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PUBLICATION DATE |
a fine
buck |
Joseph McNaughton of Ogdensburg shot a six year old buck at the Eel Weir rapids
of the Oswegatchie on Nov. 22, 1847. He had been seen for years, and shot at
and chased by dogs, but had survived until now |
11 |
Nov. 23, 1847 |
abandoned
infant |
the Canton
Democrat carried a story saying a woman abandoned
a 2 week old infant in the weeds near the County Poor House. She was apparently from Kingston, Ont., had
8 kids, no husband and a sister in the Poor House |
11 |
Aug. 6, 1833 |
Annis,
Nancy (Mrs.) |
"has eloped from my bed and
board ….etc" Signed Charles Annis of Parishville, Oct. 20, 1829 |
13 |
Nov. 5, 1829 |
another
tavern burns |
Henry Dart's tavern in West Potsdam, occupied by J.
Bowker, burned Mar. 27, 1847 |
11 |
Mar. 30, 1847 |
Armstrong,
Alexander |
a barn was raised on his farm in
Lisbon Jul. 20, 1829 without the use of one drop of liquor |
10 |
Jul. 28, 1829 |
arson in
Oswegatchie |
Colen McLaren's
barns and outbuildings burned Oct. 31, 1847 in the part of Oswegatchie that
borders Morristown. He is a poor elderly man and is now destitute. It appears that it was arson as no member
of the family had been in the barn |
11 |
Nov. 2, 1847 |
artificial
legs |
Richard Lyman,
formerly of Madrid but now of Clark, New Castle Dist. Ontario is ready to
furnish artificial legs on short notice, containing all the joints necessary
for ease in sitting and standing |
11 |
Sep. 25, 1849 |
Asa
Sprague's pension |
there was something of a
commotion when Asa Sprague of DeKalb applied for, and received, a pension for
his War of 1812 service. The Republican defends him against the Sentinel newspaper's hints of
impropriety. Apparently, he had gotten
sick while in the militia and never quite recovered, but did not apply for
the pension until the 1840's |
11 |
Oct. 13, 1846 |
Assistant
Surgeon for the US Navy |
Dr. H. O. Mayo,
for several years an Ogdensburg resident, has been appointed Assistant
Surgeon for the US Navy. He left
Ogdensburg Apr. 29, 1846 for Boston, where he will take his post on the USS United States which is fitting
out for a cruise to the coast of Africa.
He returned to Ogdensburg and held a re-union with his old friends in
April, 1849 |
11 |
May 5, 1846 & May 1, 1849 |
baby
found by road |
a farmer who lives about a mile
from Canton found a baby boy about 2 mos. old lying by the side of the woods
near the highway. He was smart and healthy and has been placed in comfortable
quarters. It is assumed that the mother was hidden nearby watching for his
safety. |
11 |
May 17, 1842 |
Baldwin,
Benjamin |
his farm in Potsdam burned down
Jan. 9, 1845. It was occupied by Jacob Baum Jr., who lost everything |
11 |
Jan. 14, 1845 |
bankruptcies
1842 |
the following were listed as
going bankrupt before Judge Conkling of the Northern District of the US Court: Samuel Archibald, Francis Melhinch, and Whitman B. Haskin all of Ogdensburg, plus John
Elliott of Oswegatchie |
11 |
Mar. 22, 1842 |
Barber,
Alvin |
"having been instigated by
his wicked and corrupt brother, has forsaken my dwelling and left me with 2
little children without any visible means of support….." signed Catherine Barber of Canton |
13 |
Aug. 30, 1829 |
Barber,
Catherine |
Notice: whereas Catherine my wife has for a long
time conducted in such improper manner (sic) and has left my bed and board,
without my consent …..etc. signed Alvin Barber |
13 |
Jul. 9, 1829 |
Barhydt,
David P. |
Mr. Barhydt, a former resident
of Ogdensburg, now lives in NYC and has written a book on Industrial
Exchanges |
11 |
Apr. 17, 1849. |
Barnes,
Edward |
a coroner's inquest was held
concerning his death as reported in the Canton Advertiser Oct. 15, 1829. (he may have died as a result of being punched
by Albert White) |
10 |
Oct. 20, 1829 |
Batts,
James |
residing in Canton, formerly of
Ireland, requests information about his brother John
Batts, last heard from in Prescott, Ont. |
13 |
Feb. 25, 1830 |
beet
this! |
Mr. Arthur McCoy of Ogdensburg grew a beet measuring 31 inches in
circumference, 19 inches long and weighing 17.5 lbs. Mr. McCoy does not put this out as a
bragger, but rather as a feeler |
11 |
Jan. 21, 1845 |
Bell
brothers information |
Mrs. Mary Graham, of Oxford Township in Ontario is seeking information on her
two brothers Thomas and Edward Bell. They were from Fahan
in Co. Donegal, Ireland and are supposed to be on the Ohio River |
11 |
Sep. 17, 1844 |
Bell,
Bela Jr. |
son of Capt.
Bela Bell of Depeyster was injured Apr. 21,
1829. He was chopping wood and heard a
noise, when he looked up he was struck across the mouth by a 10 ft long 5
inch diameter limb. He is said to be shockingly mutilated |
10 |
Apr. 28, 1829 |
Bicknell,
Zebina (Mrs.) |
Mrs. Zebina Bicknell of Stockholm was injured when her husband put a pound and a
half of gun powder in the oven to dry and went to bed. She did not know it was there and a brick
struck her arm when it went off (from the St.
Lawrence Republican of Oct. 2, 1827) |
10 |
Oct. 23, 1827 |
Blake,
General |
we hear that Gen. Blake of
Norfolk has been invitedby Gen. Scott to join a government exploring
expedition to Oregon |
1 |
May 14, 1845 |
Boynton,
Charles |
the Northern
Freeman is a new newspaper to be published in
Madrid by Charles Boynton |
8 |
Jul. 18, 1848 |
breach
in the bank of the Oswegatchie |
the high water in the
Oswegatchie has caused a breach in the bank near the east end of the dam, and
had progressed so far by Apr. 7 as to take away part of D.C.
Judson's fence, and almost to the house of Robert Weatherhead. |
11 |
Apr. 10, 1849 |
bridge
collapses in Canton |
the eastern section of the
bridge connecting the island in the DeGrasse River with the mainland was
swept away Jan. 11, 1843 by freshet
caused by the late thaw and heavy rains |
11 |
Jan. 17, 1843 |
Buchannan,
Robert |
a coroner's inquest was held in
Ft. Covington Nov. 1, 1829 concerning the death of Robert
Buchannan.
He was found dead on the road between his house and Ft.
Covington. The verdict: he died by an act of God. He was from Sterlingshire, Scotland and
left a wife and family |
10 |
Nov. 24, 1829 |
Buchannan,
Thomas |
formerly of Ogdensburg, was a
Baptist missionary in Bassa Cove West Africa in 1836 |
11 |
Sep. 13, 1836 |
California
bound! |
Mr. F.B.
Hitchcock starts for California Feb. 28, 1849. He
was formerly a partner in the St. Lawrence
Republican. Although
people in Ogdensburg will miss him, the game birds and deer will not, as he
was an avid hunter. Other members of
his party according to a list in the Mar. 20 edition: E.W. Hopkins, Dr. F.W. Hopkins, James Simpson, Charles Worden,
Nathaniel McCaffrey, Edwin Rees, Stebbins Andrews, Mr. Bosworth and James Beckwith. From Franklin Co. we
find E.L. Winslow and B.W. Clark and others |
11 |
Feb. 27, 1849 & Mar. 20, 1849 |
Canadian
soldier drowns |
a soldier from the garrison at
Prescott, Ont. drowned Jan. 13, 1849.
He was returning across the ice late at night and fell through a hole
in the ice |
11 |
Jan. 19, 1849 |
Canton
Democrat |
a new paper is announced called
the Canton Democrat |
11 |
June 25, 1833 |
Casey,
Robert |
"Robert Casey, a soldier of
1812 will learn something to his advantage if he comes to the office of
Gillette and Myers (in Ogdensburg) |
11 |
Jul. 3, 1838 |
Catholic
services |
Rev. (James?) Kelly, Roman Catholic pastor of St. James Church in Carthage and of
its northern dependencies, announces he will celebrate Mass next Sunday at
the school house in Ogdensburg opposite Mr. Gilbert's |
10 |
May 23, 1826 |
Catholic
temperance |
some members of the Ogdensburg
Catholic Total Abstinence Society in July 1843 were Fr.
J. C. Mackey, President, William
O'Brien Vice President, plus Nicholas Cavanaugh, Matthew Murphy, Edward Dempsey, Thomas
Gardiner, Michael Leonard, Joseph Delaney and Cornelius O'Leary |
11 |
Jul. 18, 1843 |
cemetery
in Ogdensburg |
the committee appointed to
locate a suitable ground for a cemetery made its report to the public on June
26, 1843 at the Town Hall |
11 |
June 27, 1843 |
Charles
Dickens passes through |
Charles Dickens passed through
Ogdensburg on his way to Montreal on May 10, 1842, aboard the steamer
"Gildersleeve" |
11 |
May 17, 1842 |
Christie,
Nathan |
adopted a girl named Betsey Brownson (daughter of Asa and Betsey Brownson) who died in
Parishville May 1, 1843 |
1 |
June 1, 1843 |
Circuit
Court and Court of Oyer and Terminer 1839 |
Thomas Woonien,
an Indian, was sentenced to 2 years for breaking and entering the grocery
store of Frederick C. Powell in Potsdam Feb. 2, 1839 |
11 |
Feb. 19, 1839. |
Circuit
Court and Court of Oyer and Terminer and general jail delivery Feb. 1844 |
David C. Gray
was the crier for the court and Dorus Pettibone of Stockholm was the jury foreman. Alexander
McDonell was convicted of getting drunk and
stabbing his wife several times with a butcher knife. He was given 10 years in Auburn. A man named Sweet was given 2 years for
stealing a horse |
11 |
Feb. 13, 1844 |
Circuit
Court and Court of Oyer and Terminer Feb. 1843 |
John Kane
was convicted of rape and got 10 years in the state prison |
11 |
Feb. 14, 1843 |
Circuit
Court and Court of Oyer and Terminer Jul. 1843 |
John C. Cook
was sentenced to 2 years in state prison for stealing a horse from Massena a
year ago. John Ford was
also convicted of grand larceny and got 2 years for stealing the pocket watch
of Alpheus Wright of
Heuvelton. |
11 |
Jul. 18, 1843 |
Clarkson,
Thomas Henry |
his father, George
Clarkson of Ogdensburg, has warned everyone not to
harbor his son who is still a minor but has left home |
11 |
Aug. 28, 1849 |
conflagration
in Ogdensburg |
much of downtown Ogdensburg was
destroyed in a fire Apr. 16, 1839 which started in barns attached to the
former Ogdensburg Hotel. Most of the buidings in the area of Ford, State and
Isabela streets were damaged or destroyed |
11 |
Apr. 23, 1839 |
Cooper,
Michael |
is a runaway apprentice ae 18, 5
ft 6 in tall, stout, squint eyed, speaks French and English. He was headed for Utica. There is a reward
of 6 cents offered by his master Alexander Miller, Gouverneur |
10 |
Aug. 11, 1818 |
coopers
on strike |
Haskel & Co, millers in
Ogdensburg cut the price they would give for the manufacture of barrels. At this, the coopers in their employ
promptly walked off the job. When the price
was raised back to its original level, they returned to work |
11 |
Apr. 26, 1842 |
corpse
found at Norfolk |
boys who were swimming found the
body of a man, assumed to be an Irishman, in the river opposite Norfolk. It was partly under floatwood, about 2 feet
from the shore and was so decomposed it could not be identified. His clothes
were a checkered frock, plaid vest, full-cloth pants, and a pair of
coarse-fine boots. He was buried in
the Norfolk cemetery |
11 |
Jul. 17, 1849 |
costly
fire in DeKalb |
Jonathan Powell's barn in DeKalb was destroyed by fire Dec. 10, 1846. The cause is suspicious, as none of the
family had been in the barn with a light or fire of any kind.(much more
detail in the article) |
11 |
Dec. 22, 1846 |
Cotton,
Betsey Ann (Mrs.) |
whereas my wife has left my bed
and board …etc. signed West Cotton, South Edwards, Apr. 13,
1849 |
11 |
Apr. 17, 1849. |
County
Court Jan. 1830 |
Job Elliott of
Barnhart Is. was sentenced to 7 yrs hard labor at Sing Sing for perjury. William Allen got the same sentence for burglary |
10 |
Feb. 9, 1830 |
County
Court July 1829 |
Ebenezer Hale,
ae 12 or 13 was sentenced to 3 yrs and a day at Auburn Prison for house
arson. Thomas Edwards
got 5 years hard labor for his second conviction for petit larceny |
10 |
Jul. 21, 1829 |
County
Court June 9, 1829 |
Hiram Simms
got 4 years hard labor in the state prison for petit larceny, and John Richardson got 3 years for the
same crime, second offense |
10 |
June 9, 1829. |
County
Court May 1835 |
Leonard Collins and John Belware were sentenced to 3 years hard labor for grand larceny. John McGuire got 2 yrs for the same
offense. Greene Plumb
was acquitted on account of insanity and sent to the County Poor House |
11 |
May 26, 1835 |
Court
of Common Pleas and General Sessions Dec. 1839 |
John Doucette
was convicted of petit larceny for stealing some suspenders from the store of
H. T. Bacon and got 3
years in the state prison. Hiram Billings was found guilty of
stealing 2 shirts, and may have already done time for burning down a building
in Ogdensburg. He was sentenced to 3
years in Auburn prison. Ebenezer Perkins was found guilty of
assault and battery with intent to kill Hiram
Knapp and got 5 years in Auburn. Gideon Olin was convicted of passing counterfeits and got 5 years in
prison |
11 |
Dec. 24, 1839 |
Court
of Common Pleas and General Sessions June 1827 |
Newberry Fisher was indicted for having counterfeits and intending to pass
them. His case was put off till the
July court. John
Brown was indicted for grand larceny, pleaded
guilty and was given 5 years hard labor in Auburn. Angel L.
McAllister was indicted for perjury and the trial
was put off until the July Oyer and Terminer.
Ebenezer D. Smith,
who has not been arrested yet, was indicted for assault and battery. James Stirling, who was convicted last term of riot committed with others,
was given a $30 fine and put in jail until it is paid. William McNeill was found not guilty
of perjury |
10 |
June 12, 1827 |
Court
of Common Pleas Apr. 1844 |
Jonathan Heaton was the foreman of the Grand Jury. William Tees was
convicted of obtaining goods under false pretenses and Judge Fine decided to make an
example of him as this was the first instance of this crime in SLC. He was sentenced to 2 years hard labor at
Auburn Prison |
11 |
Apr. 23, 1844 |
Court
of Common Pleas Dec. 1838 |
Smith Bunner
of Russell was convicted of 3rd degree manslaughter for the death of Stephen Jackson. On Nov. 30, 1838,
Bunner went to Samuel Moore's tavern and got drunk. When the tavern keeper
would not sell him another drink, he drew a loaded rifle and struck it on the
bar hard enough that it went off. The
ball went right through Jackson, and Bunner got 3 years at Auburn prison |
11 |
Dec. 25, 1838 |
Court
of Common Pleas Dec. 1841 |
Joseph LeDoux was
given 2 and a half years hard labor at Auburn for stealing a horse belonging
to George Ranney of
Ogdensburg. |
11 |
Dec. 28, 1841 |
Court
of Common Pleas Dec. 1842 |
Daniel Adams
was sentenced to 2 years at Auburn for grand larceny. He stole a quantity of hats, caps etc from
the Ogdensburg store of E. W. Benedict, for whom he worked. Samuel Hand was also sentenced 2
years for grand larceny for stealing a horse near Cornwall. Stephen
Chatterton was convicted of stealing money from Mark Smith, a German pedlar, at the
Eagle Hotel in Ogdensburg. He was
sentenced to 2 years in Auburn prison.
Edward Sharp got
2 years for his second conviction of petit larceny. Sylvester
McNeill was sentenced to 6 mos. in the county jail
plus $150 fine for girdling the fruit trees of James
Geekie of Ogdensburg |
11 |
Dec. 27, 1842 |
Court
of Common Pleas Dec. 1843 |
Harry Chambers
got 5 years for passing counterfeits.Edward
Freeman plead guilty to assault and battery on J. G. McCormick of Oak Point
(Hammond) and was sentenced to 4 mos. in County Jail. Stephen McGary plead guilty to
assault and battery on a constable and was also convicted of petit larceny,
sentenced to 2 mos in the County Jail. Stephen
Gray got 2 years at Auburn for his second offense
of petit larceny |
11 |
Dec. 26, 1843 |
Court of
Common Pleas Dec. 1844 |
a man named Glasby was sentenced to Auburn prison for forgery |
11 |
Dec. 24, 1844 |
Court
of Common Pleas Dec. 1846 |
John Woodward
of Norfolk was the jury foreman. Thomas Clark and Marcus C. Woodworth were convicted
of 2nd degree burglary and sentenced to 5 years in Clinton prison |
11 |
Dec. 22, 1846 |
Court of
Common Pleas May 1838 |
Robert H. Jones convicted of petit larceny and sentenced to 2 yrs in prison |
11 |
May 22, 1838 |
Court
of Common Pleas May 1839 |
Pat Riley
fined $10 for riot. Simon P. Harmon was indicted for
passing counterfeits, pleaded not guilty so was bound over to the next Oyer
and Terminer. Mary Ann Gurlack set
free on a charge of petit larceny for lack of evidence. Garrett B. Hicks "had the impudence and hardihood" to plead not
guilty to burglary and arson. So a
witness was called, and other evidence presented, plus his confession was
read. He got 7 years in Auburn prison |
11 |
May 28, 1839 |
Court
of Common Pleas May 1843 |
John L. Overocker was sentenced to 2 years at Auburn for obtaining goods under
false pretenses. James Parker, ae 21 from Brownville
in Jefferson Co. was sentenced to 2 years in the state prison for grand
larceny. Thomas
Dowdall, a boy under the age of 16 plead guilty to
grand larceny and was sentenced to the House of Refuge in NYC. William C.
Powers was sentenced to 15 days in the county jail
for petit larceny. O'Shea Fairbanks was convicted of
assault and battery on his son and committed to the county jail for 4 months |
11 |
May 23, 1843 |
Court
of Common Pleas Sep. 15, 1835 |
convicted for riot: Alan Dawson ($50) Patrick Farley ($20) James Parker (30 days in jail). Convicted of grand larceny William Johnson (alias William
Smith, 5 yrs at Auburn) George Madison (3 yrs) Clark Norton (2 yrs). Convicted of
burglary: Peter Minett
and John Carpenter
(both got 3 yrs) |
11 |
Sep. 22, 1835 |
Court
of Common Pleas Sep. 1837 |
Andrew Lyon
fined $50 for keeping a gambling shop. Daniel Buck fined $20 for keeping a gaming house. Daniel Magone got 20 days in jail for assaulting his son. William
Fairbanks got 3 months in the county jail for
passing an Irish farthing for a guinea.
William Erwin
got 3 yrs in Auburn for breaking into a store in Norfolk and stealing money
and goods. |
11 |
Sep. 26, 1837 |
Court
of Common Pleas Sep. 1845 |
Reding Durnking was convicted of passing counterfits and sentenced to 2 years
hard labor at the new prison in Clinton Co. |
11 |
Sep. 26, 1845 |
Court
of Common Pleas, Sep. 1839 |
Simon P. Harmon was indicted for uttering and passing counterfeits and
sentenced to 3 yrs in the state prison.
John B. Welch got
the same sentence for grand larceny. Thomas Currin, a youth of 17, pled
guilty to stealing a horse in Ft. Covington and also got 3 yrs. Ezra Russell was found guilty of manslaughter in the death of John Hill (died July 13, 1839 ae 63
and buried in East Cemetery in Depeyster) but many circumstances palliated
the offense so the jury recommended his pardon in 6 mos. Daniel Webster (not "the god-like") got 6 mos in county jail for
petit larceny |
11 |
Sep. 24, 1839 |
Court
of Oyer and Terminer convictions Feb. 1834 |
John B. Foot
(alias John Benton) got 5 yrs for forgery and William
Tyler got the same for passing counterfeits. John Nevins got 4 yrs for 3rd degree manslaughter. Asa Page got life for raping 2 of
his own daughters, plus the 10 years he had been given for incest. Benjamin Pearl got 3 yrs for receiving goods stolen by his 14 yr old son |
11 |
Feb. 18, 1834 |
Court
schedules |
the Court of Common Pleas meets
on the 3rd Tues. of April, Sept. and Dec. at 10 AM. The Circuit Court convenes the 3rd Tues. in
Feb. and the Tues. after the 2nd Wed. in July, also at 10 AM |
11 |
Apr. 29, 1845 |
Cox,
Gardner |
of Hannawa Falls, Pierrepont had an adopted daughter named Mercina E. Hicks who married David S. Pride of Potsdam Oct. 16,
1849 |
12 |
Oct. 17, 1849 |
cricket
match at Brockville, Ont. |
the Prescott cricket team
traveled to Brockville Sep. 15, 1849, and Brockville was victorious. We Yankees are too busy making money to
recreate, and the British are twice as robust as we are because they have
better physical education |
11 |
Sep. 18, 1849 |
Crine,
Peter G. guilty of murder |
convicted of killing his wife Ruth G. Crine in Feb. 1835. Has 2
children ages 10 and 12. |
11 |
Sep. 29, 1835 |
crossing
the river |
the St. Lawrence River is now
closed with ice so that crossing with teams is now safe for those who know
the river and the ice. The ferryman, Mr. Isaac Plumb, is always at the
ready to serve patrons on both sides of the river, whether in sunshine or
storm |
11 |
Jan. 21, 1845 |
Cummings,
A.S. |
his sailboat left Ogdensburg
Oct. 4, 1831 headed for Brockville, when the boom gave way 9 miles out. A blacksmith from Johnstown NY named John Martin was a passenger and
attempted to swim to shore but drowned |
9 |
Oct. 6, 1831 |
Curtis,
Henry B. |
James Curtis
of Canton emancipated his son Henry B. Curtis Oct. 22, 1829 |
13 |
Oct. 22, 1829 |
death of "Bill" |
on Aug. 2, 1843, two well known
hunters, Moses and William C. Leonard of Pierrepont stumbled on the corpse of a man who had recently
been living in the County Poor House.
He had apparently become lost and died of hunger. He was buried at the NE extremity of
Massawepie Lake |
1 |
Sep. 1, 1843 |
death
of "Bill" pt. 2 |
George T. Wright explains that "Bill" is undoubtedly William Larkin, who strayed away
from Rexford's Flats in Saratoga Co. 3 or 4 years previously. He had been
married , and assigned to the lunatic asylum in Hudson NY. When he died , he was wearing a shirt with
the mark of the SLC Poor House on it. |
11 |
Oct. 3, 1843 |
death
of Mr. Cook |
a Mr. Cook of Ft. Covington died
when he fell off a steamboat near Buffalo.
He was apparently destitute and friends in Ft. Covington had given him
money to go to Ohio |
11 |
Sep. 15, 1835 |
Deavenport,
Calista |
"having left my bed and
board …" etc signed Lemuel Deavenport, Russell, NY |
13 |
Nov. 18, 1830 |
Depeyster
bear hunt |
A bear which has preyed upon
local flocks and eluded the citizens of Depeyster for the past 3 years met
his doom June 2, 1842. He had lost 2
toes in a trap 2 years ago. Thomas Smithers saw him on his farm
and raised the alarm. Some 15 or 20 farmers formed a search party and
succeeded in killing the brute by hitting him with four musket balls. His
dimension: Length 7 and a half feet,
girth 4 ft 1 inch, weight 420 lbs |
11 |
June 7, 1842 |
disaster
averted |
the propeller Syracuse discovered a fire in the baggage just as it was about to leave
Ogdensburg. A passenger had packed
vitriol and some acids among his clothing which had caught fire |
11 |
May 22, 1849 |
Distict
Court Feb, 1848 |
James Connor
was sentenced to 6 yrs 3 mos in Dannemora for trying to kill his
brother. Thomas
Short not guilty for crimes against nature. Oren N. Graves, assault with intent
to rape, got 3 yrs 3 mos at Dannemora. Peter Mashaw (Marshaw) got 5 yrs for the same charge (see his death 7/18/1848) |
8 |
Feb. 8, 1848 |
District
Court July 1846 |
Judge Conkling
held a Special Term of his District Court in Canton. John Hartel was convicted of obtaining a letter from the Post office which was addressed to someone
else. The matter concerned a school
district controversey, and he was sentenced to 4 months imprisonment. Alanson White was given 3 years at Auburn for passing a bogus coin. (another
man named ferguson was also convicted). John Blade was acquitted of smuggling charges. William
Willson was also acquitted for similar charges |
11 |
Jul. 14, 1846 |
District
Court Oct. 1827 |
Gardner Howe
got 3 years hard labor in Auburn for buying and receiving stolen goods. Henry Hayden got 3 yrs and a day for petit larceny, his second
offense. Ara
Rawson and his wife were convicted of keeping a
disorderly house. He got 5 days, she
got 10. Pat Smith was
convicted of assaulting his wife and got 10 days solitary confinement on
bread and water. James Canada got the same punishment
for beating up 2 or 3 men with a sheleleigh.
He claimed he was drunk at the time |
10 |
Oct. 16, 1827 |
disturbance
on the St. Lawrence Canal |
on Aug. 7, 1845 there was a
disturbance among several of the laborers on the St. Lawrence canal opposite
Waddington. A man named Fetterlee, who
lives 2 or 3 miles from the works came to Williamsburg to see the circus and
was attaked by several of the laborers while he was in a tavern. He was
bruised severely and the police were mustered. The militia are also called out. |
11 |
Aug. 12, 1845 |
driven
aground |
the schooner W.J.
Pardee was driven aground near the head of the St.
Lawrence on its way to Oswego with a load of salt. The vessel is owned by Robbins and Lankton
of Ogdensburg |
11 |
Apr. 17, 1849. |
drowning
in Lisbon |
an Englishman drowned at the
Galloo Mills in Lisbon Feb. 18, 1846.
He and two others were in a canoe with a load of oats heading to the
island when the canoe overturned |
11 |
Feb. 24, 1846 |
Edwardsville
PO |
a new Post Office has been
established in the Town of Morristown called Edwardsville |
11 |
June 6, 1837 |
election
day fire in Madrid village |
Mr. Haskell's
hotel, barn and sheds, along with the house and store of Silas Clark, and a tailor shop were
all destroyed by fire in Madrid Village Apr. 27, 1847. Most of the men were absent, being election
day, and the ladies of the village were responsible for protecting the
surrounding buildings |
11 |
May 4, 1847 |
escaped
prisoners caught |
Marcus Woodworth and Benjamin Cahoon escaped from the jail Oct. 25, 1846 by leaping the picket
fence of the jail yard. They were pursued by Dep. Sheriff R. C. Jackson to Lisbon, where they
crossed the river at Red Mills. They
were captured again at 10 PM Oct. 26, and put safely back in the jail.
(Woodworth was convicted in Dec. 1846 and sentenced to 5 years. Cahoon escaped again the next February) |
11 |
Oct. 27, 1846 |
expensive
elopement |
Roderick C. Phippen of Stockholm was sued by Fanny L.
MacAuley in Circuit Court. When he lived in Crown
Point, he borrowed one dollar from her brother for marriage costs, then
eloped to SLC that night. The
brother-in-law was awarded $500 plus costs |
1 |
Feb. 11, 1846 |
fire at
the Stone Store |
a spark from a steamboat funnel
landed on a doorway of the stone Store owned by Mr. Parish on Water St. in
Ogdensburg. Quick work prevented the
fire from spreading |
11 |
Apr. 17, 1849. |
fire
destroys Ogden mansion |
fire destroyed
"Ellerslie" the mansion of Col. Gouverneur
Ogden near Waddington Mar. 1, 1843. The family had gone to church, it being Ash
Wednesday. Most of the furniture was
saved and moved to his house in Ogdensburg |
11 |
Mar. 7, 1843 |
fire
in Ogdensburg |
four buildings were destroyed by
fire in Ogdensburg Jan. 19, 1846. It
started in Wm. C. Brown's
large wooden building on the west side of the Oswegatchie in which Norcross
and Sawtelle had a match factory. The fire started there and damaged three
other buildings. A Mr. Baker severely fractured his
knee whe the roof collapsed on him and 2 others. He may be disabled for life. |
11 |
Jan. 20, 1846 |
five
drown in Chaumont Bay |
two men named Foreman, along with a Mr. Collins, his wife and child, all drowned in Chaumont Bay in Lake
Ontario. They were crossing from North
Shore to Pt. Peninsula when their skiff overturned (from the Sackets Harbor Courier dated Oct.
15, 1833) |
11 |
Oct. 29, 1833 |
Four
men hurt in Madrid |
a group of men returning from a
squirrel hunt in the Village of Madrid all got on the landing of the carding
mill there, which collapsed and sent them into the Grasse River. Four were hurt: Tirdale Cole, Collins R. Pierce, Joseph Hallock and Noble Freeman (who broke his leg) |
10 |
May 1, 1827 |
Franklin
Co. Poor House destroyed |
the Franklin Co. Poor House in
Malone was destroyed by fire June 17, 1845, and an aged woman named Hobbs was overlooked in removing
the inmates and perished |
11 |
June 24, 1845 |
Franklin
Gazette moves |
the Franklin
Gazette newspaper has moved from Ft. Covington to
Malone, and has been published with new type |
11 |
Oct. 12, 1847 |
Freando,
Joseph |
ran away from his master, Frederick Coady, Jan. 18, 1840 |
11 |
Jan. 28, 1840 |
Frisbee,
Lucia A. |
"my wife, by the advice of
her parents, refuses to live with me…" signed Auger
G(aylord). Frisbee, Stockholm |
13 |
Oct. 1, 1829 |
Ft.
Covington lightning |
William H. Spafford, nephew of Rev. Spafford, and Ezra B. Eastman, son of H. Eastman of Ogdensburg, were nearly killed Aug. 3, 1833 when lightning
struck the druggist/bookstore in Ft. Covington |
11 |
Aug. 6, 1833 |
giant
squash |
Pelaeiah Allen
of Ogdensburg raised a summer squash which was 2ft 4 inches long, 11 and a half inches
thick and weighing 43 lbs. |
11 |
Oct. 3, 1843 |
Gillette,
Edward R. |
was emancipated by his father Daniel B. Gillette of Canton |
13 |
Sep. 30, 1828 |
Goodman,
Hannah (Mrs.) |
"has comitted adultery and
eloped from my bed and board"
signed Jonas Goodman of
Madrid |
13 |
June 25, 1829 |
Gowdy,
Margaret (Mrs.) |
has left my bed and board etc.
signed Lorenzo Gowdy of
Morristown Dec. 21, 1844 |
11 |
Jan. 7, 1845 |
grateful
for benefactors |
on Jan. 16, 1844, Rev. Anson W. Cummings of the
Gouverneur Wesleyan Seminary was entering Richville when his horse became
frightened by the careless firing of a gun in the street. While the horse was running full speed, his
sleigh overturned and he was thown head-first onto the ice that had
accumulated near a well. Mr. Lynde, the hotelkeeper, brought
him into his place and summoned Dr. Morton. Neither would later
accept pay for their good deeds. |
11 |
Jan. 23, 1844 |
great
blizzard of 1845 |
most inhabitants agree that the
storm of Feb. 4-5, 1845 was the heaviest snowfall ever seen in this part of
the country |
11 |
Feb. 11, 1845 |
Great
Windfall of 1845 |
a dreadful tornado ripped
through the southern part of the county on Sep. 20, 1845. It touched down a mile east of Antwerp. and
ripped through the Towns of Fowler and Edwards, leaving a path of total
destruction almost a mile wide, but with no reported deaths |
11 |
Sep. 30, 1845 & Oct. 7, 1845 |
hanging
in Brockville |
the Brockville Recorder of Apr. 27, 1847 says that
2 men are to be hanged there on may 27.
They are Antoine Russell for felony, and William Fox for murder |
11 |
May 11, 1847 |
Hannah
Burch arrested |
Hannah Burch,
a Canadian with 6 or 7 children, was arrested for petty theft in Ogdensburg
and sentenced to 30 days in the county jail.
She had pretended to gather some articles to buy at a store, and had slipped a silk dress pattern into
her pocket. She was arrested on the
steamboat Niagara as it left Ogdensburg. |
11 |
Oct. 5, 1847 |
Heuvel
re-named |
the Post Office at Heuvel has
been re-named "Heuvelton" |
9 |
Jan. 12, 1832 |
Hewes,
William |
began two newspapers in Potsdam
in 1830. First, "The
"Patriot" was anti-Masonic, and the second was "The
Minurviad" |
13 |
Apr. 8, 1830 & Dec. 9, 1830 |
Hicks,
Garrett B. arrested |
Garrett B. Hicks, ae 25-30,
broke into Benjamin Holmes'
store in Stockholm on Feb. 2, 1839. He
stole some clothes and set the place on fire.
He was arrested and confessed |
11 |
Feb. 19, 1839. |
Holts
of DeKalb may have a windfall |
the Holt family, some of whom
live in DeKalb are taking measures to secure a large property said to be left
to them in England. A family meeting
has been called in Hampton CT |
11 |
Mar. 6, 1849 |
hot
weather causing fires |
the weather has been so hat and
dry this month that there are many fires around, even in ground that is
normally swampy |
11 |
Jul. 17, 1849 |
Hotron,
Orrin |
this is to notify the public
that Orrin Horton who is bound
to me by indenture has left without my consent. This is to warn others not to hire him and
any wages due him shall be paid to me. Lewis Marsh, Stockholm Apr. 24, 1849 |
12 |
Apr. 25, 1849 |
Howe,
Socrates |
a horse thief, broke out of jail
in Ogdensburg. He was 25-30 yrs old
and 5 ft 10 inches tall |
10 |
Sep. 18, 1827 |
Huet,
Orra |
Orra Huet of Pierrepont
emancipated his son Henry Huet |
12 |
Apr. 7, 1847 |
Huxey,
William |
ae 17, left his father's house
in Canton Feb. 8, 1829 and has not been heard from for 10 months. His father was C. Huxey |
13 |
Feb. 1829 |
Indian
boy killed by panther |
a number of Indians were camped
at Black Lake and a boy of 12 went off by himself to go hunting. His father heard a gun go off and went to
investigate. He found his son in the clutches
of a panther. The man killed the
panther but the boy later died |
11 |
Feb. 16, 1836 |
infanticide |
Louisa B. Barber, apparently gave birth in a tavern about 2 miles south of
Watertown on Mar. 5, 1828 and put the baby in the fireplace, where it died
and partially burned. She is being
held at the jail in Watertown |
10 |
Mar. 18, 1828 |
Irish
boy drowns |
on May 17, 1832 a boy of about
10 yrs old, child of a poor Irish woman, fell from the boom a few rods above
the Oswegatchie dam, got carried over the dam and drowned |
9 |
May 24, 1832 |
jailbreak |
$125 reward has been offered to
anyone knowing the whereabouts of the five prisoners who escaped from the
county jail Feb. 6, 1847: George Perry, Benjamin Cahoon,
Washington Meacham, George Blair and William Harrison (note: Cahoon had
also escaped the previous October) |
11 |
Feb. 9, 1847 |
Jesse
Goss' Tavern |
the tavern in Madrid Village
owned by the heirs of the late Jesse Goss burned Dec. 11, 1829 |
13 |
Dec. 17, 1829 |
Johnson,
Cyrene |
of Ogdensburg, had some articles
stolen by a Canadian called Charles Maka, who lived at French Settlements near Ogdensburg, a place
which was known as "a receptacle for all things stolen on earth" |
10 |
Dec. 8, 1829 |
Joseph
Platt's house burned |
the dwelling house of Joseph
Platt in Lisbon burned June 20, 1843 There was no insurance, but some
furniture was saved. The calamity will be felt because Mr. P. is in
comparatively moderate circunstances |
11 |
June 27, 1843 |
July 4,
1846 |
only 2 Revolutionary soldiers
joined in the celebration of Independence Day this year in Ogdensburg: Thomas Lee and _______ Bromaghim. Mr. Joseph Fields, another living in
this town, was unable to attend. Just a few years ago, there were 10 or 12
present. Mr. Emmanuel Drake,
another veteran, attended the festivities at Stone's Corners, Hammond |
11 |
Jul. 7, 1846 |
Kelsey,
Samuel |
his 10 month old baby in
Somerville had swallowed a sewing needle and somehow it escaped the intestine
and got lodged in its leg. Dr. Samuel C. Wait of Gouverneur
extracted it |
11 |
Mar. 8, 1836 |
Kinney,
George W. |
"this is to certify that my
son George W. Kinney Jr.
utterly refuses to be under my control by word and deed" |
6 |
Feb. 12, 1840 |
Lewis
Co. murderer |
Lawrence McCarty was convicted in Martinsburg murdering his father in law in
Nov. 1838 |
11 |
June 25, 1839 |
lightning
kills 3 in Louisville |
an elderly man named Carr and 2 daughters of a Mr. Dodd or Doud were killed Sep. 11, 1846
during a lightning storm. The girls
were ages 4 and 15, and all victims were in their beds at the time of the
storm |
11 |
Sep. 15, 1846 |
Louis
Charboneau escapes |
Louis Charboneau was convicted
of grand larceny in Malone in July 1842 and sentenced to 3 years in state
prison. The Franklin Co. sheriff was
taking him to Auburn prison and they stopped for the night at the Exchange
Hotel in ogdensburg. Somehow, the
prisoner escaped at night even though he was chained hand and foot. The
prisoner was seen in Lisbon a few nights later, and Alexander
Martin of Lisbon had a horse stolen, perhaps by
Charboneau |
11 |
Jul. 19, 1842 |
Lowell
factory girls |
the Plattsburgh Republican reports that 100 girls
passed through there en route to Lowell MA, and about 50 more 2 weeks ago.
Within the past year over 400 have gone from the counties of Franklin, Clinton and St. Lawrence.
"Verily, this looks like ruin" |
11 |
Aug. 3, 1847 |
Lytle,
Capt. John and the British |
Capt. John Lytle of Lisbon had a
rather tense encounter with the British near Prescott when he went over to
collect money due him for a horse.
This was because of the Patriot War |
11 |
Apr. 10, 1838 |
mail
route |
the mail from Ogdensburg now
goes to Denmark in Lewis Co. via Morristown and Hammond |
11 |
Oct. 8, 1833 |
mail
route begins |
starting July 1, 1847 there will
be a mail route running from Canton, Russell, Edwards, Fullerville, Fowler,
Shingle Creek, and Antwerp. |
11 |
June 22, 1847 |
making
fun of an Indian |
"We are informed that on
Sunday last (ie May 17, 1846) an Indian, an old soaker, who had got so much
liquor into his head as to produce an attack of delirium, made an effort to
hang himself. The spot selected was very romantic, it being on the bank of
the St. Lawrence, in the vicinity of an old ashery and large piles of
steamboat wood. Having procured a rope, he mounted the wood pile and made one
end fast to a stick of wood, then descending he attached the other to his
neck, when he threw himself backwards, to tighten the rope and launch off
into the unknown future. Unfortunately, his backwards movement was too heavy and down came the stick
of wood smash against his shins, when he jumped up, mad as blazes &
rubbing his shins, giving a whoop and untying the rope, he mizzled, and has
not been seen since" |
11 |
May 19, 1846 |
Maltby,
George |
having been apprenticed to me
Feb. 17, 1842 until he reaches his 21st birthday in 1852, has absconded and I
forbid anyone from hiring or harboring him. signed Richard
Brown, Madrid Mar. 13, 1849 |
11 |
Mar. 13, 1849 |
man
survives ice tragedy |
the French
Mills Republican of Jan. 30, 1828 carried a story
about four people crossing the St. Lawrence on foot, becoming lost, and a
man, woman and girl died. One man
survived |
10 |
Feb. 5(?), 1828 |
Mason,
Comer |
with a wife and child, he left
Parishville May 16, 1829 and went to Frankfort in Herkimer Co. He left his family there and said he was
going to find work in Utica. Nothing
has been heard of him since. Any information about him is requested by his
wife, who has now returned to Parishville |
13 |
Nov. 26, 1829 |
McCrea,
Alexander |
the family of Alexander
McCrea in Franklin Co.was spared injury when
lightning entered the dining room and destroyed it while they were in that
room. (from the Franklin Republican) |
10 |
Jul. 14, 1829 |
McDonald,
Archibald |
an Irishman, attempted to kill
his wife in Madrid Village Jan. 10, 1844 by stabbing her several times with a
butcher knife |
1 |
Jan. 15, 1844 |
McFadden,
James |
the house, carriage house and
woodshed of James McFadden in Lisbon were all destroyed by fire May 16, 1842. |
11 |
May 24, 1842 |
Merrigan,
Patrick |
he came to the US from Co.
Tipperary in May 1848 and was working on the railroad near Madrid
Village. His sister has now come to
the US and wishes to find him. Any
information can be sent to Patrick Dillon of Ogdensburg or to John Brady of Black Lake |
11 |
Nov. 13, 1849. |
militia
accidents |
accidents have occurred from the
culpable and disgraceful practice of firing at the doors of militia officers
on the morning of the annual militia drill.
For example, in Depeyster a musket exploded and tore a man's hand off |
9 |
Sep. 8, 1831 |
militia
court martial |
Schuyler F. Judd, Lt. Col. commanding the 123rd Militia, announces the
convening of a court martial on Sep. 28, 1846. The purpose of the court is to try all
delinquents. The court will consist of
Capt. Rufus Washburn,
Lt. John Seaman and Lt.
Thomas C. Atcheson and
will convene at the house of L. Sayers in the Town of Oswegatchie |
11 |
Aug. 11, 1846 |
militia
duty |
"now is the time to walk up
and pay your commutation money gentlemen.
The first of August is close on hand, after which you will have to
train or pay a fine of $3. There is no
dodging the point this year: Either
train or pay up." Commutation
cost 75 cents |
12 |
Jul. 25, 1849 |
militia
elections |
election for Field Officers was
held at DeKalb Apr. 17, 1849 with the following results: Colonel, Schuyler F.
Judd; Lt. Col,
John W. Tate;
Major, Jacob
H. Bellinger |
11 |
Apr. 24, 1849. |
Mills,
_______ (boy) |
a boy named Mills, ae about 16
was killed when he was run over by some dirt cars Jul.19, 1848 at the
railroad excavation. He was attempting
to attach a horse to the cars near the foot of a descent and was thrown onto
the track and crushed |
8 |
Jul. 25, 1848 |
ministers'
tiff |
Rev. Joel J. Emmes sued Rev. Peter D. Gorrie in the Court of Common Pleas in December 1841 for
slander. He won the case and $75. In April, 1842, Rev. Gorrie defended
himself in the paper |
11 |
Apr.19, 1842 & Apr. 26, 1842 |
missing
issues |
the St.
Lawrence Republican is missing the issues of Apr.
13 and May 5, 1846. Anyone who has one
of these which they could give to the paper for their files would be in their
debt |
11 |
Mar. 30, 1847 |
Montague,
Philetus |
of Pierrepont, signed a card of
thanks to his friends in Potsdam and Pierrepont for their help in his
obtaining one of Prof. B. F. Palmer's Patented Premium Artificial Legs |
12 |
Feb. 28, 1849 |
more new
papers |
a Whig paper is to be published
in Canton called the Engineer and Tariff Advocate, published by Charles Boynton. Also, the Frontier Sentinel has begun in
Ogdensburg by Foote and Seeley, "on the smoldering fires of the Ogdensburgh Times" |
11 |
Mar. 19, 1844 |
Morris,
Lincoln |
a 2 yr old son of his was badly
burned in Ogdensburg Dec. 3, 1829 when his clothes caught fire. His four yr old brother tried to douse the
flames but was not strong enough to lift the bucket (more details in article) |
13 |
Dec. 3, 1829 |
Mr.
McKay from Montreal |
a Mr. McKay from Montreal, who had been to Perth, Ont.stopped at
Williamsburgh, opposite Waddington, and took off most of his clothes. He left his hat, watch and money on the
edge of the ice, and plunged into the river.
He floated on his face 30 rods, then disappeared from sight and drowned. His body was found by an
Indian near St. Regis on Apr. 19, 1844. |
11 |
Feb. 20, 1844 & Apr. 30, 1844 |
Mr.
Redington injured |
the Hon. George
Redington, a representative of St. Lawrence Co.
was injured on his return from Albany when the stage overturned near
Boonville Apr. 25, 1843. He broke one
of his arms but returned safely to his home in Waddington |
11 |
May 16, 1843 |
Mr.
Shed from SLC |
a list of those missing from the
steamboat "North America" which blew up near Buffalo (no date
given) includes a Mr. Shed of SLC (possibly Ira Shead?) |
11 |
June 26, 1838 |
Mrs.
Dexter's house burned |
Mrs. Dexter's dwelling in
Heuvelton burned along with all its contents Apr. 30, 1843 |
11 |
May 2, 1843 |
Mrs.
Green survives ordeal in woods |
a Mrs. Green and her baby were
lost in the woods near Ft. Covington for almost 6 days but survived |
11 |
Nov. 12, 1833 |
Myers
brothers arrested |
William Myers
and Samuel Shaw got
into a fight in the Town of Watson, Lewis Co. Sep. 4, 1829 and Shaw got cut
up quite badly. Wiiliam and his
brother Isaac Myers
were put in jail to await trial |
10 |
Sep. 8, 1829 |
name
change |
a notice in the St. Lawrence
Mercury says that Richard, Henry and Samuel G. Bull have permission to change theuir
surname to Gordon. The order lists
the reason for the change. J.R. Bull, of the
Chicago Dollar Newspaper is
also of the same family, but was not mentioned in the order |
11 |
Jan. 22, 1850. |
Nash,
James |
a laborer who had lived in
Ogdensburg about a year was badly hurt May 18, 1829 . He was backing a wagon load of chips to the
river about 30 rods below the court house in Ogdensburg, and the horses
overturned the wagon with him on it.
He was shockingly bruised and his life is dispaired of. He has a wife and four children |
10 |
May 19, 1829 |
new
common school system |
a new system was put into place
in 1842 for the qualifying of teachers.
The new plan will help save money in the estimated 400 common school
districts in the county |
11 |
Dec. 13, 1842 |
new
County Clerk |
John L. Russell was nominated to be the County Clerk until the next general
election. He is completing the term of the late Alvin
Low who died in June |
11 |
Jul. 18, 1843 |
new
lighthouse |
$4500 has been appropriated for
a lighthouse in Ogdensburg |
11 |
Feb. 18, 1834 |
new
mail route |
the mail from Ogdensburg to
Malone now goes 3 times a week by the southern route (ie Canton, Potsdam,
Parishville, Hopkinton, Nicholville, Dickinson and Bangor). Two days a week it will go through Canton,
Potsdam, Stockholm, Lawrence, Moira and North Bangor |
1 |
Jul. 16, 1845 |
New
Ogdensburg Cemetery |
a lot has been purchased on the
east bank of the Oswegatchie about a half mile above the dam. The ground is
very suitable for a burying ground as it is high and dry, far preferable to
the watery seclusion to which the dead have heretofore been consigned |
11 |
Aug. 3, 1847 |
new
partnership |
Mr. E.B.
Allen announces that he has taken in his sons David and Walter
B. Allen into partnership, and that they will
continue to do business at 3-4 Water St. in Ogdensburg |
11 |
Apr. 10, 1849 |
new
Post office in Lisbon |
a new Post Office has been
established in the Town of Lisbon 7 and a half miles from Ogdensburg on the
mail road to Canton. It is to be
called "Flackville" |
11 |
Jul. 27, 1847 |
news
about Thomas Coyle |
his wife, Ann
Coyle, says he left Ogdensburg for Rome, NY about
7 weeks ago and she has not heard from him since. Any information on his whereabouts would be
appreciated |
11 |
Nov. 13, 1849 |
Nichols,
Abigail |
was convicted of arson and
sentenced to 3 years in Auburn Prison |
10 |
Feb. 12, 1828 |
Northern
Cabinet and Literary Depository |
the editor announced that the
new volume will be delayed for a few weeks.
(The paper was finally issued in Potsdam instead of Canton on Mar. 5,
1845) |
11 |
Dec. 24, 1844 & Mar. 11, 1845 |
Northern
New Yorker |
a new newspaper has been started
in Gouverneur by Messrs. Goodrich and Wilson. This makes 5
newspapers being published in the county |
11 |
May 1, 1849 |
Northern
State Road |
commisioners were appointed Sep.
13, 1827 to lay out a new State road beginning at Port Kent on Lake
Champlain, going through Keeseville, Russia Iron Works, etc following a route
explored by them last June |
10 |
Sep. 18, 1827 |
Northern
Telegraph |
a new newspaper has been
received which is being published in Canton, called the Northern
Telegraph |
9 |
Jul. 19, 1832 |
Ogdensburg
Forum |
this newspaper has been enlarged
and is now published by A. Tyler
and son |
11 |
May 22, 1849 |
Ogdensburg-Heuvelton
Plank Road |
the road is now almost
completed, except for a mile and a half stretch in the middle. The toll house
has been built, but no tolls are to be chrged until it is finished. A report Sep. 18, 1849 says the road is now
complete, and toll gate in place a mile and a half from Ogdensburg. The toll is 10 cents. David Simpson has been contracted to extend the road 3 miles towards DeKalb |
11 |
Jul. 24, 1849. & Sep. 18,
1849 |
Olin,
Gideon arrested |
a fellow calling himself Gideon Olin was arrested in Potsdam
during the last week of Sep. 1839 by Dep. Sheriff Elderkin for passing
counterfits. $400 in spurious money was seized. He has been kidnapping
Negroes from the South, and gentlemen from there have a $2000 reward for him.
He is a tall, dark, black hair, good looking man about 30 |
11 |
Oct. 1, 1839 |
Oliver,
John missing |
John Oliver, ae 40 left home
Mar. 31, 1839 and has not been seen since.
He is 6 ft tall, light complexion, wearing home-made grey pants, coat
and a large fur cap. His wife seeks
any information |
11 |
Apr. 9, 1839 |
one cent
reward |
a 12 yr old boy named Isaac Spafford, but lately calling
himself Isaac Fuller,
ran away from Stilman Fuller of Brasher Iron Works in April 1842. He offered a one cent reward for his return |
11 |
Apr. 19, 1842 |
Osborn,
Fanny |
having left my bed without just
cause or provocation and neglects to conform to the duties imposed by the
marriage contract …etc. signed Alonzo Osborn, DeKalb Dec. 4, 1840 |
11 |
Dec. 8, 1840 |
panther
killed in Canton |
animal tracks were spotted in
the road SW of Canton Nov. 26, 1842. N. Hodson, J.
E. Clark and W. Comins followed the track 4 miles and shot the panther. They dragged it back to town and were
treated as heroes |
11 |
Nov. 29, 1842 |
Patriot
War captives |
lists several "prisoners of
Prescott" who were released from Ft. Henry and sent to Sackets
Harbor. Some were pardoned and some
had never been arraigned |
6 |
Aug. 8, 1839 |
Patriot
War former POW's arrive in Watertown |
four prisoners arrived in
Watertown from Van Dieman's Land via the Sandwich Islands on Mar. 23,
1846. They were part of a group
pardoned a year ago, and parted company with 5 of their comrades in Utica.
They are all in destitute circumstances |
11 |
Mar. 31, 1846 |
Patriot
War POW to be released |
another list of POWs to be
released soon includes Hiram W. Barlow of SLC |
11 |
Apr. 30, 1839 |
Patriot
War POW's |
an article written by two former
prisoners lists men still being held by the British on the penal colony of
Van Dieman's Island in the Pacific |
1 |
Mar. 1, 1844 |
Patriot
War POW's escape |
15 prisoners being held at Ft.
Henry near Kingston escaped and 13 of them made it to safety in Watertown |
11 |
Aug. 7, 1838 |
Patriot
War POW's listed |
the prisoners taken at Prescott
are listed along with ages and residences.
Issue of Jan. 1, 1839 lists trial details including those for Culver S. Clark, 18, of Franklin
Co., Andrew Richardson
of SLC, Hiram W. Barton
19, of SLC and Jeff Norris of VT but lately of Rossie Village |
11 |
Nov. 27, 1838 and Jan. 1, 1839 |
Patriot
War POW's release statement after they are set free at Sackets Harbor |
some of the released POWs from
Ft. Henry near Kingston signed a statement discouraging other Americans from
attacking Canada. Among the signers
were John Thompson of
Morristown and Andrew Richardson of Rossie |
11 |
Apr. 23, 1839 |
Patriot
War prisoner re-united with his parents |
John Thomas,
one of the Patriots taken prisoner at the Windmill in 1838, arrived in
Ogdensburg June 8, 1846, having sailed from California to Chile, thence to
NYC where he arrived June 5. He was warmly greeted by his friends after a
separation of 8 years. On June 10,
1846, a number of friends accompanied him to his father's house in Madrid
Village |
11 |
June 16, 1846 |
Patriot
War prisoners in Hawaii |
on May 16, 1845, 26 prisoners
from Van Dieman's Land penal colony landed in Honolulu in the Sandwich
Islands on the whaling ship Steiglitz and were seeking passage to the US. They include John
Thomas (of Madrid) and Edward
A. Wilson, both of SLC. Thet had been captured in
1838 at the Windmill near Prescott, Ont.
Robert G. Collins
who is also from SLC and was released at the same time (April 1844) does not
appear to be with them. |
11 |
Sep. 2, 1845 |
Payne, David C. |
a package containing $1930 from
Martinsburg NY going to Prescott never made it. Officials supected David C. Payne , a
temporary worker at the Ogdensburg PO.
He had gone to Somerville 2 weeks earlier and was intending to go to
Michigan. Bishop Perkins, the Disrict
Attorney for SLC took a steamer to Sacketts Harbor and found him there. Also
arrested was his brother Welcome Payne of Antwerp. $1087 was
recovered |
11 |
Apr. 28, 1835 |
petition
for road tax |
in 1843, citizens of SLC
petitioned the State to allow certain lands to be taxed so as to improve the
old State road in Depeyster, Macomb and Rossie |
11 |
Jan. 31, 1843 |
petition to pardon |
William Houghton of Macomb has made a petition for the Governor of NY to pardon
Philander Smith who was
convicted in the Oyer and Terminer Court of Sept. 1846 of passing counterfeit
money and sentenced to 5 years in Dannemora |
11 |
Aug. 21, 1849 |
phony
counterfeiter |
a man named Johnson in
Parishville was accused of passing counterfeit notes and was arrested and
sent to jail in Ogdensburg. By the
time he got there, it was determined that the notes were genuine. The people in Parishville admitted that
they thought it was counterfeit because of the way HE looked, not the money |
10 |
Nov. 13, 1827 |
Pierce,
Isaac |
injured June 5, 1827 when a
loaded wagon ran over him. The wagon
upset on the brow of the (river?) bank, and severely injured one of the
horses |
10 |
June 12, 1827 |
Plattsburgh
Republican |
the editor of the Plattsburgh Republican has adopted
the English custom of announcing births.
He has the perfect right to do it and it all may be very proper, but
to us it has the "odor of nationality" about it enough to make a hoss break his bridle |
11 |
Jul. 5, 1842 |
Poor
House children |
the Superintendent of the County
Poor House gives notice that there are boys and girls ages 5-10 who are
active and healthy whom he will bind out as apprentices or servants |
9 |
Feb. 16, 1832 |
Poor
house stats. |
At the end of 1847, there were
137 people in the county Poor House in Canton. 193 people were admitted in
1848, plus 7 births. 20 people died,
and 15 were either put on trial or bound out. 17 left without permission and
177 were discharged. All total then is
108 remaining at the end of 1848. They include 11 insane, 5 idiots, 7 blind
and 3 deaf and dumb. The school was in
session 41 weeks with about 75 children attending |
11 |
Mar. 27, 1849 |
Port
Kent Road |
the Northern Road to Port Kent
has been surveyed and leveled after 26 days of labor by a party from Port
Kent. From the wharf at Port Kent to
Hopkinton is 74 miles |
10 |
Oct. 23, 1827 |
Port
Kent Road contracts |
bids for the road from Port Kent
to Hopkinton were let June 1, 1829. 52
miles still need to be built |
10 |
June 9, 1829. |
Post
Office at Pope's Mills |
a new PO has been established,
with Russell Covell as
Postmaster |
11 |
Jul. 24, 1849. |
Potsdam
Universalist Church |
is to be dedicated Sep. 19,
1839. |
11 |
Sep. 10, 1839 |
practical
jokes |
the Mercury complains loudly
about praksters submitting names of people and claiming that they had been
married. The paper states that from
now on, all marriage notices must be in writing and signed |
12 |
Oct. 27, 1847 |
Prior
men die in Pierrepont |
the Canton stage driver, Mr. Fuller, reports that 2 men named
Prior died Feb. 4, 1845
in the Town of Pierrepont. They were
on a deer hunt, and became exhausted.
One brother survived the ordeal |
11 |
Feb. 11, 1845 |
record
calving |
John Russell
of Black Lake said that on June 3, 1845 a cow of his only 13 and a half
months old gave birth to a 51 lb calf |
11 |
Jun. 10, 1845 |
Rev.
Darwin Mott |
son of Dr.
James Mott of Waddington, will preach at the
Universalist Church (ie the old courthouse) in Ogdensburg Feb. 19, 1843 |
11 |
Feb. 14, 1843 |
Rev.
Waggoner moves on |
Rev. W.H. Waggoner, of the Universalist Church in Canton has decided to accept an invitation to become
the pastor at the First Universalist Society of Troy NY. He has been in this
county 6 years, officiating in Canton and Potsdam. |
11 |
Nov. 3, 1846 |
Revolutionary
toasts |
Two Revolutionary soldiers made
toasts at the Independence Day celebrations.
E. Holman toasted
Andrew Jackson, and Maj. Shaw toasted Silas Wright Jr. |
11 |
Jul. 11, 1837 |
Reynolds,
Hezekiah |
his house in Stockholm was
destroyed by fire Dec. 11, 1849.
Nothing was saved and he had no insurance. It was believed to have
started by ashes in a front stoop to the house |
12 |
Dec. 19, 1849 |
Road
from Hopkinton |
a road is to be made from
Hopkinton to Lake Champlain |
10 |
Apr. 27, 1827 |
Robinson,
John W. |
son of John
Robinson of Canton "…having proved an
unfaithful and disobedient child" ran away and his father disavowed any
of his debts or actions Mar. 10, 1828 |
13 |
Mar. 26, 1828 |
Rose,
Justin O. gets his emancipation |
Ephraim H. Rose of Russell gave his son Justin his "time" on Sep.
25, 1844 |
11 |
Oct. 1, 1844 |
Rosseel,
Joseph A. |
ordained at Morristown at the
annual meeting of the Presbytery of Ogdensburg |
8 |
Jan. 14, 1845 |
Rosseel,
Joseph A. |
ordained at Morristown on Jan.
8, 1845, at the annual meeting of the Presbytery of Ogdensburg |
11 |
Jan. 14, 1845 |
Rowley,
Abijah |
held a coroner's inquest Mar.
28, 1835 over a body found floating in the St. Lawrence River with no
ID. Jury said accidental drowning |
11 |
Mar. 31, 1835 |
runners
vs. wheels |
although thte Republican delights in the 4 inches of snow one week and how it has made
sleighing possible, it laments the thaw on Dec. 27, which made wheels faster
again than runners |
11 |
Dec. 22, 1846 & Dec. 29, 1846 |
Shaw,
Ana (Mrs.) |
"having left my bed and
board etc." signed Joseph Shaw of Pierrepont, Feb. 16, 1849 |
12 |
Mar. 21, 1849 |
Sheriff
and his deputies in 1847 |
Josiah Waid is sheriff and the following is a list of
his deputies in the different areas of the county: Rollin
C. Jackson, Canton; O.G.
Barnum, Gouverneur; Otis
Farrar, Lawrence; Col.
John Thomas, Madrid village; S. Wheeler. Waddington; Martin P. Crowley, Massena; P.V. Lankton (undersheriff),
Ogdensburg, Silas Hickock,
Potsdam |
11 |
Mar. 30, 1847 |
Simpson,
Margaret |
ae 14 left the house of H. C. Searle in Ogdensburg the
evening of May 15, 1840 and has not been heard of since. She was wearing a blue calico dress, a
green silk bonnet and had her hair cut short on the neck. |
11 |
May 26, 1840 |
soda
fountain craze |
July of 1847 was one of the
hottest on record, with Lincoln Morris's thermometer in Ogdensburg reaching 98 degrees on July
9. His soda fountain proved to be a
big hit. The water comes up cool and
sparkling from under the marble slab, and he even has a way to bottle and
cork the beverage |
11 |
Jul. 13, 1847 |
Spencer,
Joseph |
the family of Joseph Spencer of
Malone narrowly escaped death by lightning on Apr. 30, 1848. The chimney was struck in the middle of the
night, shooting out bricks and mortar, tore out the floor, broke windows etc.
Spencer's bed was torn to fragments but no one was hurt |
8 |
May 2, 1848 |
St.
Jule, Antoine |
age about 43, left Hawkesbury
Que. in about Feb. or Mar., 1840 and went to the River DeGrasse., where he
left his family and and came to Ft. Covington looking for work. Not finding any, he then went to Prescott,
Ont. He has left his wife and children in Ft. Covington in a state of
destitution, and they request information on his whereabouts |
11 |
June 30, 1840 |
St.
Lawrence Canal |
the St. Lawrence Canal will soon
be in condition for the passage of river steamers. Going downstream, they will run the Long
Sault rapids to Coteau du Lac, then return upriver by the canal |
11 |
June 27, 1843 |
St.
Lawrence Democrat |
a new newspaper is about to be
started in Canton, edited by a committee in Ogdensburg. Mr. Van Rensselaer is to be the proprietor (from the Franklin Gazette) |
11 |
Sep. 8, 1840 |
St.
Patrick effigy |
someone hung up an uncouth
emblem of St. Patrick last Saturday night in Ogdensburg."it is wrong,
all wrong" |
11 |
Mar. 19, 1844 |
stagecoach
accident |
the wife of Judge
John Fine and also Mr.
Edwin Clarke, both of Ogdensburg were injured when
a stage overturned near Glens Falls Aug. 29, 1846. Mrs. Fine was very badly hurt, and had been
on her way to Philadelphia. Judge Fine
and a daughter immediately headed to Glens Falls. |
11 |
Sep. 8, 1846 |
stagecoach
accident (version 1) |
the
east bound stage fell through the bridge over the Grasse River in Canton on
Jul. 7, 1843. The horses were hurt,
but all the passengers escaped without serious injury. This was a trap the people of Canton had
set for years |
1 |
Jul. 15, 1843 |
stagecoach
accident (version 2) |
the eastbound stage, while
crossing the river at Canton, fell through the temporary bridge, drowning one
horse, but all passengers unhurt. The editor complains of the condition of
the turnpike from Ogdensburg to Canton especially the first 3 or 4 miles from
Ogdensburg |
11 |
Jul. 11, 1843 |
stagecoach
schedule |
the stage now leaves Ogdensburg
for Ft. Covington 3 times a week going through Waddington, Potsdam, and
Massena Springs. It intersects the Ogdensburg-Plattsburgh line at
Potsdam. It costs $1 from Waddington
to Massena, and $3 from there to Ft. Covington |
10 |
Sep. 8, 1829 |
stagecoach
to Keeseville |
there is a new stagecoach line
from Keeseville to Hopkinton, intersecting the Plattsburgh-Ogdensburg line
there at Hopkinton |
11 |
Oct. 15, 1833 |
steamboat
"Rossie" |
the new steamboat
"Rossie" will be making trips from Rossie to Lyons Bay starting
Jul. 10, 1837 |
11 |
Jul. 4, 1837 |
Stevens
boys run away |
Albert and Elijah Stevens ran away from their
father's home in Lisbon, and he published a warning not to employ them as
they were minors and all their wages belonged to him. Signed Elijah
Stevens, Oct. 9, 1843 |
11 |
Oct. 10, 1843 |
Stockwell,
Benajah |
of Eden NY but formerly of St.
Albans VT, was arrested in Ogdensburg with $700 of counterfeit money, and
convicted in September to serve 2 years in State Prison |
11 |
Jul. 25, 1837 and Sep. 26, 1837 |
struck
by lightning |
a woman in Madrid was struck and
killed by lightning May 28, 1845. Two
other people in the house were unhurt. |
11 |
June 3, 1845 |
suicide |
an Irishman committed suicide in
Canton last week by taking opium.
Intemperance is assigned as the cause |
11 |
Nov. 13, 1849. |
Swan,
Avery tried for polygamy |
he married a woman in
Montpelier, VT, then after 2 yrs married widow Rosetta
McDonald of Malone, then he abandoned her 2 weeks
later and married Eliza LeCompt of Waddington. He was sentenced to 5 years in the state prison |
11 |
Sep. 26, 1837 |
Swan,
Catherine (Mrs.) |
"whereas my wife refuses to
live with me …etc" signed James Swan, Canton, Sep. 16, 1830 |
13 |
Sep. 23, 1830 |
tables
turned |
"wheras the conduct of my
husband Alexander Percy is
such as to render it impossible for me to live with him in peace, as man and
wife should live, I have therefore left his bed and board…..etc" signed Jane Percy, Oswegatchie |
11 |
Dec. 8, 1846 |
Tallman, Simeon |
of Ogdensburg was shot in the
side by accident Sep. 5, 1831 while a man tried to fit a flint into a musket
at militia drill. "His recovery is doubtful" |
9 |
Sep. 8, 1831 |
Thanksgiving
1846 |
Thanksgiving will be Thurs. Nov.
26, 1846 |
11 |
Nov. 24, 1846 |
Thanksgiving,
1844 |
December 12, 1844 was celebrated
as Thanksgiving Day in NYS (from a marriage notice on that day) |
11 |
Jan. 14, 1845 |
the 998
Islands |
the St. Lawrence River is so
high now that two of the 1000 Islands broke loose from their moorings and
floated down to Ogdensburg. The first
landed on Jul. 20, 1837, and the second anchored near Mr. Creighton's brewery
in the lower part of Ogdensburg on Jul. 22, 1837 |
11 |
Jul. 25, 1837 |
the community steps in |
on Jul. 31, 1846, Austin Rose's only cow died when she
fell through a bridge. He is a poor
but worthy working man in Ogdensburg, and this news brought tears to his
household. However, several citizens
chipped in and raised enough money for him to buy another cow |
11 |
Aug. 4, 1846 |
The
Northern Cabinet |
announcing a new semi-monthly
paper to be published in Canton by Charles Boynton. It will be called the
"Northern Cabinet and Literary Depository" |
11 |
Dec. 6, 1842 |
the
railroad is coming! |
ground was broken at Mile Point
below Ogdensburg and a parcel of hands were also at work near Madrid Village |
11 |
Nov. 16, 1847 |
Thompson,
William F. |
Peter S. Thompson emancipated his son William in Pierrepont, in consideration of
payment of $20, Mar. 9, 1849 |
12 |
Mar. 14, 1849 |
three
die near Loon Lake |
a coroner's inquest was held
near Loon Lake about 15 miles from Duane in Franklin Co. near the new state
road. Jacob H.
Church, Willard
Thompson and Thomas
Conley (all from Chesterfield NY) drowned Sep. 28,
1829. A fourth man survived when their
canoe upset on the lake (from the Franklin
Telegraph of Oct. 1, 1829) |
10 |
Oct. 6, 1829 |
three
small children die in blaze |
on Mar. 6, 1828, a man and wife
in Massena left their 3 small children in the house, which caught fire. When
they returned, one was already dead, the others badly burned. One died in a few hours and one lingered
until Mar. 8, 1828.(quoted from the Potsdam American ) |
10 |
Mar. 11, 1828 |
Toothaker,
Samuel |
information is wanted on Samuel
Toothaker who recently left the Poor House in Canton and is supposedly
deranged. Signed by Allen
Toothaker of Pitcairn |
1 |
Sep. 15, 1843 |
Trial
of William Pierce in Malone |
William Pierce, ae 16 was tried
and convicted of murdering his father Oliver Pierce in Moira in January 1839.
He struck him in the chest with an axe when they got into a fight
about getting a horse to ride to spelling school. He was sentenced to be
hanged Sept. 2, 1839 (Gov. Seward commuted his sentence to life in prison) |
11 |
Jul. 16, 1839 |
triplets
born in Lawrenceville |
Mrs. Liba Chase delivered triplets in Lawrenceville, all girls, on Apr. 11, 1843 |
11 |
May 2, 1843 |
two
laborers hurt |
two Frenchman were hurt while
engaged in blasting in Harvey Thomas' stone quarry in Bussingville, on the SW side of the
Oswegatchie River. The powder went off
as they were charging the rock |
11 |
June 21, 1842 |
Universalist
conference |
the Universalists are having a
conference in Madrid Sep. 13-14, 1843. On the second day, the new
Universalist church will be dedicated, with a sermon by Rev.
W. H. Waggoner. Also, Rev.
Darwin Mott is to be ordained by Rev. Job Potter |
11 |
Sep. 5, 1843 |
Uriah
Selleck |
my wife having left my bed and
board…. etc Parishville, Oct. 20, 1846 |
11 |
Oct. 27, 1846 |
van de
Wart, Adeline |
left my service without cause or
provocation June 24, 1840. Signed Duncan McMartin, Oswegatchie |
11 |
June 30, 1840 |
Van
Koughnet house burns |
the house of John Van Koughnet
near Black Lake burned along with all its contents Dec. 4, 1842 |
11 |
Dec. 6, 1842 |
van
Rensselaer fire |
a large anmount of property and
livestock was destroyed by a fire on the premises of Henry
van Rensselaer Dec. 27, 1846 near Ogdensburg (more
details in the article) |
11 |
Dec. 29, 1846 |
Vital
Records for 1848 |
according to numbers recorded in
the County Clerk's office in Canton, here are the vital records for
1848: total births: 1746 (918 males
and 828 females); marriages: 407; deaths:739 (363 males, 376 females). number
of births over deaths: 1007 |
11 |
Apr. 10, 1849 |
W.W.
Webster's tavern burns |
W. W. Webster's tavern in
Stockholm burned Mar. 16, 1847 together with most of its contents |
11 |
Mar. 23, 1847 |
Wait,
Luther |
was emancipated by his father Henry Wait in October 1825 |
2 |
Oct. 27, 1825 |
Washburnville
P.O. |
the Postmaster General has
declared thet the P. O. at Washburnville shall be re-named "Macomb" |
11 |
June 7, 1842 |
Wells,
Alfred |
2 children of his, one 3 and one
4 yrs old died from eating matches at their home in Heuvelton. One died Apr. 21, 1849 and the other Apr.
26. |
12 |
May 2, 1849 |
West
Potsdam PO |
West Potsdam Post Office has
been re-named Smith's corners, and Benjamin Lane is the new Postmaster |
11 |
Jul. 24, 1849. |
westward
emigration |
about 20 families from the
interior towns of SLC and Franklin Co. left for the west (ie Michigan,
Illinois and Indiana) on the steamer "United States" bound for
Niagara |
11 |
May 7, 1833 |
Wheelock's
chimney |
Mr. Otis Wheelock of Watertown
has obtained a patent on a cast iron chimney that only weighs 175 lbs. per
storey |
11 |
Apr. 24, 1849. |
White,
Albert |
may have caused the death of Edward Barnes who died in Canton
Oct. 9, 1829. He punched him at a
husking party |
13 |
Oct. 15, 1829 |
Whiting,
Lucy (Mrs.) |
"having left my bed and
board etc." signed John Whiting of Louisville |
12 |
Apr. 7, 1847 |
Whitney's
mill burns |
the 3 storey grist mill of Lucius Whitney in Lawrenceville was
completely destroyed by fire Jan. 12, 1847.
The St. Lawrence County Mutual insurance company immediately paid on
his claim |
11 |
Jan. 19, 1847 |
Wiley,
Joseph Jr. |
was emancipated by his father
Sep. 30, 1830 |
13 |
Sep. 30, 1830 |
Yale,
Lloyd |
his 5 yr old son in West Potsdam
got a bean stuck in his ear. Dr. Cole gave him some chloroform
and extracted it without a whimper from the boy (from an advertisement) |
12 |
May 2, 1849 |
Young,
Philander |
Philander D. Young was ordained as a minister of the gospel by the Presbytery of
Ogdensburg, June 16, 1846 |
11 |
June 23, 1846 |
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