edited by Daniel E. Wager
The Boston History Company, Publishers 1896
Transcription Copyright©2002
Jane Stevens-Hodge
A work in progess -
Transcription Copyright©2002
Jane Stevens-Hodge
A work in progess -
Preface
There are few
sections of this country that are richer in historical material than the
one of which this volume treats. Especially is this true in its relation
to the old wars for supremacy between the French and the English, and the
war of the Revolution. Stirring events then took place within the borders
of what is now Oneida county, in which stately figures took part. And in
those struggles for supremacy the Indians who once populated the valley
of the beautiful Mohawk were a conspicuous element. One of the historical
battles of the Revolutionary war was fought on Oneida county soil - a battle
upon the issues of which many writers contend turned the success or failure
of the attempt of the colonists to secure their independence. Neither is
the history of this locality in later years, during which settlement, growth,
and development marched forward to present advanced conditions, without
interest.
To properly
set before the reader a brief record of the long and bloody strife that
at last culminated in the triumph of American independence, was a labor
of love on the part of the late Daniel E. Wager, of Rome, and the last
important literary undertaking of this busy life. That he was eminently
qualified for the great task, no one who knew him well will dispute. Persons
unaccustomed to attending the preparation of such a work as this; but no
one will doubt the painstaking care, the unflagging patience in research,
and the appreciative value of sources of information, brought to task by
the author in his unwearied efforts to produce a historical work that would
be a monument to himself and of great value to the people of Oneida county.
It was most fortunate that his work was so nearly completed before he was
stricken with his last sickness. He was given liberal assistance in the
preparation of the histories of the various towns and the chapters devoted
to modern topics, by persons skilled in that class of work. The compiling
of the vast list of personal sketches, also, was in other hands than his;
and it is confidently believed that this department of the work, a feature
never before attempted in this county, will be considered of the greatest
value.
Contents
Part 1
Chapter 1 Preliminary History..............................................................1 - 5
Chapter 2 1754 - 1756 - Fort Bull, etc. ................................................5 - 12
Chapter 3 1756 - 1758 - Oswego - Herkimer......................................12 - 17
Chapter 4 1758 - 1760. Forts Stanwix and Schuyler..............................17 - 21
Chapter 5 1760 to August, 1777..........................................................22 - 32
Chapter 6 1777 - Siege of Fort Stanwix - Battle of Oriskany.................32 - 52
Chapter 7 1783 - 1788 - Emigration Westward....................................53 - 62
Chapter 8 1788 - Town of Whitestown - Great Indian Treaty.................63 - 74
Chapter 9 1789 -1792 ........................................................................75 - 93
Chapter 10 Colonial Land Patents........................................................93 - 126
Chapter 11 Physical Features of Oneida County...................................126-133
Chapter 12 Description of the County .................................................133 - 141
Chapter 13 1788 - 1806. Formation of Oneida County...........................141 - 155
Chapter 14 1806 - 1812 .....................................................................155 - 160
Chapter 15 Through the War of 1812..................................................161 - 175
Chapter 16 1814 - 1819 .....................................................................175 -184
Chapter 17 1820 - 1830.....................................................................185 - 192
Chapter 18 1830 To The Close of the Civil War..................................192 - 198
Chapter 19 1866 To The Present.......................................................199 - 208
Chapter 20 Public Institutions............................................................209 - 215
Chapter 21 Canals and Railroads.......................................................215 - 228
Chapter 22 The Bench and Bar of Oneida County..............................229 - 247
Chapter 23 Medical Societies and Profession of Oneida County..........248 - 260
Chapter 24 Educational Institutions....................................................260 -278
Chapter 25 The City of Utica............................................................278 - 371
Chapter 26 The Town of Annsville....................................................372 - 379
Chapter 27 The Town of Augusta.....................................................379 - 393
Chapter 28 The Town of Ava...........................................................393 - 396
Chapter 29 The Town of Boonville...................................................396 - 407
Chapter 30 The Town of Bridgewater...............................................407 - 414
Chapter 31 The Town of Camden.................................................... 414 - 426
Chapter 32 The Town of Deerfield.................................................. 426 - 432
Chapter 33 The Town of Florence................................................... 432 - 437
Chapter 34 The Town of Floyd........................................................ 437 - 445
Chapter 35 The Town of Forestport...................................................442 -445
Chapter 36 The Town of Kirkland.................................................... 445 - 460
Chapter 37 The Town of Lee.......................................................... 460 - 469
Chapter 38 The Town of Marcy ......................................................469 - 473
Chapter 39 The Town of Marshall....................................................473 - 479
Chapter 40 The Town of New Hartford........................................... 479 - 491
Chapter 41 The Town of Paris........................................................ 491 - 505
Chapter 42 The Town of Remsen....................................................506 - 511
Chapter 43 The Town of Rome.......................................................511 - 533
Chapter 44 The Town of Sangerfield...............................................533 - 543
Chapter 45 The Town of Steuben...................................................543 - 552
Chapter 46 The Town of Trenton...................................................552 - 566
Chapter 47 The Town of Vernon....................................................566 - 579
Chapter 48 The Town of Verona....................................................579 - 588
Chapter 49 The Town of Vienna....................................................588 - 596
Chapter 50 The Town of Western...................................................596 - 603
Chapter 51 The Town of Westmoreland..........................................603 - 614
Chapter 52 The Town of Whitestown............................................. 615 - 636
Part 2 - Biographical
Biographies.................................................................. 1 - 215
Part 3 - Family Sketches
Family Sketches...........................................................
1 - 382
Indexes.........................................................................
383
Portraits.
********Transcription note: The following
portraits have not been scanned as part of this collection.
Abeel, James S., Capt.
Ablett, Robert
Adams, Silas
Allen, Bion Pemberton,MD
Anthony, Jesse B.
Babbitt, John L.
Bagg, M.M. MD
Bailey, E. Prentis
Ballou, Walter,
Barrows, Samuel J.
Birdseye, Rufus P.
Bissell, Gordon N.
Booth, Wilbur H.
Boyle, John W.
Brewster, Amos F.
Brown, Calvin
Butler, John Milton
Butler, Morgan
Capron, Seth, Dr.
Chadwick, sr., George W.
Chamberlain, Ephraim
Cloher, jr., William H.
Coggeshall, H.J.
Comstock, Calvert
Conkling, Roscoe
Costello, P.C.
Costello, P.H.
Coxe, Alfred C.
Cromwell, Stephen
Curran, Edward
Darling, Charles W.
Denio, Hiram
Dickinson, Albert M.
Dorrance, D.G.
Douglass, James A.
Draper, Virgil
Dunham, George E.
Dunmore, Watson T.
Dwight, Benjamin W.
Ethridge, Alfred
Farman, Henry
Farwell, Samuel
Faxton, Theodore S.
Flandrau, Thomas M.
Foster, Henry A.
Frisbie, Willard J.
Graham, Edmund A.
Hagedorn, Henry
Hall, Benjamin
Harvey, Edwin A.
Haselton, J.S.
Helmer, Robert J.
Heiber, John C.
Hunt, James G. MD
Hunt, Myron W. MD
Huntington, Edward
Hutchinson, Charles W.
Jenkins, Timothy
Jones, Thomas S.
Kellogg, Spencer
Kernan, Francis
Kingsley, W.J.P MD
Laird, Frank F. MD
Lamb, Harrison
Lawton, Elon J.
Lee, Arthur D.
Lewis, Ladd J.
Locke, William P.
Loomis, Jon J.
McGuire, Philip
Mann, Newton
Middleton, Robert
Millar, Charles
Miller, Addison C.
Munson, Alfred
Munson, Edmund
Nicholson, Charles A.
Nock, Thomas G.
North, Edward
Osborn, Amos O.
Owen, Philip
Penfield, Thomas D.
Perry, Josiah
Philo, Charles H.
Prescott, Cyrus Dan
Ralph, George
Reid, Chirstopher C. MD
Rogers, Publius V.
Sanger, Jedediah
Sanger, William Cary
Sayles, Joseph I.
Scott, Isaac R.
Scripture, W.E.
Scudder, Samuel O.
Searles, James H.
Seaton, Albert P.
Seymour, Horatio
Smith, J. Arthur V.S.
Soper, Albert
Soper, Arthur W.
Spencer, James D.
Spencer, Joshua A.
Stoddard, David Curtis
Stryker, John
Studor, George M.
Tower, Reuben
Trevvett, Edward
Utley, David
Utley, Squire
Wager, Daniel E.
Wardwell, Daniel
Warren, David A.
Weaver, Fred G.
Wells, John B.
West, M. Calvin, MD
Whiffen, Isaac
White, Canvass
White, Hugh
White, William M.
Wiley, George H.
Willard, Garry A.
Williams, Abijah J.
Williams, Elliott S.
Williams, Robert S.
Wilson, Claude MD
Woodruff, Arthur C.
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Jane Stevens-Hodge