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Our County and Its People Jefferson County New York

A Descriptive Work on Jefferson County, New York

Originally published by Boston History Co., Boston, MA in 1898

Part I. Historical
Chapter I. European explorations and discoveries
Chapter II. The Indian occupation
Chapter III. Beginning of the French and Indian Wars
Chapter IV. Conflicting claims to Territory in the St. Lawrence Region
Chapter V. Return of Peace
Chapter VI. Extinguishing the Indian titles to land
Chapter VII. Land titles
Chapter VIII. Division of the state into counties
Chapter IX. A brief tribute to the pioneers of Jefferson County
Chapter X. Events preceding the War of 1812-15
Chapter XI. Sackets Harbor as a military station
Chapter XII. A brief chapter relating to the more prominent events of the so-called Patriot War
Chapter XIII. The War of 1861-65
Chapter XIV. The civil list
Chapter XV. The bench and bar
Chapter XVI. The medical profession
Chapter XVII. The Jefferson County press
Chapter XVIII. A brief history of the Jefferson County Agricultural Society, and its Kindred Associations
Chapter XIX. A chapter relating to internal improvements in Jefferson County
Chapter XX. The city of Watertown
Chapter XXI. The town of Adams
Chapter XXII. The town of Alexandria
Chapter XXIII. The town of Antwerp
Chapter XXIV. The town of Brownville
Chapter XXV. The town of Cape Vincent
Chapter XXVI. The town of Champion
Chapter XXVII. The town of Clayton
Chapter XXVIII. The town of Ellisburgh
Chapter XXIX. The town of Handerson
Chapter XXX. The town of Hounsfield
Chapter XXXI. The town of Le Ray
Chapter XXXII. The town of Lorraine
Chapter XXXIII. The town of Lyme
Chapter XXXIV. The town of Orleans
Chapter XXXV. The town of Panelia
Chapter XXXVI. The town of Philadelphia
Chapter XXXVII. The town of Rodman
Chapter XXXVIII. The town of Rutland
Chapter XXXIX. The town of Theresa
Chapter XL. The twon of Watertown
Chapter XLI. The town of Wilna
Chapter XLII. The town of Worth

Part II. Biographical

Part III. Personal References


SURNAMES LISTED IN THE INDEX

Abbey, Abby, Abell, Acker, Ackerman, Ackley, Adams, Adsit, Ainsworth, Alger, Allard, Allen, Ames, Ammon, Anderson, Andrews, Andrus, Angel, Anthony, Appling, Arms, Armstrong, Arthur, Ashby, Asherd, Ashley, Atwater, Atwell, Atwood, Auborn, Augsbury, Augur, Averill, Avery, Ayers, Aylesworth, Ayres, Babbitt, Babcock, Backus, Bacon, Bagg, Bagley, Bailey, Bain, Baker, Baldwin, Ball, Ballard, Banks, Banter, Barbour, Bard, Barker, Barkley, Barnes, Barnett, Barney, Barnum, Barr, Barrett, Barrie, Barry, Bart, Barthomew, Bartlett, Bassett, Bassinger, Bastian, Bates, Baxter, Bayless, Beach, Beadle, Beal, Beals, Beaman, Bean, Beardsley, Bearse, Bearup, Becker, Beckwith, Bedell, Beden, Beebe, Belding, Bell, Bellew, Bellinger, Bemis, Benedict, Benjamin, Bennet, Bennington, Bent, Benton, Bergevin, Bibbins, Bickford, Biddlecom, Bigelow, Bingham, Bingle, Binninger, Bishop, Blake, Blanc, Blanchard, Blanden, Block, Blodgett, Bluett, Boardman, Bohl, Boice, Bolton, Bonaparte, Bond, Boon, Boone, Bordwell, Boss, Bossuot, Bosworth, Bothel, Bott, Boutin, Boyd, Boyden, Boylston, Boynton, Boyer, Braddon, Bradford, Bradley, Brady, Bragdon, Bragger, Brainerd, Brayton, Brewster, Bridge, Briggs, Brimmer, Brintnall, Britton, Broadhead, Brockway, Brodie, Bronson, Brooker, Brooks, Brown, Brunson, Buchanan, Buck, Buckbee, Buckley, Bucklin, Budlong, Buell, Bufford, Bulkley, Bull, Bullard, Bullock, Burch, Burchard, Burdick, Burge, Burhans, Burlingame, Burnham, Burns, Burpee, Burr, Burt, Burton, Bury, Bush, Bushnell, Butterfield, Button, Cadwell, Cady, Cagar, Calhoun, Calkins, Calvin, Camp, Campbell, Candee, Canfield, Cannon, Cantwell, Carley, Carlisle, Carlton, Carnagie, Carney, Carpenter, Carrier, Carter, Case, Casler, Caswell, Cathcart, Catlin, Caulkins, Chaffee, Chamberlain, Chapin, Chapman, Charlebois, Charles, Chase, Chattaway, Chauncey, Cheeseman, Cheever, Child, Chittenden, Christie, Church, Clapp, Clare, Clark, Clarke, Clary, Cleveland, Cline, Clink, Cobb, Coburn, Codman, Coffeen, Cole, Coles, Colligan, Collins, Collis, Colston, Colt, Colton, Colwell, Comfort, Comstock, Conde, Congdon, Conger, Conkey, Conklin, Connelly, Conroy, Constable, Converse, Cook, Cooke, Cooley, Cooper, Copley, Corbett, Corbin, Cornell, Cornwall, Corp, Corss, Cory, Cotes, Coughlin, Covert, Covey, Cowan, Cowen, Cowles, Cowley, Coxe, Crabb, Cramer, Crandall, Crane, Crary, Cratsenberg, Crawe, Crevolin, Crittenton, Crooks, Crosby, Cross, Crossmon, Crowell, Crumett, Cummings, Curtis, Curtiss, Cushman, Cutler, Daab, Daggett, Dale, Danforth, Danker, Davenport, Davidson, Davis, Davison, Day, Dean, Deane, De Graff, Delamater, Dennison, Depau, Derby, Devendorf, Dewey, Dexter, De Zeng, Dick, Dickerson, Dickey, Dickinson, Dickson, Dillon, Doane, Dodge, Dole, Donnelly, Doolittle, Dorchester, Dorr, Dorsey, Dorwin, Doty, Douglass, Doxtater, Dresser, Drummond, Drury, Duane, Dufrasne, Dulles, Dulmage, Duncan, Dunham, Dunlap, Dunning, Dunton, Durham, Durkee, Dutton, Dwight, Dygert, Eames, Earl, Eastman, Eaton, Eckford, Eddy, Edmunds, Edwards, Elliott, Ellis, Ellmwood, Ellsworth, Elwood, Ely, Emerich, Emerson, Enos, Ernest, Esperance, Esselstyn, Essington, Estes, Evans, Everett, Everitt, Failing, Fairbanks, Farlie, Farmer, Farnham, Farr, Farrar, Farwell, Fassett, Fawdry, Fay, Fayel, Fellows, Felt, Feltus, Ferguson, Ferrin, Fetterly, Fields, Fillmore, Finney, Fish, Fisher, Fisk, Fiske, Fladd, Fletcher, Flint, Flower, Foley, Folts, Foote, Forbes, Ford, Forrester, Forsyth, Forsythe, Foster, Fowkes, Fowler, Fox, Fralick, Frame, Frasier, Frazier, Freeman, French, Frost, Fry, Fuller, Fulton, Furman, Gaines, Gallup, Galpin, Gamble, Garand, Gardner, Garnham, Gates, Gaylord, Gennet, George, Getman, Gibbs, Gifford, Gilbert, Gill, Gillet, Gillingham, Gilmore, Gleason, Glenn, Gloyd, Godfrey, Golden, Goldsmith, Good, Goodale, Goodell, Goodhue, Goodle, Goodwin, Gordon, Goss, Gotham, Gould, Goulding, Grafton, Graham, Granger, Grant, Graves, Gray, Green, Greene, Greenleaf, Greenley, Gregory, Grenell, Gridley, Griffin, Griffith, Grimshaw, Grinnell, Griswold, Grow, Guest, Guile, Guilland, Gunn, Gurnee, Guthrie, Haas, Hackley, Haddock, Haight, Hale, Haley, Hall, Halloran, Hamilton, Hammond, Hanchett, Hancock, Hanford, Hannahs, Harbottle, Harder, Hardigan, Hardiman, Hardy, Harger, Harlon, Harmon, Harrington, Harris, Harrison, Hart, Hartman, Hartzell, Harvey, Haskell, Hatch, Hathaway, Hathway, Haven, Havens, Hawes, Hawk, Hawkes, Hawkins, Hawley, Hawn, Haxton, Hazen, Heald, Heaton, Hebert, Heckman, Hendee, Henderson, Henry, Hermes, Herrick, Herring, Hersey, Heslop, Heustis, Hewitt, Hibbard, Hicks, Higbey, Hildreth, Hill, Hills, Hinds, Hine, Hinman, Hitchcock, Hoadley, Hoard, Hobart, Hobson, Hocknel, Hodge, Hodges, Hodgkins, Hoffman, Hogan, Hogert, Holbrook, Holcomb, Holden, Holleran, Hollister, Holmes, Holton, Hooker, Hoover, Hopkins, Horr, Horton, Hose, Hosington, Hotchkin, Houck, Hough, Houghtaling, Houghton, Hounsfield, House, Houseman, How, Howard, Howe, Howk, Howland, Hoyt, Hubbard, Hubbell, Hull, Hulsenberg, Hungerford, Hunt, Hunter, Huntington, Hustis, Hutchins, Hutchinson, Hynes, Ingalls, Ingersoll, Inglehart, Ingraham, Ives, Ivory, Jacobs, Jackson, Jeffers, Jenks, Jennison, Jervis, Jess, Jewett, Johnson, Johnston, Jones, Jordan, Joy, Joyner, Judd, Kane, Kannady, Kanoff, Kearns, Keefer, Keenan, Keene, Keep, Keith, Kelley, Kellogg, Kellow, Kelsey, Kemble, Kemp, Kennedy, Kent, Kenyon, Kepler, Kerr, Kesler, Keyes, Kilborn, Killiam, Kimball, Kincaid, King, Kingsbury, Kinney, Kirby, Kirkbride, Kitts, Knap, Knapp, Knickerbocker, Knight, Knowlton, Kromer, Ladd, La Farge, Laird, Lake, Lambie, Lamon, Lamson, Lance, Lane, Lansing, Lasher, Lathrop, Lawrence, Lawton, Lawyer, Lazelle, Leach, Lee, Le Febvre, Leffingwell, Legg, Lehr, Lemiro, Leonard, Le Ray, Lewis, Lingenfelter, Linsley, Lisk, Littlefield, Livingston, Lloyd, Loan, Lock, Long, Loomis, Lord, Loucks, Lovelee, Low, Lowe, Lowell, Lucas, Luff, Lull, Lusher, Luther, Lutz, Lyman, Lyon, Lyttle, McAllaster, McAllister, McBain, McCarthy, McCartin, McClare, McClenthen, McComb, McCombs, McConnell, McCormick, McCraull, McCreary, McCullom, McCullough, McCutcheon, McDermott, McDowell, McGiven, McGlew, McGregor, McGuillon, McIlmoyl, McIntosh, McKay, McKinley, McKnight, McMillan, McMullin, McNiel, McNitt, McOmber, McVickar, McWayne, Mack, Mackie, Macomb, Madill, Magone, Magoon, Mahan, Mahaney, Maine, Makepeace, Maltby, Manley, Mann, Manning, Mansfield, March, Markham, Markley, Marot, Marsh, Marshall, Martell, Martin, Marvel, Marvin, Mason, Massey, Mather, Mathers, Matoon, Matthews, Maxon, Maxson, Maxwell, Mayhew, Meacham, Meader, Meigs, Mereness, Merriam, Merrick, Merrill, Merritt, Merwin, Metcalf, Middleton, Miles, Millard, Miller, Millington, Mills, Miser, Mitchell, Mix, Moak, Mockridge, Moffatt, Moffett, Monkhouse, Montague, Montrois, Moody, Moon, Moore, Morgan, Morris, Morrison, Morrow, Morse, Morseman, Morton, Moseley, Mosher, Moss, Moulton, Moyer, Muckley, Mudge, Mullin, Mundy, Munk, Munson, Murdock, Murray, Muzzy, Myrick, Nellis, Nelson, Newcomb, Newell, Newman, Newton, Nichelson, Nichols, Nickelson, Nill, Nimrocks, Nims, Ninde, Noble, Northrup, Norton, Nutting Oades, Oakes, Oatman, O'Brien, O'Dougherty, Ogden, O'Kieff, Olds, Olin, Oliver, Olney, Ormsby, Orvis, Osborn, Otis, Outterson, Overton, Owen, Packard, Paddock, Page, Pahud, Palmer, Palmeter, Parish, Park, Parker, Parkinson, Parmalee, Parsons, Partridge, Patch, Patrick, Patterson, Payne, Peabody, Pearce, Pease, Peck, Pecke, Peckham, Peeden, Penet, Penney, Penniman, Peoples, Perkins, Petit, Pettibone, Pettit, Petty, Peugnet, Phelps, Phillips, Phippin, Pierce, Pierrepont, Pike, Pitcher, Pitkin, Pollard, Pond, Pool, Poor, Pope, Porter, Potter, Powell, Powers, Pratt, Prentice, Prerucker, Preston, Priest, Primeau, Prouty, Pruyne, Pultney, Purcell, Purdy, Putnam, Quncer, Quilliard, Rand, Randall, Randolph, Rankin, Ranney, Rappole, Rawson, Read, Reamer, Reed, Rees, Rega, Reid, Remington, Reniff, Renwick, Rexford, Reynolds, Rhines, Rhodes, Rice, Rich, Richards, Richardson, Richey, Rickerson, Riggs, Riley, Ripley, Rixford, Robbins, Roberts, Robinson, Rodenhurst, Rodman, Rogers, Root, Rosa, Roth, Rounds, Rouse, Rowlson, Rudd, Ruger, Rundlet, Russell, Ryan, Ryder, Ryther, Sabin, Sacket, Safford, Sage, Salisbury, Sandiforth, Sanford, Sanforth, Santway, Sargent, Satchwell, Saunders, Saunderson, Savage, Sawyer, Scholes, Schuyler, Scofield, Scott, Scoville, Scriba, Searles, Seaver, Seeber, Seever, Seiple, Seisco, Sessions, Settle, Severance, Severn, Sewall, Sewell, Seymour, Shaffer, Sharlan, Sharlow, Sharp, Shaver, Shaw, Sheard, Sheldon, Shelley, Shelly, Shepard, Shepherd, Sherman, Sherwood, Shields, Shumway, Shurtleff, Sias, Sidell, Sigourney, Sikes, Sill, Simmons, Simonds, Simons, Simpson, Sinclair, Sixbury, Skeels, Skinner, Slack, Sloan, Slocum, Sloman, Smiley, Smith, Smyth, Snell, Snow, Snoden, Snyder, Soper, Spafford, Spalsbury, Spaulding, Spear, Spencer, Spicer, Spinning, Sprague, Springer, Stacey, Stackhouse, Stafford, Stancliff, Stanley, Stanton, Staples, Staplin, Starbuck, Starkey, Starr, Steadman, Stearnes, Stebbins, Steele, Sterling, Sternberg, Stevens, Stewart, Stickney, Stiles, Stillman, Stocking, Stoddard, Stone, Storrs, Story, Stow, Stowe, Stowell, Strang, Streeter, Strickland, Strong, Strough, Strowger, Sturtevant, Sumner, Swan, Sweet, Swindells, Sykes, Sylvester, Symonds, Taber, Taft, Taggart, Talcott, Tallett, Tallman, Tamblin, Tanner, Tassey, Taylor, Ten Eyck, Terry, Theirry, Thibault, Thomas, Thompson, Thomson, Tifft, Tilden, Tillier, Titus, Todd, Tolles, Tolman, Tomlinson, Townley, Townsend, Tractor, Treadwell, Tremper, Tripp, Trowbridge, Tubbs, Turner, Tucker, Tuttle, Twing, Tyler, Upham, Utley, Van Allen, Van Benthuysen, Van Brakle, Van Dusen, Van Duzee, Van Hee, Van Namee, Van Ostrand, Van Santvoord, Van Slyke, Van Vleck, Vaughn, Vebber, Victory, Vincent, Visger, Vrooman, Waddingham, Waddington, Wadle, Wadsworth, Waful, Wagoner, Wait, Waite, Walker, Walradt, Walsworth, Walton, Walts, Ward, Wardwell, Warner, Warren, Warriner, Washburn, Watson, Weaver, Webb, Weber, Weckessor, Weeden, Welch, Wells, Welsh, Wendell, West, Westcott, Weston, Wetherby, Wetmore, Wheeler, Wheelock, Wherry, Whipple, Whitaker, White, Whiteside, Whitford, Whiting, Whitley, Whitman, Whitney, Whittlesey, Wickes, Wicks, Wiggins, Wight, Wilbur, Wilcox, Wilde, Wilder, Wiley, Wilkes, Wilkinson, Willard, Williams, Willis, Wilmot, Wilson, Winch, Winn, Winslow, Wise, Wiser, Wiswell, Witt, Wodell, Wood, Woodard, Woodman, Woodruff, Woodward, Woodworth, Woolsey, Woolworth, Worth, Wright, Wyman, Wynn, Yandes, Yates, York, Yost, Young, Zimmerman


BIOGRAPHICAL SURNAMES - PART II

Brown, Cleveland, Cornwall, Crawe, Crossmon, Emerson, Flower, Grant, Herring, Hinds, Hunt, McKinley, Morse, O'Brien, Remington, Roberts, Sawyer, Sherman, Stebbins, Taggart, Williams


BIOGRAPHICAL SURNAMES - PART III

Ackerman, Adams, Aldrich, Allen, Alton, Andrews, Augsbury, Avery, Babcock, Bachman, Bagg, Bailey, Baird, Baker, Baldwin, Ball, Barber, Barker, Barnett, Barton, Bascom, Beaman, Bean, Bearup, Beattie, Bell, Bellinger, Bennett, Bergevin, Bersie, Bert, Bertram, Bickelhaupt, Bigelow, Bigham, Bingle, Bogart, Bolton, Boltz, Bond, Bonner, Boomer, Boon, Bossuot, Bowles, Brabant, Brainard, Breen, Brennan, Brintnall, Britton, Brodie, Brown, Buck, Bullard, Bullock, Burdick, Burnham, Burns, Bush, Butler, Butterworth, Cadwell, Cahill, Calkins, Camp, Canfield, Cannon, Carlisle, Carpenter, Casey, Catlin, Caulkins, Champlin, Chapman, Chase, Cheesman, Clark, Cleveland, Cobb, Coburn, Cochrane, Cole, Collins, Comstock, Conde, Consaul, Converse, Cook, Cooley, Cornell, Cornwall, Cornwell, Coughlin, Countryman, Dana, Danforth, Davis, Dawson, Day, Dean, Deane, Delaney, Denison, Dennison, Devendorf, Dewey, De Wolf, Dexter, Dibble, Dick, Dickson, Dixon, Doane, Dodge, Donahue, Dorsey, Dryden, Eastman, Eckhoff, Eddy, Eggleston, Ellis, Elmer, Elwood, Enos, Ewers, Faichney, Farmer, Farwell, Fawdrey, Ferrin, Fetterly, Field, Fillmore, Fish, Fisher, Fisk, Fitch, Flummerfelt, Flynn, Foote, Ford, Foreman, Foster, Fowkes, Fox, Frame, Franklin, Frink, Fuess, Fuller, Fults, Gannett, Gardener, Gardner, Gates, Gaudett, Getman, Gilbert, Gilman, Glas, Goodale, Gotham, Gove, Graham, Grant, Graves, Gray, Green, Greene, Greenleaf, Grenell, Grimshaw, Groub, Grow, Guthrie, Haas, Hanchette, Hanlon, Hansen, Harder, Hardiman, Harding, Hardy, Harrington, Hart, Hathway, Haven, Hawes, Hayes, Heller, Helmer, Henry, Herrick, Heth, Hewitt, Hickox, Hine, Hinman, Hinsdale, Hodge, Holden, Holdridge, Holley, Holloway, Holmes, Hooker, Hoover, Hopkinson, Horton, Houghton, House, Hovey, Howard, Howland, Hoyt, Hubbard, Hungerford, Hunt, Hunter, Inglehart, Ingraham, Isdell, Isham, Ives, James, Jenks, Jerome, Johnson, Jones, July, Kellogg, Kellow, Kelsey, Kennedy, Kenyon, Kepler, Kieff, King, Kitts, Kline, Kreissig, Laidlow, Lamar, Lamon, Lance, Lane, Lansing, Larrabee, Lawton, Lee, Legg, Leonard, Liddy, Lingenfelter, Loucks, Lowe, Lyon, McAllaster, McCombs, McConnell, McCormack, McCreary, McCullough, McKee, McKinley, McKinstry, McMullen, McNiel, McWayne, MacGowan, Makepeace, Malley, Manning, Mansfield, Manville, Markwick, Marrian, Marsh, Martin, Mason, Massey, Mather, Matteson, Matthews, Maxon, Maxwell, Mayhew, Meader, Merriman, Merz, Metcalf, Middleton, Miller, Mills, Mitchell, Morse, Morton, Mowe, Muldoon, Mullin, Murtha, Muzzy, Myers, Nash, Nellis, Nickelson, Nims, Noble, Normander, Norton, Nunez, Oatman, O'Brien, O'Connor, Ogsbury, O'Leary, Olmstead, Orchard, Osburn, Otis, Palmer, Paris, Parker, Parkhurst, Parsons, Paul, Payne, Pendergast, Phelps, Phippen, Pierce, Pitcher, Pitkin, Pohl, Pollard, Porter, Potter, Pratt, Puffer, Purcell, Putnam, Ramsay, Randall, Rappole, Read, Rebscher, Rees, Reese, Reeves, Render Rhines, Ehodes, Rice, Rich, Richards, Ripley, Robinson, Rodenhurst, Rogers, Root, Roth, Ryan, Sabin, Salisbury, Sanford, Santway, Sargent, Sayles, Schell, Schuyler, Scofield, Scroxton, Seaver, Sheley, Shepard, Sherman, Shurtleff, Sias, Simons, Sinclair, Skeels, Slater, Sloat, Smith, Snell, Soper, Soults, Spencer, Spratt, Stanley, Staples, Steele, Steinhilber, Sterling, Sternberg, Stewart, Stickney, Stiles, Stokes, Stone, Stoodley, Stowell, Streeter, Strough, Sullivan, Sylvester, Taber, Tallman, Tanger, Tassey, Taylor, Teepell, Thomas, Thompson, Thomson, Tilden, Todd, Tolman, Townsend, Tracy, Trowbridge, Tucker, Tuller, Tyler, Van Allen, Van Alstyne, Van Vleck, Van Wagner, Vebber, Wait, Walch, Walker, Walradt, Walrath, Walts, Ward, Wardwell, Washburn, Watts, Webster, Wescott, Weston, Wheeler, Whitaker, White, Whitney, Wilbur, Wilcox, Wilder, Willard, Williams, Wilson, Winslow, Wise, Witt, Wodell, Wolf, Wood, Woodard, Wright, York, Young, Youngs, Zapf, Zimmer, Zuller

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