Societies and Orders of Adams New York

View of Elmwood Cemetery, Adams

“Rising Sun Lodge, No. 124, F. & A. M.,” was organized, probably in 1806, with Robert Merrick as the first W. M. Regular meetings were held until the anti-Masonic times of 1827, when the lodge was suspended. In March, 1851, it was resuscitated with the same name, the number being changed to 234. The officers and charter members were B. Wright, W. M.; J. C. Cooper, S. W.; J. Griswold, J. W.; Dennis Waite, Almanson Tibbetts, Herman Strong, J. H. Whipple, Elijah Wright, and Titus Bassett, members. The present membership is more than 200. An elegant hall was formally dedicated … Read more

The Commercial Interests of Adams Village NY

1864 Map of Adams Village New York

The Manufacturing Interests of the village date from 1800. That year David Smith built and got in operation a saw-mill near where the present mill stands. It did a great deal of work, yet it was not able to supply the demand for lumber, and even the slabs were used in building. From this circumstance the village was sometimes called ” Slab City.” A larger mill replaced the first one, which has long since been destroyed. In the western part of the village there is a good saw-mill, owned by Saunders & Wright. In 1802, David Smith got in operation … Read more

Brownville New York Biographies – Part 3

1864 Map of Brownville New York

The following 10 biographical sketches were extracted from the Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y., 1685-1890: Newton B. Lord, Richard Buckminster, Ezekiel Conklin, Silas F. Spicer, Isaac Day, Horace Gilmore, George Bell, Ephraim Hoyt, William Seeber, and William T. Skinner.

Jefferson County New York Genealogy

Jefferson County Map 1855

Jefferson County Genealogy is part of the New York American History and Genealogy Project (AHGP). This website features free genealogy and history concerning Jefferson County New York. Biographies, cemeteries, directories, genealogy, history, military records, newspaper records, old homes, and yearbooks.