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The ancestors of Seth
M. Richmond came from England and settled in Massachusetts, his father
Isaac Richmond, having been born near Boston. His mother was Salona
Perry, of Norton, Mass. They had eight children, six of whom were
sons, as follows: Isaac, now living at Fulton, Oswego County, N.Y.,
at the age of ninety years; he was born at Augusta, Oneida county, N.Y.,
where all of the children were born, and where Isaac Richmond passed most
of his life. Gardner, the next son, is deceased; Alvin, living in
Little Falls at the age of eighty-six years, and a partner many years with
his brother, Seth M., as described below; Nathan P., deceased; Parley,
deceased; Phoebe married N. B. Cook, of Augusta, and living; Anna M., married
W. E. Walton, of Munnsville, N.Y., and living; and Seth M., the subject
of this sketch and a portrait, who was born at
Augusta, on the 17th of May, 1818, between
the birth of the two sisters mentioned.
[There is a lot more about Seth, but little
that is directly related to Oneida county]
History of Herkimer County, New York," by
George A. Hardin, Syracuse, N.Y, D. Mason & Co., publishers, 1893.
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Albert Newton
Russell Was born on a farm in Kirkland, Oneida county, N.Y., March
17, 1826.
His ancestors on his father's side emigrated
to what was then called Whitestown, from Guilford, Conn., and were of English
descent. Simeon Hatch, his grandfather on his mother's side, was
of Scotch descent and was one of the early settlers of what is now new
Hartford, ebmigrating there from Wethersfield, Conn.
When nine years old his father, Samuel Baldwin
Russell, sold his farm and removed to Sherburne, Chenango county, where
he died, leaving three children, Albert Newton, being the youngest, about
eleven years of age.
Returning to New Hartford, his mother gave
him such educational advantages as the schools in that vicinity afforded,
and while attending the select school he paid his way by working nights,
mornings and Saturdays, in a cabinet shop, where he acquired some practical
knowledge of mechanics.
[there is much more about Albert, but little
else pertaining directly to Oneida county]
History of Herkimer County, New York," by
George A. Hardin, Syracuse, N.Y, D. Mason & Co., publishers, 1893.
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