This Historical CD contains stories of the local townships of Madison County and its people.
This is a scanned copy on CD of the original Book published in 1899.
Our County and Its
People
A
Descriptive and Biographical Record of
Madison County,
New York
Edited By
John E. Smith
The Boston History Company, Publishers
1899
900 pages on 1 CD
An essential resource for Genealogists
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CONTENTS
Part I.
Chapter I. Descriptive of the subject
Chapter II. Indian occupation and early wars
Chapter III. First settlement - trails and roads
Chapter IV. Erection of the county, town formation and early settlements
Chapter V. Further town settlement and improvement
Chapter VI. Town formation and settlement
Chapter VII. Further town formation and settlement
Chapter VIII. Further town formation and settlement
Chapter IX. Settlement and organization of Lenox, Fenner, and Georgetown
Chapter X. General progress in the county
Chapter XI. The canal and early railroad era
Chapter XII. Political changes - The Civil War period
Chapter XIII. Progress of improvement in towns - Eaton
Chapter XIV. Progress of improvement in towns - Cazenovia
Chapter XXV. Progress of improvement in towns - Hamilton
Chapter XVI. Progress of improvement in towns - Lenox
Chapter XVII. Progress of improvement in towns - Sullivan
Chapter XVIII. Progress of improvement in towns - De Ruyter and Georgetown
Chapter XIX. Progress of improvement in towns - Brookfeild and Lebanon
Chapter XX. Progress of improvement in towns - Madison and Nelson
Chapter XXI. Progress of improvement in towns - Smithfield and Fenner
Chapter XXII. Progress of improvement in towns - Stockbridge
Chapter XXIII. General county history from 1865 to 1899
Chapter XXIV. Educational institutions of Madison County
Chapter XXV. The judiciary and bar of Madison County
Chapter XXVI. The medical societies and profession
Chapter XXVII. Gazetteer of towns
Part II.
Biographical
Part III.
Personal references
Index
Personal references
Biographical
Portraits and illustrations
SURNAMES IN INDEX
Abbott, Abercrombie, Ackerman, Ackley, Adams, Ager, Aiken, Ainsworth, Alby, Alcott, Alderman, Aldrich, Alger, Allen, Allis, Alvord, Ambler, Amedown, Ames, Amsbry, Amsden, Anderson, Andrews, Angel, Annas, Antes, Anthony, Armour, Armstrong, Arndt, Arnold, Arnst, Arrowsmith, Atkins, Atkinson, Atwell, Atwood, Aubeuf, Austin, Avery, Ayer, Ayres, Aylesworth, Babcock, Backus, Bacon, Bailey, Baker, Balcom, Baldwin, Ballard, Ballou, Bamford, Bancroft, Banning, Anton, Banyea, Barber, Barclay, Bardeen, Barker, Barlow, Barnard, Barnes, Barnett, Barott, Barr, Barrett, Barry, Bartholomew, Bartle, Bass, Bassett, Bates, Battey, Baum, Baxter, Beach, Beal, Beardsley, Beck, Beckwith, Beden, Beebe, Beebee, Beecher, Beekman, Beeman, Beers, Bell, Bellamy, Benedict, Benjamin, Bennett, Benson, Bensted, Bentley, Bemis, Bergen, Berry, Berson, Betsinger, Bicknell, Bigsby, Bill, Bills, Billings, Billington, Bingham, Birdsall, Birge, Bishop, Bixby, Black, Blacksstone, Blair, Blakeman, Blakeslee, Blanchard, Blish, Bliss, Blodgett, Blye, Boardman, Boden, Bogardus, Bond, Bonney, Boon, Bort, Bordwell, Bostwick, Bosworth, Bouck, Bowen, Bowler, Boyer, Bradin, Bradley, Bradner, Brainard, Brand, Brasse, Breese, Brevoort, Brewer, Brewster, Bridge, Briggs, Brigham, Bright, Britt, Britton, Broadhead, Brockett, Broga, Bronson, Brooks, Brown, Brownell, Brownson, Bruce, Bruen, Bryant, Buck, Buckingham, Buell, Bugbee, Bulkley, Bull, Bump, Bumpus, Bunker, Burchard, Burden, Burdick, Burgess, Burhans, Burke, Burn, Burnett, Burnham, Burr, Burroughs, Burton, Bush, Bushnell, Bushyte, Butler, Button, Byer, Cady, Cadwell, Cain, Calhoun, Calkins, Callanan, Calvin, Calway, Cameron, Camp, Campbell, Campton, Candee, Card, Cardner, Carey, Carl, Carlon, Carpenter, Carrier, Carrington, Carrol, Carscadden, Carver, Cary, Case, Casler, Caswell, Catlin, Cavana, Cazenove, Cazier, Chaffee, Chamberlain, Chamberlayne, Chambers, Champlain, Chandler, Chaphe, Chapin, Chapman, Chappell, Chariton, Chase, Chawgo, Cheney, Cheesebro, Cheesebrough, Chesley, Childs, Christman, Church, Clark, Clarke, Clary, Clemens, Clements, Clemons, Cleveland, Clough, Clow, Cloyes, Cobb, Cody, Coe, Colburn, Cole, Coles, Colegrove, Coleman, Coley, Colgate, Cullins, Collis, Collister, Colson, Colton, Colwell, Colyer, Comstock, Coman, Conant, Cone, Conger, Conine, Conklin, Conley, Cook, Coolidg, Coolidge, Coon, Cooper, Copley, Cornell, Corson, Cossett, Costello, Cotes, Cotton, Covell, Cowan, Cowen, Cox, Coye, Craine, Cramphin, Crandall, Crane, Cranson, Craw, Crawe, Crawford, Crawshaw, Crichton, Crispe, Crocker, Cronk, Crosby, Cross, Crouse, Crowell, Crumb, Cruttenden, Cummings, Curtis, Currier, Curry, Cushing, Cushman, Cutler, Daboll, Daggett, Daharsh, Dana, Danforth, Daniels, Damon, Dapson, Dardis, Darling, Darrow, Dart, Dascom, Dauby, Davenport, David, Davidson, Davis, Dawson, Day, Dean, Dearborn, De Clercq, Deering, De Forest, Delamater, De Laney, Delaney, De Lano, De Long, Denison, Dennie, Dennison, Derbyshire, Deuel, Devan, Devereaux, Devolant, Dewey, Dewitt, De Wolf, Dexter, Deyo, Dick, Didama, Dietz, Dillaye, Divine, Dix, Dixon, Dodge, Donaldson, Donnelly, Doody, Doolittle, Doran, Doremus, Dorion, Dorrance, Douglass, Dow, Dowd, Downer, Downey, Downing, Drake, Draper, Drew, Driscoll, Dryer, Duffey, Duke, Dunbar, Dunham, Dunster, Dunton, Durfee, Durham, Durkee, Durst, Dutton, Dwinelle, Dygert, Dykeman, Eagan, Eames, Earll, Eaton, Eddy, Edgarton, Edson, Edwards, Ehle, Eisaman, Eldred, Eldridge, Ellinwood, Elliott, Ellis, Ellsworth, Elmore, Elphick, English, Ensign, Enos, Esselstyne, Evans, Everett, Everton, Fairchild, Fancher, Farnam, Farnham, Farr, Farrell, Farwell, Faulkner, Fay, Fearon, Fellows, Felt, Felton, Fenner, Ferguson, Ferriere, Ferry, Field, Finch, Finney, Fish, Fisher, Fish, Fiske, Fitch, Flower, Flaherty, Foord, Foot, Foote, Forbes, Ford, Forman, Forrester, Fort, Forte, Forward, Foskett, Foster, Fowler, Fox, Francis, Frederick, Freeman, Freemyer, French, Frink, Frost, Fry, Fryer, Fuess, Fuller, Furman, Gage, Gale, Gardiner, Garrett, Gasten, Gary, Gaston, Gates, Gay, Gaylord, Gere, Germer, Gibbs, Gibson, Gifford, Gilbert, Giles, Gill, Gillet, Gillett, Ginney, Girvin, Gleason, Godfred, Goff, Goldstein, Goodell, Goodenough, Goodrich, Goodsell, Goodwin, Goosens, Gorton, Gough, Gould, Graham, Granger, Grant, Graves, Gray, Green, Greene, Greenhow, Greeland, Greenly, Greenwood, Gregg, Greiner, Greminger, Gridley, Griffin, Griffith, Griffiths, Griner, Groat, Groesbeck, Groff, Grout, Guernsey, Guest, Guiteau, Gullerat, Gunn, Gurley, Hackley, Hadcock, Haight, Hakes, Halbert, Hale, Hall, Halliday, Hallock, Halsey, Hamblet, Hamblin, Hamlin, Hamilton, Hammond, Hanchett, Hand, Hannum, Harbottle, Harder, Hardie, Hardin, Hardy, Hare, Harmon, Harrington, Harris, Harrison, Hart, Hartjen, Hartshorn, Hascall, Haskell, Haskins, Haswell, Hatch, Hatfield, Hathaway, Havens, Hawkins, Hawks, Hawley, Hayden, Hayes, Hayward, Haywood, Hazard, Hazeltine, Hazelton, Hazzard, Heacock, Head, Hearsey, Hecox, Heffron, Henderson, Henry, Herrick, Hess, Hewes, Hewitt, Hicks, Higgins, Higinbotham, Hill, Hills, Hinckley, Hinman, Hintermister, Hitchcock, Hitchman, Hoadley, Hoag, Hobbie, Hobart, Hodge, Hoffmann, Holbrook, Holden, Holdridge, Hollenbeck, Holmes, Holton, Hopkins, Hoppin, Horton, Hosley, Hostler, Hotchkin, House, Hough, Hovey, Howard, Howe, Howell, Howes, Howland, Howson, Hoxie, Hoyt, Hubbard, Hudson, Hueston, Hughes, Hull, Humphrey, Hunt, Huntington, Huntley, Hurd, Hurlbut, Hutchings, Hutchins, Hutchinson, Huyck, Hyatt, Hyland, Ingalls, Ingraham, Isbell, Ives, Ivey, Jackson, Jacobs, James, Jaqueth, Jarvis, Jenks, Jenkins, Jennings, Jepson, Jermy, Jerrold, Jewell, Jillson, Johnson, Jones, Jordan, Joslin, Joslyn, Joy, Judd, Jurden, Kaiser, Kearns, Keating, Keegan, Keeler, Keeney, Keesler, Keith, Keller, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelly, Kendrick, Kenfield, Kenna, Kennedy, Kenney, Kent, Kenyon, Kern, Kershaw, Keyes, Kibbie, Kilbourn, Kiley, Kilroy, Kimball, Kimberly, Kincaid, King, Kingsbury, Kingsley, Kinney, Kirkland, Kling, Klock, Kneiss, Knowles, Knowlton, Knox, Krumbhaar, Ladd, Lamb, Lamphere, Lane, Langdon, Langworthy, Lansing, Larkin, Lathrop, Lawton, Lawrence, Leach, Leavenworth, Ledyard, Lee, Leet, Leggett, Leland, Leonard, Levy, Lewis, Lighthall, Lillibridge, Lincklaen, Lindsley, Lints, Lippitt, Litchfield, Littlefield, Livermore, Livingston, Lloyd, Lochner, Lockwood, Logan, Long, Loomis, Lord, Loucks, Louder, Lounsbury, Loveland, Love, Lowd, Lowe, Lowell, Lower, Lownsberry, Loyster, Lucas, Luce, Luescher, Lull, Lumbard, Lyman, Lynch, Lynden, Lyon, McAlpin, McCabe, McClellan, McClanathan, McClure, McConnell, McCrellis, McCune, McDuffee, McElwain, McFarland, McGahan, McGraith, McGregor, McGuinness, McHenry, McLoughlin, McLean, McMahon, McMorrow, McMullen, MacDonnell, Mackey, Macomber, Madison, Maginnis, Mahan, Maine, Malcolm, Mallory, Malloy, Manchester, Manley, Mann, Mannering, Mansfield, Marcey, Markham, Marquisee, Marsh, Marshall, Martin, Martindale, Mason, Mather, Mathers, Matthewson, Matteson, Matthews, Maybury, Maynard, Mayne, Mayo, Maxfield, Maxon, Maxwell, mead, Meader, Meaker, Medbury, Menzie, Merchant, Mereness, Merriam, Merrick, Merrill, Merrills, Merritt, Messenger, Messinger, Miles, Miller, Millington, Mills, Milmoe, Miner, Mitchell, Mix, Mixer, Moffett, Monroe, Montgomery, Montross, Moody, Moore, Moot, More, Morey, Morgan, Morris, Morse, Morton, Moseley, Mosher, Moshier, Mott, Mowry, Moyer, Muir, Muller, Mulligan, Mumford, Munger, Munn, Munroe, Munson, Murphy, Murray, Murtagh, Muzzy, Myer, Myers, Myrick, Nash, Needham, Neff, Neil, Nellis, Nelson, Newitt, Newton, Nichols, Niles, North, Northrup, Norton, Nourse, Noxon, Nye, Oaks, O'Brien, Olby, Olin, Olmstead, Olney, O'Neil, Orton, Osborn, Osgood, Ostrander, Otis, Ottoway, Owen, Owens, Paddleford, Paddock, Page, Paine, Palmer, Palmiter, Palsley, Pardee, Park, Parker, Parkhurst, Parks, Parmalee, Parmelee, Parr, Parsons, Partridge, Patrick, Patten, Patterson, Pattison, Paul, Payne, Pearl, Pearlman, Pease, Peasley, Peck, Peckham, Peebles, Peet, Pennock, Perkins, Perry, Persons, Petrie, Pettitt, Pfeiffer, Phelps, Philipp, Phillips, Philpot, Pickard, Pickens, Pierce, Pike, Pilbeam, Piotrow, Plank, Plato, Polley, Pool, Pope, Porter, Potter, Powell, Powers, Pratt, Pray, Preston, Prior, Pritchard, Pryne, Pulford, Purdy, Putnam, Quackenbridge, Quackenbush, Quinn, Rabie, Rainbow, Rainey, Randell, Ramsey, Randall, Randolph, Rankin, Ranney, Ransom, Rasbach, Rathbone, Rathbun, Ratnour, Rawson, Raymond, Raynor, Rechtenwald, Reed, Reeves, Reidy, Remick, Remore, Ressegieu, Reynolds, Rhoades, Rhodes, Rice, Rich, Richards, Richardson, Richmond, Riddell, Rider, Rightmyer, Riley, Ring, Risley, Ritter, Rivenburg, Roach, Roantree, Robbins, Roberts, Robertson, Robie, Robinson, Rockwell, Roe, Rogers, Rollo, Root, Rose, Ross, Rouse, Rowe, Rowland, Rowlands, Royce, Ruby, Russell, Ryder, Sabin, Sabins, Sadler, Sage, St. Clair, Salisbury, Saltsman, Sanders, Sanford, Sanger, Satchwell, Satterlee, Saunders, Savage, Sawdy, Sawyer, Saxe, Sayles, Schaffer, Scheifele, Schellinger, Schuyler, Scofield, Scott, Sears, Seaver, Seeber, Seeley, Sellick, Senate, Senn, Sennet, Sergeant, Sexton, Seymour, Shaffer, Shapley, Shed, Sheffield, Sheldon, Shepard, Shepardson, Shephard, Shepherd, Sherburne, Sherman, Sherrill, Sherwood, Shields, Shipman, Shoecraft, Shumway, Silsby, Simmons, Simonds, Simons, Sims, Sinclair, Sisson, Siver, Sizer, Skadden, Skelton, Skidmore, Skinner, Slater, Slingerland, Sloan, Sly, Slyke, Smalley, Smith, Smyth, Snedeker, Snell, Snow, Snyder, Solon, Soper, Souter, Southwell, Southworth, Spaulding, Spear, Spencer, Sperry, Spooner, Squyers, Stacy, Stafford, Stanbro, Stanley, Stanton, Stapleton, Stark, Starr, Stearns, Stebbins, Steere, Steers, Stephens, Sternberg, Stevens, Stevenson, Steward, Stewart, Stiles, Stillman, Stillwell, Stimson, Stisser, Stoddard, Stone, Storke, Storrs, Story, Stow, Stowell, Stower, Stranahan, Stratton, Streeter, Striker, Stringer, Strong, Stroud, Suiter, Suits, Sumner, Sunderlin, Sutcliffe, Sutherland, Sutton, Swain, Swan, Swayze, Sweet, Sweetland, Swift, Swinny, Switzer, Taber, Taft, Tallett, Tanner, Tappen, Taylor, Tayntor, Teale, Teller, Temple, Ten Eyck, Tenney, Terry, Thayer, Thomas, Thompson, Thomson, Thorn, Thorpe, Throop, Thurston, Tibbits, Tibbitts, Tillinghast, Tollotson, Todd, Tompkins, Tondeur, Tooke, Topliff, Torpy, Torrey, Towns, Townsend, Tracy, Travis, Treat, Trevor, Tripp, Troup, Trowbridge, Truesdell, Trumbull, Truman, Tucker, Tuckerman, Tully, Tupper, Turnbull, Turner, Tuthill, Tuttle, Twist, Twogood, Tyler, Tylesworth, Ufford, Underdown, Underhill, Underwood, Upson, Van Allen, Van Brocklin, Vane, Van Epps, Van Evra, Vander Hess, Van Hooser, Van Horn, Van Horne, Van Loon, Van Rensselaer, Van Riper, Van Sice, Van Slyck, Van Slycke, Van Slyke, Vanvalen, Van Vleck, Van Wagner, Vedder, Veling, Vollmer, Vrooman, Wade, Wadsworth, Wager, Wagoner, Waite, Walden, Waldron, Walker, Wallace, Walrath, Warr, Warcup, Warner, Warren, Warrick, Washburn, Waterman, Waters, Watkins, Watson, Watts, Way, Wear, Weaver, Webb, Webber, Webster, Wedge, Weed, Welch, Welington, Wells, Welton, Wendell, Wermuth, West, Westcott, Whedon, Wheeler, Whipple, Whitcomb, White, Whitford, Whitman, Whitmore, Whitnall, Whitney, Wibert, Wickwire, Wiggins, Wightman, Wilber, Wilbur, Wilbor, Wilcox, Wilcoxen, Wiley, Wilkin, Wilkinson, Williams, Williamson, Willis, Wills, Wilson, Wiltse, Wimmet, Winchester, Wing, Wingman, Witherell, Witherhead, Witter, Wolf, Wood, Woodbury, Woodcock, Woodford, Woodruff, Woods, Woodward, Woodworth, Woolaver, Wooley, Woolver, Worden, Worlock, Wright, Wylie, Yates, Yaw, York, Young, Youngs, Zimmer