Our County and Its People

A Descriptive work on Oneida County, New York
edited by Daniel E. Wager
The Boston History Company, Publishers 1896

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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