Herkimer County NY

Cemetery Records, Palatine Bridge, Herkimer County, New York

This is a transcription of a cemetery on road from Palatine Bridge to Stone Arabia just outside village in center of a field in Palatine Bridge, Herkimer County, New York. BAKER William, d. 12 May 1868, ae. 47 yrs., 7 mos., 11 days. DIEFENDORF Nancy Ann, d. 2_ Aug. 1841, ae. 28 yrs. Wife of Henry Diefendorf. Jacob Hees, d. 11 Sept. 1841. Son of Henry and Maria Ann Diefendorf. DYKEMAN Henry V., d. 28 Mar. 1851, ae. 40 yrs., 2 mos. Maria E., d. 4 May 1855, ae. 41 yrs., 4 mos., 21 days. Wife of Henry V. Dykeman. … Read more

Hamilton H. Todd of Middleville NY

Hamilton H. Todd7, (Hermon S.6, Samuel B.5, Gideon4, Gideon3, Michael2, Christopher1) born Aug. 24, 1833, died Nov. 16, 1862, married, Sept. 11, 1855, Laura A. Parkhurst, of Middleville, Herkimer County, N. Y., where they lived. Children: 1745. Adrian H., b. July 29, 1857. 1746. Mary A., b. Dec. 21, 1860.

Hermon S. Todd of Russia NY

Hermon S. Todd6, (Samuel Beach5, Gideon4, Gideon3, Michael2, Christopher1) born Feb. 5, 1804, died July 3, 1873, married Jan. 4, 1832, Susan A. Carpenter who was of Norway, N. Y. At one time they lived at Russia, Herkimer County, N. Y. Children: *1015. Hamilton H., b. Aug. 24, 1833. *1016. Morris M., b. Oct. 6, 1836. 1017. Jane Ann, b. Jan. 23, 1839, d. Feb. 12, 1839.

Mary Todd Bullock of Herkimer County NY

BULLOCK, Mary Todd6, (Samuel5, Samuel4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) she was called “Polly”, born in Conn., moved to Middletown, Delaware County, N. Y., in 1802, married Daniel Bullock. They moved to Herkimer County, N. Y. Children: I. Daniel, a Methodist minister. The story is that one time in his youth, he was visiting his aunt Clarissa and being oppressed at the noon meal, his aunt remarked gently, “Daniel, you must get religion”. He fied to the hay mow and wept and prayed, returning presently in great peace, having sought and found pardon of God. Later he began to preach and was … Read more

Biography of Ward Salisbury

Ward Salisbury. The Salisbury family have been residents of Hiawatha County for over thirty years, and Mr. Ward Salisbury, who was a child when his father located there, had succeeded the older Salisbury as proprietor of the leading grain elevator and his business as a grain buyer extends all over that section of Kansas. Mr. Ward Salisbury was born in Norway, Herkimer County, New York, February 20, 1877. His lineage goes back for a number of generations in American history. The Salisburys came out of England and were colonists in New York. Mr. Salisbury is a member of the Sous … Read more

Stephen Todd of Salisbury CT

Stephen Todd5, (Stephen4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born March 23, 1735, married Rachel Johnson, who was born in 1740, in Wallingford, Conn. They removed to Salisbury, N. Y., or it may have been Salisbury, Conn., where he is said to have died when an old man. He was at one time a physician in Wallingford, Conn. Children: *309. Jehiel, b. Nov. 3, 1761. *310. Stephen, b. Dec. 23, 1773. *311. Bethel.

Edwin Hunter Todd of Dodgeville NY

Edwin Hunter Todd8, (Eugene M.7, Manning S.6, Samuel B.5, Gideon4, Gideon3, Michael2, Christopher1) born June 4, 1870, married June 28, 1913, Charlotte Gladys Stevens. They lived in Dodgeville, N. Y. Child: 2437. Eugene Francis, b. March 1, 1914.

John Pierpont Todd of Fairfield NY

John Pierpont Todd7, (Manning S.6, Samuel B.5, Gideon4, Gideon3, Michael2, Christopher1) born May 5, 1845, married, Jan. 27, 1869, Margaret Butler Harrison. They live in Fairfield, N. Y., where he is a mason and where he worked at his trade. Child: 1744. Hobert Harrison, b. Aug. 7, 1870; he is married and lives in Fairfield, N. Y. No children.

Biography of Dr. W. C. McKay

DR. W.C. McKAY. – One by one the pioneers who braved the wilderness and its dangers, in order that their posterity might enjoy the fruits of their hazardous conquests of the domain of the savage are passing away. As the poet sang of the valorous knights of the days of chivalry, “Their souls are with the saints, we trust,” so, at no distant day, will the same be sung o’er the graves of the last of the pioneers. So, while yet alive, let us honor them as they deserve to be honored; and when dead let their deeds be recorded … Read more

Morris M. Todd of Middleville NY

Morris M. Todd7, (Hermon S.6, Samuel B.5, Gideon4, Gideon3, Michael2, Christopher1) born Oct. 6, 1836, died Feb. 24, 1862, married, Feb. 1858, Adeline Evans, of Middleville, N. Y., where they afterwards lived. Child: 1747. Ida G., b. April 11, 1859, m. Sept. 19, 1877, Thaddeus Hildreth, of Herkimer, N. Y.

Lyman S. Todd of Little Falls NY

Lyman S. Todd6, (Samuel Beach5, Gideon4, Gideon3, Michael2, Christopher1) born Nov. 7, 1802, married Sept. 26, 1830, Sarah Damaris, daughter of Benjamin and Sally (Todd) Baldwin, of Brandford, Conn. For the ancestry of Sally (Todd) Baldwin, see No. 225. They lived at Little Falls, N. Y. Children: 1013. S. Fannie, m. Henry Link, of Little Falls, N. Y. 1014. Luzern S., d. Aug. 6, 1865, at New Orleans, La. He was a Lieutenant in the United States Army.

Ora B. Todd of Panama NY

Ora B. Todd7, (Bela6, Caleb5, Gideon4, Gideon3, Michael2, Christopher1) born Dec. 20, 1808, in Salisbury, N. Y., died Feb. 9, 1889, in San Jacinto, Cal., married Oct. 1832, Lorinda, daughter of Luke and Lucia Wolcott, who was born Oct. 27, 1810, died Oct. 19, 1885, in Santa Paula, Calif. They removed from Panama, Chautauqua County, N. Y., to Santa Paula, Calif., in March 1884, whence they seem to have moved to Santa Jacinto, where he died. Mr. Todd was a good reader of music, which he taught some in the old fashioned way; a fine violinist and a most excellent … Read more

Charles Manning Todd of Fairfield NY

Charles Manning Todd8, (Eugene M.7, Manning S.6, Samuel B.5, Gideon4, Gideon3, Michael2, Christopher1) born May 8, 1868; he is married and lived in Fairfield, N. Y. Child: 2436. Leon.

Biography of Albert Barnes Watkins

ALBERT BARNES WATKINS IN THE broad and varied interests of education, and as possessing intellectual powers admirably fitted for the practical application of knowledge to the wants of our young men and women engaged in the courses of study, no man in Albany has earned a more excellent reputation than Dr. Albert B. Watkins, of the University of the State of New York. His career, marked by a supreme love for knowledge, reveals in full light the earnest, persevering and successful workings of the true educator under many pressing difficulties. He was born on the 8th of July, 1838, in … Read more

Biography of Rev. Gustavus Hines

REV. GUSTAVUS HINES. – Gustavus Hines was born in Herkimer county, New York, in 1809. On his mother’s side he was descended from the Carvets and Wilkensons of the old Massachusetts colony, and on his father’s from the Hopkinns of Rhode Island, all names of the highest respectability and even celebrity in the early history of New England. Governor Carvet of Massachusetts colony, and Stephen Hopkinns, one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence, were of the same families. he grew to his majority in the county of his birth, and in 1832 removed to Cattaraugus county, in the … Read more

Thomas Jefferson Todd of Nebraska

Thomas Jefferson Todd6, (Caleb5, Gideon4, Gideon3, Michael2, Christopher1) born March 11, 1803, at Fairfield, Herkimer County, N. Y., died Aug. 10, 1880, at Plattsmouth, Neb., married May 12, 1830, Mary Smith at Kiantone, Chautauqua County, N. Y. In the year 1832, they removed to Jamestown, N. Y.; in 1836 they went to Geauga County, Ohio; thence in 1839 to Carrol County, Ohio; then in 1841 they went to De Wittville, N. Y., to the farm originally owned by Caleb Todd and which was bought by him from the Holland Land Company, and which farm is now owned by Chautauqua County … Read more

Scudder B. Todd of Lyons Falls NY

Scudder B. Todd9, (John B.8, Hiram7, Isaac6, Samuel5, Samuel4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born at Lyons Falls, N. Y., April 2, 1893, married at Old Forge, N. Y., Feb. 1916, Hazel White. Child: 2676a. Lucille J., b. Feb. 2, 1919.

Ann P. Todd Loomis of Little Falls NY

LOOMIS, Ann P. Todd7, (Stephen6, Stephen5, Stephen4, Samuel3, Samuel2, Christopher1) born April 17, 1807, in Salisbury, N. Y., died Nov. 20, 1879, in Little Falls, N. Y., married Oct. 5, 1831, in Salisbury, N. Y., Hon. Arphaxad, son of Thaddeus and Lois (Griswold) Loomis, who was born April 9, 1798, in Winchester, Conn., died Sept. 15, 1885. At the age of three years his parents removed from Winchester, Conn., to Salisbury, N. Y. His father was a farmer in moderate circumstances, and Arphaxad’s boyhood days were spent in assisting his father upon the farm. At the age of 15 he … Read more

Biography of Arthur W. Bronson

For the past seventeen years a resident of Topeka, Mr. Bronson has been a considerable factor in the material prosperity of the state, particularly in connection with the agricultural interests. As resident agent for a firm of foreign capitalists, he has been instrumental during his time in handling and distributing over $25,000,000 cash to the land owners and farmers of Kansas and adjoining states, and he is perhaps as well informed as any man in the state on the subject of agricultural credit, land values and farming interests from the financial standpoint. A native of Herkimer County, New York, where … Read more

Caleb Todd of Clayton MI

Caleb Todd6, (Caleb5, Gideon4, Gideon3, Michael2, Christopher1) born Dec. 13, 1807, at Fairfield, N. Y., died March 25, 1856, at Clayton, Genesee County, Mich., married first, at Westfield, N. Y., by Elder Chapman, March 17, 1833, Lucretia Wood, who was born April 10, 1816, at Westfield, N. Y., died Oct. 5, 1840, at Chautauqua, N. Y. He married second, April 21, 1843, at Westfield, N. Y., also by Elder Chapman, Hannah A. Felt, who was born May 4, 1818, at Palmyra, N. Y., died Feb. 2, 1885, at Davison, Mich. Child by Lucretia Wood: *994. George Emmett, b. July 1, … Read more