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Abeel, J. W., Ohio, was born December 7, 1855, in Ohio, N.Y. His father was Albert, a son of David Abeel, a native of Greene county, born in 1795. The wife of David Abeel was Gertrude Myers, and they had four sons and two daughters. Mr. Abeel came to Ohio, where he died in 1844, and his wife in 1867 at the age of sixty-five years.
Albert Abeel was born in Greene county in 1812 and came to Ohio with his parents. September 16, 1841, he married Mary Snyder, a native of Greene county, born in 1820. She was a daughter of Jonas and Rhoda Snyder. To Albert and wife were born two sons and two daughters. He was a farmer and hotel proprietor, and for many years he also carried on the mercantile business. He was a Republican in politics, supervisor sixteen years, justice of peach twelve years and assessor a number of years. He died December 18, 1891, and his wife resides with J.W. The latter was reared on a farm and educated in the common schools and in Utica Business College. In 1890 he married Viola, a daughter of Robert and Catherine Richards, of Ohio. Mr. Abeel is a farmer and continues his father's mercantile business. He is a Republican and was supervisor three years in succession. He is a member of Ohio Grange, No. 686, and is a supporter of the Methodist church. Jonas Snyder came to Ohio and resided a short time, then went to Greene county, where his wife died. He then went to live with his daughter, and there died. They had one son and two daughters. Mr. Snyder was in the war of 1812. [From "History of Herkimer County, New York" by G. A. Hardin and F. H. Willard. D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, NY 1893. Part II, "Family Sketches," p. 175. Submitted by Nan Starjak Starjak]
Ackler, John A., Litchfield, was born in Columbia July 29, 1853, and settled on the farm where he now lives in 1867. He married Belle, daughter of Elijah Manning, of Columbia. John A. is a son of Jacob Ackler, a native of Columbia, and he was a son of Jacob, who came to Columbia from Danube with his father, Leonard Ackler, who was a soldier of the Revolution, entering the army at the age of sixteen. His parents were German and were among the first settlers of Danube. Jacob Ackler, grandfather of John A., had seven children: Jacob jr., David, Deborah, Dorathy, Mary, Phillip and Emily Ackler, All are living in this county. [From "History of Herkimer County, New York" by G. A. Hardin and F. H. Willard. D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, NY 1893. Part II, "Family Sketches," p. 149. Submitted by Nan Starjak]
Buell, Alexander Hamilton, merchant, congressman, was born July 14, 1801, in Fairfield. N.Y. In 1850-53 he was a representative from New York to the thirty-second congress. He died Jan. 30, 1853, in Washington. D.C.
["Herringshaw's National Library of American Biography: Contains Thirty-five Thousand Biographies of the Acknowledged Leaders of Life and Thought of the United States", by William Herringshaw, 1909 – Transcribed by Therman Kellar]
BUELL, Alexander Hamilton, (1801 - 1853)
A Representative from New York; born in Fairfield, Herkimer County, N.Y., July 14, 1801; attended the district schools and Fairfield Academy; engaged in mercantile pursuits in Fairfield, N.Y., and maintained general stores in other cities; served as a member of the State assembly in 1845; elected as a Democrat to the Thirty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1851, until his death in Washington, D.C., on January 29, 1853; interment in the Episcopal Cemetery, Fairfield, N.Y. ["Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress" - Sub. by K.T.]
Clapsaddle, Frank, German Flats, was born in Columbia January 17, 1858, and ran a carriage business for some years. He came to Mohawk in 1885 and purchased the horses for running the various lines of street railways there. In 1886 he married Miss Maude Brown and they have one infant son. His grandfather was one of the early settlers in Columbia. [From "History of Herkimer County, New York" by G. A. Hardin and F. H. Willard. D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, NY 1893. Part II, "Family Sketches," p. 35. Submitted by Nan Starjak]
Dygert, Daniel, German Flats, was born in Little Falls, in 1847 and has been in Ilion for twenty-two years, fourteen of which have been spent in the grocery business which he is still successfully conducting. Before embarking in trade for himself Mr. Dygert was occupied in clerking for some time. He has been six years in one stand and has a large and high class trade. Mr. Dygert is a Mason of high standing, a member of the Iroquois Chapter and the Little Falls Commandery. He also belongs to the Knights of Honor and was a member of the Illion School for six years, being its president one year. In 1872 he married Miss Grace W. Butts and has a family of one son and two daughters. Mr. Dygert's father was Harvey Dygert, also a native of Little Falls, and his grandfather, Daniel Dygert, came from Canajoharie. He is recognized as one of the leading business men of Ilion, being highly respected everywhere. [From "History of Herkimer County, New York" by G. A. Hardin and F. H. Willard. D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, NY 1893. Part II, "Family Sketches," p. 168. Submitted by Nan Starjak]
Eysaman, Horace, Little Falls, was born in Little Falls in 1834. He is of German ancestry, the family three generations back having settled in this town. They participated in the War of the Revolution and in 1812, and have since been identified with the best interests of the community. Mr. Eysaman owns a dairy farm of 180 acres, including a fine orchard and buildings. His wife was Mary E. Smith, of Herkimer county, by whom he has three children, a son and two daughters. Mr. Eysaman has filled a number of acceptable local offices, such as assessor, etc. He is a member of the Presbyterian church. [From "History of Herkimer County, New York" by G. A. Hardin and F. H. Willard. D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, NY 1893. Part II, "Family Sketches," p. 135. Submitted by Nan Starjak]
Graves, John Card
Lawyer, was born in Herkimer county, N. Y., Nov. 18, 1839, of English ancestry. His father, Ezra Graves, was judge of Herkimer County and served as inspector of state prisons for three years, and was highly esteemed. John received careful training in his boyhood, and at the age of twelve entered the Fairfield Academy where he was prepared for college. He was graduated from Hamilton College in 1862, and, having decided upon the profession of law, which he had previously studied in the office of his father, applied himself closely, and before the end of that year successfully passed his examination, and was admitted to the bar. He practiced law, in partnership with his father, until 1867, when he removed to Buffalo. During twelve years of his residence in that city, he was clerk of the superior court, but during the rest of the time he has been chiefly engaged in commercial and business pursuits. He was president of the Merchants' Exchange of Buffalo in 1889, and is president of the Frontier Elevator Co. and a member of the Park Board of the city of Buffalo. He is also a director of the Buffalo Historical Society and Art Gallery. Mr. Graves has served for twenty years in the national guard of the state, which he entered as major of the 81st regiment. Subsequently he was promoted to be lieutenant-colonel and afterward colonel of the 65th regiment. He was finally commissioned brigadier-general commanding the 8th brigade, N. G. S. N. Y. Gen. Graves has been connected with the Masonic fraternity for over thirty years, in which he has been one of the commissioners of appeal, the highest judicial authority of the order in the state. Gen. Graves is president of the Citizens' Association of Buffalo. His literary taste is refined, and his residence, one of the most beautiful in the city, situated on Chapin Parkway, contains many books which are rare and valuable. Gen. Graves married, in 1864, Augusta C. Moore, daughter of Augustus C. Moore, of Buffalo, and has seven children, two of whom are married. {Source: The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography, Volume 2; Publ. 1906, by James T. White, George Derby; Pgs. 140-193; Submitted by Andrea Stawski Pack.}
Moyer, Peter, Stark, was born where he now resides, in Stark, September 4, 1816, a son of Jacob S. and Elizabeth (Moyer) Moyer. The grandfather, Solomon Moyer, settled in Minden, Montgomery county, prior to the Revolution, where he died during that war. He had four children: Andrew, Solomon S., Jacob S., and Nancy, all of whom raised families, and lived to old age. Jacob S. was born December 18, 1781, in Minden, Montgomery county, and served in the war of 1812. He was also at Sackett's Harbor. He served in various town offices as a Democrat. He was a leading Mason. He married in 1805, and immediately afterwards settled on 170 acres in the town of Stark. He died June 30, 1871, aged eighty-eight years; and his wife, (born December 23, 1782), June 30, 1861, aged seventy-seven. They had ten children, raising eight: Nancy, Katie, David I., Solomon W. (a twin), Betsy, Peter, Ann Eliza, and Lucinda. Peter Moyer received a common school education, and at the age of twenty-eight leased the homestead, which he worked until his father's death. He bought the homestead and paid off the heirs. He has since bought three other farms, two in Stark and one in Little Falls, comprising 368 acres. He has served two terms as supervisor on the Democratic ticket, is a Granger, and a member of the Universalist Church. [From "History of Herkimer County, New York" by G. A. Hardin and F. H. Willard. D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, NY 1893. Part II, "Family Sketches," pp 204-205. Submitted by Nan Starjak]
Snell, C.R., lumber dealer of Herkimer, is a native of Herkimer, and spent his first business years in the grocery trade. After ten years in this line he embarked in the lumber business, in which he has now been engaged nineteen years. Mr. Snell has a family of two sons and a daughter, G.C. and C. H. Snell, and Mrs. George Sims. [From "History of Herkimer County, New York" by G. A. Hardin and F. H. Willard. D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, NY 1893. Part II, "Family Sketches," p 97. Submitted by Nan Starjak]
Snell, Irving, Little Falls, was born in the town of Manheim. He received his education in the common schools here and in the Little Falls Academy. After the completion of his studies he taught school for two terms, and in 1857 inaugurated his present jewelry and musical merchandise business, which he has successfully conducted since that period. Mr. Snell's ancestors located upon a tract of land (3,000 acres) granted them by King George, near Little Falls, which is known as Snell's Bush, and upon which five generations have since lived. During the Revolution nine members of the Snell family participated in the battle of Oriskany, seven of whom were slain. Irving Snell's grandfather was in the war of 1812. Mr. Snell married Cloa Richmond, a daughter of Alvan Richmond. They have one daughter, Annie. [From "History of Herkimer County, New York" by G. A. Hardin and F. H. Willard. D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, NY 1893. Part II, "Family Sketches," p 219. Submitted by Nan Starjak]
Snell, Nathan A., Dolgeville, was born at Ingham's Mills, February 3, 1854. He early in life went to live with James P. Brockett, of Brockett's Bridge, in fact was brought up by Mr. Brockett until his eighteenth year, when he started in the cheese business, in which he continued eight years. At the expiration of this period he entered the employ of Alfred Dolge, with whom he yet continues. Mr. Snell first worked at the bench, making sounding boards for six years. Then he entered the felt deparments. His worth was appreciated by Mr. Dolge, who appointed him superintendent of the hammer shop (piano hammers). Mr. Snell has been noble grand master of Odd Fellows here for past two terms, director and secretary of the Dolgeville Electric Light and Power Company, a member of the Building and Loan Association, etc. His wife was Miss Jessie Tanner, of Centerville, N.Y. They have one child, a boy. Mr. Snell's father died when he was but two years of age. His mother, who is living, was a daughter of Judge Nathan Brown, of Oppenheim, Fulton county, N.Y. [From "History of Herkimer County, New York" by G. A. Hardin and F. H. Willard. D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, NY 1893. Part II, "Family Sketches," p. 104. Submitted by Nan Starjak]
Van Alstyne, Calvin, Little Falls, was born March 9, 1829, in the town of Danube. He received a good education in the schools of this vicinity, and was an assistant in his father's grocery store until twenty-one years of age, when he was admitted to a partnership at the same time the business was removed from Shall's Lot to Jacksonburg. Two years later he married Miss C. E. Eysaman, dissolving partnership with his father in the grocery establishment and entering the employ of J. J. Gilbert of Little Falls, with whom he has been for the past twenty years. He was elected tax collector last charter election, which office he now holds most acceptably to the public. Mr. Van Alstyne has a family of four sons living. He is a staunch Republican in politics. [From "History of Herkimer County, New York" by G. A. Hardin and F. H. Willard. D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, NY 1893. Part II, "Family Sketches," p 231. Submitted by Nan Starjak]
Van Slyke, D.C., is a native of Little Falls, and has been a resident farmer all his life. His father, James Van Slyke, is still living and resides with him. The family is descended from the old Mohawk Dutch, and they were among the earliest settler in that part of the State. D. C. Van Slyke is a prominent and successful Prohibition worker, and is county deputy of the Good Templars. He also belongs to the Royal Arcanum, the People's Benefit Society and the Grange. He married Anna A. Border. He works 176 acres of land and has forty cows. He formerly dealt extensively in hay and supplied the Seventh and Eighth Avenue Railway Company of New York for seven years. He brought to the town the first hay press used this side of Albany. [From "History of Herkimer County, New York" by G. A. Hardin and F. H. Willard. D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, NY 1893.
Part II, "Family Sketches," p 231. Submitted by Nan Starjak]
Walrath, Henry, Litchfield, was born in Jefferson County, November 23, 1837, and settled in 1838 in the town of Danube. In October, 1870, he settled on the farm where he now lives in Litchfield. It is selected as one of the representative farms of the town, and he is an excellent farmer. He married Martha Jane Eygbroat, of Minden, Montgomery County, in November, 1859. They have five children: Esther, Hattie, Henry H., Milton and Lester. Henry Walrath is a son of David, of this county, who died in Danube in 1848. His wife, Barbara (Bort) Walrath, died August 22, 1882. [From "History of Herkimer County, New York" by G. A. Hardin and F. H. Willard. D. Mason & Co., Syracuse, NY 1893. Part II, "Family Sketches," p 235. Submitted by Nan Starjak]
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