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Source:
1667
HISTORY
OF
ONEIDA COUNTY, NEW YORK
---
Some of Its Prominent Men and Pioneers
---
Philadelphia:
Everts & Fariss
1878
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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HISTORICAL |
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CHAPTER 1. -
Physical Features |
9 |
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CHAPTER II. -
Pre-Historic Races |
14 |
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CHAPTER III. -
Indian Occupation |
15 |
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CHAPTER IV. -
Protestant Missions |
29 |
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CHAPTER V. -
French Discoveries |
36 |
|
CHAPTER VI. -
Settlements in the Mohawk Valley |
45 |
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CHAPTER VII. -
Land Titles |
53 |
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CHAPTER VIII. -
The Revolution |
67 |
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CHAPTER IX. -
Second Meeting of the
Continental Congress |
81 |
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CHAPTER X. -
Burgoyne's Campaign |
91 |
|
CHAPTER XI. - St.
Leger's Proclamation |
101 |
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CHAPTER XII. -
Relief of Fort Stanwix |
115 |
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CHAPTER XIII. -
Surrender of Burgoyne |
131 |
|
CHAPTER XIX. -
Sullivan's Campaign |
141 |
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CHAPTER XV. -
Civil Organization |
157 |
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CHAPTER XVI. -
Internal Improvements |
174 |
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CHAPTER XVII. -
The Oneida Civil List |
185 |
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CHAPTER XVIII. -
The Learned Professions |
191 |
|
CHAPTER XIX. -
Statistical |
239 |
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HISTORY OF THE
VILLAGE AND CITY OF UTICA. |
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CHAPTER XX. - The
Village of Utica |
257 |
|
HISTORY OF THE
TOWNS AND VILLAGES OF ONEIDA
COUNTY |
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CHAPTER XXI. -
City of Rome |
363 |
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CHAPTER XXII. -
Annsville |
403 |
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CHAPTER XXIII. -
Augusta |
409 |
|
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CHAPTER XXIV. -
Ava |
417 |
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CHAPTER XXV. -
Boonville |
419 |
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CHAPTER XXVI. -
Bridgewater |
427 |
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CHAPTER XXVII. -
Camden |
432 |
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CHAPTER XXVIII. -
Deerfield |
439 |
|
CHAPTER XXIX. -
Florence |
447 |
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CHAPTER XXX. -
Floyd |
449 |
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CHAPTER XXXI. -
Forestport |
452 |
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CHAPTER XXXII. -
Kirkland |
454 |
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CHAPTER XXXIII. -
Lee |
472 |
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CHAPTER XXXIV. -
Marcy |
480 |
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CHAPTER XXXV. -
Marshall |
484 |
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CHAPTER XXXVI. -
New Hartford |
487 |
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CHAPTER XXXVII. -
Paris |
495 |
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CHAPTER XXXVIII.
- Remsen |
507 |
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CHAPTER XXXIX. -
Sangerfield |
515 |
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CHAPTER XL. -
Steuben |
526 |
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CHAPTER XLI. -
Trenton |
534 |
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CHAPTER XLII. -
Vernon |
570 |
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CHAPTER XLIII. -
Verona |
580 |
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CHAPTER XLIV. -
Vienna |
587 |
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CHAPTER XLV. -
Western |
593 |
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CHAPTER XLVI -
Westmoreland |
600 |
|
CHAPTER XLVII. -
Whitestown |
610 |
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CHAPTER XLVIII. -
BIOGRAPHICAL |
628 |
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CHAPTER XLIX. -
Military History and Rosters |
639 |
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ILLUSTRATIONS
|
|
View of Trenton Falls
(Frontispiece) |
facing title page |
|
Map of Oneida County |
facing 9 |
|
portrait of Rev. Samuel Kirkland |
facing 29 |
|
Map Oneida County, showing
Patents, Land Grants, 1829 |
facing 53 |
|
Portrait of Joseph Brant (Thayendanegea) |
facing 70 |
|
Plan of St. Leger's March |
93 |
|
Portrait of Peter Gansevoort |
95 |
|
Plan of the Siege of Fort
Stanwix |
102 |
|
View of County Infirmary, Rome |
facing 234 |
|
View of N. Y. State Lunatic
Asylum, Utica |
facing 234 |
|
Plan of Rome, in 1810 |
382 |
|
Baron Steuben Monument |
facing 637 |
|
Portrait of Col. Marinus Willet |
facing 638 |
|
CITY OF UTICA |
|
Portrait of Francis Kernan |
facing 257 |
|
Residence of Thomas Hopper |
facing 264 |
|
Residence of the late John
Butterfield |
bet. 264, 265 |
|
Portrait of John Butterfield |
bet. 264, 265 |
|
Portrait of Hiram Grennman |
facing 276 |
|
Portrait of Silas C. Greenman |
facing 276 |
|
Portrait of Josiah Rathbun |
facing 294 |
|
Portrait of James Benton |
facing 298 |
|
Portrait of Horatio Seymour
(steel) |
facing 299 |
|
Portrait of Ellis H. Roberts |
facing 301 |
|
Portrait of De Witt C. Grove |
facing 303 |
|
Ballou Block |
facing 307 |
|
Portrait of John J. Francis |
facing 312 |
|
Portrait of E. B. Shearman |
facing 318 |
|
Utica City Library |
facing 320 |
|
Hackett's Block |
bet. 320, 321 |
|
Portrait of C. Hackett (steel) |
bet. 320, 321 |
|
Portrait of John Carton |
facing 330 |
|
Portrait of Owen O'Neil |
facing 334 |
|
Faxton Hospital |
facing 335 |
|
Portrait of H. Barnard |
facing 338 |
|
Portrait of E. S. Barnum |
facing 341 |
|
Portrait of Wm. J. Bacon |
347 |
|
Portrait of Robert Middleton
(steel) |
bet. 348-349 |
|
Portrait of Thomas Hopper
(steel) |
bet. 348-349 |
|
Portrait of T. S. Faxton (steel) |
facing 349 |
|
Portrait of Hiram Greenman
(steel) |
bet. 350-351 |
|
Portrait of E. J. Richardson
(steel) |
bet. 350-351 |
|
Portrait of Patrick Cassidy |
351 |
|
Portrait of Wm. H. Watson
(steel) |
facing 352 |
|
Portrait of Ebenezer Leach |
353 |
|
Portrait of Jacob Hunt
(steel) |
facing 354 |
|
Portrait of Alonzo Churchill
(steel) |
facing 355 |
|
Portrait of Alfred Churchill |
355 |
|
Portrait of John (Jean) B.
Marchisi |
357 |
|
Portrait of William Russell
(steel) |
facing 358 |
|
Portrait of G. A. Foster |
facing 359 |
|
Portrait of C. H. Hopkins |
359 |
|
Portrait of Stephen Thorn |
360 |
|
Portrait of John B. Wells
(steel) |
facing 360 |
|
Portrait of Philo Gridley |
362 |
|
CITY OF ROME |
|
Residence of A. Ethridge |
facing 364 |
|
Residence of Henry Patrick, with
Portrait |
facing 365 |
|
Portrait of A. Ethridge |
facing 368 |
|
Portrait of N. Hyde Leffingwell |
facing 370 |
|
Portrait of L. Zennana
Leffingwell |
facing 370 |
|
Residence of D. M. Crowell, with
Portraits |
bet. 370, 371 |
|
Portraits of Elijah Crowell and
Wife |
bet. 370, 371 |
|
Residence of Jonathan Talcott |
facing 374 |
|
Residence of E. B. Armstrong,
with Portrait |
facing 386 |
|
Residence of George Abbe, with
Portraits |
facing 387 |
|
Portraits of Phineas Abbe & Mrs.
Mary Abbe. |
facing 387 |
|
Portrait of Harold H. Pope |
facing 392 |
|
Portrait of Roland S. Doty |
facing 394 |
|
Portrait of D. M. K. Johnson
(steel) |
facing 401 |
|
Portrait of M. C. West (steel) |
facing 402 |
|
ANNSVILLE. |
|
Portraits of Nelson Dawley and
Wife |
facing 404 |
|
Portraits of Harrison
Lillybridge and Wife |
facing 406 |
|
Portrait of W. J. Lasher |
408 |
|
AUGUSTA. |
|
Residence of George W. Dodge |
facing 412 |
|
Residence of W. G. Strong |
facing 413 |
|
BOONVILLE |
|
Portrait of Thomas Traffarn |
facing 420 |
|
Residence of John M. Fisk, with
Portraits |
facing 422 |
|
Portraits of Walter Booth and
Wife |
facing 423 |
|
Residence of Samuel Johnson,
with Portrait |
facing 424 |
|
Residence of B. O. Jackson, with
Portraits |
facing 425 |
|
Portrait of A. L. Hayes |
facing 426 |
|
Portrait of P. B. Shultz |
facing 426 |
|
BRIDGEWATER |
|
Residence of S. Bailey |
facing 428 |
|
Residence of W. N. Southworth |
facing 428 |
|
Portrait of Silas B. Wood |
facing 429 |
|
Portrait of Nehemiah N. Peirce |
facing 430 |
|
Old Homestead of Jesse Ives |
facing 432 |
|
CAMDEN. |
|
Residence of E. B. Upson |
facing 432 |
|
Residence of J. G. Dorrance,
with Portrait |
facing 436 |
|
McCall Bros. Canning-Factory |
facing 437 |
|
Portraits of Francis Skinner and
Wife |
439 |
|
DEERFIELD. |
|
Residence of Archibald Blue
(double page) |
bet. 440, 441 |
|
Residence of L. C. Schermerhorn |
bet. 440, 441 |
|
Residence of Allen L. Blue |
bet. 440, 441 |
|
Portrait of Duncan Blue |
bet. 440, 441 |
|
Portrait of Allen L. Blue |
bet. 440, 441 |
|
Residence of Peter Walker |
bet. 440, 441 |
|
Residence of James M. Cox, with
Portraits |
bet. 440, 441 |
|
Residence of Stephen Northup
(double page) |
bet. 440, 441 |
|
Residence of Robert Coventry |
facing 442 |
|
Residence of Franklin S. Davis
(double page) |
bet. 442, 443 |
|
Residence of Giles Smith |
facing 443 |
|
Portrait of Alexander Coventry |
444 |
|
Portrait of Robert Coventry |
445 |
|
Portrait of Aaron Barnes |
445 |
|
Portrait of Pratt Smith |
446 |
|
FLORENCE. |
|
Residence and Tannery of W. W.
Graves |
bet. 448, 449 |
|
Portraits of W. W. Graves and
Wife |
bet. 448, 449 |
|
|
FLOYD. |
|
Portrait of
Ingham Townsend |
facing 450 |
|
FORESTPORT |
|
Forestport Steam
Mills (Denton & Waterbury,
proprietors) |
facing 452 |
|
Portrait of
Jonathan A. Hill (steel) |
facing 453 |
|
KIRKLAND. |
|
Portrait of
Thomas Dean |
facing 456 |
|
Portrait of
Horace Bartlett |
bet. 466, 467 |
|
Portraits of
W. S. Bartlett and Wife |
bet. 466, 467 |
|
Residence of Wm.
S. Bartlett |
bet. 466, 467 |
|
Residence of John
S. Barker (with inscription) |
facing 467 |
|
Residence of
James L. Blackstone |
facing 467 |
|
Portrait of
Marshall W. Barker |
471 |
|
LEE. |
|
Portrait of
Andrew Davidson |
bet. 472, 473 |
|
Residence of the
late Andrew Davidson |
bet. 472, 473 |
|
Portraits of
Curtis Spinning and Wife |
bet. 474, 475 |
|
Portraits of
Lewis Eames and Wife |
facing 476 |
|
Portrait of
Jerusha Eames |
facing 478 |
|
Portrait of James
Eames, Sr. |
facing 478 |
|
Portrait of James
Eames, Jr. |
facing 478 |
|
Portrait of
Martin Washburn |
480 |
|
MARCY. |
|
Residence of
James Cavana |
facing 482 |
|
Residence of
Edward T. Marson |
facing 483 |
|
Portraits of
Edward T. Marson and Wife |
484 |
|
MARSHALL |
|
Residence of
Charles A. Hovey (with
inscription) |
facing 486 |
|
Residence of Mrs.
Ira Melvin |
facing 487 |
|
NEW HARTFORD. |
|
Residence of
George Hatfield |
facing 490 |
|
Residence of
Morgan Butler |
facing 490 |
|
Portrait of
Charles McLean (steel) |
facing 494 |
|
PARIS. |
|
Residence of
Moses M. Gray |
facing 496 |
|
Residence of
Harvey Head |
facing 497 |
|
Portrait of
Harvey Head |
facing 497 |
|
Portrait of
Jonathan E. Head |
facing 497 |
|
Residence of L.
and J. E. Head |
facing 498 |
|
Portrait of
Lysander Head |
facing 498 |
|
Residence of J.
P. Tompkins, with Portraits |
facing 499 |
|
Residence of Geo.
W. Chapman, with Portraits |
facing 500 |
|
Residence of
William Richards |
bet. 500, 501 |
|
Portrait of
William Richards (steel) |
bet. 500, 501 |
|
Portrait of
Darius Dunham |
bet. 504, 505 |
|
Portraits of
Stephen Chapman and Wife |
facing 564 |
|
REMSEN. |
|
Residence of
Jerome B. Witherell, with
Portraits |
facing 508 |
|
Property of J. R.
and C. R. Thomas |
facing 509 |
|
Portraits of Evan
Owens and Wife |
facing 510 |
|
Residence of
Didymus Thomas, with Portrait |
bet. 510, 511 |
|
Residence of the
late Robt. Roberts, with
Portraits |
bet. 510, 511 |
|
Residence of Hugh
Roberts, with Portrait |
bet. 510, 511 |
|
Residence of
Chester G. Kent, with Portraits |
facing 511 |
|
Residence of John
James, with Portraits |
facing 512 |
|
Residence of
James Mitchell, with Portraits |
facing 513 |
|
Portrait of Milo
Mitchell |
513 |
|
SANGERFIELD |
|
Portrait of
Francis Marion Stetson |
525 |
|
Portrait of
Daniel Livermore |
525 |
|
Portrait of James
G. Preston |
526 |
|
STEUBEN. |
|
"Crigga,"
residence of John R. Griffith |
facing 528 |
|
Residence of
Richard D. Davis |
facing 528 |
|
Residence of John
C. Owens, with Portraits |
bet. 528, 529 |
|
Residence of R.
P. Roberts, with Portraits |
bet. 528, 529 |
|
Residence of R.
R. Roberts |
facing 529 |
|
Portrait of
William Lewis |
facing 530 |
|
Residence of the
late Rev. R. Everett, D. D.,
with Portraits |
facing 532 |
|
Portrait of Sarah
Porter |
534 |
|
Portrait of
Morris W. Morris |
facing 368 |
|
TRENTON. |
|
Residence of
William H. Comstock |
facing 536 |
|
Residence of Mis
Mary R. Willard |
facing 540 |
|
Residence of
Francis A. Wilbur |
facing 540 |
|
Residence of J.
J. Davis |
facing 541 |
|
Residence of D.
A. Crane, with Portrait |
facing 544 |
|
Residence of
Alexander Pirnie, with Portrait |
facing 545 |
|
Residence of Mrs.
Francis Guiteau, with Portraits |
facing 550 |
|
Portraits of
William J. Babcock and Wife |
facing 554 |
|
Portrait of
Sylvanus Ferris |
facing 560 |
|
"Union Hall,"
William P. Dodge, proprietor |
facing 560 |
|
Property of Henry
Joy |
facing 561 |
|
Residence of
Colonel T. H. Ferris, with
Portraits |
facing 565 |
|
Portraits of
William Perkins and Wife |
566 |
|
Portrait of
George Watkins |
568 |
|
Portrait of
Pascal C. J. De Angelis (steel) |
facing 569 |
|
VERNON. |
|
Residence of
Daniel G. Dorrance |
facing 572 |
|
Residence of
Silas B. Crocker |
bet. 572, 573 |
|
Portraits of
Silas B. Crocker and Wie |
bet. 572, 573 |
|
Portrait of
Timothy Jenkins |
facing 576 |
|
Portrait of
Daniel G. Dorrance (steel) |
580 |
|
VIENNA. |
|
Portrait of John
D. Yater, |
592 |
|
Residence of
Samuel Faulkner |
facing 592 |
|
WESTERN. |
|
Residence of
Henry G. Reid, with Portrait |
facing 593 |
|
Portrait of
Thomas McMullin |
facing 594 |
|
Residence of the
late Moses T. White |
facing 596 |
|
Residence of
Israel White |
facing 596 |
|
Residence of
Henry R. Hill, with Portraits |
bet. 596, 597 |
|
Residence of C.
W. and J. Porter, with Portraits |
facing 597 |
|
Portrait of Gen.
Henry W. Halleck |
597 |
|
Portrait of Jabez
Hallock, Jr. |
facing 599 |
|
Portrait of Jabez
Hallock |
599 |
|
Portrait of
Joseph Halleck |
599 |
|
Portrait of
Jerome, V. Gue |
600 |
|
WESTMORELAND. |
|
Portraits of Amos
Barns and wife |
facing 602 |
|
Portraits of
Erastus W. Clark (steel) |
facing 609 |
|
WHITESTOWN. |
|
Portrait of Philo
White |
facing 614 |
|
Portrait of Mrs.
Nancy R. White |
facing 614 |
|
"Evergreen Lawn,"
Residence of W. D. Walcott |
facing 615 |
|
Portrait of
Samuel Campbell (steel) |
facing 27 |
|
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BIOGRAPHICAL
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|
Abbe,
Phineas |
402 |
|
Armstrong, E. B. |
402 |
|
Babcock, William J. |
facing
554 |
|
Bacon,
William J. |
346 |
|
Bailey,
S. |
432 |
|
Barker,
Marshall W. |
471 |
|
Barnard, H. |
facing
338 |
|
Barnes,
Aaron |
445 |
|
Barns,
Amos |
facing
602 |
|
Barnum,
E. S. |
facing
341 |
|
Bartlett, William S. |
bet.
466, 467 |
|
Benton,
Benton |
bet.
298, 299 |
|
Blackstone, James L. |
471 |
|
Blue,
Allen L. |
445 |
|
Booth,
Walter |
facing
423 |
|
Brainard, Jeptha |
597 |
|
Butterfield, John |
bet.
264, 265 |
|
Campbell, Samuel |
627 |
|
Carton,
John |
facing
330 |
|
Cassidy, Patrick |
351 |
|
Chapman, Stephen |
507 |
|
Churchill, Alfred |
355 |
|
Churchill, Alonzo |
355 |
|
Clark,
Erastus W. |
609 |
|
Coventry, Alexander |
444 |
|
Cox,
James |
446 |
|
Crane,
D. A. |
567 |
|
Crocker, Silas B. |
bet.
572, 573 |
|
Crowell, Daniel M. |
bet.
370, 371 |
|
Davidson, Andrew & Alexander |
bet.
472, 473 |
|
Dawley,
Nelson |
facing
404 |
|
De
Angelis, Pascal C. J. |
569 |
|
Dean,
Thomas |
facing
456 |
|
Denio,
Hiram |
299 |
|
Dodge,
William P. |
568 |
|
Dorrance, Daniel G. |
580 |
|
Doty,
Roland S. |
facing
396 |
|
Dunham,
Darius |
bet.
504, 505 |
|
Eames,
James |
facig
478 |
|
Eames,
Lewis |
facing
476 |
|
Everett, Dr. |
532 |
|
Faxton,
Theodore S. |
349 |
|
Ferris,
Timothy H., Colonel |
565 |
|
Foster,
Gilbert A. |
358 |
|
Francis, John J. |
facing
312 |
|
Graves,
William W. |
bet.
448, 449 |
|
Greenman, Hiram |
349 |
|
Gridley, Philo |
361 |
|
Griffith, John R. |
531 |
|
Grove,
DeWitt C. |
facing
303 |
|
Gue,
Jerome V. |
600 |
|
Guiteau,
Francis |
567 |
|
Hackett, Corden |
354 |
|
Halleck,
Henry W., General |
597 |
|
Hallock,
Jabez, Jr. |
facing
599 |
|
Harrison, Lillybridge |
facing
406 |
|
Hill,
Henry R. |
598 |
|
Hill,
Jonathan A. |
453 |
|
Hopkins, Charles H. |
359 |
|
Hopper,
Thomas |
348 |
|
Hunt, Jacob |
354 |
|
James,
John |
512 |
|
Jenkins, Timothy |
facing
576 |
|
Johnson, D. M. K. |
401 |
|
|
Kent,
Chester G. |
511 |
|
Kernan,
Francis, Hon. |
facing
257 |
|
Kirkland, John |
472 |
|
Lasher,
William J. |
408 |
|
Leach,
Ebenezer |
353 |
|
Leffingwell, N. Hyde |
facing
370 |
|
Lewis,
William |
facing
530 |
|
Livermore, Daniel |
525 |
|
Marchisi, Jean Batiste |
356 |
|
Marson,
Edward T. |
483 |
|
McMullin, Thomas |
594 |
|
Melvin,
Ira J. |
487 |
|
Middleton, Robert |
347 |
|
Mitchell, James |
513 |
|
Mitchell, Milo |
513 |
|
O'Neil,
Owen |
facing
334 |
|
Owens,
Evan |
facing
510 |
|
Owens,
John C. |
534 |
|
Patrick, Henry |
402 |
|
Peirce,
Nehemiah N. |
facing
430 |
|
Perkins, William |
566 |
|
Pirnie,
Alexander |
566 |
|
Pope,
Harold H. |
facing
392 |
|
Porter,
C. W. and J. |
598 |
|
Preston, James G. |
526 |
|
Rathbun,
Josiah |
facing
294 |
|
Reid,
Henry L. |
600 |
|
Richards, William |
bet.
500, 501 |
|
Richardson, Eaton J., |
350 |
|
Roberts, Ellis H., Hon. |
facing
301 |
|
Roberts, Richard P. |
534 |
|
Roberts, Richard R. |
533 |
|
Roberts, Robert and Hugh |
511 |
|
Russell, William |
358 |
|
Schermerhorn, Levi C. |
446 |
|
Seymour, Horatio |
299 |
|
Shearman, E. B. |
facing
318 |
|
Skinner, Francis |
439 |
|
Smith,
Pratt |
446 |
|
Spinning, Curtis |
bet.
474, 475 |
|
Spinning, Roswell F. |
bet.
474, 475 |
|
Stetson, Francis Marion |
525 |
|
Steuben, Baron |
628 |
|
Thomas,
Didymus |
514 |
|
Thomas,
John R. |
512 |
|
Thorn,
Stephen |
360 |
|
Townsend, Ingham |
facing
450 |
|
Traffarn, Thomas |
facing
420 |
|
Walcott, Benjamin S. |
626 |
|
Walker,
Peter |
445 |
|
Washburn, Martin |
480 |
|
Watkins, George |
568 |
|
Watson,
William H. |
351 |
|
Wells,
John B. |
360 |
|
West,
M. Calvin |
401 |
|
White
Family, The |
598 |
|
White,
Philo |
facing
614 |
|
Wilbur,
F. A. |
570 |
|
Willard, Ephraim |
570 |
|
Willett, Marinus, Colonel |
638 |
|
Witherell, Jerome |
512 |
|
Wood,
Silas B. |
facing
429 |
|
Yager,
John D. |
592 |
|
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