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1890 Business Directory of Alexandria New York

Directories, Jefferson County / Adams, Adkins, Ador, Ahles, Allen, Apple, Arnold, Augsbury, Avery, Babcock, Bachman, Bacon, Bailey, Baker, Baldock, Baldwin, Barker, Barrows, Bartlett, Bartram, Bascom, Bates, Bauder, Beckwith, Beebee, Bell, Bellinger, Benson, Berry, Bert, Bertrand, Betz, Bickelhaupt, Blatz, Blevins, Bogert, Boles, Bolton, Bowles, Boyer, Branaugh, Bretsch, Briggs, Britton, Broso, Brown, Bruce, Burdick, Burnham, Burns, Burtch, Butterfield, Calkins, Campbell, Caple, Capron, Carlile, Carmon, Carter, Case, Cassidy, Caswell, Catlin, Cavanaugh, Chaine, Chisamore, Clark, Cline, Clink, Clyde, Cole, College, Comstock, Conant, Connoly, Cook, Corliss, Cornwal, Cornwall, Cornwell, Corwall, Cosgrove, Cosselman, Countryman, Courtenay, Coy, Crandall, Cranker, Crossmon, Cudworth, Cummings, Curran, Curtis, Dalano, Dana, Davis, De Young, Deans, Delano, Derian, Dickhaut, Diehl, Dietrich, Dillin, Dillinbeck, Dingman, Dobbins, Dockham, Dollinger, Donald, Donovan, Dowen, Draper, Drummond, Du Bois, Duclon, Dumas, Eagans, Eblie, Eckart, Edgerly, Edgley, Eichhorn, Elliott, Ellis, Elmore, Ely, Emrich, Engesser, Estes, Evans, Everson, Failing, Fall, Fanning, Farrell, Felder, Filow, Flath, Forbes, Fortune, Fox, Fradet, Francis, Fredrick, Freeman, French, Frizell, Frizzell, Frost, Furbush, Furness, Gates, Gaudett, Gaylord, George, Geru, Getman, Giegerich, Giffin, Gilman, Gilmore, Gilts, Giltz, Girard, Gladd, Gould, Grapotte, Graves, Green, Griffin, Grinnell, Griswold, Groub, Gurnee, Haas, Hafford, Hagan, Hall, Hamilton, Handschuh, Harder, Hardy, Harland, Harris, Hart, Hartman, Haskins, Hawkins, Heath, Helmer, Hemenway, Henderson, Herrick, Herron, Hibbard, Hiel, Hill, Hind, Hinman, Hoadley, Hodge, Hofferberth, Hoffman, Hoffmann, Holcomb, Holloway, Holmes, Hosner, Hotis, Hottis, Hough, Houghton, House, Howard, Howe, Howell, Hoyt, Hubbard, Hume, Humzeker, Hunneyman, Hunt, Hunter, Hutchins, Hutchinson, Hyle, Inglehart, Inman, Jarvis, Jennings, Jerome, Jewett, Joles, Jones, Joyner, Julia, July, June, Kabel, Keeler, Kenyon, Kepler, Kimball, Kincaid, King, Kirkland, Klaus, Knell, Knight, Knox, Kring, La Favour, La Point, La Rue, Lackey, Lacky, Ladue, Laird, Landon, Larabee, Lashbrook, Lathrop, Lavier, Layng, Lee, Leidermann, Leiterman, Lenoard, Leonard, Lewis, Livery, Loucks, Lyman, Lynch, Mahana, Makepeace, Manning, Marckel, Marklie, Marsden, Marshall, Martin, Massey, Mathias, Matthews, McAllister, McCallops, McCue, McDonald, McDonell, McDougal, McHugh, Mcintyre, McLear, McNeil, McWilliams, Meeker, Menue, Merrill, Meyer, Micheau, Miller, Millot, Minor, Mitchel, Moore, Morse, Nash, New, Newman, Nicholas, Northup, Norton, Nunn, O'Brien, Olsson, Osborn, Ostrander, Otis, Overacker, Oviatt, Padget, Page, Parker, Passet, Patterson, Pattison, Payne, Pearse, Peck, Perry, Petrie, Phelps, Phillips, Pickert, Pierce, Pilger, Place, Plantz, Plato, Plimton, Podwersky, Pool, Pope, Porter, Poth, Proctor, Putman, Quincer, Quinn, Rand, Rapp, Rappole, Rawley, Read, Rebscher, Reed, Reester, Reynolds, Ritter, Robertson, Rogers, Rowell, Roy, Rudes, Rundlet, Russel, Russell, Ryan, Sanborn, Sanderson, Schad, Schnauber, Schriver, Schultz, Schwappachor, Scott, Sebry, Senecal, Service, Shannon, Shaver, Sheley, Sheppard, Sherman, Shields, Shindler, Shoulette, Simpson, Skinner, Slate, Smith, Snell, Snider, Snow, Snyder, Souerwine, Spalsbury, Spies, Sprague, Springer, Staring, Steele, Stephens, Stevens, Stilwell, Stine, Storm, Stowell, Suit, Suits, Swan, Swanton, Swart, Swartout, Sweet, Sykes, Takash, Tamblin, Tanner, Tassay, Taylor, Theobald, Thompson, Thomson, Tibbles, Tidd, Tilley, Tooha, Townsend, Trembley, Trickey, Truvalley, Tueslar, Turner, Tuttle, van Brocklin, Van Dresar, Vanallen, Vanamber, VanBrocklin, Vanscoy, Visger, Waggoner, Wagner, Wagoner, Wakefield, Walrath, Walton, Walts, Ward, Warner, Watier, Watson, Webster, Weller, West, Westcott, Wetterhahn, Wheeler, Whitakar, White, Whitford, Whitney, Wickwire, Wilber, Wilcox, Wiley, Wilkie, Willax, Williams, Williamson, Willix, Wilson, Wiswell, Wood, Woodworth, Worthen, Wright, Yerden, Young, Youngs, Zellar, Zimmer, Zoller

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

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 10

Biographies, Jefferson County / Agans, Arms, Bellinger, Chapman, Clark, Conant, Dewey, Eggabroad, Eggleston, Fish, Free, Fuller, Gillett, Green, Harrington, Hawes, Heath, Holden, Keep, Lanphire, Lee, Morgan, Nelson, Nichols, Overton, Parker, Peck, Phillips, Pierce, Potter, Read, Saunders, Scott, Shaw, Sheldon, Smith, Snell, Spicer, Stillman, Sweet, Talcott, Wells, Wilcox, Williams, Woodhouse, Woodruff

The following 10 biographical sketches were extracted from the Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y., 1685-1890: John Williams; Simeon Heath; David S. Snell; Edward D. Spicer; Newton M. Parker; Stephen Shaw; Clarendon Phillips; Rev. John F. Nelson; Giles A. Hall; and H. K. Eggleston.

O De Grasse Greene Residence and Sash, Door and Blind Factory

Adams New York Biographies – Part 2

Biographies, Jefferson County / Atwell, Averil, Beal, Benjamin, Blackstone, Bond, Brown, Bullard, Burdick, Calkins, Colton, Doxtater, Duncan, Fisher, Fuller, Gillman, Gordon, Gray, Green, Greene, Halsey, Hollet, Howard, Huntington, Keep, Kellogg, Kendall, Kent, Kenyon, Knight, Lyon, Mansfield, Mariam, Nickelson, North, Perry, Phillips, Potter, Quibell, Randall, Read, Reed, Ripley, Robbins, Rounds, Scott, Sly, Snell, Stanley, Stone, Sweet, Taylor, Walrath, Ward, Warriner, Webb, Wells, Wheeler, Whipple, Williams, Witter, Woodruff, York

The following 10 biographical sketches were extracted from the Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y., 1685-1890: Heman Colton; O. De Grasse Greene; Perly D. Stone; Fayette Stanley; Herman Keep; Samuel Bond; Joseph Ripley; Daniel Stanley; Joseph Green, 2d; and Calvin Warriner.

Genealogy and History of Adams New York

Jefferson County / Adams, Avery, Baker, Barney, Bostwick, Brown, Bunce, Cable, Claflin, Coe, Cole, Constable, Cook, Cooper, Cornstock, D'Estaing, Daggart, Dewey, Dickinson, Doxtater, Edmonds, Ellis, Farr, Forbes, Fox, Freeman, Fulton, Gardner, Gaylord, Godfrey, Grommons, Guile, Harrison, Hart, Henderson, Higgens, Hinds, Hoffman, Hough, Houseman, Howard, James, Jones, Kellogg, Kudder, Landon, Law, Lazelle, Loveland, Low, Markham, McCumber, McKee, Meacham, Miller, Mills, Myrick, Page, Phillips, Pond, Price, Randolph, Read, Richard, Ripley, Robbins, Rose, Salisbury, Scott, Seaman, Shippey, Smith, Solomon, Stickney, Streeter, Talcott, Taylor, Thomas, Tiffany, Toll, Truman, Walrodh, Walworth, Weaver, Webster, Wellman, Wentworth, Wilcox, Wilkie, Wright

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

History of the Second Congregational Church of North Adams NY

Church Records, Jefferson County / Barnard, Betts, Bosworth, Budge, Colton, Cook, Crandall, Foot, Graham, Grave, Hall, Lyon, Miller, Patrick, Pearsons, Price, Putnam, Read, Reed, Rice, Robbins, Rossiter, Shepland, Spear

The Second Congregational Church of Adams was formed at the house of Roger Read, by Rev. D. Spear, November 1, 1809, and consisted of Timothy Betts and wife, Simon Reed and wife, John Patrick, Elizabeth Miller, Esther Price, John Barnard and wife, Ebenezer Foot and wife, Lydia Read, and Sally Lyon. Meetings were held in school-houses for several years without having a settled pastor. On December 5, 1816, a society was formed at the house of Asher Robbins, having the same name as the church, of which John Barnard, Asher Robbins, and Ruel Pearsons were trustees. January 28, 1817, Simon …

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History of North Adams New York

Jefferson County / Colton, Cook, Ellenwood, Hodge, Moulton, Oatman, Ranney, Read, Rice, Stanley, Sweet, Waddell

Among those who came at an early day to this locality is Roger Read, from Vermont, in 1806. He was a well-own citizen, and reared three sons who became identified with the interests of Jefferson County. Asahel Read, now an aged man, resides at Watertown; Heman Colton, then a young man of 19, came from Otsego county and opened a large farm here. He still lives in the town, being almost a centenarian, and a son, Chauncey, resides on the homestead, further west lived Benjamin Sweet and Albert Rice, both prominent in their respective neighborhoods. A grist-mill was erected on …

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Civil Government of Adams New York

Jefferson County / Allen, Baker, Benjamin, Benton, Bond, Compstock, Comstock, Cooper, Cowles, Davis, Doxtator, Eastman, Eddy, Edmonds, Fuller, Greene, Grommon, Hart, Herrick, Howard, Hunt, Joy, Keith, Kellogg, Law, Lewis, Mansfield, Moody, Palmer, Perry, Potter, Read, Richards, Ripley, Robbins, Salisbury, Sawyer, Sheldon, Smith, Stickney, Thomas, Tiffany, Tucker, Whipple, White

The first town meeting was held at the house of Eliphalet Edmonds, and at the election held March 1, 1803, the following officers were chosen: Supervisor, Nicholas Salisbury; Clerk, Phineas Keith; Assessors, D’Estaing Salisbury, John W. Smith, David Grommon, Thomas White; Collector, Isaac Baker; Overseers of the Poor, Thomas White, David Comstock; Commissioners of Highways, Paul Stickney, Jacob Kellogg, Simeon Hunt; Constables, Isaac Baker, Anson Moody; Fence-viewers, David Comstock, David Smith, George H. Thomas, George Cooper; Pound-keepers, Jacob Kellogg, Benjamin Thomas; Overseers of Highways, Abraham Ripley, James Perry, Enan Salisbury, John Cowles, Consider Law, Solomon Robbins, Hezekiah Tiffany, Thomas White, …

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