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Incorporation of the Village of Antwerp, New York

Jefferson County / Aldrich, Augsbury, Bailey, Beaman, Bemis, Brown, Bulkley, Carpenter, Childs, Church, Cofley, Conkey, Coolidge, Copley, Crosby, Drake, Ellis, Foster, Fuller, Hamblin, Hathaway, Hogan, Howe, Hoyt, Johnson, King, Mack, Martin, McAllaster, Metcalf, Monroe, Morris, Newton, Parrish, Pratt, Proctor, Ryder, Seymour, Smith, Snell, Sprague, Stebbins, Taylor, Thompson, Tomlinson, Trolan, Van Slyke, Ward, Welch, Westcott, White, Woodward

Antwerp was incorporated a village, by order of the court of sessions, under the general act, in the year 1851 and the incorporation was ratified, by a vote of fifty-three to three, at a special meeting, held at Stowell & Taylor hotel, on the 30th of July in that year. The boundary are recorded as embracing a rectangular tract of 660 acre being 80 chains in width from north to south, and 82 chains and 50 links in length from east to west; but a re-survey, made by Henry L. Scott in 1875, gives an area of 661.15 acres. The …

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Adams Rural Cemetery – C Surnames

Cemetery Records, Jefferson County / Cahoon, Callaghan, Callaghen, Campany, Campbell, Cannon, Cantwell, Carey, Carley, Carling, Carpenter, Carroll, Case, Casler, Caster, Catlin, Caulkins, Chafin, Chamberlain, Champany, Charnick, Cheesebro, Cheever, Chesbro, Chittenden, Chrisman, Christman, Chrysler, Cisco, Claflin, Clark, Clarke, Clarkson, Clary, Clements, Cleveland, Clifton, Clock, Clukey, Cobb, Colback, Colfax, Colfix, Colon, Comins, Converse, Conway, Cook, Cool, Cooley, Cooper, Copeland, Corey, Cork, Corley, Cornell, Cornwell, Corron, Cort, Corta, Cory, Cote, Coughlan, Coughlin, Courey, Cousineau, Cowell, Cowen, Cowles, Coyer, Coyier, Crandall, Crane, Crast, Crawe, Crawford, Crenshaw, Crosby, Cross, Crumb, Cummings, Cummins, Curtis, Curtiss, Cutter, Cutting

Adams Rural Cemetery is located on the west side of of South Main Street 1)NYS Route 3 at the southern edged of the Village of Adams. The cemetery is very well maintained. Stones, for the most part, are in excellent condition and readable. 2)Description of Rural Cemetery. Due to the large size of this cemetery I have had to spread it out over multiple pages. You can find the main page here: Adams Rural Cemetery – Includes Map This section contains the interments whose surnames begin with the letter C. Footnotes:[+] Footnotes: ↑1 NYS Route 3 ↑2 Description of …

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1890 Business Directory of Adams New York

Jefferson County / Allen, Alport, Andrus, Angell, Archer, Archibald, Arms, Armsbury, Atwater, Averill, Ayers, Babbitt, Babcock, Bader, Bailey, Ball, Banister, Bannister, Barney, Barrett, Bartlett, Bassett, Bateman, Bates, Bedford, Beedle, Belcher, Bemis, Bentley, Bersie, Blackstone, Blair, Blasier, Blount, Bond, Boomer, Bosworth, Boudiette, Bovee, Bowen, Boynton, Bradbury, Bradley, Brainard, Briggs, Brimmer, Bristol, Brooks, Broom, Brown, Brownell, Brundidge, Bryan, Bullard, Bullock, Bunce, Bundy, Burlingame, Burns, Butler, Cagwin, Cameron, Campbell, Carley, Carpenter, Carroll, Carter, Case, Casler, Castler, Cemmerman, Chafin, Chamberlain, Chandler, Chapman, Chase, Churchill, Clark, Clements, Cleveland, Clifton, Cobb, Coit, Colfax, Collings, Colton, Comins, Converse, Cook, Cooke, Cool, Cooley, Coon, Cooper, Copeland, Copland, Corey, Cosner, Coughlan, Cowles, Crandall, Crosby, Crowner, Cummings, Curry, Daily, Damon, David, Davis, Dawley, Dealing, Dekin, Delano, Deling, Delmater, Dennis, Denny, Devendorf, Dewey, Deyden, Dixon, Dodge, Dodson, Doren, Douglas, Downie, Doxtater, Dryden, Duncan, Dwight, Dyer, Edgar, Edmonds, Eggleston, Ellinwood, Elmer, Emerson, Empey, Enos, Fairbanks, Farr, Fassett, Fawdrey, Ferrin, Fish, Fisher, Fitzgerald, Foley, Fox, Franklin, Frasier, Freeman, Fuller, Gabriel, Galway, Gardiner, Gardner, Garlock, Garvin, Gaylord, Gero, Gibbs, Gilbert, Gillman, Glass, Glazier, Godfrey, Goodenough, Goss, Grant, Graves, Gray, Green, Greene, Gregory, Griffiths, Griswold, Groff, Grummon, Guess, Gurley, Gussman, Haight, Hakes, Hale, Hall, Hallett, Halley, Hammond, Hannahs, Harrington, Harris, Hart, Hathway, Haven, Hawes, Hawley, Haydn, Hazel, Heath, Heidenfelder, Hicks, Hill, Hinds, Hodge, Hodges, Hogan, Holloway, Holman, Horth, Hovey, Howe, Huestis, Hull, Hungerford, Hunniwell, Hunt, Huntington, Huson, Huson House, Hustis, Ingraham, Irons, Irvin, Isham, Ivory, Jeffrey, Jemieson, Jemmieson, Jenkins, Jimerson, Johnson, Jones, Judd, Kane, Kearns, Keller, Kelley, Kellogg, Kelly, Kenyon, Ketchum, Kirkland, Lamson, Landon, Lane, Langworthy, Larkin, Larkins, Larock, Lawrence, Leavitt, Lee, Leonard, Lewis, Linsey, Little, Littlefield, Livermore, Lockwood, Loomis, Lord, Loveland, Lovelle, Lyman, Lyon, Lyons, Magill, Main, Mainard, Maldoon, Maloney, Manville, Marriott, Martin, Mather, Maxon, Maxson, McAuley, Mccady, Mccalley, McCarty, Mccomber, McCormick, Mcdougall, Mcdowel, McGill, Mcintyre, McKee, McNeil, Medcalf, Merrick, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Miner, Mitchell, Monroe, Moody, Moore, Morgan, Moulton, Munderbach, Munson, Muzzy, Narrom, Nellis, Nelson, Newton, Niblock, Nichols, Nickelson, Norton, Nott, O'neil, Oatman, Oderkirk, Overton, Owens, Page, Palmer, Parham, Parker, Parsons, Patrick, Patten, Patterson, Payne, Pease, Peasley, Pelo, Pelsue, Penny, Perkins, Petrie, Pettit, Pharm, Phelps, Phillips, Pierce, Pitcher, Plumb, Pool, Poole, Porter, Post, Potter, Powers, Pratt, Prentice, Presley, Pruyne, Pryor, Puffer, Ramsdell, Randall, Ranney, Read, Reed, Remington, Rhoads, Rhodes, Rice, Rich, Richardson, Richmond, Ripley, Roach, Robbins, Roberts, Rodgers, Rogers, Rose, Ruff, Rundall, Ryder, Safford, Salisbury, Salter, Sanford, Saunders, Schram, Schrodt, Scidmore, Scriven, Seacor, Searles, Seeley, Seely, Shannon, Sharples, Shaw, Shepard, Sinclair, Sischo, Smith, Snell, Snow, Snyder, Spencer, Spicer, Squire, Stanley, Steele, Stevens, Steward, Stewart, Stillman, Stitt, Stokes, Stone, Stoodley, Strickland, Stuart, Sullivan, Swan, Tabor, Talcott, Tarbell, Taylor, Tedam, Thomas, Thompson, Thomson, Tifft, Timmerman, Titsworth, Tolls, Tomlinson, Totman, Towle, Towles, Towsley, Trowbridge, Twiss, Underwood, Utter, Van Auken, Van Schaick, Van Slyke, Van Waldick, Van Wormer, Visscher, Waggoner, Waite, Wakefield, Waldick, Walker, Wall, Walsworth, Ward, Wardwell, Warner, Warriner, Washburn, Waterbury, Weaver, Webb, Webster, Weller, Westcott, Wetmore, Wheeler, White, Whitford, Whittam, Wilbur, Wilcox, Wilder, Williams, Williamson, Wilson, Wiswell, Withington, Witter, Wolcott, Wood, Woodard, Woodward, Woolworth, Worden, Wright, Wylie, York, Young

This 1890 Business Directory of Brownville New York is transcribed from Child’s Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y., 1685-1890. Adams Collegiate Institute, D.A. Dwight, pres.; James G. Kellogg, vice-pres.; A.K. Hale, M.D., sec’y; T.T. Carter, treas.; Orlo B. Rhodes, prin.; Mrs. Helen Butterworth Coughlan, prec. Adams Laundry, Hodge & Potter, props., Church. Adams Lumber Co., John A. Cameron, manager, manufs. of and dealers in lumber, sash, doors, blinds, moldings, builders’ hardware, paints, oils, and glass, contractors and builders. Allen, Herbert a., (Smithville) r22, farmer 100. ALLEN, W.J., editor and publisher Jefferson County Journal, job printer. Alport, Clarence C., resident, h …

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Adams New York Biographies – Part 8

Biographies, Jefferson County / Allen, Andrus, Arthur, Atridge, Babcock, Ballou, Barney, Betts, Boomer, Buckley, Chase, Crandall, Crosby, De Voe, Delong, Dwight, Ecla, Eddy, Frith, Glass, Green, Greenley, Grout, Hamilton, Hatch, Hinman, Huson, Ingalls, Jones, Killy, Landon, Lanphere, Lapham, Lockwood, Loomis, Maxon, Osborne, Parmlee, Perry, Place, Prentice, Ramsdell, Randall, Ransom, Reynolds, Rhodes, Rice, Roach, Sherman, Smith, Stillman, Taylor, Waldo, Warner, Watkins, Weatherbee, White, Woodward

The following 10 biographical sketches were extracted from the Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y., 1685-1890: Albert G. Glass; Luftus J. Landon; Lorenzo Green; Elihu Allen; Asa B. Prentice; Abner L. Ramsdell; Hiram Taylor; Alvin Parmlee; Orlo B. Rhodes; and Christopher Huson.

History of Adams Center, New York

Jefferson County / Allen, Arms, Bailey, Blunt, Butterfield, Chamberlain, Cooley, Corley, Crosby, Curry, Davis, Dewey, Dickinson, Doty, Dyer, Earl, Fox, Garfield, Green, Greene, Hale, Hammon, Heath, Horton, Hubbard, Hull, Langworthy, Maine, Maxson, McKee, Mills, Oatman, Palmer, Potter, Priest, Sawyer, Seeley, Seely, Segur, Sheldon, Snell, Talcott, Teeple, Tittsworth, Wardner, Warriner, Wellman, Whitford, Wilder, Williams, Wright, Yates

This pleasant village, of 500 inhabitants, is situated on the upper lake ridge, which here forms a plain, three miles north of Adams, and ten miles by railroad from Watertown. The location is very favorable, and, being surrounded by a rich farming country, the place has become noted for its many comfortable homes, substantial business men, and beautiful streets. Settlement in this’ locality was first made in 1816, by Luman and Hiram Arms, who opened a farm just north of the village site. The place was densely timbered with cedar and the hard woods of this section, and clearings were …

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The Greene Settlement of Adams New York

Jefferson County / Adams, Bell, Brown, Clark, Crosby, Greene, Marot, Rhodes, Sills, Whitford

The ancestry of the numerous Greene families, now residing in Adams, whose members number more than three hundred, belonged to Rhode Island, where one of them, Charles Greene, served during the Revolution, and afterwards removed to Rensselaer co., N. Y. Here he reared a family, which, in 1805, immigrated to Lewis co., and in 1810 several of them became citizens of Adams, at a place which has since borne their name. Of the elder Greenes, Charles was prominent in securing the settlement of a large number of his friends from the eastern part of the State, he served as an …

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1890 Business Directory of Brownville New York

Jefferson County / Ackerman, Adams, Allen, Allison, Amans, Anderson, Anthony, Antis, Arnold, Austin, Avery, Babcock, Bailey, Baker, Baldwin, Ball, Banister, Banks, Banter, Barney, Barrett, Bass, Bates, Bavis, Bayley, Beattie, Beckwith, Bell, Bennett, Berry, Bidwell, Bigwood, Binninger, Bloom, Bonker, Bonney, Booth, Border, Bowker, Bowles, Bowman, Brawt, Brennan, Brimmer, Brinnen, Brothers, Brown, Brownell, Bruce, Buchanan, Buckminster, Bunker, Burlingame, Butler, Caepenter, Cahill, Calkins, Campbell, Carpenter, Carr, Carroll, Case, Casler, Cawkins, Chamberlain, Cheeseman, Christie, Christy, Clark, Clarke, Cleaveland, Clemens, Clement, Closson, Codman, Cole, Conklin, Cook, Cooper, Cornell, Cory, Countryman, Cowan, Cox, Crapo, Croke, Crosby, Crysler, Cummings, Cummins, Cummngs, Curran, Danforth, Daniels, Davis, Day, Dennie, Devendorf, Dexter, Diefendorf, Dietrich, Dillinbeck, Dingman, Doan, Dodge, Doner, Doran, Dorchester, Dorr, Douglas, Douglass, Dowdell, Drury, Dunback, Dwelley, Earl, Edgar, Edwards, Eggleston, Eigabroadt, Elliott, Ellison, Elmer, Emerson, Emmerson, Eveleigh, Everett, Fall, Farmer, Farr, Fay, Finucan, Fish, Fisk, Fitzgerald, Flannery, Flath, Foster, Fowler, Fradenburgh, Frazier, Fredenburg, Freeman, Frost, Fry, Fuller, Gale, Garlock, Garvey, Gates, Gayer, George, Gibson, Gifford, Giles, Gillett, Gilmore, Giltenan, Giltinan, Gladwyn, Glasettel, Gleason, Goodrich, Goodwin, Gotham, Gould, Graham, Grant, Green, Greenwood, Greigg, Groat, Grooms, Gunn, Hagen, Hahn, Halladay, Haller, Hammond, Hanchett, Hancock, Harrington, Harris, Hart, Hayes, Haynes, Hazelwood, Hearsley, Helbock, Henderson, Herzig, Higgins, Hilliker, Hoag, Holcomb, Hoover, Hovey, Howe, Howell, Hoyt, Hubbel, Hubbs, Hunter, Huntington, Ingalls, Jackson, James, Jaquay, Jarvis, Jeffreys, Johnson, Jones, Keith, Kellogg, Kennedy, Kentfield, Kerr, Kilborn, Kimball, Kinna, Kissel, Knapp, Knowlton, Knox, Krisler, La Pattrie, Lance, Lane, Lasher, Lawton, Lawyer, Lee, Lehr, Leonard, Lewis, Lidsey, Limerick, Lindley, Lindsley, Linnell, Liscom, Liscomb, Locy, Lonsdale, Loomis, Lord, Loungway, Lowe, Loyd, Luther, Lutz, Lynch, Mackey, Madley, Maldoon, Mallett, Mandigold, Marcell, Markel, Massey, Mayhew, Maynard, McAfee, McCormick, McGill, McGirven, McGraw, McKenzie, McMullen, McNett, McTaggart, Mead, Meldoon, Middlebrook, Miller, Moffatt, Moffitt, Monroe, Morehouse, Morey, Morgan, Morseman, Moyer, Mullen, Munson, Nelson, Nening, Northrup, Nutting, Oakes, Oaks, Olley, Osborn, Ostrander, Otis, Outterson, Palmer, Parker, Patrick, Pearce, Pearse, Peck, Penney, Perry, Pettit, Phelps, Phillips, Pierce, Pinney, Plant, Plumb, Poole, Porter, Potter, Pratt, Prior, Quencer, Ramsey, Ranney, Ranson, Rattler, Redmond, Reed, Reeves, Relyea, Reynolds, Rhines, Rice, Rider, Riggs, Roach, Roat, Roberts, Robertson, Rockwood, Rodlam, Rodrick, Rogers, Ross, Rounds, Rowe, Rundell, Ryder, Sanford, Sartwell, Satchwell, Sattemore, Savage, Schermerhorn, Schrodt, Schwartz, Scott, See, Seeber, Sharlan, Shattock, Shaver, Shaw, Shimmel, Silbison, Sills, Simpson, Skinner, Slater, Smith, Snell, Snook, Snyder, Soule, Spafford, Spicer, Sprague, Staley, Stanley, Steblen, Steele, Steles, Sternberg, Stevens, Stokes, Stone, Strainge, Sullivan, Swartwout, Sydmon, Taylor, Thompson, Thopmson, Timerman, Timmerman, Timmon, Treadway, Trickey, Tuttle, Underwood, Utter, Van Allen, Van Der Bogart, Van Dewalker, Van Schoick, Vance, Vanderwalker, Vandewalker, Vogt, Voodra, Waffull, Walrath, Walters, Waltz, Walworth, Warren, Waterman, Waters, Weaver, Webb, Webber, Welch, West, Westcott, Weston, Wheeler, White, Whitman, Whitney, Whittemore, Whittier, Wiedman, Wilcox, Wilder, Williams, Willis, Wilson, Winaker, Winn, Wisner, Witt, Wolf, Wood, Woodhead, Yerrington, Young, Zimmerman

This 1890 Business Directory of Brownville New York is transcribed from Child’s Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y., 1685-1890.

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