAR.
War whether inst or unjust. come when it will, is a tremen- dous evil, and is always to be deprecated. The war of the revo- Intiom was just, because it involved the principles of liberty and equality, the dearest rights of humanity. This principle is foun- ded in the right, in defense of, and to sustain which, the fathers of the Republic accepted the ordeal of war. The consciousness ot the justice of their cause, made every man a host, and render- ed them, as soldiers, vastly superior to the trained veterans of Europe.
The love of liberty has always been the ruling passion. The indignant spirit of our fathers. oppressed and persecuted in their native country, formed the design of leaving a land, where minds as well as bodies are chained, for a region where freedom might be found. And though her dwelling proved to be amid wilds and wolves, and savages less hospitable than either, they performed the grand enterprise, crossing an ocean three thousand miles wide, with its winds and waves, and landed on this then uneulti- vated shore. Here they found
" The wilderness all betore them, where to choose
Their place of rest. and Providence their guide."
But their courage and industry soon surmounted all these ditf- culties ; the savages retired ; the forests were exchanged for fields of richest harvests, and the haunts of wild beasts for the abode of civilized man. The nation, increasing in wealth and population, with a rapidity that astonished the .. Old World." it flourished for a century and a half, when England, pressed down with the enormous weight of debts, and considering the inhabitants of these States as slaves, who owed their existence and preserva. tion to her care, instead of protecting and fostering our interests. "as a kind mother would have done," now began to form the unjust and :yranical plan of taxing us without our consent, and in various ways, seeking to keep us tributary to her. When re- monstranges against her policy proved unavailing. we had re- course to war.
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This same spirit which led them here, which supported theni under all trials and privations, nerved their arms and braced their souls, throughout their straggle. and led theni to resolve ou " liberty or death." This same spirit of freedom has descended down through every generation of their posterity, marking every feature of our country's history.
When we coutemplate the extent and magnitude of this coup- try, rivaling the first nations of the earth, the asylinn of the op- pressed of every land, its vast population, enjoying the greatest. liberty, our thoughts turn in gratitude to those noble patriots, whose bravery, devotion and sacrifice. achieved all this, and es- tablished for ne. a rationality and a free Republic. We may just- ly feel proud of the achievements of our gallant fathers. and ac- knowledging the blessing, let us cherish a strong affection for it, and resolve to maintain and perpetuate it. The example of the patriotic services, and illustrious deeds of the heroes of 1776, isa sacred heritage, and to them we owe a debt, which we can nev- er pay.
" They have gone to their rest, those brave heroes and sages, Who trod the rough war-path our freedom to gain ;
But their deeds were all written on fame's brightest pages,
When a tyrant's rude host were all scattered and slain.
" They have gone to their rest, as bright stars sink in glory, And hallowed the spot where their valor was shown;
Yet but few are there left us to tell the glad story.
Ilow victory was gained and the mighty o'erthrown."
The revolutionary war, is the first in which any of our citizens were engaged, and notwithstanding the controversy with New York, they were ever ready to co-operate with other towns on the the grants, against the common enemy. These were times "that tried men's souls." and while engaged with the common enemy, and with New York, they had to cope with a more dangerous foc within their own midst, the tories, against whom they were greatly incensed, and while they applied the " Beech Seal" to the naked backs of the " haughty New Yorkers," they hung the to- ries convicted of ". enmical " conduct to the nearest tree.
A good many of the carly settlers of the town participated in this war. During the invasion of Burgoyne, a company of mili- tia was organized here, and some of our citizens were engaged in the battle of Bennington. Soon after the close of the war, there were many of the revolutionary soldiers who settled in this town. the most of them remaining till their death. It is many years since the last one died, and but little knowledge of them is aow within our reach. Although no monument marks the place of many, and even the names of some are fading from the memory. we will gather up what few fragments are still left, and transmit them to our posterity, and over the graves of the patriots we will
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" Here rest the great and good, -here they repose After their generous toil A sacred band, They take their sleep together, while the year Comes with its early flowers to deck their graves And gather them again. as winter frowns. Theirs is no vulgar sepulcher,-green sods Are all their monuments , and yet it tells, A nobler history than pillared piles, Or the eternal pyramids. They need No statue or inscription to reveal
Their greatness. It is round them; and the joy With which their children tread the hallowed ground
That holds their venerated bones, the peace
That smiles on all they fought for, and the wealth
That clothes the land they rescued,-these, though mute As feeling is when deepest. - these Are monuments more lasting, than the fanes Reared to the kings and demigods of old.
Touch not the ancient trees, that hand their heads Over their lowly graves ; beneath their boughs There is a solemn darkness, even at noon,
Suited to such as visit at the shrine Of serions liberty. No factious voice
Called them unto the field of generous fame, But the pure consecrated love of home.
No deeper feeling sways us, when it wakes
In all its greatness. It has told itself
To the astonished gaze of awe-struck kings,
At Marathon, at Bannockburn, and here,
Where first our patriots sent the invaders back Broken and cowed. Let those green elms be all To tell us where they fought, and where they lie. Their feelings were all nature; and they need No art to make them known. They need No column pointing to the heaven they sought. To tell us of their home. Let these trees Bend their protecting shadows o'er their graves, And build with their green roof the only fane, Where we may gather on the hallowed day, That rose to them in blood, and set in glory."
We annex, in addition to the names given on page 40, a list of revolutionary soldiers who settled in this town, with the rank, and age and year of decease, of each one so far as we have been able to ascertain :
Age.
Year.
Age. Year.
Ephraim Briggs, 72
William Bromley, 90
1848
Capt. Elijah Lillie, 87 1814
Joshua Bromley, 63 1825 Henry Lewis,
Jolin Brock, 75
1820
Peter Lewis,
Rufus Bucklin. 84 80
18-41
Elisha Lincoln, 1830
Joseph Button.
Daring Lobdel, 67 1796
Capt. John Burt.
Lient. Abraham Locke, 67 1×20
Capt. Stephen Cal- kins,
83
Denois Canfield, 80
Abraham Chase,
William Lake, 1850
18441 Jonathan Mabbitt, Ephraim Mallory, 75 Jabeth Matteson, 1825
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Age.
Year.
Age.
David Comstock,
Gideon Moody. 80
1849
Jonathan Crandall, 85
Lient. John Mott. 85
Obediah Edmunds,
1809
Israel Phillips, 80
Benedict Eggleston. 25
1859
John Priest, 85
1845
Henry Frost,
Isaac Reed,
83
Capt. Wm. Gage, 82
William Roberts, 70
1823
Thos. Harrington,
Joseph Ross.
Israel Harrington,
72
Jonathan Seley, 90
Henry Derrick,
83
1827
Water Tabor,
1800
Miner Hilliard,
84
1847
Gideon Tabor.
61 1814
Abel Horton,
86
1842
Capt. Micah Vail, 48
1777
Daniel Hulett.
90
1838
Capt. John Vail,
10 1790
Dr. Adam Johns-
Isaac Wade,
1837
ton,
54
1806
Ebenezer Wilson,
THE WAR OF 1812.
After thirty years of peace. in 1812, our nation was again in- volved in a war with Great Britain. Our citizens did not hesi- tate to take up arms against their old enemy, in defense of the liberty and independence their fathers had won. The impress- ment of our seamen by the British, and the plundering of our commerce was a sufficient cause for a declaration of war, which act Congress passed the 18th of June, 1812. It is the duty of ev- ery nation to protect and defend its own citizens, and when the right to exercise this was denied us, the genius of freedom was again aroused, and after a contest of three years, peace was re- stored to a free. united and independent nation.
We annex a list of those who entered the service. viz : Will- iam Bromley. jr .. Oliver Emerson. Luther Briggs. David Benson. Edward Tabor, Noah Gifford, Gideon Moody, Rufus Backtin. jr., and Moses Harrington. Name, of those who were drafted : John Colvin. Israel Colvin, Levi Parris, Jocob MeDaniels, Con- sider Frink. Stephen Calkins, jr., John Vail. Isane Vail, Ira Se- ley, Enoch Colvin, Joseph Bartlett, Benoni Colvin, and Bromley Seley.
THE MEXICAN WAR, 1846.
The object of the Mexican war being the requisition of more ter ritory. in which to extend the institution of slavery, did not arouse the sympathy of our citizens. The government was then controlled by slave-holders, who sought to maintain a balance of power, and although by the war, a large amount of territory was acquired, the vast resources of which, under the reign of slavery, would have forever remained undeveloped ; populous states and thriving cities have sprung up ; the resources developed. and instead of its becoming shwe territory, the larger portion was col-
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secrated to freedom. Notwithstanding the necessity of the war was not generally coneurred in by our citizens, we have the names of sixteen recruits who went from this town. viz : Darwin Ballard, Elisha Bradley, Hiram Harrington, Samuel Hall, Dan- iel Ililliard, Chauncey Maxham, Jamon Preston, Caleb Roberts, Oliver Sheldon, C. Smith, Wesson Soule. Henry Tufts, Stephen Woods, Willard Woods. L. Smith, and Hiram Wait.
Below will be found a copy of a letter written to Miner Hill- iard, Esq., in 1848, and which gives a better record of the recruits from this town, than we could give :
" PACHICA, MEXICO, Feb. 4th. 1818.
"DEAR SIR :- Yours of Dec. 10th, was received by last mail, and I write in answer, for the reason that the Capt. is at present unable, having hurt his haud whilst visiting the mines at Rio Del Montis. Danby, I believe, furnished 16 recruits for the Vor- mont company, and at present as far as I know they are as fol- lows : Ballard is in hospital in the city of Mexico, left Dec. 26th, 1847 : Bradley died of fever in hospital, city of Mexico. Oet. 5th, 1847 ; Harrington was transferred to Co. K., June 5th, 1847, and was left sick in hospital Vera Cruz, July 12th, 1847; Hall was wounded at Cherubusco. in the shoulder. After recovery of his wound he died in hospital at Mexico, Nov. 16th, 1847; Hilliard deserted at Fort Adams, May 26th, 1847 ; Maxham was left sick in hospital at Puebla, Ang. 6th, 1847 ; others left sick at the same time who have since joined the Co., report him as having recovered and on duty ; Preston is with the Co., and well : Roberts was left sick in hospital at Puebla. the 6th, and died Aug 26th, 1847 ; Chauncey Smith is well and with his Co. doing duty ; Sowle was wounded in the anele, at Chernbusco. After getting well and returning to his company for duty, was taken with the brain fever and died in the hospital at Mexico, Oct. 15th, 1847 : Tufts deserted at Fort Adams, May 26th, 1847 ; Stephen Woods was left sick in hospital Dec. 26th, 1817; he has been in hospital some four months and will probably be discharged as soon as he recovers ; Willard Woods is present with the Co. doing duty, and is well and hearty ; Lnther Smith is present with the Co., he has just recovered from a severe fit of sickness, but is now well and doing duty. For his good conduct at Contreras and Cherubusco. he was promoted to be a corporal, which post he holds now ; Wait died in hospital at Mexico, Nov. 13th. 1847.
In conclusion permit me to say that with the exception of two who thought discretion the better part of valor, the Dayby boys have nobly sustained their own reputation, and the reputation of the State to which they belong. Danby may well be proud of them.
With inch respect, I remain, yours. N. C. MILLER. Ist Sert. Co. D., 9th JautCy."
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HISTORY OF DANBY.
THE WAR OF 1861-5.
The contest between freedom and slavery, calminated at last in the great rebellion of 1861. It was the most formidable civ- il war ever known, and an attempt to overthrow the " best gov- ernment the sun ever shone upon." When it became known that war was inevitable, the loyal people of the north determined, at the expense of their lives and fortunes, to defend and preserve this government, the dear purchase of our fathers. and transmit it unimpaired to their children. Although the war was depreca- ted by the north. yet when the attempt at conciliation proved un- availing, when the shock came and the nation was called to arms, the people responded with an alaerity hitherto unknown.
Danby bore her part nobly and faithfully during the struggle, and promptly met every emergency, when men and money were required. This town was among the first to respond to the call of the government for men, and it has a record of which her citi- zens may well be proud. Although called upon from time to time to raise large bounties and large taxes, yet notwithstanding this, when the war closed, every dollar of the war debt was paid. The quota required at different times, were promptly filled, and the bonuties voted without hesitation. The town paid in boun- ties $18,625, the bounties ranging from $100 to $1,200. There are doubtless not many towns in the State, from which a larger number enlisted into the service, in proportion to the number sub- ject to military duty. In 1863 the roll of men subject to be draft- ed, fron numbered 137, and there were 103 men enlisted into the service Caring the war, being 6 more than was required to fill the quota of the town. Under the call of the President of July 18, 1864, for 500,000 men, the town stood as follows : number en- rolled 137 ; quota under the call, 24 ; excess of credit over pre- vious calls, 18; number to be raised JJuly 31, 1864, was 6. But few towns in the State can show a better record.
Danby was represented in most of the infantry regiments rais- ed in the State, as well as in the cavalry, sharpshooters and bat- teries, also in several regiments from New York and other States. We were also represented in nearly every battle and campaign of the war. Our volunteers were in all the movements of the army of the Potomac ; in the campaign of General MeClellan in 1862. in his fruitless attempts to take Richmond, and in the campaigns of Pope, Burnside and Hooker. They were with General Meade, and assisted in achieving the victory at Gettysburg, and Lookout Mountain : in the march of Sherblan through the Shenandoah Valley, and were with General Banks at the taking of Mobile. They were also with Genera! Grant. and shared in all the move- monis, from the Rapidan to the closing battles around Richmond.
It is due to those who enlisted from this town to say. that the were mostly men of intelligence and good moral character. au were brave and faithful soldiers. When the nation was threa ened with destruction, and in its hour of peril, these mer sterili
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ed the comforts of home, leaving their business, their families, and all they held dear, enduring untoldl hardships and sufferings, from toilsome marches through mund and over frozen ground, ex- pesure to heat and cold, privations in food and raiment, from dis- cases in camp and wounds on the field, some of them meeting death far from home and kindred, for its preservation. We have no honors too great, or gifts too precious to bestow upon such men, for we can never pay the great debt we owe them. Those who survived, returned to their homes after serving ont their term of enlistment, to be again useful citizens. It is our duty to celebrate in song and in story, the sacrifices, virtues and zeal of these men, transmitting them to our children and grandchildren. that they may derive new courage and zeal in " performing their duty to their country and their God." For us, in common with the nation, let our sentiments be expressed in the following im- pressive lines :
" Four hundred thousand men ; The brave; the good, the true ; In tangled wool, in mountain glen Lie dead for me and you. Four hundred thousand of the brave Have made our ransomed soil their grave For me and you.
" In many a fevered swamp, By many a black bayou, In many a cold and frozen camp, The weary sentinel ceased his tramp, And died for me and you. From western plains to ocean tide, Are stretchind the the graves of those who died For me and you.
" On many a bloody plain Their ready swords they drew. And poured their life- blood, like the rain A home, a heritage to gain,- To gain for me and you. Our brothers mustered by our side,
They marched, and fought, and bravely died, For me and you.
" Up many a fortress wall They charged ; those Boys in Blu -: 'Mid surging smoke and volleyed ball, The bravest were the first to fail, To fall for me and you. The noble men. the nation's pride,
Four hundred thousand men have died For me and you.
" In treason's prison hold, Their martyr spirits grew To stature like the saints of old, While 'mid agonies untold, They starved for me and you ; The good, the patient, and the tried,
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Four hundred thousand men have died For me and you.
" A debt we ne'er can pay To them is justly due ; And to the nation's latest day. Our children's children still shall say ' They died for me and you.' Four hundred thousand of the brave Made this our ransomed soil their grave For me and you."
In the annexed table we give the names of all our soldiers, so far as we could ascertain, with all the particulars in reference to them : age at the time of enlistment, company and regiment to which they belonged, date of enlistment, bounties received, those who paid commutation and furnished substitutes, and natives of the town who enlisted in this and other States.
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NAMES OF SOLDIERS.
Names.
Age.
Company.
Regiment.
State.
Date of
Enlistment.
Rank.
Term of
Enlistment.
Bounty from the Town.
Aaron H. Baker, hi Enlistment.
17.
Ang. 26. 61.
3 yrs.
.6
Dec. ja. 63.
3 yrs.
Albert A. Baker,
F
66
Aug. 26, 61.
3 yrs.
Heury J. Paker.
18
B
0
May 27, 62
Lieut.
3 yrs.
Elias S. Baker,
31
B
1₺
Ang. 27, 6 !.
Corp.
9 mo.
2.100
John F. Baker.
35
B
1+
66
Ang. 27. 02.
Aug. 27, 62.
Corp.
9 mo.
$180
Wininn H. Pond, l Enlistount.
23
1
2
Dec. 21, 63.
Cupt. Corp.
2 ure
24
D
2
Feb 2. 51.
3 yrs
27
B
P
2
Dec. 21, 63
Dec. 16, 63.
3 yrs.
$300
21
B
14
Aug. 27, 63.
9 mo.
$100
32
I
?
Dec. 15. 63.
3 yrs.
3 yrs.
D
7
Dec. 13, 61.
3 yrs.
35
1)
Feb. 19, 04.
3 yrs.
35
U. S. N.
24
C
10
..
Ang. 11, 6%.
Sept. 19, 02.
Capt.
3 yrs. e mo. 3 yrs.
$100
21
U
7
.
Feb. 16, 64.
3 yrs. 3 yrs.
21
1
7
Feb. 1G, 61.
3 yr's,
18 1
2 s. S.
Oct. 16, 61.
3 yrs.
John Cook,
32
B
1f
.. Ang. 27. 62.
9 mo.
William Corey.
18
C
10 1 Cav.
14
Aug. 25. 02.
9 mo.
Everard Crandall, Willard Crandall,
23
H
Sept. 11, 61.
3 yrs.
Frances F. Crapo.
31
K
1.4
Sept. 18, 12.
9 :10.
$ 100
Daniel V Croff, Ezra Crotl,
31
B
1+
Aug. 27. 02.
Fifer.
gmo. 9 mo. Sim)
Israel T. Croff,
*2.2
21
II
10 1 Cav.
Nov. 4, 61.
Corp.
3 yrs. 2 yrs.
Benj. F. Dawsonl.
14
Sept. 18. 62. Dee. 4, 61
3yrs. 3 yra.
$500
Orange G. Emerson, 2d Enlistment, Hiram R Edgerton, Caleb P. Fick.
40)
F
S. S.
Dre. 16. +3.
1
.24
14
Ang. 27, 62.
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