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Sketch of the First Presbyterian Church of Alexandria in 1849

Church History of Alexandria New York

Jefferson County / Ager, Ball, Bethune, Boardman, Brown, Bucklee, Camp, Canfield, Carnegie, Chaffin, Chittenden, Clark, Corlis, Cranck, Davenport, De Vriese, De Zeng, Depau, Dillon, Du Bois, Dutton, Edwards, Everson, Failing, Fisk, George, Goddard, Golden, Grant, Gray, Harrison, Havens, Hoadley, Holmes, Johnson, Joy, Lake, Leonard, Linnell, Maxin, Merrill, Murray, Phillips, Pierce, Plato, Reade, Rockwell, Sears, Sessions, Shepard, Slack, Smith, Spearback, Stowe, Stratton, Tassay, Thomson, Treadwell, Upjohn, Vriese, Webster, Weeks, Wenneau, White, Whitney, Wilcox, Wiley, Wilkie, Williams, Wilson, Witcher, Woodsworth, Workman, Wright, Young

The Church History of Alexandria New York, provides a brief history of each of the churches in existence in Alexandria in 1878, including their members and leaders.

1890 Business Directory of Alexandria New York

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.

Washington County, NY Book of Forfeitures, 1784

Washington County / Adams, Agar, Andrews, Armstrong, Atwood, Baker, Bartholomew, Bartlett, Beatey, Beaty, Bell, Bigelo, Biggelow, Blakely, Blanchard, Bothrel, Boyd, Brown, Brundige, Brush, Burroughs, Canada, Carswell, Carter, Cheney, Clark, Cleveland, Corsner, Craig, Crookshanks, Crossett, Earl, Farnsworth, Farren, Fitch, Fuller, Gault, Getty, Gibson, Gleason, Gould, Griffin, Hannah, Harris, Harrow, Harsha, Hart, Harvey, Henderson, Henry, Herrington, Higgins, Hopkins, Hoy, Hulbart, Hunsdon, Hynmin, Johnson, Jones, Kanada, Killmore, King, Litle, Little, Long, Lush, Lyon, Lytle, Manvillle, Martin, Matthews, Mc Cleary, Mc Collister, Mc Cracken, Mc Crea, Mc Elvrey, Mc Farland, Mc Kinley, Mc Koy, Mc Michael, Mc Mullen, Mc Murray, Mc Night, Mc Nit, Melcher, Mills, Mitchell, Moor, Morey, Morgan, Murdock, Neilson, Noble, Nolls, Osgood, Oswald, Pettit, Platt, Powers, Proudfit, Qua, Quackenboss, Ramage, Rogers, Rowan, Russell, Savage, Scott, Searls, Seelye, Sherwood, Simpson, Smith, Squires, Steel, Stephenson, Stewart, Stockwell, Stone, Stow, Stringham, Sturdivant, Sturdivent, Taylor, Terrel, Thomas, Thompson, Thomson, Tomb, Towzer, Tubbs, Turner, Tyler, Van Rensselaer, Vine, Warford, Webb, Wilde, Williams, Willson, Wray, Wright

The Book of Forfeitures is located in the Washington County Archives, Washington County Clerk’s Office, Fort Edward, NY. It contains the list and description of Loyalist properties that were seized and sold. The names given here are the purchasers of the properties.

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 5

Jefferson County / Andrus, Armstrong, Barritt, Bass, Collins, Cook, Cooley, Cooper, Copeland, Cornwell, Davis, Dealing, Doxtater, Dual, Enos, Fellows, Fletcher, Green, Grummons, Hammond, Harrington, Hart, Hock, Hull, Hunting, Irons, Jones, Keller, Maxon, McAuley, Mumery, Munson, Palmeter, Pease, Perrigo, Potter, Putnam, Rosa, Sargent, Shelding, Sidmore, Simmons, Smith, Spink, Stanley, Stillman, Taft, Thomas, Thomson, Tifft, Towle, Tucker, Turney, Vars, Wiles, York

The following 10 biographical sketches were extracted from the Geographical gazetteer of Jefferson county, N.Y., 1685-1890: Abram Green; T. V. Maxon; Albert G. Thomas; John J. Stillman; Martin E. Dealing; Alfred H. York; Captain W. A. Collins; James Hammond; Gardner Towle; and Charles H. Andrus.

Biography of Lemuel Wheeler

Jefferson County / Blackstone, Gould, Green, Henry, Penney, Thomson, Tucker, Wheeler, Wilder, Wright

Lemuel Wheeler, who served his country faithfully during the whole of the Revolutionary war, was born in Concord, Mass., in 1755. He reared a family of 12 children, most of whom came to Jefferson County and located in the town of Lorraine, about 1816, and together took up a large tract of land. Eli died at Port Ontario; James died in Adams in 1863; Charlotte died in Adams in 1880; David died on the homestead at the age of 32 years; Mary (Mrs. Willard Wilder) died in Sandy Creek; Nancy died soon after attaining maturity. Deacon James Wheeler, born in …

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