Source:
1787
HISTORY
of
ONEIDA COUNTY, NEW YORK
From 1700 to the Present Time
--
by Henry J. Cookinham
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Illustrated
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VOLUME I
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Chicago
The S. J. Clarke Publishing Company
1912
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER I. -
The Indians - Iroquois - Oneidas |
1 |
CHAPTER II. -
French-English-Indian War |
21 |
CHAPTER III. - Revolutionary
War |
25 |
CHAPTER IV. - Organization
and Geography |
40 |
CHAPTER V. - Geology |
42 |
CHAPTER VI. - Mineralogy |
47 |
CHAPTER VII. - Botan |
49 |
CHAPTER VIII. - Forestry |
54 |
CHAPTER IX. - Animals, Birds
- Fish |
59 |
CHAPTER X. - Political
History 1698-1812 |
70 |
CHAPTER XI. - 1813 - 1823 |
82 |
CHAPTER XII. - 1824 - 1839 |
87 |
CHAPTER XIII. - 1840 - 1859 |
104 |
CHAPTER XIV. - 1860 - 1869 |
118 |
CHAPTER XV. - 1870-1879 |
134 |
CHAPTER XVI. - 1880 - 1889 |
141 |
CHAPTER XVII. - 1890 - 1899 |
149 |
CHAPTER XVIII. - 1900 - 1912 |
156 |
CHAPTER XIX. - Public
Officials and Statistics |
167 |
CHAPTER XX. - Municipal
Corporations and Statistics |
208 |
CHAPTER XXI. - Courts, Bench
and Bar |
230 |
CHAPTER XXII. - Financial
Institutions |
273 |
CHAPTER XXIII. - Press and
Publications |
280 |
CHAPTER XXIV. - Religious
Institutions |
297 |
CHAPTER XXV. - Educational
Institutions |
354 |
CHAPTER XXVI. - Libraries |
377 |
CHAPTER XXVII. - Medical
Profession and Institutions |
391 |
CHAPTER XXVIII. -
Eleemosynary and Charitable Institutions |
428 |
CHAPTER XXIX. - Reformatory
and Penal Institutions |
431 |
CHAPTER XXX. - Industries and
Commerce |
433 |
CHAPTER XXXI. -
Transportation - Route of Travel |
457 |
CHAPTER XXXII. - Fraternal
Orders - Societies - Clubs |
464 |
CHAPTER XXXIII. - Historic
Places and Buildings |
505 |
CHAPTER XXXIV. - Eminent Men
and Women |
513 |
ILLUSTRATIONS.
Aborigines of New York |
4 |
Rome - Academy (old) |
372 |
Rome - Academy (new) |
372 |
Utica - Academy (old) |
378 |
Utica - Academy (new) |
344 |
Alden, Gustavus R. |
298 |
Alden, G. R., Mrs. |
546 |
Assumption Academy |
344 |
Bacon, William J. |
236 |
Bailey, Alexander H. |
168 |
Bailey, E. Prentiss |
292 |
Bagg, M. M., Dr. |
400 |
Bagg's Hotel |
510 |
Baptist Church, Rome |
348 |
Barn of Colonel Sanger |
300 |
Barneveld Library |
380 |
Battle of Resaca, Georgia |
526 |
Beach, Bloomfield J. |
274 |
Beardsley, Samuel |
244 |
Beecham, William, Rev. |
304 |
Bentley, Henry W. |
168 |
Bethune, George W., D.D. |
334 |
Bill, Dr. Earl |
396 |
Bissell, Daniel P., Dr. |
392 |
Bleecker Street Baptist Church |
312 |
Brant, Joseph (the Great Mohawk
Chief) |
14 |
Brigham, Amariah, Dr., |
422 |
Brown, E. D. |
542 |
Brown, Matthew, Jr., Dr. |
391 |
Bussy, Mary, Mrs. |
546 |
Butler, J. Milton |
278 |
Butterfield, Daniel, Major
General |
526 |
Butterfield, John |
458 |
Butterfield House |
510 |
Campbell, Samuel |
434 |
Forestport - Canal at |
112 |
Carnahan, James |
334 |
Caswell, H. A. |
228 |
Rome - Central New York
Institute for Deaf Mutes |
96 |
Chamberlain, Ephraim |
550 |
Utica - Chancellor Square |
502 |
Childs, Silas D. |
460 |
Christ Reformed Church |
308 |
Utica - Church of the Redeemer |
308 |
Church of Reconciliation |
308 |
Churchill, Alonzo, Dr. |
400 |
Rome - City Hall |
108 |
Utica - City Hall |
104 |
Utica - City Hospital |
414 |
Rome - City Hospital |
420 |
Clarke, H. S. N. |
304 |
Cleveland, Grover |
513 |
Cleveland, Rose Elizabeth |
546 |
Coggeshall, Henry J. |
236 |
Comstock, Calver |
226 |
Comstock, Edward |
226 |
Conkling, Roscoe |
240 |
Conkling, Roscoe, Mrs. |
556 |
Cookinham, Henry Jared |
1 |
Corey, Daniel G. |
304 |
Utica - County Clerk's Office
(old) in |
178 |
Rome - Court House (before it
was rebuilt) |
232 |
Rome - Court House (after it was
rebuilt) |
232 |
Utica - Court House (first) |
212 |
Utica - Court House (second) |
212 |
Utica - Court House (third or
last) |
216 |
Coventry, Alexander, Dr. |
392 |
Coventry, Charles, Dr. |
392 |
Coxe, Alfred C. |
266 |
Daggett, Rufus, Gen. |
126 |
Dauphin of France |
12 |
Davis, John C. |
236 |
De Angelis, Pascal C. J. |
266 |
Delta Dam (the Great) |
462 |
Denio, Hiram |
244 |
Dering, N. H. |
400 |
Devereux, John C. |
552 |
Remsen - Didymous, Thomas
Library |
380 |
Doolittle, Charles H. |
236 |
Douglass, I. H., Dr. |
400 |
Elmer, O. E. |
70 |
Boonville - Erwin Library |
380 |
Ethridge, Alfred |
274 |
Farwell, Samuel |
460 |
Faxton, Theodore S. |
460 |
Utica - Faxton Hospital |
416 |
Utica - First Methodist
Episcopal Church |
308 |
Utica - First Moravian Church |
312 |
Utica - First Presbyterian
Church |
308 |
New Hartford - First
Presbyterian Church |
297 |
Fisher, Samuel W. |
304 |
Flandrau, t. M., Dr. |
422 |
Floyd, William, Gen. |
520 |
Ford, Willis E., Dr. |
422 |
Fort Bull (site of) |
24 |
Fort Schuyler |
24 |
Utica - Fort Schuyler Club |
500 |
Fort Stanwix (map of) |
505 |
Fort Stanwix (site of ) |
22 |
Foster, Henry A. |
246 |
Foster, Henry A., Mrs. |
556 |
Fowler, Philoman H. |
304 |
Frazier, Robert, Dr. |
408 |
Furbish, Edward B. |
298 |
Ga-ka-ah, or skirt |
18 |
Gansevoort, Colonel |
28 |
Gaynor, William J. |
516 |
Utica - Genesee Street |
510 |
Gibson, William, D.D. |
304 |
Gillette, Samuel |
226 |
Glass, James H., Dr. |
422 |
Golden, David V. W. |
550 |
Utica - Grace Protestant Church |
312 |
Gray, John P., Dr. |
392 |
Gridley, Philo |
266 |
Grindley, J. G., Gen. |
126 |
Group of Ministers of the first
church organized in Oneida
County |
298 |
Grove, Dewitt C. |
292 |
Guiteau, Luther, Dr. |
391 |
Guiteau, Luther, Jr., Dr. |
400 |
Halleck, H. W., Major General |
524 |
Hamilton Academy |
358 |
Hamilton College, 1912 |
362 |
Herkimer, Nicholas, General |
522 |
Historic Stone of the Oneida
Nation or their altar |
8 |
Holy Trinity Roman Catholic
Church |
318 |
Home for Aged Men and Couples |
96 |
Home for the Homeless (for
women) |
428 |
Homeopathic Hospital |
416 |
New Hartford - Homestead of Gen.
Collins |
82 |
Hopper, Thomas |
552 |
House of the Good Shepherd |
428 |
Hunt, Montgomery |
278 |
Hunt, Ward |
246 |
Huntington, Edward |
274 |
Huntington, Henry |
278 |
Hutchinson, Edwin, Dr. |
422 |
Iroquois Indian Young Man Da-ah-de-a
in Costume |
18 |
Iroquois Girl Ga-hah-no in
Costume |
18 |
Iroquois Indian House Ga-no-sote |
18 |
Iroquois Ornamental work
Gos-to-weh or Headdress |
18 |
|
Jenkins, Timothy |
168 |
Jervis, John B. |
534 |
Rome - Jervis Library |
380 |
Johnson, Alexander B. |
552 |
Johnson, Alexander S. |
244 |
Kellogg, Spencer |
552 |
Kelly, Jane, Preceptress of
Utica Female Academy |
546 |
Kernan, Francis, U. S. Senator |
250 |
Kernan, Francis, Mrs. |
556 |
Kessinger, A. R. |
228 |
Kimball, Charles C. |
298 |
Kingsbury, Oliver A. |
298 |
Kingsley, W. J. P. |
228 |
Kirkland, Samuel, D.D. |
354 |
Knox, William E., D.D. |
304 |
Laird, Frank F., Dr. |
422 |
Lawrence, Lewis |
460 |
Lynch, Dominick |
554 |
Lynch, Dominick, Mrs. |
554 |
McCall, John, Dr. |
392 |
McMillan, Andrew |
370 |
McQuade, James, Brigadier
General |
126 |
Boonville - Making Charcoal |
56 |
Map of Oneida County showing
Land Grants |
40 |
Matteson, Orsamus B. |
168 |
Maynard, Isaac |
460 |
Merwin, Milton H. |
266 |
Middleton, Robert |
550 |
Millar, Charles |
550 |
Miller, Addison C. |
552 |
Floyd, William, General -
Monument of |
520 |
Mohawk River at foot of Genesee
Street near old Ford |
144 |
Mohawk River at foot of Genesee
Street as it now exists |
144 |
Morse, Jonathan B. |
542 |
Murphy, Aloysius, D.D. |
304 |
New Century Club |
500 |
Utica - New York Central
Railroad Station, |
156 |
New York State Hospital
(approach) as it now appears |
404 |
New York State Lunatic Asylum as
Originally Built |
404 |
Ninde, W. X., Bishop |
334 |
Nock, Thomas G. |
228 |
Odd Fellows Temple |
428 |
Old Fashioned Surgical
Instruments |
396 |
Utica - Old Horse Car of |
457 |
Olmstead, Charles T., Rt. Rev. |
334 |
Rome - Oneida County Hospital |
96 |
Oneida County Jail |
431 |
Utica, Oneida Historical
Building |
506 |
Oriskany Monument on Day of
Dedication |
34 |
Oriskany Monument Tablets |
74 |
Utica - Orphan Asylum |
428 |
Payson, Elliot H. |
298 |
Peabody, H. H., D.D. |
304 |
Utica - Police Office |
100 |
Pope, H. H., Dr. |
400 |
Rome, Postoffice |
108 |
Utica - Postoffice |
136 |
Westernville - Presbyterian
Church and Cemetery |
530 |
Rome - Presbyterian Church |
348 |
Prescott, Cyrus D. |
168 |
Utica - Presidents and Mayors of |
220 |
Conkling, Roscoe, Senator -
Residence of |
508 |
Floyd, William, General -
Residence of |
82 |
Kernan, Francis, Senator -
Residence of |
150 |
Root, Elihu, Senator - Residence
of |
82 |
Seymour, Horatio, Governor -
Residence of |
508 |
Sherman, James S., Vice
President - Residence of |
150 |
Steuben, Baron - Residence of
|
88 |
Fraser, Robert - Store |
118 |
Roberts, Ellis H. |
292 |
Rogers, P. V. |
278 |
Rome Club |
22 |
Rome in 1802 |
224 |
Root, Elihu |
514 |
Utica - Rutger Street |
502 |
Scripture, William E. |
266 |
Scudder, Samuel O., Dr. |
408 |
Seiboth, Joseph |
542 |
Seymour, George, Dr. |
392 |
Seymour, Horatio |
260 |
Seymour, Horatio, Mrs. |
556 |
Sherman, James S. |
256 |
Sherman, James S., Mrs. |
538 |
Sherman, Richard U. |
292 |
Sicard, Montgomery - Rear
Admiral |
530 |
Skenandoah |
8 |
Skinner, Adolphus, D.D. |
334 |
Snowdon, E. H., Rev. |
298 |
Rome - Soldier's Monument |
130 |
Utica - Soldiers' Monument |
130 |
Verona - Soldiers' Monument |
130 |
Waterville - Soldier's Monument |
130 |
Sprecher, Samuel P. |
334 |
Spencer, Joshua A. |
168 |
Spriggs, J. Thomas |
168 |
Utica - St. Elizabeth's Hospital |
412 |
Rome - State Custodial Asylum |
96 |
Rome, State Custodial Asylum |
428 |
State Masonic Home |
96 |
Rome - Statue of Colonel
Gansevoort in park at |
30 |
Steuben, Baron |
10 |
Steuben, Baron (monument) |
88 |
Stevens, Edward L. |
226 |
Stevens, James |
226 |
Stevens, S. B. |
226 |
Sutton, Harry, Dr. |
420 |
Sutton, R. E., Dr. |
408 |
Talcott, Charles A. |
168 |
Taylor, James H. |
334 |
Terry, M. O., Dr. |
426 |
Thorn, John |
460 |
Townsend, S. E. |
228 |
Trenton Falls |
44 |
Trenton Gorge |
44 |
Utica - Trinity Church |
312 |
Van Deusen, Edward M., D.D. |
334 |
Walcott, William D. |
434 |
Walker, Benjamin, Colonel |
78 |
Walker, Edyth, Opera Singer |
546 |
Waterville Library, interior
view |
380 |
Watson, W. H., Dr. |
426 |
Wells, John B. |
552 |
West, M. C., Dr. |
420 |
Wetzel, Andrew, D.D. |
334 |
Wheelock, Charles, General |
126 |
White, A. S. |
228 |
Wiley, George |
550 |
Willett, Marinus - Lieut. Col. |
28 |
Williams, Eleazer, Rev. |
12 |
Williams, E. Stuart |
226 |
Williams, Robert S. |
278 |
Williams, Stalham |
278 |
Wilson, Claude, Dr. |
408 |
Wolcott, Samuel, Dr. |
408 |
Wood, Thomas |
502 |
Rome - Young Men's Christian
Association Building |
496 |
Utica - Young Men's Christian
Association Building |
496 |
Rome - Zion Episcopal Church |
348 |
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BIOGRAPHICAL INDEX
VOLUME II
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CLICK HERE to GO to LIST of TABLES of CONTENTS and
BIOGRAPHICAL INDEXES >
Ackler, Manuel |
179 |
Adams, Frederick Blanchard |
123 |
Agne, Jacob |
215 |
Allan, Robert * |
176 |
Allen, Chauncey Loomis |
7 |
Anderson, George T. |
157 |
Applegate, Octavius, Rev. |
143 |
Armstrong, Wheeler |
84 |
Auld, James Robert |
180 |
Bailey, William * |
210 |
Baker, Edwin Carlos |
105 |
Baker, James Kraus * |
66 |
Bayless, Frank Perrin, M.D. |
51 |
Beach, Samuel H. |
181 |
Becker, C. Edward |
318 |
Becker, Daniel P. |
190 |
Beebe, Henry Rumrill |
116 |
Bogert, Peter * |
218 |
Bosworth, Frank A. * |
74 |
Bowes, Henry Lambert |
42 |
Brayton, Merrill Jess |
21 |
Breen, John Arthur |
41 |
Brewer, James Edward |
65 |
Brokaw, Ralph Watson, Rev. |
159 |
Brower, Abram Giles |
5 |
Brown, Jerome M. |
153 |
Burke, Arthur Michael |
152 |
Butcher, Charles M. |
304 |
Butler, Israel * |
118 |
Byam, Willis Winfield |
95 |
Byington, Charles Abram * |
102 |
Cagwin, Ward J. |
100 |
Camden Library Assn. |
99 |
Camelo, Nicholas |
252 |
Candee, Kate L., Miss * |
186 |
Canfield, Robert H. * |
248 |
Capron, Winfield B., D.D.S. |
214 |
Cardamone, Angelo & Sons |
319 |
Carroll, Jeremiah H. * |
254 |
Centolella, Joseph |
130 |
Champion, John C. |
135 |
Childs, Charles H. |
307 |
Clarabut, George G. |
43 |
Clark, Arthur Preston, M.D. |
213 |
Clark, Wilbur S. |
42 |
Coakley, Frank A. |
14 |
Coakley, John J. |
47 |
Comstock, Edward |
91 |
Conant, Eugene Henry |
259 |
Conant, George Freeman |
109 |
Coombs, Morton Burget |
175 |
Cooper, Apollos |
200 |
Copeland, Morris C. |
139 |
Corcoran, James Dominick |
121 |
Coughlin, Edward M. |
161 |
Cox, John |
26 |
Cross, Theodore La Mont |
158 |
Curran, George Langford |
115 |
Curtiss, Byron A. |
93 |
Daiker, George |
149 |
Dana, George Silliman |
78 |
De La Fleur, Frederick |
306 |
De Long, Faust S., M.D. |
194 |
Dean, Louis W. |
55 |
Decker, Harry Mallery |
114 |
Dellecese, Frank A. |
136 |
Dorrance, Daniel G., Jr. |
106 |
Dorrance, Daniel J. |
239 |
Dorrance, John G. |
238 |
Douglas, Fred J., M.D. |
61 |
Dowling, William F. |
71 |
Duckrow, Luke |
296 |
Durrenbecck, William Ezra |
200 |
Ethridge, Alfred |
144 |
Evans, John Clark |
172 |
Eynon, David Slade, M.D. |
268 |
Fairbank, Roswell Lee |
228 |
Findlay, Alexander, V.S. |
72 |
Fitch, Lauren M. |
15 |
French, William Morgan |
173 |
Frisbie, George Albert * |
8 |
Gayde, Earle Appleton, M.D. |
39 |
Gaynor, Keiron K. * |
320 |
George, Rich A. |
86 |
Goodier, Wadsworth L. |
284 |
Gouge, Frederick Hamilton |
257 |
Graham, Edmund A. |
201 |
Graham, George H. |
117 |
Graham, Joseph Emerson |
182 |
Graves, Hudson S. |
129 |
Gray, William C. |
209 |
Green, Walter Jerome * |
232 |
Griffith, Abram, Senior |
40 |
Gubbins, James P. |
114 |
Guernsey, James J. |
195 |
Hackett, Charles W. * |
30 |
Hamlin, Varney Bernard, M.D. |
229 |
Harris, Albert Stanley |
303 |
Harrison, Dean Samuel, M.D. |
86 |
Hart, Merwin K., Hon. |
299 |
Harter, Richard * |
240 |
Haselton, Jonathan Sawyer * |
58 |
Hayes, Cory David |
270 |
Hayes, E. N. |
145 |
Hazard, Frederick H., Hon. |
207 |
Hendrick, George F. |
269 |
Hesse, Albert Otto |
48 |
Hollingworth, Walter George, D.
V. S. |
13 |
|
Hopple, Frank J. |
131 |
Howarth, John W. * |
110 |
Howe, Denis Francis |
123 |
Hubbard, George M. * |
168 |
Hughes, John F. * |
300 |
Huntington, Edward * |
278 |
Ireland, George |
191 |
Jewett, James Grove |
285 |
Johns, Miles Wendell, M.D. |
63 |
Jones, Herbert Gordon, M.D. |
94 |
Jordan, Edward Peter |
125 |
Jordan, Edward Peter |
127 |
Kelsey, Adeline D. H., M.D. |
56 |
Kendrick, Francis Martin |
107 |
Kernan, William |
230 |
King, Harold Mason |
174 |
Kingsley, Willey J. P., M.D. * |
44 |
Kinne, Linn |
245 |
Klages, Herman August |
50 |
Law, John Merix |
204 |
Leahy, James Francis * |
36 |
Lee, Adrian * |
146 |
Lehr, Gilbert N., M.D. |
27 |
Lindsley, Smith M. * |
22 |
Lowery, Joseph Stuart, Colonel * |
272 |
Lynch, James S. M., Right Rev. |
222 |
Marks, Thomas William |
216 |
Matt, Frank X. |
87 |
McLean, John M. |
160 |
McNamara, Thomas J. |
79 |
Mercurio, Antonio |
244 |
Mercurio, Blase |
108 |
Merwin, Milton H. |
166 |
Morris, William Seymour, M.D. |
85 |
Mott, Otis Webster |
56 |
Munson, Edmund G. |
271 |
Nichols, Charles W., M.D. |
92 |
O'Donnell, Edward L. |
100 |
Ogden, Frank C. |
231 |
Owens, T. James, M.D. * |
124 |
Paddock, Ellsworth Elmer |
69 |
Palmer, Harold Lucien, M.D. |
83 |
Palmer, Henry C., M.D. * |
140 |
Payne, Fred Elton |
193 |
Pellettieri, Salvatore |
128 |
Perretta, Rocco |
137 |
Perry, Josiah |
246 |
Porter, Joseph |
261 |
Powers, Michael H. |
138 |
Preston, H. Frank, M.D. |
208 |
Quinn, William Vincent, M.D. |
113 |
Rathbun, Charles |
243 |
Rayhill, John Wayland, M.D. |
105 |
Reid, Robert Henry |
13 |
Reusswig, Fred G. |
28 |
Rice, J. B. * |
96 |
Roberts, Elihu Frank |
101 |
Roberts, James |
283 |
Ross, John McCombs |
227 |
Rowland, Eugene Andrews, Hon. * |
16 |
Rushmer, Herbert D. |
307 |
Russo, Vincent |
247 |
Sanborn, George Wells |
27 |
Sayre, Charles H. (See Note
below) |
323 |
Schantz, Samuel E., M.D. * |
204 |
Scharff, Louis Julius |
48 |
Scheehl, Walter H., M.D. |
316 |
Scothon, Charles A. G. |
223 |
Seavey, William E. |
258 |
Sheldon, Artemus Barnard |
11 |
Shelley, Frederick Morris |
57 |
Siemers, John Henry |
35 |
Smith, Albert H., M.D. |
216 |
Smith, Charles Edward, M.D. |
228 |
Snyder, Daniel G. |
192 |
Somers, James T. |
165 |
Spaulding, Phil S. |
175 |
Stewart, Victor Bill * |
88 |
Stone, Benjamin Hosley |
237 |
Stone, Walter Chester |
276 |
Stryker, Thomas Hubbard |
251 |
Sullivan, Daniel J. |
315 |
Sweet, W. H. Seward |
298 |
Teller, Howard J., M.D. |
49 |
Terry, Israel Newton, Rev., D.D.
* |
153 |
Tharratt, Brinckerhoff C. ** |
308 |
Thomas', Philip Sons * |
196 |
Thorn, James Edward Bennett * |
132 |
Vedder, Nicholas Francis * |
52 |
Walker, George |
73 |
Walling, Alonzo B. ** |
262 |
Watson, William Henry * |
286 |
Watson, William Livingston * |
295 |
Watters, Francis A. |
62 |
Weaver, Van Rensselaer * |
80 |
Westcott, Addison Harvey |
64 |
Westcott, Frank D. |
12 |
Wetmore, William E., M.D. |
184 |
Whaley, James Higgins, M.D. |
34 |
Wheeler, Thomas, Hon. |
183 |
Whiffen, B. Allen * |
162 |
White, Henry Draper, M.D. |
70 |
White, Moses Taft |
221 |
Wiley, William James |
297 |
Willson, Merritt N. |
137 |
Wingenbach, Julius Frederick,
M.D. |
29 |
Wolcott, Samuel Gardner, M.D. * |
224 |
Woodland, George |
151 |
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NOTE:
Charles H. Sayre's biography has been X'd out by pencil
or pen for some unknown reason.
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