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Craft Masonry in Greene and Ulster Counties, New YorkCompiled by R.’.W.’. Gary L. Heinmiller

Director, Onondaga & Oswego Masonic Districts Historical Societies (OMDHS)www.omdhs.syracusemasons.com

March 2010

Greene County

25 Mar 1800, Greene County was created by the partitioning of Albany (360 Square Miles) and Ulster (270 Square Miles) Counties,producing a county of 620 square miles.03 Apr 1801, 90 square miles of land was transferred from Delaware and Ulster Counties, raising the total area to 710 square miles.This transferred Prattsville, Vly Mountain, Halcott Center, Bushnellsville, Highmount, Shandaken, Lanesville, and Pine Hill withinGreene County.26 May 1812, Greene County lost 20 square miles to Ulster County, lowering the total area to 690 square miles, reassigning PineHill, Highmount, and Shandaken to Ulster County.15 Apr 1814, the county borders were re-surveyed, and the line adjusted with no change in area.17 Apr 1822, the border was again surveyed, with no change in area, but Palenville was found to be inside Greene County.23 Apr 1823, the border was again resurveyed, and the Hudson River border with Columbia County realigned accordingly.03 Mar 1836, 30 square miles of area was lost to Schoharie County, reducing the total area to 660 square miles, and reassigningManorkill, producing the Greene County that exists today.

No. Lodge Name Village Chartered Note 29 Freehold Greenville 06 Jun 179331 Harmony Catskill 11 Dec 1792 surrendered 1805; revived as No. 302, 4 Mar 1818; surrendered

1835; succeeded as No. 468, 10 Feb 1879 (1859?)48 Ark Coxsackie 05 Dec 1816 extant 1855; see also No. 271, 5 Dec 181650 Coxsackie Coxsackie 24 Dec 1796 1804 charter returned to GL

116 Friendship Durham 28 Nov1804117 Revival Windham 05 Dec1804119 Oasis / Prattsville Prattsville 05 Jun 1847 First named Prattsville; name changed to Gilboa, 6 Jun 1850;

changed to Oasis, 9 Jun 1853; succeeded by Gilboa No. 630, 21Jun 1867

119 Oasis Prattsville 09 Jun 1853 First named Prattsville; name changed to Gilboa, 6 Jun 1850;changed to Oasis, 9 Jun 1853; succeeded by Gilboa No. 630, 21Jun 1867 [see Otsego Co.]

196 St. John’s Cairo ca 1802199 Morning Star Cairo 06 Dec1811271 Ark Coxsackie 05 Dec1816 also listed as No. 48 (in 1855)302 Catskill Catskill 04 Mar1818 Prev. Harmony No. 31, 11 Dec 1792, surrendered 1805; revived

as Catskill No. 302, 4 Mar 1818; surrendered 1835; succeededby No. 468, 10 Feb 1879 (1859?)

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427 Cascade Oak Hill460 Western Star East End Town of

Hunter09 Jun 1826 Forfeit 2 Jun 1836

468 Catskill Catskill 10 Feb 1879 Prev. in Catskill was Harmony No. 31, petition date 11 Dec 1791;surrendered 1805; revived as No. 302, 4 Mar 1818; surrendered1835; succeeded by No 468, 10 Feb 1879

501 Aurora Windham 07 Jun 1827 succeeded by Oasis No. 119, 5 Jun 1849, Prattsville, Greene Co.

529 Mountain Windham 1863557 James M. Austin Greenville 1865693 Kedemah Cairo 1869741 Social Friendship New Baltimore ca 1874807 Mount Tabor Hunter 1893 worked U.D. as 'Hunter Lodge'

Freehold Lodge No. 29. Greenville, New York1818R. W. Perkins King, M.W. Abraham Andrews, SW.W. Walter Secor, JW.

Perkins King, a Representative from NY; born in New Marlboro, MA, 12 Jan 1784; pursued an academic course; studied law; wasadmitted to the bar; moved to Greenville, NY, in 1802, where he commenced the practice of law; town clerk in 1815; member of theState assembly in 1827; elected as a Jacksonian to the 21st Congress (4 Mar 1829-3 Mar 1831); county judge of Greene County1838-1847; resumed the practice of law; died in Freehold, Greene, NY, 29 Nov 1857; interment in Snyder Cemetery.

PERKINS KING, {Amos5, Benjamin4, Benjamin3, James2, William1), b. New Marlboro, MA, 12 Jan 1784; d. Cairo, NY, 29 Nov 1875;m1. 12 Nov 1812, Polly Jackson, b. Tyringham 7 Jul 1775; d. 12 Sep 1849, d/o Col. Giles Jackson of Old Tyringham, ofRevolutionary fame and Chief of Staff of General Gates of Saratoga; m2. 7 Jul 1852, Althea S. Barnes, d. 17 Mar 1867. Hon.Perkins King was a woolen manufacturer; Justice of Peace 1818-22; First Judge Green County, NY, 1838-42; Member of Assemblytwo years; Congressman 1829-30. He resided at Greenville and Freehold, NY, and died at Cairo, NY. His children were all by hisfirst marriage at Freehold, NY.i. LUCY PERKINS, b. 12 Jun 1814; d. May 1867; m. C. A. Purdy of White Plains, NY; no issue.ii. AMOS, b. 05 Jan 1817; d. 26 Sep 1891; m. 19 Apr 1843 Mrs. Amanda (Piatt) Durham.iii. HARRIET, b. 27 Apr 1819; d. 12 Feb 1895; m. Mathew Sayre.iv. SARAH, b. 02 Apr, 1822; d. 7 Mar 1841, unmarried.v. CHARLES JACKSON, b. 09 Jan 1825; d. 16 Oct 1904; m. 7 May 1851 Charlotte Emily Ransom.vi. MARY, b. 19 Sep 1827; d. 7 Oct 1903, unmarried. Lived with her sister Mrs. Sayre until the latter's death.vii. EDWARD PERKINS, b. 09 Aug 1831; d. 11 Dec 1831 in conflagration of his father's house.

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Walter Secor, a native of New York, of French descent. He was a soldier in the war of 1812, was a slave owner, and was quitewealthy for those days. He married Abigail Townsend, who lived to an old age, while he passed away in April 1861. They had eightchildren, with whom they came West, settling in Mt. Pleasant township, Wisconsin. Among his children was Dr. Theodore Secor,who was prominent in the formation of the government of the State of Wisconsin,, being a member of the Legislature.

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Harmony Lodge No. 31, Catskill, New YorkThe first masonic organization in Catskill, was instituted in 1793. Among its founders were Stephen Day, Samuel Haight, ThomasThomson, Jacob Bogardus, Hezekiah Van Orden, George Taylor, Rufus Stanley, W. W. Wetmore and other prominent men of thattime. When the organization was dissolved, or what were the causes of its dissolution, we are not informed, but it is probable that itoccurred but a short time before 1818, and it may have been only to give place to the new organization which was then effected.

Stephen Day, son of John Day, was born in Colchester, CT, in 1746. In 1791 he removed with his family, from Wallingford, CT, toCatskill, and engaged in milling at Leeds. He was one of the original builders of the Susquehanna Turnpike. He remained a residentof Greene county until 1820. His sons were Orrin, Philo, and Russell. Orrin, son of Stephen Day, was born in 1776, and marriedMary Burr Hull, of Connecticut, by whom he had ten children, three of whom---S. Sherwood, George B., and Emily C., were stillliving. Orrin Day was engaged in the merchantile and freighting business, and subsequently became a private banker. In 1831, hewas chosen president of the Tanner's Bank, of Catskill, which position he held until his death, in 1846. His wife died in 1862.

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Ark Lodge No. 48Ark Lodge No. 48, F&AM, was organized in 1846 with the same worshipful master, Talmadge Fairchild, who started with the lodgeof thirty years before. Succeeding him as Master there have been:

Philip Conine jr., Isaac Rosa,Jesse Wood,

Solomon Palmer,Adonijah Miner,W. V. B. Hermance,

John Bedell,Gilbert Bedell Jr.,Henry M. Beach,

John B. Bronk,Alexander Reed,Albert Parker,

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Jacob Houghtaling,William K. Reed,A. Webster Van Slyke,Samuel C. Bennett,

A. V. D. Collier,Henry J. Hahn,Henry Van Dyck,Rev. Eugene Hill,

Schuyler C. Bishop,Geo., W. Barber,Oakley L. Fenton,William I. Sax,

R. H. Van Denburgh,Austin W. Barber,W. Ralph Church,Henry R. Soper.

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The organization of this lodge was effected at a meeting held at Foot’s Inn, 24 Dec 1796, with the following principal officers: WM,Philip Conine, Jr.; SW, Isaac Rosa; JW, Benjamin Moore; secretary, John Barr; treasurer, Jesse Wood. The other charter memberswere Giles Gridley, Stephen Truesdell, John Bostwick, Solomon Palmer, John McIntyre, and Storm Rosa. The regularcommunications of this lodge were held at Foot’s Inn until the year 1804, when the meetings were discontinued and the charter wasreturned to the grand lodge.

Ark Lodge No. 271Ark Lodge No. 271, F&AM, was organized in 1816, with Talmadge Fairchild, WM; Amariah Foster, SW; William Bliss, JW. Otherofficers and charter members not on record. It lasted for ten years, going out of existence during the anti-mason wave that started in1826.

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Ark Lodge, No. 271, F&AM, was organized in 1816 by virtue of a dispensation granted to Talmadge Fairchild, WM, Amariah Foster.SW, and William Bliss, JW. The lodge meetings were held at Foot’s Inn until 1821, and afterward in the village. The anti-masonicexcitement, induced by the alleged abduction of William Morgan in 1826, resulted disastrously to the lodges throughout the State,and the communications of this lodge were discontinued until 1846 when it was reorganized as Ark Lodge, No. 48, F&AM. Sincethis time the lodge has enjoyed uninterrupted prosperity. Meetings are held in Masonic Hall, on the first, third and fifth Mondayevenings of the month. The number of members 1 Oct 1882 was 101.

The successive worshipful masters of the Coxsackie lodges have been:Philip Conine, Jr., 1796;Isaac Rosa, 1797;Jesse Wood, 1798-1802;Adonijah Miner, 1803;Talmadge Fairchild, 1816-19; 1822-24, 1846;William V. B. Heermance, 1820, 1821;John G. Bedell, 1847-54; 1859-63, 1865-69;Gilbert Bedell, Jr., 1855, 1856;

Henry M. Beach, 1857;John B. Bronk, 1858;Alexander Reed, 1864;Albert Parker, 1870-74, 1878-81;J. A. Houghtaling, 1875, 1876;William K. Reed, 1877;A. W. Van Slyke, 1882.

The officers in 1883 were: A. W. Van Slyke, WM; Samuel C. Bennett, SW; Able J. Kent, JW; S. W. Briggs, Treasurer; William K.Reed, secretary; J. A. Houghtaling, SD; H. Nalbach, JD; James Strang and John Van Wormer, MC; F. M. Sharp. Tyler; AlbertParker, Chaplain.

Coxsackie Chapter, No. 85, Royal Arch Masons, was organized in 1824. The first officers were Talmadge Fairchild, H. P.; PercelCook, K; and Nathan Clark, S. Meetings were held until 1831, when the lodge was disbanded. In 1866 a reorganization was effectedunder a charter granted to Gilbert Bedell, H.P.; Abram H. Knapp, K.; and Peter Stover, S.;

The successive high priests have been Gilbert Bedell, Abram H. Knapp, Elbert O. Beatty, and Albert Parker.

Meetings are held on the second and fourth Tuesday evenings of each month.

The officers in 1883 were: Albert Parker, H. P.; Isaac Mygatt, K.; Almeron Powell, S.; William Cochran, treasurer; W. R. church,secretary; A. V. D. Collier, C. of H.; William K. Reed, P. S.; S. W. Briggs, R. A. C.; A. W. Van Slyke, M. of 3d V; Charles H. Crippen,M. of 2d V; E. W. Mackey, M. of 1st V; J. J. Jackson, Tyler.

Revival Lodge No. 117, Windham, New YorkFree Masonry gained and early foothold in Windham, where Revival Lodge No. 117, F&AM, was instituted in 1804 by these eminentgrand lodge officers present: R. W. Jacob Morton, GM; Martin Hoffman, DGM; C. Colden, SGW; Daniel D. Tompkins, GrandSecretary; Philip S. Van Rensselaer, JGW. The lodge was organized at the house of John Tuttle, at Batavia, and its first officerswere: Samuel Gunn WM; Thos. Benham SW; George Robertson, JW. There were 87 members all early settlers of Windham andvicinity. A prize possession of the lodge, still in custody of Mountain Lodge, its successor, is a set of jewels, regarding which therecord reads:

“Memorandum under date of April 22d, 1905. Donation of the jewels by Constant A. Andrews to the lodge. But if it should so appearthat this lodge, No. 117, should lose its charter or warrant, the said jewels, or the amount of them, which is twenty-two dollars, shallrevert back to the said Andrews or his heirs or assignees.”

The charter of the loge was surrendered, however, and on 3 Feb 1807, Harmony Mark Master Lodge No. 31, F&AM, wasorganized with Constant A. Andrews WM; George Stimson SW; Thomas Benham JW. This probably existed some years but finallywent out of record.

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Revival Lodge, No. 117, F&AM, was instituted in 1804 in the meeting-house in Batavia. Present, Jacob Morton, GM; MartinHoffman, DGM; Cadwallader Colden, SGW; Philip S. Van Rensselaer, JGW; Daniel D. Tompkins, Grand Secretary; officers of theGrand Lodge of the State of New York under whose jurisdiction the warrant was granted. The warrant designated Samuel Gunn,Master; Thomas Benham, SW; George Robertson, JW.

The lodge was organized at the house of John Tuttle, but soon removed to Captain Medad Hunt’s. afterward at the house of JonProut, and again moved to John Tuttle’s in 1810. The lodge had 87 members, all early settlers of Windham and vicinity.

“Memorandum under date of April 22d 5805 [1805]. Donation of the jewels by Constant A. Andrews to the lodge. But if it should soappear that this lodge, No. 117, should lose its charter or warrant, the said jewels, or the amount of them which is twenty-two dollarsshall revert back tothe said Andrews or his heirs or assignees.”

The jewels mentioned are in possession of Mountain Lodge, as successor of Revival Lodge, and are highly prized as memorials ofthe first lodge instituted in Windham.

Conspicuous among the members of this lodge were:

Ichabod and Constant A. Andrews,Samuel Gunn and his two brothers, Asa and Daniel,

Jonathan and Samuel Reynolds,Ephraim and George Stimson,

Dr. Thomas Benham,Isaac Buell,Henry Goslee,Caleb Hubbard.Reuben Hosford,

Chester Hull,Medad Hunt,Roma R. Ives,Marshall Lewis,,

Silas Lewis,George Miles,Foster Morss,Curtis Prout,Abijah Stone,

Henry Osborn.Zadock Pratt,George Robertson

3 Feb 1807, this lodge organized themselves under the title of Harmony Mark Master Lodge, No. 31, F&AM, with Constant A.Andrews, Master; George Stimson, SW; Thomas Benham, JW. In 1863 the lodge was reorganized 8 Jun of this year it received itstitle.

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Henry Osborn - Henry Osborn was the tenth child of Nathan Osborn, a nativeof Connecticut, and a soldier in the Revolution. In 1799, Nathan Osborn withhis family then consisting of eight children, came to North Settlement, in thepresent town of Ashland, where, on 25 Nov 1803, Henry was born. On theirarrival at their destination, they built a log house, in which they resided threeyears, when they built a more capacious frame residence. This was burned inDec 1804, and one of the children, eight years of age, was so injured by theflames that he soon died. The family returned to their original log dwelling, andsoon the house was built in which the childhood and youth of Henry werepassed. The same house, much remodeled, is now owned and occupied byHenry Cook. The common schools of that period afforded Mr. Osborn his onlyfacilities for obtaining an education, but these he so utilized, that he wasconsidered a better scholar than most of his associates at that time.

At the age of 20, or in 1822, he, in the company with an elder brother, BennetOsborn, took up his residence in the present village of Windham, which thenconsisted of only five houses. He engaged in mercantile business, which hecontinued till 1836. In 1840 he removed to Rensselaerville, where he was amerchant till 1848. He then bought a farm at Hunter, where he remained till1864, when he removed to Tonica, LaSalle County, Illinois, where he was awholesale coal dealer. On account of the health of his family, he returned toWindham, his present place of residence, in 1876.

Mr. Osborn served eight years as a school inspector in Windham, and forseveral years was a magistrate in Hunter, but he has never been an officerseeker. In 1818 he became a minister of the Presbyterian church of Windham,and in 1828 he was ordained a ruling elder by Rev. C. H. Goodrich, whichposition he has ever since held. Mr. Osborn’s memory of the early development of this region is, in all respects, quite distinct.

31 Octo 1826, he was married by Rev. C. H. Goodrich to Sarah Loomis, a daughter of Oliver and Sarah Loomis, of Windham. Theyhave had three children: Helen, who still resides with her parents; Austin Melvin, now a judge of the Supreme Court of the State ofNew York; and Frances Rebecca, who died in infancy.

Mr. Osborn, at the age of 80, is in the enjoyment of robust health, and a clear intellect. Of his 12 brothers and sisters, only one, abrother, survives. Mr. Osborn has been an invalid for 15 years.

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Colonel George Robertson - Colonel George Robertson was born in Windham, Greene, NY, 15 Mar 1805, the eldest in a family ofeight children. His grandfather, George Robertson, was born in Glascow, Scotland, in 1757, immigrated to America in 1774, and in1775 entered the Revolutionary Army. He married Lydia Garrett, an English lady, at Troy, NY, where he settled and owned what isnow a large part of the city. He had three children, James, Mary and Samuel. His wife died and was buried in Troy. He moved from

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Troy and settled in Windham, near the last part of the last century, where he married for his second wife Esther Judson, who diedwithout issue. He died in 1824.

Colonel James Robertson, eldest son of George Robertson, and father of the subject of this sketch, was born in Troy, 21 Jul 1779,came to Windham with his father. He married, 5 Apr 1804, Elizabeth, daughter of Elihu Rogers, a descendant of John Rogers, theChristian martyr. She was born in Branford, CT, 7 Jan 1782, but at the time of her marriage she was a resident of Windham.

After his marriage he lived for a short time upon what was known as the Austin farm, in Windham village, in the house now ownedand occupied by Truman Johnson. He then bought a farm of 130 acres, one-half mile east of Windham village, built a small houseupon it (still standing), which he afterward moved back, and built in its place a hotel, which he carried on for many years, most of thetime as a temperance hotel. His death occurred 28 Jan 1849, age 69. His wife died 23 Apr 1871, aged 90 years.

Besides the above farm, known as the Colonel Robertson farm, he also owned andcarried on a farm of 200 acres in Windham, known as the State Lot; also one of 200acres, three miles east of the Colonel Robertson farm, now owned by Thomas Brenaugh.He was a thoroughgoing successful farmer. He was an elder, and a liberal supporter ofthe Presbyterian church. In addition to his own family of eight children, who reached adultyears, he brought up and educated a number of children of other families, who weretreated, in every respect, the same as his own. Upon reaching their majority, the boys

received a Bible, a new suit of clothes, and $100 inmoney. In politics he was a whig, and took an activeinterest in local political matters. His childrenwere: George, Samuel, Lydia, Philira, Garrett, aninfant son unnamed, James Jr., Eliza Ann, EmilyEsther, and Elbert.

Colonel George Robertson received his education inthe common school at Windham, and one year inHuntington, L.I. He commenced teaching schoolwhen 18 years of age, and taught four winters, two inAshland and two in Jewett. When not attending orteaching school, he worked on his father's farm.

< 24 Oct 1827, he married Maria Strong, daughter ofthe Hon. Jairus and Dosha (Bissell) Strong. Mr. Robertson was the fifth in a family of tenchildren, all of whom lived to adult age; all but one were married, and with one exception raisedfamilies. She was a twin daughter, Minerva, who married Hon. Albert Tuttle, being her twinsister. Her father was a prominent man in Greene county, and a member of the Legislature in1818. Mrs. Robertson was born in Ashland, 7 May 1808.

In 1828 Colonel Robertson built a hotel on the farm then owned by his father, situated three and a half miles east of Windhamvillage. This hotel he kept about 20 years, and for the last 10 or 12 years as a temperance hotel, probably the first temperancehouse in the county.

To show the changes wrought by railroads upon country hotels, the following item related to the writer by the colonel, is a markedillustration. One night he kept on his place 600 head of cattle and 13 drovers. The same night he caught a bear in a trap and servedbear steak for breakfast. He also relates that he has counted 100 loaded butter teams passing his place in a single day.

During the period of his hotel keeping, and in years thereafter, the colonel engaged extensively in lumbering, tanning, farming andmerchandising. He has been concerned in seven sawmills, the sole owner of four situated in Windham, with an interest in threeothers. He first became interested in the tanning business in company with Colonel Zadock Pratt, under the firm name of Pratt &Robertson, at Windham. This partnership was entered into 6 Sep 1844, and continued 10 years. In 1848 the firm bought the BigHollow Tannery in Windham. On 3 Oct 1853, Colonel Robertson bought his partners interest in both these tanneries, and ran themseveral years, or until the bark ran out. In 1849, in company with his son, L.A . Robertson, he built a tannery in Middle Valley, onMiddle Creek, Wayne. PA, which was run under the firm name of L.A. Robertson & Company five years, when the colonel madeover his interest to his son.

In 1855, in company with his brothers, James and Elbert, under the firm name of Robertson & Brothers, he built and carried on atannery in Constantia, Oswego county, and retained his interest therein until 1879, when it was sold to his son, L. A. Robertson. In1856, in company with D. H. Pitcher, Dr. Samuel Robertson, and Dr. Sutherland, firm Robertson, Pitcher & Company, he built atannery in Forestport, NY, and retained his interest therein for about 16 years. He also owned an interest, with his brothers, in theParish Tannery, Oswego county. In connection with these tanneries, several general merchandising stores were run by the firms.The colonel was also interested in an extensive leather store in New York city for six years, under the firm name of Robertson,Butman & Company. In his farming operations, Colonel Robertson dealt largely in stock, cattle, sheep, and wool. To the original 200acres, he added 600 acres adjoining, making the home farm 800 acres. His dealings in real estate, in connection with his lumberingand tanning interests, were very extensive. He set out upon his farm, bordering the streets which ran through it, three miles of mapletrees, 900 in all. Most of these have grown to be noble specimens of their kind, and all who shall, in years to come, enjoy theirgrateful shade, as they ride over this portion of the Windham thoroughfare, will have occasion to remember with gratitude theforesight of the man who planted them.

In politics, Colonel Robertson has been identified with the whig, anti-slavery, and republican parties, though too much engrossedwith his extensive business affairs to either desire or seek public position. He has served his town one term as supervisor, and waselected a member of the Assembly in 1853, and a delegate to the State Convention at Syracuse in 1856. He has been a member ofthe Presbyterian church for more than 50 years, an elder over 40 years, an attendant of its Sabbath school over 60 years, and anumber of years its superintendent. He was a delegate to the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church at Cleveland in 1857,when a portion of the Southern church withdrew: also at Philadelphia, in 1863, the year of the Emancipation Proclamation, and was

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one of the 40 members who carried to President Lincoln the resolution of the Assembly approving the same. The encouragementafforded the president by this action of the Assembly, and of other religious bodies, is a matter of history.

As illustrating the push and enterprise which have always been a prominent characteristic of Colonel Robertson in all his businessoperations, the following facts in history are offered:

When his saw mill in Windham was burned, the timber for a new mill was gotten out on Monday, framed on Tuesday, raised onWednesday, enclosed on Thursday, machinery put in on Friday, finished and set to work on Saturday at 10 o'clock PM----thusbuilding and putting a saw mill in operation in a little more than five days. This feat, however, was quite surpassed after the burningof the Windham Tannery. It was burned on Friday, 10 Jun 1853. On Saturday the irons were picked up. With the timber for theframe growing in the woods Monday morning, a building three and one half stories in height, 40 X 210 feet, with a lintel 21 X 120

feet, was built and in operation on theSaturday following, in a space of sixdays; thus preventing damages to thestock on hand, to the amount of atleast one third the cost of rebuilding. Afact worthy of mention, as well asaffording a good example, is that in the50 years of extended business, it hasall been carried on and settled withouta contested lawsuit on any of his owntransactions. The title of colonel cameby an election to the position of one ofthe State militia regiments.

< In the spring of 1855, havingpurchased a house and lot in thevillage of Windham, he moved from thefarm and has since resided in thevillage.

His wife died 17 Apr 1877, aged 68, attheir home in Windham. It can well besaid of her, she was a truly Christianwoman, a devoted wife and mother,and respected by all who knew her.

The colonel married for his second wife, 6 Nov 1878, Esther Dorcas Strong, widow of George Everlyn Merwin, and a daughter ofDeacon Elijah and Mary (Robertson) Strong. Mrs. Robertson was born 10 Oct 1815, inAshland. The following incident of her life constitutes one of the historic events of theplace of her birth. When five years of age she wandered off up the Catskill Mountainsafter her brother, who had gone for the cattle, and was not observed by him until toofar distant from her home to return with her then. Putting her in a safe place, andbidding her wait his return, he went on in pursuit of his strays, and found them in theend, but not his little sister, when he returned to the spot where he had left her. Shehad become wearied of waiting, and started for home in the wrong direction. The wholeneighborhood was aroused at once to search for the wandering child. The mountainside was the haunt of wolves, and guns were fired and torches kept blazing all night toscare them away. The next day she was found with her clothing nearly torn off from herby the brambles through which she had passed, and told her parents that when nightcame she lay down by a mossy rock and called for each one of the family and then thedog, and cried herself to sleep. Prayers were offered at her home by hearts burstingwith gratitude to God for his sheltering care of their little darling in the lone woodsthrough the dark night.

Her father, Deacon Elijah Strong, was a brother of Jarius Strong, father of the colonel'sfirst wife, and her mother was sister to the colonel's father. She is a descendant in theseventh generation from John Strong, who was born in Taunton, England, in 1605,immigrated to America in 1630, and settled in Dorchester, MA. Deacon Elijah Strongwas born 12 May 1776, and married Mary Robertson. He was a farmer, hotel keeper,and a deacon in the Presbyterian church at Ashland (then Windham), where he died, 3Oct 1826. He was a man noted for his piety. His wife died at Elyria, Ohio, March 31st1850. Mrs. Robertson's first husband, George Everlyn Merwin, was born in Durham,Greene county, 22 Jan 1806, and married at Elyria, Ohio, 22 Apr 1837. He was amerchant there until 1859, when he removed to California, where he died, 27 Oct1869. After his death his widow returned to New York State, and until her marriage to Colonel Robertson, she lived with her brotherDr. S. S. Strong at Saratoga. She was the youngest of the family. She had six brothers and two sisters, all but one of whom lived toadult age, were married, and all but two raised families. Her brother, Rev. Sylvester Sandford Strong, M.D., is the founder andproprietor of the celebrated Saratoga Springs Remedial Institute.

By his first wife, Colonel Robertson had three children: Loring A., born 12 Nov 1828, for a number of years in company with hisfather in the tanning business, and at present time (1884) extensively engaged in the tanning business, and leather trade in NewYork city; James Henry, born 5 Mar 1833, died 29 Jul 1858; and Minerva S., born 20 Sep 1835, living at home.

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Burrit Osborn Stone was the son of Capt. Abijah Stone, who came from Framingham. MA, to Windham, NY, and married thereAlathea Osborn, daughter of Deacon Nathan Osborn, formerly of Connecticut, and one of the earliest settlers of Wmdham. Burrit Stone was a farmer at Windham, and developing a talent for business became a leather manufacturer at Williamstown, NY, and atCamden. NY. Subsequently returned to Windham, where he died May 11, 1859.

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Foster Morss, the eldest son and child of Asa Morss, was born in 1774, and died in February 1835. He was three times married. Byhis first marriage he had two sons, Lyman and Horace, who came with their father, or soon after to Windham. Lyman succeeded hisfather in the management of their first tannery, at the foot of the hill, west of the Episcopal rectory, and built the house yet standingon the opposite side of the turnpike road, occupied many years as a tavern. He afterward in the employ of Burton G. Morss, in histannery at Carbondale, Pennsylvania.

Horace died at his father's house, east of Ashland village, after the large tannery at Red Falls or Federal City had been built, and ayear or two after the burning of the tannery on White or West Hollow Brook, near Ashland village. Foster Morss' second wife wasLois Gilbert. They had two sons, Austin, who died at Geneva, NY; and Burton G.; and a daughter Elizabeth, who married AustinStrong, and removed to Woodbourn, Sullivan, NY, about 1855.

Burton G. was born in Windham, 15 Apr 1810, east of Ashland village and where Foster lived while engaged in his tannery andgrist-mill on White Brook. His mother died when Burton G. was two weeks old.

Foster Morss' third wife was Roxana (Kirtland) Butler, a sister of Daniel Kirtland, the father of Burton G.'s first wife, Caroline Kirtland,who was born 28 Aug 1810, and died 17 Apr 1880, date of marriage 1834. The children of Foster and Roxana Morss were: John B.(thrown from a sulky and killed), George L., Dwight F., Daniel K., and William P.E.

Burton G. attended school at the White school-house, near Ashland village, where he afterward taught one winter. He also attendedschool one year at Lexington. At the age of 17 he attended the select school at Durham one winter; at Greenville Academy thefollowing winter; and at Ballston Spa, Saratoga, the next winter. He also attended school one winter in the Reynolds district,Windham, doing chores on a farm belonging to his father. As his brother, Austin, was in school, there was no one to share withBurton the responsibilities naturally devolving upon a son. He drove teams, worked in the tannery, and acquired a practicalknowledge of his father's extensive business. In the first tannery, the vats were not under cover, the bark-mill was worked by horsepower, and a stone wheel, also turned by horse power, was used for milling the hides. For about 12 years after Foster Morss builtthe tannery on White Brook, it was worked by Lyman Morss, who lost his life by being scalded in a vat at Carbondale, Pennsylvania.He was a just and upright man. Foster Morss built his second tannery about 1820. This was conducted upon the new system oftanning. It furnished employment to about fifty men, and had a capacity of 40,000 hides yearly. Loring Andrews, afterward amillionaire of New York city, served an apprenticeship at this tannery, and with his earnings laid the foundation of his immensefortune. This tannery was burned about 1826---a total loss. About 1829 Foster Morss built a tannery at Red Falls. The building is stillstanding but devoted to other purposes. This, as well as the one on White Brook was run by water power. It had a capacity of about50,000 hides per annum. It was conducted by Foster Morss until the spring of 1831, then for about two years by Horace and BurtonG., then for one year by Horace and Stephen Steel as partners, then by Foster and Burton G. Morss for one year, or until FosterMorss' death in 1835, after which it was conducted by Burton G. Morss until it was closed in 1849.

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Loring Andrews, merchant, born in Windham, Greene, NY, 31 Jan 1799, died in New York city, 22 Jan 1875. He was of Englishdescent, the pioneer of the family in America having been a companion of John Davenport, who settled in New Haven in the veryearly days. In the neighborhood of the birthplace of Mr. Andrews, a thick growth of hemlock afforded material for the tanning ofleather. With an elementary education, the lad was apprenticed at the age of fourteen to Foster Morss, one of the first tanners whobrought leather to New York. With him the youth remained for eight years. He then traveled in the West for two years, in the hope ofmaking a fortune. Finding the search elusive, he returned to Greene county and entered into a business arrangement with Mr.Morss, by which the former was to transport the hides and leather to and from the tannery and pay three cents a pound for tanning.Beginning with a capital of fifty cents and a thorough knowledge of the trade, Mr. Andrews was so able and shrewd that in four yearshe had made $4,000, and then entered into partnership with his employer. In 1829 he came to New York city with $7,000. He soonbuilt up a trade of from 50,000 to 100,000 hides a year. In 1832, he formed a partnership with William Wilson, in which Gideon Leeand Shepherd Knapp were special partners. The panic of 1837 swept away the profits of eight years. Nevertheless, by retaining thecontrol of large capital, he continued in business and by prudent methods and close attention laid the foundation of a new fortune. In1861, Loring Andrews & Sons conducted several large tanneries, and by 1863, handled annually 400,000 sides of hemlock curedleather. They ranked as the leading leather merchants. Success came to Mr. Andrews as the fruit of untiring industry, perseveranceand sterling integrity. Like other merchants, he made conspicuously large purchases of real estate, which proved profitable. In 1839,Mr. Andrews was married to Blandina B., daughter of James B. Hardenbergh, D.D. His family consisted of seven children, WilliamL., James B., Constant A., Loring, Walter S.; Clarence and Isabel, the latter now married and living abroad. His benefactions weresystematic and large. The University of New York received from him $100,000 for the endowment of professorships, and nearlyevery other leading philanthropic institution of the city enjoyed his liberal support. He was one of the early directors of TheMechanics' Bank, a founder and first president of The Shoe & Leather Bank, vice-president of The Globe Life Insurance Co., and ashareholder in The Atlantic Telegraph Co.

His third son, Constant A. Andrews, banker, was born in this city, 25 Feb 1844. He was educated in Columbia College grammarschool and in Germany. Soon after the close of the Civil War, his father admitted him to partnership. Later, with his brother, WilliamL. Andrews, he continued in the leather trade and held a conspicuous position up to the moment when the partners decided to retirefrom business. After spending a few years in Europe, Mr. Andrews returned and engaged in banking. The firm of Constant A.Andrews & Co. now occupies the same high position for conservative methods and sound judgment as did the old house of LoringAndrews & Sons, and their advice is sought in investments in street railroads, municipal bonds and business enterprises. Mr.Andrews is president of The United States Savings Bank and The Elkhorn Valley Coal Land Co.; a director of the Second AvenueStreet Railroad, and largely influential in other directions, where his interest and counsel are demanded. He was married in 1879 toMrs. Blanche L. Brewster [Vance], daughter of ex-Mayor Samuel B. H. Vance and Auga Hay, of this city.

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Constant Abram Andrews, banker, was born in New York city, 25 Feb 1844, son of Loring A. and Blandina (Bruyn) Andrews, anda descendant of William Andrews, one of John Davenport's companions in the settlement of New Haven colony in 1629. He built thefirst church in that colony. Early in the nineteenth century his father established the house of Loring Andrews, dealer in hides andleather, in what was called "the swamp" in New York city. Constant A. Andrews was educated at the Columbia grammar school, andcompleted his studies in Germany. At the outbreak of the civil war he was recalled to New York city, and in connection with Frank E.Howe, the well-known scale manufacturer, and associates, established a hospital at the corner of John street and Broadway. NewYork, for the care of sick and wounded Union soldiers. Mr. Andrews manifested much interest in this humane cause, and renderedsuch efficient aid that he was soon elected to a responsible position in the management of the institution. The care of the sick andwounded soldiers sent back from the front and passing through this hospital was voluntarily assumed, and there is no brighterrecord in the history of philanthropy than the unwritten story of the self-sacrificing personal service rendered by this volunteer reliefcommittee. At the close of the war he joined his father in the management of his large commercial and real estate interests underthe firm name of Loring Andrews & Sons.

Upon his death in 1875, Constant A. Andrews and his brother William inherited their father's business andwound up its affairs in 1879. He then spent a number of years abroad visiting the hospitals of Europe,attending lectures at the Sorbonne. Returning to New York, he opened a private banking office in 1882, underthe name of Constant A. Andrews & Co. In 1889 he organized, together with Joseph B. Bloomingdale,Frederick Goddard, John Jardine, and several others, the United States Savings Bank, of which he has sincebeen president. He has also organized many industries, among them the Elkhorn Valley Coal and Coke Co. ofVirginia, which is very successful. Mr. Andrews is actively interested in the work of the New York City Missionand Tract Society and the Charity Organization Society, and was for many years treasurer of each. Hisservices with the former began as early as 1864, while he has been identified with the latter from its inception.

He was one of the first members of the Manhattan Club, a charter member and first treasurer of the Reform Club of New York city,is a life member of the City Club, and of the National Arts Club, also a member of the Ardsley and New York Athletic clubs, andhonorary member of the Manhasset Bay Yacht Club. He was a member of the 7th regiment, Co. H. Mr. Andrews's habits areessentially domestic, and he seldom indulges in the privileges of clubs. He was twice married: first, to Mary Van Nostrand, daughterof William Horace Brown, of New York, and second to Blanche Landgraf Vance, daughter of Samuel B. H. Vance, of New York, andhas one daughter.

Oasis Lodge No. 119, Prattsville, New YorkWARRANT: The warrant is dated June 5, 1847.The number has not been changed, but it has had three names, first Prattsville, which was changed to Gilboa June 6. 1850,when the Lodge moved from Prattsville to Gilboa; on June 9, 1853, it moved back to Prattsville, and at that time it received the nameit now bears.The Lodge was organized under a dispensation issued November 26, 1846.The officers named in the warrant are: Cornelius K. Benbam, Master; David F. Moore, Senior Warden; Robert Scanling, Junior Warden.

MASTERS.

1847. Cornelius K. Benham.1848. Cornelius K. Benham.1849. Cornelius K. Benham.1850. John K. Page.1851. John K. Page.1852. John K. Page.1853. John K. Page.1854. Cornelius K. Benham.1855. Charles K. Benham.1856. Giles S. Cotton.1857. E. P. More.1858. Cornelius Platner.1859. Cornelius K. Benham.1860. James B. Gregory.1861. Cornelius K. Benham.

1862. James B. Gregory.1863. James B. Gregory.1864. Theodore Rudolph.1865. Addison P. Myers.1866. J. M. Van Valkenburgh.1867. Theodore Rudolph.1868. Charles H. Edwards.1869. Cornelius Platner.1870. William F. Fenn.1871. William F. Fenn.1872. William F. Fenn.1873. William F. Fenn.1874. Sidney Crowell.1875. Sidney Crowell.1876. William F. Fenn.

1877. Albert Clark.1878. Albert Clark.1879. Albert Newcomb.1880. Albert Newcomb.1881. Albert Newcomb.1882. J. Henry Chatfield.1883. J. Henry Chatfield.1884. Malden G. Marsh.1885. Malden G. Marsh.1886. James C. McWilliams.1887. James C. McWilliams.1888. James C. McWilliams.1889. James C. McWilliams.1890. James C. McWilliams.1891. James C. McWilliams.

1892. Albert Newcomb.1893. Albert Newcomb.1894. J. Henry Chatfield.1895. A. Sheridan Cammer.1896. A. Sheridan Cammer.1897. Albert Newcomb.1898. Albert Newcomb.1899. James C. McWilliams.1900. James C. McWilliams.1901. James C. McWilliams.1902. James Richtmyer.1903. James Richtmyer.1904. Charles G. Rose.1905. Charles G. Rose.1906. James C. McWilliams.

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Cornelius K. Benham, M.D. - Tracing this surname back to the famous Hundred Rollsof King Alfred's time---the earliest of civil records in England---it is found to be of pureSaxon origin. According to Savage, a John Benham came to America in 1630, in thethen well-known ship Mary and John, and settled in Dorchester. He acquired the rightas freeman, 19 Oct 1630. He acquired this by a first wife, by whom he had two children,Joseph and John. He removed to Hartford in 1630; he married again, Margery, daughterof Thomas Alcock, of Dorchester, in 1659, who died a few weeks after reachingHartford, and he followed her, in 1641, at New Haven. Upon the church records of thisplace, of date 1669, are found the names of freemen, John, John Jr., and JosephBenham. Family traditions, however, say that the first men of this name who came toAmerica (during the latter part of the seventeenth century) were three brothers, whosettled as follows: James in Rhode Island, Joseph in Connecticut, and John on LongIsland; but the absence of this name from a long list of immigrants who sought thefreedom of American shores, other than the John of Dorchester in 1630, prior to 1700,is a strong argument favoring the theory that these "three brothers" were descendantsof this first John Benham.

Cornelius K. Benham M.D. is descended from good stock, who for at least threegenerations have been practicing physicians, which accounts for the enthusiasm Mr.Benham has always displayed in his professional work. And after a long and well spent

career as a pioneer physician it is doubtful if there has been or is another who has done as much in this professional line as Dr. C.K. Benham. His circuit, from Delaware county line to that of Cairo, from beyond Ulster to and into Schoharie, has been thoroughlycared for in former years, and let these lines extol to posterity his worth as a citizen and his value as a physician. Though havingreached four score years, he is yet sound in mind and quite hale in body.

Mr. Benham was born in Ashland, Greene, NY, and was a son of Thomas and Margaret (Patrie) Benham, and sixth child of a familyof eight: Margaret, Thomas, Jacob, Margaret 2nd, John P., Cornelius K., born 19 Sep 1801, Mary, and Clarissa.

Thomas Benham, a physician, was a son of Cornelius and Garetty Charter (Charity Carter), born at Hillsdale, Columbia, NY, 6 NovO.S. 1736, and married about 1760. His children were: Peter, born 11 Nov 1762; Madeline; Margaret; Thomas, born 8 Jan 1770;Mary; Margaret 2nd; and Garretty S., 13 Apr 1790. He was also a physician, and died 22 Aug 1805. His father was also a physician,though his name is unknown. He was a son of the John Benham of Long Island tradition. This latter (John) married a Miss Kymber--a young woman who, when a school girl in some one of England's coast towns, with a bevy of others was decoyed aboard anAmerican vessel and kidnapped, and from marital circumstances never returned.

Dr. Benham married, for his first wife, Miss Elizabeth Laraway, daughter of Martinus and Rosina Laraway, 30 Nov 1825. Theirchildren were: Jacob Gumalia, born in 1827; Thomas Leander, born in 1831; Rose L., born in 1836; Martinus, born in 1838. Mrs.Benham died 10 Sep 1866, and he married Hannah Cartwright, of Roxbury, NY, 15 Jan 1868. She was a d/o Samuel Cartwright,born 11 Aug 1825 and is yet living (1883). He has an elegant home in his old age, and a kind and thoughtful wife.

Oasis Lodge No. 119, F&AM, was instituted 5 Jun 1847, with Cornelius K. Benham, WM; Matthew C. Boughton [Bouton], SW;Robert Scanling [Scanlon], JW; There is no record of other officers or charter members. This lodge has prospered. It occupied itsown building, where communications are held on the 2d and 4th Tuesday of each month. Its membership 31 Dec 1914 was 73.

The officers for 1914 were: Austin Hummell, WM; Edwin A. Alberti, SW; Willis Lutz, JW ; Dwight Conine, treasurer, Albert Newcomb,secretary; Orville Hummel, SD; Edwin Moore, JD; Claude White, chaplain; Fred. Will, SMC; Franklin Marquit, JMC; James C.McWilliams; Marshal; Dewitt Chase, tyler.

Its succeeding worshipful masters have been:

C. K. Benham,James Gregory,G. S. Cotton,E. P. More,A.P. Myers,Theodore Rudolph,

Cornelius Platner,Wm. F. Feen,Sidney Crowell,James McWilliams,Albert Clark,Albert Newcomb,

J. H. Chatfield,M. G. Marsh,A. S. Cammer,James Richtmyer,Dewitt Chase,Charles Rose,

E. A. Alberti,Claud V. White,Gould Griffin,Austin Hummel.

OASIS LODGE, NO. 119. - 1855Prattsville, Greene Co. Meets on Friday evening of each week.

C. K. Benham, Master,Giles S. Catton, Senior Warden,Stephen G. Dubois, Junior Warden,Herman Winans, Treasurer,E. B. Fenn, Secretary,

P. D. Hubbell, Master of Ceremonies,W. Marsh, Senior Deacon,Dwight Marsh, Junior Deacon,H. Walking, Tyler.

MEMBERS.T. H. Alien,Marcus Babcock,James Beach,L. Buckard,

Samuel Crane,Kellogg Crosswell.Nelson Fanning,Horace Foster.

Dantforth Frayer,E. S. Hammond,Jonas Hirtbroner.E. E. Milligan,

David F. Moore,H. Montgomery,Thomas Montgomery,E. B. Patter,

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Lemuel L. Pendell,M. L. Pendell,N. G. Street,

I. K. Paige,G. W. Pratt,Z(adock). Pratt,

H. Snyder,Wm. Whiting,Gideon Watiatt,

D. G. Wright,

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Oasis Lodge, No. 119, F. and A. M., was organized in 1847, by Mr. Willard, of Troy, NY, and the following officers installed: C. K.Benham, WM; __ Bouton, SW; __ Scanlon, JW. This lodge formerly held its meetings in the attic of the present Erkson’s store. Acommittee, consisting of Messrs. Benham, More, and Montgomery, was chosen to purchase a building suitable for the meetings ofthe lodge, and the building now occupied by the lodge was bought, and remodeled to suit the wishes of the members.

The officers elected 22 Dec 1883, were: M. G. Marsh, WM; J. C. McWilliams, SW; S. B. Beers, JW; Ahira Brandow, treasurer;Theodore Rudolph, secretary; V. Decker, SD; George Raeder, JD; Rev. William Green, Chaplain; Dwight Conine, Sylvanus Conine,MC; F. Smith, Tyler.

The worshipful masters have been: Dr. C. K. Benham, Ezekiel More, Cornelius Platner, William Fenn, Albert Newcomb, and SidneyCrowell.

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Zadock Pratt Jr. (30 Oct 1790 – 5 Apr 1871) was a tanner, banker, soldier, and member of the USHouse of Representatives. Pratt served in the NY Militia from 1819–1826, and was Colonel of the116th regiment from 1822 until his resignation from the militia on 4 Sep 1826.

In the Catskill Mountains, Pratt built the largest tannery in the world at its time, and built of the townof Prattsville to accommodate the labor force necessary for the tannery, raising the town'spopulation from around 500 to over 2000. Pratt was elected to the United States House ofRepresentatives in 1836 and 1842. During his second term, in 1845 he first proposed thetranscontinental railroad. In 1848, Pratt tried but failed to receive the Democratic/Hunker nominationfor the 1848 NY gubernatorial election. He was a delegate to the 1852 Democratic NationalConvention.

In 1843, Pratt established the Prattsville Bank with, which printed its own bills that were kept on parwith the US dollar, but he closed the bank nine years later in 1852. Pratt financed multiple smallertanneries in the Catskills, and also one in Pennsylvania as a joint venture with Jay Gould. In 1860he retired from active business pursuits, and died in 1871.

Zadock Pratt Jr. was born on 30 Oct 1790, in Stephentown, NY, to Hannah Pratt (Pickett) andZadock Pratt Sr. He was the 5th of 7 children. In 1797, Pratt moved with his father's family toMidleburg, New York. In 1802, at age 12, Pratt moved with his parents to Windham, NY, which soonbecame Lexington, and is current day Jewett. As a child, he received limited schooling at the publicschool, and instead worked much on his father's farm and in his tannery. In his father's yard there were"two limes" and eight vats, and the bark was ground with a circular millstone by horse power.

In 1810, at age 20, Pratt became an apprentice to Luther Hayes, a sadler in Durham. Following his apprenticeship, became wastraveling saddler for a year, during which he saved $100. In 1812, he returned to Lexington where he continued his work as asaddler, working fourteen hour days. In 1814, Pratt built a general store in Prattsville where he would barter with residents for goods,and would make periodic trips to New York City to trade the goods.

Pratt volunteered for the War of 1812 in 1814. He was a Steward of a company stationed at Brooklyn Heights. He was awarded $11for his claim of arms and clothing which were destroyed during the war. In 1857, he would receive a warrant of 160 acres of land forhis service. In 1815, after war ended, he returned to Lexington, sold his store. On 7 May 1817, he entered the tanning business withhis older brother Ezra, and his younger brother Bennett. 18 Oct 1818, Pratt married Beda Dickerman of Hamden, CT, who died oftuberculosis six months later on 19 Apr 1819. Pratt and his brother Ezra then bought out Bennett's share of the tanning business for$2200 dollars.

During the winter of 1819-20, Pratt and three of his neighbors went on a trading expedition to Canada to sell their leather and othergoods. They were successful, and traded their leather for gold and furs from Canadian settlers, and from Native Americans at RiceLake. On his return, he stopped at the bank in Catskill, NY, where he learned that his tannery had burned down in his absence. Thebuilding was uninsured, and was a loss of $1000; the cause was never determined. However, he resolved to rebuild it. Friends ofPratt's and his brothers donated money for the rebuilding, and it was quickly built.

In 1821, Pratt was appointed a magistrate of Lexington. In 1823, Pratt married Esther Dickerman, sister of his first wife. Esther diedless than a year later on April 22, 1824, also of tuberculosis.

Pratt's tannery

Pratt had been planning a tanning businessmen much larger than what he was currently engaged it, and Esther's death put him intoaction. He dissolved his partnership with his brother, and, with $14000 in capital, began seeking a location for his new tannery. Hespent the summer of 1824 exploring the surrounding counties with his dog for the best place for his planned operations. He decidedon a region in the very western part of Windham , in what is current day Prattsville, for its large forests of hemlock, which wasnecessary for tanning at the time, as well as its proximity to the Schoharie Creek.

On October 24, he moved all of his belongings to the site and purchased the large meadow for $1300. The following day he brokeground on the tannery, and with the help of laborers, dammed the creek in the following weeks.

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The tannery was 550' long, and 43' wide. There were 350 vats, 6 heaters, 12 leaches, two bark mills driven by a breat wheel, andthree hide mills.

Military and second, third, and fourth wives

On April 25, 1820, Pratt was chosen as Captain of the Fifth regiment of New York State Artillery, which consisted of 130 men.Acquired a cannon that had been used at the Battle of Plattsburgh for the regiment. On July 12, 1822, he became a Colonel for NewYork's 116th Infantry. 1825, commanded the escort of Lafayette into Catskill.

On October 12, 1827, Pratt married his third wife, Abagail P. Watson of Rensselaer. She died February 5, 1834. In 1828, his housewas built.

20 Nov 1832, applied to the State Legislature to divide Windham, and on 8 Mar 1833, Prattsville was divided off from Windham. Atthe time it had a population of around 1500.

On 26 Jan 1834, Pratt's second daughter Abigail was born. Pratt's wife died 10 days later on February 5 at 28 years old.

On 16 Mar 1835, Pratt married his fourth wife, Mary E. Watson, sister of his third wife. On 17 Jul 1868, Mary Pratt died inProvidence, NY.

1836, elected to New York's 8th District, and in the same election, was voted to be and elector for New York.

1839, Westkill Lexington tannery burnt. Lost $10,000, insured for $7,000.

Offered to endow Prattsville Academy with $5,000 if the sum was matched by a Christian church.

In 1842, was elected to New York's 11th District.

1842, Established newspaper Prattsville Advocate, of which J. L. Hackstaff was the editor. In the same year, the PrattsvilleAcademy was built. The land was donated by Pratt, and he provided half of the building costs.

1848, received and honorary Master of the Arts degree from Union College.

1852, elected as a delegate to the 1852 Democratic Convention.

Prattsville and his Tannery

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Workers peeling hemlock bark for the tannery in Prattsville.

An 1844 drawing of Prattsville.

First term as Congressman

In 1836, Pratt earned the Democratic nomination for New York's 8th congressional district. He won general election by just short of3,000 votes. On 10 Sep 1837 Pratt was appointed to the Committee of the Militia, and on December 11, was appointed to thecommittee on public buildings.

On 19 Mar 1838, Pratt introduced a bill to drastically lower postage rates, and argued that high postage costs disproportionatelyaffected the poor, and that it was effectively a tax on intelligence, as it hindered the free passage of information. The bill waspassed. He felt so strongly about the price of postage that on his grave he had inscribed "WHILE MEMBER OF CONGRESS;MOVED THE REDUCTION OF POSTAGE; A.D. 1838".

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On 25 Feb 1839, Pratt suggested that public buildings no longer be built out ofsandstone, but instead granite of marble, because they absorb very little watercompared to sandstone, and therefore required less maintenance He also noted thatmarble was cheaper than granite, when including building costs.

On July 4, 1838, he announced that he declined re-election, although his constituentsstrongly wanted him to serve another term.

March 18, 1839, Dry Dock in Brooklyn vs. Philadelphia.

Mint in New York vs. Philadelphia.

During his first term, Pratt never missed a session.

Second Term as Congressman

Pratt did not intend to run for Congress again after declining to run for re-electionfollowing his first term as Congressman. However, in 1842 he accepted the nomination.

As a congressman, Pratt pushed for legislation:Reduce the cost of postage from $.25 to $.05 in 1838.Create the Bureau of Engraving and PatentsConstruct public buildings in Washington, DC, of marble or granite, not sandstone.Construct the Dry Dock in Brooklyn.Initiate first survey for the Transcontinental Railroad 1844.While in Congress he began a movement to complete the Washington Monument, andhe also started a practice of hanging the Presidential Portraits in the Rotunda.

The epitaph on Pratt's gravestone reads:

WHILE MEMBER OF CONGRESSMOVED THE REDUCTION OF POSTAGE A.D. 1838

AND THE SURVEY FOR A RAILROADTO THE PACIFIC A.D. 1844

Member of the State Senate in 1830; elected as a Democrat to the 25th Congress (4 Mar 1837-3 Mar 1839); elected to the 28thCongress (4 Mar 1843-3 Mar 1845); chairman, Committee on Public Buildings and Grounds (Twenty-eighth Congress).

Zadock Pratt's Wives

Pratt had five wives throughout his life.i. His first wife was Beda Dickerman, who he married in 1818. She died of tuberculosis seven months later.ii. In 1821 Pratt married his first wife's sister, Esther Dickerman. Esther died two and a half years later, also from tuberculosis.iii. Pratt married his third wife, Abigail P. Watson of Rensselaerville, on 12 Jan 1829. Pratt had his only children with Abigail, a boyand a girl. George Watson Pratt was born on 18 Apr 1831. Three years later Julia P. Pratt was born on 26 Jan 1834. On 5 Feb 1834Abigail, Pratt's third wife, died at 28 years old from complications from the birth of her daughter.iv. Some time later, Pratt married Abigail's sister Mary. They were married until 17 Jul 1868 when Mary died of unknown causes.v. One year later Pratt married his fifth wife, Susie A. Grimm of Brooklyn, 16 Oct 1869. They were married in Grace EpiscopalChurch, Prattsville; Zadock had given the land and half the money to build the church. They were married until Zadock's death.

Later life and death.< An undated photo of an aged Zadock Pratt.

In 1856, Zadock Pratt, at 66 years old, met a teenage Jay Gould, and hired him tosurvey a tanning site for him in Pennsylvania. Gould found large tracks of hemlockforest for sale, which impressed Pratt, who then made Gould a partner andmanager of the new tannery. By another account, Gould decided that he wanted tobuild a tannery, found a site, and then sought out Pratt's assistance.

There was $120,000 capital for the project, all of which came from Pratt. He left thetannery to Gould, which expanded rapidly, and the surrounding settlement wascalled Gouldboro (also spelled Gouldsborough). However, Pratt becamedissatisfied with the returns on his investment, and was concerned that Gould wasembezzling. Gould had become acquainted with Charles M. Leupp, a richmerchant from New York City, and had convinced Leupp to loan him the money to

buy out Pratt's share. Gould offered Pratt $60,000 for his share of the tannery, which Pratt accepted,transferring Pratt's stake to Leupp. Jay Gould in 1855, one year before he met Pratt. >

In 1861, Pratt donated to Prattsville the twenty acres were Pratt Rock now is.

Zadock became ill with a fever while he and his wife were visiting relatives in Bergem. NJ., which had recently been annexed byJersey City. While recovering he fell down stairs and broke his thigh. He died due to the injury on 15 Apr 1871. He is buried in theCity Cemetery in Prattsville. Pratt Rock depicts his life through a series of stone carvings.

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Zadoc Pratt and the Wolf Hunt

“When about 18 years old, my father living at the little tannery bought of James Weaver for $200, the country covered with hemlock,except where a Connecticut settler had made a clearing, the wolves came one night and killed some of David Johnson’s sheep, ithaving snowed that night about 18 inches deep. We, that is Z. Pratt, Miles Johnson, and Chaffee, packed up some eatables, andwith our guns, full of fun and high mettle, took after the wolves at about 8 o’clock in the morning. The three wolves started for HogMountain. We soon learned to keep Indian file, as did they. Full of hope, we crossed the East Kill, and at every turn hoped to get ashot to call them to account for killing Uncle David’s sheep. Eating our luncheon on the chase at 2 o’clock P.M. we were full sevenmiles on and over the mountain. The wolves intuitively crossed their path all ways, so we lost it, and taking the back track atmidnight, a little the worse for tiring out wolves, were glad to get an extra lunch at home.”

His full biography, by Nahum Capen, 506 pages with index, plus appendix, may be read at:

St. John s Lodge, No. 196, Cairo, New YorkThe first lodge of master masons organized in this town. The grand lodge of the State of New York granted a dispensation for itsorganization in 1801 or 1802. The officers were John C. Burhans, WM: Amos Cornwall, SW; Rufus Byington, JW; the lodgecontinued its communications for some years but finally surrendered or forfeited its charter during the Morgan excitement. Themembers were doubtless influenced to a great extent by the Albany Evening Journal, published at that time by Thurlow Weed, whowas a native of this town.

Catskill Lodge, No. 302, Catskill, New Yorkhttp://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygreen2/fraternities_and_societies.htmInstituted in 1818. The charter, dated 4 Mar of that year, was signed by DeWitt Clinton, grand master of the Grand Lodge of theState of New York. Many of the old members of Harmony Lodge became members of the new. Its original officers, named in thecharter, were Caleb Benton, WM; Cornelius Dubois, SW; Thomas Hale, Jr. JW. A room which had been fitted up for the purpose byFrancis Botsford, in the attic story of the building that stands on the corner of Main and Thomson streets, was used by the lodge,This room was afterward used for a variety of purposes, being occupied by the Mechanics Society, by political clubs, itinerantshows, jugglers, and the like; and finally, it was occupied by Solomon Southwick, for his series of Sunday lectures against masonry.The furniture of the room was plain and simple, consisting of four raised desks, and a few hard bottom benches. This lodge probablyexisted until the time of the anti-masonic excitement, which occurred in 1827, and then followed its predecessor.

http://books.google.com/books?id=K9oEAAAAYAAJ&printsec=frontcover&dq=%22zadock+pratt%22&cd=1#v=onepage&q=&f=falseCascade Lodge No. 427There are traditions of the existence of a Masonic lodge at Durham many years ago, but we have found no record of it.

The only one in town now is Cascade Lodge No. 427, F&AM, which was instituted 16 Mar 1857, with the following officers: D. B.Booth, WM; Luman Ramsdell, SW; John H. Baldwin, JW; A. H. Hayes, SD; Amos Sear, JD; Calvin Adams, treasurer; Manly B.Mattice, secretary; O. T. Humphrey, SMC; H. J. Peck, JMC; Wellington Peck, Orator; Elihu Ingalls, Tyler. This lodge owns theMasonic Hall in Oak Hill, where communications are held on the first and third Monday in each month. It has an active membershipof 137. It has produced one Grand Lodge office, R. W. Emerson Ford, district deputy grand master for the 15th Masonic district in1906. the present officers of the lodge are: Charles A. Shultes, WM; L. G. Chamberlain, SW; Potter A. Scott, JW; Leroy Brandow,SD; C. Warwick Newell, JD; Ernest L. Ford, treasurer; Paige T. Hoagland, secretary; Elmer Borthwick, SMC; Alfred Hulbert, JMC;Omar Hallock, Orville Hull, Stewards, George F. White, Marshal; Elisha N. Parks, Chaplain; George Burhans, Tyler.

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Catskill Lodge, No. 468, F&AM, was organized 10 Feb 1859, with the following charter members: John H. Bagley Jr., T. C. Palmer,James Becker, A. M. Osborne, Rufus H. King, George L. France, Peter Baurhyte, Samuel Dubois, Luke Kiersted, David S.Manchester and Isaac Pulver.

The first officers were John H. Bagley Jr., WM; T. C. Palmer, SW; James Becker, JW; Samuel Dubois, secretary; Rufus H. King,treasurer; Isaac Pulver, SD; A. M. Osborne, JD; David S. Manchester, Tyler. The successive worshipful masters have been

C. C. Givens,James E. Nearing (died May 3d 1868),J. S. Philips,A. M. Osborne,

James Becker,Charles H. Pierson,John F. Sylvester,George C. Fox,

S. M. Bagley,William J. Hughes.

The officers for 1883 were: O. G. Selden, WM; A. P. Kerley, SW; Will R. Post, JW; A. D. Wilbur, secretary; Nelson S. Shaler,Treasurer; E. Gilbert Jr., SD; John Siebel, JD; A. P. Stone, Tyler; Luke Smith, Chaplain. The lodge in Jan 1883, numbered 124members. It met every Thursday evening in St. John’s Masonic Hall.

Seth T. Cole was born in the village of Catskill on 12 Feb 1886, and has resided there since birth. He was educated in the publicschools of Catskill, graduating from the Catskill High School in the class of 1901. In 1907 he entered the Albany Law School andcompleted the course in that institution in 1908, being admitted to the practice of law in Nov 1908. On 1 Aug 1907, Mr. Cole wasappointed to the position of stenographer in the State Tax Department, holding at the present time the important position of StateMortgage Tax Clerk.

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In firemanic circle he is widely know and has been highly honored. He is a member of Hose Company Number One of Catskill, wasSecretary of the Greene County Firemen’s Association for six years and President of the organization for two years, is nowPresident of the Hudson Valley Volunteer Firemen’s Association and a member of the Law Committee of the Firemen’s Association,State of New York.

Mr. Cole was general secretary of Catskill’s Old Home Week Committee in 1908 and general secretary of the Greene CountyHudson-Fulton Celebration in 1909.

He is a member of Catskill Lodge, No. 468, F&AM; Catskill Chapter, No. 285, RAM, Lafayette Commandery, No. 7, KT, CyprusTemple AAONMS, Hudson Lodge No. 787, BPOE, Catskill Tent, No. 869, KOTM, and is President of Catskill Circle, No. 311, PHC.

James P. Philip was born in the Village of Catskill and is a son of the late Jacob S. Philip M. D., the well beloved Homeopathicphysician of local fame. He was educated at the Catskill Academy and graduated from Rutgers College with honor in 1882 asPresident of his class, receiving an appointment to Phi Beta Kappa for scholarship and in 1885 his Alma Mater conferred on him thedegree of Master of Arts.

He was admitted to the New York bar in 1886, having pursued his legal studies at the Albany Law School from which institution hegraduated as President of the class of 1886. Mr. Philip began the practice of law in New York City in connection with the TitleGuarantee and Trust Company and subsequently moved to then City of Brooklyn where he successfully continued the practice oflaw until his return to his native town in 1903 when he assumed the Presidency of the Catskill National Bank, which position he nowoccupies.

Mr. Philip has never sought political preferment, although active in his party affiliation, but has given of his time and means toadvancing and developing the varied interests of his Town and County. At various times he has been a director or officer in TheCatskill Building and Loan Association, Catskill Foundry and Machine Shop, Catskill Chamber of Commerce, The Hudson River IceCompany, The Catskill Mountain Railway Company, Catskill Young Men’s Christian Association, and the Catskill National Bank.

Mr. Philip is a 32 degree mason, a member of the Catskill Lodge No. 468, F&AM. The Crescent Athletic Club of Brooklyn, The ChiPsi Fraternity, Long Island Country Club, The University Club of Brooklyn, The Universities Club of London, England, Catskill RipVan Winkle Club, President of the Republican Club of Greene County, and Life Member of the National Geographical Society ofWashington, D. C.

Mr. Philip married Sarah Louise Pruyn 15 Jun 1898, daughter of Isaac Pruyn (below) and resided at Catskill, NY, and both he andMrs. Philip traveled extensively.

Isaac Pruyn was long identified with the business affairs of Catskill. Born in Kinderhook, Columbia, NY, 25 Nov 1816, he graduatedat the Kinderhook Academy and studied law in the office of Judge Julius Wilcoxson. After being admitted to the New York bar hewent to New York City and practiced law with Judge Moore, but loving nature and the Hudson River Valley with its scenic beautiesof river and mountains he soon after removed to Catskill and entered upon the practice of his profession with the late John VanVleck.

Mr. Pruyn took an early interest in the business affairs of Catskill. With the late C. L. Beach and George H. Penfield he engaged inthe freighting business which preceded the establishment of The Catskill Evening Line. He was one of the Directors of the CatskillMountain Railway Co., and almost every business enterprise established in Catskill having any prospect of success was assured ofhis financial support. After the organization of The Catskill National Bank he became a stock holder and in 1872 was electedPresident, an office he continued to fill without interruption until the summer of 1903 when his failing health caused him to resign.

For the young men he always had a kindly feeling as was illustrated by his many donations to the Drum Corps named after him, themembers of which were thereby enabled to realize their ambition. He died 2 Jun 1904 at the age of 87 years, survived by adaughter, Sarah Louise, wife of James P. Philip, President of The Catskill National Bank. Mr. Pruyn was married to MaryWilcoxson, a niece of Ex-President Martin Van Buren and daughter of Judge Julius Wilcoxson by whom he had five children andafter he death he married Sarah Ann Wilcoxson, sister of his deceased wife.

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JAMES BROWN OLNEY - was born in Hartford, CT, 20 Jul 1833. He is a descendant in direct line:

1st. From Thomas Olney, who was born in England, in 1606, married a Miss Small in 1630, and came to America in 1635; firstsettled in Massachusetts, but when Roger Williams was driven out of the colony, Mr. Olney accompanied him to Rhode Island. Thefamilies were very intimate and became still more closely allied by a number of intermarriages.2nd. Epenetus, second son of Thomas, born in England in 1634, married Mary Whipple in 1666, and had seven children, four sonsand three daughters, of whom –3rd. John was the fifth child. He married Rachel Coggshall, August 11th 1699. The issue of this marriage was five sons and onedaughter, of whom –4th. William, the second child, was born February 22nd 1706. He married Alice Dexter, and had four sons, of whom –5th. Ezekiel was the second child. Ezekiel married Lydia ------, by whom he had twelve children. Ezekiel Olney was a farmer, andlived and died in Union, Toland county, Conn.6th. Jesse Olney, tenth child of Ezekiel, and father of James B., was born in Connecticut, October 12th 1798. He taught school at anearly age, and was principal of the “Stone School” at Hartford, Conn., for 16 years. He was the author of many text books, whichhave been extensively used in the schools throughout the country. Among these are “Olney’s Geography and Atlas,” “The NationalPreceptor,” “The School Reader,” “The Easy Reader,” “The Little Reader,” a “History of the United States,” a “Series of Arithmeticsfor Common Schools,” and a large volume entitled “Family Book of History.” The latter years of his life were chiefly devoted to thecompilation of these volumes. He also took an active interest in the politics of his State. He was elected a number of times to the

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lower branch of the State Legislature, and at one time was the candidate of his party for the Senate, but was defeated. He was Statecontroller for two terms. He took a deep interest in religious matters. He was first a member of the Baptist church, but subsequentlyadopted Unitarian views, and was an active supporter of that denomination.

He married Elizabeth Barnes, by whom he had children as follows:

Charles F., a teacher in the public schools of New York city; James B., the subject of this sketch; George A., a stationer in Brooklyn;Ann Maria, died in infancy; Julia A., living at the homestead; Ellen W., wife of J. Foster Kirk, editor of Lippincott s Magazine; Mary H.,living at the homestead.

Jesse Olney died at Stratford, CT, 30 Jul 1872. His wife survived him, and lived at the homestead in Stratford.

James B. Olney received his primary education in the public schools ofSouthington, Conn., the place to which his father moved from Hartford when he(James B.) was one year old. His academic and preparatory course wasreceived at Lewis Academy, Southington. In 1850, he entered Yale College andcompleted the sophomore year. In 1853, he came to Windham, Greene, NY,where he commenced the study of law, in the office of Danforth K. Olney, acousin, with whom he remained one year, but continued the study with JohnOlney, brother of Danforth K., until he was admitted to the bar in Dec 1855. InMay 1856, he opened a law office in Prattsville, Greene county, and continuedin the practice of his profession there until Dec 1862, when he moved to Catskill,where he entered into a partnership with his old preceptor, D.K. Olney, underthe firm name of D.K. and J.B. Olney. This partnership continued until the springof 1865, when Hon. Rufus H. King became a member of the firm and the namewas changed to Olney, King & Olney. In 1866 James B. Olney withdrew fromthe firm and opened an office on his own account, and has so continued since.Mr. Olney has always taken an active part in local, State and national politics.He has repeatedly served as delegate to the State, Judicial, Senatorial, andCongressional conventions, and for several years was chairman of thedemocratic county committee. In 1857 and 1858, he was judge advocate on thestaff of Brigadier-General Bassett. He was elected to the office of districtattorney of Greene county, in 1859, and reelected in 1862. In 1872, he was acandidate before the convention for attorney-general of the State. Hon. DanielPratt, of Syracuse, received the nomination and was elected. Mr. Olney hasbeen a member of the board of education of Catskill six years, and its president

two years. In the spring of 1883, he was elected supervisor of the town of Catskill. He has been a member of the Masonic ordersince 1860. The estimate in which he is held in the community in which he has passed so many years of his professional life issufficiently attested by the responsible positions he has been called to fill. He married, 13 Oct 1870, Julia P. Watspm, youngestdaughter of Judge Malbone and Mary (Hickock) Watson. Mrs. Olney was born in Catskill 6 Nov 1847. Her father was elected to theoffice of justice of the Supreme Court in June 1847, which position he held till his death, in 1857. Two children have been born toMr. and Mrs. Olney: James Watson, died in infancy, and Jesse Watson, living at home.

THEODORE C. TEALE - was born in Palenville, Greene, NY, 18 Aug 1844, theyoungest of a family of four children of Charles H. and Pauline (Smith) Teale. Thefamily are of German origin. Peter Teale, his grandfather, married ElizabethFoland, in Ghent, Columbia, NY. Six children were the issue of this marriage:Charles Howard, John Henry, Wyan, Frances, George E. and Catherine. The firstfour were born in Rhinebeck, Dutchess county, New York; George E. andCatherine, in Palenville, Greene county. Peter Teale moved from Rhinebeck andsettled in Palenville about the year 1820. He followed his trade of carpenter. Hedied in Palenville in 1826. His wife survived him many years. All the children(1883) are living. All but John are married and have families, and all but Wyanand Frances are living in Catskill.

Charles H. Teale, father of Theodore, was born in Rhinebeck, 19 Nov 1805;married, 4 Jul 1829, Perlina Smith, daughter of Frederick Smith of Catskill. Mrs.Teale was born 5 Jul 1805. Mr. Teale has been farmer and merchant in Palenvillefor 44 years. Appointed post-master of Palenville first under President Harrison,he has occupied the position continuously ever since with the exception of a threeyears interval under President Buchanan. In politics he was first a Whig, and aRepublican from the first organization of the party. Mr. and Mrs. Teale have beenmembers of the Methodist church of Palenville for many years. They have fourchildren, Theodore C., Martha, Charlotte, and Frank P.

Martha Teale has devoted many years to the art of painting and has acquiredconsiderable reputation in her chosen profession. She divides her time betweenthe homestead and New York city. Charlotte (widow of Edgar Goodwin), her

daughter Sarah (widow of Gilbert Haines), and Frank P. are living at the homestead in Palenville.

Theodore C. Teale received his education in the public and private schools of Palenville, and at Claverack Seminary, Columbiacounty, Professor Alonzo Flack, principal. After leaving school, for several years, he was employed as a clerk in his father’s store atPalenville. In 1872 he received the appointment to a clerkship in the New York custom house, under Chester A. Arthur, and from

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1873 to 1878 (the year he resigned), had charge of the records of suits against the collector. The estimate in which Mr. Teale washeld while filling this responsible position is well set forth in the following letter, received after tendering hisresignation:

“COLLECTOR’S OFFICE, May 2nd 1878.

“DEAR TEALE:

“I have had nor more unpleasant official duty to perform than notifying the collector of your resignation. While my relations havebeen exceptionally pleasant with almost every man in my division, you have occupied a place in my regard shared only by twoother men, Balch and Wright. From the very first I felt that you were a gentleman, and I soon found that you were, besides that, ascrupulously faithful official and a thoroughly loyal, trustworthy man. If you had enjoyed better health and had determined to remainin the service, with your intelligence, willingness and integrity, you would have deserved and I doubt not have attained a very highposition.*

Whenever you come to New York you must make the Ninth Division your headquarters, and as long as I am here you will alwayshave a desk and chair at your disposal. “Yours very truly, “DUDLEY F. PHELPS.”

Mr. Teale married, 1 Feb 1875, Addie J. Hinman, daughter of Josiah B. and Ann E. Hinman. Mrs. Teale was born in Palenville, 10Mar 1854. Her parents were among the earliest settlers of Palenville. Mr. Teale built the “Winchelsea,” a summer resort inPalenville, in 1878, and has been ever since its owner and proprietor.

He has taken an active part in politics from the time he was eighteen years of age. In 1879 he was elected chairman of theRepublican Central Committee of Greene county; re-elected in 1880, also in 1882 and 1883, which position he now (1883) holds. In1880 he was appointed postmaster of the Assembly by its speaker, Gen. George H. Sharpe. In 1881, he was elected member of theState Committee form the 15th Congressional District, and in 1882 was elected its secretary. It is only just to say that in thesedifferent positions of trust, Mr. Teale has rendered his party most efficient and satisfactory service.

Upon reaching his majority he became a member of Catskill Lodge, No. 468, F&AM. Mr. and Mrs. Teale have one child, CreightonLee, born 5 Nov 1876.

Aurora Lodge No. 501, Prattsville, New YorkAurora Lodge No. 501, F&AM, was organized in 1827 with Thomas Benham, WM; Sidney Lovejoy, SW; C. K. Benham, JW. But itsexistence was very brief, public feeling at that time being to anti-masonic, so that it did not outlast the year.

Mountain Lodge No. 529, Windham, New YorkMountain Lodge No. 529, F&AM, was organized in Oct 1862, and its charter received 8 Jun 1863. Its first officers were: C. V.Barnett WM, Milo Osborn SW, A. Newbury JW, B. B. Osborn secretary, J. S. Miller treasurer. There were eight charter members.From this time regular communications have been held, and the lodge has grown to a member ship of 108, and it owns the buildingit occupies, known as Masonic Hall. The officers for 1914 were: Charles R. Jennings, WM, Cyrus R. Tibbals, SW, W. S. CammerJW, Irving Brockett treasurer, Arthur Roach secretary, Hylie D. Ratcliff SD, Harold Hitchcock JD, Lewis Munson SMC, Rev. J.Markarian chaplain, George W. Osborn, Marshal, Wilber M. Sanford, Oswell R. Coe Stewards, Sanford J. Osborn Tyler, Levi W.Bloodgood, George R. Winchell, Irving Brockett, Trustees.

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Mountain Lodge, No. 529, F&AM; The following names are found in the warrant: Clinton F. Paige, GM; J. B. Yates Sommers, DGM;Stephen H. Johnson, SGW; James Gibson, JGW; James M. Austin, G. S. The officers of the lodge were: Milo C. Osborn, WM;Daniel C. Tibbals, SW; James Loughran, JW. The lodge has 75 members in good standing and is in a prosperous condition. Theneat and commodious lodge building, located in the central part of the village, is owned by this lodge.

The present officers [1884] are: J. C. Tallmadge, WM; E. Elliston, SW; A. P. Brewer, JW; H. C. Osborn, SD; Curtis Nichols, JD; L. S.Graham, treasurer; A. P. Roach, secretary; W. H. Moon, Tyler; D. C. Tibbles, SMC; Truman Johnson, JMC; O. R. Coe, Chaplain.Meetings are held every Saturday evening in Masonic Hall.

Mountain Chapter, No. 250, RAM:--On 8 Feb 1871, a charter was granted by the Royal Arch Chapter of the State of New York toMountain Chapter, No. 250, RAM, of Windham. The first officers were: Milo C. Osborn, E. K.; William Woodvine, E. S.; Dr. P. I.Stanley, treasurer; J. C. Tallmadge, secretary; W. H. Moon, tyler. Meets every Friday evening in Masonic Hall.

George H. Chase is a native of the mountain section of the county, born and reared on a farm in the town of Jewett, where the highaltitudes and surrounding mountain peaks breed not only pure air and good health but sturdy characters and lofty ideals as well, andhe is thoroughly representative of that section, having in his veins the blood of the Chase, Baldwin and Pratt families, the pioneers ofour mountain settlements and progenitors of a race that put Greene county on the map. When a young man he purchased themercantile business of the later Alfred Peck at Jewett Heights and for many conducted this in connection with his summer hotelbusiness at the place, retiring from the mercantile business two years ago. In all of his business career he maintained a highstandard for upright methods, and enjoyed the confidence and respect of all who had dealings with him. His location has been thecenter of life for the town and he the moving spirit in most of its successful enterprises. He is a member of the Presbyterian churchat Jewett Heights.

As a man of such prominence in his section, Mr. Chase was naturally drafted into the official life of the town, and he successfullyserved as town auditor, town clerk and justice of the peace, and for eight or ten terms was supervisor of the town, thus bringing him

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to Catskill as its representative in the county legislature, where he served with credit and distinction, thereby gaining a largeexperience that enabled him to better serve his constituents in the state legislature at Albany.

Mr. Chase, being a broad minded Republican, has always stood loyally by the principles of his party, with the spirit of which he wasimbued in its earliest and best days, with a liberal interpretation of same, and has always manfully supported his position. He wasnominated for the Assembly by the Republicans of Greene county in 1913 and was elected, receiving 3698 votes to 3282 cast for J.Lewis Patrie, Democrat. He was re-nominated and re-elected in 1914, receiving 3364 votes to 2683 cast for Dr. Sidney L. Ford,Democrat. Mr. Chase is a member of Mountain Lodge No. 529, F&AM, of Windham, N. Y.

Burdette G. Dewell, Chairman of the Board of Equalization Commissioners of Greene County, appointed Dec 1914. A prominentresident of Windham and one of the Democratic leaders of that town. Born at Jewett, Greene, NY, 1 Sep 1874.

Was at one time a member of the Board of Education of Windham High School, is a member of Mountain Lodge No. 529, F&AM,of Mountain Chapter No. 250 R. A. M., of Rondout Commandery No. 52, and of Cypress Temple AAONMS. He is a member of thefirm of Dewell & Moore, the proprietors of the popular Windham Garage.

Benj. I. Tallmadge, born at New Baltimore, Greene, NY, 1 Nov 1869, the son of Thomas D. and Helen M. Tallmadge. He waseducated in the common schools of New Baltimore and by private study at Albany, Oneonta and Windham. He studied law in theoffice of his brother, Hon. Josiah C. Tallmadge, and was admitted to bar Feb 1893, entered into a co-partnership with his brother atWindham under firm name of J. C. & B. I. Tallmadge, which firm existed until the removal of Josiah C. Tallmadge to Catskill in 1897,and from that time he has continued the practice of law alone at Windham.

He was married on 24 Dec 1895 to Rose B. Graham, the daughter of Lucius S. Graham of Windham, and three children were bornof this marriage: Dorothy M., born 26 May 1897, Helen R., born 27 Nov 1899 and Marjorie G., born 25 Jun 1906. His wife, Rose B.Tallmadge, died on 9 Nov 1913.

He has been President of the Board of Education of Windham High School and is now Secretary of that Board; is President of theWindham Elgin Creamery Company of Windham is Secretary and Treasurer of Windham Village Water Company, past President ofWindham Hose Company, Past Master of Mountain Lodge No. 529 F&AM, Past High Priest of Mountain Chapter No. 250, RAM;is a member of Rondout Commandery No. 52 and of Cypress temple AAONMS.

James M. Austin Lodge No. 557, Greenville, New YorkJames M. Austin Lodge No. 557, F&AM, was organized with thirteen charter members in Jul 1865, in the Bentley building,Greenville village. Its first officers were: John W. Hoffman, WM; Electus Ramsdell, SW; Humphrey Wilber, JW; E. Wackerhagen,secretary; David Turner, treasurer; Jams Stevens, SD; B. F. Hisert, JD; Platt Coonley, Tyler. It has had a prosperous career, itsmembership being reported at 90 on 31 Dec 1914, and it owns Masonic Hall, where meetings are held on the 2d and 4th Monday ofeach month. Two grand lodge officers have gone out from this lodge: R. W. William A. Wasson, district deputy grand master in 1893and 1894, and R. W. John H. Sanford, district deputy master in 1911 and 1912. The lodge officers for 1914 were: Peter R. Stevens,WM; Wm. P. Seabridge, SW; Chauncey Spalding, JW, William S. Vanderbilt, treasurer; George L. Cook, secretary; Eugene Sisson,SD; John W. Story, JD; and James L. Wheeler, Tyler.

Successive Masters have been:

John W. Hoffman,John B. Teats,Darius Rundell,Albert Wilber,James Stevens,

D. M. Wooster,Afred Stedman,W. A. Wasson,John Roe,Arthur Hartt,

Chas. P. McCabe,George E. Smith,Albert W. Baker,E. L. Wood,John H. Sanford,

Eugene Spalding,Jahleel L. Bogardus,John Lampman,Peter R. Stevens.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygreen2/fraternities_and_societies.htmThe only secret society in the town of Greenville at the present time is James M. Austin Lodge, No. 557, F&AM. [1884]

The petition for the charter is dated 1 Jun 1864, and contains the following signatures: John W. Hoffman, Luman Ramsdell, I. I. VanAllen, E. Wackerhagen, A. N. Bentley, Humphrey Wilbur, Electus Ramsdell, J. E. Collins, B. F. Hisert, David Turner, JamesStevens, Platt Coonley, and David Griffin.

The first lodge meeting was held 27 Aug 1864, and the following officers were elected: J. W. Hoffman, WM; E. Ramsdell, SW; H.Wilber, JW; J. Stevens, SD; B. F. Hisert, JD; D. Turner, treasurer; A. Wackerhagen, secretary; Platt Coonley, Tyler.

Previous to 1876 the lodge meetings were held in an upper room in the store of A. N. Bentley. In that year their present hall waspurchased, and was dedicated on 26 Feb. Their regular communications are held on the second, fourth, and fifth Saturdays of eachmonth.

The present officers [1884] are: Daniel Wooster, WM; F. Becker, SW; H. Van Houten, JW; A. Wilber, SD; D. S. Powell, JD; JohnRoe, secretary; A. N. Bentley, treasurer; Lewis Brouliard, Tyler; Rev. D. J. Putman, Chaplain; C. A. Coonley, SMC; Lewis Hicock,JMC; J. Stevens, Marshal; C. P. McCabe, Organist; A. W. Baker, Orator; and William Lake, Librarian.

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Alexander Neely Bentley - There are few names more distinguished in theannals of English literature than that of Dr. Richard Bentley, the contemporaryof Swift and Walpole, and whose writings opened a new era in classicalscholarship. Dr. Bentley, who was born at Oulton, England, in 1662, had twobrothers, Thomas and James, who emigrated to Rhode Island in 1720. Thomasremained in America, and was the progenitor of a very numerous and respectedline of descendants.

Thomas Bentley had three sons, William, Benjamin, and Caleb; and his sonWilliam had four sons, Tillinghast, William, Taber, and Pardon.

Pardon Bentley was the father of eleven children: Pardon, Jr., Thomas, William,John, Charles, Augustus, Samuel, Stephen, Margaret, Elizabeth and Susan.

His third son, William, married Abigail, daughter of Elisha Smith, of North East,Dutchess county. He was born in Norwich, Connecticut, and was the youngestof a large family, the children of which were Elisha, David, Jesse, Elijah, Ruth,Eunice, Lydia, Sarah, Jerusha, Elizabeth, and Priscilla.

Elisha Smith was the father of eleven children: Jesse, Elijah, Enoch, Munson,Platt, Sally, wife of Isaac Mygatt, Abigail, Huldah, the wife of Bethel Mather,Sarah, Anna, the wife of Simon Buel, and Hamet, the wife of Alexander Neely.Abigail Smith's first husband was Isaac Hopkins, and they had a daughter,Hannah, and a son Smith Hopkins, whose descendants are living in Orleanscounty.

William Bentley, The father Alexander N., was born 18 Feb 1767. His wifeAbigail was born 4 Apr 1771. By a former marriage, Mr. Bentley had two children: William, whose descendants are in Onondagacounty; and Olive, who married Peter Capnell, whose son Albert C. was, for many years, a prominent lawyer in Brooklyn, NY.

Mr. Bentley married Abigail Hopkins December 13th 1795, and had seven children: Amanda, Alvah, Abigail, George H., Edward S.,and Edwin S. (twins), and Alexander N., the subject of this sketch. William Bentley died September 24th 1820. His widow marriedJames Slade, December 1827.

Alexander N. Bentley was born in Westerlo, Albany, 25 Jul 1814. In Mar 1824, he went to Schagtocoke Point as clerk in a store,where he remained 3½ years. In 1832 he commenced merchantile business in Westerlo, in company with his brother George.

Amanda married John Winston, 8 Oct 1817, and is now (1883) living with part of her family in Evansville, Wisconsin, in her 86thyear. Abigail married Dr. Reuben Winston, 23 Aug 1880, and moved to Lacrosse, Wisconsin, where part of her family still resides.Alvah married Margaret Winston, 14 Sep 1824, and moved to Michigan. A son of his, Jasper, became a prominent lawyer inBrooklyn, and had two daughters, who married lawyers, and who are now living in Lapeer, Michigan. Edwin S. married Nancy M.Gallup, and moved to LaCrosse, Wisconsin, where some of their family still reside. George H. married Almira Lawrence. They livedand died on the old homestead in Westerlo; their family is in Nebraska.

In March 1837 Alexander N. Bentley moved to Greenville, and purchased the stock in trade of Hercules Reed, and has been inbusiness in this place for most of the time since. It is the general opinion that his business has been attended with well meritedsuccess. He was elected town clerk in 1839, and supervisor in 1856, and was postmaster for more than 30 years. He has beenactively interested in all that pertained to the prosperity of his neighborhood. He has acted as trustee of Greenville Academy for 46years; for 12 years he was a trustee of the New York Benevolent and Missionary Society; and is a trustee of the Christian BiblicalInstitute of Stamfordville, NY. During his whole life he has been active in business. In addition to his property in Greene county, he isan extensive land owner in Dakota and Washington territories, and other places in the west, and has several hundred acres undercultivation. Mr. Bentley was married, 28 Jun 1834, to Miss Hannah A. Rundle, of Greenville, a daughter of Josiah Rundle and AbigailLeavenworth. Her grandfather and great grandfather, each named Reuben Rundle, were natives of Greenwich, CT. His familyconsisted of eight children, including four daughters: Fannie E., wife of Prof. James V.D. Ayers, M.A., principal of the graded schoolat Catskill; Carrie L., wife of P.J. Jennings, of Freehold; Emily L., wife of George R. Searles, of Orleans county; and Julia B., wife ofAlmeron Powell, of Coxsackie; and four sons: George N., William A., Albert C., and Charles E. Of these William A. and Albert C. aredeceased. George N. is in California, and Charles E. resides in Greenville with his parents, and is a graduate of Eastman's College.Mr. Bentley has always been connected with the whig and republican parties in politics, and in religious matters his views coincidewith those of that denomination called the "Christian church." It is the freely expressed opinion of his neighbors, that, few men ofGreenville have lived lives of more active and usefulness than Mr. Bentley.

Mrs. Bentley's mother, Abigail Leavenworth, was born in Woodbury CT, 6 Aug 1783. Her father was David Leavenworth, a son ofJohn L., whose father, Thomas, was the son of Thomas Leavenworth who was born in Ripton, England, in 1673, and who,immigrating to this country, became the founder of the family whose members have held high positions in the State. The history ofthe Leavenworth family has been written by Hon. [Bro.] Elias W. Leavenworth, late secretary of State. George N., son of AlexanderN. Bentley, enlisted in the army in the civil war. He was sent with a light artillery company to New Orleans, and then to Texas, andremained until the close of the war.

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Kademah Lodge, No. 693, Cairo, New YorkOrganized 30 Jan 1859, by a dispensation of the grand lodge of the State of New York, granted 19 Jan of the same year. Thecharter members were

Elias L Dutcher,Luke Roe,Seymour Adams,J. S. Miller,Benjamin H. Waldron,Z. Beckwith,T. L. Woods,Edward M. Lennon,

D. S. Eckler,Elijah Utter,John Story,Noah B. Wood,Daniel P. Tremain,Augustus Hill,Edward Pidsley,Henry Steele,

George Wickes,George W. Mead,R. W. Green,Frank G. Walters,Solomon Christian,Edwin E. Darby,Dennis M. Stewart,John A. Mower,

L. K. Byington,Martin Smith,Robert Bridgen,A. TimmermanA. L. Walters.

The first officers were, Elias L. Dutcher, WM; Egbert Yeomans, SW; Edward Adams, JW; Seymour Adams, treasurer; Luke Roe,secretary; J. Seymour Miller, SD; Benjamin H. Waldron, JD; Levi K. Byington, Tyler; Rev. Edward Pidsley, Chaplain; ZenoniBeckwith and Thomas L. Wood, MC.

The regular communications of this lodge are held at the lodge rooms, at Walter’s Hotel, the first and third Saturday in each month.The membership was 61.

The officers elected 15 Dec 1883, were as follows: J. H. Cammer, WM; Reuben W. Green SW; J. A. Mower, JW; Henry Steele,treasurer; F. H. Ford, secretary; Masten Smith, Chaplain; J. N. Smith, Tyler; A. B. Stevens, SD; Noah Wood, JD; J. L. Jacobs,Marshal; Dr. G. H. Noble, SMC; Henry B. Whitcomb, JMC.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygreen2/beers_history_of_greene_county_cairo.htm

Seth Dutcher - Among the earliest settlers in the location known as Round Top wasElias Dutcher, the father of Seth Dutcher. He was born in Dover Hollow, Dutchess,NY, 11 Oct 1755, was among the first to volunteer in the War of the Revolution, andwas with General Israel Putnam in several engagements. He was married on 26 Apr1776 to Mary Rose, by whom he had five children: the eldest, Catharine, born 4 Feb1777; Sarah, born 24 Aug 1779; John, born 16 Aug 1781; Elizabeth, born 18 May1783; Mary, born 25 Mar 1786. His first wife Mary Rose, died 5 Apr 1786. Hemarried his second wife, Elizabeth Felae, 14 Oct 1787. He removed to Cairo about1790, and purchased the property now known as the Dutcher farm (at present ownedand occupied by John Boice and William Johnson), situated under the mountain, nearwhat was called Steuffel's Point, not far from Round Top Hill, and comprising 191½acres of the Greene and Biddle Patent.

On 15 Mar 1796, Seth Dutcher was born in a little log cabin which constituted thehomestead, near the site of the present school-house at Round Top, at this place.His early education was in the log school-house, and was limited to three months ofthe year, which in those days was considered a liberal education. Here he grew tomanhood, and by his industry, perseverance, and economy, was ere long able topurchase a place for himself. On 21 Nov 1818, he married Mary Salisbury, who wasdescended from a long line of illustrious English ancestry. She was born in the townof Hunter, Greene, 22 Apr 1798. By her he had nine children: the eldest, Elias L., b.22 Apr 1820; Edmund P., b. 21 Nov 1822; Simeon L., b. 27 Apr 1825; George H., b. 3Aug 1828; Elizabeth, b. 23 May 1831; Ambrose P., b. 6 Apr 1833; John M., b. 12 Dec

1835; Cyrus A., b. 21 Apr 1838; William L., b. 27 Jan 1841. All but two are now living---Simeon L. died 6 Oct 1877, and Cyrus A.died 10 Jun 1840.

He was an active member and a liberal supporter of the Round Top Methodist church. He was beloved and respected by thecommunity in which he lived for so many years, and left an unblemished record. In 1855 he moved to Ellenville, Ulster county,where he remained until his death which occurred on 14 Jan 1860. His wife survived him.

Elias L. Dutcher, the oldest son, remained on the homestead property until 1857, when he purchased the farm where he now lives.He is a large owner of the land which formed a part of the Greene and Biddle Patent, a portion of which was acquired throughColonel Nathaniel Pendleton an aid-de-camp of General Greene, from whom the county was named. Mr. Dutcher is an activemember of Kademah Lodge, F&AM, of Cairo, of Mountain Chapter of Windham, and Lafayette Commandery of Hudson, NY. TheHotel Kaaterskill on South Mountain, said to be the largest mountain hotel in the world, was built under the supervision of Mr.Dutcher, who supplied a large amount of material for it.

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Hon. Augustus Hill - Among the representative men of Greene county there is notone who is more justly entitled to the honors awarded him by his fellow-citizens thanHon. Augustus Hill. He has a genealogical record of which any man might feelproud, but it is not to birth or fortune that he owes his success in life, for he is a self-made man.

On his father's side he inherits many of those traits of character which distinguishedthe early English settlers of America, but the indomitable will, pluck, and energy thathave enabled him to overcome all obstacles, he inherits from his Scotch ancestryon his mother's side. He was born in Waterbury, CT, 14 Apr1816. When only eightyears of age he came with his parents to Durham, and six years later moved toCairo. The only advantages he enjoyed in early life were those afforded by a fewmonths attendance each year at the district school, but in order to satisfy his thirstfor knowledge he went manfully to work to earn his daily bread. He learned thetailor's trade, and with his earnings he was enabled to meet the necessaryexpenses to fit him for the profession he had chosen. He commenced to study lawwith Mr. P.C. Mattoon, of Cairo, in 1848, working at his trade at the same time. Hereceived his diploma and was admitted to the bar in 1855, and commenced practicein Cairo at once. His reputation as a lawyer was established by his connection withthe celebrated case of "Rickerson vs. Raeder," in which he was council for theplaintiff. The case was tried first in one court and then in another, and finally, afterabout eight years, the Court of Appeals decided in favor of the plaintiff. The practice

of Mr. Hill largely increased during this period; and at the same time he took an active interest in politics. In 1850 he was electedjustice of the peace on the democratic ticket, which office he held for 28 years.

During the war of the Rebellion he made himself conspicuous as a war democrat, and incurred considerable odium amongmembers of his party because of this course; but adopting the motto of the illustrious Clay, "I would rather be right than bepresident," he continued his patriotic efforts. He addressed the first war meeting held in Cairo, and throughout the entire struggle hewas active in behalf of the Union cause. In the fall of 1871 he was selected by the members of his party as their standard bearer,and was elected to the Assembly by a majority of 355. In the following year he was re-elected by a majority of 780. As a publicdebater he was honest, frank and logical, and was regarded as a gentleman of no mean ability by his compeers. He was alwaysfound on the side of honest legislation, and a bitter opponent of the numerous bills that were introduced to rob the people.

He introduced a bill asking for an appropriation of $10,000 for the improvement of the Katerskill Creek. His eloquent and earnestpresentation of the matter secured its passage in the Assembly, but it was defeated in the Senate, on the plea that it would establisha precedent that other cities and towns would take advantage of. The trustees of the village of Catskill held a meeting not long afterthis and adopted resolutions expressing in the strongest terms their appreciation of his efforts to secure this much neededimprovement. He was a member of the committee on railroads, roads and bridges and a sub-committee of the whole. As anevidence of his popularity it may be stated that he has never yet been defeated for any public office. He was twice elected amember of the board of supervisors, the second year he was chairman.

5 Oct 1843 he married Miss Maria T. Prout of Cairo, who for years has been an invalid. By her he had two children, both of whomdied in infancy. Mr. Hill's father, Harvey Hill, was of English descent, and his mother, whose maiden name was Sally McDonald wasof Scotch. To them were born four children, viz: Lucius D., born 5 Feb 1810, a lawyer by profession, now much enfeebled in health;Susan J., born 3 Feb 1812, died 14 Feb 1837; Richard, born 12 Jan 1814, died 15 Mar 1882; and Augustus. Their grandfatherObadiah Hill, was with Colonel Lamb's regiment of Artillery during the war of the Revolution, and was present at the execution ofMajor Andre, the British spy, at Tappan, on 2 Oct 1780. His father was a volunteer in the war of 1812, under the command ofCaptain Luther Hotchkiss of Waterbury, CT, and was stationed at New London, where an attack from the British squadron underCommodore Hardy was daily anticipated. He served throughout the war and died in 1841, aged 54. Mr. Hill's mother spent a longand useful life in this community and her death at the age of 90, which occurred on 4 Dec 1873, was lamented by all who knew her.Mr. Hill has been for years an active member of Kedemah Lodge, F&AM, of Cairo, filling all the positions from J.W. to W. M. Heshows none of the effects of advancing years save his venerable gray hair, and judging from his appearance, his mental andphysical powers will enable him to serve his party, to which he is faithfully devoted, for many years to come.

Social Friendship Lodge No. 741, New Baltimore, New YorkSocial Friendship Lodge No. 741, F&AM, New Baltimore, was constituted 9 Jul 1874, under a charter issued June 5 previous withBarney Gardenier as worship master. Charter members were:

Robert H. Bronk,Isaac Burns,James H. Case,John Colvin,Edwin S. Colburn,John A. Davis,

Dewitt A. Fuller,Anthony H. Holmes,Benjamin Hotaling,John Hotaling,Jacob B. Holmes,George H. Jackson,

L. A. Marshall,James Miller,Stephen Mead,Horace Rennie,George Smith,Stephen Springstead.

A. V. S. Van Derpoel,A. J. Van Derpoel,Ira Willson.

Its Masters have been:Anthony Holmes,John Colvin,Augustus Sherman,Sam. Colvin,

Jacob Carthart,Warren Wolf,L. Colvin,William Gay,

William Fuller,Howard Lomax,Wessel Van Orden,Byron Mansfield,

Martienus Mulder.Jacob Van Fleet,Eugene Wolfe,Barney Gardenier.

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The present Worshipful Master is Dale S. Baldwin. The membership is 64, and regular communications are held on the first andthird Fridays of each month.

http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~nygreen2/fraternities_and_societies.htm

This Lodge was instituted 9 Jul 1874, with 21 charter members , as follows: Anthony H. Holmes, John Colvin, James H. Case,George W. Smith Andrew V. S. Vanderpool, Andrew J. Vanderpool, Ira Willson, Benjamin B. Houghtaling, Leonard A. Marshall,John A. Davis, Jacob B. Holmes, James B. Miller, Isaac Burns, Dewitt A. Fuller, Philo H. Backus, Stephen Mead, Edwin S. Colburn,Horace Rennie, George H. Johnson, Stephen Springstall, John H. Houghtaling.

The first officers were: Anthony H. Holmes, WM; John Colvin, SW; James H. Case, JW. The worshipful masters since, have beenAugustus Sherman and Samuel Carroll Jr. The present officers are: Augustus Sherman, WM; John Colvin, SW; and William C.Carroll, JW. The present membership is 69. [1884]

Mount Tabor Lodge No. 807, Hunter, New YorkMount Tabor Lodge No. 807, F&AM, was instituted at Hunter in Sep 1892, under a charter granted 8 Jun 1893.Its charter members were:

Dwight L. Burgess,Louis Mansfield,Warren Todd,Charles Lake,Willis Baldwin,

J. Leipold,Frank Conerty,A. Traphagen,E. Myers,W. H. Mansfield,

C. Traphagen,Horace Biddel,George Haner,William Bolles,George Ploss,

H. Leaycraft,Wm. Ellis.

It has produced two grand lodge officers: Dayton Slater, assistant grand lecturer, 1908-1909; and Peter Joslyn, assistant grandlecturer, 1914-1915. Regular communications are held Monday evenings in Slater Building, Hunter. The membership is 102. Theofficers for 1914 were: Frederick B. Wilcox, WM; Frank Barkley, SW; Geo. Miller, JW; Dayton Slater, treasurer; Arthur Baldwin,secretary; John Kay, Chaplain, Fred Campbell, S. D.; Fred Schermerhor, JD; Leis Smith, SMC; Ernest Graham, JMC; JamesFromer, Wesley Gripman, Stewards, Wallace Burroughs, Marshal; Howard Vedder, Tyler.

Ulster County

In 1777, the capital of New York State (the first state capital of independent New York) was established at Kingston, though it wassubsequently moved to Wawarsing when the British burned that city.In 1797, portions of Otsego and Ulster Counties were split off to create Delaware County.In 1798, the southernmost towns in Ulster County were moved into Orange County, to compensate Orange for breaking away thesouthernmost portion of that county in order to form Rockland County.In 1800, portions of Albany and Ulster Counties were split off to create Greene County.In 1809, Sullivan County was split off from Ulster County.

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No. Lodge Name Village Chartered Note10 Kingston Kingston 13 Nov 1850 prev. Livingston Lodge No 23, bef. 1782; surrendered until 28

Aug 1808 when it was reorganized as Kingston No. 23; No. 20in 1819 [?]; no record from 1833 to 1850; 'accepted a newcharter,' 13 Nov 1850

10 Kingston Kingston 07 Sep1808 surrendered 25 Dec 1805; new warrant 27 Dec 1808; lastmeeting 1829; new warrant as No. 10 on 13 Nov 1850

15 Ulster Saugerties 06 Jun 1850 became No. 193, GLNY 27 Dec 185018 Steuben Newburgh 27 Sep 1788 then in Ulster Co.; now in Orange Co.; charter applied for by F.

A. Morris & 9 others, June 5, 1788; constituted 27 Sep.Ebenezer Foot, Levi Dodge, and Chas. Clinton, were PM's in1797. Charter prob. surrendered soon after 1800.

23 Livingston Kingston bef 1782 surrendered until 28 Aug 1808 when it was reorganized asKingston No. 23; No. 20 in 1819 [?]; no record from 1833 to1850; 'accepted a new charter,' 13 Nov 1850

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South East 04 Aug 1794 of Tuthill, Ulster Co. in 1860

65 James Middletown 16 Jan1798 surrendered 1798 'for unknown reasons'; No. 85?, 6 Jan 179867 Moriah Marbletown 08 Jan1798

108 United Marlborough 03 Apr1804 see Morton Lodge No. 108 above; extant 1827168 Delaware and Ulster Middletown 01 Jan1808 dest. by fire 1811; struck from rolls 1819193 Ulster Saugerties 23 Dec 1850 prev. Ulster No. 15, 6 Jun 1850, St. John's GL207 Columbia New Paltz 10 Jul1812336 Rising Sun Marbletown 11 Jun1821343 Rondout Rondout 09 Jul 1854

369c Doric Esopus 06 Jun1823405c Milton Marlborough 01 Jun1825 forfeit 8 Jun 1832582 Wawarsing Ellenville 13 Jun 1864718 Adonai Highland 11 Jun 1872

Kingston Lodge No. 10, Kingston, New Yorkhttp://www.nyfotomax.ws/3Freemasonry was instituted in Kingston several years prior to the Revolutionary War and held regular communications until 1777,when the village was burned by the British. Livingston Lodge No. 23, was organized in 1790, and John Addison was installedMaster. On 26 Dec 1805, the warrant under which the Lodge was working was surrendered. 29 Aug 1808, Kingston Lodge No. 23,was organized at the house of Evert Bogardus. In 1821 the number of the Lodge was changed from 23 to 20, and continued to holdregular meetings until 1829, and occasional meetings until 26 Dec 1833, since which no records of its proceedings have beenfound. The Lodge ceased working on account of the feeling excited through the State in consequence of the Morgan abduction.

13 Nov 1850, the charter of Kingston Lodge, No. 20, was renewed, with the number changed to 10, and John Van Buren, who wasMaster of the Lodge when it suspended, was the first Master under the renewed charter. From 1850 to 1870, 4459 masons hadbeen made in Kingston Lodge No. 10, of whom 313 were in good standing at the latter date. The information contained in this articlewas taken from “History of Free Masonry in Kingston, NY, by Henry D. Baldwin.”

CHARTER: November 13. 1850.PREVIOUS LODGES: Kingston Lodge, No. 24, warranted 8 Dec 1790; became No. 20 in 1819.

MASTERS OF No. 24.

1790. John Addison.1791. John Addison.1792. John Addison.1793. Moses Yeomans.1794. Moses Yeomans.1795. Moses Yeomans.

1796. Moses Cantine.1797. Moses Cantine.1798. Peter Elmendorf, Jr.1799. Peter Elmendorf, Jr.1800. Moses Cantine.1801. Moses Cantine.

1802. Moses Cantine.1803. Moses Cantine.1804. John Beekman.1805. John Beekman.

December 26, 1805, warrant surrendered to Grand Lodge by vote of the brethren. Kingston Lodge, No. 23, instituted bydispensation, August 29, 1808, MOSES CANTINE being named as Master. Charter issued December 27, 1808.

MASTERS, KINGSTON, No. 23.

1808. Moses Cantine.1809. Conradt E. Elmendorf.1810. Conradt E. Elmendorf.1811. Samuel Hawkins.1812. John Sudam.1813. John Sudam.1814. Conradt E. Elmendorf.1815. Conradt E. Elmendorf.

1816. John Sudam.1817. John Chipp.1818. Nash Couch.1819. Nash Couch.1820. Seth Couch.1821. Abram Meyer.1822. Abram Myer.1823. Dr. H. Van Hoevenbergh.

1824. John Chipp.1825. Seth Couch.1826. Abram Myer.1827. Dr. H. Van Hoevenbergh.1828. Edward Green.1829. John Van Buren.

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Last Regular Meeting under this Charter held March 20, 1829.

MASTERS UNDER PRESENT WARRANT, KINGSTON, No. 10.

1851. John Van Buren.1852. John Van Buren.1853. Warren Chipp.1854. Warren Chipp.1855. Warren Chipp.1856. Warren Chipp.1857. Warren Chipp.1858. Jacob H. Du Bois.1859. Warren Chipp.1860. Warren Chipp.1861. Henry B. Luther.1862. Warren Chipp.1863. Warren Chipp.1864. James M. Cooper.1865. Lucas V. H. Miner.1866. Warren Chipp.1867. William M. Hayes.1868. John P. Curtis.

1869. Dr. F. W. Ingalls.1870. Christopher Agar.1871. Warren Chipp.1872. Christopher Agar.1873. Alex. J. Forbes.1874. George M. Brown.1875. George M. Brown.1876. George M. Brown.1877. Warren Chipp.1878. Alton B. Parker.1879. Alton B. Parker.1880. John E. Kraft.1881. John E. Kraft.1882. C. C. Ten Broeck.1883. Rev. C. W. Camp.1884. Rev. C. W. Camp.1885. Hyman Roosa.1886. Hyman Roosa.

1887. Levi Rosa.1888. Levi Rosa.1889. N. T. Brodhead.1890. N. T. Brodhead.1891. Everett Fowler.1892. A. H. Van Buren.1893. A. H. Van Buren.1894. C. D. Roosa.1895. C. N. De Witt.1896. C. N. De Witt.1897. S. D. Scudder.1898. A. C. Connelly.1899. A. Van Nostrand.1900. A. Van Nostrand.1901. John P. Roosa.1902. Joseph Drake.

MINUTES: Intact from the institution of Kingston Lodge in 1790.

MORGAN PERSECUTION: In 1829, BRO. JOHN VAN BUREN was elected Master. Regular Communications were held until the 20th ofMarch, that year, when the Lodge ceased to work regularly. Occasional meetings were held, however, at long intervals, until the26th of December,

1833, after which date no record of its proceedings can be found. It is supposed that at about this time the Lodge closed up itsaffairs and ceased working altogether, in consequence of anti-Masonic persecutions. Bro. VAN BUREN was the last regularly electedMaster of old Kingston Lodge, No. 23, and at the time of its suspension filled the chair in the "East." The books and papers of theLodge were taken possession of by Br . JOHN BEEKMAN, who kept them in his custody for upward of twenty years. After BRO.BEEKMAN'S death, they were handed over to the Masonic Fraternity of Kingston by a member of his family.

There were upon the roll of Kingston Lodge, No. 20, at the date of its suspension, about one hundred and sixty members in goodand regular standing, all of whom have been summoned into the immediate presence of the Grand Master of the universe, and restfrom their labors. They were a noble band of brethren, and firm adherents to the principles of their beloved order throughout theentire period of anti-Masonic terror, and they looked forward to the day when persecution would cease, and they be permitted oncemore to assemble in secret council, with "none to molest or make them afraid." The anticipations of some of them were at lengthrealized, and the bright star of Masonry again dawned in the " East," and he who had filled the Master's chair with so much " honorto himself and profit to the Fraternity " in 1833 had the pleasure of being installed as the first Master of Kingston Lodge, No. 10, in1850.

HISTORIC NOTES: An era of prosperity. From the renewal of the charter in 1850, to the first of January, 1870, four hundred andfifty nine Masons had been made in Kingston Lodge, No. 10; and of that number there stood upon the books three hundred andthirteen members in good and regular standing. The remainder had either died, withdrawn, or been stricken from the roll for non-payment of dues.

PRINTED RECORD: "A history of the order in Kingston" in a souvenir pamphlet, issued in 1888, in connection with a Lodge Fairgotten up to assist the Lodge in paying off it quota of the Hall and Asylum debt.

BRETHREN (DECEASED) PROMINENT IN VARIOUS WALKS OF LIFE.

John Van Buren. Theodoric S. Westbrook, Member Congress and Justice Supreme Court.Geo. W. Pratt, Colonel 20th New York State Militia. General George H. Sharpe, Speaker New York Assembly.Rev. Cornelius D. Westbrook. Jacob Hardenberg, State Senator.Lieut. C. W. Chipp, United States Navy. Hon. John Steele, Member of Congress.

Colonel George W. Pratt“The "Ulster Guard" (20th N. Y. State Militia) and the War of the Rebellion,” by Theodore Burr Gates. 1879. Pages 38 -75.http://books.google.com/books?id=IPJYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA64&dq=%22george+w.+pratt%22+%22kingston%22#PPA63,M1

GEORGE W. PRATT was born on 18 Apr 1830, at Prattsville, Greene, NY: His father, Colonel Zadock Pratt (see Oasis Lodge No.119 above], had acquired a fortune in the business of tanning leather, and had achieved considerable reputation as an energeticand sagacious business man. He had represented his district in Congress, and had filled various minor positions of honor and trust.Illiterate himself, he, nevertheless, appreciated the advantages of education, and gave his son the best facilities for acquiring athorough knowledge of books and men. His education, begun here, was completed in Europe. When but seventeen years of age hetraveled over the larger portion of his own country, and a year later crossed the ocean and made the tour of the Continent. Heascended the Nile, and spent much time on its historic banks—not in idleness, but devoting his opportunities to the acquisition ofknowledge, and especially in studying the Arabic language, in which he became proficient. Returning home in 1850, he was made a

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captain in his father's regiment of militia, and assumed the duties of cashier of his father's bank at Prattsville. A few months later heagain went to Europe with his sister. In 1850, when he was but twenty years old, the First University of Mecklinburgh conferred onhim the degree of Doctor of Philosophy.

Young Pratt returned from his second European tour in 1851. His father observed, on theoccasion, that he came back " in good health and much improved. This trip and that previouslymade by Captain Pratt cost about sixteen thousand dollars, but it was money well spent."

On attaining his majority in 1853, his father gave him fifty thousand dollars, and one-half ofthe Samsonville Tannery, the other half of which was owned by General Samson, and from thattime until Pratt's death they continued co-partners.

Pratt had not been spoiled, as so many other young men have been, and will continue to be,by the affluence which surrounded him, and the indulgence with which he was treated. His habitswere industrious, and his tastes studious, with a fondness for literary pursuits. He was anearnest, tireless worker at whatever he set himself about, and possessed an ability for thecomprehension and arrangement of the details of business that was as valuable as it wasunusual.

On the thirty-first of May, 1855, young Pratt was married to Miss Anna Tibbits, daughter ofBenjamin Tibbits, Esquire, of Albany, by the Right Rev. Bishop Potter, of Pennsylvania. Soonthereafter he removed to Kingston, where he resided a few years, and then settled upon a farm which he purchased, on the banksof the Hudson, in the town of Esopus, in Ulster County.

From the moment Pratt took up his residence in Kingston, he identified himself with the affairs of the county, and was foremost inall works of a public character, and especially in those voluntary movements designed to promote the development of the historicalriches of the county—a kind of study of which he was very fond, and in which he would delve with tireless zeal. He was a member ofthe ''Ulster Historical Society," and I cannot better show the character of the man, and the estimation in which he was held by someof the best known and most distinguished men of the county, than by incorporating into this work the proceedings of the society, atits meeting held on the sixteenth of October, 1862—a month after Colonel Pratt's death ; moreover, these proceedings show in whatestimation these gentlemen held the regiment which Pratt had commanded, and what they proposed to do to perpetuate thememory of its heroic services. May their design be carried out ere "the opium of time deals with the memories of men."

In November, 1857, Pratt was elected State Senator from the counties of Ulster and Greene, which composed the TenthSenatorial District. He was a Democrat in politics, but of liberal views, and his personal popularity secured him a large Republicanvote. His majority in the district was 1,493. While in the Senate he did much to promote the interest of the State militia, and he wasrecognized as one of the most earnest, judicious and influential friends of the organization. The State Military Association electedhim its President, and he held that office at the time of his death.

[There follows here, in the referenced book, some lengthy addresses of the Ulster Historical Society]

Col. George W. Pratt – died at the Second Battle of Bull Run (Manassas)

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HTTP://WWW.DMNA.STATE.NY.US/HISTORIC/REGHIST/CIVIL/INFANTRY/80THINF/80THINFMONUMENTPRATT.HTMCol. Pratt's Veteran Regiment.—The 20th New York volunteers, which Col. Pratt of this city raised in river counties, some threeyears since, and in leading which at the second battle of Bull Run, he received a fatal wound, have reenlisted for the war. Theyreached home a week ago yesterday, on a thirty days furlough. They went away 1100 strong and re-turn with about 169. Onehundred of these visited this city yesterday, preceded by a full brass band and a large number of civilians, who had been in theregiment, but resigned or were discharged. The object of the visit yesterday was to present to the family of their lamented Colonel,the flag under which he fell. The presentation speech was made by the Lieut. Colonel of the regiment. The son of Col. Pratt receivedthe color, and Gov. Seymour responded in behalf of the family. The affair took place at the residence of Col. Pratt's family. Afterthese ceremonies the regiment partook of dinner at the American and left in the afternoon.

Bust of Col. Pratt.Col. Zadock Pratt has caused to be cut on the face of the high rocks which are conspicuous near the village of Prattsville, a colossalbust of his son, Col. George W. Pratt. The bust is cut in military costume, and bears a striking resemblance to the departed hero.Underneath the bust is the following inscription:

HON. GEORGE W. PRATT, Ph. D., Col. XXth Regt. N. Y. S. M., Ulster Guard.Born April 18th, 1830, wounded in the 2d Battle of Manassas, Va.

Died at Albany, N. Y., Sept. 11, 1862.GOOD, BRAVE, HONORABLE.

Presentation of a Battle Flag.

One of the most interesting presentation events that has occurred in our city since the War began, took place yesterday—theoccasion being the presentation by the 20th Regiment, N. Y. S. Militia, of one of their Battle Flags, to Master George S. Pratt, son oftheir old Commander, the lamented Colonel George W. Pratt. The Regiment, which is reduced to about one hundred and twenty-fivemen, rank and file, left Kingston yesterday morning, arriving here about half-past twelve, accompanied by a full band, and a largedelegation of citizens from Ulster county. They marched to the Capitol, and from there to the residence of Mrs. Pratt, in Hawk street,where the presentation took place.

Col. Gates, speaking in behalf of his Regiment, after alluding to the high-toned and unspotted character of the deceased, said thatseven years ago, the officers of the battalion induced him to accept the office of Colonel. At that time the Militia of the State was inanything but a desirable condition, and the 20th was small in numbers; but it was not long after Colonel Pratt took command beforeit reached proportions that none had anticipated, and occupied a position second to but few in the State. He was among the first totender his services and his Regiment to the country when she needed and heroic example on all occasions, inspired his men with alasting admiration for him. Our love for his memory—our respect for his family—brings us here to-day. We come from the battle-field, where we have left many a comrade, to tender to his son one of the tattered banners under which his noble father fell. Whenthe Rebellion broke out Colonel Pratt was one of the very first to tender his Regiment. It seemed as though every missle [sic] hurledagainst Fort Sumter shook and thrilled his fragile frame, and, if possible, filled him with a deeper love for his country. It seemed asthough he felt that he could make no sacrifice too great in aid of his country, against this unholy Rebellion.—On the 26th of April,1861, the Regiment marched to the seat of war nearly one thousand strong. It had then enlisted for three months; and after servingthat term faithfully, returned home, re-organized, and again enlisted, this time for three years, and again under the lead of theirfavorite Colonel; and it was fated that our beloved and heroic commander should fall in the defence of his country. He received hisfatal wound in the second Bull Run battle. Always kind, always generous, always good and noble, I cannot (said Col. G.) depict thegrief of the Regiment on learning of their loss. He has gone to his long rest, and knowing him as well as I did (said the speaker), Icannot doubt but that his rest is both peaceful and happy. We feel that his life was closed all too soon. We know that it was not livedor lost in vain; and it should be, as it is, I believe, our study and hope to emulate his example, to the end that when peace is restoredto our country, and the majority of the law is again supreme, we may enjoy a portion of general respect, which was so largely hisshare, and which is now paid his memory. In behalf of the Regiment, (said Colonel G., addressing the boy) officers and men, andthe men not less than the officers, I present you this Battle Flag. Its wounds were received where your father fell.—When it waspresented to the Regiment, he pledged himself that it should ever be religiously defended. It has no mark of dishonor. All its scarsare honorable, and we believe that it will be beloved and held sacred by you, as it has been and is by us, for the sake of the memoryof your deceased father.

Master Pratt said, in reply:—I thank the Twentieth Regiment for these colors. I thank them for remembering my father. I will try to beas good and brave a man as he was.

Governor Seymour, responding for Master Pratt, said:—Soldiers of the Twentieth Militia, on behalf of a sorrowing and strickenfather,—on behalf of a mourning family—and speaking for the orphan children,—I thank you for this manifestation of love for thememory of one who distinguished himself as your leader.—They will treasure up this sad memento as among their most preciousgifts. We have watched the history and course of every Regiment that has left our State, with anxiety as well as with pride, and nonehave challenged greater admiration than your Regiment. How many of your comrades have lost their lives your diminished numberstell in language more eloquent than the mouth can utter; and let me assure you that in the future there will be one household whereyou will ever be remembered with mournful interest—one family that will always feel the deepest interest in your career andwelfare—one house where it will be felt that, between it and your organization, a new relationship exists. This banner will be dearlycherished by him into whose hands you have placed it to-day. It will speak to him of the spotless character of his father—of hisvirtues and of the love borne him for those virtues by his comrades in arms; and God grant that he emulate the example thus sethim.

Once more, I thank you for this evidence of devotion to the memory of your late commander—for the generous, manly, soldierlyaffection that has led you to manifest, in this delicate way, your continued regard for his memory, and the respect that you entertainfor his family; and I again assure you that your invaluable gift will ever be most dearly prized—that there is one family where yourhappiness will be a source of solicitude—one family where everything that relates to your Regiment will be of fireside interest.Subsequently the Regiment, as the guests of Mrs. Pratt, sat down to a sumptuous dinner at the American Hotel. While there, MasterErastus Corning, son of E. Corning, jr., and a nephew of the late Colonel Pratt, made his appearance amongst them, and presented

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each of the soldiers with a tract, evidently to their great pleasure. Soon after 4 o'clock they took the cars for home, Master Pratt, withothers, accompanying them across the river, and as the cars were leaving they gave him rounds of hearty cheers.

At a special communication of Kingston Lodge No. 10, of F&AM, held at the Lodge Room, in Kingston, on Saturday evening, 13 Sep1862, the death of Brother George W. Pratt was announced by Worshipful Brother Warren Chipp. On motion, it was resolved that acommittee of five be appointed to prepare and present resolutions expressive of the sense of this Lodge upon the death of BrotherGeorge W. Pratt. Whereupon the Worshipful Master appointed Brothers John B. Steele, Henry Van Hoevenburgh, William S.Kenyon, Henry B. Luther, and Abraham A. Deyo, Jr., such committee.

On motion, it was resolved that this Lodge attend the funeral of Brother George W. Pratt, in a body, and that the Lodge be draped inmourning for the space of sixty days.

The committee reported as follows: which, on motion, was accepted, and the preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopted.

WARREN CHIPP, W. M.,[L. S.] ISAAC VAN BUREN, Sec. pro tern.

To the Worshipful Master, Wardens and Brethren of Kingston Lodge No. 10, of Free and Accepted Masons.

The undersigned, a committee appointed to prepare and present resolutions expressive of the sense of this Lodge upon thedeath of our lamented Brother, George W. Pratt, respectfully report for consideration the following preamble and resolutions :

PREAMBLE.

Upon the fall of Sumter, as the report "borne upon the lightning's wing," flashed over the land, such an effect upon loyal citizens wasexperienced as might have been expected had the tocsin of war Bounded in their ears or the roar of hostile cannon thundered attheir gates. Here, as if the subtile fluid which transmitted the intelligence, had electrified our people, they spontaneously gatheredtogether for counsel and for war. As all such grand impulses need a definite object and aim to become useful, so this noble outburstof patriotism required a practical direction.

A young gentleman of modest pretensions, with stern and high resolve, moved quietly and calmly among the people. He waswell known, and it seemed that his appearance had given direction to all thoughts, upon the instant; the pent-up feelings foundexpression in prolonged cheers for Colonel George W. Pratt. From that moment our course was taken, and in an incredibly shortspace of time our noble and patriotic 20th, with their gallant young commander, went forth to battle. Their blood has moistenedmany a hard-fought field, and many a stout heart, which then beat high, is now cold in death. The horse that bore the leader of thatgallant band has returned without his rider, and we must now mourn the death of our well-beloved brother, George W. Pratt, andmingle our tears and sympathies with those who weep for him.

RESOLUTIONS.

1st. Resolved, That in the death of Colonel George W. Pratt, caused by fatal wounds received while manfully contending for thehonor of our flag and the preservation of our glorious Union, upon the recent battlefields of Virginia, this Lodge has lost a much-loved and worthy brother ; the community a most useful and important citizen ; his family, a dutiful and affectionate son, husband,and father, in whom was justly centered much of hope and pride ; the armies of our country, a brave, intelligent and enterprisingofficer ; and the Church of God, a highly useful and consistent member.

2d. Resolved. That while the virtues, talents, and acquirements of our deceased brother were of that high order as naturally andproperly to inspire him with confidence and self-possession, and his ample fortune and social position such as to draw around himmany to court and flatter, yet his ability was not more conspicuous than his modesty, and his natural simplicity of habits and manner,genuine goodness of heart, and firm integrity of purpose were proof against all the allurements of wealth and blandishments ofsociety. In his legislative career, while occupying the position of State Senator from this district, he was, as in private life, eminentlypractical and useful; and when we see one thus gifted stricken down in the first vigor of youthful manhood, we are constrained tosay, "Thy ways, O God, are mysterious and past finding out."

3d. Resolved, That although we would not detract from the just meed of praise due to any who, struggling against poverty andadversity, have perseveringly encountered and overcome obstacles to success, neither would we he unmindful of the trials andtemptations which beset the pathway of such as would devote themselves to a life of usefulness and toil, when possessed of thatwealth and position which, so fatally to many, invite to a life of inglorious indolence or more fatal indulgence ; and we feel a naturaland just pride in the example of our deceased brother, who, with every inducement and facility to seek his own enjoyment and ease,could, in time of peace, subject himself to the severe discipline of regular business habits, and when his country called to arms,unhesitatingly surrender all the enjoyments of a luxurious home for the privations and hardships of the camp, and, resisting theentreaties of a loving and beloved family, offer himself a willing sacrifice upon the altar of his country.

4th. Resolved, That in addition to the usual formalities, this Preamble and Resolutions be entered in full upon the minutes of theLodge, and properly engrossed copies be furnished to the father and widow of the deceased.

5th. Resolved, That such portion of the proceedings of this Lodge, in reference to the death and burial of our deceased brother,George W. Pratt, as may properly be printed, according to the usages and customs of the Order, be furnished to the newspapers ofAlbany, Greene and Ulster Counties, for publication.

All which is respectfully submitted. KINGSTON, Sept. 13th, 1862.JOHN B. STEELE,

HENEY VAN HOEVENBURGH,ABM. A. DEYO, JR.,

W. S. KENYON,H. B. LUTHER,

Committee.

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Zadoc Pratt, son of Lemuel and Mary Ann (Brinck) Boice, was born 29 Jul 1858, and lived in Kingston, Ulster, NY. He received hisearly education in the public schools of Shokan, Ulster, NY, until he was sixteen years of age, when he was for one winter a pupil atthe private school of Miss Sally Inghram. He then worked for his father for a few years, and was also in the employ of C. C. Winniefor a short time. In 1878 he formed a partnership with D. W. Ennist and engaged in the grocery business, in which he continued until1 Oct 1885, when he purchased the estate, consisting of eighteen pieces of property at West Shokan, which had formerly beenowned by his father. He is an extensive owner of real estate and a progressive, successful business man. In Jun 1894, he waselected one of the directors of the State of New York National Bank in Kingston, an office he still holds, and he is also one of thetrustees of the Ulster County Savings Bank. He is a Republican in politics, and has been a member of the county central committeefor many years. In 1893 he was elected supervisor, and re-elected to that office in 1894 for a term of two years ; and in 1906 he waselected by an overwhelming majority to the office of sheriff of Ulster county. He is a member of Kingston Lodge No. 10, F&AM, andis also a member of Mountain Gate Lodge No. 299 of the Knights of Pythias at West Shokan. He married, 6 Oct 1880. DeliaElmendorf, of Olive township, Ulster. NY. Children: Lena, born 12 Feb1883 and Delta, born 2 Sep 1891.

Thomas De Witt Abrams, son of Matthew and Louisa J. (Turner) Abrams, was born 3 Apr 1872, at Marbletown, Ulster, NY. At theage of five, his father being then dead, he settled with his mother at High Falls, New York, where he received his preliminaryeducation in the district schools. Later he took a two years' course at Albany Business College. After leaving college he became aclerk in Thomas Snyder's general store at High Falls, and continued in that position for some years. In 1893 at the age of21 he was appointed postmaster at High Falls by President Cleveland. At the expiration of his term in the postmastership (in 1897)he settled in Walden, Orange county, New York, and became engaged in the grocery business with his brother. This connectioncontinued for the next six years. On 25 Feb 1905, Mr. Abrams went to Kingston, NY, and became interested in the automobilebusiness, continuing in this industry until he retired after a period of five years. In 1905 he became one of the incorporators of theBrown Manufacturing Company, and was elected treasurer, a position he still retains, becoming actively engaged in themanagement of the company in 1913. Mr. Abrams is also interested in several corporations in Walden, and is a prominent,progressive man of the younger class. He is an attendant of the Fair Street Reformed Church of Kingston. Among societies he is amember of Kingston Lodge No. 10, F&AM; of Mount Horeb Chapter No. 75, RAM; of Rondout Commandery No. 52; of MeccaTemple, AAONMS, New York City; of the Knights of Pythias and the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, of Walden, NY; and of theElks and Kingston clubs of Kingston, NY. He married, 26 Apr 1893, at High Falls, NY, Fanny, daughter of William Oscar and Elvira(Hasbrouck) Church, of High Falls, New York, mentioned below. Children: Oscar Evans, born 5 Jan 1894, and now attendingRutgers College; Wilma, 26 Jun 1896.

Andrew N. Barnes, son of George and Charlotte (Twitchett) Barnes, was born in Kingston, N, 18 Nov 1847. He was educated atthe Kingston Academy, and at the age of fourteen years entered the dry goods house of Merritt & Crosby, in Kingston, and was laterpromoted to the position of confidential bookkeeper, and manager of the branch of the firm at Rondout, NY. In 1873 he purchasedan interest in the dry goods firm of James O. Merritt, Brodhead & Company. In 1877 he was appointed postmaster at Rondout, NY,by President Hayes, was reappointed by President Arthur, and retired from office in 1886. He then purchased an interest in thewholesale furniture business of Knight & Gregory, in Kingston, the firm becoming Knight, Gregory & Barnes, and so continuing until1887, when Mr. Knight disposed of his interest, and the firm became Gregory & Barnes, and remained so until Mr. Barnes sold hisinterest in the firm and retired from active business in 1912. He is a Republican in politics, and was alderman from the second wardof Kingston from 1895 to 1897. For 25 years he was a member of the Kingston Board of Trade, and for twelve years a director. He isa member of Kingston Lodge, No. 10, F&AM. At one time he was president of the Young Men's Christian Association; and since1874 he has been president of the board of trustees of the Albany Avenue Baptist Church, and for fourteen years wassuperintendent of its Sunday school. Mr. Barnes married, 20 Jun 1871. Sarah K., born 27 Aug 1846, daughter of John S. and AnneEliza (Cramer) Willis. Her father, a merchant and cracker manufacturer in Kingston, died 25 Feb 1884; her mother was born 12 Dec1822, and died 24 Mar 1892. Child of Mr. and Mrs. Barnes : C. Everett.

Rev. Frank B. Seeley, son of Rev. Frank and Martha (Weeks) Seeley, was born 10 May 1872, and is now living in Kingston, NY.He was educated at the Delaware Academy, in Delhi, NYk, and graduated from Middlebury College in 1893; then entered UnionTheological Seminary in New York City, from which he was graduated in 1896. He was licensed and ordained to the ministry by theOtsego Presbytery in May 1896, and was pastor of the church at Margaretville, Delaware. NY, from May 1896, to Apr 1897. On 1Apr 1898, he assumed the charge of the Fair Street Reformed Church, in Kingston, New York, in which pastorate he still continues.He is a member of Kingston Lodge, No. 10, F&AM, of which he is a Past Master. He married, 4 Jun 1896, Virginia St. Clair,daughter of Hewitt and Caroline (St. Clair) Boice. One child died in infancy.

GRAND LODGE OFFICERS.

Warren Chipp, District Deputy. Christopher N. De Witt, District Deputy.John E. Kraft, District Deputy 10th District.

DELAWARE AND HUDSON CANAL: "In 1820, Br . ABM. MYER was again chosen Master. Nothing unusual occurred until the 26th ofNovember, when the Lodge was invited by the managers of the Delaware & Hudson Canal Company to take part in their canalcompletion celebration. The invitation was accepted, and the brethren proceeded to Eddyville in carriages, formed in processionafter arriving (headed by the Master), proceeded to the tide-water lock, and there laid the cap-stone in due Masonic form, whichcompleted this great artificial channel from the Delaware to the Hudson River. BRO. MYER delivered the address upon this occasion,which was extremely able, and listened to by the vast crowd of spectators with marked attention. At the conclusion of these servicesthe members of the Lodge and other guests were invited by the managers of the canal on board of a boat fitted up expressly for theoccasion, and proceeded several miles up the canal. A band accompanied the party and discoursed sweet music for theexcursionists, and upon their return to tide-water the whole party partook of a bountiful repast provided at the house of Mr. H.RADCLIFF. This latter entertainment, we think, must have been at the expense of the Lodge, as we find by their proceedings the "fullmoon" following that $75.90 was appropriated from the Lodge fund to pay for dinners at Eddyville, written in the bold, legiblehandwriting of JOHN VAN BUREN, then secretary of Kingston Lodge."-—Lodge Record.

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On the 15th of February, 1828, the following preamble and resolution were adopted:"WHEREAS, In the afflictive dispensations of Divine Providence, our worthy Br . DE WITT CLINTON has been removed from us by

death;"Resolved, That in token of our high respect for his exalted individual and Masonic virtues, and our sincere and deep regret for

his loss, this Lodge be clothed in mourning for sixty days."

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Dr. Charles Oliver Sahler, son of Solomon (2) and CaroHne (Winfield) Sahler, was born at the home of his maternal grandfather inthe town of Esopus, Ulster, NY, 23 Jun 1854, and lived in Kingston, Ulster, NY. He received his early education in the publicschools, and also under the tutorship of John H. Van Wagenen, who was at one time principal of the University of NorthernPennsylvania. He also took up the study of medicine and at the age of twenty years entered the College of Physicians andSurgeons (medical department of Columbia University), in New York City, from which he graduated in the class of 1878. Heimmediately commenced the active practice of his profession in Kyserike, and remained there for thirteen years, at the end of whichtime he opened an office in Kingston. Early in his career he became interested in mental therapeutics, and for many years, even asa young physician and knowing nothing of the experiments that were then being made in Europe, he made use of it in his practice,often being himself astonished at the results that he obtained, and he was among the first of the regular practitioners in this countryto recognize the power of the mind as a curative agency, and largely through his own experiments discovered that diseases couldbe overcome through the mind, that failed to respond to ordinary medical methods, and began using mental suggestion in hispractice with most gratifying results. This fact becoming known, his services were sought to such an extent that he finallyabandoned his large lucrative medical and surgical practice and opened a sanitarium for the treatment of nervous, mental andfunctional disorders by the then almost unknown methods of psychotherapy. In 1893 he purchased the fine old estate of MariusSchoonmaker, in Kingston, and in 1898 founded there the first mental healing sanitarium in America. From the first the success ofthe undertaking was phenomenal, and it was but a short time before he was compelled to make extensive additions to the building,and to erect others, besides taking in all the available cottages and extra rooms in the neighborhood; and in 1911 he erected ahandsome, five story, stone structure to accommodate the patients who came to him from all parts of the world. He is the author ofthe book "Psychic Life and Laws," is a contributor to several magazines, and for a time occupied the chair of Nervous Diseases andSuggestive Therapeutics of the post-graduate school of Eastern College and of the Psychological Medical Society at Philadelphia.

He was vice-president of the American Association of Physicians and Surgeons, and is a member of the American PsychologicalMedical and Surgical Society, and of the Medico-Legal Society, and lectured before the Phrenological Institute and Medical andPsychic Study societies of New York and New Jersey. He was a member of Kingston Lodge, F&AM; Mount Horeb Chapter, andRondout Commandery, Knights Templar. He married, in 1880, Jennie, daughter of James and Sarah (Alliger) Sahler, referred toabove. Child (adopted): Nellie, daughter of Simon Davenport and Jennie (Sahler) Davenport.

John Winfield, great-grandfather of Charles Oliver Sahler. was born 9 Sep 1764, died 5 Feb 1853 ; and his wife, JaneVan Nostrand, was born 12 Mar 1770, died 28 Oct 1849. John Winfield was a soldier in the revolution. His gun is now in possessionof James M. Winfield, M.D., Brooklyn, NY. He also was made member of the Livingston Lodge, No. 23, 18 Dec 1799.

There is a silver medal with name, date of initiation and with the dove and olive branch on one side, and on the reverse side all ofthe emblems of the Master Mason. This jewel was given to his son, Casparus Winfield, who was also a member of the same lodge,called Kingston No. 10. He, John Winfield, attended a banquet given by the city of Kingston to its veterans 10 Sep 1832; wasoverseer for Hurley in 1781; assessor for Esopus in 1811; trustee of the corporation of Kingston, 1813-14-15; school commissionerfor Esopus, 1813-44.

Jane Van Nostrand was a daughter of Casparus Van Nostrand, a soldier of the revolution, and Eva Frelinghuysen; and agranddaughter of Judge Van Nostrand and Annatie Steimets. Eva Frelinghuysen was a daughter of the Rev. JohannesFrelinghuysen and Dinah Van Berr, and a sister of General Frederick Frelinghuysen. Their grandfather, the Rev. JacobusFrelinghuysen, was sent by the classes of Amsterdam to take charge of the Dutch Reformed Church in New Jersey in 1719. Hemarried Eva Terhune.

Steuben Lodge No. 18, Newburgh, New YorkConstituted 27 Sep 1788, when Newburgh was in Ulster Co.

In 1798, the town of Newburgh and several other towns in southern Ulster County were transferred to Orange County, tocompensate for the southernmost part of Orange County being cut away to form Rockland County. The town of Newburgh hasremained a part of Orange County ever since. The village of Newburgh was incorporated in 1800.

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Dodge, Levi (0-00) Lieutenant, in New Hampshire line (not listed in D.A.R. index)In a letter to the Editor in a 1926 newspaper, “….other veterans of the War of Independence, whose graves may or may not havebeen similarly marked, are interred in the same burying ground…. Levi M. Dodge, brick manufacturer and village president….all liein unknown graves.” Levi Dodge signed the 1775 pledge of association at Weigand’s Broad Street Tavern. On April 6, 1793, LeviDodge was appointed one of 8 ‘active persons’ (in the committee of the South District) to hand petitions about concerning theannexation of the south end of the county of Ulster to the north end of the county of Orange. Immediately after the incorporation ofthe village, an act was passed on March 20, 1801 appointing Levi Dodge and others as Directors of the Newburgh & CochectonTurnpike Road, with a capital of $125,000, for the construction of a road from Newburgh to the Delaware River. The bank ofNewburgh was incorporated by act of the Legislature in March 22, 1811. Levi Dodge became the fourth cashier, succeeded in 1836by George W. Kerr. Levi Dodge was a P. M. in 1797 in the first Newburgh Masonic Lodge “Steuben Lodge, No. 18” whosecharter was dated September 27, 1788. He served the Village Board of Trustees as a Corporation Officer 1816.------

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The first Masonic Lodge in this section of the state was that which followed the army. It was called "American Union Lodge," andduring the encampment of the army here its sessions were held at the head quarters of the different officers alternately. It was in thislodge and at Newburgh that LaFayette united with the fraternity.

The first located lodge in Newburgh was "Steuben Lodge, No. 18." Its charter was applied for by F. A. Morris and nine others, 5Jun 1788, and it was constituted 27 Sep, of that year. We have not been able to obtain any further facts in reference to its history ormembership except that Ebenezer Foot(e), Levi Dodge, and Chas. Clinton, were PM's in 1797. Its charter was probablysurrendered soon after the commencement of the present century.

In 1806, "Hiram Lodge, No. 131," was constituted (in Orange Co.) — Jonathan Fisk, M.; Chas. Baker, SW; John R. Drake, JW. Itscharter was surrendered in 1831. In 1842, (Sept. 7,) the charter was revived and the number changed to No. 92—Peter F. Hunn, M.;Minard Harris, SW; James Belknap, JW. It was again surrendered in 1844. In 1853, (June 11,) "Newburgh Lodge, No. 309," wasconstituted and is now in a flourishing condition.*

* The oldest located lodge in this section of the state, was constituted at Fishkill [Dutchess Co.]. June 7,1786, on the petition ofHugh McConnell and others. It bore the title of "St. Simon and St. Jude Lodge [No. 12 renumbered No.14 in 1819]."

Charles Clinton may have been Dr. Charles Clinton [Jr.], b. 20 Jul 1734 in Little Britain, NY; d. 3 Apr 1791 of TB, unmarried;brother of Gov. George Clinton. Charles was a surgeon in the British navy at the capture of the Havana.

His father, CHARLES Clinton [Sr.], married in Ireland Elizabeth Denniston. They had 7 children, 3 born in Ireland and 4 in America.Their children were: I. CATHARINE, b. in Ireland 11 Aug 1723, m. Capt. James McClaughry, 22 Jun 1749; d. without issue 28 Nov 1762. II. JAMES, b. in Ireland 31 Mar 1726; d. on the passage to America, 28 Aug 1729. III. MARY, b. in Ireland 11 Jul 1728; died on the passage to America, 2 Aug 1729. IV. ALEXANDER, b. in Little Britain 28 Apr 1732; m. Nov 1757 Mary Kane; d. at Shawangunk,11 Mar 1758, w/o issue; a physician V. CHARLES, b. in Little Britain 20 Jul 1734; d. 3 Apr 1791, a physician and surgeon, unmarried. VI. JAMES, b. in Little Britain 9 Aug 1736 [1733?]; d. there 22 Dec [Sep?]; 1812;Brigadier-General in the Revolutionaryarmy; was promoted to Major-General at the close of the war. Father of DeWitt Clinton. VII. GEORGE, b. in Little Britain Sunday, 26 Jul 1739; d. in Washington, DC, 20 Apr, 1812; Governor of NY & VP of the US.

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Levi Dodge was born at Lunenburg, MA, 21 Nov 1751; d. at Newburgh, Orange Co., NY, bef. 10 Feb 1829. Levi was the fourth sonof Reuben and Ruth (Perkins) Dodge. He was a resident of Beverly, MA, before the Revolution. The following sketch for his servicein the Revolutionary War appears in Massachusetts Soldiers and Sailors of the Revolutionary War (4:829).

Levi Dodge, Lunenburg. Capt. Josiah Stearns’s co., Col. Ephraim Doolittle’s Regt.; company receipt for advance pay datedCambridge, July 10, 1775; also, Private, same co. and Regt.; company return dated Winter Hill, Oct. 6, 1775.

Levi Dodge, Lunenburg. List of men raised to serve in the Continental Army from Capt. David Carlisle’s co., 8th Worcester Co.Regt., as returned to Col. Abijah Starns (Stearns), dated Lunenburg, Jan. 9, 1778; residence, Lunenburg; engaged for town ofLunenburg; joined Capt. Warner’s co., Col. Marshall’s Regt.; term, 3 years; also, Sergeant, 3d co., Col. Thomas Marshall’s Regt.;Continental Army pay accounts for service from Feb. 25, 1777, to Nov. 1, 1777; reported promoted to Ensign Nov. 1, 1777; also,Lieutenant, Col. Marshall’s Regt.; Continental Army pay accounts for service from Nov. 1, 1777, to Dec. 31, 1779; reported asserving 11 mos. 23 days as Ensign, 14 mos. 8 days as Lieutenant; also, Ensign, Capt. William Warner’s co., Col. Thomas Marshall’s(10th) Regt.; muster roll for Jan., 1779, dated West Point; engaged Nov. 6, 1776; also, Capt. William Warner’s (6th) co., Col.Marshall’s Regt.; muster roll for March, 1779, dated West Point; reported transferred to Capt. Marshall’s co. April 1, 1779; alsoreported on command at the Lines; also, Capt. Christopher Marshalls (7th) co., Col. Marshall’s Regt.; muster roll for April, 1779,dated West Point; reported on command at the Lines; also, Lieutenant, Col. Marshall’s Regt.; Continental Army pay accounts forservice from Jan. 1, 1780, to Dec. 31, 1780; also, 4th co., Col. Marshall’s Regt.; muster roll for Oct.-Dec., 1780, dated Huts nearWest Point; appointed Dec. 15, 1778; also, Col. Benjamin Tupper’s (10th) Regt.; pay roll for service and subsistence made up toJan. 1, 1782; entered service Aug. 1, 1780; service, 12 mos.; wages allowed from Jan. 1, 1781, to Jan. 1, 1782, and subsistenceallowed from Aug. 1, 1780, to Jan. 1, 1782; reported appointed Quartermaster Aug. 14, 1781; also, Lieutenant and Quartermaster,Col. Tupper’s (10th) Regt.; service from Jan. 1, 1782, 12 mos.

Sergeant, 10th Massachusetts, 10 Dec 1776; Ensign, 1 Nov 1777; 2nd Lieutenant, 15 Dec 1778; transferred to 1st Massachusetts,1 Jan 1783, and served to 3 Nov 1783. He was granted a Bounty Land Warrant 2 May 1789, he also applied for a pension 22 Apr1818 in New York City, NY.

Levi was an Original member of the Massachusetts Society of the Cincinnati from 1783 until 1829. In 1789, Levi Dodge was aDeputy Sheriff for Ulster County, NY. He resided in New York, NY, in 1818. In Sep 1844, Levi Peabody Dodge was the executorof Lieutenant Levi Dodge’s estate, and one of the heirs. No adult issue. Levi had four brothers and six sisters, including: Reuben, b.1743; Jesse, b. 1744; Mary, b. 1746; Tabatha, b. 1748, d. 1756; Brewer, b. 1749; Tabitha, b. 1753; Zadok, b. 1756; Ester, b. 19April 1758, d. 1763; John Perkins, b. 1760; Ruth, b. 1762.

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http://diglib.princeton.edu/ead/getEad?id=ark:/88435/6m311p35m

Ebenezer Foote, born in 1756, volunteered as a soldier at the beginning of the American Revolutionary War and eventually left thearmy in 1783 with the rank of major. Foote worked in Ulster County, NY, in the mercantile business until 1797, at which time he wasappointed county clerk for the newly formed Delaware County. Foote also served as a member of the New York State Assembly,representing Ulster County, and as a member of the New York State Senate, representing the Middle District (1798-1802). In 1810,Foote was appointed first judge of the county, a position that Foote held until his death in 1829.

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Although all the relatives of Eli Foote were of different political and religions opinions from those which he adopted, and all hisbrothers were active patriots and opponents of the Royal cause, yet their brotherly love was not impaired by the political condition oftheir country.

Ebenezer Foote, the fourth of the brothers, imbibed the patriotic ardor of the times with all the vigor of youthful enthusiasm, andbecame one of a party of similar enthusiasts, all minors, who left their parents, guardians and masters, without staying to obtainleave; determined to show themselves men in action and patriotism if not in law. They took part in the battle of Bunker Hill, some ofthem wearing the "goodly leather aprons" appropriate to the employment which they left.

He remained in his country's service during the war, and attained the rank of major, which ho held at its termination. The whole ofhis pay he lost by the dishonesty of the man with whom he entrusted the certificate of the amount to which he was entitled.

He married during the progress of the war, and in addition to his other losses, sustained that of the chief part of the property of hiswife, by the depredations of the skinners, Tories and out-laws, on the border region in New York.

His labors, services and sacrifices in the service of his country did not protect him from the denunciations of the Democratic party,by whom nearly all of those disinterested and patriotic officers who were his associates, and who adhered to the party ofWashington, were stigmatized as Tories; an exemplification of party violence not excelled by that of any subsequent period of ourpolitical history.

The following communication, published in the New York Commercial of January 7th, 1830, gives an account of some of thesufferings which he shared, with many other American prisoners in New York, and which few of them survived.

"In your last obituary you take notice of the death of Ebenezer Foote, formerly first Judge of Delaware County. He was a man ofexcellent character, and great good sense, and was in the literal sense of the expression, a Revolutionary Patriot. I was intimatewith him, and have heard him frequently relate the following incident of his life:

"He was taken prisoner by the British at the capture of Fort Washington, on York Island, in November, 1776, and was put in closeconfinement in the building now called the Bridewell, in this city. The severity of the confinement induced him, and eight or ten of hiscompanions, to attempt an escape. They succeeded in the night in getting out undiscovered, in the rear of the building,, and werethen in the fields in that part of the city lying north of Chamber street. They made the best of their way to the Hudson river atGreenwich, and adroitly eluded all the sentinels. After running up and down the shore they found a crazy boat, and attempted toembark in it, but it was too old and leaky to be navigable, and the others went up the Island, and were most of them retaken. Mr.Foote found a plank, and determined to cross the river by swimming, though it was in the month of December. It was a mostdangerous and distressing attempt. He was several hours in the water, and passed undiscovered a British ship of war that was lyingat anchor in the river. He was floated down by the tide below Hoboken, and when he landed on the Jersey shore, was not able tostand, and it was near day light.

He was enabled after a while to crawl up to a house, where he got refreshed, and completed his escape, but his constitutionreceived a shock from which it never recovered; and this desperate effort enfeebled his health through life. He was, however,permitted by Providence to enjoy the blessings of prosperity and universal esteem, through a long and busy life: and I recall to mindhis beautiful mansion on the bank of the Western branch of the Delaware, in the midst of romantic and wild scenery; and his warmhearted and hospitable reception of his friends, with mingled emotions of tenderness and respect."

A brief memoir of Ebenezer Foote, by his friend Gen. [Henry] Leavenworth, was published soon after his death, in a St. Louis paper.It was a well written article, honorable alike to the writer and the subject.

His nephew, Samuel E., he spoke of and introduced to his friends as his son so frequently that, at length, he apparently forgot theirreal relationship.

He was one of those gentlemen said to be "of the old school,'' because their bearing and manner were more refined than "moderndegeneracy " requires. He was many years a leading politician in the State of New York; had been speaker of the House ofAssembly, Senator, member of the Council of Appointment, and chief Judge in the county in which he lived.

In the violent party struggles of his time ho had been warmly engaged, and consequently had many bitter enemies among those ofthe opposite party. To these, however, he became reconciled, and the leaders of the Democratic party-—such men as De WittClinton, Judge Ambrose Spencer, (with whom, in the early period of their political career, he had carried on a war of pamphlets,marked, on each side, by the bitterness which characterized political publications generally at that time;) Morgan Lewis, theLivingstones, and other gentlemen of the old school, were always his guests when visiting that part of the country in which heresided. In a more advanced period of life, it was pleasing to hear such men speak of him with warm friendly feelings, contrastingvery strongly with party bitterness at an earlier period.

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IN STEUBEN LODGE, No. 18.State of New-York and town of Newburgh, June 24, 1790.

RESOLVED,THAT the thanks of this Lodge be presented to the Rev. Mr. GEORGE H. SPIERIN, for his Sermon delivered before them this day,on the celebration of the festival of St. JOHN the BAPTIST: And that Brothers CLINTON, AMERMAN and DODGE, be desired torequest a copy of the same for publication.SAMUEL COOPER, Sec’ry.

TO THE STEUBEN LODGEOF FREE AND ACCEPTED MASONS,

No. 18,CAPT. E. FOOTE, MASTER,

THE FOLLOWING DISCOURSE,IS RESPECTFULLY DEDICATED,

BY THEAUTHOR.________

Ille bonis faveatque et consilietur amice,Et regat iratos, et amet peccare tumentes:

Ille dapes laudet mensa brevis, ille salubremJustitiam, legesque, et apertis otia portis:

Ille tegat commissa, deosque precetur et oret,Ut redeat miseris, abeat fortuna superbis.

HOR.Newburgh, June 30th, 1790.GENTLEMEN,

IN compliance with your request, I present you with a copy of my discourse delivered before you, on Thursday the 24th instant,requesting that charity, the just characteristic of your order, may extend her mild influence to this much indigested performance.

The notice given for its preparation to meet a critical eye, you well know, has been too short, therefore hope for an adequateindulgence. ‘Tis alone in compliance to your wish to see it in print, that I would by any means attempt to usher it into public view--fully apprehensive of the consequences attending such a step. However, to meet your approbation is the extent of my present view;and should it further tend in any wise, to the removal of those unjust censures of the ignorant, respecting your order, it will answerthe end proposed, and be a sufficient compensation for the good intention of,

Gentlemen,Your affectionate friend,and very humble servant,GEO. H. SPIERIN.

IN STEUBEN LODGE, No. 18.SATE OF NEW-YORK AND TOWN OF NEWBURGH,July 20th, 1790.

“WHEREAS it is unanimously agreed to, by the worthy Master, Wardens, and other members of this Lodge, now met, that thecommittee appointed the 24th ultimo, should immediately deliver a written answer to the Rev. GEORGE H. SPIERIN’S foregoingletter addressed to them; but the present absence of one of the committee rendering it necessary another brother should beappointed in his stead, to execute said purpose: It is therefore, Resolved and agreed to, that brother JOHN DU BOIS be appointedto act instead of said absentee.”

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July 22, 1790REVEREND SIR,

WE, the committee from Steuben Lodge No. 18, in behalf of our much beloved and worthy Master, Wardens, and other membersthereof, do gratefully acknowledge the receipt of your favor of the 30th June last, accompanied with a copy of your excellentdiscourse, delivered before the fraternity of Free and Accepted Masons of said Lodge, the 24th ult. now, at their request, forpublication. Your ready compliance therein will ever be esteemed a point of your friendship. We doubt not of its happy tendency inremoving the prejudices of the ignorant, and shall convince them how undeserved our order is of their censures, by endeavoring,with the assistance of Divine Grace, in duly adhering to the principles of its institution, especially the precepts so fully expressed inyour admirable discourse, which we shall lay up in our hearts and practice in our lives, not doubting of our profiting thereby, andaffording pleasure to the author, for whom we have the highest esteem--requesting the acceptance of our sincere wishes, in behalfof Steuben Lodge, for your uninterrupted enjoyment of every felicity, and remain

Your obliged friends,and humble servants,JOHN DU BOIS,DIRCK AMERMAN,LEVI DODGE.

Note: the sermon may be seen in full at http://anglicanhistory.org/misc/freemasonry/spierin1790.html but is beyond the presentscope of this present complilation.

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Ulster Lodge No. 193, Saugerties, New YorkHon. Thomas (2) Maxwell, third son of Thomas (i) Maxwell, and Elizabeth (Heatherington) Maxwell, was born in the town ofHunter, Greene, NY, 20 Apr 1832, and died at Saugerties, NY, 4 Sep 1894. He lived with his parents in Kaaterskill, and in 1834came to Quarryville, where he obtained his education in the public schools. In 1869 he became a resident of Saugerties, havingaccepted the position of bookkeeper for his brother John. Later he became interested in the blue stone business, with which he wasidentified during the remainder of his life. He was a man who thought deeply on all public questions, and gave his political support tothe Republican party. He was elected to the office of supervisor in 1877, and at various times filled several other minor offices in thevillage. During the administrations of Presidents Hayes and Arthur he filled the office of postmaster of Saugerties, to the generalsatisfaction of the community. In 1887 he was elected as a member of assembly. His religious affiliations were with the Methodistchurch. He was a member of Ulster Lodge, No. 193, F&AM. He married, in 1855, Jane A. Hommel, born 8 May 1837, and hadchildren: Adelaide; Wilfred; David W., see forward; Sarah; and Mabel.

David W. Maxwell, second son of Hon. Thomas and Jane A. (Hommel) Maxwell, was born at Saugerties, 8 Jul 1863, and died atthe same place 18 May 1910. He attended the local schools and the Saugerties Academy, and early in life turned his attention to abusiness career. He was identified with the blue stone business of John Maxwell's Sons, in 1886 became superintendent of thebusiness, and continued in this position until his death. He was a thorough business man, highly respected in the community, andactive and useful as a citizen. He was a member of the Dutch Reformed church, of the Saugerties Club and of the Masonicfraternity, in which he had attained the Knight Templar degree.

Republican in politics, he was active in promoting the general interests, and was supervisor of Saugerties for ten consecutive years,ending in 1908. He married, October 11, 1884, Isabel, daughter of Joseph Darrow, of Saugerties.Children:1. Walter Maxwell, born 28 Jan 1888: a graduate of Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, Jun 1910; is now employedby the General Electric Company, in Schenectady, New York. He married, 2 Nov 1910, Anna M. Clum, and they have a daughter,Helen C, born 1 Nov 1911.2. D. Leslie Maxwell, born 7 Jun 1890, succeeded his father on the latter's death as superintendent of The John Maxwell's Sonsblue stone business, at Saugerties, NY. He married, 1 Mar 1911, Hazel Terwilliger, and resides in Saugerties.3. Stewart Maxwell, born 1 Jan 1893.

Livingston Lodge No. 23, Kinston, New Yorkhttp://www.nyfotomax.ws/3Freemasonry was instituted in Kingston several years prior to the Revolutionary War and held regular communications until 1777,when the village was burned by the British. Livingston Lodge No. 23, was organized in 1790, and John Addison was installedMaster. On 26 Dec 1805, the warrant under which the Lodge was working was surrendered. 29 Aug 1808, Kingston Lodge No. 23,was organized at the house of Evert Bogardus. In 1821 the number of the Lodge was changed from 23 to 20, and continued to holdregular meetings until 1829, and occasional meetings until 26 Dec 1833, since which no records of its proceedings have beenfound. The Lodge ceased working on account of the feeling excited through the State in consequence of the Morgan abduction.

http://www.phoenixmasonry.org/masonicmuseum/RAM_1800s_Jewel.htm

This handmade Royal Arch Mason jewel dates to the Revolutionary War and is a fine example of what early Masonic jewels lookedlike. This jewel has the name of the Lodge and the name of an individual owner. It is engraved Abrm HARDENBERGH,LIVINGSTON LODGE No. 23. It also has the original owners "mark" which is the "sheaf of wheat" on the chapter penny within thecircle K, S, H, T, W, S, S, T. These letters are esoteric and cannot be explained here. Royal Arch Masons remember the order ofthe these letters with the humorous phrase "King Solomon Had Twelve Wives Some Say Twenty". Both sides of this jewel displaythe Three Great Lights which are the Holy Bible, Square and Compasses. Other working tools on this jewel are the plumb, level, 24inch gauge, common gavel, chisel and trowel. Other symbolism includes the Sun, Moon and Stars, as well as Jacobs Ladder. Itmeasures 3 inches tall and 2 inches wide and is made of silver. It is a wonderful example of early craftsmanship.

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Background Sketch of Abraham Hardenbergh

This background sketch is speculation and needs further research, especially into the location and history of Livingston Lodge No.23, but given the strength of Masonry in old New York, his military and civil career, his social station, and family connections, he iscertainly a strong possibility. There are several other men of that name in the family line/NY area, but none of appropriate date.

Abraham Hardenbergh, was born 5 Sep 1756 in Marbletown NY, son of Leonard and Rachel (Hoogteeling) Hardenbergh. He was alieutenant during the Revolution and made important contributions as a cartographer. After the war he was appointed a surveyor bythe Surveyor General of New York, Simeon DeWitt, for which services he was awarded 1200 acres. With Moses DeWitt, he wasresponsible for surveying Onondaga County. He was married to Jane Verick, sister of Robert Verick, an important New York Cityattorney who helped found Jersey City, New Jersey, and who became Speaker of the Assembly in 1788. Abraham died ratheryoung in 1794 (his widow later married his boss, Simeon DeWitt), but enjoyed a full and well-connected career in his short life ofonly 38 years.

United Lodge, No. 108, Marlborough, New YorkAfter the War of the Revolution, there was a flourishing Free Mason lodge at Lattintown, in the house where Odell now lives. Theupper room in the house, where the meetings were held, is now substantially as when the lodge was there. There were manymembers from this and surrounding towns, and it flourished for many years. Afterward the lodge was changed in 1804 to the tavernkept by Nathaniel Harcourt, in the old house on the post road near Lyon's corner, recently torn down by A. J. Hepworth. I believethis lodge continued until about 1840, since which time there has been no lodge of this order in the town. This last lodge was calledUnited Lodge, No. 108, of Marlborough, and was chartered 3 Apr 1804. Benjamin F. Patten, Miles J. Fletcher and others served asMasters of this lodge.

Ulster Lodge No. 193, Saugerties, New YorkWARRANT: The warrant under which the Lodge is working is dated December 27, 1850.The name has never been changed. It was No. 15 on the register of St. John's Grand Lodge, and received its present number at theUnion meeting December 27, 1850.

MINUTES: Not intact; all records from December 30, 1857, to October 30, 1868, are missing.The first recorded meeting of the Lodge was held at the Exchange House on February 15, 1848, under the authority of St. John'sGrand Lodge. At this meeting Peter Hoag was selected as Master; Solomon Roosa, Senior Warden, and William S. Burhans, JuniorWarden.

CHARTER MEMBERS.

Samuel Crawford. Jonathan Roosa.Jeremiah Russell. Peter Hoag.Solomon Roosa. William S. Burhans.

At a session of St. John's Grand Lodge, held June 6, 1850, a warrant was granted, but it was not received by the Lodge untilDecember 23, 1850, and it is still in possession of the Lodge.

The officers named in the warrant under which the Lodge is working were:JACOB FELT, Master.LAMBERT VAN VALKENBURGH, Senior Warden.FRANCIS HABER, Junior Warden.

The Lodge met but a short time at the Exchange House, as in a few weeks after it was organized it moved to the office ofJeremiah Russell, one of its active organizers, where it met at a rental of $24 per year; its next meeting place was Odd Fellows Hall,removing from there to the Davis Building. From May 5, 1875, to June 30, 1875, it met in the Court Room in the Russell Building. OnJuly 14, 1875, it held its first meeting at its present quarters.

The members of this Lodge are not only loyal Masons, but are patriotic citizens. A number served as defenders of "Old Glory"during the War of the Rebellion. The following is the Roll of Honor:

Theodore B. Gates. Robert Loughran.James D. Belany. William Lackev.Robert B. Scott. D. Wesley Whittaker.Edgar Elmendorf. Edward Me. Russell.Walter F. Scott. Jacob L. Burhans.Gilbert Dederick. Carroll Whittaker.Henry D. Van Leuven. J. M. Murphy.William H. Maxwell. Henry A. Hilderbrandt.

While Ulster Lodge may not boast of its numerical strength, it has just cause for pride in having had among its adherents so manywho in the hour of our country's peril offered their services and were willing to sacrifice their lives if needs be in defense of humanliberty. Aided by their heroism and loyalty, the Great Republic did not perish from the earth.

MEN IN PUBLIC LIFE.

John D. Fratsher, Supervisor, County Clerk. Albert Carnright, Supervisor. Bank President.Robert A. Snyder. Assemblyman, Sheriff. David W. Maxwell, Supervisor.Seaman G. Searing. Assemblyman, Supervisor. Peter Cantine, Surrogate.John A. Snvder, Supervisor. Jeremiah Russell. Congressman.Thomas S. Dawes. Supervisor. Jesse F. Bookstaver, Assemblyman.

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Fordice L. Laflin. Assemblyman. Cyrus Burhans. Assemblyman.John Maxwell. Assemblyman. Thomas Maxwell, Assemblyman.B. M. Freligh. Assemblyman. Charles Davis, State Senator, Surrogate.H. M. Boise, Mayor, Scranton, Penn. David B. Castree, County Clerk

“The History of Ulster County, New York,” by Alphonso T. Clearwater, page 606.http://books.google.com/books?id=cXqFClC7ehkC&pg=PA606&lpg=PA606&dq=%22John+D.+Fratsher%22&source=bl&ots=CV66V0LX3r&sig=fNLX-76oQ1v0_iaDYKUrR0sHoO0&hl=en&ei=_6spSqq4NZaltgeUs_XCCA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1#PPA606,M1John D. Fratsher, was a native of Saugerties. In 1885 he was appointed a page in the State Assembly and in 1889 he served asclerk in the Sessions. He was a member of the R. A. Snyder Hose Company, serving as its Secretary, and of the Kingston, Rondoutand Saugerties Clubs. He was married 11 Dec 1889 to Jessie F. Myer, daughter of Abram J. Myer. He was Supervisor of the Townfive times, four years of which were as Chairman of the Board. He was elected as County Clerk in 1900, 1903 and 1906.

Fordyce Luther Laflin, born 9 Mar 1824, Blandford, Hampden, MA; d. 27 Apr 1887 Saugerties, Ulter, NY, was a businessman andpolitician. He was the son of Luther Laflin (1789-1876) and Almira Sylvester Laflin (1801-1882). His family was in the gunpowderbusiness from before 1800 until 1912 when the companies were bought by DuPont. His father and uncle had opened a factory atSaugerties in 1832 after their removal from Massachusetts where they had had a gunpowder factory in Southwick. He wasSupervisor of the Town of Saugerties for two years, and President of the Village of Saugerties in 1851. He was a member fromUlster County of the New York State Assembly in 1858 and an Inspector of State Prisons from 1870 to 1872

On September 21, 1851, he married Helen Miranda Burtt (d. 1896), and they had several children. He died of “blood poisoning,resulting from an abscess which followed a severe attack of inflammatory rheumatism." He was buried at the Mountain ViewCemetery in Saugerties.

http://www.oldammo.com/september07.htmEarly can of powder were made by Laflins, Smith & Boies at their Saugerties, New York millbetween1854 and about 1860. This company had its start sometime before 1800, and over thenext 110 years went through quite a few transformations and name changes. Matthew Laflinstarted the business in Southwich, Massachusetts under the name M. Laflin. His son Matthew IItook over and was eventually joined by his own son Luther, resulting in the company namechange to L. & M. Laflin. Matthew Lafflin II died in 1828, and shortly thereafter his son Luther soldthe Southwick mill and moved to Saugerties, New York to establish another powder mill in 1832with his brother Matthew III. They continued operating under the name L. & M. Laflin. In 1843,Solomon A. Smith joined the partnership, and the name was changed to Laflins & Smith.

Following an explosion at the Saugerties mill in 1849, Luther Laflin and Solomon Smithapparently had had enough of powder making and left the company. Luther's three sons (Col.)Henry D., Fordyce and Sylvester, along with their cousin Addison Laflin, continued the businessunder its existing name. In 1854, Joseph M. Boies was taken into the partnership, and the namewas changed to Laflins, Smith & Boies. Just before the Civil War broke out, a new partnershipwas formed under the name Laflin, Smith & Co., for the purpose of operating a powder mill atPlatteville, Wisconsin. This partnership was made up of the three Laflin brothers, Solomon A.Smith, Solomon Turck, and John Turck. In 1866, the Laflin Powder Company was formed to assume operating the mills in New Yorkand Wisconsin, with Joseph M. Boies as its president. In 1867, the company merged with the Smith & Rand Powder Company toeventually become the Laflin & Rand Powder Company, retaining that name until around 1912 when the company was purchasedby DuPont.

MASTERS.

1848. Peter Hoag.1849. Jacob Felt.1850. Jacob Felt.1851. Jacob Felt.1852. Jacob Felt.1853. Lambert VanValkenburgh1854. Lambert VanValkenburgh1855. Albert Cohen.1856. Nathan Vhren.1857. Nathan Vhren.1858. Nathan Vhren.1858. Nathan Vhren.1860. William Hanna.1861. William Hanna.1862. William Hanna.

1863. Ovid T. Simmons.1864. Thomas L. Masten.1865. Moses Vhren.1866. Charles L. Masten.1867. William Hanna.1868. William Hanna.1869. William G. Morgan.1870. Herman Wimans.1871. Jacob Trumpbour.1872. William G. Morgan.1873. William G. Morgan.1874. William G. Morgan.1875. William G. Morgan.1876. William G. Morgan.1877. William G. Morgan.1878. Ovid T. Simmons.1879. William G. Morgan.

1880. Thomas L. Masten.1881. Lewis B. Adams.1882. Lewis B. Adams.1883. Henry Wilbur.Valkenburgh.1884. Henry Wilbur.Valkenburgh.1885. Samuel Cohen.1886. Aaron Hanna.1887. Aaron Hanna.1888. Aaron Hanna.1889. Carroll Whittaker.1890. Carroll Whittaker.1891. William E. Van Buskirk.1892. William E. Van Buskirk.1893. William E. Van Buskirk.1894. William E. Van Buskirk.

1895. William Ziegler.1896. William Ziegler.1897. William Ziegler.1898. William Ziegler.1800. William G. Sickles.1900. William G. Sickles.1901. William G. Sickles.1902. Edward Jernegan.1903. Edward Jernegan.1904. William V. Burhans.1905. William V. Burhans.1906. S. Yates Knight.1907. William G. Sickles.1908. William G. Sickles.1909. John A. Snyder.

Ovid T. Simmons served as manager of the Ulster Iron Works in Saugerties, New York

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BURHANS, JACOB L.—b. ca 1841, Age, 21 years. Enlisted 9th NY Infantry, August 20, 1862, at New York city; mustered in asprivate, Co. H, same date, to serve three years; transferred to Co. B, Third Infantry, May 6, 1863.

Gates, Theodore Burr (1824-1911), Lt. Col. 20th NY State Militia; 80th NYInfantry.http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=10908330

b. 16 Dec 1825, Oneonta, Otsego County, NY; d. 5 Jul 1911, BrooklynKings County, NY. Civil War Union Brevet Brigadier General. He servedduring the Civil War as Colonel and commander of the 80th New YorkVolunteer Infantry (20th New York Militia). He was brevetted BrigadierGeneral, US Volunteers on March 13, 1865 for "faithful and meritoriousservices".

In the Antietam Campaign: In command of the 80th New York Infantry(20th Militia), part of the 3rd Brigade of the 1st Division, I Corps. His Brigade advanced along theWest side of the Hagerstown Pike early on the 17th in close support of BGen Gibbon's 4th 'Black

Hat' Brigade.

http://www.isomedia.com/homes/johnover/famhist/OBERBACH.htm

Maria Van Leuven Overbagh (John Van Leuven390, Peter Abraham Dutch Reformed Minister177, Abraham84, Johannes20, JohannPieter2, Hans Henrich1) was born on 10 May 1825 in Saugerties, NY, died on 6 Nov 1889 in Kingston, NY and was buried inKingston, Pine Grove Av, Wiltwyck Cemetery. Maria married Theodore Burr Gates, son of Silas Gates and Deborah Macdonald,on 20 Nov 1851 in Flatbush, Ulster, Co., NY.

They had the following children:i. Elizabeth Verplanck Gates b. 1852; d. 1871.ii. John Vanleuven Gates b. 1856; married Carrie King, daughter of Charles H. King.iii. Clara Gates b. 1858; d. 1926; married Irving Elting, son of George W. Elting and Laura C. Collins.

“The war of the Rebellion,” by Theodore Burr Gates. 1884. 618 pages.http://books.google.com/books?id=z_JYAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA10&dq=%22theodore+b.+gates%22#PPR10,M1

HILDEBRANDT, HENRY.— Age, 34 years. Enlisted 4th Provisional Cavalry, August 18, 1862, at Schenectady; mustered in asprivate, Co. H, First Mounted Rifles, August 13,1862, to serve three years; appointed corporal, December 14, 1862; sergeant,January 1, 1864; commissary sergeant, July 10,1864; re-enlisted, September 1, 1864; transferred to Co. K, July 21, 1865;designation of regiment changed to Fourth Provisional Cavalry, September 6, 1865; appointed regimental commissary sergeant,November 14, 1865; mustered out with regiment, November 29, 1865, at City Point, Va.

Loughran, Robert, M.D. Majorhttp://books.google.com/books?id=s4IDAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA458&dq=%22robert+loughran%22+%22surgeon%22Dr. Robert Loughran and Helen Kiersted, were married 23 Oct 1871, at Kingston, NY, and had altogether seven children, five boysand two girls, five of whom lived to maturity.Robert Loughran (b. Aug. 30th, 1834, at Walton, Delaware Co., NY; d. 11 Apr 1899, at Kingston. NY) was a physician and surgeon.He also served as Member of Assembly, 1871; Supervisor of Ulster Co. for ten years; and Alderman, and was Surgeon in the 20thReg., N. Y. S. M., Lieutenant Colonel by brevet. His parents were William Loughran, a weaver, and Jane Livingston, both ofArmagh, County Armagh, Ireland, who came to America, and settled at Walton, Delaware Co., N. Y.Helen (Kiersted) Loughran (b. June I7th, 1845, at Durham, Green Co., NY) was the daughter of Christopher L. Kiersted, a farmer ofKingston, and Elizabeth Palen of Palenville, Green Co., NY. Their son, CHRISTOPHER KIERSTED LOUGHRAN was born at Kingston,NY, 27 Dec 1875.

-----Dr. Loughran was born 10 Aug 1834 in Hancock, Delaware, NY. He studied medicine with Drs. Aaron Burr DeWitt and William C.DeWitt in Saugerties, NY, graduating from the Albany Medical College in 1857. In 1860 he was elected to the Assemble and whenthe war broke out he was appointed Assistant Surgeon of the 20th NYS Militia, serving three years, later as Surgeon, until the closeof the war.DR. ROBERT LOUGHRAN died of heart disease, at Kingston, NY, 11 Apr 1899, aged sixty-four years. He was graduated from theAlbany Medical College in the class of 1857. During the civil war he was surgeon of the 80th New York volunteers. For many yearshe was one of the pension examiners of the Kingston district, and also health officer of the city of Kingston.

http://www.factasy.com/civil_war/2008/03/21/surgeons_gettysburg_0The Lutheran Theological Seminary consisted of several buildings on a ridge just west of Gettysburg. Dr. Robert Loughran, 83rd[sic] NY Infantry was captured on July 1, continued to care for the wounded and then placed in charge of the Seminary Hospital for 7weeks. Hundreds of wounded Union and Confederate wounded were cared for here, including Confederate officers General IsaacTrimble and Henry K. Douglas.

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Major Robert Loughran, Surgeon standing in center with heavy beard

(from left to right): Lt. Col. Jacob Broadhead Hardenbergh (left) and Surgeon Robert Loughran.The regimental color next to Hardenbergh was the one used at Gettysburg.

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http://books.google.com/books?id=fbG4AAAAIAAJ&pg=PA283&dq=%22robert+loughran%22+%22surgeon%22&lr=#PPA283,M1page 283.Dr. Robert Loughran died at his home in Kingston, N. Y., on Tuesday, April n, 1899, aged 64 years. Paralysis of the heart was thecause of death.

The deceased was the oldest son of William Loughran, a Scotchman, who early in life came from the north of Ireland and settled inDelaware county, later removing to Hensonville, Greene county. Robert was born in Hancock, Delaware county. He studied

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medicine in the office of Drs. Aaron Burr and William C. DeWitt, at Saugerties, graduated from the Albany Medical College in 1857and developed rare skill as an operative surgeon, which was increased by the opportunities for practice afforded by his six years ofservice in the War of the Rebellion. For his services to his country, Dr. Loughran received the brevet rank of colonel. At the close ofthe war he settled in Kingston. In politics, Dr. Loughran was a Republican, ever active, aggressive and outspoken, a fighter for theprinciples that he considered right. In 1860, while still residing in Saugerties, he was elected to represent the first district in theAssembly. Again, in 1875, he served in the Assembly. He represented the first department of Kingston in the board of supervisors in1875, 1876, 1877, 1878, 1879, 1887 and 1889. In 1876 and 1879 ne was chairman of the board. He has also represented the firstward in the common council, where his devotion to the interests of his constituents, regardless of party dictation, sometimes broughtdown upon him the wrath of those who assumed to control the Republican party. Dr. Loughran had also served as a pensionexaminer, a member of the board of health and as health officer. He was married in 1866 to Mary, daughter of E. W. Budington. Shedied within a year, leaving no children. In 1872 Dr. Loughran married Helen Kiersted, daughter of Christopher L. Kiersted, andwidow of Bernard Schoonmaker, who survives him, together with five children, Robert L., a physician; Christopher K., a lawyer;Helen, Harold Scott and Francis. Two other children died in infancy. In professional and political life Dr. Loughran will be sadlymissed. Positive in his convictions, of a combative temperament, there was yet underlying a gruff exterior a broadness and a deephuman sympathy that those who knew him only casually little suspected. True to his friends, ever willing to stand up in their cause,he will be missed by hundreds who will look in vain for one to fill the place he occupied.

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Henry L. Finger, son of Adam and Jane (Lasher) Finger, received his education partly in Dutchess county, and partly in Ulstercounty, mainly at Saugerties, where he was born, his advantages in this respect being somewhat limited however. After leavingschool at the age of thirteen he went to work in the store of Joseph H. Fields, in Saugerties, with whom he remained five years, atthe end of which time, he accepted a similar position in the store of Elias Woodruff in the same village, which incumbency he heldthree years. He then in 1846 embarked in a grocery business at Saugerties, in partnership with Joseph Kerr, who later went toKansas during the Kansas-Nebraska troubles. In 1847 he bought out his partner's interest and continued the business alone(together with the manufacture of candles) until 1853, during part of which time he had as a partner William J. Snyder, to whom inthat year he sold out, at the same time buying a half interest in the hat and cap, boot and shoe business of John W. Davis, on thecorner where is now located the Davis clothing and shoe store in Saugerties. During part of the time, about a period of one year, heowned the whole concern, owing to the retirement of Mr. Davis, and had in his employ over fifteen hands, manufacturing boots andshoes extensively. In 1856 Captain Finger sold out his entire interest in the business to J. W. Davis and Oziah Cooper and boughtthe sloop "Livingston," which remained in the freight business, running between Saugerties and New York, until 1864. In the sameyear he bought of T. J. Barrett the ferry boat "Air Line," plying between Saugerties and Tivoli, and about the same time, togetherwith J. H. Van Keuren, purchased the foundry on Livingston street, Saugerties.

In 1874 he took over Mr. Van Keuren's interest, and along with his son, Howard, operated the foundry under the firm name of H. L.Finger & Son. In 1868 Captain Finger became interested in the propeller, "Eagle," along with his brother-in-law, William J. Snyder,and two years later bought the propeller, "Leader," his personal attention being given chiefly to the propellers, his son. Howard,attending to the factory or foundry. At this time he was doing all the towing business on the Esopus creek at Saugerties. In 1872 heengaged in the lumber and coal business, where Finger & Lewis have succeeded him, which business has seen various changes infirm styles, first Finger Brothers (Henry L , Robert, Bryan, and Daniel at various times), finally in 1884, Finger & Lewis, Henry L.Finger selling out to Mr. Lewis. In 1884, along with Wellington Porter, Mr. Finger purchased the "Ansonia," (in 1886 buying thelatter's interest), which he ran on the river until 1888, in that year selling her. In 1888 he. with Robert A. Snyder, purchased the dockproperty of the estate of William R. Renwick, also the steamer "Saugerties," of the Old Dominion Steamship Company of New York,and in 1889 organized the Saugerties and New York Steamboat Company, the stockholders being Henry L. Finger. Robert A.Snyder, Maxwell Brothers and Seamon Brothers. In the spring of 1891 they bought the steamer "Ansonia," already mentioned, tookher to pieces and built the steamer "Ulster,"' the company thereby having a couple of fine freight and passenger boats, Mr. Fingerbeing captain of the "Saugerties" up to 1895, and after 1889 general manager of the line. In all the various enterprises in whichCaptain Finger was more or less identified and interested he met with rare success, due in the main to his keen judgment, innateshrewdness, and indomitable perseverance. In his political preferences Mr. Finger was originally a Whig, and was a Republicanafter the formation of that party, but he never took any active part in politics. In an early day he was clerk of the town of Saugerties,and by appointment served as its supervisor. He was a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, and for several years one of itstrustees; a director of the First National Bank, and for several years was affiliated with the Free and Accepted Masons, as a memberof Ulster Lodge, No. 193. Captain Finger filled a well rounded business life, during which he honorably achieved the well meritedconfidence and respect which he enjoyed. He married, in 1849, Anne Christina, daughter of Captain Henry Snyder. Children:Howard; Edson, superintendent of the blank book department of the Saugerties Manufacturing Company; Alice; George G., diedyoung; William L., captain of the steamer "Saugerties :" Daniel M., agent for the steamboat line at Saugerties; Henrietta, marriedBenjamin F. Fellows, of Saugerties; J. Gilbert.

Rondout Lodge No. 343, Rondout, New YorkJudge Charles F. Cantine, son of Peter and Sarah Ann (Starin) Cantine, was born at Saugerties, NY, 4 Nov 1858. He received anexcellent preparatory education at the Saugerties Academy, and later pursued advanced studies at Rutgers College, NewBrunswick, New Jersey, from which he was graduated in 1880. He studied law for a few months with his father at Saugerties andthen entered Columbia Law School, from which he was graduated, and in May 1882, he was admitted to the bar at Ithaca, NY. Heformed a partnership with his father under the firm name of P. & C. F. Cantine, and the same year came to Kingston and opened anoffice in Rondout. In due course of time he acquired an extensive and remunerative practice, but during his second term as districtattorney he was forced to relinquish a considerable portion of his trial work in civil cases in order to devote his time more fully to hisduties, and after his election as county judge he declined to take up matters which would require his appearance as a trial lawyer inthe supreme court. He never encouraged litigation, but effected many settlements in cases where he believed the best interests ofall parties would be thus served best. He was candid in expressing his opinions at all times, and in cases where he believed his

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client was in the wrong it was his custom to advise the client fully of the legal and moral aspects of the case, and to preventneedless and costly litigation.

He took an active interest in politics, giving his allegiance to the candidates and policies of the Republican party. In Nov 1895, hewas elected district attorney, reelected in 1898 and again in 1901, this fact amply testifying to his efficiency and popularity. His termas district attorney was marked with success. His interest in the affairs of the unfortunate led him into paths not taken by anyoneelse. He was a close student of the influence of heredity, and his work in the district attorney's office opened a wide field for study.The hereditary influence in cases of criminals whom he prosecuted he traced carefully, and being a firm believer in the beneficialeffects of environment, he began in the early part of his career to take up the matter of caring for the children of these people, andplacing them amid new surroundings, where the best that was in them might have opportunity for development. To this end heinstituted proceedings to place children whose parents were unwilling or incapable of caring for them properly, in institutions orfamilies where they would receive the attention and care they deserved, and when once they were so placed and were improving,he resisted, both as a private citizen and in his capacity as a lawyer, efforts to have the children returned, to surroundings markedby crime or squalor. In order that he might carry on more effectively the work on behalf of unfortunate children, he became activelyinterested in the Industrial Home, of which he was elected a trustee a number of years ago. Here he gave invaluable aid by personalinvestigation and active endeavor, also financially. In addition to this work he carried on many private charities in individual cases.As district attorney he prosecuted with all the vigor he possessed criminal cases in which he thought conviction and punishmentwere merited. He possessed an analytical mind, and in every case that came before him, either as district attorney or county judge,or in his private practice, he sought always to arrive at the truth. Prior to his election as district attorney, in 1892-93, he was amember of the Republican state committee, and in 1893-94 he was chairman of the Republican county committee of Ulster county.

He was elected county judge in 1904, and was re-elected in 1910 for a term of six years. He was absolutely fair and impartial in hisdecisions, losing sight of personalities in his search for truth. His ability was recognized beyond the bounds of Ulster county, and hewas often requested by the county judges of Kings county to come to Brooklyn and hold court there when the criminal casesbecame too numerous for the Kings county judges. In Feb 1912, he held court in Brooklyn for an entire month, with satisfaction toeveryone. Several years previous he held a term of court in Orange county, and made a record for the trial of more than two scoreof important criminal cases. The human interest in every case appealed to him. He was choice in the use of English, and hischarges to juries were models of elegant diction, and clear and comprehensive statements of the facts in the case and the lawapplicable to them. In all his charges he was absolutely fair, impartial and fearless, and lawyers without exception took delight intrying cases before him. Fearlessness of action when a question of right or principle were concerned, regardless of personaldiscomfort or consequences, was one of the marked characteristics of his entire life. He never lost his temper; while insistent whereright was concerned he was extremely gentle; in all criminal cases where he believed mercy should be shown, he extended it, andmore than any other man whom Ulster county knows he filled the description once given by Senator Benjamin Tilman, of SouthCarolina, regarding a colleague: "He was one of God Almighty's gentlemen."

Judge Cantine took an active interest also in all literary and historical matters. For several years he was one of the trustees of theKingston City Library, and during that period he presented many volumes to the library, especially books relating to historicalmatters. He was deeply interested in history, especially relating to New York state, which he had studied extensively and critically.He was more particularly interested in the history of Ulster county, and at different times delivered several historical addresses. Hislast historical address was delivered at the Old Home Week Celebration at Saugerties in 1911. He was a trustee of the New YorkState Historical Association, and it was due principally to his efforts that the association held its annual meetings in Kingston. Hewas one of the state board of regents of Kingston Academy. He was a member of the University and Manhattan clubs of New YorkCity, the Kingston Club, Rondout Club, Twaalfskill Club, Winnisook Club and Saugerties Club. He was also a member of the HollandSociety of New York, the Sons of the American Revolution, the Huguenot Society of America, and Rondout Lodge, No. 343,F&AM.

Judge Cantine married (first) 21 Dec 1882, Mary C. Sheffield, of Saugerties, NY. She died 27 Feb 1889, leaving a daughter, AgnesL., who is living at the present time. He married (second) 1 Sep 1893, Mary E., daughter of William and Eleanor (Sackett) Post, ofBrookhaven, NY, by whom he is survived.

Judge Cantine died at his home on Albany avenue, Kingston, 14 Jul 1912, and the funeral services were conducted in the FirstReformed Dutch Church, of which he was a member. His demise was sincerely mourned by all who knew him, as he was a man ofsincerity, integrity and unquestioned ability, loyal to his friends, but first loyal to truth and what he believed was right. He was a manto whom a public or a private trust was as sacred as the most solemn oath, and his entire life bore witness to the conscientiouscarrying out of this belief and the soundness of his view. His simplicity and modesty were unusual. He detested shams, and lovedtruth for truth's sake. He had old-fashioned ideas regarding honesty and morality, and he instilled these ideas into others in a quietand unobtrusive way that was most effective.

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Dr. Josiah (2) Hasbrouck. son of Dr. Josiah (1) and Ellen Jane (Blauvelt) Hasbrouck. was born at Port Ewen, town of Esopus,Ulster, NY, 27 Apr 1864, and died 25 Mar 1913. He received his early education in the public schools, at the Kingston Academy,and the seminary at Williston. MA; then took up the study of medicine at the Albany Medical College in Albany, NY, from which hegraduated in 1885. He became an interne in the Post Graduate Hospital in New York City, and also served in the out-patientdepartment of Bellevue Hospital, in the same city, and then began the active practice of his profession in Somerville, New Jersey,later returned to Port Ewen and became associated in practice with his father, succeeding him at his death in 1889, and engaged inthe active practice of his profession until his death. He was prominently identified with the New York State Medical Society, and withthe Ulster County Medical Society of which he was at one time the president. He was prominent in the public affairs of the town, andat one time was president of the Port Ewen Improvement Association. He served for one year as a member of the Ulster CountyBoard of Supervisors, and in 1900 was elected sheriff of Ulster county. He was a member of Rondout Lodge, No. 343, F&AM, andalso of Hope Lodge, No. 65, Knights of Pythias, in Port Ewen. He was a trustee and director in a number of institutions and was amember of several clubs. During his term as sheriff of Ulster county he made a tour of Europe with his brother. Judge Gilbert D. B.

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Hasbrouck, and in 1903 he purchased the Sleight property, including the ferry at Sleightsburg, of which he obtained the control, andwhich showed a marked improvement in service and efficiency under his management. He married and had children: John Hutton,now a student at the Peekskill Academy, Peekskill, New York, and Cathryn, residing with Mrs. Klingenberg, at Brooklyn, NY.

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Charles H. De La Vergne, son of Isaac and Mary Ann (Cocks) De La Vergne, was born at Rondout, NY, 3 Oct, 1858. Hiseducation, which was an excellent one, was acquired at the public school of his district, and at the Ulster Academy. For a quarter ofa century he was connected with the Delaware and Hudson Canal Company, and then he held the position of auditor of the HudsonRiver Bluestone Company until his resignation at the end of ten years, when he was called upon to accept the still more responsibleposition of assistant treasurer of the Kingston Savings Bank. He also holds important offices in other corporations. He is thesecretary and treasurer of the Wiltwyck Cemetery Association, secretary of the Twaalf skill Club, and a charter member of theKingston Club. He is also a member of Rondout Lodge, No. 343, F&AM. Mr. De La Vergne married. 11 May 1892, Anna Field, adaughter of Elijah Du Bois, and a lineal descendant of Louis Du Bois, one of the original patentees of New Paltz, Ulster county.Their children are: Louis Du Bois, born 10 Mar 1893, a student at Union University; and Charles, born 9 Aug 1896.

Milton Lodge No. 405, Marlborough, New YorkPetition: 27 Mar 1825 that petitioners “reside in the Town of Marlborough in the county of Ulster and in and near the village ofMilton . . . that they are desirous of forming a new Lodge at Milton . . . to be called Milton Lodge . . .” Signed by:

Benjamin F. PattenMiles J. FletcherDaniel L. TuthillJacob [Feyo or Felso?]

Wm. McIbrithAmajiah BlakesleeRobert LuckeyHery Meguill [McGuill]

Wm. W. BorardusD. H. HartshornJohn ThornReuben H. Hinde

Abraham RoseWells LakeHenry Marble

Officers: Benjamin F. Patten to be the first Master; Miles J. Fletcher to be the first SW; Daniel L. Tuthill to be the first JW.Recommended by Solomon’s Lodge No. 6, Poughkeepsie.

Warrant granted: 1 Jun 1825Forfeit: 8 Jun 1832.Return on file at GL for 1825-26.

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/PATTON/2000-04/0956194455

Benjamin F. Patten was born in Lansingburg, Rensselaer, NY, 27 Aug 1797 or 10 Aug 1796 to Faith (Foster) Patten and NathanielPatten. He married Phoebe Bellamy on 8 Aug 1819, who died 1 Nov 1840. They resided for a time in Newburgh, Orange, NY aswell as in Milton and Marlboro, Rensselaer [Ulster] County, NY.Children:Marion P. 04 Dec 1820Nathaniel 21 July 1822Henry F. & Helen 02 May 1824; twinsGertrude 24 Feb 1826; d.1887, m. Benjamin TerwillergerAmanda 01 Apr 1828, m. Charles B. Graves.Cora 19 Feb 1830Alice 18 Jan 1832; d.1902; m. Thomas Maddock.

On 8 Oct 1842 Benjamin Patten married Anna Dolson, b. 22 Mar 1828, and they had the following children:Lewis DuBois 01 Mar 1844Eugene Foster 09 Dec 1845Charles Groves 30 Nov 1847)Emmet 12 Feb 1850)Levi SmithLina R.

Benjamin F. Patten died on 10 Apr 1873; Anna Dolson died on 26 Mar 1900.

http://www.pa-roots.org/data/read.php?1138,410923,410923

EUGENE FOSTER PATTEN is the son of B, who was born in Lansingburg, NY, on 27 Aug 1797, and who located in Marlboroughabout the year 1820, where he engaged in the manufacture of paper. He was actively identified with the political interests of theDemocratic party, though he neither sought nor accepted office. He was prominent in Masonic affairs, and was Master of the oldlodge of that order that existed in the town many years ago. He died at Marlborough on 10 Apr, 1873. His first wife was Phebe J.Belamy, by whom he had children: Marion, Nathaniel, Henry F., Helen, Gertrude, Amanda, Cora, Alice, Sidney F., Emma, LeonardR., and Phebe J. Mrs. Patten died 1 Nov 1840. For his second wife Mr. Patton married, on 8 Oct 1842, Anna Dolson, of Newburg,Orange Co., and the children of the union have been Lewis Du Bois, Eugene F., Charles Graves, Emmet, Anna, Adeline F., Levi,and Lena R. Mrs. Patten is still living at Milton village.

Eugene Foster Patten was born in Marlborough, on 9 Dec 1845. Being one of a large family of children, he was early thrown uponhis own resources, and enjoyed the benefits of an education at the district school of the town, finishing in a select school atMarlborough. At the age of seven he went to live with Isaac Drake, a butcher of Marlborough, with whom he remained, with slightexception, until he attained the age of twenty-three, meantime learning the trade of a butcher. In 1868 he went to Hyde Park,Dutchess Co., where he worked at his trade for two years, when, owing to sickness, he was compelled to return home. On 29 Dec

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1870, he purchased of J. O. Smith his present place of business at Milton, where he has since remained in the business of abutcher, and wholesaling and shipping stock to the New York market.

In politics Mr. Patten is a Democrat, and has ever taken an active interest in the success of his party. He was elected collector ofMarlborough for two years, in 1873 and 1874. In 1877 he was elected supervisor of the town, the latter being largely Republican. Hefilled the same office in 1879. He has been the delegate of his party to a large number of conventions, going in that capacity to theState convention at Syracuse in 1879.

Mr. Patten, though a young man, has attained a prominent and influential position in his town and county. By honesty, industry,kindness to the poor, and generous contributions to all worthy objects, he has worked his way up from a humble position to occupyan honorable station among his fellows, and has before him the prospect of still larger successes in the uncertain field of politicallife. He is one of the rising young men of the county.

Wawarsing Lodge No. 582http://www.archive.org/stream/genealogicalfami02reyn/genealogicalfami02reyn_djvu.txt

Dr. Benjamin Franklin Neal, son of Albert C. and Octavia T. (Whitney) Neal, was born at Lisbon, Maine, 25 Feb, 1853. There heattended the district schools until the age of thirteen years, when he became a student in the high school at Lisbon Falls, from whichhe was graduated in the class of 1 871. For a short time he was employed as a clerk in a store; then in the fall of 1873 hematriculated at Bowdoin College and graduated from this institution in 1876, when the degree of Master of Arts was conferred uponhim. Entering the medical department of Dartmouth College, he in due course of time was awarded the degree of Doctor ofMedicine. Dr. Neal at once established himself in the practice of his profession in Lincolnville, Waldo county, Maine, remaining therefor a period of four years. One year was then spent at Gardner, whence he removed to Belgrade, Maine, and at the end of six years,he left this town, went to New York and there took a course in medicine and surgery at the Post Graduate College.

Having completed this course in Nov 1888, he went to Ellenville, NY, where he has since been engaged in the successful practice ofthe profession to which he is devoted. Dr. Neal is also a registered New York state pharmacist, is president of the Doyle DrugCompany, of Ellenville, NY, and is a trustee and director of the Poughkeepsie Utility Company. Professionally he is a member of theMaine State Medical Association, the Waldo County Medical Association and the Kennebec County Medical Association. Hispolitical support is given to the Democratic Party. His fraternal affiliations are as follows: Wawarsing Lodge No. 582, F&AM;Wawarsing Chapter No. 246. RAM: Rondout Commandery, No. ^2, KT; Mecca Temple, Nobles of the Mystic Shrine, of New YorkCity; Independent Order of Odd Fellows; Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks; and George Innes Council, Junior Order ofUnited American Mechanics.

Dr. Neal married, 12 Oct 1881, Anna H. Marson, who was born in Pittston, Maine, December 18, 1855.

John C. Hoornbeek, son of Calvin and Catherine (DePuy) Hoornbeek, was born at Napanoch, NY, 3 Mar 1834, died at Wawarsing,5 Nov 1910. Until the age of thirteen years he was a pupil in the district schools of Wawarsing, and after spending two years atschool in Napanoch, he completed his education at Kingston Academy. While he was still a student he decided to establish himselfin business and accordingly opened a grocery store at Port Hixon, conducting this for a period of six years. He then becameassociated with William H. De Garmo, and was engaged in the tanning and mercantile business at Wawarsing, NY. This associationwas in force until 1876, at which time Mr. Hoornbeek purchased the interest of his partner and continued this business alone. In1879 he commenced the manufacture of excelsior, and the following year erected another factory at Boiceville. In 1900 he built amill at Napanoch for the manufacture of dry wood pulp, and he was also extensively engaged in the bending works for auto-wagons,etc., at Boiceville. Since the death of Mr. Hoornbeek these extensive interests have been continued and are conducted by his sons.Mr. Hoornbeek was the largest landowner in Ulster county. He was a self-made man in the highest and best sense of theexpression, and one who had won the esteem and respect of all with whom he had dealings, whether in private or business life. Fora number of years he had been president of the Ellenville Savings Bank, but was obliged to resign this post of honor and trust owingto the press of his other interests. He served a number of times as delegate to state and county conventions, and in 1896 washonored by being chosen Democratic presidential elector. His fraternal affiliation was with Wawarsing Lodge, No. 582, F&AM, ofEllenville, NY, of which he was a charter member.

Mr. Hoornbeek married, in Jan 1859, Amelia Van Leuven, born 11 May 1834, died 25 Jan 1911, daughter of John B. Van Leuven, ofRochester, Ulster county, NY. Children : Louis A., Elias D. and Arthur V.

Louis A. Hoornbeek, son of John C. and Amelia (Van Leuven) Hoornbeek, was born in the town of Wawarsing, Ulster, NY, 31 Oct1864, on the old Hoornbeek homestead. He attended the district schools of his native town, and Rhinebeck Academy, Rhinebeck,NY, under the tutorship of James De Garmo. Then he became associated with his father until 1885, when he moved to Napanoch,and settled on the farms formerly owned by Jacob Joy and Andrew Schoonmaker, both consisting of 250 acres. Here he followedfarming, and bought the Jacob Hoornbeek grist mill, which he later sold to his father, who turned it into a pulp mill, which is still beingconducted by John C. Hoornbeek's sons. During his father's life he was associated with him in his various enterprises, and on hisdeath, with his brother, succeeded to his interests, which they still conduct. He is a member of Wawarsing Lodge, No. 582, F&AM,and Wawarsing Chapter, RAM; Junior Order of American Mechanics, Napanoch, NY. He is a Democrat in politics, and in religion anattendant of the Methodist church. He married, 7 Oct 1885, Frances Estelle Brundage. Children: Ethel B., Clarence A., John C.

Herman S. Wells, son of John T. and Catherine (Snyder) Wells, was born at Stone Ridge, Ulster. NY, 23 Apr 1867. He waseducated in the district schools and early in life worked on the Delaware and Hudson canal. He continued in this occupation for anumber of years, and then commenced to learn telegraphy, accepting a position as telegraph operator at High Falls for the D. andH. Canal Company. Two years later he accepted a similar position at Ellenville, where for 26 years he was manager of the WesternUnion Telegraph Company's interest. In 1902 he purchased a controlling interest in the Deleware River Telephone and Telegraph

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Company and was made president. This continued until July, 19911, when it was merged into the New York Telephone Company.Mr. Wells is at present (1913) a member of the firm of Ryan & Wells, granite and marble works, whose business extends throughoutthe middle and eastern states. Mr. Wells represented the town of Wawarsing in Ulster county on the board of supervisors as aRepublican from 1910 to 1911. He was trustee of the village of Ellenville for twelve years, and is president of the Delaware RiverTelephone and Telegraph Company. He has been connected with the Scoresby Hose and Hook and Ladder Company of theEllenville Fire Department for the past twenty years' continuous service, and is an exempt fireman; is a member of WawarsingLodge, No. 582, F&AM, and the Knights of Pythias Lodge, of Ellenville. In religion he is an attendant at the Methodist places ofworship. He married Cora B. Schoonmaker; they have no children.

Dr. George F. Wilklow, son of Theodore and Jane (North) Wilklow, was born at Stone Ridge, Ulster, NY, 7 Nov 1870. He waseducated at Ellenville Academy and Cazenovia Seminary, Cazenovia, New York. At the close of his preliminary education he tookup the study of medicine, attending for a period of two years at the College of Physicians and Surgeons. New York City. Then hespent two years at Bellevue Hospital, being finally admitted to practice in the year 1897. Dr. Wilklow served in the Spanish-Americanwar as assistant surgeon, with the rank of first lieutenant, in the Philippines and China; is now first lieutenant, Medical ReserveCorps, United States Army. At the close of the war he served also one year in the Manhattan Hospital, New York City; then settledin Wurtsboro. NY, where he practiced his profession till 1910, in which year he removed to Ellenville, where he now (1913) residesand practices. He belongs to the Wawarsing Lodge, F&AM, and among other societies is a member of the State and Ulster CountyMedical associations. Dr. Wilklow married Blanche Fairbanks.

Adonai Lodge No. 718, Highland, New York

Philip Schantz, son of Peter and Louisa (Martin) Schantz, was born in Lloyd, Ulster, NY, 6 Jun 1858. He attended the districtschools of his native town, and at an early date learned the miller's trade of his father. He then was employed for seven years byGeorge W. Pratt, of Lloyd, in his milling business. In 1879 he formed a partnership with Mr. Pratt and continued in business with himuntil 1883, when the partnership was dissolved. Mr. Schantz entered the Fort Edward Institute in Washington county. NY, where forone year he pursued a special course. During the time with Mr. Pratt he attended the Ft. Edward Institute. In 1884 he returned toUlster county and leased the ice houses and pond of Z. Eckert, one mile south of Highland. In 1886 he purchased this property, andin 1888 also purchased the grist mills formerly owned by Mr. Eckert. In 1890 he bought the Highland Cold Storage Plant, and in thesame year the mill owned by Mr. Eckert on the New Paltz Turnpike. Mr. Schantz still operates these mills. He is prominentlyidentified with many business enterprises, being president of the Highland Knitting Mills Company, the Poughkeepsie ElevatorCompany, the Highland Water Company, and the Pratt Investment Company of Long Island. He has served for several years astreasurer of the Jackson Heights Realty Company of Long Island, and is now director of the First National Bank of Highland, andone of the incorporators. In politics Mr. Schantz is a Republican, and at the age of 21 years was elected collector of the town ofLloyd, and in 1890 was elected supervisor. He continuously held this office until 1894, when he was elected sheriff of Ulster countyby a majority of one thousand, two hundred and eighty-five votes. On the expiration of his term of service as sheriff he was againelected supervisor of the town of Lloyd, which office he has held up to date. He has frequently represented his district in the stateassembly and county conventions of his party. He is also prominent in the Masonic Order, being a member of Highland Lodge[Adonai Lodge No. 718], F&AM; Kingston Chapter, RAM; Rondout Commandery, Knights Templar; and Mecca Temple, MysticShrine, New York City. He is a charter member of Highland Lodge, Knights of Pythias, the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, andthe Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks.

Mr. Schantz married, March 9, 1892, Martha Cluett, of Poughkeepsie. Child: Cluett born March i, 1900. Mrs. Schantz is agranddaughter of Thomas Cluett, who was born on the Isle of Guernsey, England, and there made his home until his death. He wasa man of prominence and influence. He married Martha Ingroville, and their son, George William Cluett, born on the Isle ofGuernsey, England, was the father of Mrs. Schantz. He received a liberal education and in 1850 immigrated to America, settling firstin Brooklyn, NY. A few years later he removed to Poughkeepsie, NY, where he is still engaged in mercantile pursuits. He marriedLavinia Bray. Children: George T.; Lavinia; and Martha, mentioned above. Mrs. George William Cluett was born on the Isle ofJersey, England, and is a granddaughter of John Bray, a famous musician, composer and bandmaster, who conducted manyconcerts in England, and made a trip around the world with his band of noted musicians.

George Washington Pratt, son of Alden J. and Derenda ( Ransom ) Pratt, was born 22 Sep1840, in the town of Lloyd, formerlyNew Paltz, and grew up on his father's farm, attending the district schools in boyhood and youth. For two years he was a student atFort Plain Academy, and two years at Claverack Institute. On attaining his majority, Mr. Pratt engaged in the flour milling businesswith Philip Le Roy, and at the end of one year purchased the interest of his partner. For many years he successfully conductedoperations, and in 1889, in partnership with his son, Harcourt Pratt, he began the manufacture of fruit packages, and also dealt incoal, lumber and grain, building up the largest business of its kind in the neighborhood.

Mr. Pratt is a member of the Presbyterian church and of the Masonic Lodge at Highland, NY, of which he is a trustee. Politically heis a staunch Republican, and served fifteen years as a member of the county central committee. He has acted as town trustee andin 1872-3 was town supervisor. He is president of the First National Bank of Highland, NY. He married 21 Dec 1865 AdelaideHarcourt, born 10 May 1845, died 9 Oct 1909, daughter of Matthew T. and Sarah (Deyo) Harcourt. Children: Harcourt J.; Jennie C,wife of Homer Howgate: Alden J., deceased; and Bessie, who married Lt. Homer Ray Oldfield, US Army, Professor of Mathematicsat West Point.

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