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Genealogy

Genealogy of the following families in this order: Slaughter; Mills; Wells; Hattie Slaughter; Knapp; John Hanna; VanAtta; Brooks; Lewis; Nathaniel Ackerly; Aaron Jackson

Slaughter Family

Isaac Slaughter (1735 or 1756 -1838) was the son of John and Martha Maritie (Metze) Losee Slauter, later as Slaughter (1739-1790).

Isaac Slaughter descended from Wales to Virginia. He was born in 1735 or 1756 (one site said he was over 100 when he died) and died Feb. 16, 1838. He had been a soldier in Washington's army during the revolution. He took part in the battles of Ticonderoga and Crown Point and served in the northern campaign. After peace was declared, Isaac settled in the town of Wallkill. In 1803, he moved o Shawwangunk, Ulster county, NY and purchased two hundred acres of land in the southeast corner of the town of Wallkill. In 1817, he purchased a farm in Hamptonburgh, Orange county, NY, and settled there in 1819 where he lived the rest of his life.

“The capture of Fort Ticonderoga (May 10, 1775 in upstate New York) was the first offensive victory for American forces in the Revolutionary War. It secured the strategic passageway north to Canada and netted the patriots an important cache of artillery” battlefields.org
“The Battle of Fort Crown Point was won by the American militia led by Seth Warner. He led that attack on the fort on May 12, 1775, and defeated the British garrison consisting of just 9 men.” homeworkstudy.com

Isaac Slaughter married his first wife, Maria Davis (1759- 1793), daughter of Samuel Davis and Elsie Roberson. They had nine children:
1. John Wesley Slaughter born 1776, died June 9, 1869 in MI. Married Mary Crispell and had 9 children: Emily Slaughter, Louisa Slaughter, Lucy Slaughter, Mariah Slaughter, Nancy Slaughter, Polly Slaughter, Jane Slaughter (1805-1886), Sally Ann Slaughter (1809-1856), and John J. Slaughter (1806-1910).
2. Martha Slaughter born Feb. 11, 1776, died 1792 OH. Married Andrew Rogers (1772-1850)
3. Elizabeth Slaughter born Aug. 1779, died 1835 OH, married James Whiteside (1780 - 1847) and had 7 children: Caroline Whiteside, Jane Whiteside, Louisa Whiteside, Mariah Whiteside, Nancy Whiteside, Robert Whiteside (1803 - 1860 OH), and Isaac Whiteside (1807 -1882).
4. James F. Slaughter born Nov. 1781, died 1844 OH, married Mary Voght ( 1791 - 1872) and had 2 children: Jeremiah Slaughter (1808 - 1897) married Ann Griffin and Sheldon H. Slaughter (1831 - 1930) married Julia Araminta Winants (1849 - 1895).
5. Isaac Slaughter born Aug. 28, 1783, died Oct. 18, 1857 Yates, NY, married Harriet Bradner (1800 - 1858) and had 7 children: Joseph Taylor Slaughter (1813 - 1887), Benjamin P. Slaughter (1816 - 1875 Allegheny, NY), Mary Elizabeth Slaughter (1817-?) married Albert G. Laman, William Bradner Slaughter (1822 - 1897 Nebraska), John Wesley Slaughter (1824 - 1890 Penn Yan), {Caroline Ann Slaughter (1827 - 1913) married Benjamin Bowen Carpenter (1813 - 1872) and had 8 children: Herbert Slaughter Carpenter (born 1848 Missouri), Ella Frances Carpenter (born 1851), William Carpenter (born 1853), Charles Gregg Carpenter (born 1855), Burr Bacon Carpenter (born 1857), Grace Nancy Carpenter (1860 - 1899), Harriet Lucy Carpenter (1863 -1865), and Asa Lewis Carpenter (born 1866)}, and Vincent H. Slaughter married Ann M. and had 3 children: Frank Willie Slaughter (died 1859), Freddie Slaughter (died 1859) and Vincent Herbert Slaughter.
6. Jeremiah Slaughter born 1787, died Aug. 23, 1871 Indiana, married 1. Ann (1806 - 1882) and 2. Rebecca Logan (1803 - 1862) and had 8 (a -h) children: {a.William Logan Slaughter (1819 - 1890) married Isabel Mcclain (1815 - 1896) and had 9 (i - ix) children: i. Caroline Slaughter (1841 - 1926 Nebraska), [ii.Dinah Slaughter (1842 - 1926) married Francis M. Williamson and had 6 children: Margaret Isabel Williamson married 1. Charles Jacobson and 2. Will Menefee, Glen E. Williamson (1870 - 1944), Catherine Williamson, William B. Williamson, Leni Leoti Williamson and Harian Logan Williamson], iii.Logan Slaughter (1843 - 1861), iv. Samuel Harmon Slaughter, v. Mary Slaughter, vi. Alexander Slaughter, vii. Jeremiah Henderson Slaughter,viii. Milton Slaughter, and ix.Isabelle Ann Slaughter}, b.Mary Davis Slaughter (1881 - 1888), c.Elizabeth Jane Slaughter (1823 - 1888), d. Martha Ann Slaughter (1825 - 1904) , e. Catherine Sarah Slaughter (born 1827), f. John M. Slaughter (born 1830), g. Julia A. Slaughter (born 1835), and h. Isabella C. Slaughter (1837 - 1931) married Jeremiah G. Bennett and had 5 children: Oliver Perry Bennett (born 1855), Annie Bennett (born 1858 Indiana), Rebecca A. Bennett (born 1858), William S. Bennett (born 1860), and Eliza J. Bennett (born 1876).
7. Catherine Slaughter born July 10, 1789, died 1837 OH. Married Daniel Watkins (1792-1844)
8. Harriet Slaughter born 1791, died 1817, married Ellison Chichester Scott (1801 -?)
9. Abraham B. Slaughter born 1793, died May 13, 1824 OH

John J. Slaughter married Sarah Jane Robertson and had Daniel Slaughter (1861- 1924). Daniel married Emma Alice Spring and had one child: Cecile B. Decamp (1887-1960 MI). Cecile married Ray O Decamp (1881- 1956) and had one child: Cleo R. Decamp (1911- 1983 MI). Cleo married Ava Shopbell (1911 -?)

Jane Slaughter (1805-1886) married Henry S. Holcomb (1800- 1854) and had 13 children: Dan Holcomb married Eunice Crouch, Diana Holcomb married I. N. Reynolds, Ebenizer Holcomb, Henry Holcomb, John Holcomb married Sarah Washburn, Nancy H. Holcomb married James Smith, Sarah Holcomb married John O Smith, Sally Holcomb (1831-?), Margaret Holcomb (1838-?) married Rutherford, {William T. Holcomb (1843- 1930) married 1. Amelia Brown and had one child, May A. Holcomb (1863-1901), married 2. Olive C. Smith ( 1852-1938) and had one child, Orra Diana Holcomb (1886- 1977), married Reginald Johnson and had one child}, Jane Holcomb (1844-?), {Gertrude Augusta Holcomb (1847-1922), married Matthew N. Brown and had 4 children born in Michigan: Henry Brown (1864-?), Blanche Brown (1866-?), William Brown (1869-?) and Lulu Brown (1880- 1909) married Myron Henry Griswold (1871-1940)}, and Florence Holcomb (1849-?) married Mike Cronan.

Sally Ann Slaughter (1809, Ontario, NY -1856 MI) married William Conard Hersha (1806- 1879) and had 9 children: William Merrit Hersha (1846- 1864), John S. Hersha (1831 - 1908), Louisa Jane Hersha, Elizabeth Hersha, Samuel Hersha, Alonzo Hersha, Charles Hersha, George Albert Hersha, and Henry Daniel Hersha.

John S. Hersha (1831 - 1908) married Emma C. Curtis (1837 - 1907) and had 4 children: Ida Annette Hersha (1861- 1941), married Louis Augusta Davis (1856- 1924) and had 2 children: Lucy Ida Davis and George Louis Davis, Minnie Elizabeth Hersha (1871- 1939) married 1. Leonard Marley and 2. Pleasant Hollomon Roork (1854 - 1943 and had 2 children: Alma Roork and Emma Eunice Roork), Irvin John Hersha (1875 - 1946), and Charles E. Hersha (1881-1882, Oregon).

Lucy Ida Davis (1882 - 1943 Oregon) married Shannon Phillips (1878-1968)

George Louis Davis (1886- 1963) married Mary Magdelena Riplinger (1887 - 1979) and had 4 children: Florance Davis, John Davis, Kathleen Davis, and Florence Miriam Davis (1910 - ?) married Charles Henry Withers (1910-?) and had 2 children: John Davis Withers and Kathleen Ann Withers.

Emma Eunice Roork (1892 - 1964) married William Lawrence Eivers (1885 -1939) and had 4 children: Virginina Eivers (1917 - 1992) married Marcus Groton (1921 - 1977) and 2. Lans McKenzie Gross, Jean Eivers (1918 - 1978) spouse and children, John Lawrence Eivers (1920 - 1973) married Patricia Estelle Dillon (1921 - 1970).

Irvin John Hersha (1875 - 1946) married 1. Jane Hershfield (died 1927) and 2. Abertin Jermin Hirsch (1891 - 1922) and had 4 children: Joel Hersha, Harold Irvin Hersha (1910-1910), Billy Lester Hersha (1911 - 1991 Oregon), and Frank Lee Hersha (1913 -1962), and married 3. Bertha Fisher.

Billy Lester Hersha (1911 - 1991) married Marvis R. Leitch (1924 - 1987) and had 5 children.

Frank Lee Hersha (1913 -1962) married Caroline Onna Davidson (1916 - 1986) and had 4 children.

Isaac Whiteside (1807 -1882) married Georgette McCoy (1814 - 1896) and had 11 children: James Whiteside (1845 - ?), {John Wesley Whiteside (1834 - 1927) married Amelia Tabitha Dale and had 3 children: Frank Arthur Whiteside, Edward Lee Whiteside and Albert N. Whiteside}, Martha Ellen Whiteside (1851 - 1929) married 1. Andrew Jackson Kinnamon and 2. Harvey H. Hoffman (1849 - 1893) and had 6 children: Alva Lee Hoffman, Jesse A. Hoffman, Gertrude Hoffman, Omer A. Hoffman, Luella Maude Hoffman, and Harry C. Hoffman, {Louisa Adelaide Whiteside (1836 - 1903) married John Wesley McCoy (1843 - 1911) and had 7 children: Viola McCoy, Charles Wesley McCoy, Valetta McCoy, Fred McCoy, Frankie McCoy, Ara McCoy and Lois McCoy}, {Charles Cook Whiteside (1839 - 1935) married Martha Dean (1846 - 1919) and had 11 children: Cora Whiteside, Edgar Whiteside, Ida Whiteside, Elizabeth Georgetta Whiteside, Harvey Dean Whiteside, Charles Ross Whiteside, Clementine Whiteside, Leona Whiteside (1842 - ?), Walter Whiteside, Cecil Mae Whiteside, and Orville Whiteside}, Leander Whiteside (1842 - ?), Thomas Whiteside (1843 - ?), {George Roland Whiteside (1849 - 1941) married Addie Jane Beckman and had 4 children: Fred Whiteside, Jessie Whiteside, Flossie Whiteside, and Ruby Whiteside}, David Mccoy Whiteside (1849 - ?), Lydia Jane Whiteside (1854 - ?), and Oscar Whiteside (1858 - ?).

Joseph Taylor Slaughter (1813 - 1887 Penn Yan, NY) married Margaret Southerland (1813 - 1904) and had 3 children: Arthur Slaughter, Alexander Slaughter (1837 - 1914 NYC) married Hettie (1837 - 1914), and Harriet Slaughter (1840 - 1917 Penn Yan) married Bower.)

William Bradner Slaughter (1822 - 1897) married 1. Sarah Buck (1819-1850) and had 2 children: Bradner Deray Slaughter (1849 - 1909) and Sarah Ellen Slaughter. Married 2. Lucinda Butterfield (1828 - 1855) and had one child: Harriet Lucinda Slaughter. Married 3. Adelaide Butterfield (1832- 1914) and had one child: William Benoni Slaughter.

Bradner Deray Slaughter (1849 - 1909 Nebraska) married Adaline Amanda Dorsey (1843- 1909) and had 9 children: Ada Lois Slaughter (1867 - ?), Bertha Grace Slaughter (1869 - ?) married William Gamble who died in 1901, Benjamin Bradner Slaughter (1871- 1880), Annelia Slaughter (1872 -?), Lotta Alice Slaughter (1875 -?) married John Lottridge, William Bradner Slaughter (1880 -1885), Chauncey Dent Slaughter (1883 - 1885), Carl Denton Slaughter (1889 - 1952 NYC) married 1. Jeanee Taylor and 2. Constance Mary King (1888 - 1944) and had one child: Constance Virginia Slaughter (1910) married Frank Rheinhold Denke (1905 - 1988) and have 4 children, and Samuel Charles Slaughter (1887 - ?).

Glen E. Williamson (1870 - 1944) married Alma Ann Carr (1875 - 1970) and had 6 children: Clarence Williamson, Donald Williamson, Dorothy Williamson, Russell L. Williamson, Lorna Lucille Williamson (1901 - 1923 Texas), and Presley Carr Williamson (1903 - 1993 Minnesota) married Elnora Viola Noftsker (1909 - 1993) and have 4 children.

Isaac Slaughter married Jane McBride, his second wife, on Dec. 5, 1793, and had ten children with her.

Jane McBride (1776- 1866) was the daughter of Archibald McBride jr. and Jane Newkirk. She was married on December 5, 1793 to Isaac at her father's home in Mamakating in Ulster county.

Family tradition states that the Slaughter's ancestors were Welch.

1. Joseph T. Slaughter, born Oct. 13, 1794, died Feb. 25, 1873 in Phillipsburg, NY. Agricultural farmer. Married Amelia Booth (1798 -1877) and had 3 (A-C) children: A. Alanson Slaughter (1818 - 1883 Crystal Run, Orange, NY) married Mary Ann Bailey and had 3 children: Ann Amelia Slaughter, Helen Jane Slaughter married George W. Ackerly, and Jennet Bailey Slaughter married Robert G. Young, B. Mary L. Slaughter (1826 - 1911) married John Thew Coleman and had 3 children: John Thew Coleman (born 1843), Harriet Coleman (born 1850) and Joseph Coleman (born 1850), and C. Helen Slaughter (born 1828 in Crystal Run).
2. Benjamin Slaughter (1796 - 1841) married Sarah Crane (1801 - 1886) and had 7 children: Jane Harriet Slaughter, Sarah Elizabeth Slaughter, Isaac Dewitt Slaughter, Caroline Slaughter, Joseph Slaughter, Mary Ellen Slaughter, and Cornelia Ann Slaughter.
3. Nancy B. Slaughter born Dec. 27, 1798, died in 1818, married William Millspaugh (1791-1820) and had one child, Nancy Slaughter Millspaugh.
4. Archibald "Archie" Slaughter born Feb. 19, 1800, died Jan. 6, 1868, married Catherine Mills (1807 - 1888) and had Samuel M. born about 1830, Harriet born about 1836, Esther A. born about 1840.
5. Fannie Slaughter (1802 - 1859) married Henry Moore.

6. Dewitt Slaughter born Sept. 3, 1803, died Sept. 18, 1875. He married Caroline Mills, born May 4, 1812, died Nov. 9, 1861, married on Jan. 9, 1834. When arriving in Waverly in 1857, he was a retired farmer from Hamptonburgh, NY.

A. Sarah Elizabeth Slaughter born May 26, 1835, died July 3, 1841
B. Samuel Wickham Slaughter born Nov. 8, 1837, died Aug. 24, 1894. He married Charlotte Wells, born July 13, 1850, on May 13, 1873. Mrs. Charlotte Wells Slaughter died on July 27, 1912.
a. Mary Gertrude Slaughter born April 26, 1890, died June 1956. She went by Gertrude and Gertie. Gertrude married George Brinker Knapp February 2, 1915.
aa. Miss Charlotte Slaughter Knapp born 1916, died Feb. 7, 1985 in Los Angeles, CA. Charlotte never married and never had children.
C. James DeWitt Slaughter born March 9, 1840, died March 1842
D. Antonette "Nettie" Slaughter born July 10, 1846, died March 18, 1868
E. Mary Caroline born June 22, 1850, died Sept. 4, 1854

7. Sarah Jane Slaughter born Feb. 28, 1806, died 1827. Married Ellison Chichester Scott.
8. Harriet Slaughter born 1809
9. William Harrison Slaughter born July 6, 1815, died March 22, 1869. Married Mary Mills Slaughter (1819-1849) and Sarah Crawford Slaughter (1827-1883). Children: Emily Augusta Slaughter, d. 1846, Henrietta Slaughter, d. 1864, Jane Frances Slaughter, d. 1845, William W. Slaughter (1838-1857) and John Slaughter (1862-1864)
10. Amelia Slaughter born 1817, died Sept. 10, 1896 married Caleb Howell Coleman, born Dec. 9, 1820, died 1908.
A. Alonzo Howell born Oct. 25, 1849

Benjamin Slaughter's children:

Jane Harriet Slaughter (born 1824) married Utley Hare and had 4 children: Clinton Hare, Emma Hare, Mary Hare, and Mary Hare.

Sarah Elizabeth Slaughter (1821 - 1918) married Thomas Grier Pierson (1819 - 1881) and had 5 children: Edwin D. Pierson, Edward G. Pierson, Alice S. Pierson, Caroline Augusta Pierson, and Charles Grier Pierson.

Isaac DeWitt Slaughter (1832 - 1909) married Margaret Walling (1844 - 1929) and had 3 children: 1. Grace C. Slaughter married Jason Layton and had one child - Vincent Layton, 2. Jennie W. Slaughter married W. Edward Sargeant and had 3 children: Jay Sargeant, Marion Decker Sargeant and Marjorie Buttlar Sargeant, and 3. Mary Wood Slaughter married Irving B. Adams.

Caroline Slaughter (1832 - 1919) married William Wilson Peirson (1830 - 1895) and had 6 children: Howard G. Pierson, Fred B. Peirson (1854 - 1859 Warwick, Orange, NY), Wellington Slaughter Pierson, Emma Pierson (1862 - 1937) , Clara S. Peirson, and Harry Pierson (1880 - 1919). Howard G. Pierson (1869 - 1959) married Frances Eager and had 2 children: Howard E. Pierson and Morris R. Pierson. Wellington Slaughter Pierson (1857 - 1944) married Fannie Orr (1859 - 1922) and had 3 children: Bertrum Pierson, Melville DeWitt Pierson, and Gladys Madeline Peirson. Gladys Madeline Pierson (1899 - 1995 Walton, NY) married Lockwood Scott Hawkins

Joseph Slaughter (1837 - 1868) married Prudence Wilcox and had 3 children: Emma Slaughter, Frank Slaughter, and Joseph Slaughter (1858 - 1939). Emma Slaughter married 1. Purdy and 2. George Roberts and had 2 children: Bess Roberts and Jay Roberts.

Mary Ellen Slaughter (1838 - ?) married Joseph Wilcox and had 3 children: Edward Wilcox, Jessie Wilcox, and Sarah Wilcox.

Cornelia Ann Slaughter (1839 - ?) married William Pierson Uptegrove and had 4 children: Helen Uptegrove, Sarah Uptegrove married Peter Keufman, William D. Uptegrove, and Edward P. Uptegrove. Edward P Uptegrove (1875 - 1934 New Jersey) married Edith Boyd Denton and have 2 still living children. Mrs. Helen Uptegrove Teed, born in Warwick, NY. Wife of Leonard E. Teed or Teets?. Granddaughter of Benjamin and Sarah Slaughter. Great granddaughter of Isaac and Jane McBride Slaughter. DAR

1802 - Isaac Slaughter in Wallkill, Orange county, NY

Jan. 11, 1818 - Nancy B. Slaughter, daughter of Isaac and Jane McBride Slaughter, died. She was born Dec. 29, 1797. She is buried in Scotchtown cemetery, Orange county, NY. Her husband was William Millspaugh, born Aug. 27, 1791 and died April 10, 1820.

Aug. 17, 1827 - Sarah Jane Slaughter Scott, daughter of Isaac and Jane McBride Slaughter died. She was born Feb. 28, 1806. She is buried in Goodwill Presbyterian Church cemetery, Montgomery, Orange county, NY. Her husband was Ellison C. Scott.

1830 census - Hamptonburgh, Orange county, NY - Isaac Slaughter; 1 male person 10-14 yo.; 1 male person 20-29 yo.; 1 male person 70-79 yo.; 2 females 10-14 yo.; 1 female 50-59 yo.; 1 free colored female person 10-23 yo.; 3 persons under 20 yo.; 1 person 20 - 49 yo.; 6 Total Free White Persons; 1 Total Free Colored Person - Total All Persons 7

1831-1850, Isaac Slaughter, Revolutionary War pensioner, pension office, NYC

January 23, 1834 Newburgh Telegraph page 2: Married. ...On the 9th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Baldwin Mr. Dewitt Slaughter of Hamptonburgh, to Miss Caroline, daughter of Samuel Mills, Esq. of Walkill.... (Dewitt and Caroline Slaughter along with their only two living children, Samuel and Antonette, moved to 208 Chemung street in 1857. Dewitt Slaughter purchased the lot and rectangular shaped home of Thomas Jefferson Brooks from T. J. Brooks.)

March 13, 1838 - In the matter of proving the Will of Isaac Slaughter. Isaac Slaughter deceased. William H. Slaughter, one of the executors. Nancy S. Millspaugh and Amelia Slaughter are infants and that Archibald Slaughter be appointed special Guardian for the infants for the sole purpose of appearing for and taking care of the interests of said infants. … to Jane Slaughter the widow and Dewitt Slaughter of the town of Hamptonburgh; Joseph Slaughter, Henry Moore and Fanny his wife of the town of Wallkill, Ellison C. Scott and Harriet his wife of the town of New Burgh, Benjamin Slaughter and Archibald Slaughter of the town of Warwick, all in the county of Orange, NY.; John Slaughter, James Slaughter and Isaac Slaughter, of the town of Benton, County of Yates, NY; Jeremiah Slaughter of the State of Indiana town and County unknown; Andrew Rogers and Martha his wife of the State of New Jersey, town and county unknown; Daniel Watkins and Catharine his wife of the State of Ohio town and county unknown, the heirs at Long of Elizabeth Whiteside deceased, the names of whom are unknown, except Robert and Isaac Whiteside of the town of Montgomery, County of Hamilton and State of Ohio and the said Archibald Slaughter special guardian of Nancy S. Millspaugh and Amelia Slaughter of the town of Hamptonburgh … the next of kin of Isaac Slaughter late of the town of Hamptonburgh. … all my Real Estate situate in said town of Hamptonburgh and upon which I now reside, … son William Harrison Slaughter the following conditions & payments of the sum of three hundred dollars … my daughter Amelia Slaughter & which is to be paid by my son above mentioned to my daughter last mentioned, in one year after my decease … son William Harrison Slaughter, all my family utensils of all kinds & all my stock of all kinds & all the personal property that may be on said farm or any of the outbuildings of the same at the tie of my decease except the use of a Horse & Harness & wagon to my wife Jane McBride Slaughter whenever she pleases. … son William Harrison my clock & one Bed & bedding for the same. … my granddaughter Nancy Slaughter Millspaugh one bed & bedding for the same. … my wife Jane Slaughter during her lifetime all my household & Cellar property, and after he decease to my daughter Amelia Slaughter. … my sons Joseph Slaughter & William Harrison Slaughter Executors.

April 1838 Argus Albany, NY - The people of the state of New York, to Jane Slaughter, the widow, and De Witt Slaughter, of the town of Hamptonburgh; Joseph Slaughter, Henry Moore and Fanny his wife, of the town of Wallkill; Ellison C. Scott and Harriet his wife, of the town of Newburgh; Benjamin Slaughter and Archibald Slaughter, of the town of Warwick, all of the county of Orange and state of New York; John Slaughter, James Slaughter and Isaac Slaughter of the town of Benton, county of Yates and state aforesaid; Jeremiah Slaughter, of the state of Indiana, town and county unknown; Andrew Rogers and Martha his wife, of the state of New Jersey, town and county unknown; Daniel Watkins and Catharine his wife, of the state of Ohio, town and county unknown; the heirs at law of Elizabeth Whiteside, deceased, the names of whom are unknown, except Robert and Isaac Whiteside, of the town of Montgomery, county of Hamilton and state of Ohio; and the said Archibald Slaughter, special guardian of Nancy S. Millspaugh and Amelia Slaughter, of the town of Hamptonburgh aforesaid, infants, the next of kin of Isaac Slaughter, late of the town of Hamptonburgh, in the county of Orange, deceased: You are hereby cited to be and appear before the surrogate of the county of Orange, at his office in the village of Goshen in said county, on the fourth day of June next, at ten o'clock in the forenoon of that day, to attend the probate of a certain instrument in writing, purporting to be the last will and testament of said deceased, bearing date the twenty-seventh day of May, in the year our Lord one thousand eight hundred and thirty-seven, on the application of William H. Slaughter, claiming to be one of the executors thereof; which said will relates to both real and personal estate. In testimony whereof, we have caused the seal of office of our said surrogated of the county of Orange to be hereunto affixed. Witness, John B. Booth, surrogate of the said county, at Goshen in said county, the fourteenth day of April, in the year one thousand eight hundred and thirty-eight. JNO. B. BOOTH, Surrogate. (This is relating to the death of Isaac Slaughter, Dewitt Slaughter's father. Dewitt Slaughter bought T. J. Brook's home at 208 Chemung street, Waverly, NY, in 1857.)

June 4, 1838 - Probate Will of Isaac Slaughter in Orange county, NY. At the time of his death, he was an inhabitant of Hamptonburgh, in Orange county, NY. … Will is granted unto William H. Slaughter one of the Executors.

1850 census, 7 years before Dewitt Slaughter and his family moved to Waverly: Dewitt Slaughter 47 years old, farmer; his wife Caroline "Carrie" Slaughter 38 yo.; son Sam W. Slaughter 13 yo.; daughter Antonette Slaughter 4 years old; laborer Thomas Hamilton 28 yo. born in Ireland; Anthony Conner 14 yo. born in NY; Martha I. Millspaugh 13 yo. Living in Hamptonburgh, Orange county, NY.

1850 census - Hamptonburgh, NY, Orange county - William H. Slaughter 33 yo., farmer; Wellington Slaughter 11 yo.; George Slaughter 4 yo.; Mary Slaughter 1 yo.; Jane Slaughter 73 yo.; Howell Coleman 30 yo.; Amelia Coleman 30 yo.; Mary O’Conner 20 yo., born in Ireland; Patrick O’Conner 24 yo., born in Ireland; Victor Hookey 28 yo., born in Germany

1855 census - About 2 years before moving to Waverly - Hamptonburgh, NY, framed home worth $1,000 - Dewitt Slaughter 51 yo., farmer; wife Caroline 42 yo.; son Samuel W. 17 yo.; daughter Antonette 9 yo.; Family #2 Victor Hokey 25 yo., born in Switzerland, farmer; wife Sarah Hokey 26 yo.; Jacob Hokey 3 yo.; Charles Hokey 1 yo.; servant Nancy Caveno 13 yo.; servant William Jackson 50 yo., born in England, laborer; mother-in-law Priscilla ?54 yo.

1855 census - Wallkill, NY - Joseph Slaughter 60 yo., farmer; Amelia Slaughter 56 yo.; Aunt Susan Barker 79 yo.; cousin Elizabeth Burns 69 yo.; servant John Dunn 23 yo., born in Ireland; servant John Hunter 15 yo., born in Orange county; servant Ann Price 22 yo., born in Orange county; daughter Mary L. Coleman 26 yo.; cousin Amelia Maston 8 yo.; cousin D. B. Thompson 25 yo., druggist; Matilda Thompson 25 yo.

In 1857 - Thomas J. Brooks sold the lot and his home, where our house now stands, at the corner of Chemung and Athens streets, 208 Chemung street, to DeWitt Slaughter for $1,500. Dewitt Slaughter was a retired farmer from Hamptonburgh, Orange county, NY. It has been passed down thru all owners of the home, that Dewitt had the current home built for his only living son, Samuel Wickham Slaughter. We believe that Dewitt, along with his wife, Caroline, and their only two living children, Samuel and Antonette lived in Brooks' rectangular shaped house and that they started adding on to it as the years passed. The Sanborn maps show this. In 1861, Dewitt's wife, Caroline, died and then in 1868, Dewitt's daughter, Antonette "Nettie", died. In 1873, major changes took place and according to a newspaper article, "rebuilt" was used. We believe this is where the handed down information comes into play, that Dewitt had the home rebuilt as a wedding gift for Samuel and Samuel's new wife, Charlotte Wells. In 1873, Azariah J. VanAtta was hired as the designer and re-builder of our home at 208 Chemung street, Waverly, NY.

Dec. 9, 1858 probate date of Samuel Mills’ will. Will was made out on Dec. 9, 1853. Daughter Catherine Mills. Son-in-law Archibald Slaughter. Grandson William M. Dunning. Daughter Nancy Dunning. Son-in-law Hiram Dunning. Daughter Caroline Slaughter. Son-in-law Dewitt Slaughter. Daughter Mary Jane Bull. Son-in-law Robert J. Bull.
To Esther Mills, Catherine Slaughter, William M. Dunning, William Mills, Mary Jane Bull, Sarah E. Hurtin, James J. Mills, Edwin Mills, all residing in the town of Wallkill & Samuel W. Mills residing in the town of Deerpark in the County of Orange and Caroline Slaughter residing at Waverly in Tioga County all in the State of New York … Albert Mills being one of the executors … Alvah Jarvis in the town of Barton in said County (Tioga) on the tenth day of December 1860 … personally served Caroline Slaughter with the within citation …
George Houstin, Melissa Winfield Roe, wife of Harvey Roe, witnesses on will.
… to my daughter Catherine the wife of Archibald Slaughter the sum of ten dollars. … to my grandson William M. Dunning the son of my daughter Nancy the wife of Hiram Dunning the sum of fifty dollars. … to my daughter Caroline the wife of Dewitt Slaughter the sum of ten dollars. … to my daughter Mary Jane the wife of Robert J. Bull the sum of ten dollars. … to my daughter Sarah the wife of Alfred Hurtin the sum of ten dollars. … to my son Samuel W. Mills the sum of ten dollars. .. to my son James J. Mills the sum of ten dollars. … to my son Albert Mills all the stock and other personal property that may belong to me that are on the farm now owned and occupied by me … which is intended to cover all the stock, hay, grain and farming utensils but not to cover any of the house hold property or furniture or notes, bonds or other obligations on Banks Bills or specie or any other evidences of debt. … to my son Albert Mills my homestead farm the one I know own and occupy in the town of Wallkill in Orange County, excepting and reserving to my wife Esther the free use and occupancy of any and all parts of the dwelling house on said farm and now occupied by me during her natural life and after her death to revert to my son Albert Mills. … to my son Edwin Mills the sum of ten dollars. … to my son William Mills the sum of ten dollars. … unto my beloved wife Esther all my household furniture, and all the rest and residue of my … together with my horse, wagon harness which is kept on said farm by my son Albert, for her during her natural life … Appoint my two sons William Mills and Albert Mills my executors …

1859 - Fanny A. Slaughter, daughter of Isaac and Jane McBride Slaughter died. She was born Jan. 7, 1802.

1860 census - 208 Chemung street, Waverly, NY - Dewitt Slaughter 56 yo.; wife Caroline 46 yo.; Thomas J. Tusford 14 yo.; Mary A. Tusford 12 yo.; Samuel W. Slaughter 21 yo.; Antonette Slaughter 13 yo.; William Tusford 10 yo.; Huston Tusford 6 yo. (Could be Lusford or Lunsford, ancestry having problems and I can't see the original census form.)

1860 census - Wallkill, NY - Joseph Slaughter 65 yo., blind, farmer, real estate $1,500. personal $4,000; wife Amelia Slaughter 61 yo.; Elizabeth Burus 76 yo.; Family #2 Alanson Slaughter 41 yo., farmer, real estate $13,000. personal $2,500; Mary A. Slaughter 42 yo.; Helen J. 12 yo.; Jennette 6 yo.; domestic, born in Ireland, Eliza M. Williams 28 yo.; farm laborer Samuel Dewitt 25 yo.; farm laborer George Mason 14 yo.

1860 census - Hamptonburgh, NY - William H. Slaughter 45 yo., farmer, real estate $22,900. Personal $2,700.; Sarah L. 32 yo.; George 14 yo.; Mary E. 11 yo.; Frank 6 yo.; Henrietta 5 yo.; Fred C. 4 yo.; Harriet W. 1 yo.; Jane Slaughter 83 yo.; Johanna Rhine 22 yo. born in Ireland

1860 census - Hamptonburgh, NY - Caleb H. Coleman 40 yo., farmer, real estate $8,760. personal $1,525; Amelia Coleman 45 yo.; Alonzo H. Coleman 9 yo.; Catherine Deyo 16 yo., domestic

November 9,1861 Mrs. Caroline Mills Slaughter died of apoplexy (stroke). She was born May 4,1812. She is buried in Scotchtown, Orange county, NY. Wife of Dewitt Slaughter of 208 Chemung street Waverly, NY.

January 16, 1863, Samuel Slaughter buys building on corner of Broad and Waverly street for his Corner Drug Store (337 Broad street Waverly, NY). Dewitt Slaughter, Samuel's father, holds the deed while Samuel pays off the mortgage of $2,250.00, to be paid in 10 years.

1863 -1873, at 337 Broad Street, Slaughter & Hayes - Corner Drug Store, wall paper, stationery, wines and liquors (brick building). (from Don Merrill's private collection) Henry M. Hayes, born in 1828, died in 1908

New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center: Civil War Newspapers Tioga County, New York. List of Men Drafted in Tioga County. The draft in this County took place on Tuesday and Wednesday, July 14th and 15th, the following being a full list of the names drawn in the several towns. (1863) ... under Barton is Samuel W. Slaughter

July 4, 1863 Samuel W. Slaughter merchant, single, subject to do military duty in the twenty sixth congressional district, consisting of the counties of Schuyler, Tompkins, Broome, and Tioga.

July 16, 1863 Samuel Wickham Slaughter drafted into Civil War.

Sept. 1, 1863 Esther Stitt Mills’ will. William M. Dunning grandson. Samuel Wickham Mills grandson. Antonette Slaughter granddaughter. Catharine Slaughter daughter. Mary Jane Bull daughter. Sarah Elizabeth Hurtin daughter. Sarah Esther Bull granddaughter. William Mills son. Samuel Wickham Mills son.
Executor Albert Mills. A will of personal estate. … that Antonette Slaughter one of the heirs and next of kin of said deceased is a minor under the age of twenty one years having no general guardian, and on reading and filing the counsel of John E. Howell an Attorney at law to be appointed and to serve as the special guardian of the said minor for the sole purpose of taking care of her interests in the matter, …
to William Mills, Samuel W. Mills, James J. Mills, Edwin Mills, Catherine Slaughter wife of Archibald Slaughter, Mary Jane Bull wife of Robert J. Bull, Sarah E. Hurtin wife of Alfred D. Hurtin and William M. Dunning, all residing in the County of Orange New York. Samuel W. Slaughter residing at Waverly Tioga County New York & John E. Howell special guardian of Antoinette (Antonette) Slaughter …

Nov. 19, 1863 Goshen Democrat - Nov. 11 - Near Scotchtown, Mrs. Esther Mills, widow of the late Samuel Mills, aged 76 years and 3 months

Dec. 10, 1863 - I hereby admit due personal service of the within citation Dated Dec. 10, 1863 John E. Howell special guardian of Antonette Slaughter.
State Of New York Tioga County I Howard Elmer of said county being duly sworn that on the fifteenth day of December A D 1863 he personally served the within citation upon S. W. Slaughter of Waverly, N. Y. at his place of residence at the town of Waverly …
Dec. 7, 1863 probate will - … & S. W. Slaughter & Antonette Slaughter, child of Caroline Slaughter a deceased daughter of the late Esther Mills, residing in Waverly Tioga Co., N. Y.
(Antonette Slaughter, about 16 years old at time of this probate, was the daughter of Dewitt and Caroline Mills Slaughter. Samuel Wickham Slaughter was the brother of Antonette Slaughter. Mr. and Mrs. Dewitt Slaughter moved to 208 Chemung street Waverly, NY in 1857. Mrs. Esther Mills was Samuel Wickham Slaughter's and Antonette Slaughter's maternal grandmother. Dewitt Slaughter's mother-in-law.)

April 23, 1864 - Henrietta Slaughter, daughter of William H. and Sarah Slaughter died. She is buried in Scotchtown cemetery.

Oct. 16, 1864 - John Slaughter, son of William H. and Sarah Slaughter, died. He is buried in Scotchtown cemetery.

1865 New York state census: at 208 Chemung street, Waverly, NY. Framed wood home worth $1,500. Dewitt Slaughter, 61 yo., gentleman; son, Samuel W. 25 yo., merchant; daughter, Nettie, 17 yo.

October 31, 1866 - Dewitt Slaughter had a will made that would leave his property and home to his son, Samuel Wickham Slaughter. Dewitt's household goods and furniture were to be left to his daughter, Antonette Slaughter. Antonette died two years after the will had been made and before the death of her father. Dewitt Slaughter died in 1875.

December 12, 1866 Buffalo Daily Courier: Our Pension System. We condense the following facts from the report of the Commissioner of Pensions: Present State Of The Pension Business. The grand aggregate of individuals on the pension rolls of the United States was, on the 30th of June last, 126,722. The grand aggregate of annual pension money for these was $11,671, 474, 31; in 1864, 39,509 had been added to the roll, in 1865,40,176; in 1866, 50,177. - in the grand aggregate above are included army invalids, 54,629; navy invalids, 1,032; army widows, & c., 68,957; navy widows, & c., 1,181. The Commissioner estimates that $33,000,000 will be required to pay the pensions for the ensuing fiscal year. About The Pensioners. With regard to the wars in which death or disability was incurred, it would seem that about 110,000 of all classes of pensioners have thus far arisen out of the war for the Union. The remainder now on the rolls, but rapidly dropping away, are from the war of 1812, Mexican and Indian wars, invalids, widows, &c., under general and special acts of Congress, 4,227; widows of revolutionary soldiers, 931, of whom but two survive who shared with their husbands the soldiers lot, viz. Nancy Serena, widow of Joseph Serena, of Westmoreland county, Pennsylvania who recieves $96 per annum, and Jane Slaughter, widow of Isaac Slaughter, of Orange county, New York, who receives $80 per annum. All the other surviving widows were married to the soldier subsequent to the termination of his revolutionary military service. One more completes the number. The Last Revoltionary Hero. But one remains on the roll- Samuel Downing, of Edinburgh, Saratoga county, New York, is alone now. The Commissioner of Pensions says: "This veteran, distinguished by fortune as the last known survivor of the heroic men who achieved by arms our national independance, enlisted from Carroll county, New Hampshire, and is now more than one hundred years old." ... (Jane Slaughter, Dewitt Slaughter's mother)

March 21, 1868 Waverly Advocate: Deaths. Slaughter - In Waverly, March 18, 1868 Nettie, only daughter of Dewitt Slaughter, aged 21 years and 8 months. (Antonette Slaughter) Living at 208 Chemung street, Waverly, NY

April 2, 1868 The Goshen Democrat - March 18, in Waverly, N. Y., Nettie, only daughter of Dewitt Slaughter, aged 21 years and 8 months. Interment at Scotchtown.

March 20, 1869 - William H. Slaughter died, was born in 1817. He is buried in Scotchtown Cemetery, Scotchtown, Orange county, NY.

1870 census - 208 Chemung street Waverly, NY - Walter H. Lewis 58 yo., cooper, no real estate, personal $600; wife Esther M. 51 yo.; daughter Mary J. 21 yo., bookkeeper; son John E. 14 yo., telegrapher; daughter Annie L. 6 yo.; Family #2 Dewitt Slaughter 66 yo., retired farmer, real estate #2,500, personal $30,000; son Samuel W. 32 yo., drug merchant, real estate $5,000. personal $5,000; Nathaniel Ackerly 31 yo., farm laborer.

1870 census - Goshen, NY - Caleb Coleman 50 yo., farmer; Amelia 50 yo.; Alonzo 14 yo., working on farm; William Cartank 45 yo., farm laborer, born in New Jersey

Feb. 25, 1873 - Joseph T. Slaughter, son of Isaac and Jane McBride Slaughter died in Wallkill, NY. He was born Oct. 13, 1794. His wife was Amelia Booth Slaughter, born Dec. 27, 1798 and died Aug. 14, 1877. They are buried in Wallkill cemetery.

May 16, 1873 The Waverly Advocate: Married. Slaughter - Wells - Goshen N. Y., May 13th, at the residence of the bride's sister, Mrs. L. E. Coleman, by the Rev. Dr. Snodgrass. Mr. S. W. Slaughter of Waverly, N. Y., and Miss Charlotte Wells of Goshen. The Home at 208 Chemung street Waverly, NY was re-built for Samuel and Charlotte, as a wedding gift from Samuel's father, Dewitt Slaughter.

August 15, 1873 The Waverly Advocate: "Mr. Slaughter has repaired (rebuilt would be the better word) his house, corner Chemung and Athens streets, and the improvement is marked and commendable." (The home was in Dewitt Slaughter's name at this time.)

October 1873, Mrs. Charlotte Slaughter's mother died, Lydia Nyce Wells.

1874 - Citizens Bank at 72 Broad Street. J. T. Sawyer, President. H. W. Owen, Vice Pres't. M. Lyman, Jr. Cashier. Directors. H. W. Owen, H. C. Spaulding, Dewitt Slaughter, J. T. Sawyer, Daniel Bensley.

1875 census - framed home worth $1,000 - Alonson Slaughter 56 yo., farmer; wife Mary A. 56 yo.; daughter Jenette B. 21 yo.; daughter Ann A. 14 yo.; mother Amelia Slaughter 76 yo.; domestic servant Alvina Whithed 30 yo.; Aunt Effa A. Shwzer 64 yo., retired lady; servant Cabb Bendage 30 yo., farm laborer; servant Frank Purdy 19 yo., farm laborer; servant Eugene Nibs 24 yo., farm laborer; wife of Eugene, Amelia Nibs 27 yo.

June 18, 1875 census - 208 Chemung street, Waverly, NY - Home worth $8,000, this was about 2 years after the re-build, S. W. Slaughter 37 yo., druggist; wife Mrs. C. Slaughter 24 yo.; father Dewitt Slaughter 72 yo.

Sept. 18, 1875 - Dewitt Slaughter, son of Isaac and Jane McBride Slaughter died. He was born Sept. 3, 1803.

Sept. 23, 1875 The Republican, Goshen, N. Y. - Mr. DeWitt Slaughter, a former resident of Scotchtown, but for several years past of Waverly, N. Y., died very suddenly Saturday evening at the residence of his relative, Mr. Robert Bull, in Circleville. Apoplexy is supposed to have been the cause of his death. Mr. Slaughter had been subject to epileptic fits for many years. His age was seventy-two.

Sept. 15, 1883 - Sarah L. Crawford Slaughter, widow of William H. Slaughter died. She was born Aug. 11, 1827. She is buried in Scotchtown cemetery.

1887 directory - at 208 Chemung street (old numbering was 408) - S. W. Slaughter (Slaughter & Van Atta, at 233 Broad street, today's 337 Broad street), vice-president Citizens Bank

June 7, 1888 The Evening Gazette, Port Jervis, N. Y. - Death Near Scotchtown. Mrs. Catharine Slaughter, widow of Archibald Slaughter, of the town of Wallkill, died at the residence of her son, near Scotchtown, this morning, in the 81st year of her age. The deceased was the eldest child of the late Samuel Mills, and sister of the Rev. S. W. Mills of this village. The funeral will take place on Saturday at one p. m.

Samuel and Charlotte Wells Slaughter had one child, a daughter, Mary Gertrude, born on April 26, 1890. Mary, later went by her middle name, Gertrude and Gertie.

May 1, 1890 From Owego "The Record": Waverly. Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Slaughter of Chemung street rejoice in the birth of a nine pound baby daughter, which occurred this morning. A host of friends congratulate them on the happy event.

1890 The Waverly Free Press: Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Slaughter, Chemung street, are rejoicing over the arrival at their home on Saturday, April 26, 1890, of a nine pound daughter. Wick's face has not been so wreathed in smiles in many a day.

1892 New York Census Waverly: no house numbers. S. Wickham Slaughter 54 yo. druggist; Laura Dewyer 25 yo. (born about 1867); Charlotte W. Slaughter 42 yo.; Mary G. Slaughter 2 yo.; Maggie Sheahan 24 yo. (born about 1868); Arminda Sharpe 62 yo. (b.1827-d.1909) (208 Chemung street, Waverly, NY)

Aug. 24, 1894 Samuel Slaughter died from Bright's disease (was born Nov. 8, 1837) 56 years

August 25, 1894 Elmira Daily Gazette And Free Press: Waverly, N. Y. Aug. 25 - S. W. Slaughter, one of Waverly's foremost citizens, died at his home on Chemung street last evening of Bright's disease (kidneys) after a long illness. He leaves of his immediate family a wife and baby girl to mourn his loss. He was for years engaged in the drug business in this town, and was always ready with his influence and money to forward any movement for the public good and his private generosity to the needy is known to every one. In his death Waverly suffers a severe loss. He was at the time of his death vice president and also director of the Citizen's bank. He was also a director in the Waverly Water Works Company and the Hall & Lyons furniture company. His funeral will probably be held Monday afternoon, and his remains will be taken to Goshen for burial. He was a member of the Tioga hose company and probably the entire fire department will attend the funeral in a body. Rev. J. L. Taylor, of Cleveland, Ohio, the former pastor of the Presbyterian church at this place, will officiate at the service which will be held at the house. (In 1898, his remains were brought back to Waverly and buried in Glenwood cemetery.)

August 25, 1894 Middletown Daily Argus from Middletown, New York Page 5
Publication: Samuel W. Slaughter. Mr. Samuel Wickham Slaughter died at Waverly, last evening, after an illness of several years. He was a son of DeWitt and Carrie Mills Slaughter, the latter a sister of Dr. S. W. Mills, of Port Jervis. His wife, Charlotte Wells, of Goshen, with one child, survives him. Dr. T. D. Mills, of this city, is a nephew of the deceased. The body will be brought to this city, on Tuesday, August 28, and the funeral will take place at the Scotchtown Presbyterian Church at 2 p. m. on that day. The interment will be in the family plot at Scotchtown.{June 3, 1898 Middletown Daily Argus: Sent To Waverly For Burial. The remains of Samuel Wickham Slaughter, which have rested in a vault in Phillipsburg cemetery, since 1894, were today sent to Waverly for burial. Glenwood Cemetery}

August 1894 Port Jervis Tri States Union: Samuel Wickham Slaughter. Mr. Samuel Wickham Slaughter, a prominent and wealthy resident of Waverly, N.Y., died Friday evening at his home in that village. The remains will be brought to Middletown and the funeral will occur at Scotchtown Tuesday, at 2 o'clock p.m. The deceased was a son of Dewitt Slaughter and Caroline Mills Slaughter, the latter a sister of Rev S. W. Mills, D. D., of Port Jervis, and aunt of Dr. T. D. Mills of Middletown. The deceased was a namesake of Rev. Dr. Mills. Mr. Slaughter married Charlotte Wells, daughter of Alfred Wells of the town of Goshen. He is survived by his wife and one daughter, aged about four years. Mr. Samuel M. Slaughter of Crystal Run is a cousin of the deceased, and his wife is a sister of Mrs. Slaughter. The deceased was engaged in the drug business in Waverly for many years, retiring from business some years ago on account of his declining health. He has been in poor health for a number of years. - Middletown Times.

August 28, 1894 Elmira Daily Gazette And Free Press: Regular Correspondence - NEIGHBORHOOD NEWS - OF - The Latest Current News in the Gazette's Territory. Our Letter From Waverly. - Waverly, N.Y., Aug. 28. - The funeral of the late S. W. Slaughter was held from the elegant home on Chemung street yesterday afternoon at 4 o'clock, and was very largely attended by the representative people of Waverly, who had gathered to pay their last respects to the deceased. The service was opened by the entire congregation repeating the Lord's Prayer in concert. The Rev. P. R. Ross then read the 90th Psalm, after which the Rev. J. L. Taylor of Cleveland, O., who was for many years pastor of the Presbyterian church at this place, and who was very intimately acquainted with Mr. Slaughter, made a very feeling and appropriate address. He said that instead of standing and talking to the friends and mourners it seemed to him more appropriate that he should set with them and listen to some one else. His relationship to the deceased had been so near and so intimate that he could scarcely control himself to speak in regard to it. He told how Mr. Slaughter came to Waverly as a boy, and after his marriage he had united with the Presbyterian church when the Rev. Mr. Bates was pastor, at the time when one hundred and twenty made a public profession and joined the church, and from that day he had been an earnest Christian, quiet and unassuming, yet always one of God's noblemen and that his life, though he be dead, speaketh. Our sorrow and tears are not for him, for he is better off, for he has gone to God; our sorrow is for the wife and fatherless child. After his talk Mr. Taylor offered prayer. Rev. P. R. Ross, the present pastor, read from Paul's first Epistle to the Corinthians, the xv chapter, commencing with the 26th verse. He then introduced the Rev. Dr. Jenkins of Sioux City, Mich., a friend of Mr. Slaughter's boyhood, and his remarks were mostly confined to that period of his life, and in a very beautiful manner he portrayed it. The Rev. C. M. Surdam pronounced the benediction. The remains were taken to Goshen for interment on Erie train No. 12 last night. There will be a memorial service next Sunday morning at the Presbyterian church. (In June of 1898, his remains, after resting in a vault in Phillipsburg cemetery, were brought back to Waverly in Glenwood Cemetery for burial.)

September 1, 1894 The Waverly Free Press: Samuel W. Slaughter. The death of Mr. Samuel W. Slaughter, whose serious illness was briefly mentioned in the Free Press last week, occurred at his home on Friday night, at about 7 o'clock. Mr. Slaughter was born November 8, 1837, and had lived in Waverly about forty years. He engaged in the drug business about thirty-five years ago, and has been for years closely identified with the best interests of the village. He was succeeded in the drug business by John C. VanAtta, a few years ago, but he was director in the Waverly Water Co., and also in the Hall & Lyon Furniture Co., and was vice president of the Citizens Bank, at the time of his death. He was a man of large wealth which he used conscientiously for the bettering of his fellowmen, and his integrity of character was unquestioned. He was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church, and his loss will be keenly felt by that society. His widow and one daughter, Gertrude, about four years old, survive him. The funeral was held at the late home on Chemung street, Monday afternoon at four o'clock, and was attended by a large company of friends. Rev. P. R. Ross conducted the sad service, assisted by Rev. J. L. Taylor, of Wyoming, Ohio, a former pastor, and Rev. H. D. Jenkins, of Sioux City, Iowa, a friend of the boyhood days of the deceased. The remains were taken to Scotchtown, about 5 miles from Middletown, for burial. Rev. P. R. Ross accompanied them, and officiated at the last sad rites at the grave.

Died. Slaughter - In Waverly, N. Y., Friday, August 24, 1894. Mr. Samuel Wickham Slaughter, aged 56 years, 9 months, and 16 days

Sept. 11, 1896 Independent Republican, Goshen, NY - Mrs. Amelia Slaughter Coleman, wife of Mr. C. Howell Coleman, of this town, died at her residence last night aged about 80 years. She had been a cripple for the last 25 years. Mrs. Coleman belonged to one of the oldest families of the town of Hamptonburgh, she having been the daughter of Isaac and Jane Slaughter, both long since deceased. Her father took an active part in the Revolutionary war, and belonged to a company of patriots raised in Ulster County, which then included the territory now comprising the town of Hamptonburgh. Mrs. Coleman was the youngest of a family of twenty-one children of Isaac Slaughter. She leaves surviving besides her husband, one son Alonzo H. Coleman, a progressive farmer residing two miles east of Goshen. The funeral will be held at the son’s residence at 2 o’clock tomorrow (Saturday) afternoon. (Mrs. Amelia Slaughter Coleman was the late Dewitt Slaughter's sister and the late Samuel W. Slaughter's aunt.)

June 3, 1898 Middletown Daily Argus: Sent To Waverly For Burial. The remains of Samuel Wickham Slaughter, which have rested in a vault in Phillipsburg cemetery, since 1894, were today sent to Waverly for burial. (Glenwood Cemetery)

April 5, 1900 - Edgar D. Slaughter, son of William H. and Sarah Slaughter died. He was born June 14, 1867. He is buried in Evergreen Cemetery, Houston, Harris County, Texas.

June 7, 1900 census - Goshen, NY - Caleb H. Coleman 78 yo. widow, farmer

Jan. 10, 1905 - Walter Hurell Slaughter, son of William H. and Sarah Slaughter died. He is buried in Hamptonburgh Cemetery, he died in Campbell Hall, Orange County, NY. He was born in June of 1869. He died of Bright’s disease.

Dec. 19, 1919 Independent Republican, Goshen, N. Y. - Alvah Horton, of Edenville, has sold his farm of about 120 acres to Henry Irish, who is on the Campbell farm. Land brought about $100 an acre. The farm was formerly the Dewitt Slaughter property.

Mills Family (Mrs. Caroline Mills Slaughter's family, Dewitt Slaughter's wife's family; Samuel Slaughter's mother's family)

The Mills family came from Yorkshire, England. Some of the names are of Holland extraction, the first to come to America being Peter Vander Mulin (the name meaning "from the mills"), who settled in Windsor, Conn., where the family took the English name of Mills.

Samuel Mills was the son of Jacob (1746-1841) and Catherine Denton Mills (July 9, 1756-Sept. 24, 1825). Samuel was born August 27, 1776 on the paternal homestead in Wallkill which was left to him. He died Sept. 26, 1860. Samuel operated a tannery which was established by his father and also had 3 large farms. He married Esther Stitt on Jan. 31, 1807. Esther Stitt was born Aug. 28, 1787 and died Nov. 11, 1863. She was the daughter of John and Nancy McCullough Stitt.

Samuel and Esther Stitt Mills had the following children:
1. Catherine Mills born Dec. 19, 1807, died in 1888, married Archibald Slaughter (1800-1868). They had one child: Esther Slaughter
2. Nancy Mills born July 10, 1809 (died March 3, 1843) married Hiram S. Dunning
3. William Mills born Oct. 5, 1810, died in 1885 at Petersburg, Virginia. He married Julia Ann Houston and had one child, John Houston Mills
4. Caroline Mills born May 4, 1812, died Nov. 9, 1861 in Waverly, married DeWitt Slaughter (1803-1875)

Dewitt Slaughter born Sept. 3, 1803, died Sept. 18, 1875. He married Caroline Mills, born May 4, 1812, died Nov. 9, 1861, married on Jan. 9, 1834. When arriving in Waverly in 1857, he was a retired farmer from Hamptonburgh, NY. In Waverly, Tioga County, NY, they lived at 208 Chemung street. Children of Dewitt and Caroline Mills Slaughter:

5. Mary Jane Mills born Nov. 5, 1813 (died 1896) married Robert Jordan Bull (1810-1893) of Wallkill. They had 9 children: Catherine M. Bull (1835-?), Hiram D. Bull (1837-?), George E. Bull (1842-?), W. Dewitt Bull (1846-?), Samuel A. Bull (1846-?), John S. Bull (1848-?), Thomas E. Bull (1851-?), Mary E. Bull (1854-?), Sarah E. Bull (1857-?).
6. John Stitt Mills (April 6,1815- April 5, 1816)
7. Sarah Elizabeth Mills born Sept. 26, 1816, died in April 24, 1886, married General Alfred D. Hurtin
8. Jacob Stitt Mills born Sept. 21, 1818, died young
9. Samuel Wickham Mills born April 5, 1820. Became a pastor and removed to Port Jervis, NY. He died Nov. 22, 1902. Married 1. Amira St John 2. Almeda Jane Bailey. They had 6 children: Esther Mills, Harriet Bailey Mills (1845-1847), Anna Mills (1850-1879), Theodore Denton Mills, Cornelia Hunter Mills (1855-1871), and Mary Delia Mills
10. James Jackson Mills (1822-1870) born Oct. 2, 1822, married Eliza D. Hulse.
11. Albert Mills born June 12, 1825, died 1890. Married Louisa Linderman. Had the following children: Charles Albert Mills, Herbert Mills, Ina Louisa Mills, Samuel Mills, Sarah Esther Mills, and William Wickham Mills.
12. Edwin Mills born Dec. or March 4, 1827, resided near Phillipsburg, NY. Edwin died in 1896. (See Octagon House, Under About Link)
13. Ruth Mills (1831- 1835)

Caroline Mills, Samuel Slaughter's mother, married DeWitt Slaughter, and Caroline's sister, Catherine Mills, married DeWitt's brother, Archibald Slaughter.

Esther Mills (1850-1879) married Cornelius Elting Cuddeback and had 5 children: Samuel Mills Cuddeback, Harry Cuddeback, Anna M Cuddeback, Cornelius Elting Cuddeback, and Nellie Cuddeback.

Samuel Mills Cuddeback (1876- 1950) married Anna Van Inwegen and had 4 children: Cornelius Elting Cuddeback, Charles Van Inwegen Cuddeback, Samuel Mills Cuddeback, and Cynthia Van Etten Cuddeback.

Cornelius Eltings Cuddeback (1906-1985 Port Jervis) married Neva Hammond Poe and had 2 children.

Cynthia Van Etten Cuddeback (1914-2000, Vernon, Vermont) married Kenneth Durland Cuddeback and had 5 children.

Charles Van Inwegen Cuddeback (1908-1981, Port Jervis, Orange, NY) married Martha Ray and had 2 children.

Theodore Denton Mills born June 9, 1852 (died Jan. 21, 1927 Middletown, Orange, NY), married Christina Stewart Stivers and had 2 children: Samuel W. Mills and Elizabeth Stivers Mills (1893-?).

Samuel W. Mills married Dorothy VanOrden and had one child: Louis Van Orden Mills who married Roberta Arrowsmith and had Louis Van Orden Mills who married Monica Chelakian.

Mary Delia Mills born March 18, 1860, died Nov. 1953, married James Alexander Stitt (1856-1925) and had 3 children: Theodore Stitt, Mary Mott Stitt (1888-1976, Illinois), and Elizabeth Mott Stitt (1891- 1974, Woodbury, NY).

Theodore Stitt (1887- 1952) married Edith Marjorie Griesemer and had 2 children: Marjorie Stitt (1927 - March 10, 1963) and Elizabeth Anne 1924 - ?. Elizabeth married John Portman.

January 23, 1834 Newburgh Telegraph page 2: Married. ...On the 9th inst. by the Rev. Mr. Baldwin Mr. Dewitt Slaughter of Hamptonburgh, to Miss Caroline, daughter of Samuel Mills, Esq. of Walkill.... (Dewitt and Caroline Slaughter along with their only two living children, Samuel and Antonette, moved to 208 Chemung street in 1857. Dewitt Slaughter purchased the lot and rectangular shaped home of Thomas Jefferson Brooks from T. J. Brooks.)

In 1857 - Thomas J. Brooks sold the lot and his home, where our house now stands, to DeWitt Slaughter for $1,500. Dewitt Slaughter was a retired farmer from Hamptonburgh, Orange county, NY. It has been passed down thru all owners of the home, that Dewitt had the current home built for his only living son, Samuel Wickham Slaughter. We believe that Dewitt, along with his wife, Caroline, and their only two living children, Samuel and Antonette lived in Brooks' rectangular shaped house and that they started adding on to it as the years passed. The Sanborn maps show this. In 1861, Dewitt's wife, Caroline, died and then in 1868, Dewitt's daughter, Antonette "Nettie", died. In 1873, major changes took place and according to a newspaper article, "rebuilt" was used. We believe this is where the handed down information comes into play, that Dewitt had the home rebuilt as a wedding gift for Samuel and Samuel's new wife, Charlotte Wells. In 1873, Azariah J. VanAtta was hired as the designer and re-builder of our home at 208 Chemung street, Waverly, NY.

June 25, 1858, Edwin Mills purchased the Octagon home, (that once stood in the yard of today’s 208 Chemung street, and later in 1879, was moved and stood at 7 Athens street, Waverly, NY) from Amelia J. Foster and Henry S. Foster, her husband, of Waverly, Tioga County, N. Y. to Edwin Mills of Wallkill, Orange County, N. Y. Edwin Mills paid $3,000. At the time he purchased this octagon home, his sister, Caroline Mills Slaughter was living just next door to the east at 208 Chemung street, with her husband, Dewitt Slaughter, and their two children, Samuel Wickham Slaughter and Antonette Slaughter. Edwin’s sister, Mrs. Dewitt Slaughter, died in 1861. It appears that Edwin Mills purchased the octagon home for rental income. I can find no evidence that he ever lived in the home.

1860 census - Middletown, Wallkill, Orange county, NY - real estate $6,500. personal estate $1,800. Edwin Mills 32 yo., farmer; wife Mary E. Mills 27 yo.; N. J. Cavanaugh 18 yo. female, domestic; D. L. Dunn 15 yo., farm laborer; Lawrence Igo 25 yo., farm laborer, born in Ireland (Edwin Mills owner of octagon house on Chemung street in Waverly, NY, using it as rental income.)

Feb. 7, 1861 The Goshen Democrat - Deaths. Feb. 2 - Near Scotchtown, Mary E., wife of Edwin Mills, eldest daughter of Theophilus Vail of Middletown, aged 27 years. (Buried in Scotchtown Cemetery)

November 9,1861 Mrs. Caroline Mills Slaughter died of apoplexy (stroke). She was born May 4,1812. She is buried in Scotchtown, Orange county, NY. Wife of Dewitt Slaughter of 208 Chemung street Waverly, NY.

Nov. 19, 1863 Goshen Democrat - Nov. 11 - Near Scotchtown, Mrs. Esther Mills, widow of the late Samuel Mills, aged 76 years and 3 months

Feb. 21, 1867 The Republican, Goshen, NY - In Partition. Supreme Court - Orange County. George Walter Hurtin, against Edwin Mills and William Mills Hurtin. In pursuance and by virtue of a judgment and decree of sale, in partition, made at a special term of the Supreme Court, held at Poughkeepsie, N. Y., on the 28th day of January, 1867, and entered in the office of the Clerk of the County of Orange, on the 5th day of February, 1867, I. Benjamin F. Duryea, the Referee therein appointed, will sell at public auction, on the premises hereinafter described, in the Town of Wallkill, in said County of Orange on Friday, the 22d day of March next., at 10 o’clock … All that certain lot, piece or parcel of land situate lying and being in the Town Of Wallkill, in Orange County, New York, and being part of a tract of four thousand acres of land granted to Jacobus Brown and George Murray, and bounded as … containing one hundred and sixty-eight acres of land, be the same more or less. Also, all that certain other lot of land situate in the Town of Wallkill, … containing about ten acres, more or less. Benjamin F. Duryea, Referee. John E. Howell, Attorney.

Oct. 23, 1873 The Republican, Goshen, N. Y. - Died. Mills - Oct. 15, near Scotchtown, of typhoid fever, Sarah Esther Mills, aged 7 years, 1 month and 25 days.

1875 census, June 24th - Brick home worth $3,000 - Wallkill, Orange county, NY - Edwin Mills 45 yo., farmer; wife Elizabeth 30 yo.; daughter Bertha 5 yo.; son Ralph 2 yo.

1880 census - Middletown, Orange county, NY - Edwin Mills 50 yo., farmer; wife Elizabeth Mills 35 yo.; daughter Bertha E. Mills 9 yo.; son Ralph Mills 7 yo.

March 5, 1884 The Republican, Goshen, N. Y. - The Mills Family. (From our Stony Ford Correspondent.) Most of the facts contained in the following account of the Mills family of Orange County have been obtained from the Rev. S. W. Mills, of Port Jervis, N. Y. The family is of English extraction. George Mills, with 19 others, came from Milford, Conn., and located at Jamaica, Long Island, in 1656. Peter Stuyvesant, Governor General, gave them a grant to build a town March 21st., 1656. In 1660 the number of freeholders was 40, among them were found three of the name of Mills, Samuel and Nathaniel. The name of the third is forgotten. Samuel was born in America and died at Jamaica, March 8th, 1826, aged 95 years.
Timothy Mills first settled at Mills Pond, 4 miles from Smithboro, Suffolk Co., now St. James, and was born at Jamaica in 1693.
Jonathan, fourth child of Timothy, was born Oct. 22d, 1710. Jonathan’s first wife was Ruth Rudyard, and their fourth child was Jacob the progenitor of the Mills family in Orange Co., and the founder of the little hamlet of Millsburg. Jacob Mills was born Dec. 25th, 1746, in Suffolk Co., L. I. He learned shoemaking, of whom is not known, and went from house to house working at his trade; which mode of doing business he called “whipping the cat.” When about 19 years old he went to sea, making three whaling voyages, the last of which was very profitable. These voyages took about four years. After this he came to New Windsor, not far from Newburgh, and carried on tanning, manufacturing shoes, and even sometimes making boots for Gen. Washington. He and a neighbor name Bohman drew wood one winter in a time of deep snow to Washington’s Headquarters by order of the Commander-in-Chief. Coming into collision with a colored servant of the General, whom, for his insolence, he knocked down with a sleigh stake, he was summoned into the presence of Washington, by whom he was commended rather than reproved for the rash act. He kept bachelor’s hall for a time, but accommodated his friends, although he had but four plates and four cups and saucers. While living in New Windsor, Dec. 27th, 1773, he married Catherine Denton of Goshen. By her he had 12 children, six sons and six daughters, all but one of whom were married and had families. Some of these children were born in New Windsor. His grandchildren numbered 97, being very evenly divided, 48 males and 49 females. The males have nearly all been farmers, except one physician, one lawyer, one clergyman and one Sheriff; while most of the females have married farmers. Towards the close of the Revolutionary war he bought a tract of land of 2,250 in Wallkill, known as Millsburg, paying for it “thirteen shillings and sixpence happenny” per acre in Continental money. Just the year he moved to this place is not known. At first he lived on the Smith place, about a half a mile form the stone house now occupied by Albert Mills. This stone house he built in 1791. Near this house he built a tannery, which, although a small affair when looked at in the light of the gigantic undertakings of now-a-days, was large enough for the demands of the times. It contained four vats in which he could tan about two hundred hides. The tannery was afterwards greatly enlarged by his son Samuel, who, after conducting the business for a term of years, was succeeded by his son William. The tannery was taken down about 1842-1845. The house where the leather was dressed and finished is still standing and is used as a residence. Jacob lived in the stone house until 1807, when he built the house in which his son Charles resided, which whom he lived; and in which Abner Mills now lives. In this house he died in 1841 in the 95th year of his age. He was a useful man in his day, for, besides reclaiming a large tract of wild land, he built up a busy hamlet, helped to establish a school, and was one of the leading and most active persons in the erection of the old Scotchtown church, in which Rev. Methuselah Baldwin, of blessed memory, preached for many years, to whose pastorate Rev. E. D. G. Prime, better known as “Eusebius,” of the N. Y. Observer, succeeded, of which congregation Rev. David Beattie is now pastor.
Samuel, his son, married Esther Stitt, and lived in the stone house, had 10 children and died in 1860, while his wife, who was greatly beloved by all, died in 1863.
Albert, the youngest son, now occupies the stone house. Of Samuel’s family Catherine married Archibald Slaughter, Nancy married H. S. Dunning, Wm. married Julia Houston, Caroline married Dewitt Slaughter, and Mary Jane married Robert Jordan Bull.
Mr. Bull having learned the trade of tanning at Mr. Mills tannery, lives on part of the original tract, and is one of the most wealthy and successful farmers in the county.
Sarah, another daughter, married Gen. Alfred Hurtin.
Rev. S. Wickham Mills resides in Port Jervis and is well known as an eloquent preacher and an upright man; while James and Edmund (Edwin, not Edmund, See Octagon House, Under About Link) are good farmers.
Hezekiah Denton Mills, 9th child of Jacob, was born Feb. 23, 1794, is therefore now 90 years of age. He has three sons and two daughters. Of the sons Harrison is Sheriff of the county of Orange, and is well known among horseman as the breeder of the now famous stock horse Sweepstakes.
Nathan Mills lives in his neat cottage about one mile east of Scotchtown and takes great interest in the success of the church at that place.
Mrs. Mary Ann White lives not far from Michigan, while Mrs. Sarah Coleman resided in the centre of New York State.
James M. occupies the homestead, now well known as the Hambeltonian Stock Farm.
Hezekiah Denton was a thorough farmer, particular and nice in every detail, was a lover and owner of fine stock. His son James retains his father’s love for neat farming and succeeds in keeping the paternal acres up to the standard set before him. All these reared large families, and are among the most respectable of our citizens. It was the object of this article to speak more especially of those descendants of Jacob Mills who lived adjacent to Millsburg. His youngest son Charles was born in 1801 and married Letty Jane, daughter of the late Abner Bull. On his place was erected ample farm buildings and a noble mansion, and here lives his son Abner in rural prosperity, while the second son, J. Erskine, is a successful druggist in Middletown.
The stone house which Wm. Mills, grandson of Jacob, built about 1835 was burned down about three years since, after it and the farm on which it stands had passed into the possession of ex-Road Commissioner Henry Puff, who has put up on the old site a modern and convenient frame dwelling. The limits of this article do not permit at this time of a more extended notice of this numerous family. There remain in the broad acres and there stands the substantial buildings of Millsburg as monuments of Jacob’s far-seeing and solidity. He was “no sapling chance sown by the fountain,” his plans were “moored in the rifted rock,” and he has bequeathed to his posterity a goodly heritage. They are keeping it with a careful prudence and a noble liberality of expenditure that ought to tally with the ambition of their dead ancestor. Much more might be said of this numerous and prolific family; of Jonathan, oldest son of Jacob, who was born Dec. 17, 1774, who lived near Bloomingburgh and died 1830; of Andrew his son and his sisters, one of which was the mother of Charles M. Miller, of Wallkill, who was a model for courtly manner, and reared four sons as sturdy men as could be found. Of Jacob, 8th child, born March 9th, 1795, who had a fine estate and reared a goodly family near Scotchtown, whose son Denton occupies his father’s farm. Of Ruth, sixth child, born July 20, 1784, who married Mr. Miller, father of the late Charles, and lived not far from Phillipsburgh. But time and space forbid. Perhaps some present or future descendant may startle the world and benefit mankind by a new invention or great discovery, then his biographer may find the link of connection from the new to the old in this humble, imperfect and hastily written account.

April 28, 1896 Middletown Daily Press - Mr. Edwin Mills, of near Phillipsburgh, died Tuesday morning at 6 o’clock. He had been the subject of sudden attacks of illness for some time past, and when the family returned from church Sunday, he was found unconscious. He never revived. Deceased was born near Scotchtown, March 4, 1830, and was the son of Samuel and Esther Mills. He married for his firs wife Miss Mary Ellen Vail, Dec. 2nd, 1852, who was a sister of Mrs. J. R. VanDuzer of this city. She died about eight years later. In Dec. 12, 1867, he married Miss Elizabeth VanBenschoeten. He is survived by his wife, one son Ralph, and one daughter Bertha, at home. He was about 66 years of age. Rev. S. W. Mills, of Port Jervis; J. J. Mills and Mrs. Mary Jane Bull, mother of Mrs. Albert Bull, of near Scotchtown, are brothers and sisters of the deceased. Mr. Mills was a man who had a kind word and welcome hand for all. He was a kind husband and father. He was a member of the Scotchtown Presbyterian church. The funeral service will be held from his late home Friday at 1:30. Interment in family plot, Scotchtown. (Former owner of the former octagon house on Chemung street in Waverly, NY, from 1858 to 1875.)

April 28, 1896 Middletown Daily Press - Mrs. Mary Ann, widow of James White, who died February 28th, 1885, died this morning about 7 o’clock, at her home near Michigan Corners of general debility and old age. At the time of her husband’s death she had bronchial pneumonia, and had been in delicate health, almost an invalid since. Mrs. White was born in the town of Mamakating, Sullivan county, and was one of five children of Hezekiah Denton Mills and Sarah Bull. She was born the 5th of March, 1819. Mrs. White is survived by seven children: H. Denton, Clara M., James M., William N., all at home. Sarah E., wife of John Pierson of Otisville; Charity B., wife of George J. Houston, of Scotchtown; and Nathan J., of Pittstown, N. J.. A daughter, Ophella, died in 1867. James M. Mills, who resides at the old homestead at Bullville, is a half brother. Ex-Sheriff Harrison Mills and Nathan J. Mills were brothers. Her sister Sarah, wife of Ira H. Coleman, lives at Albany. Mrs. White was an own cousin of Mr. Edwin Mills, of Crystal Run, who died at about the same time. She was one of the oldest members of the Scotchtown Presbyterian Church. Mr. and Mrs. White were married in 1841. She had resided in the house ever since. Funeral notice else where.

May 7, 1896 Middletown Daily Press - Mrs. Mary Jane, widow of Robert J. Bull, who died April 1, 1893, died May 6, 1896, at 11:50 a. m., at her residence near Scotchtown, the old homestead, of pneumonia. She had been confined to her bed only about four days, but had been in feeble health since the death of her husband. She was taken with a cold about a month ago, which developed into pneumonia. Mrs. Bull was born in the town of Wallkill, Nov. 5th, 1813, and was therefore in her 83rd year. She was a daughter of Samuel Mills and Esther Stitt. Mrs. Bull had lived in the vicinity of Scotchtown for about 55 years. She was married Dec. 28, 1834. She was one of a large family and is survived by two brothers, Rev. S. W. Mills, of Port Jervis, and James J. Mills, of Scotchtown. Edwin Mills, a brother died last week, near Phillipsburgh; Albert, a prosperous farmer at Scotchtown, died six years ago, and another brother, William, died in Virginia about 15 years ago. Caroline, wife of Dewitt Slaughter, was a sister, as was Catherine, wife of Archibald Slaughter, Nancy, who was the wife of Hiram Dunning, and Sarah, who was the wife of Alfred Hurtin. She was a devoted mother of a large family of children. Those who survive her are Kate, wife of Joseph Wilkin, of Sands Station; Hiram D., of near Scotchtown; George E., of Bullville; W. Dewitt, at home; S. Albert, of the firm of Bull & Youngblood, grocers of Middletown; John S., at home; Mary Ella, wife of Edward H. Bump, of this city, and S. Esther, at home. Mrs. Bull was an attendant at the Scotchtown Presbyterian Church, and the funeral will be conducted by Rev. J. R. Mann.

May 11, 1896 probate of Edwin Mills’ will. Lived in town of Wallkill, NY. Granted to Libbie V. B. Mills and J. Ralph Mills. Edwin’s will had been made out on April 22, 1891. May 6, 1896, personally appeared, Libbie V. B. Mills, widow; Children: J. Ralph Mills; Bertha E. Mills.

Edwin Mills left his wife, Libbie, the house and farm of Wallkill containing about one hundred ten acres, horses and farming utensils and movables thereon for and during the term of her natural life in so as she remains my widow subject to the right of my two children … after the decease in marriage of my wife I give my said farm and the rest above to my son, J. Ralph Mills … I give and bequeath to my two children Bertha E. Mills and J. Ralph Mills, divided equally between them … I give devise and bequeath all my six building lots situate in the the City of Middletown … my said daughter Bertha E. Mills … the residue … to my two children … daughter Bertha E. Mills my twenty shares being two thousand dollars per value in all. son J. Ralph Mills … being seven thousand dollars per value in all … (Edwin Mills owned the former octagon house on Chemung street Waverly, NY, from 1858 to 1875. The octagon home stood just west and adjacent to his sister's, Mrs. Caroline Mills Slaughter, home at 208 Chemung street, Waverly, NY. Mrs. Caroline Slaughter, wife of Dewitt Slaughter, lived at 208 Chemung street from 1857 until her death in 1861. See Octagon House link, Under About Link.)

1900 census - Wallkill, Orange county, NY - Elizabeth Mills 55 yo. widow, farmer; daughter Bertha E. Mills 29 yo.; son John Ralph Mills 27 yo., farm laborer; servant George W. Merritt 37 yo., farm laborer

December 4, 1902 The Tri-States Union Port Jervis N.Y.: The Rev. S. W. Mills, D. D., who has been lying critically ill at his home, No. 47 West Main street, died at six minutes past 6 o'clock last Thursday night. On Saturday afternoon last, Dr. Mills received a stroke of paralysis which affected the entire left portion of his body. It was evident at the time that his recovery would not be likely, and the members of his family residing out of town were sent for and arrived here shortly afterwards. (Dr. Mills was the late Mrs. Caroline Mills Slaughter's brother, the late Dewitt Slaughter's brother-in-law, the late Samuel Wickham Slaughter's Uncle, Mrs.Charlotte Wells Slaughter's Uncle-in-law, and Gertrude Slaughter's Great Uncle.) ... Brief Sketch of One of the Oldest Families in this State. Samuel Wickham Mills, D. D., was a native of Orange County, born in the town of Wallkill, near Scotchtown, five miles north of Middletown, on the 5th of April 1820, and was the son of Samuel and Esther Stitt Mills. His mother was a daughter of John and Nancy McCullough Stitt of Bloomsburg, Sullivan county. The Mills family came from Yorkshire, England. Some of the names are of Holland extraction, the first to come to America being Peter Vander Munn (the name meaning from the mills) who settled in Windsor, Conn., where the family took the English name of Mills. The English family can be traced back to the DeMolis, founded in 1008, in Devon, England, the name being derived from Meulles of Normandy. Members of the family bearing that name went to England with William the Conqueror in 1066. The name has several times been changed, being Milne in 1612, and Mylle from 1627 to 1665, these being found in the records of Yorkshire, England. ... From George, in a direct line to our subject, are Samuel, Jonathan, Timothy, Jonathan, Jacob and Samuel, the latter the father of our subject. ... Samuel Mills, the father of the Rev. S. W. Mills, succeeded to the old home place. He was born August 27, 1776, and died on the 13th of November, 1860, at the age of 85. He cast his last vote just before his death. On the 13th of January 1807, he married Esther Stitt, who was born August 28, 1787, and her death occurred November 1, 1863. Of their family we note the following: Catherine married Archibold Slaughter, and died June 8, 1888, in her 81st year; Nancy, wife of Hiram S. Dunning, died in her 34th year, March 8, 1843; William, died October 31, 1885 at Petersburgh, Va., in his 76th year; Caroline, wife of DeWitt Slaughter, died November 9, 1861, in her 50th year; Mary Jane, the wife of Robert J. Bull, of Wallkill, died in her 85th year; John Stitt died when young; Sarah Elizabeth, who was the wife of Gen. Alfred D. Hurtin, died April 24, 1886 in her 70th year; Jacob Stitt passed away when young; Samuel Wickham is next in order of birth; James Jackson lives at Middletown in his 81st year; Alfred died on the old homestead in his 66th year, July 25, 1890, where his widow still resides; Edwin died at Phillipsburgh, this county; and Ruth died in childhood. The father of this family carried on a tannery. He also engaged in farming, and owned a large tract of land which comprised three farms. He was a successful business man, and assisted his children very materially.

Circa 1903 Goshen Democrat - J. Ralph Mills, aged 31 years, died at Thrall Hospital, Middletown, Tuesday morning. He was operated upon the day before for the relief of an intestinal obstruction. The deceased was the son of the late Edwin Mills, and lived with his mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Mills, near Phillipsburg. One sister, Bertha, wife of Milton H. Santee, also survives. (Edwin Mills owned the former octagon house on Chemung street in Waverly, NY from 1858 to 1875, though it appears he used the octagon home for supplemental rental income.)

Nov. 24, 1903 Middletown Daily Press - J. Ralph Mills, of Mechanistown, collector of the town of Wallkill, who was brought to Thrall Hospital Sunday and operated upon yesterday for intestinal trouble, died at that institution at about 5:30 o’clock this morning. He was 31 years of age and was a son of Mr. and Mrs. Edwin Mills. His father died some time ago. His mother and one sister survive. The latter is Mrs. Milton H. Santee, of Circleville. Deceased was unmarried. His mother, Mrs. Elizabeth Van Benschoten Mills, has sustained a severe blow in the loss of her only son in whom her hopes were centered and on whom she bestowed an equal share of her affection. The funeral arrangements will be announced later.

Dec. 10, 1903 The Goshen Democrat - Orange County. The town board of Wallkill has appointed Josiah W. Miller, of Midland Lake as collector, to fill the place of J. Ralph Mills, deceased.

July 11, 1904 The Evening Gazette, Port Jervis, N. Y. - In The Surrogate’s Court. … Administration. … Of J. Ralph Mills, of Wallkill to Elizabeth V. B. Mills, mother. …

Dec. 8, 1911 - James Jackson Mills, son of the late Samuel and Esther Stitt Mills, died. He is buried in Hillside Cemetery, Middletown, NY. He was born Dec. 10, 1822.

Jan. 1913 The Independent Republican - (Died Jan. 5, 1913) Mrs. Elizabeth V. Mills. Elizabeth VanBenschoten, widow of Edwin Mills, died on Friday at her home in Circleville, aged 67 years. Mrs. Mills was born in the town of Shawangunk, May 12, 1845, the daughter of John and Edith Barker VanBenschoten. She was united in marriage to Edwin Mills on December 12, 1867, at Phillipsburgh. Mr. Mills died on April 8, 1896. Mrs. Mills has made her home at Circleville for the past eight years, where she was known and respected by a large circle of friends and acquaintances. She was a member of the Scotchtown Presbyterian Church. One daughter, Mrs. Bertha M., wife of Milton H. Santee, of Circleville, survives, with two grandchildren, Helen M. and Marion E. Santee. She is also survived by one brother, Edward Van Benschoten, of Crystal Run.

Jan. 17, 1913 The Independent Republican, Goshen, N. Y. Estates Of The Dead. … of Libbie V. B. Mills, late of the town of Wallkill, Bertha E. Santee and Milton H. Santee executors …

Oct. 15, 1915 The Independent Republican, Goshen, N. Y. - Decrees. … of Bertha E. Santee and Milton H. Santee, executors and trustees of, etc., of Libbie V. B. Mills, late of the town of Wallkill; …

Jan. 10, 1958 The Kingston Daily Freeman, Kingston, N. Y. - Mrs. Bertha Mills Santee, 87, died at the home of her daughter, Mrs. Allen E. Potter, 5 Parks Street, Ellenville, Thursday. She had been residing with her daughter for two years. She was born at Phillipsburgh, the daughter of the late Edwin and Elizabeth VanBenschoten Mills. She was the widow of Milton H. Santee. A member of Circleville Presbyterian Church, Mrs. Santee was treasurer of Women’s Foreign Missionary Society. She was a director of the Home for Aged Women, Middletown. Surviving are her daughter, Mrs. Potter; two grandsons, Allen Potter of Ellenville and Frank Potter of Penfield; a granddaughter, Mrs. Elizabeth Haswell, of Latrope, Pa.; seven great-grandchildren; a cousin and a niece. Funeral services will be held from Louck’s Funeral Home, … Burial will be in Scotchtown Cemetery. … (Edwin Mills had owned the former octagon house on Chemung street Waverly, NY from 1858 to 1875, though it appears that he never lived in the home, but if he did it was for only a couple of years after his marriage to Libbie V. B..) For more info. See the Octagon House link under the About link.

Wells family - (Mrs. Charlotte Wells Slaughter's family, Samuel Wickham Slaughter's wife) Sometimes they spelled it, "Welles"

Descendants of William Sayer (ALFRED 10, JEMIMA 9 SAYER, JONATHAN 8, JOSEPH 7, THOMAS 6, JOSEPH 5, THOMAS 4, FRANCIS 3, WILLIAM 2, WILLIAM 1)
Jonathan Sayer and Mary Monenll had a daughter, Jemima Sayer born April 27, 1779. Jemima married Joshua Wells, Jr. They had a son, Alfred Wells born in 1805.
Alfred Wells was a direct descendant of Hon. William Wells, of Norfolkshire, England. William Wells emigrated to America 5 years after the Pilgrim Fathers landed at Plymouth Rock. Alfred inherited the homestead.
Alfred Wells married Lydia Nyce Wells in June of 1832. Lydia Westbrook Nyce was born June 7, 1809, and died in October of 1871. Lydia was the daughter of John Nyce.

From Obituary of James Edward Wells, son of Alfred Wells. (1907) The Wells family came from England in 1727 and located in Connecticut. Five years later they removed to Goshen, and purchased a farm just north of Goshen, now owned by Jesse S. Mapes. Soon afterwards they purchased the farm in the western section of the town, which had been in the possession of some member of the family ever since.

June 25, 1831 At Wheat Plains, Pa, on the 15th inst. Mr. Alfred Wells to Miss Lydia Nice (Nyce), daughter of John Nice (Nyce) of the former place. (Nyce, spelling variation. Alfred and Lydia Wells were Mrs. Charlotte Wells Slaughter's parents. Our house at 208 Chemung street was rebuilt in 1873 for Samuel W. Slaughter and his new bride, Charlotte Wells, as a wedding gift from Samuel's father, Dewitt Slaughter.)

Alfred and Lydia Wells had the following children:
1. Jerome Wells born March 30, 1832, died in Flushing, L.I. Oct. 18,1855. Unmarried, druggist.
2. James Edward Wells born Jan. 1, 1834, died May 6, 1907. Married (Feb. 17, 1858), Frances Emily Conkling born April 1, 1833, died April 2, 1919
A. Harriet A. Wells born Oct. 29, 1861, died Oct. 17, 1863
B. William Alfred Wells born March 22, 1863, died 1927. Married Isabelle Forbes born 1857, died 1941
C. Selena Wells born Oct. 2, 1869
D. Frances Emma Wells born Feb. 24, 1875, died March 11, 1875
3. John N. Wells born Jan. 25, 1836, died Oct. 1903, San Francisco, CA
4. George W. Wells of NYC born June 5, 1841. Married Emma Grant Hamilton June 29, 1865.
A. John Hamilton Wells born July 21, 1866, died in infancy
B. Virginia Grant Wells born Feb. 23, 1867
C. Grantina B. Wells
D. Grace W. Wells
5. Moses A. Wells born July 16, 1844, served in Civil War, resident of Chicago, had insurance business. Married Elizabeth Southard on May 22, 1869.
6. Eugene Franklin Wells born June 16, 1846, died May 9, 1881, druggist of Waverly, NY
7. Lewis (Arnell or Albert) Wells born April 30, 1848, died Oct. 11, 1870, bank clerk in Chicago, IL
8. Mary Frances Wells born Sept. 7, 1837, married Lewis E. Coleman of Deposit, PA-May 3, 1855
A. Frances Louise Coleman born Dec. 29, 1855. Married James Mapes Haggerty.
B. Anna Mary Coleman born Oct. 15. 1857, died July 20, 1859
C. Alfred Wells Coleman born Sept. 20 1859
D. William Edson Coleman born Feb. 2, 1861
E. Irene Isabella Coleman born Oct. 24, 1863
F. Howard Clifton Coleman born Dec. 6, 1865
G. Lewis Herbert Coleman born Jan. 24, 1867. Married Mary Wardrop.
H. Charles Leslie Coleman born Nov. 13, 1869
I. Lydia Wells Coleman born March 12, 1871, died March 12, 1871
9. Cathrine R. Wells born Aug. 5, 1839. Married Samuel M. Slaughter, born June 11, 1831, of Wallkill on Oct. 23, 1861.
A. Hattie Slaughter born July 12, 1863 See below for more information on Hattie Slaughter.
B. Eugene W. Slaughter born Dec. 6, 1869
C. Edna Slaughter born Jan. 28, 1874
10. Charlotte Wells born July 13, 1850, married Samuel Wickham Slaughter of Waverly, NY on May 13, 1873
A. Mary Gertrude Slaughter born April 26, 1890. Married George Brinker Knapp.
a. Charlotte Slaughter Knapp born 1916, died 1985
11. Charles Snodgrass Wells born April 2, 1853. Married Alice Hadden (born Sept. 14, 1852) Feb. 23, 1876.
A. Samuel Hadden Wells born Jan. 21, 1877
B. Jennie N. Wells born Aug. 3, 1882, died Oct. 3, 1882
C. Clara Lounsberry Wells born March 26, 1884
D. Charlotte Wells born June 4, 1887, died Sept. 8, 1888
E. Gertrude Fraser Wells born March 2, 1889, died Aug. 22, 1889
F. John Nyce Wells born April 19, 1893

On Jan. 10, 2011, I found this website with the following information:

http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/WELLS-LONG-ISLAND/2005-02/1107585387

"In the History of Orange County, New York compiled by E.M. Ruttenber and L.H. Clark, originally published in 1880, republished in 2 volumes in 1980 through the Orange County Genealogical Society, there is a section on Goshen (pages 520 to 563) that includes a bio and picture of Alfred WELLS. Here is the WELLS genealogical info given:"

"William WELLS b 1608, emigrated to Southold LI about 1635 at age of 27.
His son, Justice Joshua WELLS, b 1664 in Southold, died there in 1744.
His son, John WELLS, b 31 Jan 1689 in Southold and died there.
His son, John WELLS b in Southold about 1715, died in Orange Co 4 July 1776 having settled in Goshen about 1735.
His son, Joshua WELLS b Goshen in 1744 died in 1819. He was a soldier in the colonial army during the Revolutionary War. His wife was Rhoda Booth, grandaughter of William BULL and Sarah WELLS and they had the following children: Mary (wife of George PHILLIPS), John, George, Joshua, Christina (wife of John DECKER), Dolly (wife of Edward ELY), and Sarah (wife of James TUTHILL).
Joshua WELLS (6 Sep 1779-1867) (son of Joshua & Rhoda BOOTH WELLS) married Jemima Sayer (1779-1811) daughter of Jonathan SAYER of Goshen, as his 1st wife. They had Adeline (wife of James C. REEVE), Alfred, Mary Jane (died unmarried), Jerome (a physician in Goshen where he died) and Frances (wife of Adrian HOLBERT).
Joshua WELLS (6 Sep 1779-1867) married 2nd Katy FORD (? - 1834) had Julia (wife of John M. FORD) and Elizabeth (unmarried).
Alfred (the subject of the bio which includes an ink drawing) who is the son of Joshua (1779-1867) and Jemima SAYER (1779-1811) was b 17 Nov 1805 on the Goshen homestead. He married in June 1832 Lydia NYCE (daughter of John NYCE of Wheat Plains, Pike Co., Pennsylvania). Lydia died October 1871 at the age of 62 in Goshen. Their children were: Jerome, died at Flushing in 1855, James E. a farmer in Goshen, John N. of San Francisco CA, George W. grad of Princeton in 1865 who went on to be a doctor at Bellevue Hospital NY and in the medical dept of NY Mutual Insurance Company, Moses A. Civil War soldier and later a druggist in Chicago, Eugene F. a druggist in Waverly NY, Lewis A. died Oct 1870, Charles S. farmer in Goshen, Mary F. (wife of Lewis E. COLEMAN of Goshen), Catharine R. (wife of Samuel M. Slaughter of Wallkill), Charlotte (wife of Samuel W. Slaughter of Waverly NY)."

Charlotte Wells Slaughter was a descendant of the William Bull and Sarah Wells family thru her father, Afred Wells, who was a descendant thru his grandfather who married the granddaughter, Rhoda Booth, of William Bull and Sarah Wells.

1850 census - Goshen, Orange county, NY - Joshua Wells 71 yo. farmer, real estate $14,700; Alfred Wells 45 yo.; Lydia Wells 42 yo.; Frances 33 yo.; Jerome 18 yo., farmer; Edward 16 yo., farmer; John 14 yo.; Mary 12 yo.; Catharine 10 yo.; George 8 yo.; Moses 6 yo.; Lewis E. Wells 2 yo.; Eugene

1855 census - Goshen, NY - Alfred Wells 49 yo., farmer; wife Lydia N. Wells 47 yo.; son James E. Wells 21 yo., farmer; daughter Catharine R. Wells 16 yo.; son George W. Wells 14 yo.; son Moses A. Wells 12 yo.; son Eugene F. Wells 10 yo.; son Lewis A. Wells 8 yo.; daughter Charlotte Wells 6 yo.; son Charles S. Wells 4 yo.; father Joshua Wells 76 yo., farmer; sister Frances Wells 35 yo.; servant Elizabeth Cube 20 yo.; servant Isaac Gaul 55 yo., farmer; servant John B. Newman 25 yo., millright

Oct. 1855 Jamaica NY Long Island Farmer - Died - Suddenly of Typhus fever, in Flushing, Oct. 18th Jerome Wells, of Goshen, N. Y., age 23 years.

1860 census - Goshen, Orange county, NY - Joshua Wells 81 yo., farmer, real estate $14,820 - personal $8,000; Alfred Wells 54 yo., farmer; Lydia Wells 51 yo.; John N. Wells 22 yo., farmer; Catharine Wells 20 yo.; George W. Wells 18 yo.; Moses A. Wells 16 yo.; Eugene Wells 14 yo.; Lewis A. Wells 12 yo.; Charlotte Wells 10 yo.; Charles S. Wells 8 yo.; Isaac Gual 60 yo., farm laborer; Frances Wells 40 yo.; Elizabeth Wells 40 yo.

1865 census - frame home worth $3,000, Goshen, NY - Alfred Wells 58 yo., farmer; wife Lydia 57 yo.; son John N. 26 yo., farmer; son George W. 24 yo.;, student son Eugene F. 18 yo., student; son Lewis A. 17 yo., farmer; daughter Charlotte 14 yo.; son Charles S. 12 yo.; servant Francis Gieger 21 yo. male, born in Ireland; Family #2 Joshua Wells 85 yo.; Adaline Reeves ?43 yo.; Frances Wells 45 yo.; Elizabeth Wells 40 yo.

1870 census - Goshen, NY - Alfred Wells 64 yo.;, farmer, personal $10,000 - real estate $24,700; wife Lydia Wells 60 yo.; son John Wells 30 yo., working on farm; daughter Charlotte Wells 18 yo.; son Charles S. Wells 16 yo., working on farm; John Krance 50 yo. farm laborer, bon in Holland; Henry Kranse 24 yo, farm laborer, born in Russia.; Shakespear Fourk 22 yo. farm laborer, born in Baccer? can’t read; Alfred Coleman 10 yo.

1870 census - Wallkill, Orange county, NY, post office Middletown - Samuel M. Slaughter 40 yo., farmer, personal estate $4,000; wife Kate Slaughter 31 yo.; Harriet Slaughter 6 yo.; Eugene Slaughter 5 months; Harriet Mills 7 yo.; Catharine M. Slaughter 62 yo., help keep house; John Harding 18 yo., farm laborer, born in Ireland

May 13, 1873 - Samuel Wickham Slaughter married Miss Charlotte Wells, born at Goshen, N. Y. on July 13, 1850, youngest daughter of Alfred and Lydia Nyce Wells.

October 1873, Mrs. Charlotte Slaughter's mother died, Lydia Nyce Wells.

From North America, Family Histories, Daughters of the American Revolution, Lineage Book: NSDAR: Volume 064:1907 - Mrs. Charlotte Wells Slaughter 63293 Born in Goshen, N. Y. Wife of Samuel Wickham Slaughter. Descendant of Joshua Wells of Jonathan Sayre. Daughter of Alfred Wells and Lydia Nyce, his wife. Granddaughter of Joshua Wells, Jr., and Jemima Sayre, his wife. Gr-granddaughter of Joshua Wells and Rhoda Boothe, his wife; Jonathan Sayre and Mary Monell, his wife.
(Spelled here as “Sayre” vs. “Sayer” in other places.)

Sept. 18, 1875 - Dewitt Slaughter, son of Isaac and Jane McBride Slaughter died. He was born Sept. 3, 1803.

1875 census - frame home worth $2,000, Goshen, NY - Alfred Wells 70 yo., farmer; Charles S. Wells 23 yo.; servant Elizabeth Space 40 yo., house keeper; servant James Haley 25 yo., farm laborer; servant Pat McKinly 20 yo. born in Ireland, farm laborer

1880 census - Goshen, NY - James E. Wells 46 yo.; wife Frances E. Wells 46 yo.; son William A. Wells 17 yo.; daughter Selena Wells 11 yo.; father Alfred Wells 75 yo.; mother-in-law Sarah F. Conkling 72 yo.; Aunt Adaline Beeve 78 yo.; servant John Coe 19 yo., laborer

1880 census - Wallkill, Orange county, NY - Samuel M. Slaughter 48 yo., farmer; wife Kate W. Slaughter 42 yo.; daughter Hattie Slaughter 16 yo.; son Eugene Slaughter 10 yo.; daughter Edna Slaughter 3 yo.; mother Catherine Slaughter 72 yo.; servant Anna Corwin 22 yo.

1880 census - Goshen, NY - Charles S. Wells 28 yo., farmer; wife Alice H. Wells 27 yo.; son Samuel H. Wells 3 yo.; sister-in-law Eugenia Hadden 19 yo.; servant Henry H. House 23 yo.; servant Jefferson Brown 14 yo.

May 13, 1881 The Waverly Advocate: Died, Monday, May 9, 1881, at the Residence of G. G. Manning Esq. on Clark St. Mr. Eugene F. Wells, aged 35 years. The quiet Sabbath was startled with the rumor through the streets that Mr. Wells was lying unconscious with an apoplectic fit, and no prospect of his recovery: He had retired the previous evening in his usual health, tho for several years past his health had been extremely delicate, Mr. Wells was a brother of Mrs. Samuel W. Slaughter, and a member of the prominent drug firm of Slaughter & Wells. A graduate of Princeton College, and having served a full term as a pharmacist, he became a member of the above firm some eight years ago, and by his quiet gentlemanly manner won to himself a large circle of friends and acquaintances. A gentleman of culture; of unobtrusive manners, but firm in his convictions, his death will be deeply felt among the younger business men and the community at large. The funeral took place at the residence of Mr. Slaughter [208 Chemung street Waverly, NY] Tuesday, at 1 P. M., and the services were conducted by the Rev. P. S. Hulbert, of the Presbyterian Church, of which Mr. Wells was a member. Mr. Wells had been identified with Tioga Hose Company since its organization quite prominently; and the company attended the funeral in body, supported by the entire Fire Department, and while all unnecessary display was avoided each company vied with the other in showing their respect to the deceased. The remains were taken on No. 8, to Goshen, where funeral services were held and buried at Phillipsburg, Orange County in the family burying ground. Tioga Hose Co. sent Wm. L. Watrous, J. K. Murdoch, L. R. Manning and F. E. Lyford with the remains to Goshen as a mark of respect and affection for the deceased.

Samuel and Charlotte Wells Slaughter had one child, a daughter, Mary Gertrude, born on April 26, 1890. Mary, later went by her middle name, Gertrude and Gertie.

May 1, 1890 From Owego "The Record.": Waverly. Mr. and Mrs. S. W. Slaughter of Chemung street rejoice in the birth of a nine pound baby daughter, which occurred this morning. A host of friends congratulate them on the happy event.

June 7, 1891 - Alfred Wells died in Goshen, NY.

June 8, 1891 Middletown, Orange Co., New York:
Alfred Wells, a wealthy and esteemed resident of Goshen, died at the residence of his daughter Mrs. Edson Coleman at 9 a.m. Sunday. He had been failing gradually during the past few months and the direct cause of his death was general debility. The funeral will take place at the house of Mrs. Coleman at 11 a.m. Tuesday. The remains will be interred in the Phillipsburgh cemetery. Mr. Wells was a direct descendant of Hon. William Wells, of Norfolkshire, England, who is stated to have been a passenger on the ship "Free Love," of London, on June 10, 1635. He was an educated lawyer in England and high Sheriff of New Yorkshire on Long Island. Deceased was a son of Joshua Wells Jr., who died on the homestead farm in 1867, and Jemima, daughter of Jonathan Sayer, who died in 1811. Mr. Wells was borne on the homestead Nov. 17, 1805. His early education was received in the common school and at the Farmers Hall Academy at Goshen. For one term he was teacher but succeeded to the homestead property upon which he spent most of his business life. He was a man of determined effort, judicious in the management of his affairs, and when far past the active duties of life, found pleasure in the care and superintendence of the place of his birth, where he and his wife spent so many happy years together. In June 1832 he married Lydia, daughter of John Nyce, of Wheat Plains, Pike county, Pa. He is survived by eight children, J. Ed. Wells, of Goshen, John N. of San Francisco, Dr. Geo. W. of New York, Moses A., a soldier of the late war and now a merchant of Chicago, Mary F., wife of Edson Coleman of Goshen, Charlotte, wife of S.W. Slaughter of Waverly, Eugene F., of Waverly and Charles S. of Goshen. (Eugene F. Wells died in 1881, see article from The Waverly Advocate May 13, 1881. I double checked this.)

June 10, 1891 Elmira Daily Gazette: Waverly News. Information was received here yesterday of the death of Alfred Wells, a prominent citizen of Goshen, N. Y., and father of Mrs. S. W. Slaughter of this place. Mr. Wells was exceedingly well known here and had numerous friends who will be pained to learn of his demise.

June 1891 The Waverly Free Press: Alfred Wells, a prominent citizen of Goshen, N. Y., died at his home in that village last Monday. Mr. Wells was well known here, and was the father of Mrs. S. W. Slaughter, who, with her husband, have been at Goshen for nearly two weeks.

June 10, 1891 New York Herald - Alfred Wells, a well known farmer of Goshen, N. Y. died at his home a few days ago, aged nearly eighty-six years. He was the father of eleven children, eight of whom are living. Among the latter are George W. Wells, of New York; Moses A. Wells, of Chicago, and John N. Wells, of San Francisco.
June 10, 1891 Elmira Daily Gazette - Waverly. Information was received here yesterday of the death of Alfred Wells, a prominent citizen of Goshen, N. Y., and father of Mrs. S. W. Slaughter of this place. Mr. Wells was exceedingly well known here and had numerous friends who will be pained to learn of his demise.
Probate July 7, 1891 Will of Alfred Wells (Will was made Aug. 2, 1889) “I Alfred Wells of the Town of Wallkill, formerly of the Town of Goshen, in the County of Orange and state of New York, … convert all of my ? and personal estate into money, and for that purpose I am ? and convey all my real estate and out my estate to pay the following legacies. … to my sons, J. Edward Wells, John N. Wells, George W. Wells, and Moses A. Wells each the sum of Ten Thousand Dollars. … to my son Charles S. Wells, the sum of Fifteen Hundred Dollars. … to my daughters, Mary F. Coleman and Kate R. Slaughter, each the sum of Six Thousand Dollars. … I give and bequeath to my daughter Charlotte Slaughter, the sum of Five Thousand Dollars. … the residue and remainder of my estate I give and bequeath to my children, J. Edward Wells, George W. Wells, Moses A. Wells, Charles S. Wells, Mary F. Coleman and Kate R. Slaughter equally share and share alike. … sons J. Edward Wells and George W. Wells Executors of this my last Will and Testament. …

1892 New York Census Waverly: no house numbers. 208 Chemung street, Waverly, NY - S. Wickham Slaughter 54 yo. druggist; Laura Dewyer 25 yo. (born about 1867); Charlotte W. Slaughter 42 yo.; Mary G. Slaughter 2 yo.; Maggie Sheahan 24 yo. (born about 1868); Arminda Sharpe 62 yo. (b.1827-d.1909), widow of William Sharpe (b.1827-d.1868)

Aug. 25, 1894 Middletown Daily Argus - Mr. Samuel Wickham Slaughter died at Waverly, last evening, after an illness of several years. He was a son of DeWitt and Carrie Mills Slaughter, the latter a sister of Rev. Dr. S. W. Mills, of Port Jervis. His wife, Charlotte Wells, of Goshen, with one child, survives him. Dr. T. D. Mills, of this city, is a nephew of the deceased. The body will be brought to this city, on Tuesday, August 28, and the funeral will take place at the Scotchtown Presbyterian Church at 2 p. m. on that day. The interment will be in the family plot at Scotchtown. (His body was later removed to Glenwood cemetery in Waverly, NY.)

More information on Charlotte Wells Slaughter's family: Portrait and Biographical Record of Orange County, New York, Part 1- 1895: Alfred Wells was a farmer near the town of Goshen. He owned a large farm, which he cultivated until his death, in 1891, at the age of eighty-seven years. Charlotte's mother was formerly Lydia Nyce, a native of Pennsylvania. She was a daughter of John Nyce, who was a farmer of Pike County, Pa., and was descended from German ancestors. Mrs. Nyce reached the age of sixty-three years, dying in October, 1873. The family were Presbyterians, and were thoroughly identified with the good works of that organization. They had eleven children, and all grew to years of maturity. Eight of the family are still living. Of this family we make the following mention: Jerome, the eldest, is deceased; Edward is a farmer; John N. is a resident of San Francisco, Cal.; Mary G. is the next in order of birth; Kate, now Mrs. Slaughter, makes her home in Orange County; George W. is a physician of Brooklyn; Moses A. is interested in real estate in Chicago; Eugene F. and Lewis are deceased; Charlotte, now Mrs. Slaughter, lives at Waverly, N. Y.; and Charles S. is on the home farm. {Charlotte's sister Kate, married Samuel Mills Slaughter. While Charlotte married Samuel Wickham Slaughter.}

1895 directory - 208 Chemung street - Charlotte W. Slaughter, widow of Samuel W. Slaughter; Mrs. Arminda Sharpe; Anna Sheeler, domestic

July 30, 1896 The Clifton Springs Press: The Clifton Springs Sanitarium. This weeks arrivals are: ...Mrs. S. W. Slaughter, Waverly; ...

August 1896 The Waverly Free Press: Little Miss Gertrude Slaughter, a member of the primary department of the Presbyterian Sunday school, treated the little ones of that department to a trolley ride Wednesday afternoon. On their return ice cream and light refreshments were served in the church. It was a very pleasant affair.

1897 directory - 208 Chemung street - Charlotte W. Slaughter, widow of Samuel W. Slaughter; Olive Tolbert, domestic servant, Mrs. Arminda Sharpe (widow of William Sharpe, both are buried in Glenwood cemetery, next to th Slaughter's)

June 2, 1897 filed in surrogate's court in Owego, NY: in the matter of the estate of Samuel W. Slaughter. Filed by administrator's, Charlotte W. Slaughter and Fred A. Sawyer. Four thousand dollars of said securities transfer to administrators, viz.: forty shares of the capital stock of the Pacific National Bank of Tacoma, Washington.

1897 The Waverly Free Press: Mrs. S. W. Slaughter's fine residence is being re-painted by T. B. Keeler.

June 16, 1898 The Goshen Democrat - Chester - Mrs. Charles S. Wells, of Goshen, visited her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Hadden, this week.

December 5, 1898: Filed in surogate's court in Owego, NY, the matter of administration of the estate of Samuel W. Slaughter deceased, filed by Charlotte W. Slaughter and Fred A. Sawyer, (administrators) ordered the following securities to the treasurer of Tioga County: mortgage made by Matilda S. Root for $400. Mortgage made by ?G. W. Thomas for $2,000. Mortgage made by A. Hemstreet for $4,000. Mortgage made by Georgina Parshall for $600. Total of $7,000. To the administrators the county treasurer will deliver, mortgage made by M. Quinn for $400. Mortgage made by Rosa B. Comstock for $350. Certificate for thirty shares of the stock of the Citizen's Bank of Waverly, NY.

February 20, 1899 surrogate's court in Owego NY: in the matter of the administration of the estate of Samuel W. Slaughter deceased. Petitioned by Charlotte W. Slaughter and Fred A. Sawyer. Mortgage against Sarah Campbell to be delivered and to be paid and satisfied is ordered to the treasurer of Tioga county upon the depositing of the certain mortage by the above mentioned administrators of eleven hundred dollars against William H. Simpson of Waverly, NY deliver to said administrators, a certain mortgage now in your hands made by Sarah Campbell of Waverly, NY for one thousand dollars taking this receipt therefor dated Owego, NY February 20the 1899. Howard S. Mead. Surrogate.

July 15, 1899 The Waverly Free Press: Accidental Injuries. Wednesday morning, Dennis T. Nolan, of Corning, a lineman of the employ of the N. Y. & Pa. Tel. & Tel. Co., had the misfortune to break his leg while working on the residence of Mrs. S. W. Slaughter (208 Chemung street Waverly, NY). He was putting a fuse box on the house and had completed the job. He discovered that he had left his knife laying on the box and went up the ladder again after it. The ladder broke just as he reached the top of it and he was precipitated to the ground, and his right leg was broken just above his ankle. Dr. Harnden was called and reduced the fracture and the injured man was removed to his room at the Warford House.

December 8, 1899 Elmira Daily Gazette And Free Press: Disastrous Waverly Fire. It Broke Out at 5 O'clock This Morning. In Van Atta's Drug Store. The Flames Were First Discovered by a Policeman, Who Gave the Alarm - The Loss is Heavy - Firemen's Good Work. (Special Dispatch.) Waverly, Dec. 8. - A disastrous fire visited the large corner drug store of John C. Van Atta in this village at 5 o'clock this morning. The flames broke out under the stairs leading to the second story of the structure. Police Officer Kinney first saw the light and at once sounded the alarm. The firemen worked in their usual effective manner and in the course of an hour had the fire under control. The upper part of the building, containing the office of P. A. La Pour, assistant superintendent of the Metropolitan Insurance Co. and the millinery rooms of Miss Ida Tannery, was badly damaged. Mr. Van Atta's stock of drugs and wall paper, valued at $7,000, was almost entirely ruined. The building belonged to Mrs. Charlotte Slaughter (208 Chemung st. Waverly, NY) and was valued at $7,000, with an insurance of $3,500. Mr. Van Atta carried an insurance of $5,000 on his stock.

December 9, 1899 The Waverly Free Press: Three Times in Fourteen Years. The drug store (337 Broad st. Waverly, NY) of J. C. VanAtta was considerably damaged by fire this, Friday, morning. About 4:30 o'clock Mrs. George D?ougham, who lives in the Merriam block, awoke and smelled smoke. She went down on the street, saw the blaze and gave the alarm. The fire started under the front stairway and in a few minutes was roaring up the entire stairway to the third floor. The Spaldings were soon on hand followed by the Tiogas and Cayutas and after some hard work, the flames were extinguished. The steel ceiling prevented the fire from getting in the store proper much, but the loss from smoke and water will be great. Mr. VanAtta was carrying a very large stock of holiday goods and had in a very large stock of new wall paper most of which was damaged by water. The loss to the building is estimated at $7500 and Mr. VanAtta thinks that his loss will exceed his insurance. The building belongs to the Slaughter estate and has been on fire three times within fourteen years.

1900 census - Wallkill, Orange County, NY - Samuel Slaughter 69 yo., farmer; wife Catherine W. Slaughter 60 yo.; son Eugene W. Slaughter 30 yo., farm laborer; daughter Edna Slaughter 23 yo., farm laborer; servant Cecil V. Schoonmaker 21 yo.

1900 census - Goshen, NY - Charles S. Wells 48 yo., farmer; wife Alice 47 yo.; daughter Clara L. Wells 16 yo.; son John N. Wells 7 yo.; servant Maggie Kelly 29 yo., born in Ireland; boarder Daniel McAulaffe 45 yo., farm laborer, born in Ireland; boarder John Linger 23 yo., farm laborer, born in NY with his parents being born in Ireland

1901 directory - 208 Chemung street - Mrs. Charlotte W. Slaughter, widow of Samuel W.; Julia T. Croft, domestic

1903 directory - 208 Chemung street - Mrs. Charlotte W. Slaughter

Nov. 14, 1904 - Probate Will of Samuel M. Slaughter. In the Matter of the Transfer Tax on the Estate. … tax to which the same is liable is assessed as follows: The portion thereof to be received by Edna Slaughter at the value of $8,000 Dollars and with a tax of $80.00. … Kate W. Slaughter $5,000 and with tax of $50.00. … Eugene W. Slaughter at the value of six thousand eight hundred and thirty six dollars and eighty-three cents ($6,836.83) and with a tax of $68.37.

May 11, 1905 The Tri-States Union, Port Jervis, N. Y. - L. Edson Coleman died at 9:30 Friday night at his home on Murray avenue, Goshen. He had been sick since April 6, when he was taken with grip, which resulted in heart failure. Mr. Coleman was born in Middletown 72 years ago and had lived in Goshen for more than half a century. When a young man he found employment with the Erie as a locomotive fireman and resided in Port Jervis, and a few years later was advanced to the position as engineer, continuing in that capacity up to the beginning of his last sickness. His employment with the Erie covered a period of over 45 years. On May 5, 1855, he married Miss Mary Wells, daughter of the late Alfred Wells, who survives him. Mr. Coleman’s death occurred on the fiftieth anniversary of their marriage. Besides his wife he is survived by two daughters, Mrs. James H. Haggerty and Mrs. Irene Glover, both of Goshen, and five sons, William E. Coleman, a telegrapher, of New York; Fred, who is superintendent of docks for the Morgan Steamship Co., of New York; Clifford, of Newburgh; Herbert, of Jersey City, and Charles, who is chief engineer on one of the Ward Line steamers plying between New York and Havana, Cuba. Interment in Phillipsburg cemetery.

1907 Warwick NY Dispatch: OBITUARY. James Edward Wells. Former Supervisor James Edward Wells died suddenly at 2:30 o'clock Monday morning at his home on Murray avenue, Goshen, from heart trouble. Sunday afternoon Mr. Wells was out driving with his family and retired that night feeling in the best of health. A few minutes before death occurred he complained to his wife that he felt badly and she procured for him a drink of brandy. Shortly afterward he expired. Mr. Wells was born at Dingman's, Pike county, Pa., seventy-three years ago, during the short time that his father, the late Alfred Wells, was a resident of that place. The greater portion of his life had been spent in Goshen. A number of years ago he purchased the Conklin (Conkling) homestead farm in the Conklintown (Conklingtown) neighborhood, east of Goshen, and lived there with his family until six years ago when he removed to Goshen and has since occupied a house which he had purchased on Murray avenue, where his death occurred. The Wells family came from England in 1727 and located in Connecticut. Five years later they removed to Goshen, and purchased a farm just north of Goshen, now owned by Jesse S. Mapes. Soon afterwards they purchased the farm in the western section of the town, which had been in the possession of some member of the family ever since. As a Republican Mr. Wells represented the town of Goshen in the Orange County Board of Supervisors from 1894 until Jan. 1, 1906, when he was succeeded by the present incumbent, George F. Gregg. He was an influential member of this body during his term of service and was accorded a place on the more important Goshen Presbyterian Church and of Goshen Grange. He was a progressive agriculturist, a thorough business man and took active interest in Goshen's village and town affairs and was universally respected as a man of integrity. Two years ago his left foot and ankle became diseased and it became necessary to amputate his leg above the knee. He had entirely recovered from the effects of the operation and with the assistance of crutches made daily trips from his home to the post office. He is survived by his wife, Frances Emily Conklin (Conkling), one son, bookkeeper in the Goshen National Bank, and one daughter, Selena, wife of Cornelius Christie of Watertown, N.Y. Mr. Wells is also survived by three sisters, Mrs. Katherine Slaughter of Crystal Run; Mrs. Mary Coleman of Murray avenue, Goshen; and Mrs. Charlotte Slaughter of (208 Chemung st.) Waverly, N.Y. and two brothers, Moses A. Wells of Chicago; and Charles S. Wells, who lives on the homestead farm west of Goshen. The funeral will be held at 11 o'clock Thursday morning from the Presbyterian Church. The pall bearers will be selected from the members of Goshen Grange. Interment in the cemetery at Phillipsburgh.

1910 census - Middletown, NY - Chas. S. Wells 62 yo., farmer; wife Alice H. Wells; John J. Stage 41 yo., photographer on own account; wife of John, Clara W. Stage 26 yo.; son John N. Wells 22 yo., teacher

Dec. 22, 1911 The Independent Republican, Goshen, N. Y. - Twenty Years Ago This Week - 1891. The farm of the late Alfred Wells, in the town of Goshen, was offered at auction. But $46 an acre was bid and the farm was withdrawn.

1912 Goshen Democrat - Obituary. Mrs. Charlotte W. Slaughter. Mrs. Charlotte Wells Slaughter died on Saturday at her home in Waverly, of apoplexy. Mrs. Slaughter was a daughter of the late Alfred Wells, a prominent town of Goshen farmer. Her husband S. Wickham Slaughter, deceased, engaged in the drug business at Waverly for many years. One daughter, Gertrude, survives, at Waverly, and the following brothers and sisters: Kate W., widow of Samuel Slaughter, of Crystal Run; Mary L., widow of L. Edson Coleman, of Goshen; Moses A. Wells, of Chicago, and Charles S. Wells, of Goshen. William A. Wells, cashier of the Goshen National Bank, is a nephew of the deceased.

July 21, 1916 - Catharine Rosetta Wells Slaughter died. She was born Aug. 5, 1839 in NY. She is buried in Wallkill cemetery, Phillipsburg, Orange county, NY.

1920 census - 109 Academy ave., Middletown, NY, owned home - Charles S. Wells 67 yo. widow; daughter Clarie W. Stage 34 yo married, saleswoman in millinery store.; granddaughter C. Lucille Stage 12 yo.

1921 directory - 208 Chemung street Waverly, NY - George B. Knapp (Husband of Mrs. Mary Gertrude Slaughter Knapp. The home was never in George's name.)

Sept. 18, 1925 The Goshen Democrat - Mrs. Mary F. Coleman, widow of L. Edson Coleman, died Tuesday evening at the home of her daughter, Fannie L. Haggerty, at 74 Murray avenue in Goshen, aged 88 year and nine days. Deceased was born in Steuben county, N. Y. September 7, 1837. She was a daughter of Alfred Wells and Lydia Nyce. Mrs. Coleman’s husband died in Goshen May 5, 1905. For ? years Mrs. Coleman had been a resident of Goshen. Two daughters and three sons survive. They are: Mrs. Fannie L. Haggerty and Mrs. Irene I. Glover, of Goshen; William E. Coleman, of Jersey and Herbert L. Coleman, of Goshen, Charles L. Coleman, of Brooklyn. One brother, Charles S. Wells, of Middletown also survives. … Burial was in Wallkill cemetery at Phillipsburg.

1930 census - 109 Academy ave. Middletown, Orange county, NY, owned home worth $5,000 - Charles S. Wells 77 yo., no occupation; wife Alice 62 yo., no occupation (Jan. 12, 1921 marriage license - Charles Snodgrass Wells of Middletown & Alice Corinne Gregory Storie of Middletown.)

Miss Hattie Slaughter:

Harriet “Hattie” Slaughter graduated from the Waverly Institute in Waverly, Tioga county, NY. She married Eugene Smith.
(From First Annual Reunion of Waverly Institute Association. 1857-1909, which was held July 17, 1909 at the Masonic Hall in Waverly, NY, Tioga County.)

1880 census - Wallkill, Orange County, NY - Samuel M. Slaughter 48 yo., farmer; wife Kate W. Slaughter 42 yo.; daughter Hattie Slaughter 16 yo.; son Eugene Slaughter 10 yo.; daughter Edna Slaughter 3 yo.; mother Catherine Slaughter 72 yo.; servant Anna Corwin 22 yo.
(Charlotte Wells married Samuel Wickham Slaughter, 208 Chemung street Waverly, NY. Charlotte’s sister, Kate Wells, married Samuel M. Slaughter. Therefore, Harriet or “Hattie” Slaughter was Samuel and Charlotte Wells Slaughter’s niece. Samuel Mills Slaughter was the son of Archibald and Catherine Mills Slaughter. Archibald Slaughter was Samuel Wickham Slaughter’s uncle. Samuel W. Slaughter and Samuel M. Slaughter were cousins. So, Hattie Slaughter was related to Samuel and Charlotte Slaughter on both sides of the family.)

Sept. 1, 1881 Middletown Daily Press - Orange County. Scotchtown. - Miss Hattie Slaughter, daughter of Mr. Samuel Slaughter, of this place, started Monday morning for Waverly, N. Y., where she expects to attend school during the coming year. (She most likely lived with Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Wickham Slaughter, her uncle and aunt, of 208 Chemung street, Waverly, NY, which was easy walking distance to the Waverly Institute.)

April 9, 1885 The Waverly Free Press - Miss Hattie Slaughter, of Crystal Run, Orange county, N. Y., is visiting at S. W. Slaughter’s (208 Chemung street, Waverly, NY)

Dec. 1885 Waverly Advocate - Miss Hattie Slaughter, of Middletown, is visiting at S. W. Slaughter’s.

March 17, 1887 The Goshen Democrat - Marriages. … Smith-Slaughter - March 9, at the residence of the bride’s father, Scotchtown, by Rev. D. Beattie, Eugene Smith, of Goshen, and Miss Hattie Slaughter. …

Jan. 19, 1889 Poughkeepsie Daily Eagle - Orange County. Mr. Samuel M. Slaughter, of Crystal Run, having been greatly bothered during the past few months by rats and mice, placed a small vessel partly filled with dry feed mixed with Paris green where the rodents could get at it. A few nights ago one of the most valuable horses in some manner got loose from its fastenings in the stable and ate the poisonous mixture, from the effects of which it died after three or four days of the most intense agony. Mr. Slaughter valued the animal at $200.

Nov. 5, 1894 Middletown Daily Argus - Mrs. Frances Wells Holbert, died Sunday afternoon, at 4 o’clock, at the residence of her niece, Mrs. Samuel M. Slaughter, near Crystal Run, aged eighty-two years, ten months and eighteen days. General debility was the cause of death. Mrs. Holbert is survived by two half sisters, Mrs. Milton Ford, of Newark, N. J., and Miss Elizabeth Wells, of Goshen. She was for seventy years a devoted member of the Goshen Presbyterian Church. The funeral will take place from the residence of Mr. Slaughter, Wednesday morning, at 10 o’clock. Interment in Union Cemetery, near Slate Hill.

Aug. 27, 1895 Middletown Daily Argus - Crystal Run. Mr. and Mrs. Samuel Slaughter and daughter returned, Friday night, from a month’s trip to Chicago and other places in the West.

1900 census - Wallkill, Orange county, NY, owned farm- Eugene Smith 34 yo., born in Oct. 1865, married 13 years; wife Hattie Smith 36 yo., born in Oct. 1863, married 13 years; son Theodore M. Smith 11 yo.; son Henry Smith 10 yo.; son Samuel S. Smith 7 yo.; son Ralph W. Smith 5 yo.; daughter Katharine Smith 1 yo.; servant Jennie M. Buswell 15 yo.; servant Thomas Cantrell 26 yo., farm laborer

1900 census - farm in Wallkill, Orange county, NY - Samuel Slaughter 69 yo, born June 1830, married 38 years, farmer; wife Catherine W. 60 yo., born Aug. 1839, married 38 years, 3 children born, 3 still living; son Eugene W. 30 yo., born Dec. 1869, farm laborer; daughter Edna 23 yo., born Jan. 1877, farm laborer; servant Cecil V. Schoonmaker 21 yo., born Feb. 1879

Aug. 26, 1904 - Samuel Mills Slaughter died. He is buried in Wallkill Cemetery, Phillipsburg, Orange county, NY
Aug. 27, 1904 Middletown Daily Press - Obituary. Samuel Mills Slaughter died at 6 o’clock Friday afternoon at his home near Crystal Run, aged 74 years, of peritonitis. Deceased was a son of Archibald Slaughter and Catherine Mills and was born in the town of Hamptonburgh, June 11, 1830. On October 23, 1861, he was married to Catherine R. Wells, who survives him with three children: Hattie, wife of Eugene Smith, of Stony Ford; Eugene W., and Edna, at home. Also by one sister, Esther A., wife of T. Alfred Mills, of New York city. The funeral will be held on Monday afternoon at 1 o’clock at the late home.

Sept. 4, 1909 Times Herald Olean, NY - Young Woman Shot; Taken For Burglar. Probably Fatal Mistake Made by Brother. Middletown, N. Y. - Miss Edna Slaughter, a member of one of the most prominent families of Orange county, was shot and seriously wounded by her brother, Eugene Slaughter, at their home near Crystal Run at 2 o’clock in the morning. Miss Slaughter is in a precarious condition. The shooting was accidental. Mr. Slaughter was aroused by a noise and he believed that there were burglars trying to enter the house. Arousing his sister, Edna, to keep watch for a time and not hearing anything more, both retired to their rooms. Miss Slaughter was not satisfied; however, and made her way down stairs. A moment later Mr. Slaughter heard a noise. Taking his revolver, he crept down stairs and seeing a figure in the darkness, fired at it. The shot took effect in Miss Slaughter’s neck and she fell to the floor. Striking a match to look at the supposed burglar, Mr. Slaughter found that his sister lay unconscious before him. He made efforts to stop the flow of blood and called a number of physicians by telephone. The bullet passed close to the jugular veins and the young woman nearly died from loss of blood before the physicians arrived.

April 1910 census - Wallkill, Orange county, NY, Mechanicstown Road - Eugene Smith 44 yo., married for 23 years, owned dairy farm; wife Hattie S. Smith 46 yo., married for 23 years; son Henry Smith 19 yo., farm laborer on home farm; son Samuel S. Smith 17 yo.; son Ralph W. Smith 14 yo.; daughter Katharine Smith 11 yo.; daughter Gertrude Smith 7 yo.

1910 census - Crystal Run road, Wallkill, Orange county, NY - Eugene W. Slaughter 40 yo., single, dairy farmer; mother Katherine W. Slaughter 72 yo., widow; sister Edna Slaughter 33 yo., single

1915 census - Brown Township, Wallkill, Orange county, NY - Eugene Smith 49 yo., farmer; wife Hattie Smith 51 yo.; son Harry Smith 25 yo., farmer; son Samuel Smith 23 yo., lumber yard laborer; son Ralph Smith 20 yo., silo carpenter; daughter Katharine Smith 16 yo.; daughter Gertrude Smith 12 yo.; nephew Earnest Smith 26 yo., farm laborer; niece Fannie Smith 30 yo., housework; servant William Knapp 38 yo.

1915 census - Crystal Run road, Wallkill, Orange county, NY - Eugene W. Slaughter 45 yo., single, dairy farmer; mother Kate W. Slaughter 76 yo., widow; sister Edna Slaughter 38 yo., single

June 2, 1916 Middletown Times-Press - Mechanicstown. Miss Edna Slaughter, of Stony Ford, spent a few days at Glen Cottage, the past week.

July 22, 1916 Middletown Times-Press - Mrs. Kate Wells Slaughter died, Friday, at her home in the town of Wallkill, after an illness of six months of heart disease. She was 76 years, 11 months and 15 days of age, having been born August 5, 1839, in Pennsylvania, the daughter of Lydia Nyce and Alfred Wells. October 23, 1861, at Goshen, she was united in marriage with Samuel Mills Slaughter and for the past 55 years she had resided in the town of Wallkill. She was a member of the Presbyterian Church at Scotchtown. Surviving are the following children: Eugene W. Slaughter and Edna at home, and Hattie, wife of Eugene Smith, of the town of Wallkill, and two brothers and one sister, Charles Wells, of this city; Moses A. Wells, of Chicago and Mrs. Mary F. Coleman, of Goshen; also by six grandchildren. (Sister of the late Mrs. Charlotte Wells Slaughter of 208 Chemung street Waverly, NY) Catharine (Kate) Rosetta Wells Slaughter

Oct. 30, 1916, Marriage license for Ralph Wells Smith, 21 yo., of Mechanicstown, farmer, born in Stony Ford. Father Eugene Smith, mother Harriet Slaughter to Ethel May Reed 21 yo. of Town of Wallkill, bookkeeper, born in Middletown, NY, father Fred Reed, mother Carrie Decker. First marriage for both.
Ralph and Ethel married Nov. 1, 1916 in Middletown, NY by Rev. B. E. Smith.

Sept. 6, 1917 Middletown Times-Press - Mechanicstown. Eugene Smith is taking down the house on the old Miller homestead and expects to erect a fine cottage.

Aug. 14, 1909 Middletown Times-Press - Miss Edna Slaughter, of Crystal Run, N. Y., has completed the 21st year of continued service with the Orange County Agricultural Society. She is now in charge of the Historical department.

Dec. 26, 1919 The Independent Republican Goshen, NY - Deeds Recorded at the County Clerk’s Office, Goshen. Hattie S. Smith to Theodore M. Smith, town of Wallkill, 112 acres, $1.

1920 census - Wallkill, Orange county, NY., Mechanicstown, renting Eugene Smith 54 yo., machinery salesman; wife Hattie Smith 56 yo.; daughter Katherine Smith 21 yo.; daughter Gertrude Smith 17 yo.; Harry Smith 29 yo., farmer on dairy farm

1920 census - Crystal Run Road, Wallkill, Orange county, NY - Eugene Slaughter 50 yo., single, dairy farmer; sister Edna Slaughter 42 yo., single, no occupation

March 30, 1922 - Edna Slaughter, 45 yo., married Alfred J. Slater in Orange county, NY

Aug. 31, 1924 - Hattie S. Smith died, Wallkill, Orange county, NY, Will date Dec. 28, 1923; Probate date Oct. 6, 1924; inferred death 1924. Hattie S. Smith; husband Eugene Smith; son Samuel S. Smith. Eugene and Samuel, executors of will.
Next of kin and heirs: Theodore M. Smith, son, Middletown, NY RD2; Harry Smith, son, Middletown, NY RD2; Ralph W. Smith, son, Middletown, NY RD2; Katharine S. Strong, daughter, Goshen, NY; Gertrude Smith, daughter, Middletown, NY RD2; Eugene Smith, husband, Middletown, NY RD2; Samuel S. Smith, son Middletown, NY RD3.
I give, devise and bequeath to my husband, Eugene Smith, property at Mechanicstown, Orange County, New York, known as “Glen Cottage”, and bounded on the North by the highway leading from Mechanicstown to Phillipsburgh and on the East by lands of John R. Slawson and on the South by the lands of the Trolley Company and on the West by the lands of one Cortright, to be his, his heirs and assigns forever. All the rest, residue and remained of my estates, both real and personal, I give, devise and bequeath to my children, to be theirs, … in equal shares.

Sept. 9, 1924 The Independent Republican Goshen, NY - Mrs. Eugene Smith. Mrs. Hattie S. Smith, wife of Eugene Smith, died Sunday, at her home in Crystal Run, after an illness of five months, aged 61 years one month and 19 days. She was born July 12, 1863, in the town of Wallkill, a daughter of Samuel and Catherine (Wells) Slaughter. She was married on March 9, 1887, at Crystal Run. Surviving are her husband, two daughters, Katherine, wife of Benjamin B. Strong, of the town of Goshen, and Gertrude, at home; four sons Theodore Mills Smith, Harry Smith, Samuel Slaughter Smith, and Ralph Wells Smith, all of the town of Wallkill, one brother, Eugene W. Slaughter, of the town of Wallkill, and one sister, Edna, wife of A. J. Slater, of Pine Bush.

Dec. 3, 1938 Middletown Times Herald - Six Room House, Garage, steam heat, improvements. Also 4 room apartment, improvements at Mechanicstown Eugene Smith, RD No. Two, Middletown

Aug. 25, 1949 Independent Republican, Goshen, N. Y. - Eugene Smith of Dover, Del., a native of Goshen who had returned for the Orange County Fair and was among those recognized at the Old Timers’ Day Friday, died Tuesday at the home of his son, Theodore M. Smith, at Mechanicstown. The funeral was today, with burial in Wallkill Cemetery at Phillipsburgh. Mr. Smith, son of Stephen and Emily Randolph Smith, was born October 31, 1865. He was for many years a farm machinery dealer. Besides his wife, the former Nelly Findlay Downe, who he married in 1927, he leaves several children by his first wife, who was Hattie Slaughter. They are Theodore, Harry of Crystal Run, Ralph of Phillipsburgh and Gertrude, wife of Cecil Mapes of Chatham, N. Y. There are also eleven grandchildren, seven great grandchildren and a sister, Mrs. Emma J. Smith of Coldenham.

1951 - Edna Slaughter Slater died, buried in Rosendale Plains Cemetery, Tillson, Ulster county, NY. Her husband, Alfred J. Slater, predeceased her on Sept. 27, 1947. Alfred’s first wife, Ida Lutes Slater died in March of 1920.

April 25, 1991 The Chatham Courier - Gertrude Slaughter Mapes, 88, of Chatham, died April 16, at Bamwell Health Facility, Valatie. Born November 6, 1902 in Wallkill, she was the daughter of the late Eugene and Hattie (Slaughter) Smith. She graduated from Middletown High School and received degrees from Elmira College and Cornell University. She studied piano, violin and voice and continued in college with vocal music, public school music and dramatics. She taught music one year at Mahopac High School and five years at Hudson High School. In 1931, she and her late husband, Cecil S. Mapes, who was superintendent of schools, moved to Chatham. He died in 1972. Mapes continued her interest in dramatics, instructing a group from Hudson which produced 31 one act plays over radio and also directing the Chatham Players until it disbanded during World War II. She sang in churches in Chatham, Hudson, Albany and a number of places in Massachusetts and Connecticut. She was a member of the Tanglewood Choir and was at the Berkshire Music Center for summers. Mapes was interested in birds, wildflowers and conservation. She was a member of the Alan Devoe Bird Club, the National Audubon Society, the Massachusetts Audubon Society and the National Wildlife Federation. She was a member of the First Reformed Church in Chatham and served on its consistory and other committees. She was a member of the Columbia County Historical Society and the SECCO. Surviving are two nieces and three nephews. …

Knapp Family (Mrs. Gertrude Slaughter Knapp's Husband's, George Brinker Knapp's, Family)

Dr. William Knapp born October 28, 1788 in Otsego county, NY and died Feb. 3, 1874 on his farm in Athens, PA was the son of William Knapp. He practiced medicine in Factoryville (East Waverly). He married Armenia Gates (1792 - 1850), daughter of Azel and Margaret Holbrook Gates. Dr. William and Armenia Knapp had the following children: William (1813 - 1895 Waverly), Augusta (1816 - 1848) married B. F. Snyder, Emily Margaret (1818 - ?) married Thomas Yates, Mary Gates (1820 - 1858), Dr. Jerome B. (1822 - 1853) married Maria Armstrong and had a son, Frederick Jerome, Lucia (1825 - ?) married Rev. A. Stowell, Armenia (1828 - 1908) married John Chemey, Azel (1834 - ?) married Hattie Babcock.

William Knapp (1813 - 1895) married Mary Ann Shackleton and had the following children:1. Joseph Warren (first) born 1843, 2. Emogene (1845 - ?) married Chauncy Frisbie and had 2 children: Josephine married Frank Loring Howard and had Blanche, 3. William born Jan. 21, 1848, 4. Josephine born 1850 and married Arthur L. Brinker.

Joseph Warren Knapp, 1rst, (born Nov. 17, 1843 in Barton) married Frances E. Durkee. In 1861, he enlisted in the war of rebellion, on the first call for troops. He was the smallest and youngest member of the company, 17 years of age. He participated in the Second Battle of Bull Run and several smaller engagements, then South Mountain, Antietam and Fredericksburg. He was honorably discharged after 2 years and returned to Waverly, NY. He attended Eastman Business College at Poughkeepsie, NY. At Factoryville, he clerked at Manning & Finch for 2 years. In 1866, he started a grocery business in Waverly at the corner of Broad and Clark streets. In 1880, at 14 Johnson St. Waverly was; Warren W. Knapp 35 yrs. old, wife Francis 32 yrs.old, Harry 9 yr.old son, Joseph W. 10 month old son and boarder Linda Durkee 71 yrs. old. Around 1881, he added the dry goods business and continued to add to his business, making a large department store.
They had 5 children:
1. Harry William Knapp (1870 - 1941 buried in Glenwood cemetery Waverly, NY) married Maria L. Phillips Knapp June 21, 1894. Home at 455 Waverly st. He became a partner with his father under J. W. Knapp & Son.
1A.Thomas Phillips Knapp b. 1895
1B. Frances Helen Knapp b. 1899
1C. Romain Knapp b. 1903
2. Joseph Warren Knapp II married Ella Grace Mixer Knapp. In 1910, they were living at 303 Chemung st. in one half of the home and Ella's parents, Edwin and Jennie Mixer were living in one half with address of 303 1/2. Both had their own servants.
2A. Helen Elizabeth Knapp
2B. Edwin Mixer Knapp (1906-1980) married Lucia Crowell (1906-1983) In 1945 Edwin Knapp was living at 89 Spring Street in Waverly, NY. In 1954 he was at 33 Pine Street, Waverly.
2C. Joseph Warren Knapp III married (1944) Alice Kemp from Albany{They had, Helen Elizabeth and Joseph Warren Knapp IV, born in 1947}From Jan. 2014 obituary: Alice Knapp passed away on Jan. 4, 2014. She was born Oct. 20, 1915. Survived by three children: Betsy, Peggy (Sila) and Joseph; daughter-in-law, Maureen. Joseph Warren Knapp III passed away in 1973. They both had worked at Knapp's Hardware store.
2D. Elnora M. Knapp married Frank Boyle
3. Robert Shackleton Knapp born 1883, died while student at Cornell.
4. Ralph Waldo Knapp married Vera Taylor (Ralph attended Cornell)
5. George Brinker Knapp (b. Nov. 9, 1885, d. Oct. 8, 1927) (Was Living at Los Angeles, California for a short time before his marriage.) married Gertrude Slaughter in 1915.
A. Charlotte Slaughter Knapp b. 1916, d. 1985

October or November 1899 The Waverly Free Press: George Knapp was operated upon at the Packer hospital last week and is rapidly improving. It is thought that this will entirely cure him of his trouble. All his many friends wish this good luck for him

1917 directory - 208 Chemung street, Waverly, NY - George B. Knapp (Gertrude), 1 child, owns home and lot, 2 autos. land line. (The home and property were never in George's name, it remained in Mrs. Gertrude Slaughter Knapp's name.)

In 1954 and 1955 Gertrude still lived in Waverly, and daughter, Charlotte lived in Ithaca.
In 1956 Charlotte may have lived in Waverly again.
Sometime after 1956, Charlotte may have moved to CA. We have not been able to find out what she did from 1956-1985.

John Hanna family
Knapp and Sawyer married into the John Hanna family.
http://pages.prodigy.net/rasbuckley/hannadec.htm

John Hanna born (1744) in Scotland, died April 28, 1845 in Barton, NY. Married Margaret McCullum, born in Scotland, died 1839 in Boston, NY
Numbers 1 -9 are children of John Hanna and Margaret McCullum
Capital Letters are grandchildren of John Hanna
Lowercase letters are great grandchildren of John Hanna
roman numerals are great great grandchildren

George Brinker Knapp and Charlotte S. Knapp were great great grandchildren of John Hanna.

Harold Sawyer was a great great grandchild of John Hanna.

Fred A. Sawyer and Mary were great grandchildren of John Hanna. Mrs. Fred A. Sawyer was who gave George and Charlotte their engagement party.

John and Margaret had nine children:
1. John Hanna, Jr.(?1785- 1849) married Deborah Hyatt
2. Betsey Hanna married Lewis Mills
3. William Hanna (1791-1866) married first wife, Nancy Sanders
William Hanna married second wife, Jane Raymond
4. Nancy Hanna ( ?1796-1876) married John Swartwood
5. Margaret Hanna (1798-1880) married Elisha Hill
6. George Walter Hanna (1799-1878) married Katherine Wentz
7. Sally Hanna (1802-1873) married Squire Whitaker
8. Martha Hanna (1804-1898) married Joseph G. Wilkenson
9. Jane Hanna (died 1829) married Joseph Swain

1. John and Deborah Hyatt Hanna had 4 children:
A. Mary Hanna married William F. Ellis
B. Sally (Sarah) Hanna married David C. Lyons
C. Julia Hanna married Daniel Horton
D. Ira Hanna married Myra (Maria?) Park

2. Betsey and Lewis Mills had 3 children:
A. William Mills married Susan Shackleton
B. John Mills married Elizabeth Brown
C. Miami Mills married Sylvester Wright

3. William and Nancy Sanders Hanna had 7 children:
A. Selah Hanna married Elizabeth Broadhead
B. William Hanna
C. Eliza Hanna married Charles Holt
D. Sarah or Sally Hanna married John Shackelton
E. Charlotte Hanna married James Partridge
F. Jane Hanna married Matthias Hunter Hollenbeck
G. John Hanna married Mary Mundy Hanna
3. William and Jane Raymond Hanna had 8 children
H. George Hanna married Estella Catlin
I. William Hanna
J. Estella Hanna married Thad. Ellis
K. Edward Hanna
L. Frederick Hanna married Mary Mills Hanna
M. Adelbert Hanna
N. Emmet Hanna
O. Maud Hanna married Arthur Fitch

4. Nancy and John Swartwood had 4 children:
A. Seely P. Swartwood married Sally Seymour Swartwood
B. Eliza Swartwood married Issac Raymond
C. Linda or Belinda Swartwood married George Durkee
a. Byron Durkee married Camline Payer
b. Mary Durked married Amherst Gordon
c. Charles Durkee married Kate McKinney
d. John Durkee
e. Frances Durkee married Joseph Warren Knapp
i. Harry married Marie Phillips (3 children)
ii. Joseph married Ella Mixer (4 children)
iii Robert
iv Ralph
v George
D. Martha Swartwood married George Bennett

5. Margaret and Elisha Hill had 6 children:
A. Hannah Hill married Oliver Welton
B. Sarah Hill
C. John Hill married Elizabeth Cure
D. Elizabeth Hill married Joe Park
E. Jane Hill married Montgomery Mead
F. Lometia Hill married Alonson Welton

6. George and Katherine Hanna had 7 children:
A. Julia Hanna married Leander Walker
B. Ambrosia Hanna married Thad Walker
C. Martha Hanna married Charles Sawyer
a. Fred A. Sawyer married Mary Moore
i. Harold Moore Sawyer married Regina Lutz of Wheeliing, W. VA, in 1914
D. Amelia Hanna married Lyman Buck
E. Charles Hanna married Harriet Ellis
F. George Quigg Hanna married Sarah Sauners Hanna
G. Katherine Hanna married Emmett Holbert

7. Sally and Squire Whitaker had 7 children:
A. Horace Whitaker married Marian Walker
B. Jane Whitaker married Grant Follet
C. Phoebe Whitaker married Hatfied Hallett
D. James Whitaker
E. Lewis Whitaker married Francis Parker
F. William Whitaker married Margaret Madill
G. Francis Whitaker married Wilbur Finch

8. Martha and Joseph Wilkenson had 17 children
A. Margaret Wilkenson married Archibald Little
B. Charlotte Wilkenson married William Corey
C. George Wilkenson married Margaret Decker
D. Lenora Wilkenson
E. Katherine Wilkenson married J. E. Halabarr
F. Ester Wilkenson
G. John Wilkenson
H. William Wilkenson
I. Charles Wilkenson married Charlotte Raymond
J. Elizabeth Wilkenson married Albert Swartwood
K. Isabel Wilkenson
L. Sarah Wilkenson married Andrus Greer
M. Rachel Wilkenson married John Joslin
N. George Wilkenson
O. Hiram Wilkenson
P. Margaret Wilkenson married George French
Q. Jane Wilkenson married George French

9. Jane and Joseph Swain had 7 children:
A. Horace Swain married Sarah Edwards
B. Lewis Swain
C. Owen Swain married Albina Gregory
D.. Alfred Swain married Anna Denson
E. John Swain
F. Robert Swain married Sarah Catlin first, then, Kate Catlin
G. William Swain married Lucy Ruggles

VanAtta Family (Azariah J. VanAtta, designer and re-builder of 208 Chemung street, Waverly, NY)

The Van Atta name is a derivation of the original Van Etten. Originally the family came from the small agricultural town of Etten, eight miles southwest of the prominent city of Breda in Noord Brahant (North Brabant), a province in Holland.

John (Johannes) M. VanAtta was born November 1, 1782 (died March 7, 1862), and came from Rockburg, Warren county, N. J. to Barton about 1823. He married Elizabeth Albright, who was born August 16, 1787 (died Sept. 1, 1879). John and Elizabeth moved to Barton in 1823. They had the following children:

1. Peter born July 28, 1810
2. Margaret born November 21, 1811
3. Adam born November 18, 1813
4. William born February 1, 1816
5. Benjamin born June 6, 1818
6. Caroline born June 19, 1821
7. Sarah born July 15, 1823
8. Isaac born July 22, 1826 (died young)
9. Azariah J. born December 15, 1827
10. Rebecca M. born December 11, 1832, died March 14, 1906

Peter (died March 8, 1885) married Fanny Jane (died Aug. 12, 1887), daughter of Reuben Harding; farmer at Straw Hill, Barton.
A. Oscar H. (b. May 29, 1845, d. Jan. 24, 1896)
B. Clarence

Peter may have also had: Eliza, Nancy and John (died unmarried at age 22)

(Peter and Benjamin were musicians in the old state militia.)

Azariah J. VanAtta was the designer and builder of the "Slaughter residence," at 208 Chemung street Waverly, NY in 1873, our now "Enchanting East Empress" at our "Zehr Estate."

Azariah J. VanAtta born Dec. 15, 1827 in Barton, NY, married Carlista E. Ames of Danby and moved to Waverly and remained there til he died May 27, 1913. Carlista was born Oct. 19, 1828 and died Feb. 20, 1912. Carlista was the daughter of Calvin and Sarah Ames.

1. John C. VanAtta born Dec. 7, 1859, died Oct. 2, 1937, married Carrie Campbell, daughter of Burt Campbell.
A. Ronald VanAtta
2. E. Clair VanAtta married first wife, Gussie (Augusta) Harnden (1857-1892). E. Clair married second wife, Kitty Spencer of Scranton. E. Clair was a harness dealer.
3. Edwin H. VanAtta born 1869, died June 20, 1909, married Rose Grafft, born 1868, died 1957
A. Virginia VanAtta (died June 9, 1988) married John Garrard Tarleton
4. Clarence F. VanAtta, born 1855, died 1905

From Our County And Its People A Memorial History Of Tioga County New York: An old European family is the Venette one. The name is now spelled VanAtta. The first one we can trace in this country is Thomas Venette, born April 5, 1717 in New Jersey. His children were Joanna, Anna, Bridget, Benjamin, and Lydia. Benjamin, born in New Jersey also, on April 12, 1753, married Margaret Middaugh, born June 23, 1755. Their children were Peter, Marietta, Thomas, Johannes M., Elizabeth, and Isaac. Johannes M., born November 1, 1782, married Elizabeth Albright, born August 16, 1787, came to Barton in 1823, took up a lot of wild land, built a log house, and by industry and thrift developed a fine farm and acquired competence. Of their ten children were Peter, Margaret A., Adam, William, Caroline, Benjamin, Sarah, Isaac, Azariah J., and Rebecca M. Mr. VanAtta (as. the name now began to be known) died March 7, 1861, his wife surviving him until September 1, 1870. Azariah J. VanAtta, born on the new home in Barton, December 15, 1827, was brought up on the farm. He then married Carlista E., daughter of Calvin and Sarah Ames, and located in Waverly as a carpenter. He has been an active figure in Waverly for many years and the degree of respect in which he is held is derived from his uniform walk and conduct. Since 1880 he has been the superintendent of the Waverly water works. Mr. and Mrs. VanAtta's surviving children are E. Clair, a dealer in coal of Waverly; John C., a leading druggist, and Edwin H., also a druggist.

1897 - Mr. and Mrs. A. J. VanAtta and Mr. and Mrs. Ed. H. VanAtta attended the annual reunion of the VanAtta family Thursday at the home of John Schuyler in Elmira.

May 9, 1899 Elmira Daily Gazette And Free Press: Mrs. A. J. Van Atta of Waverly is the guest of Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Schuyler of No. 109 Lormore street. (Mr. A. V. Schuyler was an Elmiran druggist.)

Brooks Family

September 17, 1839 Albany NY Evening Journal - CHEMUNG COUNTY YOUNG MEN'S Whig Convention. A Convention of the Whig Young Men of the county of Chemung convened at Fairport, Sept. 4, 1839, for the purpose of choosing delegates to attend the Democratic Whig Young Men's Senatorial Convention to be held at Owego, on the 18th ... The Convention was called to order: ... The object of the Convention having been stated, on calling over the towns, the following persons appeared, and took their seats as members of the Convention, ... Big flats - ... Chemung - Dix - ... Catlin - ... Elmira - ... Erin - ...Veteran - ... On motion ... The committee ... On motion ... reported the names of the following persons as delegates: ... Chemung - J. Lowman, Jr. G. W. Buck, T. J. Brooks, Joseph Foulke, Jr., John Mitchell, Gorden Snell. ... Resolved, ... (T. J. Brooks purchased the lot where the main house at 208 Chemung street stands in 1849 from Andrew S. Rice. Brooks had his home built, on the corner of Chemung street and Athens street, which shows up on an 1853 map as being rectangular in shape. It is to this rectangular shaped home that Dewitt Slaughter would make additions to and, in 1873, would have the home rebuilt for his son, Samuel W. Slaughter, as a wedding gift.)

September 3, 1844 - Thomas Jefferson Brooks married Cynthia Lowman. (T. J. Brooks built a rectangular shaped home, circa 1849 at 208 Chemung street.)

On February 11, 1847, Thomas and Cynthia Brooks had a daughter born, Rosamond Lillis Brooks.

1849 - Andrew S. Rice sold just the lot where the main house now stands at 208 Chemung Street to Thomas J. Brooks for $400.00 which he paid off in 1853 (according to mortgage records in Owego - Two dates for this also, one for 1850, see below). There is a rectangular shaped house on an 1853 map. Also on the 1853 map is the octagon home on the west side of our house, our yard on Chemung Street, owned by Andrew S. Rice. Thomas J. Brooks built the first house, circa 1849, on the site of where our house now stands. The octagon house was built circa 1846 by Andrew S. Rice.

April 1, 1850, Andrew S. Rice and wife, Eliza S. Rice, sold to Thomas J. Brooks and Cynthia Lowman Brooks, his wife. (Lot where our house now stands, just a corner lot and the corner of Chemung street and Athens street. The yard we have now on Chemung street, just to the west of our house was not included in this sale, for Andrew Rice's octagon home was in our current yard at this time.)

1850 census - 208 Chemung street Waverly, NY - T. J. Brooks 33 yo., merchant, real estate $1,300; wife Cynthia 26 yo.; daughter Rosamond 3 yo.; Joseph Beers 13 yo.; Henry McCane 18 yo., clerk

By 1852, T. J. Brooks opened a general store on Broad Street. He previously had a store in Factoryville (East Waverly) on Cayuta Avenue. (Thomas Jefferson Brooks and family were living at 208 Chemung street.)

April 2, 1952 Waverley - Its Business Men, & c. (notice the second "e" in Waverley). ... T. J. Brooks, dealer in dry goods, groceries, & c., in Spalding block (Broad street).

March 22, 1854: The Broome Republican - Paymaster - We learn that T. J. Brooks, of (208 Chemung street) Waverly, has been appointed paymaster on the New York and Erie Road. The Waverly Advocate speaks in high terms of the appointee.

April 5, 1854 The Broome Republican - ... T. J. Brooks also of Tioga County, but a few days since was appointed paymaster for the Susquehanna division ... (N. Y. & E. R. R.)

In 1854 Waverly was incorporated. On April 25, 1853, a formal application to incorporate the village of Waverly was made by H. S. Davis, Owen Spalding, T. J. Brooks, W. A. Brooks, R. O. Crandall, Richard A. Elmer, Alvah Jarvis and others. On December 12, 1853, a notice for a call of election was made and on January 18, 1854, voters of the village cast a total of 158 votes; 114 for and 44 against. The election was held at the old hotel, run by James Whitaker, on the corner of Chemung and Waverly streets. {the hotel was at current day 159a Chemung Street, northwest corner of Waverly and Chemung streets. It was a previous building on that lot that was destroyed by fire in 1856.}

1855 census - 208 Chemung street Waverly, NY - T. J. Brooks 38 yo., born in Otsego county, agent N. Y. & E.; wife Cynthia 30 yo., born in Chemung county; daughter Lilias Rosamond 8 yo., born in Tioga county

Thomas J. Brooks sold part of our property (where the main house stands) with his rectangular shaped home on it, to DeWitt Slaughter in 1857. T. J. Brooks had the first home on the site of 208 Chemung street built, which Dewitt Slaughter added onto.
Thomas was born Dec. 18, 1816 in Otsego County. Thomas' parents were, Thesius Brooks and Roxanna Beard Brooks. Thomas died Sept. 29, 1857.
Thomas Jefferson Brooks married Cynthia Lowman on Sept. 3, 1844.
Cynthia was born March 4, 1824 and died Dec. 4, 1874.

Thomas and Cynthia Brooks had :
1. Rosamund Lowman Lillis Brooks born Feb. 11, 1847 in Waverly, NY, died March 11, 1923 in Elmira, NY.

Rosamund married Samuel Murray Tubbs on Oct. 25, 1865. He was born March 31, 1835 in Elmira, NY and died Feb. 15, 1900 in Elmira, NY. He was a farmer. Rosamund and Samuel had the following children:

1. Susan Brooks Tubbs was born on Aug. 25, 1866 in Elmira, Chemung Co., NY. She died on Mar. 6, 1868 in Waverly, Tioga Co., NY.
2. Mary Alice Tubbs born Oct. 1, 1872 and married Jan. 8, 1896 John or Jacob George Zimmerman. Resided at 310 DeWitte Ave. Elmira, NY
Children: Helen Frances Zimmerman born May 29, 1897, Karolena Rosamund Zimmerman born Nov. 24, 1901or Nov. 27, 1901 and married June 28, 1935 to Lewis E. Rhoades.
Lewis Edwin Rhoads died Jan. 21, 1983 (Woodlawn cemetery, Elmira)
Karolena Rhoades died Oct. 21, 1996 in Elmira
3. Frances Brooks Tubbs was born on May 23, 1875 in Elmira, Chemung Co., NY. She was still living about 1923 and unmarried.
4. Helen Rosamund Tubbs born Dec. 7, 1877, married William Randall Compton. Resided at 925 College Ave. Emira, NY. They had William Randall Compton born July 9, 1902. Helen married second husband, Orson Richards, married Nov. 15, 1922.

North America, Family Histories Daughters of the American Revolution -
Thesius Brooks (1787-1856) married in 1811 to Roxanna Baird (1786-1877).
George Lowman (1795-1886) married Lillis Harrington (1798-1882) in 1819.
Thomas Jefferson Brooks (1816-1857) married in 1844, Cynthia Lowman (1824-1874)
Samuel Murray Tubbs (1835-1900) married in 1865 to Rosamond Brooks, born 1847.

After Thomas Jefferson Brook's death, more information on his family:

1860 census - Chemung, Chemung county, NY - George Lowman 64 yo., farmer, real estate $35,000. Personal $13,000; Lillis 63 yo.; John G. 32 yo., farm agent; Susan 28 yo.; Plebe Ann 26 yo.; Clancy 1 yo.; Cynthia L. Brooks 35 yo.; Rosamund L. Brooks 13 yo.; Clarence Goodwin 26 yo., farm laborer; James Hanington 20 yo., farm laborer; Elizabeth Rowley 20 yo., domestic; Mary Ann Doty 13 yo.

1865 census - Chemung, NY - frame home worth $2,500 - three-family home - 1. George Lowman 69 yo., farmer; wife Lillis 67 yo.; 2. John G. Lowman 39 yo., farmer; wife Susan E. 36 yo.; daughter Clara 6 yo.; son Jesse 3 yo.; 3. Cynthia Brooks 41 yo.; daughter Rosa B. Brooks 18 yo.

1870 census - Chemung, NY - George Lowman 74 yo., farmer, real estate $30,000. Personal $2,00; Lillias 72 yo.; Pheobe Goodwin 37 yo.; Cynthia Brooks 44 yo.; Hovey Goodwin 8 yo.; Harriet Goodwin 6 yo.

Dec. 4, 1874, Mrs. Cynthia Lowman Brooks died. She was born March 4, 1824.

1882 Lillia Herrington Lowman died, wife of George Lowman

1886 - George Lowman died, widow of Lillia Herrington Lowman. They are buried in Riverside Cemetery, Chemung, NY

March 11, 1923 - Mrs. Rosamond Lillis Brooks Tubbs died. She was born Feb. 11, 1847 in Waverly, NY. She is buried in Woodlawn Cemetery, Elmira, NY.

Lewis Family

April 6, 1843 - Walter H. Lewis married Esther Merritt Lynch (1819-1905), according to ancestry

1860 census - Walter S. vs. H. Lewis 48 yo., cooper, real estate $1200/personal $200; Esther 41 yo.; Mary 13 yo.; son John E. 5 yo.

1865 census - frame home worth $800, two-family, highly likely this was Owen Spalding’s home at 471 Pennsylvania ave, for Spalding had built a large home across the street at 403 Chemung street, which is no longer standing - 1. Walter H. Lewis 52 yo., cooper, born in Orange county, NY; wife Esther M. 45 yo., born in Onondaga county, NY; daughter Mary J. 18 yo., born in Cayuga county, NY; son John E. 10 yo., born in Tioga county, NY; daughter Anna L. 1 yo., born in Tioga county, NY.; Family 2 - Azaraih J. Vanatta 37 yo., carpenter, born in Tioga county, NY; wife Corlista E. 36 yo., born in Vermont; son Eugene C. 8 yo., born in Tioga county, NY; son John C. M. 5 yo., born in Tioga county, NY (Next in census order, frame home worth $5,000,former home on the site of 329 Chemung street - John L. Sawyer 54 yo., lumberman, born in Orange county, NY; wife Julina 52 yo. born in Orange county, NY)(Before Lewis and Vanatta on census, Levi Gardner and family at 332 Chemung street)

1875 census - framed home worth $2,000 - (Village of Waverly) Barton, NY, most likely 117 Park Place - W. H. Lewis 62 yo., cooper; wife E. M. Lewis 56 yo.; daughter M. J. Lewis 27 yo.; son J. E. Lewis 20 yo., telegraph operator; daughter A. L. Lewis 11 yo.

1880 census - Maple street which is today’s Park Place, most likely 117 Park Place (Village of Waverly) Barton, NY - Walter H. Lewis 68 yo., cooper; wife Esther M. 60 yo.; daughter Mary J. 30 yo., teacher; son John E. 24 yo., telegraph operator; daughter Anna L. 16 yo., at school

April 1894 The Waverly Free Press - If you want a bicycle that has a tire that will not get punctured, by a Victor. Send for a catalogue to John E. Lewis, No. 117 Park Place, agent for Waverly, Sayre and Athens.

Jan. 17, 1895 - Walter Halsey Lewis died in Waverly, NY. He was born Feb. 23, 1811 in Orange county, NY. Walter is buried in Forest Home Cemetery, Waverly, NY. His parents were James and Jane Lewis.
Jan. 17, 1895 Elmira Gazette And Free Press - Waverly. Walter E. (H.) Lewis died at his residence, 117 Park place this morning, of old age and its attendant diseases. He was 84 years of age and has resided in Waverly for the past forty years and was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church and a highly respected citizen, his many friends greatly regret his death and his family have the sincere sympathy of all in the sorrow. He leaves of his immediate family a wife and two daughters, Mrs. Adams of Geneseo and Mary E. Lewis, who is a teacher at the academy and one son, John E. Lewis, who is employed as clerk in the Lehigh office at Sayre. The funeral service will be held from his late home Saturday at 10:30 a.m. The Rev. Peter R. Ross will officiate.
Jan. 19, 1895 The Waverly Free Press - Walter E. Lewis died Thursday morning, at his home on Park Place, aged eighty three years. He had been a resident of Waverly for forty years, and was one of the town’s most highly respected citizens. He leaves of his immediate family, his wife, two daughters, Miss Mary Lewis, of the grammar school, Mrs. Charles Adams, of Geneseo, and one son, John, of the Sayre offices. Mr. Lewis was a consistent member of the Presbyterian church, and the pastor, Rev. P. R. Ross, will conduct the funeral services at the home, at ten o’clock, this Saturday morning.

1900 census - 117 Park Place Waverly, NY, owned home - Esther M. Lewis 81 yo. widow; daughter Mary J. Lewis 53 yo., school teacher; son John E. Lewis 44 yo., clerk at rail road office

1905 census - 117 Park Place Waverly, NY - Esther M. Lewis 88 yo.; daughter Mary J. Lewis 57 yo., school teacher; son John E. Lewis 50 yo., clerk at Rail road office

Dec. 16, 1905 Elmira Morning Telegram - Waverly. Mrs. Esther Lewis, one of the oldest residents of this village, in point of years and of residence, died at her late home in Park place last Monday night. Her age was eighty-six years. She was a woman of rare piety and always took a deep interest in the things that make for purity. She was the widow of the late Walter H. Lewis. She is survived by one son, John H. Lewis, of the Lehigh’s clerical force at Sayre, who resides at home, and two daughters, Mary, at home, and Mrs. George Adams, of Geneseo, N. Y. Funeral services were held from the house on Wednesday afternoon, the Rev. P. R. Ross, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating.

May 14, 1909 Waverly Free Press - Lost - A garnet bar pin, between high school and Park Place. Return to Mary J. Lewis, 117 Park Place.

May 2, 1911 Elmira Star Gazette - Finds Him Past All Awakening. John E. Lewis, Lehigh Accountant, Is Found Dead in Bed by Sister - Funeral Is Held This Afternoon. At 9 o’clock Saturday morning when Miss Mary Lewis, who is a teacher in the Waverly school, went to call her brother, John E. Lewis, at their home on Park avenue (mistake, was Park place, according to directories and census), she found him in what she supposed an unconscious condition. She immediately summoned Dr. C. F. Griswold, who found Mr. Lewis had been dead for several hours. Coroner Leon S. Betowski was sent for and found that Mr. Lewis had died of apoplexy. Mr. Lewis for many years has been employed in the accounting department of the Lehigh Valley railroad company. Recently his headquarters have been at Philadelphia. He came home Friday morning with the expectation of spending Saturday and Sunday with his sister. He arrived in Sayre shortly ahead of the 2 o’clock a.m. trolley car, chatted with the employees at the depot and was apparently in his usual health. He was fifty-eight years old and had resided all his life in Waverly. Two sisters survive him: Miss Mary Lewis of Waverly and Mrs. Anna Adams of Geneseo, N. Y. Mr. Lewis was a charter member of Tioga Hose company and was the second oldest active member of the Waverly department in length of service. He was a genial, whole-souled man, whom it was a pleasure to know and a host of friends in Waverly and all along the Lehigh system sincerely mourn his death. The funeral was held form the late home at 3 o’clock yesterday, the Rev. Parke Richards, pastor of the Presbyterian church, officiating.

1920 census - 117 Park place Waverly, NY - Mary J. Lewis 73 yo.
1920 census - 75 Second street Geneseo, NY - Anna L. Adams 55 yo. widow; daughter Mary H. Adams 25 yo., teacher at public school; daughter Katherine Adams 22 yo., college student

June 22, 1920 The Evening Times - Miss Mary J. Lewis has sold her property on Park avenue (mistake, should be 117 Park place) to Mr. Lennox of Chemung who will come her to make his home. Miss Lewis expects later to go to New Beford, Mass., where she will reside with her sister. (The 1918 directory has 117 Park place Mary J. Lewis. The 1921 directory has James G. Lenox at 117 Park place.)

1930 census - 73 Second street, Geneseo, NY, multi family home, owned home - Anna L. Adams 66 yo.; daughter Mary L. Adams 36 yo.; sister Mary J. Lewis 83 yo. (none for occupations)

Jan. 18, 1935 - Mary J. Lewis died. She is buried in Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, NY
Jan. 23, 1935 The Evening Times - Miss Mary Lewis Dies In Canisteo. Word of the death of Miss Mary Lewis, for many years an English teacher in the old Waverly Grammar school, was received here today. Miss Lewis died at the home of a sister, Mrs. George Adams of Geneseo, on Jan. 18 and was buried in Geneseo Saturday. Miss Lewis, Miss Caroline Tuttle, arithmetic teacher, and Miss Martha Lum, geography and history teacher in the old Grammar school, were retired on pension in 1914, the year the present high school building was opened. Since then she has spent most of her time with Mrs. Adams.

May 25, 1946 - Mrs. Anna Louise Lewis Adams died in Livingston county, NY. She was born April 20, 1864 in Tioga county, NY. She is buried in Temple Hill Cemetery, Geneseo, NY. Her husband, George Bryon Adams,was born Jan. 20, 1862, and he died Aug. 8, 1918 and is buried in Temple Hill Cemetery.

May 27, 1946 Rochester, NY, Democrat and Chronicle - Geneseo - Mrs. Anna L. Adams, 82, died Saturday afternoon (May 25, 1946) in Madsen hospital, Honeoyo Falls, following a short illness. Mrs. Adams, a widow of George B. Adams, was born in Waverly and lived in Geneseo all her married life. She was a member of the Central Presbyterian Church. Surviving are two daughters, Miss Mary Adams of Sayville, L. I., and Mrs. Perry C. Euchner, Geneseo; and a son, Walter Adams, Lima. Funeral services will be conducted in her late home on Second Street, Geneseo, at 2:30 p.m. tomorrow by the Rev. Joseph Sunter, pastor of the Central Presbyterian Church. Burial will be in Temple Hill Cemetery.

Nathaniel Ackerly

1855 census - frame home worth $2,000 - Montgomery, Orange county, NY - Elijah Ackerly 50 yo.; wife Emmeline 47 yo.; daughter Margaret M. 17 yo.; son Nathaniel 16 yo.; son George W. 13 yo.; servant Bridget Dewire 27 yo.; daughter of servant, Maryann Dewire 2 yo.

1860 census - Montgomery, Orange county, NY - Elijah Ackerly 55 yo., farmer; wife Emmeline 52 yo.; daughter Margaret M. 22 yo.; son Nathaniel 21 yo., farm laborer; son George W. 18 yo.

1860 census - Town of Barton, County of Tioga, NY - Jacob Dunning 44 yo., merchant, real estate $2,500 / personal $11,000; Julia 42 yo.; Viola E. 4 yo.; Mary Wright 11 yo.

1870 census - 208 Chemung street Waverly, NY - Walter H. Lewis 58 yo., cooper, no real estate, personal $600; wife Esther M. 51 yo.; daughter Mary J. 21 yo., bookkeeper; son John E. 14 yo., telegrapher; daughter Annie L. 6 yo.; Family #2 Dewitt Slaughter 66 yo., retired farmer, real estate $2,500, personal $30,000; son Samuel W. 32 yo., drug merchant, real estate $5,000. Personal $5,000; Nathaniel Ackerly 31 yo., farm laborer.

1870 census - Waverly, NY - Julia Dunning 48 yo., real estate $2,500 / personal $4,500; daughter Viola Dunning 14 yo.

March 19, 1880 Waverly Advocate - Married. Ackerly-Dunning - At the residence of the bride’s mother, Waverly, N. Y. March 17, 1880, by the Rev. P. S. Hulbert, Mr. Nat Ackerly to Miss Viola E. Dunning, all of Waverly.

1880 census - Waverly street, Waverly, NY - Julia C. Dunning 58 yo.; son-in-law Nathaniel Ackerly 38 yo., rail road clerk; daughter Viola E. Ackerly 23 yo.

1887 Tioga County, New York directory - Barton. Waverly Village - Nathaniel Ackerly, clerk L. V. R. R. freight office, home at 47 Waverly street (old address numbering)

Oct. 11, 1888 - Mrs. Julia C. Dunning died.

Dec. 15, 1888 The Waverly Free Press - The last will and testament of Julia D. Dunning, late of Waverly, N. Y., was admitted to probate Saturday, and letters were issued to her daughter, Viola E. Ackerly, of Waverly, N. Y. Estate valued at $3,000. - Owego Record.

1895 Waverly Village Directory - Nathaniel Ackerly, clerk LVRR freight office, home at 457 Waverly street

1897 Waverly Village Directory - Nathan Ackerly, clerk LVRR, home at 457 Waverly street

1900 census - owned home at 457 Waverly street, Waverly, NY - Nathaniel Ackerly 61 yo., book keeper and assistant, married 18 years, born in March 1839; wife Viola E. Ackerly 39 yo., married 18 years, no children born

1903 Sayre Borough directory - Nathaniel Ackerly, clerk LVRR, home at Waverly, NY
1903 Waverly Village Directory - Nathan Ackerly, clerk LVRR, home at 457 Waverly street

April 19, 1907 The Waverly Free Press And Tioga County Record - Nathaniel Ackerly, for nearly forty years a resident of Waverly, died in this village Wednesday, April 17, 1907, after a long illness from a complication of diseases. Mr. Ackerly was born in Montgomery, Orange county, N. Y., March 30, 1839. He came to Waverly in 1870 from Montana, where he had been for about seven years in the gold fields. He took a position with the Lehigh Valley railroad company, and had been continuously in the employ of that company until ill health forced him to give up all active work several months ago. He was at first given charge of the transfer of freight at this point and had since held many positions of responsibility and trust for the company at this place and in Sayre. Mr. Ackerly was a member of Waverly Lodge, No. 407, F. and A. M., having united with that order on May 29, 1873. He was master of the lodge in 1875 and 1876, and was also for two terms high priest of Cayuta Chapter, No. 245, R. A. M., of which he became a member December 8, 1873. He was in 1899 Puissant Sovereign of Palestine Conclave, No. 133, a Masonic society which went out of existence a few years ago. Mr. Ackerly was an esteemed citizen and during his long residence here made many friends who learn of his death with deep regret. He is survived by his wife and one brother, George W. Ackerly, of Montgomery, N. Y. Funeral services will be held in the Masonic Temple Sunday afternoon at 2 o’clock, the Rev. Dr. P. R. Ross, of the Presbyterian church officiating. Interment in Forest Home cemetery. The Masonic ritualistic service will be held.

April 19, 1907 Elmira Gazette And Free Press - Waverly. Nathaniel Ackerly, aged 68 years, died in the Hotel Snyder Wednesday night. He was a prominent Mason and a respected citizen. The funeral will be held in the Masonic Temple Sunday.

April 26, 1907 Waverly Free Press - The funeral of Nathaniel Ackerly was held in the Masonic Temple Sunday afternoon and was largely attended. The Rev. Dr. Ross, of the Presbyterian church, preached the funeral sermon. About 200 Masons followed the body to Forest Home cemetery, where the ritualistic service of the order was given.

1907 Waverly Village Directory - Viola E. Ackerly, widow of Nathaniel Ackerly, home at 457 Waverly street
1908 Waverly Village Directory - Viola E. Ackerly, widow of Nathaniel Ackerly, home at 457 Waverly street

July 26, 1924 The Evening Times - Viola Dunning Matthew, wife of Charles F. Matthew died Friday night at her home, 457 Waverly street, after a brief illness. Mrs. Matthew was 64 years of age and had resided in this vicinity all of her life. Her father, was one of the leading dry goods merchants of this village. Mrs. Matthew has no surviving relatives with the exception of her husband. The funeral will be held from the late home Tuesday afternoon at 2:30. Interment in Forest Home Cemetery.

Aaron Jackson

Aaron Jackson had the first building, his blacksmith shop, built on the site of 208 Chemung street, where the current house now stands.

1824 - Isaac Shepard sold some of the farm land to Aaron Jackson for $645.00 starting at the 60th mile stone at the PA/NY line. Aaron Jackson paid this off in the year 1831. Elder Aaron Jackson had his house on or near Waverly street and his blacksmith shop at 208 Chemung street where our current house stands. The blacksmith shop must have been built in this time period. Elder Jackson also had a barn in this vicinity. These original buildings are all gone. Our property was included in this land that Aaron Jackson purchased.

Elder Aaron Jackson was pastor of the Athens and Chemung Baptist Church during 1833-1834. At that time the church was located at Factoryville (East Waverly) on the south side of Chemung street nearly opposite Ball Street. In May of 1836, the name of the church was changed to the First Baptist of Factoryville. In 1843, the brick church was erected on Ithaca Street. In 1853, the church changed its name to the Baptist Church of Chemung and Waverly. In August 1862, they decided to sell the Brick Church in Factoryville and to erect a new church closer to the center of Waverly. In 1864, they purchased the current site on Park Avenue. The new church was completed in the autumn of 1865. The new church was a frame structure with steeple. This was most likely the church that was built by Azariah Vanatta. This new church was known as the Baptist Church and Society. In 1876, the name was changed to the First Baptist Church of Waverly. In 1890 plans were made to build the present church which is brick. The new brick church was erected on the site of the older one, and the old one was moved to the rear of the lot to be used for Sunday school, prayer meetings, and social services. (Azariah J. VanAtta was the designer and builder of the former "Slaughter Residence", now our "Enchanting East Empress" of Zehr Estate, at 208 Chemung street Waverly, NY.)

1835 - Aaron Jackson and his wife, Asenath, sold their house and 45 acres of farm land to Gilbert Hallett for $1,200. Our property was included in this. The blacksmith shop must have been built and on the site after 1824 and demolished sometime after 1835 and most likely before 1849.

April 3, 1853 New York Herald - The public recognition of Rev. Aaron Jackson as pastor of the North Baptist church, in this city, will take place at their meeting house, corner of Christopher and Bedford streets, on Thursday evening, April 7th, at 7 1/2 o'clock.

April 17, 1853 The New York Herald - The public recognition of Rev. Aaron Jackson as pastor of the North Bapist Church, in this city, took place in their meeting house, corner of Christopher and Bedford streets, on Thursday evening, April 7. (Rev. Aaron Jackson had a blacksmith shop on the site of 208 Chemung street, where the current home stands, from circa 1824 - 1835.

February 21, 1854 New-York Daily Tribune - Married. Jackson-Quigley - ON Sunday evening, 19th inst., by the Rev. Mr. Gillette, the Rev. Aaron Jackson, Pastor of the North Baptist Church, to Miss Martha Quigley of this city.

1860 census - Oyster Bay, Queens county, NY, post office Glen Cove - Aaron Jackson 62 yo., Baptist minister, real estate $12,000. Personal $500.; wife Martha 63 yo.; John Martin 25 yo.m farm hand; Elizabeth Ford 24 yo., servant; Mary Donohue 16 yo., servant
1860 Agriculture census - Oyster Bay, Queens, NY - Aaron Jackson, 10 acres improved land; $3,000 cash value of farm; 2 horses; 3 Milch cows; 4 swine; $470 value of livestock; 75 bushels of Indian corn; 125 bushels of oats

Aaron Jackson was born circa 1798 in New Jersey, and he died Aug. 22, 1868 at 71 years of age, in Oyster Bay, N. J., buried in Yonkers, NY.

Church Records Seneca County - Aaron Jackson. Was a member of the church at Brookfield, Orange, Co. A blacksmith at Athens, Pa., in 1827, and was there ordained over his anvil, Oct. 1833. P. Albion, 1840-44. Is remembered as an efficient preacher. It is reported that he died at Oyster Bay, R. I., about 1868. (Another source has Aaron Jackson as being ordained over his anvil in his blacksmith shop which stood on the site of the current home at 208 Chemung street, Waverly, NY.)

July 1, 1893 Long Islander, Huntington, L. I. - Oyster Bay. After the death of the Rev. Marmaduke Earle, in the year 1856, the Rev. Aaron Jackson preached in the Baptist Church, but did not accept the pastorate Being advanced in years and unable to attend to the duties of a regular preacher, it was soon necessary to obtain a regular pastor, and the Rev. Arthur Day was called April 26, 1863, …

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