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GLOYERSVILLE:

OR,

THE MODEL VILLAGE.

WITH AN APPENDIX,

CONTAINING A SUCCIKCT HiaTORT OF THE SAME ; ALSO, BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCEXB
OF PROMINENT PERSONS AND NOTICES OF INFLUENTIAL FAMILIES WHOSE
, HISTORY 13 CONNECTED WITH ITS FOUNDATION AND PROGRESS.

By HORACE SPRAGUE.

' Sweet Auburu ! loveliest village of the plain."— Goldsmith.

GLOVEESVILLE, N. Y. :
PRINTED BY -WILLIAM H. CASE.
1859.

Entebed aoookdisb to Act op Concibess, in the teas 1858, ft
HOE ACE SPKAGUE,
In the Ciebk'3 Office of the Disteict Coubt op the Unitjd States, fob the
NoBTHEEN District op New York.

THE CITIZENS OF GLOVERSVILLE,

THE FOLLOWING

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IS B«SPECTFOI,I,Y IIJSOEjaEn BV THEIR TRIEND,

THE AUTHOR,

PREFACE.

The fallowing poem, as the reader ¦will perceive, is written in the
form of an address ; which, in fact, it was, having been composed and
deliyerfid to answer a temporary purpose, and without any view to
its publication. The usual apology of authors, " the importunity
of friends," is not urged as a reason for committing this work to the
press. The author confesses, however, that the unlocked for ap
proval which his effort received from respectable quarters, bas led
him to fulfill the purpose recently adopted, of publishing a book such
as is indicated in the title page. H-i will further say, that had he
originally intended the poem for publication, it would have been
cast on a plan quite different from the present one. Most of the
attempts at playful humor, which are thought to add interest to a
spoken address, and many personal allusions -would have been
omitted. He does not feel himself justifiable in making any altera-.
tions which his taste or reasons of prudence might i(iow dictate ; as
in such a case, the poem would not be the thing called for or ex
pected. Pope's injunction, "keep your piece ten years," has no
application ^here fame is not the object. The reviews, the erasures,
the corrections, the lim^ labor requisite to ensure perpetuity are
not for those who must do something for their bread. Somebody
has said that none but poets should write poetry ; as well may it be
said that none but a Raphael or a Coreggio should be painters ; that
none but a Canova or a Chantrey should be sculptors ; that none
but a Handel or a Haydn should be musical composers, and so on
ad infinitum. If none but geniuses of a higli grade are to furnish
the pabulum of mind, the useiul and honorable vocations of multi
tudes skilled in literature, in science, orin art, would belost to them-

?I PREFACE.
selves and to the world ; and a corresponding amount of instmction
and rational amusement would be subtracted from the happiness of
mankind. -With views that may be inferred by the reader, the author ap
pears before his own public, viz : Ms friends and acquaintances ;
and caring little for the opinion of those dispensers of fame, the
critics, or of the great world, he is mainly solicitous to win the
approval of those for whom he writes.

aLOVERSYILLE-A POEM.

Eespeoted Gloversvillians,
Friends, kindred, neighbors, all,
Permit one who has loved you long
Your history to recall ;
To trace your onward progress
From that primeval time.
When in Stump City you rejoiced, (a)
A name defying rhyme.
Though stumping politicians
Your father's never knew,
Yet stumps they had of generous size.
Nor far between, nor few ;
And to abate the nuisance,
The stumps straight up they rent :
That's why you're never up a stump
Though stumpt in argument.
A vision con^s before me
Of forty y%ars gone by,

POEM.
When half a dozen homes embraced
Your whole community ;
When here a lone sojourner,
(Thus heaven our fortune sends,)
I won an interest in their hearts
Who've been my life-long friends :
But of those forms that gladden'd
The cheerful ingle side,
Stilly cherish'd in my heart of hearts,
Alas, how few abide.
In memory's twilight chambers,
Made dim by waning years.
Yet their remembrance sheds a light
That sanctifies and cheers.
The record of your founders.
Ward, Giles and Mills, and Burr, (b)
Must grace your annals while the truth
Shall find a chronicler ;
Since of your rising fortunes
They were the pioneers;
And your whole social fabric, yet
Their moulding impress bears.
Despite the voice that censures
Foundations placed on sand.
They boldly built their structures here.
Full confident they'd^stand ;
For they, keen sighted Ylftkees,

POEM.
First in the crystal flow
Of Cayadutta, had espied
The firm set rocks below.
Meanwhile this band of brothers.
With confidence and hope,
(Not like Micawber sitting still.
For sasnething to turn up,)
Chose for their leading business
To make and peddle tin ware : (c)
Do I not hear a groan or hiss 1
I'm sure I see a grin, there I
And see that gay young lady
All silk and crinoline ;
Why curl your pretty lip in scorn.
Or knit that brow serene ?
'Tis not a freeman'.s question
How runs our pedigree.
Or whether high or lowly born.
But, rather, what are we ?
Howe'er our sires are valued.
Of less or greater worth.
We scorn to arrogate the claims
Of ancestry or birth ;
We will not take the back step
To feudal forms again :
What signify progenitors ?
We're self-made, if we're men.

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But I've digress'd ; those tinmen —
(Now don't again be rude,)
Were prosper'd even beyond their hopes.
And gain'd much worldly good ;
But as it mostly happens
In all monopolies,
- A host of rivals soon arose
To battle for the prize. *
Then as their gains wax'd fewer.
Some cast about to find
What other calling to pursue,
More useful in its kind ;
'Twas then that Yankee shrewdness
Discover'd and made known
What's proved to you the genuine
Philosopher's prized stone.
'Tis not a mooted question
On which to huff' and haff'.
As who invented steamboats first,
Or who the telegraph ;
For 'tis a point conceded.
And all without demur,
Yield the exclusive honor to
The names of Mills and Burr.
Within an open casement,
In all their yallow pride,
A dozen leather mitts and gloves

POEM. 11
A loiterer espied :
The news soon spread like wildfire.
Which all the village moves,
That Mills and Burr possess the art
Of making buckskin gloves.
The hint is quickly taken,
For people are not slow
To ascertain how lies the land
When interest bids them go.
They saw their gains from tin ware
Subsiding to a drouth.
That all the products of their trade
At best subserved the mouth,
That hands to mouths in ratio
Are plainly two to one :
To change their occupation, 'twas
No sooner thought than done.
Hence dates your rising fortune
Whose hand, unsparing, free,
Has pour'd out, to your largest wish.
Her cornucopiae.
Enkindled by the theme, my muse would fain
Essay a bolder flight, a loftier strain.
And poised, on hovering wing, survey, intent,
East, west, north, south, this mighty continent.
From the broad pampas of the southern zone
To the prone sunset rush of Oregon ;

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Or where tho herbaged prairie of the west
Wind-blown, seems ocean with its wrinkled breast ;
Or where innumerable solitudes
Extend of boundless wastes and pathless woods,
On every hand, in myriad forms appear.
The start, the chase, the slaughter of the deer.
The dogs let loose, with oiuzzles to the ground.
Discursive here and there they leap, they bound,
'Till some old courser's keener powers of scent
Have snuff'd the odorous trail with fierce intent —
A signal yelp sends all the mad emeute
Of dogs and huntsmen, in the wild pursuit.
The victim, startled from his resting place,
Instinctive knows the purpose of the chase ;
And from the clamor, with quick bounding feet.
Darts like a winged arrow, and as fleet ;
Scours the broad plain, shoots over fell and flood,
Threads the close thicket and deep tangled wood,
Swims the deep lake, and fords the wide lagoon —
Still nearer press the deafening clamors on ;
And nearer, louder, as they still prevs.il.
The victim's waning strength and spirits fail.
Until his faltering course and slacken'd speed,
With forestall'd triumph his pursurers heed,
And press upon him even to the death : —
With powers collapsed, and short, quick, panting breath,
And that large, conscious, sad, imploring eye, {d)
Moving to pity, he submits to die.
The forest's happy child and denizen,

To EM. 13
If safe from savage beasts and cruel men.
So mild his nature, that the world, now dim.
Would shine an Eden, if it copied him :
Model of flectness, framed in €V«ry part,
Te serve each impulse of his timid heart ;
I;ong, slender, sinewy limbs and horny feet,
'To bear his sleek, trim body, sure and fleet,
Show his security is not in might.
But, mainly, in his native powers of flight ;
That form and nature mark him for pursuit,
To the world's hunter-man and ravening brute;
Alas, that human wants must find supplies.
In life's perpetual mar and sacrifice I
0, may this thought effectively engage
Some genius of this humanizing age
To invent or find a worthy substitute
For buckskin, dnd thus save the suff'eriBg brute.
Hail, India rubber, hail, unrival'd yet,
For every varied form of costume fit !
If but Victoria or Napoleon
Gloves made of thee would, for a season, don,
The world were in for't, and th' achievement won,(e)
Yet more than ever, now, this stricken race
Quail 'neath the horrors of the murderous chase.
In every gale they hear the hateful din
Portending peril to their life and skin ;
Ever to lurk, to floe, to stand at bay,
Make up the measure of their weary way ;
But fleetness, secret haunts and stratagem.

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They find, alas, of no avail to them.
But learn, at length, whether they will or nill.
Their last great hiding place is Gloversville.
Pause we, a moment, rapidly to trace
The hazards and vexations of the chase.
Firsts on the hunting ground, quick, every way.
The dogs run wide to sntiff and scent the prey.
If crouching low, they lurch, -nnfound the trail ;
They're snuff''d at, with contempt, for turning tail.
But found, at length, they all rush pellmell forth.
As if their skins were not a rushes' worth.
And madly, onward, dash with might and main.
To come, like Gilpin, empty back again.
Even when, mest cheaply, the pursuer wins.
Dogs bark their throats out and men bark their shins ;
And when to bay, the antler'd foe is borne,
The thirsty barkers often take a hbrn ;
And give, in turn, his deership to requite.
If not a full meal, yet a hearty bite.
Dogs can't distinguish, and oft, unaware,
Instead of scenting deer, they scent a bear.
Whose Irish welcome made of hug and squeeze.
Quite too familiar well-bred dogs to please,
Their visit of surprise abruptly ends.
And sends them yelping, " save us from our friends."
But jests apart — no phantasy or dream
Be ours to ponder, but a truthful theme ;
And be it mine, in brief, to comprehend.
From the inception to the final end.

POEM. 15
Through every process, how the routine moves.
From unwrought hides to manufactured gloves.
First, into vats, low sunken in the ground.
The rattling skins are thrown, with husky sound ;
And there, for days, are suff'er'd to remain,
Until the waters permeate the grain.
And their whole yielding form and texture make
Pliant and supple, fitting them to break.
Prone, o'er the slanting beam, the breaker plies,
With long, two-handled knife, his energies.
All the adhering flesh to cleave away ;
His is the hardest work and poorest pay.
Flesh liming, or the hairing process call'd.
Is next in order and the next install'd.
Upon the flesh side of the broken skin,
Quicklime is spread and safely folded in ;
Then, in the soak or water vat, with care,
'Tis placed, ten days, for loosening the hair ;
And when the beam and knife' again are proved.
The hairy coat is easily removed.
In lime vats, next, the skins are put to lime .
'From one to three weeks is the allotted time.
This process perfected by slow degrees,
Thickens the skins and smoothes their surfaces,
Prizing requires the beam and knife again,
To shave clean ofi^, the cuticle or grain.
Parching is used for heavy skins alone ;¦
The meaning of the term is, drying down,
Not jn the fervors of the scorching suii,

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But in the shade alone, 'tis safely done,
A soaking process then ensues, until
They're softer made and fitted for the milL
Milling, in order, next, succeeds of course :
Placed, in the stocks — by steam or water force.
The skins are- briskly run, six hours or more.
To supple them and open every: pore ;.
Then taken out to air — with oil imbued,
Keplaced, again, the milling is renew'd ;
Bach half hour, afterwards, alternately,
They're in the stocks, or out to- air and dry.
Until, throughout the substance- of tlie- skin,.
The oil conamingles with the gelatin
Or glire, an(J leaves the other parts, together.
The true and genuine product we call leather.
^he-bcami and beaming knife a^uB. are plied
For scudding — on tBe grain or facial side.
The mucus substance or reticular
Tissue of the skin is shaved off bare.
The process, then, to perfect and to crown.
Requires a day, at most, for drying down.
Next, in lye-liquor vats, they're placed awhile,
la vulgar parlance, " for to cut the ile ;"
But by the chymic law affinity.
The oil gelatinous and alkali
Combine, without a figure or a trope.
And form the useful product we call soap.
A half hour in the stocks, the skins being run.
The soap's wash,'d. out an,d th,u.s th,e scaur ing's done.

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To soften, to give shape and natural size.
Duly, the staking process next applies.
Fast in the perch, the pendent skin being placed,
Grasp'd by the hand and firmly shoulder braced.
The arm-stake then is vigorously applied
To supple and extend the leathery hide j
While the knee-stake, more suitably, is found
Fitted to stretch and smooth the edges round.
Ocher, with water mix'd, when dried enough.
And, into square blocks fashion'd, is call'd bufi';
Which by the hand is rubb'd upon the skin
Peroh-hung, until the ooher's well wrought in
And deeply set, producing a soft, laellow.
Golden, enduring, inerasive yellow.
This Sw^reg-'s named— the process next to bring
The manufacture through, is Jmishing.
A horizontal shaft firm overlaid
With pumice-stone and by machinery made
To turn, elaborates the skin placed on
To perfect smoothness and the work is done.
About its origin there's no demur :
The inventor of the buoktail was James Burr,
Who gave the name, most clearly, to intend
The buckskin manufacture's tail, or end.
Staking, again, must be perform'd with care.
The finish'd skin for cutting to prepare.
For gloves Niles Fairbanks first constructed dies.
To whom inventive genius' fate applies :
To lose, by law's default, his toil and pains,
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18' FOEsr.
While others reap the product of his brains ;
And dies for mittens by Van Nothstrand wrought
Fairbanks's skill has to perfection broughi.
Pasting and sorting fits for the machine ^
Round welts and square make separate lots-, I ween.
And these, again, we subdivided find,
Some to be lined and others left unlined.
And now the swift machine is made to ply
Witk aim unerring and dexterity.
A work of wonder — exquisite the art,
Adjusting and adapting every part ;
Not mechanism, merely, but a soul
Seems to pervadie and animate the whole.
The amount of work accomplish'd, we are told,.
Exceeds all former modes,, at least,, fivefold.
To I. M. Singer is- the invention due ;
His be the honor and the profit too.
Dampening succeeds, and thus is brought about l
Cloths dipp'd in water, first, and then wrung out,
Infold the gloves for hours, and when enough
With moisture fraught, they're fit for laying off.
To make the gloves so soft and pliant now.
Their proper form and full proportions show,.
Upon the hand-board stretch'd and firmly drawn,.
The final process then is undergone.
Which renders smooth each wrinkle, ridge and hollow,.
With thumb-stick, mallet, finger-stick and roller —
The hand-board, now, so useful to the trade.
By A. B. Porter was design 'd and made.

POEM-. 19
The closing work of all, the sorting is
Of all the various kinds and qualities
Of gloves, which pack'd in boxes, trim and neat.
Ready for market, make the work complete-..
Gloves differ variously, in kind and name,.
But those that follow, most distinction claim —
The Plymouth gloves are welted, round or square.
While the Montpeliers all unwelted are :
And gauntlets are Montpeliers, long of wrist —
Half-gauntlets self-defined, augment the list.
The mode of cutting marks all English gloves ;
One finger place the harvest mitten proves.
Mittens and gloVes adorn'd and trimm'd with fur.
Find, in their names, their best interpreter.
Of moccasiss we deem but this to show,
That rubber bottoms, now, are all the go.
The men whose active enterprise has given
Success, and by whose labors you have thriven.
Your wealth and comforts growing, year by year.
Should, with due honors, find a record here.
Among the first. Burr, Mills, McNab and Ward,
Judson and Churchill, merit high regard ;
Spaulding and Washburn, Leonard, Wells and Place,
Burton, Giles, Kasson, Porter, Smith and Case ;
Sprague, Belden, Fairbanks, Sunderlin and Brown,
Heacoek, McFarlan, Phelps, just honors crown ;
Littauer, Beach, Miller, Thomas, Gilchrist, Prank,
Knowles, Seymour, Hosmer, Jones, have equal rank ;

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Spencer and Hellwig, Simmons, Fox and Tarr,
Streeter and Fay, of reputation are ;
So Sexton, Gillett, Bellows, Ballantine,
Nicloy and Combes, as their compeers we join.
Peake, Newton, Berry, of the healing art,
Hold in your interests an honor'd part ;
As in the past may yet their skill endure
Your ills to soothe, alleviate and cure.
Of those deserving most for doing well.
And getting least, physicians bear the bell.
When we are sick, good angels they appear.
When well, we doom them to the nether sphere.
To their prescriptions careless we attend,
And rate them, soundly, if we fail to mend.
But if we convalesce, ungrateful elves.
We thank our stars that we have cured ourselves.
We loath the nauseous draught, the bitter pill.
But most devoutly hate the doctor's bill ;
Charges for iife saved, we dispute, and show
We rate existence marvelously low,
Proving we'd rather with their skill dispense
Than pay the paltry sum of fifty cents.
Of this deserving, unrequited class
My muse, let not this fair occasion pass.
Without essaying worthily to speak
The cherish'd name and praise of Wm. Peake.
A man of worth, a true physician, he,
Whose skill, whose faithful care and sympathy
Brought joy, with health restored, to many a breast,

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As living, gpateful multitudes attest.
Enos and Davidson, in law well read.
And Ingraham, with scales nice balanced,
Justice dispense, 'tis hoped, with true intent —
Not to encourage strife, but to prevent.
To Case, the faithful guardian of the press
Our just consideration we express ;
A skillful caterer he, with dexterous slight.
To please each intellectual appetite ;
His weekly messenger, so promptly sent.
We welcome as a cherish'd friend's advent.
And, in it, find the best of sauce, you see.
To give a relish to our toast and tea.
Far sooner'without butter eat your bread,
Or your unsugar'd coffee sip instead.
Than lack these fruitful sources to amuse.
The village paper and the village news :
'Tis through this channel that the public's made
Acquainted with your name, profession, trade ;
For lack of which, the world would never know h
That you were men of pith, or Sprague a poet.
A pittance in 'the Standard to invest,
Makes for your honor and your interest ;
For a newspaper, as we plainly see,
Speaks an intelligent community.
Whoe'er among you liberally pay
For various leading papers of the day,
And the home journal also -patronize,
Mark, they're the men who make your fortunes vise

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POEM.
If any doubt and will the test abide-
The printer's list shall soon the point decide.
You're generous, liberal call'd — 0, then appear
Consistent with your fame — be liberal here.
McFarlan, Gorton, Cramer, merit well.
Teachers from choice, from taste, from principle ;
Since " as the twig is bent the tree's inclin'd,"
Commit to Cramer every infant mind.
That while it springs in vigorous beauties new,
It may, like her, bo good and gentle too.
0, what a thought, ye teachers,
That youth, earth's human flowers,
So fragile should entrusted be
To culture such as ours ;
Their texture and their tintings
Touch'd by a hand too rude,
May be so marr'd or so defaced
As ne'er to be renew'd.
How gently, 0, how kindly.
Should then your aid be given
To yield them, with earth's nurturing mold,
The dews and airs of heaven ;
Till rising in their vigor.
With banner'd blooms unfurl'd,
They give their fragrance to the air,
Their beauty to the world.
If moral influence, wealth and power, we call,
Corwin may well be rank'd the first of all ;
Dunning and Wescott, too, are his compeers,

POEM.

In fruitful labors, though of younger ycar.s.
To Parkes and Quinlan, Pearson, Bates and Wade,
Hawley and Spalding, be due honors paid ;
Not to one cultured spot confined alone.
But many blooming fields their labors own.
Your moral teachers are superior men.
Worthy of honor and respect — what then ?
Never to use them as caprice may suit,
First idolized, then trodden under foot ;
Without your love, without your confidence.
Vain are their gifts and powers of eloquence ;
For they are men of many anxious cares,
And ever need your sympathy and prayers ;
0, grant them these — their earnest counsels heed,
And your relation will be blest indeed.
Pause here, my muse, and on the memory dwell
Of Burr, who served his generation well ; {h)
Whose mind sagacious, at an early day.
Explored the route through which your interests lay
Whose powers inventive and adaptive, brought
Your business into system, and who taught
Each process in the routine as it rose.
From the beginning to the final close ;
The impress of whose genius still we see
Stamp'd on your various machinery ;
Whose influence for your business far and near
Won confidence, respect and character.
Thus while his worthy deeds his fame extend.
The muse laments, in him, a life-long friend.

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And one whose strong and energetic mind
Was to a gentle, loving nature join'd j
Whose healthful, noble, beaming, sunny face,
Nor time nor change from memory can efface ;
Whose head -^vas wise to plan, with heart to feel
For every interest of human weal ;
An upright, manly course without finesse,
Mark'd all his efforts and ensured success :
Rising, in wealth and influence, year by year,
While hope smiled forward on a long career.
Even in his dawning purposes to plan
A broader range of usefulness to man.
Sudden, mysterious, all before his time,
He fell, death-stricken, in his manly prime.
Whose is the bosom but with sorrow thrills.
When the breathed name is heard of Philo Mills ? (/)
And one whom cold oblivion ne'er shall quell,
While verse of mine survives his worth to tell.
"An honest man," the British poet claims,
"As heaven's be.st work," whose purposes and aims,
Whose deeds and words are nobleness and truth,
The crown of manhood and the pride of youth.
And such was he, a man without pretense,
Of modest virtues and of plain, good sense ;
With soul alive to all the charities
That sweeten fi-iend.ship and endear its ties ;
Whose early efforts with the best will vie.
That nursed your village in its infancy ;
And few, more faithfully, have toil'd than he,

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For your material piyosperity ;
Nor least undue to ihim, that you excel
in high-toned yirtue and just principle :
Of life so blatnekss, 'tis ao empty boast
That those who knew him best €steem'd him most ;
A rare distiBctiom his, which few attends.
That his acquaintances wer« all his friends.
Happy the muse permitted to accord
This trifcut-e to tfee name of Abram Ward, {g)
Elisha Yale, a name long understood.
To be synoayaiows with great and good.
For half a century, ia influence here,
Has been unrival'd and without a peer.
Ill moral might a prince, lie lived with men,
Ennobling life for three score years and ten.
With force of intellect and power of will
To marshal hosts the way to good "or ill,
Crrace found and won him in his early youth,
And bound him in allegiance to the truth ;
Henceforth, his powers their true position find
Of regal influenee in the realms of mind ;
Henceforth, his purposes and aims are one,
To serve G«d m the kingdom of his son ;
To seek a sin-struck world all downward driven.
To elevate and place it nearer heaven.
And, hence, in every conflict for the right,
A warrior he, and foremost in the fight ;
Whose valor wrought, on whate'er field he stood,
Peaceful achievements, victories without blood ;
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And won, in Zion's cause, an olive crown
That shames the laurel'd heroes' red renown.
Say, whence the bright memorials to be found
Of such high claims ? Enquirer, look around ;
Expatiate o'er each varied scene and see
The trophied deeds of half a century.
At home, abroad, on many a foreign shore,
The numerous labors of his life explore :
'Behold the forms of living beauty rise,
Graced with the hues and tintings of the skies ;
In isles afar, in India's sultry clime.
Such monumeats attest his deeds sublime.
'Twas his to beautify. On heaven's own plan,
Full many a temple, and that temple — man.
0, mortal doubly blest ! of whom is given
A noble record here and nobler still in heaven, (i)
Corwin survives, yet vigorous in mind.
The faithful labors of a life resign'd.
For man's just eulogy there is no room,
'Till death shall close the portals of his tomb ;
Hence, etiquette forbids the muse to raise
A fit memorial of enduring praise.
For future record kept, his works shall be.
Meantime consign'd to faithful memory, (j)
In all that constitutes prosperity.
But few communities with yours can vie.
Yet like all fortune's favorites, 'tis your lot
To bear detraction, slander and what not.

POEM. 27
Thus, though as worthy as your fellow-sinners.
Malice will have it, you're a race of skinners,
And gives a reason you would laugh to hear.
That many of your sales are, positively, not dear {deer.)
Questions are often ask'd, with looks demure.
Touching the price of paste, the rise of flour ;
And labels running thus, " not warranted,"
Are framed, 'tis said, on purpose to mislead.
And it is even hinted, that your wealth
Is gain'd by indirection or by stealth :
That you oppress your hirelings whose pay
Meagr.e, comes lagging, at a distant day,
In shape of mitten orders at the store.
Where twenty netts them scarcely half a score.
That while a pittance the poor shopman cheers,
The peddlers are your salaried engineers —
That for a shopman honest toil's the vogue.
But for a peddler you must take a rogue,
By whose shrewd financiering, you augment
Your yearly gains to any wish'd per cent.
That Wall street jobbers unsurpass'd in stocks.
Or cunning Yankees with their traps and clocks,
Would fail, though all their forces should combine.
To match your peddler in the mitten line :
That opposition long has quit the field.
To his o'ermastering genius forced to yield ;
Who now triumphant, every rival gone,
Left in his glory, sells and cheats alone.
And not your business only, but likewise

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Your polities makes game for enemies.
'Tis said of you that almost to a mam
You're woolly-head or Black Republican ;
That, rare as crows in winter, Democrats
Live by your sufferance, here, like half-starved rats,.
And so oppress'd by yoa, tyrannie elves, ^
They've scarce a qpiit claim oven to themselves.
That Toombs of Georgia aad the iiangman Foote^
With forty score of SoatherB! lords to boot.
Should they be caaght, here, freedom's soil upon,
You'd tan the hide of every mother's son.
If in such strictures, aught of truth there be,
Bear even the woundings of an enemy :
For taught to shun am faults, thus mark'd", my friends.
Malice will be defeated of its ends.'
Though great your merits, with scarce- auight to blame,.
Candor and truth must be the muses' aim ;
And, ere she enter on her theme of praise,
Suffer her, gently, thus, the rod to raise.
Like the Athenians, it seems your ease
To be frequenters of the aiawket place ;,•
To spend, like them, your time there, loitering
To learn or tell, as happens, some new thing.
You say your market place is your exchange.
Like Wall street, where you mingle to arrange
Your monetary matters and so forth ;
If so, my muse has lost her labor's worth ; -
One other fault I name, though somewhat loth ;:
Your boys of smaller and of larger growth,

POEM. 29
Squander their time, I fear, too much at cricket.
And at another pastime 'yclept wicket ;
But, ruled by wisdom that experience brings,
'Tis hoped they'll lay aside such childish things.
But these are merely mists athwart the sun ;
A moment, and the watery vapor's gone.
Changes will come, and in time's forward lapse,
Costume or custom, you may change, perhaps —
May doff the fashion of your cloaks or hats,
Change hoops to corsets and enlarge your flats,
Or turn them into cabbage leaves, although
Flats placed above fit well the fiats below.
Change or exchange, and alter what you will,
But keep your waistcoats (Wescott) and preserve
them still
Unalter'd, fit for every age and clime,
Good for the winter, good for summer time.
Always in fashion and the palm they bear.
In this essential quality — they'll wear.
Customs may change and so, perchance, should yours.
If aught of evil or defect enures ;
As in your business matters to excel,
A change of custom might, indeed, be well.
The credit system you have tried enough,
Of which sad failures are decisive proof;
If Andrew Jackson's thesis could prevail
That trade on borrow'd capital should fail ;
Or if John Randolph's rule you'd act upon,
Which he defined the philosophic stone.

oO' P O E- M >
Express'd in four short Saxott words,, tec wi't -
" Pay as you go," you'd reap, miaich benefit.
" But such a consummation cannot be,"
Say you, " e-xcept by reeipsoeity ;."^
That you can't pay yowr obligations du'O
Unless your debtors do. the same to yoo.
But you've the power to &s the- principle-,
By one omnipoteafc resolve,, " we wUl."
And if demurrers opposition show.
Trust them no^ more, and dun them if they owe.
To dun and to be dunn'-d, thougb mea are lothi.
Dunning will work a, sovereign cure for both ;
For who can long- a- willing; debtor be
And bear tlie goads of importunity ?
Keep dunning (Dunning) and you'll soon inaugurate
The blessings of a more auspicious state.
And when you're all that you've resolved and will'd,
Dunning's high, mission, here, will be fulfill'd.
But now eno-ugh. These puns and punning knacks-
We leave to Thomas Hood and John G. Saxe ;
Sad instances of genius' fate unblest.
All whose life's purpose is to coin a jest.
.Yoiir high acMevc-ments, in the past, presage
Still brighter honors for a coming age.
The numerous structures- that you rear, at will,
Models of taste and architectural skill.
On streets well laid, with still increasing length.
Portend a future city's power and strength.

POEM. 31
East, south and west, we see your goings forth.
But with more rapid progress, towards the north.
Speed your march onward then, uncheck'd, unstay'd.
Until your neighbor's limits you invade ;
Then waken her from her long slumbering state.
Her powers renew, her age rejuvenate,
And bring her to your strong and healthful mood.
By large transfusions of your younger blood ;
But should she slumber on in your despite,
Then take her wholly, and absorb her quite, (/c)
Thus shall your limits widen and expand.
In due proportions spread, on every hand.
Until your numbers, rated now at three.
Shall, in ten circling years, ten thousand be.
Ye, of the present, of the coming age.
Young men, preserve your gloriou.s heritage ;
Let not your talents unemploy'd run waste.
But use them to improve upon the past.
Let not the valued works your fathers wrought.
By you neglected, ever come to nought ;
Of things accurst, none feed the nether fires
Like base degenerate sons of virtuous sires ;
Be your ambition not to sink, but rise ;
No aims too lofty deem'd, beneath the skies .
Build broader, higher, all past good upon,
And crown the work with triumphs of your own.
If thus you purpose, and if thus you buildj
Your mission will be gloriously fulfilled.
But Gloversvillians, I hAve held you long',

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In weary waiting on my prosy song ; .
Yet ere I close, let earnest friendship raise
A true and fit memorial to your praise ;
And be my words of that just character
Befitting me to speak and you to hear.
The early dwellers in your peaceful vale
Were train'd and nurtured in the school of Yale,
Whose precepts and whose teachings still we see
In ripen'd fruits of half a century.
Hence, order, morals, and religion found.
In ready hearts, a rich productive ground ;
And those true principles implanted here.
Have grown and flourish'd on, from year to year,
With fair accessions, till we see, at length.
The full proportions of your power and strength ;
An unimpaired and rich inheritance
Which 'tis your praise to keep and to advance.
Thus, little in your history we find
Of hurtful errors to mislead the mind.
'Tis here your honor — here your safety lies,
That none, above the written word, are wise.
Hence the fanatic and the infidel
Your faith and reason both alike repel.
And, free from every taint of modern isms.
Your harmony has ne'er been marr'd by seisms.
And woman, woman, eminently here
In meekness fills her heaven allotted sphere ;
Whose graces charm, whose virtues you admire,
Bloomers in beauty, but not in attire ;

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Who makes not, like strong minded women, claims
To man's prerogatives, pursuits or aims ;
But lives content, within the bounds assign'd.
By nature purposed as by heaven design 'd ;
Knowing, each mental gift and grace to win
Our admiration, must be feminine.
That ber true power and happiness to plan.
She must be perfect woman and not man.
Happy those women, happy ye, who feel
That, in a father's or a husband's weal,
In fortune, wealth, in fame or honor won,
'Tis yours to glory and to find your own.
The Gallic beau-ideal, " Liberty,
Equality and true fraternity,"
You make no myth, as all your history tells.
But real, vital, active principles ;
And you are freemen, not alone in creed,
But better still, in purpose and in deed.
And while you stand for an unmuzzled press,
You prize uutrammel'd pulpits ne'er the less.
Your moral teachers, with unbias'd aim.
In upright manhood can the truth proclaim ;
Who know no latitude for guilt or worth.
But brand all tyrants, whether south or north.
Your social state, fraternal, equal, free,
Blends all its elements in harmony ;
No claims of ancestry your thoughts engage ¦;
Your own achievements are your heritage.
And the best claims to win youi; ©onfidenoe.

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Are honor, virtue, knowledge and good sense.
These, more than riches, shall your titles be.
And worth your only aristocracy.
No clique, no party, sectary or feud,
Exists to compromise the public good.
These sacred temples that adofti the plain,
And on yon neighboring height, proud learning's fane
Rose, in their beauty, at the public call,
Not, by the fostering of a few, hut all.
A portion of your fortunes you invest.
Right wisely, in the common interest ;
Each fosters each, and both together bring
Pleasures twofold and double profiting ;
Pleasure ysu feel, in private riches won.
Pleasure, to find the public good your own.
No creeds, or tests, or platforms multiplied,
Make walls to separate or to divide ;
But all, while true to your affinity.
In the best sense, agree to disagree.
And when by duty call'd to common ground.
Shoulder to shoulder you are ever found.
Emulous each other to excel
In every worthy cause of doing well.
Hence, your success in each concerted aim ;
Hence, rises fair the column of your fame.
On which, whatever virtues you enroll,
'Tis union fortifies and crowns the whole.
Go on, nor falter in your upward course,
With powers invigorate and augmented force ;

POEM. 35
Correct each error and each oversight,
And let your interests still be ruled by right ;
Crown every virtue, every principle.
For which you've toil'd, with something nobler still ;
Go on, progressing, in each due degree,
In knowledge, virtue, temperance, charity.
And Gloversville shall soon triumphant stand
The acknowledged banner village of our land.

HISTORY.

THE FIRST SETTLERS.
From the period of the Revolution till about the year
1.816, all the region of country extending from the May-
field mountains on the north, to within two miles of the
village of Johnstown, and bounded east by the town line
and reaching indefinitely west, was known by the name of
Kingsboro. The whole was included in what was called
the Caughnewaga district, as is evidenced in existing
records of the conveyance of land titles. Antecedent to
the above named period, this section was inhabited by
Scotch loyalists, who, on the commencement of the war,
•emigrated to Nova Scotia. Towards the close of the last
century, there were three principal settlements, one at
Kingsboro Center, one in the vicinity of the present site
of McNab's mills, and another on the four corners north-
cast of Prospect Hill Cemetery. The names of some of
the heads of families at the Mills, were as follows : James
Lard, a magistrate and a person of some note ; Job Hea
coek, ancestor of the Heacooks of Kingsboro ; Jehial
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38 HISTORY.
Griswold ; Benjamin Cresset, a loyalist of the Revolution ;
Robert, Charles, and John Wilson, brothers, with whom
lived their mother, the widow Wilson, and their grand
mother, the widow Greig, whose oldest son. Captain Greig,
was an officer in the American army, whose capture by the
Indians, as narrated in the story of " The Faithful Ameri
can Dog,'' was familiar to every school boy, thirty years
ago ; Thomas Mann, father of William and John Mann,
afterwards favorably known in the community ; Asa Jones,
grandfather of Col. Harvey Jones ; Rev, John Lindley,
minister of the church at Kingsboro Center, Samuel
Giles, and William C. Mills. There were but two houses
within the present limits of the corporation east of this
settlement, one of which, occupied by William Ward, Se-n.,
stood a few rods west of the site of the Congregational
Church. Of those living at the four corners, on the hill,
the more conspicuous were as follows : Daniel Bedford,
keeper of a store and tavern ; Rev. George Throop, a
presbyterian minister, and George B. Throop, an adopted
BOn ; Colonel Josiah Throop, his brother, and Rev. William
Throop, son of Col. Josiah Throop ; Stephen Hartshorn,
whose descendants are numerous and respectable, but in
consequence of there being few of male lineage, and also
on account of removals, the name has not been transmitted.
The Throops came from Nova Scotia, and were people of
culture and refinement, but of decayed fortunes. Col.
Throop was a scholar and poet ; and some of his manu
scripts, which still remain in various families, evince" re
spectable powers as a writer. Rev. William Throop

HISTORY. 39
preached to a Baptist congregation in West Kingsboro.
Enos T. Throop, late Governor of the State, was the sen
of George B. Throop and, as it is believed, was born at the
settlement on the hill.
Most of the above named families passed away, leaving
no trace behind them ; but Samuel Giles, William C.
Mills, William Ward, and at a later period, James Burr,
with their immediate descendants, on account of their en
terprise, energy, and success, are generally considered to
have been the founders of Gloversville.

SITUATION.
Gloversville is situated on th-e Cayadutta, a stream that
takes its rise in the northern hills, and passing through the
village of Johnstown, disembogues into the Mohawk at
Fonda, eight miles south. It is mostly surrounded by
sloping uplands, and presents a fine view from Prospect
Hill, on the east. The 'Cayadutta furnishes excellent
water power for the various operations of milling and
machinery,
MANUFACTURERS.
The writer would first correct a misapprehension of
.^acts in the poem, wherein he represents the inhabitants
9,8 principally engaged in the manufacture of tin ware.
Jt appears thai the Wards were the tin manufacturers.

40 HISTORY.
William C. Mills followed the avocation of farmer and mil
ler, and Samuel Giles that of farmer and tanner. The tin
business seems, however, to have been the most prevalent ;
and, accordingly, we find John Monroe and the Leon
ards of West Bush, and Chester Phelps of North Kings
boro, engaged in it.
In the year 1803, Ezekiel Case brought from Cincinnati
a knowledge of manfacturing leather from deer-skins, and
was engaged for some time in the business, on a limited
scale, at Kingsboro.
In the year 1805, William C. Mills commenced his an
nual trips to the Holland Purchase to buy wheat for flour
ing purposes, and also deer-skins for manufacture. Prom
four to five hundred skins constituted his yearly purchases,
Talmadge Edwards, of Johnstown, and Ezekiel Case, were
first employed to dress them ; from whom William T.
Mills, the son, and James Burr, the son-in-law of William
C, Mills, learned the art of manufacturing. For many
years subsequent thereto. Mills and Burr were the most
extensive and noted manufacturers. Mills died early in
life, while Burr continued to extend his operations, to in
vent and adapt machinery, to simplify and improve the va
rious processes, and to give the business that character
. and currency which have conferred upon him the distinc
tion of being considered the true founder and establisher
of the buckskin manufacture in this region of country.
About the year 1810, John Ward, of Kingsboro, en
gaged in the business. He made annual trips to Pennsyl
vania for skins, and became a waoufactwrer on a scale

HISTORY., 41
nearly as extensive as Burr and Mills. He was a man of
great energy and decision of character. His enterprise,
activity, and success, gave fair tokens of an increasingly
prosperous future ; but he was suddenly cut off in his
early manhood in the year 1815.
The business of manufacturing has gradually increased
till the present time when, it is thought, that four-fifths of
the inhabitants are directly or indirectly concerned in it.
The most extensive manufacturers are, John McNab,
Alanson. Judson, Z. & W. Case, U. M. Place, James H.
Burr,- Rufus Washburn, David Spaulding, and we may add
W. J. Heacoek and Daniel Judson, of Kingsboro, The
capital invested in the business may be stated at from
«500,000 to 11,000,000,

POPULATION, &c.
Till the year 1830, the village was a mere hamlet of four
teen dwelling houses. During the years 18E1-2, three
more houses were added ; and from that time forward the
village progressed in a gradually increasing ratio, until it
has attained its present size of five hundred dwellings and
three thousand inhabitants. For the three years ending in
1857, one hundred and fourteen houses were built, making
a yearly average of tbirty^ight. The village was incor
porated in th© year 1851,
The following statement is made, to show the respective
valuation of land within the present limits of the Corpora-
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HISTORY.

tion thirty or forty years age, and at tlie present time.
All the land lying north of Fulton and west of Bleeeker
streets, and all lying between Main, Fulton, and Water
streets, and owned by William T, Mills, was sold, in 1825,
to Samuel Giles, for $500. William Ward, Sen,, owned
previous to the year 1808, all the land east of Bleeeker
and north of Fulton streets, and all south of Fulton street,
from nearly opposite tbe Congregational Church, to the
eastern limits of the village. That portion called the
Hardy place, including all west of Main to Bleeeker
streets, and north of Fulton street, was sold, in the year
1820, for $500 ; and all the remaining lands of WiUiam
Ward, Sen,, owned by Dea. Abraham Ward, were sold, in
1833, for $800. Thirty acres lying south of Pulton and
east of Main streets, and owned by Jennison Giles, were
sold to Jennison G, Ward, in 1836, for $1800, Their
present value would reach $5,000,

¦ STORES, PUBLIC BUILDINGS, &e.
In the year 1828, Simon M, Sill commenced the first
store in a small building north of Main Street bridge, and
nearly opposite the former residence of James Burr. In
1829, Henry Churchill commenced the inere»ntile business,
which he has continued till tbe pre-sent time.
The present number of stores and shops are, two
fancy stores, four dry goods stores, three clothing stores,
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HISTORY. 43
shops, one drug store, one jewelry store, two lawyers' and
three physicians' offices.
The first public building of any note was the Temper
ance House, erected by James Burr in 1835, It stands
opposite the old Baptist Church, Two Baptist churches,
one erected in 1839 — not now used as a church — and the
other in 1856 ; one Methodist Church, built in 1839 ; one
Congregational Church, built in 1851 ; the Gloversville
Union Seminary, erected in 1854 ; one Banking house,
built in 1852, The erection of the Mills House forms an
era in the building operations of the village. It needs no
description ; for, rising in solitary grandeur, and dwarfing
by contrast all surrounding structures, it shows to the
present, and will reveal to future generations, its area, its
altitude, its colossal dimensions, and its capacity for accom
modations. It was built during the years 1856 and '57, at
an expense of $65,000. Gas and steam are had in requisi
tion for lighting and warming the whole building ; and gas
is furnished from this establishment for lighting the several
churches, offices, shops, and stores of the village, and also
many private dwellings on the principal streets. Samuel
S. Mills is the enterprising proprietor,
SCHOOL HOUSES— SEMINARY,
The first school-house, a small wooden structure, was
built in the year 1800, and stood about a quarter of a mile,
west of the Fulton street bridge. The second school-
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44 HISTORY. \
on the north-west corner made by Main and Fulton streets.
The business wants of the village rendered necessary the
removal of it in 1836. The third, a two story wood build
ing, was erected on the north side of Fulton street, near
the Cayadutta. After having stood till the year 1849, it
was removed, to be replaced by the present commodious
structure. The Union Seminary was built in the year
1854, at a cost of $21,000. It has accommodations for
sixty boarders and two hundred day scholars.

CHURCHES.
/¦
The Baptists organized a society in 1838, and in 1839
formed themselves into a church proper, with a member
ship of 16. The same year they erected a church edifice,
costing $3,200, and settled the Rev. David Corwin as their
pastor, who continued in that relation sixteen years. In
the year 1855 the Rev. Isaac Wescott became their minis
ter, who still discharges the duties of the pastoral office.
In 1856 they erected a now church edifice, at a cost of
$16,000. The present number of communicants is 353.
The organization of the Methodist society was nearly
.simultaneous with that of the Baptist, to wit : in 1838.
Their house of worship, was built during the same and the
following year, 1839, when it was dedicated. The cost of
the building was $6,500, and that of the parsonage, $1,600.
The number of communicants is 270. The names of the
preachers from the time of their organization are as

HISTORY.

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follows : J. H. Taylor, Thopaas B. Pearson, Stephen
Parkes, Dillon Stevens, Thomas Armitage, Cicero Barber,
James Quinlan, Merrit Bates, Richard T. Wade, B. Haw
ley, and N. G, Spaulding, the present pastor.
The Congregationalists were a- colony from the old
church in Kingsboro, and at first consisted of that portion
of the members of said church who lived in Gloversville
and its vicinity. They were organized in the year 1852,
and they built their church edifice in 1851-2, and dedi
cated it in 1852, The cost of the building was $10,000.
The Rev. Homer N. Dunning was settled in the pastorate
in the year 1852, in whioh office he still continues. The
number of communicants is 266.

BANK,
In the year 1852, the Fulton County Bank was char
tered with a capital of $100,000, which was soon increased
to $150,000, Isaac Lefever was elected president, and J,
McLaren, cashier, Henry Churchill is the present presi
dent, Isaac Lefever having resigned.

THE PRESS.
In the year 1856, Wm. H. Case, from Hartford, Conn.,
established the first newspaper, under the name of the
Gloversville Standard. Its commencement was attended
with difficulties, and resulted in a temporary loss to the

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HISTORY.

proprietor ; but the citizens having begun more generally
to appreciate the importance of the press as an integral
interest in a thriving community, the prospects of success
are becoming more hopeful and encouraging.

CEMETERY.
In 1855, twenty acres were purchased on the uplands,
east of the village, for the purposes of a cemetery, and an
association was formed and incorporated under the title of
the Trustees of the Prospect Hill Cemetery. The cost of
the land was $1000.

NAME.
In the year 1816, Jonathan Sedgwick proposed to name
the place Stump City, which, from its appropriateness, was
generally adopted. It bore this name till the year 1828,
when, on occasion of locating a post «office, it was thought
advisable to designate it by a more euphonious name, and
accordingly, at the suggestion of Jennison Giles and Henry
Churchill, the name of the village was changed to that of
Gloversville.
TELEGRAPH.
An effort is being made at the present moment with a
view to the construction of a telegraph line to Fonda,
thereby placing the village in connection with the great

HISTORY. .47
telegraph lines of the country. Ths well-known enter
prise of the people will undoubtedly soon bring the mat-
ter to a successful issue.

CONCLUSION.
This community has long been noted for the part it has
taken in promoting the interests of temperance, morality,
and religion. Far less of drunkenness and profanity is
found here, than in any other village in the country of
equal population.
They are mostly a church'going and a church-sustaining
people ; and their contributions to the various religious
and benevolent objects of the age, would be deemed fabu'
lous if they were not well known and authenticated.
N. B. The writer is indebted for most of the facts of
the foregoing sketch, to thn, following nam'ed persons :
Hon. Jennison G. \Vard, Charles Miii.-i, Horatio L. Burr,
Abner Leonard, Jenaison Giles, Henry Churchill, Henry
C. Thomas, Darius Case, Niles Fairbanks, Austin E. Por
ter, Esqrs., Mrs. Sarah G. Beach, and Mrs. Lucy Clarke,
to all of whom ho would hereby express his high sense of
obligation.

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES.

Rev, ISAAC WESCOTT.
Rev, Isaac Wescott is the lineal descendant of Stukcly
Wescott, the coadjutor of Roger Williams, the founder of
Rhode Island, and the promulgator and champion of that
cardinal principle of religious freedom — toleration of opin
ion. Doubtless, the ancestor partook largely of the prin
ciples of his great leader, which his descendant seems fully
to have inherited, despite a dogma enforced upon him by
his denominational affinities. He was born at Plymouth,
Massachusetts, in 1804. He studied theology under the
instruction of Rev. Mr. Kynball, of Methuen, and was
ordained at Whiting, Vt., in 1831. For three years pre
vious to his ordination, his ministry was without favorable
results. Having imbibed, to some extent, antinomian seu-
timeats, his preaching was powerless to touch the con
science, or to move and sway the affections of the soul.
Fortunately for him and for mankind, he was led to eschew
his errors, and to enter upon that career of success which
has attended his ministrations to the present time. From
a review of his labors, the predominant element in his
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ministerial character, would seem to designate him ^n a
favorable sense of the term) a revivalist. The secret of
his success, 'aside from his other qualifications, is evi
dently his acting on a conviction similar to that of Chal
mers, that the leading aim in every sermon should be to
make an impression upon the minds of unconverted men.
His labors in Gloversville have essentially promoted
both the material and the religious prosperity of the Bap
tist denomination in particular, while they have diffused
salutary influences through the community generally.
In the inception and the progress of the great revival
three years ago, his instrumentality was confessedly amcmg
the most important. His characteristics as a preacher are
somewhat peculiar ; as, but for the compactness of his log
ic and the sequence of his arguments and illustrations, his
manner and delivery would give the impression that his
discourses were extemporaneous and off-hand. And
though it may admit of question whether his exhibitions
are in strict conformity with critical rules, yet that they
achieve tbe great aim and purpose of eloquence, to wit, of
being effective, is generally conceded. In person he is
below the ordinary stature, but when in the pulpit, au im
posing presence and a certain air of authority, give-hiin
the appearance of being much taller than he is. His
physical organization has been likened to that of .Tohn
Wesley when of the same age, though somewhat fuller and
more approaching embowpoint. He is in the maturity and
vigor of his powers, and gives promise of a long career of
usefulness to come.

BiOGRAPHICAI. SKETCHES. 61
Rev. HOMER N. DUNNING.
Honieri N. Dunniag was born at Brookfield, Conn., in
the year 1827, but he passed most of his childhood and
early youth at Peekskill, Westchester County, N. Y. It
was among the Highlands, which border on the Hudson,
that he was wont to ramble and hold communings with
nature in all her varied forms of picturesque beauty,
grandeur and sublimity.; .and it was in these divertisements
that his young imaginations were born, whose power of
wing was evinced in his " Lines Addressed to the Hudson,"
and various other javenile efforts.
He made a profession of religion in 1845. The same
year he entered Yale College, and graduated in 1848.
His talents as a prose writer were shown in his numer
ous prize essays, written while a member of that institu
tion. Previous to and during his college course, he oc
casionally made his devoirs to the " tuneful nine." His
"Winter in the Country," "Woman's Tongue," "The
World of the Soul," " Beauty in Tears," " I'll bless her
yet," " Pojahontas," &o., show versatility of poetic power
in the oonoeptioB, and in the execution, much artistic skill.
Gay, sparkling wit, genial humor ; thoughts, tender, deli
cate and truthful, expressed with graceful ease ; graphic
descriptions of external nature .; adroitness in constructing
difficult rhymes — all these varieties of excellence are to be
found in the,poems above named. Had he been inspired
by literary ambition, or a love of poetic fame, he might
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52 biographical sketches.
writers or poets. He more wisely chose divinity as his
profession, and graduated at the Union Seminary, New
York, in 1852. He was ordained and settled the same
year over the Congregational Church in Gloversville, where
he still continues to discharge his ministerial duties.
The bent of his mind is more to abstract speculations
than to practical studies ; and his perceptions are rather
" intuitive than logical ;" that is, he comprehends a sub
ject not so mtioh by a process of ratiocination, as by an in
stant apprehension of it in outline and proportion as a
whole, leaving him no other labor than to explain and
elucidate particulars and details. His most striking
phrenological developments, are ideality and comparison,
which are discernible in his writings and in all his public
efforts. He is a bold man, and like his respected cotemporary of
the Baptist Church, is outspoken on all subjects of general
interest, regardless of clique, faction or party. Should he
venture to go south, some senator Foote would be apt to
execute the threat of manipulating the duties of a certain
Jack Ketch.
Under his ministry of six years, his church has been
greatly prospered. The influence he exerts, manifests
itself, not like the sweeping avalanche or the resistless tor
nado, but with a progress, silent, sure, and prevailing, like
the fame of Marcellus, " Crescit occulta velut arbor am," or
rather like the motion of a star ; we cannot see it actually
move, but when observed at intervals, we find it has ad"
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Mr. D. has not reached the meridian of life ; and it is
easy to see that, with powers yet more largely to be devel
oped, he will be called to labor in some more extensive
sphere of effort and influence.

Rev. NATHANIEL G. SPALDING,
Nathaniel G, Spalding was born in Beekmantown, Clin
ton Co,, N. Y., in 1826. Though nurtured and trained by
pious parents, he was early inclined to skepticism ; but
the faithful counsels, the prayers, and the christian example
of a noble mother, were made at length the instruments of
his conversion, at the age of 17. This event wrought an
entire change in his plans of life. He was turned from
his purpose of studying law, to that of entering upon a
course of education, with a view to the ministry. At the
request of his parents, he remained at home till he attained
his majority. On leaving, he gave them one thousand
dollars, the fruits of his industry ; and after a five years'
course of study he graduated, having depended for means
entirely upon himself, and left college free from debt. His
scholarship is inferred from his election as member of the
Phi Beta Kappa Society, -
In 1852, he entered the ministry of the Methodist Epis
copal Church, He was elected the first principal of Fort
Plain Seminary,- but for obvious reasons he declined. His
stations have been, West Troy, Sand Lake, Fultonville,
Greenbush, and Gloversville, which last station he now
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His ministry thus far has 'been attended with distin-
, guished success, every scene of his labors having been
favored with religious revivals — and even now, as the
result of special effort, favorable indications of a revival
are apparent in the congregation of his present charge.
There are some things in the early life of Mr. S. worthy
of commemoration for the especial benefit of young students.
Most persons during the period of their minority, seldom
" pay their own way " in the world ; but in the present in
stance, instead of being the sustained, young S. proved
himself the provider and sustainer, and vindicated his
claims to success before he reached the arena of life's ac
tivities and achievements. On leaving the parental roof
to struggle for an education, he acted on the maxim that,
" where there's a will there's a way ;" and that he acted on ¦
it successfully, is seen iu the accomplishment, self-sus
tained, of his preparatory and collegiate course, and his
attainment of a high grade of scholarship.
At the commencement of his ministry, he read his ser
mons ; but not being satisfied with their effect upon his
audiences, he changed his mode to that of memorizing
them. Finding this also an unpleasant drudgery, he
adopted the plan, to which he still adheres, of thoroughly
studying and writing out his subject, and carrying into the
pulpit merely a memorized mdo of the several divisions
and points to be discussed and elucidated. This is the
true method of a growing.man. It is this that makes accu
rate thinkers and effective speakers. It is this plan that
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clothe his thoughts with an appropriateness of drapery that
oan never be attained in the purlieus of the study.
As a writer, his style is easy and flowing ; dimpled here
and there with beautiful thoughts, classiely pure and chaste
in expression. The range and compass of his mind may
be likened to some sunny region, whose surface undulates
with a pleasing variety of landscapes, enlivened with
the accompaniment of purling streams and waterfalls ;
now swelling into sloping uplands, crowned with orange
groves, and then again rising to the grandeur of mountain
elevations, sometimes it may be, cloud-capped and thunder
riven, yet all impressing the mind with one controlling
characteristic — the beautiful.
As a speaker, he possesses great advantages of person
and manner. His person indeed might be considered a
model one for an orator ; and his voice silver-toned, though
not of the greatest compass, yet, with its swells and its
cadences, has a winning and subduing effect upon his hear
ers. Like Wescott, his aim is at the hearts and consciences
of unconverted men ; and the numerous trophies to his
ministry, prove that the shafts of his eloquent appeals have
not sped iu vain.
He is but on the threshold of an effective ministry ; and
it is evident that, with his self-imposed discipline of close
study, thorough investigation, and the constant practice of
extemporizing, his language, his power and efficiency as a
public speaker will be indefinitely enlarged and extended.

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Hon. jennison G, WARD.
Jennison G. Ward is a native of Gloversville. His
father died before the son was old enough to be influenced
by his examples or instructions. His best legacy was the
teachings of a pious mother. In addition to her daily home
influence, she was associated for a time with three other
godly women with the purpose of gaining, through their mu
tual prayers and counsels, a higher standard of religious
faith, or, as it was called, an assured hope. The child lis
tening to their conversations, and witnessing their devo
tions, received those impressions of the beauty and loveli
ness of piety which were not effaced iu youth, and to which,
with^other maternal influences, he ascribes the character of
his maturer years.
Successful men generally are found to act on some
maxim, or to cherish a definite purpose which, undevia-
tingly pursued, results in the attainment of their objects.
Starting in life without a moneyed capital, he made an in
vestment of truthfulness in speech and uprightness in
actios ; or to speak without a figure, he chose these as his
maxim by which to regulate his conduct and life. With a
discernment and sagacity that adapt means to ends, he
soon acquired a competence, and with it, the respect and
confidence of his fellow-citizens, who, among other offices
of trust and importance, chose him as their representative
in the counsels of the state. There, whether as chairman
of a committee, or as a private member of the house, he
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In his religious professions he is a Methodist ; and it
was through his instrumentality, in a great degree, that a
church of that denomination was established in the village.
As a financier of its temporalities, and as a judicious and
safe counselor in all matters appertaining to its religious
polity, he has essentially contributed to its prosperity. In
promoting the general welfare of the community, he has
always had a leading part, especially in the matter of com
mon school and academical education, Mr. W. has a
quality of mind without which, whatever other requisites a
man may possess, he can not have much infiuence — that
quality is discretion. Addison somewhere remarks to the
effect thatmen of genius may embellish, the virtuous may
dignify, but discreet men control and govern society.
From this well-known characteristic of his, few men are
oftener resorted to for counsel in matters of difficulty.
Adversity rather than prosperity reveals the true spirit
and qualities of a man. A keen observer who had an
opportunity of scrutinizing Napoleon Bonaparte the day
previous to, and also the day after the decisive battle of
Waterloo, declared that he could not detect in word? look,
or manner, the least indication of any change in his
fortunes. Thus all men of true nobleness of nature, show
themselves superior to fortune, and are neither exalted by
its smiles, nor depressed by its frowns, Mr. W, has been
subjected to severe reverses, but he has never for a
moment lost the native independence and manliness of his
spirit ; and in every phase of his waning fortunes, he has
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arises undoubtedly from a general confidence in his integ
rity and honesty of purpose. These are mere glimpses, but
enough of character is revealed to show its worth, and to
mark it for example and imitation.

HENRY CHURCHILL,
Henr.y Churchill is emphatically a self-made man. Left
at an early age mainly to his own resources, self-reliance,
whioh was at first a necessity, soon became by choice, an
abiding principle ; and to this circumstance may be attrib
uted, in a great measure, his success in life. From his
twelfth to his twentieth year, he was engaged, principally,
in mechanical employments. The last few years he spent
in Albany as clerk in a mercantile establishment. Hav
ing acquired a thorough knowledge of business, he com
menced trade in Gloversville, and soon attained a respect
able standing as a merchant. He continued to prosper till
the disastrous year of 1840, when by the unexpected and
heavy failures of those to whom he had intrusted his
means, he '' lost everything but his honor." Such was the
public confidence in his integrity and ability, that several
of his fellow-townsmen made large advances to him on
credit, by which means he was enabled to recommence busi
ness ; and in a short time he retrieved his affairs, and re
established his position as a prosperous man. Since this
period, his career of success has been unfaltering and un
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Nature seems to have endowed him both intellectually
and physically, with qualities that mark him for a public
man. Of a stately and imposing form, and of a dignified
address and demeanor, he would be selected spontaneously in
a popular assemblage, to preside over its deliberations. His
qualifications and fitness for such a position is shown in his
being appointed to preside over various interests in the
coDflniunity, as the Bank, the Seminary, &c.
Though not aspiring to official distinction in politics, a
man of his character and position could not easily be over
looked ; and, accordingly, he was early a candidate for the
Assembly, and lately he was nominated as a candidate for
the State Senate. In both instances he was unsuccessful,
not for the want of personal popularity, but. because his
party was at those periods in a minority.
He has given undoubted proof, both of his indepen
dence and of his honesty of purpose, in a recent change of
his party relations, caused by the slavery question; inas
much as he forsook the stronger, which dispenses place
and power, to fraternize with the weaker party from which
nothing of the kind could be expected. With clear per
ceptions and sound judgment, which ensure a just estimate
of things, he is well qualified to devise and plan projects
involving large pecuniary considerations ; and his adminis
trative talent is equally good for bringing them to suc
cessful issues.
An opinion of Mr. C, frequently expressed by him,
(though the truth of it is obvious enough,) rarely meets
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from the want of a thorough knowledge of their business,
than from all other causes. It is a fault peculiarly charac
teristic of our countrymen, to devote too short a time to
the study of their art, trade or profession ; and also, fre
quently to abandon the business in which they have been
trained for some other, for which they have no proper
preparatory knowledge or experience. Mr. C. has been
an efficient promoter of the material interests of the village
by the part he has taken in the erection of two church
edifices, the seminary building, &c., and in advancing the
public welfare generally.
In his relations as a man and a politician, his character
is unsullied ; and it is highly probable that, at some more
auspicious era, already foreshadowed by coming events, his
services as a public man will be had in further and still
more honorable requisition.

HENRY C. THOMAS.
Henry C. Thomas was born in the city of New Haven,
Conn., in the year 1814. His father, Cornelius Thomas,
was lost at sea the same year. The son passed most of
his boyhood and early youth iu the family of his uncle,
Elisha Cotton, at Broadalbiu, N. Y. Until the age of
eighteen, he spent his time, like the multitude of youth,
without aim or purpose. At that time he became the sub
ject of renewing grace, and after a short period, he was so
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an assurance of his acceptance with God, which has never
been shaken. He adopted as his rule «f conduct the prin
ciple embodied in this scripture passage, " Acknowl
edge him in all thy ways and he shall direct thy paths."
Like all enlightened christians, he saw that his mission on
«arth was % beneficent one ; that religion consists not in
feeling only, but also in action. Through the influence of
Samuel S, Wells, he was early led to embrace Finney's
views, in regard to revivals ; and his acting on these
views in concert witU others, has had much to do, it is be
lieved, in the prosperity of the church with which he is
iconneeted. It would seem that the views of the Metho-
sRists touching this matter, are coincident with those of
their Baptist brethren ; and hence the fact may be ac
counted for, o& revivals mostly beginning with these de
nominations, and, in their progress, extending to others.
It might be well for those who reject the theories of Fin
ney as erroneous, to discriminate between the false and
the true, and not for the sake of avoiding error, to discard
both. Mr, T. is, in all respects, a progressive man. He early
embraced the cause of temperance, and became an aboli
tionist when that name far more than now, was a term of
reproach. The interests of education, of every grade,
have had his effective support and influence. The promi
nent part he has taken in these several causes, is to be
seen in the appropriate records. It is apparent that his
whole career thus far has been the acting out of enlight-.
cned religious principle ; that this, , combined with' sound
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judgment and discretion, or in other words with gooJ
common sense, has given him' the honorable position he
holds in the church aad the eommunity. The establish
ment in tbe village of the Baptist denomination at so early
a period, was mainly due to bis efforts and influence.
His opinions on all subjects within his province have
great weight ; and they derive their fojce, in a good
degree, from his adopting, perhaps uneonseieusly, the max
im of Talleyrand, " Not to seem zealous," Avhich enables
-him to state his views convincingly as the dictates of rea
son, and not of passion or prejudice. He has been greatly
instrumental in preserving havniony in the chureh amid
anti-slavery agitations, and the various distarbing causes
inherent in the spirit of modern reform.
Of what a man can be and do without 'the prestige of
• birth, fortune, or edwcatien.save as self-taughtrhis life affords
a notable example \ and it is here placed on record to stand
as an exponent of this truth, that a Mian in whatever call
ing, trade or professioa, may obtain honorable distinction}
if he is but true to himself and true to the interests of
his race.
ELISHA L. BURTON.
Elisha L. Burton was born in Charlestown, Montgomery
County, N. Y., in the year 1816.
His boyhood and early youth were mostly spent in the
? business of a store and tavern, in- times when the princi
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fortune, however, to have inherited from nature a disrelish
for the exhilaratioBs «f tobacco and spirituous liquors.
Acting on the principle of " touch not, taste not, handle
mot,'' he never siwoked a cigar, fi'rom a rigid practice of
temperance, ia all respects, we find hira at the age of 42,
enjoying the vigot., elasticity and freshness of his youthful
days. At an early age he rcHsoved, with an older brother,
to Kingsboro, and became associated witfe him in the mer-
•cantile business. It was (luring those years when Doctor
Yale was at the height of his vogue, and when few young
Mien could come in contact with his influence without being
permaBenriy affected, that young Burton received his first
abiding religious impressions. He w.as admitted as a mem
ber of the ehufch in (1838.
Among the resolves he was led to form and which he
has carried out in practice, one was always t)0 fee in readi-
inesa, when ealled upon, to discharge any public duty en
joined by his christian -obligations. By this means he has
acquired a promptness and facility in "uttering his senfi-
*Hents, which be has made greatly available in his twenty
years' superintendency of Sunday-schools, and also in re
ligious BjeetiEgs and popular assemblies. From a modesty
which seems to .fee ianate, his voioe, when speaking in pub
lic, is pitched on too low a key to give the entire satisfac-
^on which the good sense and pertinence of his remarks
nrould otherwise produce. It has always been characteris-
(tie of him, to seek the acqaaiatance aad friendship of old
men, and hence may be inferred his comparative early ma-
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the active duties of life ; consequently, very few persons of
his years have been longer on tbe stage of life as a promi
nent man,
A spirit of accommodatioD and helpfulness, thougla
quite convenient and agreeable to others, has proved but
too often a serious injury to himself; but it is feared in
this matter, that be will never grow wiser by experience,
but will be subject to this weakness to his dying day.
Of unostentatious manners" and modest bearing, a stran
ger would scarce snspect him to be a leading man.
But power often veils itself under the aspect of quiet
repose. The stillness of the universe is one of the mar
vels of the Omnipotent, So most men of commanding in
fluence, give little external indieations of the potent forces
within, Mr, B. stands to the Congrgational Cbnrch in mueb the
same relation as to- ability, influence, and usefulness, that
Jennison G, Ward and Henry C. Thomas do to the Metho
dist and Baptist churches respectively, and also in a
similar relation to the various interests of the public wel
fare.
CHARLES MILLS.
Charles Mills is the only surviving son of William C.
Mills, and was born in Gloversville in the year 1800, Unlike
most of the subjects of these sketches, he inherited a good
estate, which he has increased by prudent v)anage^lent,
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the growth of the vilkge. From being always in easy cir
cumstances, and never compelled by necessity to active ex
ertion, his principles and character have had so equal a
developmeBt as to present few salient points which might
impart to the delineation both novelty and variety.
From the time of his conversion, in the year 1820, among
ether plans and duties, he entered upon that of systematic
feenevolettce, laying up in store as God had prospered him ,
(to be dispensed in charity. The estimation in which he
was held for his liberality and influence, is seen in his
election by the American Board of Foreign Missions to be a
corporate member of that body. ,
Good men are distinguished variously, some for useful
efforts in one direction, some in another ; and it seems to
be an infirmity of our nature to cultivate some principles
and affections at the expense of others, and hence our ten
dency to one-idea-istii ; or in other words, to ride hobbies.
Not so with Mr. M. Being possessed of ample means, and
always living in a community established and built up by
his aid, he has constantly addressed himself to the further
ance of all the various interests that constitute the general
welfare. And thus while he cannot, like sonie men, be in
dicated as the chief exponent of one interest, he possesses
the more honorable dietinetioQ of being identified with all.
Frankness and candor are among his social qualities.
Opinions and principles of his own, with a fearless avowal
of them, are promineat characteristics. He is not a man
of innuendoes, but of -plain and explicit terms. He calls a
spade a spade, a rogue a rogue, without regarding conse-
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quences. While some aspire to be the gild and glitter ©f
society, siseh men as Charles Mills are the massive walls
and tbe gntoite columns that compose and sustain the edi
fice. He ba& been to the churehes of Kingsboro and Glov
ersville mucb the saime ais is. recorded of U. M. Plaee.
His systematic and liberail contributions for objects of be
nevolence, is a cbaraetevistic whieh he shares in comraoB
with many others. The yearly eoBtribution of a hundred
dollars to one, among maiiky other objects, is a matter of
little observation here, bnt it is hoped that a statement
of the fact will serve to exeite the emulation of other com-
.munities. If to live a life, illustrated by honesty, generos
ity, candor, and truth, be maitteir of praise, this, and more
than thi^, constitutes the praise andl distinction of Charles
Mills.
URIAH M. PLACE.
Uriah M. Place was born, in the year 1807",. rm tlie
village of Johnstown. His parents were pious, and trained
him from his infancy to regard the Sabbath, and to be
strictly moral in word and action . In his boyhood and
youth he was never contaminated by companionship with
the vicious. This was partly due to parental watehfulness
and partly to his own natural disrelisk for "fast boys and
fast young men;" or in other words,, for rowdyism. The-
fidelity of the parents was early rewarded by substantial
returns of gratitude from the son. His fatber being in
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to be his duty to help retrieve the circumstances of his
father, and to secure a home for his mother. To effect his
purposes required labor and self-denial ; but he cheerfully
entered' upon what was to him a grateful service, and, in
time, he was rewarded with success. Such conduct in a
youth of seventeen, is as rare as it is praiseworthy. From
such beginnings it is easy to augur a future course of pros
perity and usefulness. Starting for himself with little
other capital than a fair character and a knowledge of busi
ness, he has gradually risen, till now, in middle life, we find
him a man of wealth, position, and influgnce. Prom early
childhood, he was taught to feel that religion, of all things,
was the most necessary and important. It appears, how
ever, that he did not experience that change of views and
affections, which should precede an open profession, until
he attained his twentieth year. Like most persons enter
ing on a religious course, he formed the resolution to serve
God, and, by divine assistance, to discharge faithfully his
duties to men, to the fulfillment of which resolution, his subse
quent life has borne ample testimony.
Trained in tbe school of Doctor Yale, in the science of
benevolence, he has long been a liberal bestower of his
means in aid of the various interests of religion and educa
tion. He was, for many years, an influential member of
the church in Kingsboro, and more recently, he has had an
important part in establishing and maintaining the church
in Gloversville,
It is a distinguishing prerogative of the Christian, that
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their acting out, diffuse blessings to others ; in other
words, that tbe affections welling up in his own heart, as
the life spring of his soul, should flow forth to clothe with
verdure, and bloom, and beauty, the sterile wastes of the
world around him.
The mutual rewards of parental fidelity and filial obedi
ence, constitute one of the morals derivable from this
sketch.
ALANSON JUDSON.
In order to know the distance a man has traveled in a
certain direction, it is necessary to ascertain the point
from which he set out. And to be enabled to judge of
the merit of elevated fortune, we must know how deep
the depression was from which it rose, and the difficulties
attending the transit of the interval.
Alanson Judson is among the rare instances of men
rising from poverty and obscurity to wealth and position in
society, without reproach. Though the successful must, of
necessity, encounter in their progress rivalship, and come
iu conflict with the aims of other aspirants, yet in his case
we do not learn that any imputation was ever made in der
ogation of his character as a man of integrity.
It is said of him, when a boy, that he understood and
appreciated the value of money, and that he set himself to
the study of thrift. Such a characteristic manifested in
boyhood may be a prognostic of good or of evil. It may
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into the extortion and niggardliness of the miser, or it may
be as in the present instance, a clear foresight of wealth
as an element of power and an instrument of usefulness.
Instances are recorded of men who have left reputations
for benevolence and large heartedness, to whom was im
puted at their outset a spirit of penuriousness, when in
truth, as in the case of Mr. J., theirs was but the commend
able exercise of prudence and economy by which they
laid the foundations of their fortunes, and of an honorable
fame. It is a truth, though not generally conceded, that the
acquisition of riches is an evidence of superior abilities ;
though many men of eminent powers prefer remaining poor,
rather than pay the penalty of the aspirant to wealth — ^in
cessant toil, vigilance and anxiety. Mr. J. made a profes
sion of religion about the year 1838, and became a mem
ber of Dr. Yale's church. From that time to the present,
he has been a liberal supporter of the interests of educa
tion and religion, both specially and generally. He was
a leader in the enterprise, and offered the first resolution,
for dividing the Kingsboro congregation, and for establish
ing a new church at Gloversville — an enterprise that has
resulted in great good to both societies.
It is commonly thought to be the highest praise of a
man's honesty, when it oan be said that his word' is as good
as his note. Such praise has often been accorded to My,
J. Too harsh a name can not be applied to those who, for
their own interest, take advantage of men's necessities. It
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this kind, guided by his own generous impulses rather than
by the letter of the law, he has always showed himself the
benefactor, and not the oppressor of the unfortunate.
Let the youthful reader take note that the career here
just touched upon, owes its success to honesty, industry,,
economy and perseverance.

JAMES H. BURR.
In selecting a representative of the Burr family for these
sketches, it appears that, on the score of personal worth,
three brothers have nearly equal claims to the distinction.
The writer has made his selection on the ground of a more
especial acquaintance with the merits of the subject chosen,
and also of his occupying a more prominent position before
the public. James H. Burr was born in Gloversville in
the year 1816. In his early childhood, he evinced a more
than ordinary capacity and desire to learn, and was ambi
tious to excel. The writer has a pleasant remembrance of
witnessing his debut, in that first speech of every Yankee
boy, " You'd scarce expect one of my age," &c., and of ob
serving his oratorical attitude, the vigor of his elocution,
and the earnestness of his manner. There are also recol
lections of him, of an agreeable character, when a youthful
member of the Academy. Respect for and willing subor
dination to rightful authority were eminently characteristic
of his conduct. Diligence, energy, and success in his
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undertook, were unmistakable presages .^of his future char
acter and career. His power of concentrating his attention
upon one object, and of absorbing his mind in a particular
pursuit, may go far to solve the problem of bis success in
life. It is understood that, from his first engaging in busi
ness, his course has been attended with increasing pros
perity. Prom this an inference might be drawn that his
knowledge of business, and of the methods of success, was
,-carly matured, or that a native capacity and tact; needed
not the correctives of experience.
Having early become pious, bis convictions of duty made
him a bountiful dispenser of the gifts of Providence. He
has used his means largely in aid of the various char
ities of the Baptist Church, of which he is an active
and influential member ; and to tbe furtherance of its tem
poralities he has been a large contributor.
His public spirit is seen in his agency in promoting vari
ous secular and religious interests. "He is in the meri
dian of life, and has a lengthened future of active useful
ness yet in prospect.

SAMUEL S. WELLS.
Samuel S. Wells, recetitly deceased at the age of 64, was,
when living, one of the oldest inhabitants born within the
bounds of Kingsboro and Gloversville. He was a man of a
marked and decided character. In his opinions and princi
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times, and consequently was never generally appreciated in
proportion to his merits. Men like him, whether wielding
an influence that is to modify and shape the opinions of the
world, or whether acting in a more circumscribed sphere,
must be content to await the verdict of after-times, and to
receive from posterity that recognition which is withheld
by their cotemporaries. He became a professor of religion
at the age of 19, and united with the church at Kingsboro.
There is no especial incident to record of him till the year
1831 ; but it may be remarked that his religious life from
its commencement was illustrated by a faithful and eealous
discharge of duty.
One of his traits, early discernible, was to follow truth
wherever it might lead ; and as a consequence, to maintain,
without compromise or surrender, opinions or principles
adopted after full and satisfactory consideration.
In 1831, when far away from home, he first became ac
quainted with protracted meetings, and was favorably im
pressed with their character and influence, Two or three
years afterwards, having beard a full course of Finney's
lectures on revivals, he was thoroughly convinced of the
importance and expediency of the measures therein recom
mended. He likewise early took his position as an anti-
slavery man. In his principles of reform he was an ultra-
ist, by which term is meant only that his position was be
yond and in advance of other men ; too remote from the
multitude to win their sympathies or to influence their
judgment. Hence he was unpopular with the mass of
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the few. From an unwillingness to compromise the truth,
or to modify his measures to suit the temper of the times,
hia plans of reform were mostly impracticable, and yet he
lived to see his cherished views in many instances realized
through instrumentalities originating with himself. What
his uncompromising spirit failed to accomplish, more facile
natures have effected, by placing themselves les^in advance
of the age, and skillfully arranging their measures in less di
rect antagonisia with current opinion. As a moral and
religious reformer, he may be likened to one who discovers
and unearths the precious ores, aijd leaves to others to
fashion, stamp, and give them currency.

FLAVEL B, SPRAGUE,
Flavel B, Sprague was born, in the year 1801, in tbe
town of Mayfield. His inheritance was poverty and early
orphanage. Being left to the control of those who took
little interest in him other than to doom him to a life
of toil, or, more properly, of drudgery, he passed his boy
hood and youth with little other alleviation of his condi
tion than that arising from his love of books. From cul
tivating his taste for reading during the intervals of labor,
and also from observation and reflection, he had acquired
at the age of 21 much various knowledge of men and
things. Despairing of a liberal education, which he greatly
coveted, he turned his attention to merchandize. Pos
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some engaged in mercantile pursuits, he was enabled t»
commence business with a small eapital. After a compar
atively prosperous course for several years, Le became em
barrassed, and failed in that year of failures, 1837 ; and as
an honest man gave up everything to his creditors. He
has had the privilege of living to pay every dollar of his
indebtedness. It was during his course as a mer^Lant that he was
brought to see, in his own case, the iniquity and danger of
rum drinking, which be bad got into the habit of through
complaisance to his drinking enstomers— and he at once
discontinued the practice. This first step, in the right di
rection, soon led him to take another, te wit, that ef aban
doning rum selling. From observations ©n the condition
of his own mind, he drew the inferenee that rum-drinking
rum sellers have no clear moral perceptions of the right or
the wrong of the rum traffic ; that rum drinkers and rum
sellers, while such, are impervious to all religious impres
sions. Having ceased to act in the former, bis conscience
did not suffer him long to continue in the latter eapaeity.
Soon after his disinthrallment, he was graciously wrought
upon and strengthened to entertain the hopes of the gospel,
and he became a member in communion with the Metho-.
dist Church. It is his most solemn belief that, had he
persisted in the practices above named, religious influen
ces would never have reached him.
During the eight years in which he was a member of the
Board of Excise, from settled convictions of duty, he inva
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the organization of county superiutendeneies under the
school system promulgated by -Tohn C. Spencer, he was
chosen Superintendent for Fulton County ; and at the ex
piration of his term of office he received the endorsement
of a re-election, thus making his term of service four
years. It is no disparagement to his successors to say
that, in efficiency and fidelity to his trust, he has not been
surpassed. In his polities he was long from conviction and sympa
thy, a democrat ; but the persistent adhesion of his party
to the slavery interest, induced hira to abandon it on the
nomination to the presideney of Franklin Pierce.
From the above sketch we discern this noticeable trait
of character — a readiness to .saerifieo interest to principle.
He gave up selling rum, against his pecuniary interests
and contrary, at the time, to public opini-on. In a^ com
munity, largely democratic, in whieh he had been promo
ted and honored, and from which he reasonably entertained
higher expectations, he left the ranks of his party, " solita
ry and aloae," and, like Henry Churchill, united himself
with a minority to battle for liberty and equal rights.
Few men are capable of the highest kinds of human
virtue ; swayed by the great controller, self-interest, they
dare not assert their convictions when opposed to the pop
ular sentiment ; while those who maintain truth and right,
periling in their advocacy reputation and every material
interest, combine in their natures the essential elements
of the heroic ; and it is only necessary that their actions
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spicuous, to entitle them to rank among the heroes of the
world. Mr. S. has all his life been a resident of Fulton
County, and for the last few years he has permanently lo
cated himself in Gloversville.

JENNISON GILES,
Jennison Giles was born, in the year 1785, at Spring
field, Vt, His parents were not in those days professors
of religion, but they trained their family according to the
rigid moral system handed down to the sons of New Eng
land from the Puritan fathers. Both parents, after their
removal to Kingsboro, became pious ; and the father, Dea,
Samuel Giles, lived to adorn his profession to tbe advanced
age of 84 years. The name, Giles, recorded in the Poem
as among the founders of Gloversville, is intended to indi
cate both father and son. The lessons taught by bis pa
rents, inculcating honesty, truth, and the code of morals
generally, had a controlling influence over him up to the
time of his conversion, at the age of 18, Both parents and
son were subjects of the revival in 1803, the first that oc
curred after Doctor Yale's settlement in the ministry.
The equable current of his life has flowed on from that
time to the present without any peculiar or striking inci
dents. To sustain with fidelity the relations of son, brother,
husband, father, and citizen, though most praiseworthy and
productive of great social happiness, may not nevertheless
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As the limits of this work will not admit of much detail,
we will confine ourselves to a few observations touching
his relations as a parent. He had four sons and one
daughter, all of wham reached the age of maturity, and
were all pious. Doctor Yale, once conversing with a friend
in regard to the want of fidelity in certain professors in
training their children, and expressing his apprehension
for tbe results, exclaimed ; " But as to Jennison Giles I
have no fears, for, like Abraham, he will command his
household after hira." He then referred to the thorough
ness of his family instructions, the punetualily with which
he caused his ehildren to attend church, the eunday-school,
and even prayer meetings, and the regularity generally
with which he trained them to the performance of religious
duties. One remarkable feature in his family arrangements, and
which parents would do well to remember and imitate, was,
never to allow his boys to go abroad at night unless he ac
companied them, and knew their whereabouts.
The father of Normand Smith, of the city of Hartford,
brought up successfully ten sons by a strict observance, as
he believed, of the above named rule.
The mature christian experience, wisdom and prudence,
manifested in his life and eharaeter, rendering him worthy,
Mr. G. was chosen deacon of the Congregational Church
of Kingsboro, which office he held until the change of or
ganization to Presbyterian, when he was chosen a ruling
elder. It is the prerogative of good men to inherit a pecu
liar and desirable kind of immortality on earth, that of re-
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producing in their descendants their own piety and virtues,'
whose savor shall continue to be transmitted and diffused
with blessings to the world and all future times.

Hon. DUNCAN ROBERTSON.
Duncan Robertson was born in the town of Broadalbin
in tbe year 1789. His parents, Robert Robertson and
Jane McMartin, were natives of Scotland. They were per
sons of eminent and devoted piety, and commanded their
household after them.
He was trained in a knowledge of the fundamentals of
moral and religious duties, and in the practice of them,
with the thoroughness and rigor, not to say austerity, which
are so characteristic of religious Scotch families. From
the age of twelve years he was desirous of obtaining a lib
eral education, but difficulties, unknown to these more fav
ored times, prevented the realization of his hopes. He
was converted in tbe fall of 1813, and united with the
church in Kingsboro. A regard to truth and fidelity to
obligations, early inculcated by parental care, he assumed,
on making a religious profession, as among the ruling prin
ciples of his life, not dreaming, perhaps, that such an as
sumption embraced the main constituents of a perfect
character. For what is truth ? The queen of the virtues,
and not only of superlative excellence and loveliness in
itself, but of a power and influence to strengthen, to em
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very nature and its necessary relation to every thing else,
has a tendency to restrain, to weaken and subdue the oppo
site vices. And what is fidelity to obligations ? The link
of brotherhood and the great bond of society. How far
these principles have been illustrated by the subject of
this sketch remains to be shown. Truth is multiform ;
truth in speech, truth in action, and truth in the life. His
truthfiilness in speech admits of no question, for of all men
living who need no window in their bosoms through which
to discover their secret thoughts, that man is Dea. Robert
son. Of a brave and self-reliant spirit, fearing nobody and
consequently jjever influenced by the prudential reasons of
timid men, he is out spoken on all matters relating to men
and things whenever he deems it necessary. Indeed,
truth-speaking, in him is thought by some often to bear the
semblance of a fault. And woe be to the assumptions of
pride and vanity when exhibited in his presence, as they
can testify who have suffered from his merciless inflictions
Pew men can more readily unmask dishonesty and mean
ness, or more boldly characterize them in good set terms
The open frankness of his nature renders it impossible for
him to dissemble, even if he would ; while religious prin
eiple restrains him from disguising truth in speech, act, or
life, if he could. Fidelity to obligations is not only a nec
essary result of truth, but it is also one of its constituents.
From the time of his conversion, forty-five years ago, his
course has been characterized by a singular promptitude
and punctuality in his attendance on all meetings of the
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regard to his secular or worldly relations. Whoever else
was absent from any appointment, he was mostly sure to
be present, though, to meet his religious engagements, he
had to travel over two miles, commonly on foot, which by
choice and habit has long been his favorite mode of
locomotion. Men may possess great talents and great virtues and yet
be wholly unreliable, from the want of properly disciplined
habits ; while those who are always at their posts and ready
to act their parts, are alone the men to wield legitimate and
substantial influences for good. Dea. Robertson possesses
superior gifts as an extemporaneous speaker, which he
has long used to good effect in his various public relations.
During a large portion of Doctor Yale's ministry he was
his most trusted and confidential adviser and friend, and this
fact alone is an endorsement of his worth as a Christian and
a man. The offices of trust which he has sustained, will
show the estimation in which he has been held by his co-
temporaries. For nearly forty years he was superintend
ent of the bible class and sunday-school of the church in
Kingsboro. He was a deacon of the church till its change
of organization to that of Presbyterian, of which he is now
a ruling elder. He has held the offices of Supervisor of
the town of Johnstown, and Judge of the courts of Fulton
County. He is an honorary member of the American
Board of Commissioners for Foreign Missions, and he is
also President of the Fulton County Bible Society. The
life and character of such a man is a far more valuable
legacy to his posterity, than would be the princely fortunes

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of an Astor or a Rothschild, Deacon R, occupies the
the homestead once owned by his father, and where he has
lived more than half a century.

DANIEL B, JUDSON.
Daniel B, Judson affords an instance of success as a
man of business, almost in the outset of his career. While
most men reach the goal after half a life of painful en
deavor, he seems to have gained it at a step. His success
may be partly attributed to a fortunate conjuncture of cir
cumstances, partly to native ability and tact, and it is to
be shown how much of all that he is, may be ascribed to
fireside infiuences and home education. He was born at
Kingsboro in the year 1828. His parents are both pious ;
and it was his peculiar felicity to experience the nurturing
care of a wise and devoted mother, whose consistent
christian life made an indelible impression upon the mind of
her offspring.
In connection with home training, it was his happiness,
through the wise arrangements of his parents, to enjoy,
during all.bis young life, the beneficent infiuences of Doctor
Yale's system of instruction, as established in his church
and congregation. While adding to his religious knowl
edge at home and in the Sabbath-school, he was acquiring
habits of self-denial by his early induction into various as
sociations, the objects of which were the promotion of tem
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in any of its forms, and has never tasted ardent spirits but
as a medicine.
Unbiased by novel reading or works of an immoral na
ture, that becloud the judgment and pervert the imagina
tion, he was enabled to see life in its true aspect, and to
comprehend its bearings and its uses. Hence he had less
to learn and less to unlearn than commonly befals, when
he came to grapple with the duties of active life. He was
taught respect for his superiors, and subordination to law
ful authority ; also never to engage in quarrels, and to run
rather than fight. Circumstances in his after-life show the
power of these early instructions.
While an academical student, and while by his conduct
and scholarship, he won the respect of his fellows, and like
him of Rugby, greatly aided the principal in the govern
ment and instruction of the school, he was brought to a
decisive test of character. In preparing for an exhibition,
in every movement of which he was the master spirit, he
constructed, with great care, a dramatic piece, the parts of
which were assigned, committed, rehearsed, and made
ready for the occasion. The teacher had for some time
been of the opinion that it was on many accounts objec
tionable, and on the whole, improper for representation ;
but knowing the refractoriness and impetuosity of youth
when baulked of its purposes, he long hesitated and was
irresolute ; but at length he felt it necessary to pronounce
the verdict of rejection, assigning his reasons. It would
be impossible to describe the cheerful alacrity with which
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more than his words, indicated tbe nobleness of his spirit ;
and tbe teacher's mental ejaculation, " this is geoerous,
this is manly," has never been falsified by subsequent
events. The parental injunction against quarreling wrought its
effect in his purpose, never to engage in litigation, if possi
ble to avoid it ; but rather to lose a debt than to secure it
by coercion. The policy of avowing such a ruling princi
ple by a business man, is somewhat questionable, render
ing him liable, as it does, to be practiced upon by fraudulent
speculators. His industrious habits and knowledge of business having
gained him his first successes, he was easily led to expect
favorable issues to all his plans and purposes : and it is
said that he has even dared to resolve on the accomplish
ment of every object he undertakes. This would be pre
sumption in a majority of men, but in him it is a justifiable
confidence, arising from past experience, a comprehension of
his own capabilities, and a clear foresight of the means
and instruments of success. Though possessed of an indom
itable spirit of perseverance and confidence, in his re
sources, yet like most men of true merit, he is of the most
quiet and unobtrusive manners. Mr. Judson occupies an
influential position in the church as a ruling elder, and as
superintendent of the sabbath-school.
Let the youthful reader here contemplate the assemblage
of qualities to be inferred, from dutifulness as a son, and
from subordination and obedience as a scholar.

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WILLARD J. HBACOCK.
Willard J. Heacoek was born at Kingsboro in the year
1821. It was his happiness to be trained from his infancy
by pious and devoted parents. The prayers.of his mother,
alone with him in the closet, are among his earliest and
most cherished remembrances. Instructed in the assem
bly's catechism, and familiarized to the reading and doc
trines of the bible, which were applied and enforced by
faithful '"parental admonition and counsel, his mind was
early impressed with a permanent conviction of religious
truth. In addition to home influences, ho enjoyed the
benefits of the varied forms of religious instruction insti
tuted by Doctor Yale. Though remarkable, it is neverthe
less not strange, that he was led to Embrace religion at the
age of 12 years. True to the impulses of a renewed na
ture, his first wish was to be a public herald, to proclaim
the benefits he had received to others ; but having a slen
der constitution, he was unable to enter upon a course of
study with a view to his cherished object.
It is a peculiar felicity to be converted at life's earlier
stages ; as we thereby escape, in a great measure, the vices
and follies of youth, and our religion acquires a consistency,
a firmness, and a vigor, that otherwise could never be at
tained. On reaching his majority, he engaged in mer
chandize, and pursued the business four years without suc
cess. He then entered into the business of the glove
manufacture ; and his career thenceforward has been unin
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Ills uniting with the church, he formed the resolution of
fulfilling all his covenant engagements. How far he has
done so, his life bears testimony in his regular attendance
at church, at the bible cl-ass, at prayer- meetings, and
wherever else a christian's presence and influence should
be seen and felt. The prayer meeting affords this test of
charfcter, that living, active christians are its unfailing
attendants, and that consequently none of this class are
neglectors of it.
An incident in his domestic life is especially worthy of
record. On account ef the pressure of some business
matter, he was induced, one morning, to omit family devo
tions, but being warned by christian fidelity of the possible
bad influence of such emissions on the unconverted inmates
of his household, he was led to a more serious considera
tion of his responsibilities as an employer ; and was enabled
thereafter so to discharge his duty towards persons under
his care, as to be of lasting benefit to many.
At his outset in life, he felt it to be his duty, according to
the scripture direction, to lay by in store for charitable
uses, as the Lord had prospered him. During his four
years of unsuccessful business, he had given nothing, and
for a reason satisfactory, at the time, to himself, that he
had made nothing. Not content with this state of things,
after due consideration, he came to the conclusion that it
was wiser to trust the. Lord in giving, than to take counsel
of worldly prudence — and accordingly he gave one hun
dred dollars the first year, and ever since, the amount of
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prosperity, until tbe sums bestowed yearly for various
religious objeets, have ranged frona five to seven hundred
dollars, A liberality sO' uneommoB is partly due to tie impulses'
of his nature, bat more, perhaps, to convictions of duty
arising from the belief of a speciality in the awards of
Providence in his behalf; for he professes ts be Uncon
scious of any art, device or mansgemeiit, on isis part, that
wins him prosperity ; and hence his purpose to be a cheer
ful and liberal bestower of what has been so freely given
him, to promote the interests of his raee,and the glory of
his Creator.
Thus it would seem that the secret of success is- often as
inexplicable to the subjects of it as to others. If so, i*
must arise from the want of a prescriptive plan or system..
Accordingly, such men extemporize their powers on occa
sions and opportunities ; and with clearer perceptions and
sounder judgment than others, they comprehend and avail
themselves of tbe means of success ; and from never
analyzing their processes, they fail to detect any one con
stant and governing principle that gives thsm their
advantages. Having been disappointed of Ms wisL to preach the gos
pel, in person, he has latterly succeeded in a long cherishecJ
purpose of being able to proclaim it by means of other
men. His plan, for several years entered upon,, is to aiiJ
two young men, at a time, who are studying with a view
to the ministry, and society is already enjoying the results
of this class of his benefactions.

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^^he concluding lines in Pope's Man of K.oss, here sug
gest themselves with peculiar fitness :
" Thrice happy man, enabled to pursue,
¦What thousands wish bwt ¦want the power to do."
Qualificatiens smeh as have been here intJmated, must
taeoesSawly give a man position and influence ; and such
Mr. H. possesses, both in tJie church and in society gener
ally. He has scarcely reached the meridian of life, and it
is to be hoped that a long and useful career jet awaits him.

JESSE SMITH.
Jesse Smitli was barn in Claverack, Columbia County, in
the year 1789. His parents removed to Kingsboro when he
was but three jears of age. His boyhood and youth, passed
amid the influences of a moral and religious community,
matured into upright and honorable manhood ; but his
convictions of duty did not lead him to make an open pro
fession of religion till the period of middle life. Two
characteristics, his temperance and anti-slavery principles,
are all that we have room to discuss. He was among the
first movers in the temperance reform ; and he was the
first person in this commu'nity to see the importance of the
total abstinence principle, and to give it an efficient and
successful advocacy.
By private diligence and public influence, his labors
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and opportunities for recommending the cause to individ
uals, and was mainly instrumental in winning most of the
members ©f the eliarch' to adopt the pledge of total absti
nence. He was, for many years. President of the Temper-'
ance Society of Kingsboro and Gloversville, and also' of
the County Society ;: and for his agency in propagatiing
and extending tbe principle of total abstinence, he is
fully entitled (s® far as relates to this communiiiy) to- the
distinction of the apostle of teetotalism.
He has been for more than 25 years a; strong anti'
slavery man. Living in a eommrraity virtually though not
professedly pro-slavery, and where the eonservatisai of Dr',
Yale held paramount infl.ueBee, he was una1)le to give-
his principles much extension. Most men would have
quailed under tbe difficulties and discouragements whlchi
he encountered ; but firm in the belief that
" Truth orush'd to earth will rise again,"
and also that " The eternal years of God are hers,"
he held on his course without faltering. He was regarded as
an agitator and disorganizer, and nothing but his acknowl
edged uprightness of character and parity of intention
shielded him from the extreme of contumely and reproach.
Systems, political or moral, when founded in wrong and
injustice, cannot bear the test of scrutiny ; and hence the
favorers of them always deprecate inquiry and agitation.
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risk the possible danger of correcting them. It was
with this latter class that Dea. Smith had the greatest dif
ficulties to encounter. His kindred and his brethren of
the same faith, were his most uncompromising opposers —
but his calm persistency, in spite of every obstacle, and
his meek endurance of opposition, led some persons to a
serious consideration of the subject of human rights, which
eventuated in their becoming anti-slavery men. As a re
former, he combines the mildness and conciliation of a
Melanothon, with the determined and inflexible purpose of
a Luther. A life devoted to the best interests of mankind must be
productive of good results ; and it will constitute tbe pecu
liar honor and happiness of such men as Dea. Smith, to
know that they have sympathized with the opinions of the
wise and the good of all ages ; and that they have been
their colaborers in a cause whose ultimate triumph will be
crowned with signal blessings to the world.

JOHN McNAB,
Some men are named by distinction the favorites of
fortune, tbe fabled goddess seeming, in their case, to have
dispensed her favors unhoodwinked. This notion has its
origin, perhaps, in the fact that in human destiny, failure
constitutes the rule, while success forms the exception ;
an occurrence so rare as to lead the credulous to impute it
to some divine interposition, A great diversity appears to
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hold in the careers' even of the prosperous. While some
win their advances and achieve their positions after pro
longed struggles and against obstacles all but insurmounta
ble, others again rise to the attainment of their objeets
without apparent effort ; and yet to another class, success
seems spontaneously to present itself and to court accept
ance. It might easily be inferred, that Mr. McNab be
longs to one of the latter classes ; for time and care that
set their mark so emphatically on most men, seem to have
ignored him almost entirely. A youthful -look, a cheerful,
sunny aspect, and a gentle, courtly demeanor, would indi
cate him rather as the possessor of inherited wealth, than
as tbe energetic and successful founder of his own fortune.
He is of Scotch descent, and his early religious training
was of that thorough and comprehensive character which
seems to be native to Scotchmen, and especially to Scotch
Presbyterians. The writer well remembers a pleasant sojourn of a week,
nearly forty years ago, in his father's family. In addition
to other interesting traits of a well-ordered religious
household, he was peculiarly impressed with the character
of its devotions.
Tbe devout reverence of the gathered circle, the fervent
invocation of the father with the bible open before him,
for a blessing upon the reading ©f the word ; and the
" wailing of a portion of it with judicious care ;" then the
song of praise, in which all feelingly united ; and lastly
the prayer, so humble, so childlike, and yet so earnest and
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ings — all seemed a striking antitype of the scene so graph
ically painted in the " Cotter's Saturday Night."
The mind, subjected to moral and religious discipline,
experiences, in all its various faculties, a healthy, vigor
ous and proportionate development ; and such discipline
is the best possible preparative for the active duties of
life. The early maturity consequent upon such a course of
training, was evinced by Mr. McNab in his establishing a
character as a successful business man before he attained
his majority. Possessing limited means of his own, he
was authorized, in case of emergency, to use his father's
name and credit ; yet he never availed himself of the per-
mission, so as by possibility to subject them to risk or
hazard ; and he was careful never to . adventure so far
as, in case of failure, to disappoint the claims of his cred
itors. A noble example of high principle and of wise
caution, worthy to be imitated by all young adventurers.
In addition to industry, economy, and perseverance, the
main elements of a prosperous career, he is pre-eminently dis
tinguished for self-reliance — a principle which to be genu
ine must be the result of experience ; for experience is
the ordeal to which every man must submit himself in
order to discover what be is, and what he can do.
Acting en the principle above mentioned, Mr. NcN. has
no advisers. His purposes and plans, originated exclu
sively by himself, and elaborated and matured in silence,
are seen only in their development and results. In this
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by the counterplans of others who are sailing on the
same tack.
Few men, while successfully advancing their own in
terests, have conferred greater benefits on the community.
He has subsidized yrater power (so much cheaper than
steam) for carrying on his extensive milling operations ;
and the facilities thus afforded to manufacturers have es
sentially conduced to the general prosperity. An uninter
rupted course of success for many years, has gained him
the distinction of being acknowledged the leading business
man in Fulton County. Few firms have larger capitals in
vested than he, and no individual perhaps, except Willard
J. Heacoek of Kingsboro. The young business man who
is anxious to accomplish an honorable career, would find it
much to his advantage to study the life of John McNab.
And finally, let the youthful reader take note, that the
foundation of Mr. MoN's prosperity was laid in religious
home education ; and that the crowning quality of his ma
tured character is religious principle. He has long been
an active and efficient member and ruling elder of the as
sociate Presbyterian Church of Johnstown, to the support
of which he is a large contributor.

Rev. EDWARD WALL.
Edward Wall was born in the town of Pictou, Nova
Scotia, Nov. 4th, 1824. His earliest religious impressions
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Btructions of his Sunday-school teacher. His parents em^
igrated to the, city of New York in 1832) where, for a seasouj
they attended on the ministry of the Rev. Doctor Ludlow.
He early manifested a fondness for reading ; and fortu*
nately for his principles) books of a moral and religious
character had the preoccupancy of his mind, giving it a dc
eisive and permanent direction,
fie was converted at the age of 16. The truth seems to
have wrought in him its efficacious work, without the aid of
human appeals to the canscience, or of sympathetic emotions
produced by the excitenients of religious revivals. Ha
United with the chUrch under the care of Rev. Doctor Bur^
.chard. Three years subsequent thereto, he became a mem
ber in communion with the church of Rev. Doctor J. W.
Alexander. He was early led to consider the subject of pursuing a
course of study with a view to the ministry. His cherished
desire was to fit himself to be a missionary in foreign lands ;
but the thoughtof leaving his aged widowed mother, who,
in a measure, looked to him as the stay and solace of her
declining years, so wrought upon his mind that, with filial
devotedness, he relinquished his favorite object. He pros
ecuted his studies, preparatory to college, at the Cornelius
Institute, under the instructions of the Rev. Doctor J. S.
Owen. He entered the sophomore class in Princeton Col
lege in 1845, and graduated, after a curriculum of three
years, with a standing for scholarship that may be inferred
from his appointment as valedictorian. He graduated at
the Priqceton Tbeological Seminary in 1851, with a repui

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tation for ability and attainments equaled by few and sur=
passed by none.
After his licensures he assisted in supplying, for a feW
months, the pulpit of Rev. Doctor Alexander ; and he was
subsequently employed, for a period of nine months, as home
missionary in the northern part of Cayuga County. In
1852 he received a call from the Presbyterian Churtih at
Warsaw, Wyoming County, N. Y., but declined in favor of
a similar invitation from the church at Kingsboro, where
he commenced his labors August 15th of the same year ;
and was installed as pastor July 3d, 1853.
His ministry has met with great acceptance, and has
been attended with a satisfactory degree of success.
As a writer, his thoughts have an originality of cast and
expression that, in a marked manner, distinguish his
from minds of the ordinary stamp. His style is charac
terized by strength, force, and clearness ; and his language
is always in strict adaptation to the sentiment.
As a sermonizer, his discourses show a logical method
of arrangement and a natural sequence of parts, from pre
mise to conclusion ; and his points and arguments being
well taken and convincingly reasoned, he seldom fails to
instruct and edify his hearers. In accordance with the
usage of his denomination, he generally reads his sermons—
a usage whioh, though convenient for ordinary men, would
in his case be '' more honored in the breach than in the ob
servance ;" as with high intellectual powers, joined with
an emotional and impulsive nature, he possesses all the re:
quisites of an eloquent and effective speaker. <

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His phrenological developments show a great prepon
derance of the intellectual over the two classes of the lower
faculties. His nose and mouth indicate delicacy and refine
ment of taste, while the general expression of bis counte
nance is that of firmness and decision. In person, he is of
the medium height, rather slight of figure, and yet finely
proportioned. In his clerical manners and deportment he may be as
sumed as a model. In no situation, and on no occasion,
has he been known to forget the proprieties befitting his
character and profession.

HARRY C. JONES.
Harry C. Jones was born in the town of Greenfield,
Saratoga County, N. Y., in theyear 1812. His rudimental in
structions in moral and religious duties, were received from
his mother. Surely, a mother is the angel to conserve, or
the demon to destroy the happiness of her offspring. But
the christian mother, what a pure divinity must she appear
to the first appreciating gaze of infant consciousness I — so
assiduous, so gentle to soothe, so provident to forestall and
prevent its wants, and so wise to lead her child in the
delightful ways of filial love and obedience. With such
fostering, it is not strange that in the successive stages of
childhood and youth, his faculties should experience a
well-timed and healthy development. Bred up in useful
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by a knowledge of business, and by well disciplined habits,
for entering upon the active duties of life.
He settled at Gloversville in the year 1836, where he
soon established a character for honesty, industry and per
severance. He has long been an influential member of the
Methodist Church, and has had much to do in the manage
ment of its temporalities. He is public spirited, and has
a large heart, ready to promote the general good, to the
extent of his ability, in all matters pertaining thereto.
As a magistrate, the office of which he held several years,
he was capable, efficient, and popular ; and he discharged
his duties to the abundant satisfaction of all classes, except
two — precocious boys and fast young men. These, it is
said, had an especial disrelieh for the prompt and inflexible
administrator of the Jaws.
The rare and peculiar qualities observable in his busi
ness and social habits are -worthy of especial record. His
frank and engaging manners and address are calculated, at
first sight, to win esteem and confidence ; and it is fairly
to be inferred that persons once dealing with him, will not
be apt to withdraw their custom ard give it to others. His
deportment to his friends and customers would furnish a
good study to young men commencing business, who wish
to combine the various elements of a successful career.
The popularity of Mr. J. with persons in his employ, is
said to be such that they seldom wish to leave him ; and
so truly is it the case, that he somc.times finds a difficulty
iff discharging those who are incompetent or unreliable.
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thing is of paramount importance, It is said of General
Washington, that he caused less pain in refusing a favor
than many persons do in granting one. We make a pur
chase of one man, and every thing is forgotten with the
transaction ; we do the same thing with another man, and
we remember the incident with a kind of pleasure akin to
that of having received a favor. The whole difference
consists in the manner of the transaction.
Men may be living exemplifications of the art of pleas
ing, and yet not be able to impart the principles and rules
of it to others. We must read them as we do books, with
silent, thoughtful attention ; and we shall find that, to
please others, we must ourselves be pleased with all things
animate and inanimate, as the works of an adorable Crea
tor ; and thus having a .sympathy for every thing around
us, we experience corresponding sympathies in return.
A happy illustration of the principle is found in the
reply of a bright little daughter of Doctor Doddridge on
-being asked by a friend why it was that every body loved
her; " I dont know,"' said Mary, " unless it is because I
We every body."
In conclusion of this sketch it may be remarked that,
if one were inclined to be misanthropic, and to believe
that all men, under a fair exterior, were masking knavery
and the family of the vices generally, the illusion would
be dissipated by an acquaintance with Harry C. Jones.
If any are disposed to think that " man is made to
inourn" — that more of misery than happiness is mingled
in his cup — they would find a refutation of their opinions

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in the unruffled serenity and life-long cheerfulness of
Harry Jones,

SURVARUS G. HILDRETH.
Survarus G, Hildreth is the son of Noah Hildreth. His
mother's maiden name was Mary Poane. He was born iu
Columbia County, N, Y., in the year 1790, From his
early years he was trained with great strictness in the
practice of moral and religions dnties ; and the circum
stance of his once being punished for breaking the Sab
bath, was never forgotten ; and its corrective influence
upon his after conduct serves to show that there is such a
thing as a rod, as well as a word, in season. His boyhood
and youth exhibited peculiar characteristics. He always
preferred some useful employment to tbe objeetless aims
of youthful sports and amusements ; and sought solitude
rather than places of public resort. He acted »n the con
viction that industry and prudence are sot only necessary
to the acquisition of property, but that tbey are essential
to a sound and vigorous eharaeter, and tbat tbeir opposites-
are little better than vices.
At the age of 20 be lost bis father, and htAng tbe eldest!
son, the care of his mother with two brothers ai>d a sister
devolved upon him. He took a parental oversight of
their interests, aod labored effectively to prepare his
brothers for nsefuil avoeations.
Possessing the views,, ansnd aeting ©a tbe principles above
stated, it is not strange tbat his life was a prosperous one ;

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and accordingly, we find in a coarse of years, that he had
acquired a handsome estate. Though just and honorable
in his dealings, he appears not to have been influenced by
other than worldly motives — but a great change in his
views and purposes awaited him.
About the period of middle life, he was providentially
brought, to consider his responsibilities as a moral and ac
countable being ; and his earnest inquiries, heaven directed,
happily issued in his conversion to the truth and spirit of
the gospel ; since which time he has illustrated his profes
sion by a consistent life, and the devotion of his means to
the furtherance of every good caase.
It may be stated that «ne class of his benefactions has
been the constituting of, at leasts fifteen persons honorary
members of the American Board of Foreign Missions,
which is saying, in other words, that he has given to this
one charity, ^15Q0. May the wealthy christian reader of
this statement "go and do likewise."
Mr, H, occupies an influential position in society and
especially in the church, where the example of his chris
tian liberality has done much to promote a like spirit in
others. The prestige of genius, noble birth, wealth or
power, has always been of paramount influence in the
world ; but to him who realizes the infinite results of hu
man action, a well constituted mind, and a heart devoted to
the true interests of mankind and the glory of the Creator,
are transcendently inore valaable than all.

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Dr, ELIJAH CHEEDLE.
Elijah Cheedle was one of four sons of Benjamin Chee-
dle, of Norwalk, Conn., a descendant of the Connectieut
puritans. He was born at Norwalk, in tbe year 1762.
Where or with whom he studied his profession is not
known to the writer. Por a time be was a soldier in the
Revolution, and was present at the execution of Major
Andre, He came to Kingsboro toward the close of the
last century and established himself at that place, where
he was actively engaged in His profession for a period of
over forty years. He married Miss Anne Wilson, in the
year 1795, who died in the year 1839. They reared a
large family of sons and daughters, many of whom are not
now living. The pioneers, in any new district of country,
of whatever profession, have difficulties to encounter and
hardships to endure, that their more faired descendants
oan little appreciate ; and their claims on the gratitude of
posterity are never sufficiently honored, from not being well
enough ascertained to be understood and estimated.
During his active career of practice, his rides extended
over a large portion of the region now included within the
limits,of Fulton County. He was wholly devoted to his
profession, which, combined with a successful practice,
won for him general confidence and respect. Ingrati
tude toward the conservators of our lives and health is
somewhat proverbial^and the experience of this skillful
physician and worthy man was not an exception.
It was a fault of his, perhaps arising from a spirit of

BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES. IQl
liberality and accommodation, to allow the accounts of his
debtors to remain a long time unsettled, so that in many
instances when payment was asked, the demand would be
resisted on the plea of non-indebtedness, or evaded by the
limitations of the law. In this way, especially in his de
dining years, he was* subjected to many unpleasant annoy
ances. This statement is made for the purpose of enforc
ing on the minds of business men the truthful maxim that,
" short payments make long friends." If the faithful de
voticB of one's powers to an important department of human
interests — a devotion early begun and long and success
fully continued — constitutes a claim to contemporaneous re
spect, and po!<thumotts remembrance and gratitude, then
this slight sketch by the hand of friendship, is not ill-
timed or inappropriate.

WILLIAM C. PEAKE, M. D.
William C, Peake was horn at Delhi, Delaware County,
N. Y., in the year 1797. He received his academical ed
ucation at the Delhi Academy, and was engaged, for a
time, as a teacher in that institution. He studied his pro
fession under the instructions of the late estimable Doctor
Ebenezer Steele, of the ^me pjace; and engaged in prac
tice and remained for a few years in the town of Andes,
Delaware County,
By the advice of Doctor Steele, he removed, in January,
1834, to Kingsboro, where he lived ovar twenty years, es-
9*

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tablishing a fair reputation for skill as a physician, and a
character of great moral worth as a man. He died in the
village of Johnstown, after a residence of eighteen months,
. in September, 1856,
Few of his profession have done more, to the extent of
their influence, to alleviate tbe physical sufferings and mal
adies of their fellow men. By day and by night, he re
sponded with equal alacrity to the calls of the rich and the
poor ; and to the latter class he ministered, to a great de
gree, gratuitously.
Unlike many in his profession, familiarity with suffering
never produced in him that callous indifference which is
generally considered so essential to successful practice.
His kindly nature so manifested itself in his treatment of
hia patients, that they felt they had not been more bene
fited by the prescriptions of a skillful practitioner, than by
the care and attention of a sympathizing friend.
In his social relations, his courteous manners and gen
tlemanly bearing ensured respejt from all, while his candor,
generosity, sincerity, and frankness, rendered him a most
desirable and valued friend.
In his relations of friendship he was true and reliable.
It is recorded in the recollections of many, tbat be never
hesitated to advocate the just cause of a friend, even to the
prejudice of his own interest — a somewhat rare example in
an age when men are accustomed nicely to balance the
probabilities of loss and advantage to themselves, and to •
kid or r if use as tbe one or tbe other preponderates.
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Being the oldest of the sons, be aided, to the extent of
his ability, his younger brothers in acquiring their profes
sions, two of whom became clergymen of the Episcopal
Church, and one a physician.
He was a man of acute sensibilities. Possessing a guile
less nature and a soul of honor, designing no evil and ex
pecting none, he was unable to bear, with a martyr's spirit
or with a stoic's indifference, the stings of ingratitude, or
the misconstructions of prejudice and -ignorance, to which
professional men are subjected.
He was a religious man, and having strong denomina
tional preferences, being a member of the Episcopal
Church, he removed, in the year 1854, to Johnstown,
whore he could have a better enjoyment of its ordinances
But he had to make his way through the serried ranks of
his friend.-^, who endeavored to turn him from his purpose
by their solicitations, and even by a written remonstrance,
numerously signed, but believing that the educational and
religious interests of himself and family required bis re
moval, he felt it to be his duty to forego their importunate
and affectionate appeals.
The follo.wiog lines, written by a friend on visiting his
grave in the Johnstown Cemetery, may be taken as a
further exponent of the, general feeling with which his
memory is cherished ;
'Beside his recent grave I stood
¦While twilight's shadows deftly crept —
Above sad moaned the waving wood.
Around the murmuring waters wept

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Responsive to tbe pangs of woe
Twofold tbat my pierced bosom rendr
Mourning in bim who sleeps below —
The loved physician and the friend.
A prey to care» vu&nown before.
Bereft of him my skillful guide.
Anxious life's prospects I explore
Fearfnl to go or to abide.
O, vanish'd ! never to return.
Thy spirit has forsaken earth ;
But neter to oblivion's bourne
Sbnll patt tbe memory of thy wortli.
A garner'd treastire of the heart
Thy kindDeeses to Ine and mine ;
The assiduous care, the effective art,
That made disease its grasp resign ;
The kindly look, the Words of cheer,
The joy unfeign'd to see me mend ;
The wise and timely comforter
Lost the physician in the friend.
The recent twilight's changed to gloom.
So fade the years of life's decline,
And flowers that grow around thy tomb
May, ere they wither, garland mine.
Farewell ! I mourn earth's sever'd ties,
As one by one they're burst in twain,
But through a vista to the skies.
Faith sees them all unite again.

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, Grateful recollections of benefits. received from his pro
fessional skill, and of a friendship continued for many
years, and ending only with his death, have occasioned this
slight but heartfelt tribute to his memory.

' NOTE.
.The reader will notice that some of the foregoing
sketches are of persons living without the bounds of Glov
ersville. The writer has experienced a constant difficulty
in the construction of the whole work, in separating Kings
boro and Kingsboro influences from this community, but
has found it impossible to do so. Both communities have
been, and will continue to be, one and the same, by the ties
of kindred, by the same moral and religious characteris,^
tics, by common interests, and latterly by their close terri
torial proximity. Within the period of half a century,
they will form one corporation, and be distinguished by a
common name. Possessing these opinions, the writer has
made these sketches and prepared the genealogical record
which is to follow, prospectively— ^-hoping hereby to give a
somewhat proportional e and balanced view of the separate
sections whioh, to posterity, will only be known as an inte
gral whole. The writer felicitates himself on his having
been able, in a community not large, to sketch so many in
dividuals whose characters can abide the test of public
scrutiny, and whose recorded actions afford so many exam
ples worthy of imitation. He will not say that- he has as-

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sumed the obligations of a sworn witness, " to tell the truth,
the whole truth, and nothing but the truth" — but that he
has told the truth to the extent of his purpose and the
limits prescribed to this work, he unhesitatingly avers.
On a review of what he has written, he must make this
admission however, that in giving point to a remark, or with
a view to add.force to an antithesis, he has, in a few instan
ces, made a stronger statement than he intended, thereby
seeming to place tbe individual in a false position — ^for in
stance, in the sketch of Alanson Judson, in the contrast of
his former with his present position, an inference might b«
drawn that the poverty intimated was of a very humblo
character, when nothing farther was meant than that he
rose from the average condition of common life — and so in
relation to the sketch of F, B, Sprague, it was not intended
that the isolated case of an individual should apply to all
his kindred — although, if true, it would not be considered
by any of the name as the smallest disparagement.
The writer has ventured to name his poem the Model
Village ; and he trusts that the reader of these memoirs,
(which might be indefinitely extended,) will agree that the
assumption of such a name, is neither an ambitious nor an
inappropriate one.

NOTICES OF FAMILIES,

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GENEALOGICAL RECORD.

ALLEN, SAMUEL, came from Galway, Saratoga County,
He was married to Catherine Cole, of Glenville, April 30 1
1834, He was born Feb, 23, 1798, Mrs, A, was born
Sept, 10, 1810. The names of the children are, John C,
Sarah J,) Lucyette, Susan Ann, Kebecca, Clara.
ALLEN, ETHAN, grandson of Joseph Allen a soldier
of the Revolution, and collateral descendant of Ethan
Allen of Revolutionary fame. His father, Pardon Allen,
was b at Providence, R, I., in 1780 ; m Rebecca Wilmarth
in 1802 ; d at Johnstown in 1817, Ethan Allen, b 1811 ;
m Deborah Shepard, of Kingsboro, Feb, 12, 1834, Issue
— Miriam M,, b 1836, m Henry Rosa, R, Esq., Sept. 9,
1857, Elbertine, Ethan, jr,
ADAMS, HENRY, m Miss Clifton ; dates of birth,
marriage, &c., not given. Children — Henry, William,
John, Margaret, Jane, Delia — one of the old Kingsboro
families. ALLWORTH, DAVID, from Dutchess County, b June
12,-1790 ; m Achsah Coon, Feb. 11, 1816, who was b Sept,
16,' 179 r. Children — Harriet, Melissa, Almira, Mary,
Horace, William E., Martin L., John C, George W,,
Charles N , James,

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genealogical RECORD,

ALLWORTH, JOHN C, b Aug. 6, 1829; m Ella E.
Kibbe March 11, 1858.
ALLWORTH, WILLIAM E., b Aug. 6, 1829; m
Emily A. Banks July 4, 1849.
ALLWORTH, HORACE, b Feb. 28, 1827; m Eliaa
Van Metre Jan. 12, 1850. Children— Sarah, Charles,
Mary, Ella.
ALLEN, WILLIAM C, b in Johnstown, July 4, 1818 ;
III Mary Frederick Jan. 30, 1844, who was b Oct. 20,
1820. Children— Marcus W., Helen BI., William H.
BELDEN. — Charles Belden, sen., emigrated from Con
necticut at the commencement- of the present Century.
He was born in 1761 ; in Anna Case 1789, who was b
April 9, 1771. Issue — Charles, Timothy, Allen, Ann, Jon-
atliaii, Erasitus, Jo.«ieph, Sarah, Henry, Reuben C, Nuruian,
Ann, Melanclhon, Ruth. Charles Beldcii, sen., d in 1844.
His wife d iu 1838.
BELDEN, NORMAN, son of Charles Belden, sen., b
Jan. 26, 1810 ; ni Mary A, Sheldon March 29, 1839, who
was b Nov. 3, 1816. Children— Milton R., James E., Em
ma A., Mary A.
BELDEN, ERASTUS, .son of the same as above,, was
b April 2, 1800; m Harriet Soule April 19, 1829, who
was b. Sept. 3, 1809. Children— Rachel Ann, Emily M.,
John W., Julia Ann, Ruth -M., Mariette, Mary J., Hiram
W., Harriet E , Florence E.
BELDEN, MELANCTHON C, b Nov. 22, 1814 ; m
Lucia Bidwell Jan. 29, 1849, who was b Oct. 29, 1820.
Children— Dwight B., Frank W., Lucia R. and Lilian T.,
twins, BROWN. — The Browns are lineal descendants' of Peter
Brown, one of the original pilgrims who came from Eng
land in the Mayflower. Benjamin Brown, grandfather o;
the present families, was b Jan. 1, 1750 ; d Oct. 31, 1834.

GENEALOGICAL RECORD. 109
He m Abigail Parker, who was b in 1753 ; d Jan, 1809.
Benjamin Brown, jr., b Oct. 6, 1776 ; m Theda Curtis, who
was b Nov. 27, 1782.- He d 1840, and his wife in 1850.
Their children were, William,' Mary, Miles, David N.,
Oran, Roxa A., Lucy E,, Fanny L., William, 2nd.
BROWN, MILES, was b Jan. 4, 1807 ; m' Emily Coz-
zens Jjine 15, 1841, who was b March 25, 1818, Children
- — Hannah W., Frances M.
BERRY, JAMES, b in the year 1809, in the town of
Mayfield, Fulton County; received the degree of M. D. at
Castleton Medical College, Vt., in 1836 ; and iu the same
year commenced the practice of medicine in Gloversville.
After a few months, he removed to Riceville ; at the ex
piration of fifteen years he returned to Gloversville, where
iie still resides and enjoys a very extensive practice in his
profession. He was m in the year 1840, to Nancy
Dutcher, who was b in Mayfield, in tke year 1820. Chil
dren — Alden W., James E., George R., Samuel P,
BURTON. — The father of the Burton families, was
Nathan Burton, of Charlestown, Montgomery County.
He was b May 1, 1764; m Eleanor Conover, Aug. 24,
1776. BURTON, ELIAS, C, was b at Charlestown, N. Y,.
May 21, 1809 ^ m Catherine J. Conover, Jan. 18, 1832,
who was b May 12, 1811. Children — Seth C, Nathan J.,
Ann E., Jacob W., Jane J., Elias E.
BURTON, ELISHA L., b in Charlestown, N. Y.,
Sept. 29, 1816 ; m Ester Leonard, June 23, 1840, who
was b June 7, 1819. Children— Willard P., b iu Kings
boro, Louisa C. and Leonard H., b in Gloversville.
BURTON, SETH C, son of Elias C, b Oct. 20, 1832 ;
m Hattie Judson.
BURTON, NATHAN J., son of Elias C, b July 4,
1834; m Annie E. Leonard, June 15, 1854.
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110 GENEALOGICAl, EE(!roKIi»,
BURTON, JACOB W., b July 30, 1838^ m Hattir
Smith, Dec, 1858.
BELLOWS, CHARLES R., from Massachusetts, wa&
b March 4, 1816 ; m Sarah Erchembrack, Aug. 20, 1839,
who was b Jan. 16, 1817. Children — .Charles P., Amatus
R., b at Troy ; Edward P., b in Kingsboro ; William H.,.
b at Gloversville.
BROWN, TRUMAN 0., from Mayfield ;. m Harriet
Ward. BEEBE, WILLIAM A., b Oct. 6, 1831 ; m to Mary
J. Steele, July 2, 1857, who was b June 13, 1835. Issue
— George W.
BOWEN, CHARLES €., His father Joseph Bowen,
served as a soldier in the war of 1812. After the war he
returned to Johnstown, and m Betsy Roberts. Charles C.
Bowen, was b March 4, 1817 ; m Harriet L. Griswold,
Oct. 18, 1837, who was b Oct. 27, 1816; d Feb. 19,
1841. Children — Lavinia E., Harriet L. Second wife, ro
Diantha White, Dec. 7, 1841, who was b March 27, 1821,
Children— Ervin W., Marvin D., Amenzo J., Allen H.,
.Charles E., George C, Louisa J., Willard P., James E.-
and John W., twins.
BURLINGAME,' MELANDER, b Dec. 28,- 1801 ; m
Eleanor Ward, March 11, 183S, who was b Aug. 30, 1811.
Children — Edwin, Ward, Eleanor Jane.
BILLINGHAM, WILLIS, b June 30, 1824 > m 3Iarths
Clark, Dec. 23, 1846, who was b March 24, 1829. Chil
dren — Myron W., Amelia B., William C.,- Jennie, Charles-
H., Edgar P.
BISSELL, EDWIN, b Jan. 28, 18C6; m Willhaw.
Brown, 1827. Children — George B. Second wife, m
Amelia Mills. Children — Hiram B., Martha, Amanda,.
Edwin, Mary E., Wellthan, John, James.
BAILEY, BENJAMIN, b in England, May 18, 1810 ;

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m Jane Musgrove, May 6, 1834, who was born July 15,
1812. Children — Benjamin, jr., Sarah J., Susan, Charles
M., Edward M.
BURR, ELIAS G., son of Elijah, b July 23, 1808 ;
m Ann C. Leonard, May 21, 1839, who was b March 22,
1819. Children— Willard R., Remus D., Amelia P., Mar
cellus G., Mary P., Josiah L.
BURR, NATHANIEL, came frona Connecticut, about
65 years ago ; settled in Kingsboro, where he died about
the year 1822. His wife Abigail died the same year, aged
80. Children — Horace, Bissel, Elijah, Nathan, James
Levi. BURR, NATHAN, son of Nathaniel, b Oct. 13, 1776 ;
m Lucinda Johnson, Oct. 8, 1801, who was born May 3,
1783. He died Aug. 11, 1822. Children— Lucinda H.,
Narcissa N., Nathan P., Lucia C, Lucien J., Adeline M.,
Clarissa A., Paraee G., Julius D., Abigail R.
BURR, JAMES, son of Nathaniel, b Dec. 12, 1779 ;
m Amaryllis Mills. Children — Caroline, Horatio jL., Se-
lina, James H., Francis, William H., David M.
BURR, HORATIO L., son of James, b Sept. 19,
1810 ; m Betsy Hosmer, May 30, 1836, who was b Feb.
16, 1816, d Dec. 19, 1848; no issue. ^Second wife, m
Lucina Sumner, June 12, 1850, who was b July 10, 1821.
Children — Mary H., Alice C, Frank, George C.
BURR, JAMES H., son of James, b May 9, 1816 ; m
Azuba M. Warner, Sept. 29, 1841, who was b July 7, 1824.
Children — Harvey W., Caroline A., Julia A.
BURR, FRANCIS, son of James, b 1824 ; d 1854 ; m
Elcina Corwin, 1848. Second wife, m Frances E. Briggs,
1853, who died in 1857.
BURR, DAVID M., sOn of James, b 1826 ; m Emily
Corwin, March 4, 1851, who was b in 1830.
BEACH.-^Amos Beach, sen., emigrated from Connect!-

112 GENEALOGICAL RECORB.
cut over 60 years ago, and settled at Kingsboro. Issue —
Huldah, Sally, Clarinda, Philinda, Diadema, Olive, Amos,
Elizabeth, Allen, Ebenezer C.
BE .ACH, AMOS, Jr.. b at Kingsboro, Feb. 20, 1793 ; m
Huldah Gillet, Oct. 29, 1818'; d Dee. 20, 1821. ChildrsB
— Edwin, Huldah. Second wife, m Sarah Giles, April 5,
1825, who was b May 26, 1792. Issue— Giles.
BEACH, GILES, son of Amos, jr., b May 29, 1826 ; m
Charlotte C. Smith, who was b May 9, 1828. Issue —
Charles Sumner.
CASE. — ^The Cases emigrated from Coaneetieut a little
before the commencement of the present century. Reu
ben Case, the great grandfather of the present younger
families, came to Kingsboro with his son Darius Case,
where he soon after died at an advanced age. Tbe names
of his children are, Darius, -Elihu, Ashbel, Allen.
CASE, DARIUS, Sen., was m to Lois Foote. The
date of their births, marriage, and deaths, are not given.
Issue— Darius, jr., Justus, Samuel, Rufus, Huldah, Polly,
Rhoda, Maria.
CASE, ELIHU, Sen., m Miss Burr, a sister of Na-'
thaniel Burr ; their birth, marriage and death are not
given. Issue — Elihu, jr., Ira, Chau»oey.
CASE, DARIUS, jr., was b March 30, 1782 ; m Betsey
Leonard Dec 28, 1805, who was b Feb. 21, 1784 ; d Sept.
26, 1821; second wife, m Amelia Potter Sept. 13, 1826,
who died April 20, 1829; third wife, m Sophia Boylston
Feb. 20, 1830, who was b Nov. 5, 1793. Issue, 1st m—
Nancy, Josiah L., Helen, Harvey, Jason. Issue, 3rd m —
Jerome B. *
CASE, JEROME B., was b Jan. 2T, 1835 ; m Dee. 21,
1856, to Sarah Ferguson ; b Sept. 2, 1834.
' CASE, ELIHU, Jr., was b Jan. 21, 1783 ; m Jerusha
Kellogg, Oct. 3, 1805, who d Aug.ast 29, 1811 i sccand

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wife, m Anna West Nov. 13, 1811, who d. Sept. 11, 1842.
He d Jan. 29, 1832. Children— Jerusha M., Sherman W,,
Amanda A„ Mary, Nancy G., Jane A. Jerusha m D, S,
Tarr ; Mary m Clinton Leonard ; Nancy G, m Denton
Smith, and Jane A. m Rev. Wilson Ingalls,
CASE, SHERMAN W., son of Elihu, jr., was b Nov.
11, 1808 ; ra Mary Hosmer July 3, 1832, who was b March
16, 1809. Children— Charlotte A., Wilbur S., Mary E.,
James W., Alanson H., Thomas S., Alice M.
CASE, IRA, son of Elihu, sen., was b June 7, 1787 ;
m Mary Smith Oct. 5, 1809, who was b June 21, 1789.
Children — Uriel, Margaret, Zina, Rufus, William, Joseph,
Freelove, Elihu, Henry, Eliza E.
CASE, URIEL, son ef Ira, was b July 23, 1810 ; m Lu-
etnda Jameson March 17, 1836. No children.
CASE, ZINA, son of Ira, was b Feb. 25, 1815 ; m Lou
isa Leonard Feb. 14, 1837, who d Feb. 19, 1849 ; second
wife, m Anna M. Clark Jan. 22, 1850. One daughter,
Amelia. CASE, WILLIAM, sob of Ira, was b Sept. 10, 1819 ;
m Mary Mathews, Nov. 18, 1846. Children— Emma L.,
E'rances E., Ella M.
CASE, RUFUS, son of Ira, b March 23, 1817 ; m Miss
Poole ; further particulars net given.
CASE, JOSEPH, SOB of Ira, b Sept. 29, 1822 ; m
Thankful Smith.
CASE, CHAUNCE Y, son of Elihu, jr., m a daughter of
Cornelius Thomas. Date of births and marriage not given.
Children — Willard, Henry, Sarah,
COUGH, GEORGE, b at Kingsboro, June 18, 1804 ;
m Mary A. Berry, Jan. 27, 1830, who was b July 24,
1804. Issue — Benjamin B,, Sarah A, E.
CHURCHILL —The Churchills are from Connecticut,
They are descendants «f the Connecticut puritans, and can
10*

114 GENEALOGICAL RECOEl?,
trace their lineage back seven generations to Josias
Churchill, sen. Accounts are given of him in the year
1643, as a man of note in tbe colony. The nau>e Church
ill is historical. John Churchill was raised to the peerage
with the title of Duke of Marlborbugb ; and other branches
of the family obtaiued lordships and baronetcies. Tlie
line of descent from Josias Churchill is as follows :¦ Jo>-
seph, Nathaniel, Nathaniel, jr., Amos, Je.sse, Henry and
his children, making as above stated, seven generations.
Amos Churchill came from Wethers-field, Conn., and set
tled in Broadalbin. He married Lydia Cowles, of Meri-
den. Conn. Issue — Lydia, Huldah, Amos, jr., lioswell,
Lucy, Jesse.
CHURCHILL, JESSE, m Catharine Smith, of Middle-
town. He d March 29, 1842. Issue— William E., IL;nry,
Timothy G., Mary Ann, Lucy Maria, Jane E., Allen C,
Charles B.
CHURCHILL, HENRY, son of Jesse, b Feb. 17, 1807;
m Selina Burr, of Gloversville, who was b iMarch 15, 1<S08,
d March 13, 1851. Children- Williau, S., Helen, Alice,
Caroline, Henry. Second wife, m Sybil E. Roberts, June
1, 1852, at Albany.
CHURCHILL, ALLEN C, b July 17, 1820 ; m Caro
line C. Warner, at Gloversville, Oct. 28, 1840, b Dec. 29,
1820. Issue— Sarab L., Emily L., William L., Clara B.,
Allen C.
COLE, HIRAM T., b Sept. 9, 1831; m Mary F.
Wrigley, 1855. b Aug. 9, 1830
COLE, EDWIN W., a native of England, b Deo. 13,
1817 ; m Emma Windoes, Jan. 6, 1842, b Jan. 29, 1818.
Issue — Mary, James H., Sophia L., Sai-aii W., William W.,
Clarence E., Carrie E., Alice A.
CLANCY, WILLIAM, came from Ireland, b 1760,
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recently at an advanced age. Issue — John, David, George
W,, Betsey, Sally and Lydia,
CLANCY, GEORGE W., son of William, b at Kings
boro, Feb. 27,1798; m Caroline Burr, April 1, 1824, b
Nov. 14, 1804. Children— Frances S. J., James W. B„
Elizabeth J. Mr. C. d Nov.. 17, 1839.
CARPEJSITER, WILLIAM, b April 7, 1776 ; m Jemi
ma Bently, 1800, b 1781. Children — James, Thomas,
^Mercy, Mary, Ezekiel B.
CHEEDLE, ELIJAH, b at Hampton, Conn., in 1762 ;
m Ann Wilson, of Kingsboro, about the year 1792, d 1839.
He d 1849. Issue — Elizabeth, Benjamin, Berintha, Jane
A. W., Elijah, jr., Stewart, George C, Augustus, Mary.
CORWIN, DAVID, from Pennsylvania : b Nov. 14,
1796 ; m Miss Babcock, Jan. 3, 1826, who was b Dec. 21,
1806. Children — Alcina, Emily, Richard W., Cornelia.
DUNNING.— The Dunnings are of English descent. A
branch of the family are of the nobility with the title of
Ashburton. Michael Dunning, grandfather of Homer N.,
was b in Brookfield, Conn. ; m Anna Starr. Herman Dun
ning, his father, b in 1797 ; his mother was Flora North-
rup. Children^-Honier N., Michael L., Herman E., Wil
liam B.
DUNNING, HOMER N., b July 17, 1827, at Brook
field, Conn. ; m Sarah Candee, Oct. 19, 1852. Children-
Clarence S., Clara C.
DYE, JOHN K., b March 23, 1805 ; m Eliplol Symons,
Dec. 28, 1825, who was b Sept. 13, 1802. Children— Lo-
rana, Roby. Second wife, m Mary A. Nicloy, Sept. 1, 1831,
Children — Polly A., John K., Margaret M., Andrew, Dan
iel 0., Martha J., David H.
DYE, JOHN K., Jr., b Feb. 22, 1834 ; m Phebe M.
Whiting, Jan. 20, 1855, who was b Feb. 16, 1837. Chil
dren—Alfred K., Walter F.

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DENNISON, ANSEL, from Amsterdam ; b June 6,
1790 : m Catharine Toby, Nov. 8, 1813, who was b Feb.
10, 1792. Children— Triphena, Hannah, Polly A., James
P., Catharine, Temperance, Louisa. Second wife, m Jane
Ellison, Sept. 27. 1829. Children— Harriet, Ansel.
DEMAREST, WILLIAM H., from Broadalbin ; b Dec.
19, 1827 ; m Jane A. Washburn, who was born Sept. 5,
1839. Issue— George H.
DAVIDSON, WILLIAM R., from Albany ; b in Gal-
way, Saratoga County, Oct. 29, 1833.
DENNISON, ANSEL, Jr., b Nov. 23, 1837 ; m Ann
Hamilton, Dec. 31, 1858.
DIXON, JOHN R., b in Mayfield, Deo. 15, 1828 ; m
Elizabeth Bame, July 8, 1852, who was b Feb. 16, 1830 ;
one child, Edward Van Allen.
EVANS, ROBERT, b Aug. 3, 1801 ; m Lois A. Phil
lips, April 6, 1813, who was born Feb. 4, 1822. Children
— Sarah J., Robert J., Richard.
ENOS, ELIHU, m Dotha Johnson. Children— Esther,
Henry G., Jacob J., Elihu, jr., Talmadge, Truman, Earl S.,
Euger-e, Herbert M., Fidelia.
ENOS, HENRY G., m Sarah Wooster.
FRANK, DENNIS S., m Cordelia Leonard, Feb. 3,
1846, who was b July 31, 1825. Children — Louisa A.,
Helen. FAIRBANKS, NILES, b June 14, 1810; m Sally M.
Carpenter, Feb. 24, 1840, who was b Jan. 24, 1815. Chil
dren — Minerva, John Q., Jane A., Newton, Ella, William,
Mary. FOX, ISAAC G., from Broadalbin ; b Aug, 15, 1794 ;
m Susan Mosher, Nov. 20, 1816, who was b Jan. 4, 1798.
Children — Mary, Dorrance, Wesson M., Mary C, Julia A.,
Charles J., Lewis R., Gertrude M., Clarissa A., Joseph W.,
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FOX, LEWIS R., son of Isaac G., b June 28, 1829, m
C. N. Veeder, Nov. 19, 185.5,. who was b Nov. 21, 1828,
Children^Minnie, Helen.
GULICK, ABRAHAM, b Sept. 14, 1814; m Maria
Mitchell, Nov. 25, 1841, who was b June 12, 1816. Chil
dren — Andrew, Celia, Maria.
GREEN, JOHN S., from Broadalbin ; b March 22,
1805; in Semina Kasson, Feb 23, 1830, who was b Feb.
1, 1809. Issue^-Densa Ann.
GILES, SAMUEL, from Vermont ; b April 6; 1757 ;
ra Laurana Holmes, Jan. 8, 1783, who was b Jan. 17, 1762 ;
d Oct. 23, 1850. Children — Lemuel, Jennison, Mary,
Sarah. Samuel Giles d Oct. 20, 1841.
GILES, JENNISON, son of Sam-uel and Lorana Holmes ;
his wife was b Sept. 5, 1785 ; m Philinda Beach, Sept. 24,
1806, who was b Oct. 4, 1786 ; d Dec. 28, 1821. Chil-
dren-r^Samuel L., Albert, Lorana, Orsamus IL, James J.,
Amos B., John A. V. Second wife, m Prudence Hatch,
in 1822.
GILES, EBEN, b at Rockport, Mass., June 9, 1819 ; m
Lucy E. Giles ; b Dec. 7, 1828. Adopted child, Mary A.
Burr. GILLET, STEPHEN, from Connecticut, and one of the
earliest settlers in Kingsboro. He m Ruth Case. No
record' of births or marriage, Children — Rachel, Stephen,
Aurilla, Abigail, Lemuel, Huldah, Ruth, Chester.
GILLET, LEMUEL, son of Stephen ; ra Mary Mathews.
Cbildren^-Stephen, Huldah, Ruth, Emily.
GILLET, CHESTER, son of Stephen ; b at Kingsboro,
July 9, 1798; m Sophia Crain, Oct. 18, 1825, who was b
at Ware, Mass., Jan. 3, 1802. Children— Arthur B., Earl
S., Halsey A., Edwin C, Abby, William S., George W.
C., Emma S. .
GILLET A-RTHUR B., b at Kingsboro, May 9th, 1827 ;

118 GENEALOGICAL RECORD.
m Sarah E. Jewel, Feb. 9, 1854, who was b Feb. 10, 1828.
Issue — Edwin C.
GRINNELL, JAMES J. b Nov. 19, 1831 ; m Sarah A.
Corey, Dec. 3, 1856, who was b Blarch 1, 1833. Issue-
Ella C.
GREEN. — The ancestors of the Greens emigrated from
Wales to New Hampshire soon after its settlement. Early
in the Revolution James Green enlisted in the American
army, and was in the service till the conclusion of the war.
He was with the division under Sullivan, and took part in
many engagements.
GREEN, JAMES, b in 1750 ; d Sept. 13, 1837 ; m
Margaret Crowley, who' was b in 1750 ; d May 18, 1810.
Children— William, Moses, Timothy, Gideon G. W., Eben
ezer, Susan, Margaret, Maria.
GREEN, G. W., b June 12, 1799 ; m Margaret McKin-
ley, March 20, 1826. Children — Margaret J., Susan D.,
Sarah B., Mary E., Anna, Catharine, William, James W,
GREEN, TIMOTHY, b Sept. 9, 1797 ; m Ann Stewart,
Jan. 31, 1822. Issue — James, Stewart, Margaret, Mary
E., Ann Jenette, Eliza.
GORTON, OTHNIEL, b at Warwick, R. I., July 5,
1795 ; m Hannah Hartshorn, August 1, 1819, who was b
May 18, 1797. Children— Mary H., Albert W., Charles H.
HEACOCK. — Job Heacoek, ancestor of the Heacoek.",
was one of the first settlers of Gloversville. Children —
Philander, Lemuel.
HEACOCK, LEMUEL, son of Job, b at Kingsboro,
Oct. 8, 1786; m Sophia Leavenworth, May 28, 1816,
who was b Dec. 3, 1790 ; d Sept. 6, 1854. Children
— Abigail L., Maryette, Lemuel, Philander C, Roswell,
David G., Catharine S.
HEACOCK^ PHILANDER, son of Job, b at Kings
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b April 22, 1793, d April 6, 1837. He d June 22, 1837.
Children— Joseph S,, Willard J,, Mary L., Ann E., Mills
D,, Jesse, Edwin H., Margaret A, E,, Lemuel.
HEACOCK, PHILANDER C, son of Lemuel, b at
Kingsboro, Dec. 11, 1823 ; m Jenette Thomas, March 12,
1850. Issue— Elbert L., William L.
HEACOCK, DAVID G., son of Lemuel, b at Kings
boro, Jan. 14, 1827 ; m Jane A, Van Wyck, Feb, 2, 1853,
Issue — Helena.
HEACOCK, JOSEPH S., son of Philander, bat Kings-,
boro, Aug. 10, 1818; m Charlotte M. Smith, April 25,
1853, b Dec. 25, 1837. Issue— Willard, Jermain,
HEACOCK, WILLARD J,, son of Philander, b at
Kingsboro, April 5, 1821 ; m Minerva M. Avery, July 11,
1845, b June 27, 1824, Children— Marion L., Annette,
Lilyin, HEACOCK, JESSE, son of Philander, b at Kingsboro,
April 2, 1829 ; m Jerusha Case, Jan, 20, 1853, b in 1833-
Issue — Charlotte C, Jessie L,
HEACOCK, EDWIN H„ son of Philander, b at
Kingsboro, March 14, 1831 ; m Sarah E. McGrew, of Call'
fornia. Children — William G., Horace S,, Willard J,
HOLMES, JOHN C, son of William Holmes, b March
29, 1810; m Jane>Carlin, Dec, 3, 1837, b July 4, 1820,
Alinda Jane, adopted daughter, 1838 ; m John Spier, d
July 8, 1855,
HULBERT, HEZEKIA, son of Thomas Hulbert, a
revolutionary soldier, b in Columbia County, Nov. 18,
1771 ; m Ruth Cady. Six children names not given, ex
cept Edward.
HOSMER, DANIEL, from Connecticut, b Dec. 5, 1774 ;
m Thankful Johnson, Dec. ll, 1801, who d May 7, 1804.
Second wife, m Matilda Goodman, May 29, 1805 ;, d Oct.
1, 1818 ; third wife, m Ruth Sedgewick, June 14, 1814.

120 GENEALOGICAL RECORD.
He d Sept. 11, 1840. Children— First m, Thankful S. ;
second ni, Mary ; third m, Laura.
HOSMER, BELDEN, son of Jonathan Hosmer, b Aug.
24. 1810 ; m Margaret Case, May 13, 1834, b March 12,
1813. He d Dec 15, 1845. Children— Marion E., Mary
L , Edwin.
HOSMER, ALANSON, son of Jonathan, b Aug. 28,
1813 ; m Mary A.Sexton, Feb. 4, 1840, b Feb. 20, 1820.
Children — James S., Frances M., d ; Mary A., Emerson
B., d ; Frances B.
HAGGART, SHERWOOD, b Sept. 1, 1815; m Maria
Robertson, Jan. 22, 1839, who was b Nov. 28, 1819.
Children — Maria, Sherwood, Catharine E., Ellen, James,
Ama. HAGGART, JOHN, b Feb. 5, 1804 ; m Desire Dayley
Feb. 30, 1829, who was b Aug. 6, 1805. Childjen—
Caroline, Daniel, Ann, Elizabeth, John W., Elisha, Wil
lard, Phebe, Sherwood, Sophrona, Harriet, Stewart.
HELLWIG, MELCHIOR, from Germany, b Dec. 26,
1816 ; m Rachel Wiokens, from England, (Isle of Wight,)
b Oct. 1818. Children— Albert, Ferdinand W., George
D. B.
HALLET, JOSEPH P., b July 1, 1797 ; m Esther J.
Place, March 28, 1827, b April 6, 1802. Issue— Mary J.,
Edwin P., John W., Ann B.
HILDRETH, SURVARUS G., b Aug 4, 1790; m
Lucy Judson, April 11, 1825, b Feb. 5, 1800. Children
• — Marion, George W., Lucy, Electa A.
INGRAHAM — The family came from Saybrook, Conn.,
and settled in Mayfield.
INGRAHAM, JOSHUA, m Philinda Taylor, of Vt.
Children — Eliza, Emeline, Fernando C, William S., Levi
T., Granville S.
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Gilbert Nov. 22, 1839 ; b Feb. 4, 1818. Children— Mary
E., Chai-los G., Sidney C.
JONES, HARRY C, from Saratoga County; b Nov.
26, 1812; ui/.Mary Stewart, Jan. 14, 1835, who was b
March 15, 1815. Children— Oscar, d, Charles C, d. Ma-
rion M., Eleonai-a, Anna.
JEFFERS, GEORGE W., b Nov. 8, 1817 ; m Clara E.
Orton, Dec. 2.5, 1843, who was b Dec. 31, 1826. Issue-
Mary C.
JOHNSON^-tlie -name of an old and respectable family
•among the first inhabitants of Kingsboro ; from Connecticut.
JOHNSON, JAMES W., b Dec. 27, 1801; m Betsey
Weed, Feb. 13, 182:5, who wa-^ b Jan. 20, 1804. Children
—Frederic M., George W., Mary A., Paulitie K. Second
wife, m Martha W. Brown, Feb. 18, 1838; d Aug. 10,
1849. Children— Martha E., Caleb W., Samuel A., d,
Emeline M.. Joseph A., d. ,
JUDSON.^Tiie isame of an old and respectable family
among the first sct(,'ers of Kingsboro ; descended from
Dea. Datiiel -Jisdson, b 1729, d 1817. Elisha Judson, sen.,
son of Dainicl, b 1765 ; m Lucy Case, 1787, who was b
1766. Children — Sylvester, Syivanus, Gurdon, Elisha,
Lucy, Alanson.
JUDSON, ELISHA, Jr., b at King.sboro, June 28,
1796 ; m Rachel B. Brown, March 20, 1828, who was b
Aug. 24, 1804. Childi-en- Daniel B., John W., Elisha.
JUDSOM, DANIEL B., son of Elisha, jr, b Dec. 30,
1828 ; ill Phebe E. Brown, March 10, 1852, who was b
Jan. 9,. 1831. Issue— Edward W., Daniel B., Mary L.
JUDSON, ALANSON, son of Elisha, sen., b Nov.
15, 1806 ; m J-ine Ellison, Oct. 22, 1833, who Was b Feb.
16, 1816. Children— Charles W., Harriet A., Lucy J.,
Ella M., Sarah A., Alice L., Marion L., Catharine M.
KASSON, HARVEY, of Broadalbin, b Dec. 4, 1781 ;
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122 GENEALO&ICAI. RECOEI?.
Wealthy Burt, b April 16, 1788. Children— Jennee,
Chauncey C, Semina, Densa, Austin, Sally A., Amasa,
George B., Lydia J., Harvey Z,, Alexander J.
KASSON, CHAUNCEY C, from Broadalbin, son of
Harvey, b Dec. 15, 1812; m Sarah C. Capron, Jan. 31,
1838, b May 10, 1816. Children— Earl C, Antoinette S,,
Harvey A., James T., Oren N,, Morton D, and Mortimer
C, twins.
KASSON, AUSTIN; son of Harvey, I Feb, 22, 1815 ;
m Sally M, Fisher, b Sept. 2, 1820. BIr. K. is one of
the most successful business men in Gloversville. He pos
sesses great equanimity of mind, and though sustaining,
from time to time, heavy losses, he bears thera with as
much indifierenee as he does his gains. He delights iu
the exhilarations of the chase, which occupies his hour,?
of relaxation and amusement, and whieh gives him that vigor,
ruddy health and youthfulness of appearance, whieh char
acterize him beyond moat men of bis year&.
KASSON, AMASA C, son of Harvey, h Jan. 21,
1819 ; m Elizabeth Van Nostrand, Jan. 8, 1844, b Oct,
11, 1820. Children- Lois C, Sarah L.
KNOWLES, F. B.., from Massachusetts-, b 1824 ; n*
Ann Eliza Pool, Dec. 23, 1846, b Oct. "27, 1824. Issue-
Eliza, Frank.
LEONARD. — The Leonards constitute one of the motS
numerous and most respectable family sonneetions of the
first inhabitants of Kingsboro. The present families are-
descendants of some of the following six brothers. Rufus,
Reuben, Josiah, Daniel, Abner, Harvey.
LEONARD, JOSIAH, b Sept. 22, 1779 ; m Freelove
Case, Nov. 19, 1801, b Sept. 2, 1780 ; d Nov. 29, 1842.
He d Oct. 12, 1852. Issue— Minerva, Willard, Harriet,
Elihu C, Freelove S., Josiah A., Elijah H., Jane, Ann C,
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LEONARD, WILLARD. b June 6, 1804 ; m Sarah
Cheedle, Aug. 26, 1829. Second wife, m Maria V. Ar
nold, Oct. 2, 1834. Issue, 2nd m — Benedict A., Mary.
LEONARD, DANIEL, b Oct. 19, 1781 ; m Polly Kel
logg, who d April 21, 1808. Issue — Margaret, Horace K.,
Frederick W. Second wife, m Mary Easton, April 23,
1809, b Aug. 22, 1789. Children— Edward, Polly, Eliza
beth, Josiah, Anna, Daniel, Marcellus G.
LEONARD, EDWARD, son of Daniel, b March 16,
1810 ; m Clarissa Briggs, March 27, 1832, b^ov. 15, 1810.
Children— Edward, d, Clarissa B., Mary E., Edward P.,
d, Reuben S.
LEONARD, ABNER, b June 4, 1786; m Candace
Owen, who was b Aug. 14., 1789. Second wife, m Susan
Mills, Dec. 18, 1839. Children— Candace E., Alvin IL,
Josiah C, Elizabeth T., Jason S., Hiram M., Andelusia E.,
Harriet E.
LIVINGSTON. — Stephen Livingston was among the
first inhabitants of Gloversville, and ought to have been
commemorated in the Poem. His father was Col. Richard
Livingston, an officer in the Revolution.
LIVINGSTON, STEPHEN, b Feb. 15,1784; m Ma
ria Hartshorn, who was b Jan. 19, 1786. Children — Rens-
salaer, Eliza, Margaret, Jane A., John S., Maria L., Wil
liam H., Alfred S., Daniel C, Edward W., Selah 0.,
Charles M.
LITTAUER, NATHAN, from Bre^lau, Prussia; ni
Mary Sphorburgh, of Albany.
MILLER.  The Millers originaited from Scotland. The
ancestor of the present families setil-ed in Connecticut.
MILLER, JAMES W., b in Connecticut, Nov. 10,
1785; m Sarah Rust, Jan. 15, 1815, b June 24, 1791.
Dr. Miller d at Johnstown, Aug. 9, 1854.
MiU/ER.- TIMOTHY W-, b at Johnstown, Sept. 27,

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1823; m Gertrude Johnson, Dec. 18, 1843, b Oct. 24,
1825. Children — Mary, Annie, Marcellus G., James W.,
Fannie, Timothy W.
BULLS. — The name of a family already mentioned as
among the founders of Gloversville — all decendants of Wil
liam C. Mills.
MILLS, WILLIAM C, b Aug. 19, 1758 ; ra Pliebe
Prindle, who was b Feb. 4, 1763; d Blay 15, 1833, Ciiil-
dren — William T., Amaryllis, Polly, Betsey, Philo, Ros
well, David, Charles, -Sidney, Abraham W., Mary.
MILLS, WILLIAM T., son of W C. b May 17, 1782 ;
ra Polly Case April 20, 1808, who was b June 3, 1786.
Children— Huldah, William A., Samuel S., Willard C, Da
rius C, Jane H.
MILLS, PHILO, son of W. C, b March 28, 1791 ; m
Susan Steele, April, 1817 ; d Dec. 30, 1835— one son, Syd
ney, d.
MILLS, CHARLES, son of William C, b Aug. 13,
1800; m Lucinda H. Burr April 24, 1823. Cliildren —
Lucinda B., Will.i.-ira C., Mary J., Harriet N., Celia A.,
Charles J., Philo M., Charlotte A.. Delia P., Albert B.
MILLS, SABIUELS., son of William T., b April 15,
1813 ; m Delia A Potter, who was b 1817 ; d March 4,
1848. Second wife, m Cynthia Thomas, March 11, 1850 ;
b July 21, 1818. Children, 2nd m— William T., Darius
C, Elliot T., Samuel S.
MILLS, WILLIAM C, son of Charles, b April 6, 1826 ;
m Margaret Steele Jan. 28, 1851 ; who was b Blay 22,
1828. Children— Susan M„ Charles C, and Frederic S.
McINTYRE, JAMES, Jr. , b in Scotland, Feb. 22, 1821;
m Mary Schenck June 26, 1850 ; b April 12, 1829. Is
sue — Joanna C.
MORRISON, JOHN W., b Nov. 14, 1831 ; m Rachel A-
Belden. Issue^Charles E-

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MOSHER^ WESSON, b Sept. 9, 1803 ; m Mary Case
Nov. 15, 1827, who. was b Feb. 15, 1803. Children— Mary
L., Sophia M., Cordelia, Jane L,, Helen C, Harriet A.,
Reuben. G.
MILLER, WILLIAM, b June 30, 1830 ; m Mary See-
ber Sept. 18, 1850, who was b Oct. 14, 1830. Children-
Cornelia S., Jane Y.
McFARLAN, DUNCAN, b in Broadalbin, Dec. 25,
1807 ; m Anne Christie, April 4, 1838, who was b Sept.
10, 1816 ; d Oct. 24, 1846. Issue— James P., Jennet, d,
Peter A. Second wife, m Dorcas C. Van Vorst, March 15,
1848, b April 12, 1817. Issue, 2nd m— Charles J„ Cath
arine, Elizabeth.
NICKLOY, GEORGE, b July 15, 1834; m Lydia
Brookins, Oct. 1848, who was b June 10, 1832. Issue —
Orville. '
NICKERSON, LORENZO D., from Blassachusetts ; b
May 11, 1811 ; m Abby R. Brown, June 8, 1844, at North
ampton, Mass.
OHLBN, HENRY C, son of S. V. R. Ohlen and Nancy
R. Clark, his wife. Stephen, from Vermont ; b 1810 ; his
wife, in 1807. Henry C, b May 15, 1836.
POTTER. — A name indicating an old and respectable
family connexion of Kingsboro, originating from Connec
ticut. POTTER, LUCIUS P., son of Ambrose and Abigail Pot
ter, b in Connecticut, Aug. 27, 1808; ra Adaline M. Burr,
Oct. 22, 1833. Children— Horace B., Adaline A.
POTTER, DAN! fiL, b Blay 11, 1817; m Emily Otis,
July 7, 1842, who was b Oct. 17, 1824. Children— Delia
A., d, Eugene O., Emily S. Second wife, mJennette Mc-
Gibbon McQueen, Jan. 26, 1853.
POTTER, LUTHER, son of Nathan and Anna Potter, b
in Connecticut, Aug. 24, 1804 ; m Lucia C.Buvr, April 15,
11*

126 GENEAL'OGICAL RECORD.
1830, who was b July 17, 1807, Children- Cyrus L.,
George C, Lucien J., Lucia C., Edmund G., Henry H.,
Charles M., Nathan B., Lucia F , Daniel A.
PARSONS. — The name of an old and respectable Kings
boro family connexion. Their lineage can be traced back
five generations, from John Par.sons, b 1724, James, b
in 1748, John, b in 1777, to his children and grand-chil
dren. PARSONS, JOHN, son of James, b Oct. 2, 1777, m
Charity D. Johnson June 24, 1804, who was b Dec. 25,
1779. Children — Amelia T,, Homer J,, Hiram A., John,
Harriet N., Harriet C.
PARSONS, HOMER, son of John, b Oct. 27, 1806 ; ra
Almira A. Allen Oct. 6, 1831. Children — Blary, Esther
A., John H.
PARSONS, HIRAM A., son of John, b May 20, 1809 •
m M-ary E. Brown Jan 26, 1841. Children— John, Rich
ard B., Hiram W. Second wife, m Hannah M. Kinnicutt,
Jan. 23, 1856, who was b Jan. 16, 1827.
PARSONS, HUN C, son of Oliver Parsons, b Nov. 10,
1811 ; m Lydia Smith Feb. 14, 1837, who was b Nov. 17,
1813. Issue— Harlan E.
PARSONS, GOODWIN, son of Oliver, m Miss Wood-
worth ; two children, names not given.
PLACE. — The name of an old and respectable family
connexion. Uriah Place, b in Westchester Co., 1747.
His wife, Jane Ferris, b 1750.
PLACE, JOHN, son of Ur ah, b July 9, 1773 ; m Han-
nab Blonroe March 20, 1800, vho was b March 1, 1781.
Children — Berintha, Esther Jane, John S., Chloe, Uriah
M., Valentine C, Isaac M., Hannah M., Nancy C, Joseph
L., Mary E., Phebe S., Darius L., Emily, Sarah.
PLACE, WILLIAM, m Sarah J.. Bailey, April, 1857.
las 'e — George M.

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PL.ACE, URIAH BL, b Sept. 6, 1807 ; ra Sarah Briggs,
Feb. 28, 1832, who was b July 18, 1807. John W., adopt
ed son.
PLACE, JOHN W., .son of Uriah, b Sept. 27, 1836 ; m
Annette Huihcrt Dec. 9, 1858, who was b April 20, 1838.
PLACE. ISAAC v., b Dec. 3, 1817 ; m Mabala S. Row
land Blarch 4, 1842, who d Oct 17, 1848. Second wife,' m
Phebe R. Voorhees Feb. 4, 1850, who was b Dec. 25,
1817. Two adopted children, Lucius A., Lucy E,
PORTER, AUSTIN E., son of Elijah Porter, b Dec. 8,
1812 ; m Ann BI. Elli.son, Dec. 31, 1845, b Jan 11, 1822.
Children — Wilbur J., Alanson J., John E., Cliarles S.,
Marvin B.
PEAKE, BIARCUS T., M.D., b iu Delhi, Delaware
County, Jan. 25, 1805; m Sophia L. Bassett,'*'1840, who
was b Feb. 21. 1817. Children— William C, Weston W.,
Alice S., Florence A., Blarcus T. Dr. Peake adds to high
professional attainments, scholarly culture and gentlemanly
manners — and though recently settled in Gloversville, he
ha.s already attained a prominent positiou as a skillful prac
titioner. PEAKE, WILLIAM C, M. D., b in 1797; m Ann D,
Merwin, Nov. 6, 1828. Children — Ebenezer S., Susan E.,
Asher BI., d, Esther A., Sarah J., Frederic W., Jane 0,,
Ciiarles H,, Dennis P., Alva G.
PHELPS, JOAB, from Windsor, Conn., b June 10,
1765; m Sarah Olcott. May 23, 1797, b July 27, 1766.
Children — Joab. jr., Sally, Roswell, Sylvester.
PHELPS, JOAB, Jr., b May 30, 1798 ; m Julia A.
Hartshorn, Oct. 6, 1828.
ROGERS BERIAH P., m Minerva R. Sprague, May
15, 18-54, b May 15, 1833. Issue — Courtonay Sprague,
b July 11, 1857.
RICHARDSON, SAMUEL, b Dec. 14, 1811 ; m Phebe

128 GENEALOGICAL RECORD.
Van Nothstrand March 22, 1833, who was b June 13, 1812.
Issue — Willard, John H.
SPRAGUE, FLAVEL B., son of Vine Sprague, b June
1, 1801 ; m Parnel Soribner. Children — Horace, Harriet
W., Chris*oi,lier C, John BI., Lyman L , Mary E., Julia A.
SPENCER, EDWARD, b Feb. 17, 1820 ; m Harriet
W. Sprague, who wa.s b Nov. 27, 1825. Children— Helen
BI., Alice J., Austin K
SEXTON, SEYBIOUR, b Nov. 1, 1820 ; m Frances E.
. Smith April 18, 1850, who was b. Jan., 1828. Children—
Williatn, Caroline.
STEELE. — The name of an old and respectable family
of Kingsboro.
STEELE, FREDERIC, Jr., son of Frederic and Ruth
Steele, b Jan. 27, 1790 ; m Susan D. Green, who was b
Oct. 5, 1789. He died April 30, 1846. Children-
James, Sabra, Joseph, Susan, Blargaret, William F.
STEELE, JOSEPH, .son of Frederic and Susan Steele,
b Dec. 14, 1824 ; m Blargaret T. Wood July 26, 1849,
who was b Jan. 1,1826. Children— Charlotte W., Fred-
erica, James G., 2d.
SIMMONS, AARON, b April 15, 1819 ; m Julia A.
Fox Oct. 28, 1840, who was b November 10,1824. Chil
dren — Louisa J., Albert N.
SPAULDING, DAVID, b August 12, 1812; m Eliza
V S. Robertson, who was born April 6, 1824. Children
—Helen A., Samuel R., Anna BI., Elisha Y., John H.,
William H,, Dora L., David A.
SMITH, HARMON S., b Oct. 29, 1814 ; first wife, m
Angeline C. Burr, April 29, 1839. Issue — Lucien B.,
James W. Second wife, m Mary Ann Churchill, Feb. 19,
1849, who was b Sept. 8, 1812.
SUNDERLIN, CHARLES, b Oct. 6, 1806 ; m Maria
Marselis Sept. 3, 1833, who was b Dec. 22,. 1833.

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SUNDERLIN, JOHN, b Feb. 14, 1818 ; m Harriet C.
Rider, Aug. 23, 1855, wlio was b Dee. 30, 1819.
SPALDING, NATHANIEL G., b in Essex County,
N. Y., Aug. 24, 1826 ; m Harriet D. Dorr,*in 1855. Chil
dren — Dorr, Warren C.
SEYMOUR, JAMES H., b Feb. 20, 1822; m Blary
North, Blaich 11, 1856, who was b Jan. 2, 1832. Issue —
Floia A.
SUTLIFF, STEPHEN, b July 22, 1813; m Pheba
Smith, April 22, 1838, who was b Nov. 25, 1813. Issue-
Stephen U., ailopted son.
SMITH, JOSEPH, b June 22, 1759 ; m Margaret Hum
phrey, April 6, 178H, who was b Nov. 28, 1756. Children
 les.se, Blary, Margaret.
SMITH, JESSE, SOP. of Joseph, b July 12, 1787 ; m
Laiia Leonard, Feb. 5, 1810, who was b Feb. 14, 1792.
Issue — Reuben L., d.
SMITH, SAMUEL, b in New Jersey, Dec. 1, 1784; m
Mary E. lia rd, Feb. 9, 1807, b June 5, 1786. Children—
Huinplii-ey, Ann M., Dewitt, DentOn BI., James H., Hady
I., Tlianljfnl, Charlotte C.
SMITH, HUMPHREY, b Nov. 19, 1808; m Almira B.
Hildreth, Feb. 2.'), 1836. Duncan S., adopted son.
SMITH, DEWITT, b Oct. 28, 1814; ra Amelia C.
Leonard. SMITH, JAMES H., b Aug. 26, 1819; ra Freelove
Case, March 11, 1851.
STREETEH, WELLS, from Massachusetts; m Blaria
Windoes, Feb. 22, 1854, who was b Nov. 16, 1828.
SOIDMORE, DAVID, b Nov. 3, 182.'; m Blary Jane
Pease, Jar.. 16, 1856, who was b Dec. 7, 1834.
SCIDMORE, ANSIL, b May 11, 1835; m Jane Dick.
erson, Dec. 3, 1856. who was b April 23, 1886.
THO-MAS, ISAAC, b in Blas.sachusetts, July 28, 1778.;

130 GENEALOGICAL RECORD.
m Cynthia Washburn, Nov. 27, 1805, who was b June 22,
^784. Children— Isaac, Ann B., James W., Dwight, Blary
B., Cynthia W., Jennet A., Isaac E.
TARR, DANIEL S., from Massachusetts ; b Blarch 12,
1807 ; first wife, m Charlotte M. Case. Issue — Jerusha
C. Second, m Nancy Case. Issue— Helen BI. Third, m
Abigail L. Heacoek, April 1st, 1847. Issue — David H.,
Daniel E.
THOBIAS, CORNELIUS, b April 5, 1799 ; m Sarah Cot
ton, Sept. 10, 1801, who was b Jan. 1782. Issue — Amelia,
Harriet, John C, Adaline, Henry C.
THOBIAS, HENRY C, b Jan. 6, 1814 ; m Mary B.
Johnson, Jan. 3, 1838, who was b April 9, 1811. Issue —
Sarah Harriet.
VALENTINE, ABRAHAM, b Blay 11, 1812 ; m Nancy
WiLson, Deo. 1837, who was b May 11, 1815. Children—
Williani S., Maroia E., Armitage, John, d.
WARD — The name of an old and influential family.
WARD, W^ILLIAM, Sen., b Feb. 26, 1758 ; m Zenoviah
Blurdock, Blarch 14, 1782 ; b Dec. 5, 1761. He died
Blay 26, 1812. She died June 25, 1829. Children-
Abraham and Isaac, twins, John, Elizabeth, Mary, Phebe,
Williani, Henry, Susan, Elias G., Jennison G.
WARD, HENRY, son of Williara, sen., b Sept. 6, 1795 ;
m Blaria Clarke. Issue — Lucinda C. Second wife, m
Najicy C. Washburn. Issue — Julia W., Henry BI., Rufus
W., (Catharine BI. Third wife, ni Blary Sheldon. Issue- —
Eliza A., Sarah E., Lois C, Frances J., John S.
WARD, JENNISON G., .son of William, sen., b Oct.
14, 18U4 ; nj Catharine Peake Oct. 13, 1834, who was b
Blarel; 25, 1805. Children- Blarcus P., Blatilda J., Sarah
P., .1, Heieu S., Blaria E., Ciiarles S., d.
WELCH, THEODORE, b July 26, 1808; m Sally M.
Griswold, Blarch 15, 1836, b Blarch 22,1815, Ohildren^,^

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Charles, d, William N., Nancy J., Harriet N., Mary E.,
Alice O.
WRIGLEY, TIMOTHY, b Feb. 20, 1791 ; m Phebe
Ward, April 1, 1826, b Feb. 20, 1792, Children— Wil
liam, d, Blary P., Pheba J., James C.
WASHBURN, LIONEL, b June 18, 1808 ; m Catha-
rine Veeder, March 1, 1835, b Dec. 15, 1813. Children-
Mary C, Jane A.
WASHBURN, B. F.,. b Blarch 4tb, 1817 ; m Blary A-
Plank, May 4, 1840, b Dec, 28, 1822. Children— Frances
A., Leonard C, Loren H,
WELLS, SAMUEL S., son of Styles Wells, b March 1,
1794 ; m Susan Ward Oct. 15, 1819 ; d at Gloversville,
Nov. 7, 1855. Children— Almira, d, Sarah BI,, John W.,
Adelia E., Samantha, d, Rufus S., Susan E., Samuel W.,
Arthur F.,' Samantha A., Salina C.
WESCOTT, ISAAC, b April 10, 1804 ; m Blaria Wood,
who was b at Swansea, Blassachusetts, Feb. 5, 1804 ; m
at Pawtuoket, R. I., Blay 16, 1824, Children— Joseph H.,
Isaac, Blary A., Joel W., Louisa C., Anna D., Edwin, Har
riet H., Almira N., Volney N., Albert D., Amanda F.
WARNER, ELEAZER G., from Connecticut, b Sept.
8, 1803 ; ra Amelia A. Parsons Sept. 25, 1827, who was
b Sept. 26, 1805. Children— John P., d, Eleazer G., d,
Salina E., adopted daughter.
WINDOES, CHARLES, son of Joshua and Mary A.
Windoes, b Feb. 9, 1821; m Blargaret Green August 1,
1849. Children— Anna S., Blary E., Annetta G,
Note. — It was suppose I that twenty-four pages would be sufficient to contain all
the genealogies. But in the progress of printing tliem, it has been founrl necessary
(much to the regret of the writer) to strike from the record most of the introduc
tory notices, which were inteuded to be inserted, of the principal familie-s— so that
some of them are indicated merely by a prefatory remarlc, and others not at >all.
Tlie records of many families witliout the limits of Gloversville tbat would other
wise have been made, have for the same reason been omitted.

KEPERENCES.

(a) " WnE.N in Stump City you rejoiced," &o. The area on which
the village stands, was originally covered -with a dense pine forest,
the stumps of which remained manj- years after the settlement of
the' place ; hence tlie name Stump Citj'.
(n) William "Ward, Sen,, Samuel Giles, William C. Mills, and
James Burr.
(c) A misapfii-ehension of facts, for the correction of which, see
history. (d) a eharacteristio of this animal in his last ineffectiial st^ruggles
with the dogs, thus to implore with dumb eloquence the sympiathy
and aid of man.
(k) Talleyrand once observed to Metternioh that, '-if Bonaparte
could be pei-suaded to wear epeotacles, it would make the fortune of
every speeUicle maker in Europe.
(['•) Philo Mills came to his death by an accideni. Traveling to
Schenectady iu the night time with a loaded sleigh, the sleigh was
uii.set upon him ; and in that condition he w-as found de.id the next
morning. This li:i|ipened in tile year 1835.
(g) AbmB.-im Ward died in the year 1855, at the age of 72.
(n) James Burr died in the year 1855, aged 76.
(i) Eev. Elisha Yale, D. D., was born in Lenox, Mass., in thej-enr
1782, and died at Kingsboro. N Y., in the year 1864, at the age of
7*2 years.
(j) liev, David Corwin was settled over the Baptist Church ; in
which i-el.ation he continued bixfeen years.
(k) The writer v,-ould not be understood as intimating that the
people of Kingsboro, (among whom he is happy to class liimself )
ni-e, iu the ratio of their numbers and ability, behind their neigliluis
in worldly enterpiis.^ or christian benevolence ; but that in relation
to progress in some matters of reform, they ar-e a little behind the
times; and it is in this respect the pi;oi -wi.ebcs, in case of the fail-
ore of other remedies, that they may be absorbed and assimilated
by their more Hboral cotemporaries.

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