i Wu ra 1 WW :r I III 1 ij Y ' i 1 .i: :i I \ i ii 1 u 6 O O r— 4 o W o of tbe Surtiam jfamil^ i ■) i I ^ ' Cbarles E&warJ> Sur&am THE JERSEYMAN PRESS PIERSON & SURD AM MORRISTOWN. N. J. 1909 // ^ « a TO THE MEMORY OF MY FATHER, EDWARD WILLIAM vSURDAM, Who endured the hardships and afflictions of life with patience and Christian fortitude ; whose character was without defect and whose example was always worthy of imitation, this little volume is affectionately dedicated. C. E. S. This Family History has been prepared with the following objects in view : 1. To increase a knowledge of and veneration for our Dutch ancestors, than whom no nobler or truer people have ever lived. 2. To encourage and perpetuate the interest in and affectionate regard for each other which now exists among us. 3. That those who bear the family name, or in whose veins courses the blood of a common ancestry, and die leaving no posterity, shall not be so soon forgotten. CONTENTS Fage Our Dutch Ancestors . _ - . i TEUNIS PlETKRSZ AND HiS FAMILY - - I3 Or Z n r CO C Oi u > o- 2 o c > n t: 00 u *-< r v< ^ Oi H H -< o 03 OQ > :c C/) > n CO r 01 > 'i? H tn ^J o :o CO DANIEL 77 23rd, 1798, a few days before the bride reached her eighteenth birthday. There is a family legend that they went across the line into New York State for the ceremony, to avoid being "published," ac- cording to Connecticut laws and customs. They made their home in Salisbury, and there six child- ren were born to them — Eliza, Jerusha, Jane Butch- er, Edward William, Letty Maria, and Martha Em- ily. "When the youngest of these was a year and a half old, probably in the spring of 1813, they moved into New York, living in Vernon, Oneida County, and Scipio, Cayuga County. A second son, Daniel Orville, was born at Vernon in February, 1814. In some of these years grandfather went into the army — was probably drafted; but the war closed and he was released without notable service. The next move was to Marathon, a mile or more above the village, on the west side of the river. In these western homes they had visits from Indians ; though sometimes frightened they were not harmed. A third son, Charles Orson, was here added to the family, November 22, 1817. But times were hard; the Surdam patrimony had long ago disappeared ; and further on there was laud to be had for the clearing, or little more. So they gathered up their few belongings and with the five younger children came to the wilderness on Richford Hill ; the three older daughters remaining behind to teach and spin. The youngest child was then two and a half years old, which brings us to the spring of 1821. They came in sleighs, but the snow in the val- leys was melting, and at what is now Harford Mills they crossed on the ice, with the water running over 78 DANIEL it. There was some question of safety, but they es- caped with slight wetting. They stopped that night at Uncle David Fitch's, but next day the mother and her four little ones went to Uncle Perry's, below Pad- lock, till a cabin could be built on the new land. This cabin stood near the south border, by the little brook at the foot of the hill, was built of green logs cut on the spot, had a partial floor of split logs, and a stone fireplace and chimney. Later, when the old- er girls were coming for a visit, the mother and Ed- w^ard carried flat stones to make a floor about the fireplace. They soon obtained a cow, put a bell on her and turned her into the woods. When the children (Em- ily and Orville) went for her, " they let no grass grow under their feet," and almost held their breath for fear of bears and wolves, but never saw anything worse than stray deer. Soon the clearing was en- larged, others joined it, a road was laid out parallel with their north line, a fine spring discovered, not far from it a frame house of three rooms and a loft was built, an apple orchard set out on the western slope, a good barn built, and other indications of thrift appeared. The rugged father improved his land and rejoiced in the labor of his hands ; the mother, somewhat broken in health, reared her fam- ily to honor and usefulness, and amid all her hard- ships and disappointments never lost her dignity. Her girls were called by their neighbors /r^«^/ they were at least self-respecting. Around that old home memories of the grand- children cluster to-day. The huge fireplace with its backlog and andirons before and over which all the cooking was done, except the baking in the brick DANIEL 79 oven by its side; the blue-curtained bed, the little por- traits on the wall of the spare room, the apple-par- ings by the firelight, and the strings of apples hung across the timbers overhead. There were never such gillyflowers and pound apples as grew in grandpa's orchard, while the cherries and currants, the caraway and roses in the well-kept garden had a taste and a fragrance all their own. The place I remember well, as I lived there several weeks when seven or eight years old. And we must not forget ** Major," the first horse owned on the premises and the last, but not the only one, who, when he was three years old, walked in at the open door and stood before the clock, which was a mirror as well, whether to learn the time of day or to admire his coat, he did not say, but promptly departed at grandmother's command. Twice grandmother went to visit eastern friends, once at least being driven by her eldest son, Edward, in a cutter, each time receiving gifts that, though slight, added to the comfort of the pioneer home. Once there were two sperm candles, which were burned only on special occasions, such as weddings and so forth. A remnant of one, brown with age, hung in the pantry, and in later years came into my possession. About 1850 the house was enlarged to five rooms on the first floor, plastered, the fireplace torn out and a cookstove introduced. In this house the couple, now grown old, lived till it was thought best for them to go to their children. Grandfather died February 9th, 1859 ; grand- mother, April 24th, i860. She had on coming to Richford connected herself, probably by letter, with 80 DANIEL the Congregational church in the village; though she rarely attended the services, the visits of her pastor, the Rev, D. S. Morse, cheered her retired life, and he came to the marriage of some of the children. It is not known that grandfather was connected with any church till in his old age one was started on the hill. The eight children all lived to maturi- ty, all but three over sixty-five years, four over sev- enty, three over seventy-five, and one over eighty. Of the forty-one grandchildren twenty-two are now living, though not more than one or two have attained three-score and ten years, none are less than fifty. There are also about forty-four great-grand- children, twenty-two of the fifth generation, and one of the sixth. Very imperfectly prepared by Matii^da J. F. Gates. Several of the ''cousins" remember some- thing of the same history as told by their par- ents and grandparents, and have contributed a few items not mentioned by Mrs. Gates. H. S. Akins remembers the log house which was their first home in Richford : In the log house they used split logs for the floor, hewed on the split side. To go up into the chamber they had a ladder built of round poles with the bark on. The fireplace was a stone wall built entirely across one end of the house, with a stick- and-mud chimney through the roof to let the smoke out. They could build a fire that would last several days burning day and night. He also is sure that they lived in Onondaga DANIEL 81 County before they moved to Virgil. His mother spoke many times of having lived there. The chamber in the log house was so well ventilated that they often had to shake snow from the bedclothes in the morning. At Vernon they lived on the stage road be- tween Albany and Buffalo (old Genesee turn- pike), when freight was hauled in wagons the en- tire distance, before the Erie Canal was built, or railroads anywhere were even dreamed of. In Oneida, Onondaga and Seneca counties they were in the midst of the remnants of the " Five Nations," or tribes of Indians — the Mo- hawks, Oneidas, Onondagas, Senecas and Cayu- gas, but they had been "subdued" by their white brethren and were harmless. They, like most Indians, were fond of rum, and in winter it was sport for them to go to town, indulge freely and race horses on their way home. Sometimes a half-dozen, all standing, would ride on one sled or jumper or pung, and sing after the Indian fashion. Sometimes they would get cross, and when grandmother on one occasion drove one out of her house with a broomstick he said, " I go home get my gun " — but he didn't. While at Vernon grandfather was drafted — war of 1812, — served two weeks at Sacketts Har- bor, hired a substitute and returned home. But none of us seem to have heard what 82 DANIEL grandfather did or how he supported his family from the time he left Salisbury — 1814 — to the time he settled on Richford Hill, 1821. And how the children obtained enough education to teach school, which they all did except Daniel Orville, seems a mystery, but probably by " self help" and helping each other ; besides the standard of requirements was not high. There were no free schools. Teachers were paid by a " rate bill " — that is each pupil paid according to the number of days' attendance at school. No steel pens ; teachers made quill pens and ** set" the copies for the children. Not many books, but the "three Rs " at least were quite thoroughly taught. When the family left Salisbury Eliza was fourteen years of age, Jerusha eleven, Jane nine, Edward seven, Letty four, and Emily two. When they moved into the wilderness at Richford Eliza, aged twenty-one, and Jerusha, eighteen, were self-supporting, and probably remained in Mara- thon, then Virgil, and vicinity, and taught school summers and spun woolen yarn and sewed win- ters, and no doubt assisted in supporting their father's family. The other daughters as they grew up followed the same vocations, and all seem to have enjoyed good health except Jane. What Daniel's financial condition was when DANIEL 83 he left Salisbury can only be conjectured. Eliza Fitch Clark understood that Tunis left him sev- eral thousand dollars and that he lost nearly all of it through drink (see page 40). This estimate is evidently very much too high ; but his father left him by will one-half of his Salisbury farm and buildings and so forth (see page 34), and he no doubt had other property — enough to have made him a good home. . Whether intemperance had anything to do with it or not, he seems to have traveled a down- hill road from prosperity to poverty, or to what in these days we w^ould call poverty. At one time he built or bought a w^oolen mill which was run by horse power, and lost money. While at Vernon or Scipio he was riding on horseback — perhaps had been to town and was a little reck- less — and struck his foot against a stump, break- ing his leg. This laid him on his back for six weeks and disabled him for months. When liv- ing in Virgil a tree fell upon their only cow. After they had gone to Richford Hill and had spent some time in getting settled, their title w^as found to be defective, and they were obliged to " move on " — to lands adjoining and a little to the northwest of where they first located. Their grandchildren and great-grandchildren can never fuUv understand the conditions or real- 84 DANIEL ize how much courage it required to face the sit- uation and, ten years after middle life, to begin anew the making of a home for a large family. Six children from three to sixteen years of age were with them and had to be fed and clothed ; but those were the days — " When girls wore woolen dresses And boys wore pants of tow." Their living must have been extremely plain, but quite as healthful as modern indulgences. A common dish was " hulled" corn. Their calf was kept through its first winter on browse and johnny-cake. Primitive settlers "wintered" their stock, if they had any, on cornstalks, straw and browse. There was very little, if any, hay. The first season they could not have raised anything unless they cut out the " underbrush" and small trees and girdled the large trees ; then they might have raised a little corn. When clearing land, the trees were felled in summer and burned in the fall. The ashes were carefully preserved and in winter leached, and the lye was boiled in large iron kettles and made into potash. In the following spring the newly cleared land was planted to corn. An ax was struck into the ground an inch or two, the kernels dropped DANIEL 85 into the opening and covered with the foot, quite the same as is done with corn-planters at this time. In a year or two the small tree roots de- cayed and the ground was scratched over with a wooden-toothed harrow and wheat was sown. All grain was cut with the sickle until about 1840, when father (who at that time had a farm of his own) bought a cradle, the first one in the neighborhood. Grass was cut with the scythe and raked by hand, until the Civil War compelled the general use of horse rakes and mowing ma- chines. The potash (or "black salts") was ex- changed for groceries and other necessaries, but it was several years before the products of the farm supported the family. Grandfather and father worked by the day for other farmers, some- times three or four miles away, taking their pay in corn or wheat, which they usually carried home on their shoulders. Very little money passed through their hands, but in a humble way they prospered. Six of their eight children mar- ried, had good Uomes and raised families. Only once did death enter their home ; but the affliction of their youngest son, on w^hom they hoped to lean in their old age, was worse than death. The greater part of the last twenty years of 86 DANIEL their lives they lived alone, but their son Edward was only about a mile away, and when anything went wrong he was ready and willing to assist them. Notwithstanding the hardships and de- privations of their earlier life they enjoyed the comforts and blessings of ripe old age. Daniel died aged eighty-three years and Letty in her eightieth year. ELIZA SURDAM AKINS [Contributed by H. S. Akins.] Eliza Surdam was born at Salisbur}^ Conn., October 2, 1799. She remained with the family until they removed to Richford, perhaps a little longer, but for a time she had a home at David Fitch's. In her younger days she was a seam- stress, and also a school-teacher. May 22, 1827, she married William Henry Akins, born March 4, 1804, the fourth son of Seth and Sarah Griswold Akins. They resided for about two years after their marriage at Belfast, Allegany Co., N. Y., where, in partnership with Eleazer Lyman, they carried on a cabinet-making and turning shop, then returned to Berkshire and built the house known as the *' red house " on the northwest corner of lot No. 380, Boston purchase, where they resided until a short time previous to the death of the mother of the family. William Henry Akins was a fine mechanic, and a prolific inventor and patentee. He made 87 88 ELIZA some of the finest earlier Morse instruments for magnetic telegraphy, and some improvements on them. He improved and extended the calendar clock from days to months and years and leap years, and invented some of the most essential parts of the sewing machine. He also invented the combination lock used on safes, which has stood the test of more than fifty years and still remains unpickable. In his later years he gave nearly all his at- tention to inventions and patents, but was not very successful financially, although some of his patents proved to be of great value ; other parties making fortunes out of them. William Henry and Eliza Akins had six children, Henry Seth, Emily, Zelia Eliza, War- ren, Daniel Martin, and Sarah Jane, all but one of whom, Warren, are living at the present time (1909), the average of their ages being seventy- seven years. Mrs Akins died January 1839. In 1842 Mr. Akins married for his second wife Catharine House, and they had one child, Mary Lisetta. They lived at Ithaca and Dryden, and later at Speedsville. William Henry died at Ovid, N. Y., January 3, 1877, and Catharine at Speedsville, December 30, 1904, aged eighty- eight 3'ears. Henry Seth Akins was born at Belfast, N. Y., HENRY SETH AKINS Sec Page 88 ELIZA 89 Junes, 1828. When the f- nily was broken up in February, 1839, he foc. J a home with his uncle, E. W. Surdam, fo. a few years, then went to the carpenter's trade, from that to millwright, sawyer, miller, and, perhaps, *' jack at all trades " — a mechanic without a name.* He served the government in the war of the Rebellion in the Construction Corps, Division of the Mississippi, and had an honorable discharge. June 26, 1867, he * Mr. Akiiis is too modest in his claims. He was very ingenious and an inventor of several implements and of improvements in machinery. He also assisted his father in studying out the combination lock and the calendar clock. The following is from a private letter written by him in 1902 : " I have learned in some way that you think my father was the inventor of the time lock so much used on money vaults. That is all right except one thing : it was myself instead of my father. My father invented the permutation lock and a patent was granted him for it ; and it was while I was making one of the locks for him that it occurred to me that the bolts could be drawn by clockwork inside the vault, and that it would be im- possible for anyone to open the vault until the time set for it had passed. I could have had the patent for it just as well as the other fellow who afterward invented and patented it. I understand he had $600 apiece royalty for the right to use them. How comforting in shaky old age to know such a valuable patent had been within such easy reach." 90 ELIZA married Mrs. Emily A. Goodrich of Speeds- ville, widow of E. Goodrich, who lost his life at the battle of Spottsylvania Court- house, and a daughter of Hiram Humphrey of Speedsville, N. Y. ; she died August 9, 1890. September 30, 1891, he married for his second wife Mrs. Alvira L. Hunt, widow of Daniel E. Hunt and daughter of Asahel Jewett of Richford, N. Y. Emily Akins was born in the town of Berkshire, N. Y., Dec. 14, 1829. At the breaking up of the family she went to live with the Sur- dam grandparents, but left there in the sum- mer of 1845 in consequence of the unfortun- ate mental condition of Uncle Charles. She lived in her father's family at Speedsville for about one year, one year in Buffalo, N. Y., a few years in Ithaca, and a few years in the family of her uncle, Lyman P. Akins, in Berkshire (West Creek), N. Y. She married George C. Gore of Sheshequin, Crawford Co., Pa. Mr. Gore died July 24, 1870, leav- ing Emily the step-mother of four children, Frank E. , Lizzie A., George B. and John F. John F. d. Feb. 28, 1886, and George B. Feb. 22, 1909. She stayed with the children until they were all old enough to go for them- selves, and since that time she has for the ELIZA 91 most part lived with friends and relatives, where she is always welcome. For some time she kept house for her nephew, Frank C. Baker at Speedsville and cared for her step-mother until her decease in 1904. Zelia Eliza Akins was born at Berkshire (West Creek) Sept. 6, 1831. At the breaking up of the family she was taken and cared for by her aunt Emily Freeman for two or three years. After that she was one of her father's family, the father having married a second wife. While living in Ithaca she became acquainted with Anthony Baker, born Octo- ber 28, 18 1 9, a farmer of Newfield, Tomp- kins Co., N. Y., son of William and Mary Baker, and married him December 18, 1856. They lived on their farm in Newfield until the death of Mr. Baker, which occurred De- cember 2, 1873. Eight children were born to them, William Amasa, Mary, Frank Cur- tis, Warren Akins, Olin M., Henry, Orlo An- thony, and Martha Emily. The Bakers lost their farm soon after the death of the father through the fraudulent transaction of a neigh- bor, and in consequence the family was brok- en up and scattered. Martha Emily and Or- lo, the youngest, were brought up in the family of their uncle, H. S. Akins, at 92 ELIZA Speedsville. Amasa and Olin learned black- smithing. They married sisters, daughters of Smith WoodhuU of Newfield. They also bought the blacksmith shop of their father- in-law and carried on the business at that place. William Amasa, b. May 5, 1858, m. Nancy WoodhuU, daughter of Smith and Elvira WoodhuU of Ithaca ; they have one son, John Carlton, b. June 7, 1898. Mary, b. October 31, 1859, m. Robert Charles Akins, a third cousin, son of George H. and Eliza Akins of Berkshire, N. Y. ; two chil- dren were born to them, George Bert, No- vember 28, 1882, and Frank Baker, Novem- ber 29, 1888. The mother died at Ovid Cen- ter, N. Y., April 21, 1904. The following was taken from a local newspaper : Mrs. R. C. Akins, whose illness we have noted be- fore, passed away at an early hour last Thursday morning, after an illness of less than two weeks. Mrs. Akins was in the prime of life, only forty-four years of age, and her untimely death has brought sadness to many hearts. Her quiet, gentle life was the light of the home which is now sad and deso- late. She leaves besides her husband and two sons, her mother, six brothers and one sister, who were all present at the funeral, which was held at the home Saturday, conducted by Pastor Mahoney. She was buried at Sheldrake. The casket was covered with beautiful flowers, among which was a hand- ELIZA 93 some piece from her son, a lovely wreath from Ovid Grange, carnations from the King's Daughters, and many more from friends in Ithaca and Auburn, all silently testifying their love for the departed. On the 8th of Februarj', 1905, George m. Mary Grace, daughter of James A. Kverhart, and they reside at Ovid Center ; they have one child, Helen Maria, b. December 28, 1907. Frank Curtis, b. October 4, 1861, has not married. He lives at Speedsville. Warren Akins was born December 13, 1863; is a painter by trade and lives in Ithaca, N. Y. ; he m. Etta, daughter of J. C. and Gerald- ine Wilbur Everhart of Trumbulls Corners, N. Y., and they have four children, Joseph C, b. October 30, 1897; Walter A., December 26, 1899; Mildred G., March 7, 1903, and Henry Surdam, August 24, 1906. Olin M.. b. December 22, 1865, lives in Ithaca; m. Mrs. Adda Grover, daughter of Smith and Elvira WoodhuU of Ithaca; they have two children, Richard Smith, b. June 28, 1900, and Frederick Woodhull, b. October 13, 1904; Mrs. Baker had one son by her first husband, Harry Alfred Grover, b. May 26, 1894. Henry, b. October 22, 1868, is unmarried and lives in Ithaca. Orlo An- thony was born October 11, 1870; he m. Le- na Everhart, a sister of Warren's wife, and 94 ELIZA they live at Watkins, N. Y. ; they have two children, Seth Everhart, b. Sept. 25, 1897, and Wilbur, b. August 20, 1904. Martha Emily, b. January 29, 1873, i^- William J. Everhart; they live at Watkins, N. Y. , and have one child, Floyd William, b. June 14, 1904. Warren Akins was born September 28, 1833. After the death of his mother he had a home with the Freeman family at Harford Mills for a few months; after that with Jason Hawes of Triangle, Broome Co. , N. Y. He was a carpenter. By being thrown from a horse his skull was fractured, which pro- duced epileptic convulsions of which he died March 6, i860. Daniel Martin Akins, born August 5, 1835. When a little boy he lived with the Surdam grandparents, and afterward learned the car- penter's trade. He married Catharine R. Williams of Owego, N. Y. , and three child- ren were born to them, Henry W. , Catharine R., and Corinne. Catharine, the mother, died August 29, 1895. His second wife was Mrs. Hester A. Knox of Portland, Oregon. Martin moved to western Pennsylvania in the early oil times; made some money and ELIZA 95 lost it. Afterward he lived in Dryden, N. Y., also in Maryland, Washington, D. C, and in Portland, which is his present home. He finds business as a builder. Henry W., b. March 5, 1861, m. Mattie Walker, a niece of Senator Pomeroy; he was a physician, and practiced for a while in San Diego, Cal., un- til his health failed; then he came East and died at the home of his sister at Mount Pis- gah, Md., September 29, 1890; the widow lives in Washington, D. C; they had no children. Catharine Reingeard, b. May 30, 1865, m. Thomas Carpenter of Pisgah, Md.; they had three children, Harriet Ethel- dra, b. October 29, 1888, Myrtle Corinne, b. November 22, 1891, d. November 8, 1896, and Catharine Aiken, b. April 3, 1895; for her second husband she married Marcellus Bowie, and by him had three children, Heise Marcellus, b. August 18, 1899, d. November 17, 1899, Myrtle Irene, b. April 20, 1901, and Henry Llewellyn, born July 30, 1902. Catharine R., the mother, died Mch. 6, 1906, at her home in Pisgah, and the funeral was held at the M. E. Church; the pallbearers were H. H. Bowie, A. R. Carpenter, G. M. Carpenter, J. T. DeLozier, A. B. Sullivan and J. T. Burgess. 96 ELIZA In sad but loving remembrance of my dear mother, who departed this life March 6, 1906, There was an angel choir in heaven, But it was not quite complete; So God took my dear mother To fill the vacant seat. Farewell, mother, you have left me, Left me, yes. for evermore; But I hope to meet you, mother, On that bright and happy shore. By her daughter, KaTiE. Harriet Etheldra was married January 4, 1904, to John W. Bowie of Pisgah, and has two children, Thomas Carpenter and Lillian May. Corinne Akins, born January 17, 1875, died February 19, 1875. Sarah Jane Akins, born in Berkshire October 31, 1837, was less than fifteen months old at the death of the mother. She was cared for one or two years by the Akins relatives, then was given to Aunt Sally Fitch (Sally, or Sarah, Surdam). Sarah remained with the Fitches a number of years and attended school winters and summers on Rich ford hill until changes in the Fitch family made it unpleasant for her. Then she went to her father's home in Ithaca. Since then she has, at different times, lived at Speedsville, Dry- ELIZA 97 den, Syracuse, Shesheqiiin, Pa., Williams- port, Pa., Ithaca, Owego, Washington, D. C, Boston, and Morristown, N. J. At pres- ent her home is at Candor, N. Y. JERUSHA SURDAM WATTLES Jerusha Surdam was born in Salisbury, Conn., October 8, 1802. When her father's fam- ily removed to Richford she remained in Virgil, where she taught school and sewed, and where she became acquainted with Lathrop Wattles, whom she married in 1823. In 1883 Robert Wattles of Blue Island, 111., wrote a sketch of the genealogy of the Wattles family, in which he says, " I believe it is conced- ed that we are of Highland Scotch stock; that our name was originally Mc Wattles," and that the " Mc" was dropped by the children of one John Mc Wattles. The ship that brought the first Wat- tles from Scotland came into Norwich Landing, Conn., in 1652, about thirty years after the May- flower landed at Plymouth Rock. He further says: "I find that we are scattered from sea to sea and that our name has now almost become legion. I have only traced out the lineage of one man, my grandfather, for a hundred years and 98 JERUSHA 99 find that he had nine children, fifty-three grand- children, and one hundred and five great-grand- children; and the fifth and sixth generations were so numerous that I decided to not investigate further." Mason Wattles was born in Connecticut in 1725. He had two sons. Mason and Nathaniel. Nathaniel emigrated to Delaware Co., N. Y., in 1784 with his wife and four children, the young- est three years old, traveling through a dense for- est for about one hundred miles by the aid of marked trees, there being no roads. They suf- fered many hardships and privations incident to settling in a new, timbered country, and it is said that the mother saw no white woman for three years after moving there. But they had means to do with and prospered, and the country filled up very fast with an industrious and enterprising people. In 1797 Mr. Wattles was elected to the legis- lature from Delaware County, and coming out of church one evening while in Albany he slipped and fell, striking his head on the stone step. Two days later he died, leaving a family of eight sons and one daughter. Colonel Mason Wattles, the sixth son of Na- thaniel, owned a large farm about two miles south from Hunts Corners on the road to I^isle. He 100 JERUSHA was several times elected supervisor and in 1851 was sheriff of Broome County. Jehiel, the second son of Nathaniel, married Phebe Lathrop, settled in the town of Virgil, Cortland Co., N. Y., and had three sons and two daughters. Lathrop, the second son of Jehiel, married Jerusha Surdam, and they had twelve children, eight of whom were born in Virgil and four in Caroline, to which place they removed in 1839. To provide for such a large family required economy and untiring industry, which char- acteristics, developed in early life, continued with the several members of the family. They not only prospered but enjoyed health and long life. They lived to see all their children grown to manhood and womanhood. The youngest at the time of the father's death was twenty-five. But now they are all gone except Hubert, and he alone has lived to the age of three-score years and ten. Lathrop died aged seventy-one and Jerusha at eighty-two, and they and six of their children, Eliza Jane, Chauncey, William, Daniel W., Carle- ton S. and Byron are buried in Maple Grove Cemetery in Caroline. Eliza Jane Wattles, born November 17, 1824, married Charles Higgins and lived in Caro- « • • • . • J E RUSH A 101 line. She died January i6, 1870, and Mr. Higgins October 11, 1902. They had two children; Frank G.» b. March 20, 1857, m. Sara Krum; they live on the homestead and have no children. Clara, b. August 20, i860, d. May 13, 1898. Chauncey Lathrop Wattles, born March 27, 1826, was married October 19, 1857, to Al- mira, daughter of Cephas and Mary Barker of Tully, Onondaga Co., N. Y. For ten 3^ears he was a traveling salesman, after which he bought one of the best places in Caroline and settled down as a farmer. The following is from the VCa2LQ.2i Journal : In the unexpected death of Mr. Wattles, which occurred at his home in Caroline last Thursday after a very brief illness, the Democratic party loses one of its most valued members, and the county of Tompkins one of its most highly esteemed and up- right citizens. Mr. Wattles was a man of the strict- est integrity and was held in such esteem by his neighbors in the town of Caroline that he was twice elected to represent their interests in the board of supervisors although belonging to a party largely in the minority in the town. Mr. Wattles was six- ty-four years old at the time of his death and had always until attacked with the illness that proved fatal, been in the enjoyment of good health. He leaves a widow and a married daughter, besides two brothers, who will have the sympathy of the many 102 JERUSHA citizens of the county who knew and respected the deceased husband, father and brother. He died January 8, 1890, and the widow re- sides with her daughter. They had two chil- dren, Cephas, b. April 11, 1861, d. July 5, 1863, and Mary J., b. August 29, 1864, who was married October 31, 1888, to James W., son of James W. Reed and Elizabeth Stone of Warrensburg, N. Y. ; they reside at Glen Ridge, N. J., and Mr. Reed is an inspector of public buildings in New York city; Mr. and Mrs. Reed have had three children, Chauncey Wattles, b. August 20, 1889. James William, b. September 28, 1892, died February 19, 1907, and Edward Kenneth, b. December 11, 19CI. Letty Maria, born May, 16, 1828, married Jo- seph, son of Robert Wool and Mary Snyder of Dryden, N. Y. He was a farmer, and they lived about midway between Ithaca and Slaterville Springs, afterward at Candor, and later at Willseyville, where Mrs. Wool died January 7, 1893; Mr. Wool died Sept. 29, 1893. They had one son, Vincent, b. April I, 1857. He spent five years in the United States Navy, and is now employed in the Government gun works at Springfield, Mass. ; was married June 23, 1900, to Alice, daugh- y BRUSH A 103 ter of John W. and Elmina B. Swasey of Boston, Mass. ; they have no children. WilUam Henry Wattles, born March i6, 1830, was for fifteen years in the employ of An- drus & McChain of Ithaca, then retired and bought a good farm one mile east from Sla- terville, where he died April 23, 1885. He married Zada, daughter of Benjamin and Mary Thomas. Mrs. Wattles died Novem- ber 8, 1888. They had no children. Hubert Wattles, born April 13, 1832, a farmer and fruit-grower, lives about two miles west from Slaterville. January 14, 1863, ^^ mar- ried Welthy, daughter of Abram and Lois Boice of Caroline. They have had three children: Georgianna, b. August 4, 1864, was m. October 24, 1889, to Daniel W. , son of John and Cynthia Oakley of Naples, N. Y. ; they have no children. William H., b. September r, 1866, d. October 22, 1892; he did not marry. Benjamin B., b. July 12, 1870, was married June 30, 1895, to Neenah, daughter of Luther and Kate Welch of Rich- ford, Tioga Co., N. Y. ; they live on the farm with his parents and have no children. Lucinda J.Watties, born April i, 1834, married Cassimore, son of Hiram and Anna Bliss of 104 J E RUSH A Berkshire, N. Y. In 1859 she was left a wid- ow with two daughters, Jessie, b. October 30, 1855, and Kate, b. September 26, 1857. I^ 1873 Lucinda married for her second hus- band Dr. G. S. Gallagher. For a year or two they lived at Cohocton, then removed to Naples, N. Y. , where she died March 13, 1 89 1. The following tribute was published in a Naples newspaper at the time of her de- cease: On Friday, March 13, at 6 P. M., after an illness of several months, Mrs. Lucinda I. Gallagher passed peacefully away and entered into her rest. And so another one of the most useful and beloved women of our village has been taken from us, from her hus- band and daughters, taken in the prime of life from the many fields of labor in which she garnered much fruit to God's glory, and had hoped to gather yet much more. " Death loves a shining mark." Doubtless no one in town who had lived among us so few years had so won the love and esteem of everyone as had this consecrated woman. She was the daughter of Lathrop Wattles, and was born in Virgil, Cort- land County, April i, 1834. In the early part of the year 1878, during the min- istry of the Rev. W. L. Austin, she became a pro- fessed follower of the Master, and with this joyful experience began a life of wonderful power. In 1881 she united with the Presbyterian church and was ev'er afterward its strong pillar. Gifted with more than ordinary ability, kind-hearted, affable in man- y BRUSH A 105 ner, generous, energetic and zealous, with all those powers consecrated as they were, it is not surpris- ing that she accomplished so much good. In the work of the church and Sunday school, in gospel temperance work, in work among the children, in consistent social life, in hospitality, in charity, and in personal ministrations to the sick and sorrowing she was ever foremost, doing with her might what her hands found to do. Mrs. Gallagher's interest in any project was an assurance of its success. On Monday afternoon, March i6, just nineteen years from the day of her marriage, her obse- quies were held. Flowers and floral emblems, beautiful and appropriate, surrounded the casket in which she slept so naturally and peacefully. The large house was filled with sincere mourners. The Rev. B. F. Millard, her only pastor since her con- nection with the church, pronounced a fervent eulo- gy, which found a response in the hearts of every- one present. The 31st Psalm was read, for on its margin in her well-worn Bible was written " Read this when I am gone," The hymns, *' Nearer, my God, to Thee" and "Ever Remembered" were sung, and then there went out from the home in which she had taken such delight, the wife, mother and saint, the bodj' to be consigned to its resting- place in Rose Ridge, but the soul to dwell in its far more glorious home beyond the skies. FROM HER FAMII^Y. For some time we could hear her say: " Farewell, my home, my home no longer now, Witness of many a calm and happy day; And thou, fair eminence, upon whose brow Dwells the last sunshine of the evening ray." 106 JERUSHA Retiring the last night she said: " I am weary; I will now go to sleep. Good night." Thanks be to God, she could hear us all. Wife, mother, grandma, Say not "good night," but in some Brighter clime bid us " good morning." RESOIvUTlONS OF THE W. C. T. U. At a special meeting of the Woman's Christian Temperance Union, held March 15, the following preamble and resolutions were unanimously adopt- ed: Whereas, It has pleased our Heavenly Father, in His mysterious though all-wise providence, to re- move from among us our beloved friend and co- worker, Mrs. G. S. Gallagher, who for thirteen years had been a valued and useful member of the Union; Resolved^ That we desire to express our deep and fervent appreciation of her fidelity and devoted self- sacrificing service during all the long years of our work together. Resolved^ That we shall ever cherish in sacred re- membrance her Christian example and steadfast de- votion to duty, her practical, zealous enthusiasm in doing good everywhere and at all times. Resolved, That in her death the temperance work has lost one of its most ardent supporters, the poor and the suffering an ever-ready and sympathetic helper, the home circle, from which she vanished so softly and peacefully, a genial, gentle light, the community a noble, useful life, and the W. C. T. U. a cheery, ready companion in work and a true- hearted friend. J BRUSH A 107 Resolved^ That these resolutions be placed upon our permanent records and published in the weekly paper. Mrs. N. N. Beers, Pres. W. C. T. U. Mrs. E. C. CI.ARKE, Sec'y. After the death of Lucinda Dr. Gallagher married the daughter Jessie and they re- moved to Chicago, where he died February 1 6, 1897. "^^^ widow returned to Naples and died January i, 1905, in Geneva hos- pital; they had no children. The following obituary notice is from the paper before quoted from: Dr. G. S. and Mrs. Lucinda Gallagher came to Naples from Cohocton in 1875, accompanied by Mrs. Gallagher's two daughters, the Misses Jessie and Kittie Bliss. They took up their residence in what is now the lyincoln homestead, the place having just been vacated by Dr. Lusk, a former physician who had removed to Penn Yan. From the outset, this family was felt to be an ac- quisition to the town, and their works of faith and labors of love for the succeeding fifteen years proved that the confidence of the community was well placed. In 1891 Mrs. Gallagher died, and no woman was ever more missed or mourned than she. The name of Gallagher has been the synonym of generous and kindly words and unselfish deeds ever since. No more precious legacy could have been left the daugh- ters than the mantle of her Christian charity. That they appreciated the sacred trust none can doubt, and the numerous tributes paid yesterday to 108 J E RUSH A the deceased daughter both in the way of testimo- nies to her worth, the beautiful flowers and the large attendance at the funeral show the esteem in which she was held by her neighbors and friends. She was always active in church work and ever ready to throw wide open her hospitable doors for the entertainment of its circles for work or social enjoyment. She was benevolent with her means and always interested in the welfare of the various branches of church activity. She will be greatly missed; and it is indeed a les- son of the uncertainty of life and the frailty of all earthly schemes when we recall her plans for the future and her expectations of yet many days. She is survived by her sister, Mrs. James E. Smith of Middlesex, her nephew, Oliver Smith, and her niece, Mrs. Gertrude Smith Mitchell, who had al- ways been her devoted and loved companion from a little child; also her cousin, Mrs. D. W. Oakley of Naples, her uncle, Mr. Bliss of Owego, who with his wife and son were present at the funeral, with other relatives from a distance. The funeral w^as attended from her late home on Tuesday afternoon, just two weeks from the day she left it in search of health and strength, intending soon to pursue her journey South, where she ex- pected to spend the winter. Her pastor, the Rev. Charles C. MacLean, of the Presbyterian church, officiated, and the burial was in Rose Ridge. Kate married James, son of Simon and Mar- tha Smith of Naples, Ontario Co., N. Y., and they reside at the present time at Mid- M\ JERUSHA 109 dlesex, Yates Co., N. Y.; they have had three children, Gertrude, b. December i8, 1878, m. Dr. William Mitchell of Elkland, Pa.; they have one child, John William, b. September 16, 1905. Frances, b. November 3, 1891, d. July 4, 1895. Oliver, b. March 30, 1894. Harriet Wattles, born March 24, 1836, mar- ried Stephen Pettigrove, a miller of Owego, N. Y. After leaving Owego they lived at Mottville, now Brookton, for a few years, then removed to West Canton, N. Y., where she died January 12, 1896. Mr, Pettigrove still lives at West Canton. They had no children. Georgiana Wattles, born April 7, 1838, mar- ried William K. Boice, born November 7, 1836, son of Emery and Penelope Boice, who were born in Ulster County, N. Y., and re- moved to Caroline in 1837. Mr. Boice is a farmer, and they spent their entire married life near Slaterville Springs, where he now resides. Mrs. Boice died May 3, 1907. In her obituary notice the Ithaca Journal ^2i\^', " She was a devoted member of the M. E. church, of a kindly disposition, and endeared herself to all who knew her, and will be sin- 110 JERUSHA cerely mourned by all. Her funeral was held from the M. K. church, the Rev. G. C. Jacobs officiatino^, assisted by the Rev. I. B. Wilson of Spencer." They had one child, Hattie J., born November 25, 1875, died November 27, 1875. They also took, when three j-ears of age, and brought up as their own, Julia Ballard, a daughter of Gabriel Ballard. Julia was married April 16, 1902, to Henry, son of Leroy and Lurana Watrous of Lapeer, N. Y., and they live at Slaterville Springs; they have four children, William Gurdon, b. February 16, 1903, R. Kenneth, b. November 26, 1905, and Paul George and Perry Leroy, twins, b. May 31, 1908. Daniel Webster Wattles, born March 3, 1840, married Nancy Robinson of Slaterville Springs. Mr. Wattles died June 3, 1883, and the widow May 31, 1903, aged sixty-five years. Webster, as he was generally called, was a farmer, but was in poor health for sev- eral years before his death. Mrs. Wattles , was the oldest postmistress in the state, hav- ing held the ofiice for thirty-one years. They had no children. Charles Mason Wattles was born October 15, 1842, and at the time of his death, which JERUSHA 111 occurred May 8, 1876, he and his family were living in New York city, and he was with H. K. Thurber & Co. February 8, 1866, he married Catharine E., daughter of Isaac Maqueston and Sarah Garner of Garnersville, Rockland Co., N. Y., where the widow now resides. They had two daughters: Carrie Maqueston, b. November 23, 1866, w^as mar- ried January 30, 1892, to J. Garner, son of George M. West and Amelia Thompson of Stony Point, N. Y., and they have two chil- dren, Marjorie, b. April 4, 1900, and Kath- ryn Edith, b. April 10, 1902. Edith Morens Wattles, the second daughter, b. November 4, 1869, h^s not married. Carleton Squires Wattles, born June 26, 1844, was a commission merchant and dealer in produce in Ithaca, N. Y. , where he died Ju- ly 18, 1891. February 16, 1876, he married Elizabeth A., daughter of William A. and Lucy Woodford Gunderman of Danby, N. Y. They had one daughter, Lucy Wood- ford, b. September 17, 1877. She was mar- ried June 4, 1902, to Bert Roosa, son of Del- bert and Jennie Morgan Mitchell, a journal- ist of Ithaca, N. Y. Byron, the youngest child, w^as born February 112 J E RUSH A 15, 1847, and spent the greater part of his life on the horuestead farm, where he died December 21, 1905. He married February 26, 1870, Cynthia, daughter of John and Maria Fitch and granddaughter of Sally Surdam. At the present time she lives at Caroline, N. Y. To them were born two children, Carleton and Harry Lathrop. Carleton, b. January 26, 1874, m. Addie, daughter of Ely Farley; they had no child- ren. The following is from the Ithaca Joitr- nal of May 6, 1909: Carleton Wattles, aged 35 years, died at 10 P. M. Friday, April 30, at his home in the town of Caro- line, two miles east of Slaterville. He had been ill for the past year and a complication of diseases caused his death. He is survived by his mother, Mrs. Cynthia Wattles, widow of the late Byron Wattles. The funeral was held on Monday aft- ernoon at two o'clock, and was in charge of the Sla- terville Lodge F. and A. M. Interment was in Ma- ple Grove cemetery. Harry Lathrop, b. April 4, 1876, d. May 18, 1876. JANE BUTCHER SURDAM Jane Dutcher Surdam, third daughter of Daniel and Letty, was born in Salisbury, Conn., November 8, 1804, and was in her seventeenth 3'ear when the family began its life of unusual toil and deprivation in Richford. Whether the unsanitary conditions prevented her growth and proper development or not, Death claimed her as his victim. She lived to woman- hood and for a short time taught, probably in the school near her home; but on the 9th of May, 1826, when only twenty-one years of age, she succumbed to that dread disease, consumption. The family circle was broken. Her's was the first and only death that occurred in the home of Daniel and Letty during the sixty years of their wedded life. A simple funeral service was held, no doubt conducted by the Rev. Mr. Morse, and attended by all the settlers in that vicinity. Jane and Edward were the eldest of the chil- dren then living at home, and there was an unu- 113 114 , JANE BUTCHER sual bond of affection between them, and father always spoke of her very tenderly and of the per- sonal loss he sustained in her death. Their re- mains now lie side by side in the little cemetery, near the schoolhouse. EDWARD WILLIAM SURDAM Edward William Surdam was born at Salis- burj^ Conn., April 14, 1807. His only recollec- tion of his childhood home was that when five or six years old he was ill and his father led a white- faced horse up to the window that he might see it. He was never, as a boy or a man, very strong and rugged, but he bore his full share of the bur- dens of life. At fourteen years of age, when the family began as pioneers, he helped to build the house and clear the land, and when his father went out to work for others by the day, he went with him, and sometimes after the day's labor was ended he was so exhausted that in going home he had to stop by the wayside several times to rest. When a young man, he left the farm for a time and was clerk in a store at Marathon owned by James Squires. While there, as previously, he employed his leisure time in study, and later, with some assistance from Dr. Elijah Powell of 115 116 EDWARD WILLIAM Richford, he fitted himself for teaching, which he followed as a wdnter occupation for several years. He was w^ell qualified in the branches required to be taught. I never knew him to misspell a word, and he was a better penman than any of his chil- dren or grandchildren. He was always well read and a student, keeping himself well informed in regard to current events and matters of general interest and importance. For many years he was a deacon in the Christian Church, of which he was a consistent and worthy member. Although he was public- spirited he did not seek office, but for a long time he served on the board of assessors. In politics he was a Whig until 1856, when he joined the Republican party, which came into existence that year. When teaching in Caroline he became ac- quainted with Jerusha M. Earsley, daughter of William Earsley and Ruth Bailey. Her grand- mother, Mary Johnson, was Dutch, born in Hol- land, and her grandfather, Francis Earsley, w^as born in Ireland of English parents. He served in the war of the Revolution, and died in Essex County, N. J., in 1790, leaving a widow with ten children. In 1795 she bought one hundred acres of land for %ioo and settled in Caroline. They, with Captain David Rich and family, were the 1^. 3 ^ '; ^ ? i* V Kl ^^ '■^ III . t V. V f ^ s ^uill penmanship by E. W. Surdam. Poor photograph of a page from his scrap book, 1836 See Pages 62-1 16 EDWARD WILLIAM 117 first and for several j^ears the only settlers in that part of Tompkins County. *' There was no house east nearer than Berkshire, and none west until they reached Ithaca, and only a log house at that. They had to go to Owego — twenty-four miles — to mill." Edward and Jerusha were married July 21, 1836, and began housekeeping one mile southeast of the Surdam homestead on a farm that he had previously purchased. For twenty years they enjoyed the comforts and blessings of home and family life. During that time, however, Edward was called upon to bear the greater part of the care and anxiet}^ attending the illness of his brother Charles and the ageing of his father and mother. In the fall of 1856 several members of Benja- min Houk's family had typhoid fever and Jerusha helped to take care of them and contracted the disease, which was the primary cause of her death. She died April 30, 1857, aged forty-four years, and left six children, Mary Jane, Richard Lee, Eliza, Francis M., Charles Edward and Seth S. Mother's death was a terrible blow to all of us, and especially so to father, but he bore it bravely. I have a scrap-book in which he had written choice selections as far back as September 4, 1836, and in which he copied a few weeks after moth- er's death the following lines: 118 EDWARD WILLIAM THE ANGEL OF PATIENCE. To weary hearts, to mourning homes, God's meekest angel gently comes. No power has he to banish pain, Or give us back our lost again, And yet in tenderest love our dear And Heavenly Father sends him here. There's quiet in that angel's glance, There's rest in his still countenance. He mocks no grief with idle cheer Nor wounds with words the mourner's ear; But ills and woes he may not cure He kindly helps us to endure. Angel of patience, sent to calm Our feverish brow with cooling balm To lay the storm of hope and fear, And reconcile life's smile and tear; And throbs of wounded pride to still And make our own our Father's will. Oh! thou who mournest on thy way, With longings for the close of day, He walks with thee, that angel kind. And gently whispers, " Be resigned." Bear up ! Bear on ! the end shall tell, The good I^ord ordereth all things well May 15th, 1857. Also the following, but without date: A LESSON. We daily walk the crowded street, Nor heed the sky above us : We seldom say to those we meet, That there is One above us. EDWARD WILLIAM 119 With toil and care our days are rife, Made sad by fears and sighing; This struggle is what we call life, And yet we shrink from dying. We mourn earth's early broken ties, As if naught could restore them, And with tear-dimmed and hopeless eyes We scatter pale flowers o'er them. The faith that should be strong to bless Is scarcely self-sustaining; And in the hour of deep distress No refuge is remaining. O weak in trust, and dim in sight ! When wnll ye heed the teaching, That Heaven is never out of sight, Nor God beyond our reaching ? The years roll on with loss and gain, And joy conies after sorrow; To-day we plant in grief and pain, And gladly reap to-morrow. And yet perchance our faith to try, God sendeth waiting, weary, And we grope on 'neath clouded sky, In pathways lone and dreary. It matters not, for soon or late. Life's lesson will be ended, And we shall enter Heaven's gate By angel forms attended. The next affliction of the family after the loss of the wife and mother was the illness and. death of Richard, the eldest son. In the early '60s Edward, with George Wil- 120 EDWARD WILLIAM COX, went to Otselic to attend a church confer- ence. The day was bitter cold and he suffered to such an extent that the muscles of his legs shriveled and caused a great deal of distress for two or three years, and from that condition they never fully recovered. February 22, i860, Edward married RuthM. Earsley, a sister of his first wife, and they had one child, Orville. About 1870 they removed to Caroline, where Edward died December 2, 1872, aged sixty-five years, and his widow January 2, 1900, aged sev- enty-eight. DKSCENDANTS OF EDWARD W. SURDAM. Mary Jane Surdam, born Oct. 18, 1837, was married in 1861 to Frank F. French of Itha- ca, N. Y. , and they had three children, Frank F., Charles E. and Mary. The mother died February 23, 1875, and a few years after the father with his two sons removed to Albu- querque, N. M., and later to Clarendon, Texas, where he still lives. Frank F., b. September 26, 1862, married Laura Blaike, of Galveston, Tex., who died November 13, 1894, leaving one child, Elma Eouise, b. January 24, 1894; he married for his second wife Lillie Jones of Clarendon; they live at EDWARD WILLIAM 121 Fort Worth, Tex., where he is emplo3'ed as foreman in a railroad machine shop. Charles Edward, b. August 17, 1864, m. Louie A. Way of Laredo, Tex., where they resided for several years; they now live at Vicksburg, Miss.; he is a painter and con- tractor; they have three children, Myrtis, b. July 14, 1891, Mary, February 10, 1S93, and Charles E., Jr., November 14, 1894. Mary, b. June 4, 1868, d. June 30, 1868. Richard Lee Surdam was born August 29, 1839. As a boy and j^oung man he w^as amiable in disposition and of excellent character. When about twenty years of age his health failed and he also suffered a mental breakdown, from which he did not fully recover. He died April 13, 1865. Bliza Surdam, born July 12, 1841, was married August 30, 1863, to Seymour Hults, born December 28, 1838, son of William Hults and Jane Hyde of Port Washington, L. I. When Mr. Hults was a boy his parents died, and for several years he lived with his uncle, Seymour Hyde, in Richford. He was a volunteer in the war of the Rebellion, and the following is his record as given by him- self : 122 EDWARD WILLIAM I was sworn into the United States service in New York city May 31, 1861, for two years, as private in Co. E, 32nd New York State Infantry. The regi- ment was organized at New Dorp, Staten Island, and soon after the first of June was ordered to Wash- ington. We marched with loaded guns through the city of Baltimore, where the Sixth Regiment of Mas- sachusetts had been mobbed a few weeks before, and encamped near the Capitol at Washington. Two weeks later we crossed the Potomac and en- camped near Alexandria, Va. About the middle of Jul}' the Army of the Potomac took up the line of march for Bull Run, and on Saturday afternoon, the 20th of July, our compan}' was detailed for a skir- mish to find the advance line of the enemy, and we found it, for we came to a halt where the battle began the next day about noon. Our regiment was held in reserve until four o'clock when we were called into action until night set in, and with the aid of a bat- tery of light artillery covered the retreat of our army on the Alexandria road. The rest of the year was mostly spent in fortifying Washington and Alexan- dria. In November, 1861, another comrade and I were detailed from the regiment to report to the signal camp at Georgetown Heights to practice for signal duty. My station for signal practice a part of the time was the dome of the capitol. In the spring of 1862 we went with a fleet under Cieorge B. McClellan down the Potomac to Fortress Monroe, were in a skirmish at Great Bethel, at the siege of Yorktown, Williamsburg, Bottom's Bridge and Fair Oaks, four miles from Richmond. Here I was taken sick and sent to White House Landing EDWARD WILLIAM 123 hospital; from there to Portsmouth Grove hospital, Rhode Island. About August 15, 1862, I went back to Convalescent Camp at Alexandria, thence to camp at Georgetown Heights, then on the signal line from Washington to Harper's Ferry, I was with three other comrades and two officers stationed on Sugar L,oaf Mountain, Maryland, when my horse fell with me, and I was injured and had to return to the sig- nal camp at Georgetown. In the spring of 1863 I went with a signal party to Fort Washington, on the Maryland side of the Po- tomac. While there the commander of the fort, by request of our lieutenant, furnished us with a ma- rine boat and marines to row it, and we went down the river to Mount Vernon and visited Washington's home and plantation, then returned to Georgetown, and then was ordered to rejoin my company and regiment at City Hall, New York city, where I was discharged from the service on the 9th of June, 1863. Mr. and Mrs. Hults lived at Port Washington until 1873, when they removed to Richford, N. Y. Afterward they lived at McGrawville and at Marathon. Their present home is at Hunts Corners, N. Y. , on what for many years was the Harvey Johnson homestead. They have had two children, Minnie and Elmer. Minnie was born at Port Washington, March 14, 1866, and died October 19, 1867. Elmer E., b. September 13, 1870, was graduated from the Marathon high school and taught for a while, and afterward married, Novem- 124 EDWARD WILLIAM ber 14, 1895, Mabel, daughter of William and Lucretia Hunt; they have had five chil- dren: Lewis Hunt, b. July 4, 1896, d. Au- gust 5, 1896; Murilla Eliza, b. November 7, 1897; Harold Elmer, May 12, 1899; Mary Lucretia, March 24, 1904, and Robert Sey- mour, March 17, 1906; Elmer and family live at Hunts Corners. Francis M. Surdam, born April 2, 1843, was married June i, 1870, by Rev. Wm. Grimes to Rachel, born October 14, 1863, daughter of Thomas Beattie and Jennet Halladay of Truxton, N. Y. He was a miller at Syra- cuse and Harford Mills, then a farmer. For a short time he lived on the homestead farm at Richford Hill before removing to Hunts Corners, where he has been for twenty-five years. He has always been an active Re- publican, and for several years was a member of the county board of supervisors. They have had no children. Charles Edward Surdam was born October 20, 1845. He began teaching school in 1863, first at *' Padlock," then for two winters on Richford Hill, and afterward at Newark Val- ley. In October, 1868, he went to Port Washington, Long Island, and was principal EDWARD WILLIAM 125 of the school in that place for ten years. He then resigned to accept the office of School Commissioner in Queens County, which he held for two terms — six years; then he was superintendent of schools at West New Brighton, Staten Island, for four years, dur- ing which time he was for one year presi- dent of the New York State Teachers' Asso- ciation. In 1888 he quit school work and for ten years was with Harper and Brothers, pub- lishers, in New York city. In 1893 ^^ re- moved from Staten Island to Morristown, N. J., and in 1900 bought a half-interest in " The Jersey man " printing and publishing business. In the same year he was ap- pointed by Governor Voorhees a member of the State Board of Education to fill a vacancy. The next year he was reappointed by Gov. Murphy for five years, and in 1906 by Governor Stokes for another term of five years. October 15, 1868, he married Mary Frances, daughter of James S. Heath and Sarah D. Green. She was born at Slaterville September 8, 1847. Her father's family re- moved in 1852 to Harford, where her father died in 1861, and from there in 1867 to Can- dor, N. Y. She had been a teacher, and for 126 EDWARD WILLIAM several years continued to teach at Port Wash- ington. They had two children, Bertha Heath and James Edward. Bertha was born Sep- tember 20, 1870. From childhood she was regarded by all who knew her as a person of rare excellence of heart, mind and character. In 1886, while a student at Packer Collegi- ate Institute, Brooklyn, her health failed, and after four years of Christian patience and resignation she passed awaj' October 30, 1890. IN MEMORIAM. Whereas, Miss Bertha H. Surdatn, an active mem- ber of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor of Trinity Methodist Episcopal Church, has fallen asleep in Jesus; therefore Resolved^ That we hereby express our heartfelt ap- preciation of her many amiable personal qualities, the evident simplicity and devotion of her Christian life, and the faithful service she has rendered as cor- responding secretary of our society since its organi- zation, and in various spheres of activity in our be- loved church. Resolved, That while we are filled with sorrow by her removal from us, we rejoice in the assurance that our present loss is her eternal gain. Resolved, That we extend to her parents our sin- cere sympathy in their great bereavement, and com- mend them in our praj'ers to that dear Saviour whom their daughter loved so well. Otis H. Kennedy, ] Lena Hver, \ Committee. D. B. F. Randolph, J Approved at a special meeting held Oct. 31, 1S90. ED WARD WILLIAM 127 From The Christian Advocate, New York, November 2^ ^ iSgo, by a former Pastor. SURDAM. — Bertha H., daughter of Charles E. and Mary F. Surdam, entered into rest October 30, 1890, aged 20 years, i month, 10 days. When twelve years of age she was converted, and immediately became active for Christ. She gave to her church and inter- ests connected therewith her best service of time and talents. Besides her regular church and Sun- day-school work, she has served as secretary of the Woman's Foreign Missionary Society, and as corre- sponding secretary of the Young People's Society of Christian Endeavor of Trinity Church, West New Brighton, Staten Island, N. Y. For the past four years her health has been feeble, yet to the extent of her ability she sought to advance the cause she loved. At home or in society she was gentle, unas- suming and always ready to minister unto others. From childhood she was cheerful, thankful, and ever appreciated the beautiful, pure, and good, wher- ever found. Her presence in her home was a con- stant benediction, and her life before the world a W'Orthy example. During her sickness, she was pa- tient, and sought constantly to look upon the bright side for the sake of her parents, who, with burdened hearts, ministered lovingly to her needs. Those who knew her best loved her most. F. G. HowEivi.. From The Golden Rule, Boston, Mass., Nov. 2'j , iSgo. Through the death of Miss Bertha H. Surdam the Trinity Methodist Society of West New Brigh- ton, S. I., has suffered a severe loss. Not only was she an earnest activ^e member, but the faithful cor- responding secretary of the society. 128 EDWARD WILLIAM James Edward was born October 2, 1872, and died September 7, 1873, Seth S. Surdam was born July 10, 1849. He was educated in the public schools and at the Ithaca Academy. He taught school in his native county and on Long Island, being for several years principal of the Oyster Bay public school. He was also School Commis- sioner in Queens County for six years. Later he engaged in the hardware businCvSS at Can- dor, N. Y. In 1900 he removed to Morris- town, N. J., and was in "The Jerseyman " office until his death, which occurred Octo- ber 16, 1907. He was a member of the Pres- byterian Church, Cincinnati Lodge F. & A. M., and Loantaka Council of the Royal Arca- num. In 1878 he married Lillie J., daugh- ter of Malvina Wooster and Fidelia Holcomb of Lero}^ Pa. Two children were born to them, Alvena Maria and Charles Francis. It is with a deep sense of a personal loss, shared not only by all connected with " The Jerseyman " office, but by many of our patrons, that we record the death of Seth S. Surdam, who passed away at his home on Mt. Kemble avenue, on Wednesday, October 16. During the seven years of his residence in Morristown he had made many friends by his pleasant manners and painstaking care to be accu- SETH S. SURDAM See Page 128 J EDWARD WILLIAM ' 129 rate and just in everything that required his atten- tion and in his dealings with his fellows. The loss of his son a year ago was a severe blow to him and aggravated a chronic trouble, which resulted in a severe illness last winter, a recurrence of which caused his death. The funeral services were held at his late residence on Thursday evening, the Rev. A. G. Russell, of Oyster Bay, a former pastor, officiating. He spoke very feelingly of the Christian character of the de- ceased and his influence, which was felt throughout the community and in the schools of the county. The remains were taken to Candor to-day, where the interment will be to-morrow.—/. R. Pierson in The Jerseyman. The services at Candor were held on vSaturday at the home of his daughter, Mrs. Jennings. Rev. W. F. Dickinson, of Homer, N. Y., officiated and took for his text, " Enoch walked with God: and he was not; for God took him." Rev. O. H. Denny offered prayer; Mrs. F. I,. Heath, Mrs. J. B. Meloy and Miss Holdridge furnished appropriate and well-rendered music. The high regard in which Mr. Surdam was held in Morristown was shown in part by the beau- tiful flowers which were brought from there: a very large piece, with masonic emblems and pedestal, from Cincinnati Lodge; a large anchor from the Bi- ble class, and wreaths, roses, chrysanthemums and other flowers from his personal friends. He was buried in Maple Grove cemetery, by the side of his son Charles. — Candor Courier. Alvena M., boru September 2, 1882, was married October 4, 1904, to James Jetinings, 130 EDWARD WILLIAM Jr.. of Candor, N. Y. ; they have two chil- dren, Frances Mary, b. September 22, 1905, and Janet Surdam, b. September 21. 1907. Charles Francis, was born April 23, 1886, and died October 13, 1906, from injuries re- ceived while playing football. He was the last great-grandson of Daniel Surdam and the only hope of perpetuating the name through that branch of the family. The game, which was between the Morris- town High School and the Morristown School, a boarding and college preparatory school for young men, two miles from the city, stood 6 to o in favor of the High School and only five minutes more to play. He had made the only touchdown, and was clearly the favorite in the field. The accident was a very unusual one and not in any w^ay at- tributable to harsh playing. He w^as mak- ing a " flying tackle," and in some way fell upon his head and shoulders, the immediate cause of his death being a hemorrhage at the base of the brain. Two doctors were present and he was taken to the hospital ward of the school and cared for by them, and his par- ents and their family physician were hurried to his bedside, but nothing could be done for him. He was unconscious from the first. CHARLES FRANCIS SURDAM See Page 130 ^ EDWARD WILLIAM 131 and expired three hours after he was injured. The remains were removed to his home in Morristown, where on Monday evening a funeral service was held which was very largely attended by the young people of the city, and at which the Rev. Albert Erdman of Morristown and the Rev. A. G. Russell of Oyster Bay officiated. The next morning the remains were escorted to the railroad station by the young men of the High School and taken to Candor, N. Y., where another service was held at the home of his sister, Mrs. James Jennings, Jr. Interment w^as made in Maple Grove cemetery. He was graduated from the Morristown High School in June and was doing post- graduate work preparatory to entering Syra- cuse University, where he intended to fit himself for teaching mathematics, in which he was especially proficient. He w^as a mem- ber of the Young Men's Christian Associa- tion and of Bible Class " 56 " of the South Street Presbyterian Church. He had also decided to join the church at the next com- munion. The high esteem in wdiich he and his parents were held and the sympathy that was felt for them were in some degree indi- cated by the many letters of condolence re- 132 EDWARD WILLIAM ceived and beautiful floral pieces sent to the funeral by the Morristown School, High School class of 1906, Gamma Sigma society, Class •' 56," Y. M. C. A., choir of the First Presbyterian Church, the young men of Mor- ristown and personal friends. The High School football team disbanded and may never be reorganized. At a special meeting of Morristown High School Athletic Association held on October 20, 1906, the following resolutions were adopted: Whereas, Almighty God in His divine wisdom has removed from our midst one of our members; in view of the loss we have sustained by the decease of our late member, Charles F. Surdam, and of the still heavier loss to those who were nearest and dearest to him; Resolved^ That it is but a just tribute to his mem- ory to say, that in regretting his removal from among us, we mourn for one who was fearless and true, ever ready to do his duty as a player and a stu- dent, courteous and kind to those with whom he came in contact, and worthy of our highest esteem. Resolved, That we tenderly condole with the fam- ily of our deceased associate in this their hour of trial and affliction, and commend them to the keep- ing of Him who looks with pitying eye upon the distressed and afflicted. Resolved^ That a copy of these resolutions be trans- mitted to the family of the deceased as a token of respect and regard felt by the members of this Asso- EDWARD WILLIAM 133 ciation, and that these resolutions be spread in full upon the minutes and printed in «'The Maple I,eaf." Orville Surdam was born December 30, i860. When twenty years of age he entered the Cortland Normal School with every prospect of a successful life, but he was stricken with typhoid fever and died August 29, 1880, leav- ing a widowed mother fifty-eight years of age. After his death she lived alone for nearly twenty years, but spent the last year or two of her life with her brother, Francis Earsley, and his family on the old home farm where she was born. LETTY M. SURDAM JOHNSON Letty Maria Siirdam was born August i, 1809, in Salisbur}^, Conn. She was therefore four years old when the family left Salisbury and twelve when they settled in Richford. When she arrived at young womanhood she sewed and taught school, probably in the vicinity of Marathon, and when twenty three years of age, February 5, 1832, she married Harvey John- son of Lapeer, who was born March 13, 1804. The Johnsons were English, and two of Har- vey's grandfather's brothers and their father fought with King George, but Harvey's grandfa- ther, John, and one brother fought with Wash- ington. John was aide to Washington, and his grandson, Franklin Johnson, now, or recently, liv- ing at Whitney's Point, has the papers, signed by Washington, giving to the widow of John a pen- sion of sixty-six dollars a year on account of the brave and efficient service rendered by her hus- band to his country. 134 LETTY MARIA 135 The Johnson family came from Schoharie County, N. Y. , to Lapeer, and at least four of the brothers, William, Royal, Harvey and Eras- tus, bought farms adjoining each other. Harvey bought what is now known as the Giles Goodale place, north of the " Whig" schoolhouse. Afterward, he sold that and bought the farm now owned by F. M. Surdam, and lived in a log house some distance west from where the house now stands. The ruins are near some chestnut trees in the pasture north of land now owned by Eliza Bliss. Next they lived on the farm recently sold by Elmer Hults to Leonard Sheldon. Then he bought the place now owned by Seymour Hults and lived there until his death. At the time of the death of the wife, Letty, they lived in a log house part way down the hill to- ward the Samuel Bliss place. Letty was not only a teacher but she wrote some very good poetry. One verse, which has been preserved by her son Lee, was composed be- fore her marriage, while riding alone on horse- back over a bridle path from Richford to Lapeer. The writing is in a fine, firm hand, and reads as follows: See how the moments pass, how swift they haste away, In this instructive glass behold thy life's decay. 136 J.ETTY MARIA Oh, waste not then thy prime in sin's pernicious road, Redeem thy precious time: acquaint thyself with God. She was the mother of eight children, all of whom, except one, were living at the time of her death, which occurred August i8, 1848. All of her daughters taught school. . October 3, 1850, Mr. Johnson married for his second wife Betsey Lott, a widow, whose maiden name was Smith. She died June 20, 1875, and Mr. Johnson July 25, 1876. The second wife had no children. Jane L. Johnson was born March 15, 1833 She taught school for a time, and February 13, 1862, was married to Lewis, son of Orin and Marion Day of Lapeer. Mr. Day was born May 17, 1828, and died January 8, 1882. They had three children, Curtis A., b. Octo- ber 13, 1863, Frank O., December 10, 1864, and Grace A., June 22, 1869; Frank died April 7, T893. Mrs. Day, her sou Curtis and her daughter live in Lisle, Broome Co., N. Y. Lee Johnson was born August 21, 1834, and on the 8th of February, 1861, married Augusta, daughter of Zenas Thompson and Patienc LETTY MARIA 137 Church. Lee boug-ht his father's farm and they lived there about twenty years, then several years in Marathon. At present they reside about half a mile west from Hunts Corners. They have had two sons and three daughters. Earl Lee was born November 24, 1863, and died August 30, 1896; in October, 1888, he married Addie, daugh- ter of James Byrnes of Elmira, N. Y., who died December i, 1904; they had no chil- dren. The brief story of bis life could not be better told than by his sister: Earl's death was caused by an accident on the Illi- nois Central Railroad, of which company he was an employee. As his train was entering Kankakee, just out of Chicago, he was missed, and investiga- tion showed that probably he had missed his footing and fell from the car while on duty, receiving injur- ies that were probably instantly fatal. His remains were buried at Marathon in the family lot. Early in life Earl learned telegraphy and became very shortly a rapid operator; but defective hearing prevented his being able to catch rapid messages. Two of his strongest characteristics were persever- ance and independence-to-succeed-unaided. When he was convinced that his success in telegraphy w^as impossible he embraced the only opportunity that seemed within his reach, that of railroading. This he followed, with the exception of a few months, until his death. He met with two previous acci- dents—once of so serious a nature that escape from death seemed miraculous. 138 LETTY MARIA Always happy and thoughtful of others, never ag- gressive but firm in defending right and justice, he won the friendship of many and the respect of all, and exerted a strong influence over his fellow-work- men, winning a truly great honor in the sight of God and the nobler of men, that of leading those about him to better purposes and aims and to nobler manhood. Written in memory of my brother as I knew him. EWZABETH J. BUCKI^AND. Letty Belinda was b. March 27, 1865. On February 3, 1892, she was married to Clark A. , son of Augustus Burgess and Albertine Pheteplace of Marathon, N. Y. ; they have one child, Augustus Lee, b. May 21, 1893; their present residence is Cleveland, Ohio. Mary Elizabeth, b, October 22, 1866, was m. October 1892, to George Washington, son of Selden Buckland and Clarissa Gilmore of Binghamton, N. Y., and a great-grandson of Captain Buckland, who was a spy in the ser- vice of Washington during the war of the Revolution. They live in Buffalo, N. Y. ; their only child, Bernice Augusta, b. No- vember II, 1894, ^i^d J^^y ^4* 1895. I'h^ following clipping is from the Marathon In- dependerit : The sad intelligence of the death of Bernice A. Buckland, only daughter of G. W. and Elizabeth J. Buckland, of 51 West Genesee street, Buffalo, was LETTY MARIA 139 announced Sabbath morning, July 14. The funeral services were held from the family residence Mon- day at 10 A. M. Most impressive services were con- ducted by the Rev. Mr. Coats of the First Baptist Church. The casket was covered with flowers pre- sented by affectionate and loving friends. The ser- vices were opened by singing "Safe in the arms of Jesus" by the quartet, after which the Rev. Mr. Coats offered a fervent prayer, commending the be- reaved friends to Him who said, " Suffer little chil- dren to come unto me, and forbid them not, for of such is the Kingdom of Heaven." After a brief discourse the choir sang '* Waiting at the Beautiful Gate." A brief service was held the following day at Mar- athon, N. Y., by the Rev. E. R. D. Briggs. Here all that loving hands could do was done to beautify the final resting-place of the cherished blossom. Flowers were beautifully arranged by loving friends who awaited the sad home-coming, noticeably, an exquisitely arranged pillow of white carnations with " Bernice " of mountain daisies, by Mrs. C. A. Bur- gess; a wreath of white roses and carnations, by W. O. and E. S. Buckland. Flowers everywhere dis- pelled the grim hand of death. A word of prayer and comfort, a few flowers scattered by a mother's loving hand, and all was done for one who had been the light and life of a now sad home. Amos Deville, was b. May 21, 1870; he is unmarried and resides with his parents. Lura M., born November 7, 1879, d. Febru- ary 13, 1880. 140 LETTY MARIA Charity Johnson, born August 22, 1836, was married November 12, 1856, to Samuel S., son of Calvin and Hannah Bliss of Lapeer. The greater part of their married life was spent upon the farm which they recently sold to Elmer Hults; it is east of and adjoining the farm of Seymour Hults. Several years ago Mr. Bliss and his family removed to Marathon, where he died June 26, 1908; the house upon the farm was burned a few years ago and has not been rebuilt. Mr. and Mrs. Bliss had six children: Bion H., b. Novem- ber 16, 1857, d. April 5, 1858. Jennie L., b. July 31, 1859, d. March 22, 1879; she was an unusually bright and intelligent young lady, and her death not only brought great grief to her family but a personal loss to all who knew her. Bailey L. was b. October 6, 1861; he began life with every prospect of a bright and suc- cessful future, but his health failed and for many years he has been an invalid. Mary Lovicie, b. March 16, 1866, was m. September 20, 1893, to Charles A., son of Albert and Sarah McAlpine of Pittston, Pa.; they live in Syracuse, N. Y. , and have no children. Grant W., b. June 3, 1868, is unmarried and, with his mother, lives at Marathon, N. Y. LETTY MARIA 141 Caroline M. was born September 17, 1870; she evidently has dedicated her life to school work and is a teacher in the city of Syracuse. Eliza Johnson, born February 24, 1839, was nine years old when her mother died. The family was large and Jane and Charity kept the house and cared for the two little chil- dren, and Eliza had a good home in Lyman Watros' family until she was eight- een years of age. She was married Februa- ry 8, 186 r, to James W. Bliss, born March 29, 1839, a brother of Samuel Bliss. Mr. Bliss died November 4, 1870. Mrs. Bliss lives at Marathon, N. Y. They had one son, Watson J., b. March 28, 1865; he m. Decem- ber 27, 1893, Nellie G, Johnson, and they have one son, Walter Harold, b. May 3, 1904; they live at Marathon. lyOvicie Johnson was born March 13, 1841, and after the death of her mother she lived with her uncle, Orville Surdam, until her marri- age, September 19, i860, to Charles Wad- hams, son of Joseph Lovell and Maryetta Wadhams of Marathon. Mr. and Mrs. Lov- ell removed to Michigan and now reside at Hillsdale. They have three children: Ells- worth, b. September 5, 186 1, was m. Decern- 142 LETTY MARIA ber 19, 1883, to Addie A., daughter of Oscar F. Gre}^ and Hannah C. Thompson of Nun- da, N. Y. ; Mr. Lovell is superintendent of the county farm at Hillsdale; they have had three children: the first, a son, b. December 3, 1885, died December 9, 1885; the second, Eugene Clare, b. February 28, 1891, and Helen Marjorie, October 9, 1905. Charles Eugene, was b. March 2, 1863, and on the 15th of December, 1897, ™- Harriet, daugh- ter of Arthur Merchant and Ann Rainey of Jonesville, Mich., where they now reside. Mary Elizabeth, b. February i, 1869, lives with her parents; she is a teacher, and has been principal of the Jonesville high school for ten years. A fifth daughter which was born to Letty and Harvey Johnson August 16, 1843, ^^^ died September 18, 1843, was not named. Amos Johnson, the second son of Letty and Harvey, was born December 20, 1844, and died October 8, 1868. He married June 6, 1867, Emma, daughter of Almeron Talbot and Diana Harvey of Hunts Corners. They had one child. Flora, born June 7, 1868, died October i, 1869. The widow married Elmer Homer, and is still living near Hunts Cor- ners. LETTY MARIA 143 Ivetty Johnson, the sixth daughter, was born December 15, 1847, and died February 17, 1894. She was married December 31, 1867,' to Freeman Cook of Lapeer, where he still resides. They had one son, Asahel O., born June I, 1871. He married April 30, 1904, Belle, daughter of Charles Richardson and Loretta Nelson. They live at Marathon. MARTHA E. SURDAM FREEMAN Martha Emily Surdam was born at Salis- bury, Conn., August i, 1811, and was ten years of age when her father's family settled in Rich- ford. She taught school for some time, and on August 31, 1836, was married to Gilbert Gaston Freeman, the third child and second son of Jo- seph Freeman. Matilda Freeman Gates says: We do not know the Freeman history farther back, and only know that there was a sister Ruth who married Mr. Talmage, and was the grand- mother of WilHam Shaw. They were from Berkshire County, Mass. Joseph Freeman married Eunice Gas- ton of Lee, Mass., in December, 1801. The Gastons were descended from French Huguenots who emi- grated to Ireland and acquired estates there. Several of our grandmother's family came to Madison Coun- ty, N. Y., and their descendants are still there, though not many bear that name. Our grandparents came to Berkshire, N. Y., in 1803 with Captain Branch and other families, a colony that gave the name to Berkshire. Here father was born August 23, 1808, and here 144 MARTHA EMILY 145 he died August 30, 1892. Mother's birthday was Au- gust I, 1811, and she died September 5, 1884. Our parents lived in the north part of Richford, near Harford Mills, from the time of their marriage until April, 1849, when they moved to West Newark, and in March, 1853, to Caroline, near Speedsville, where they lived till the autumn of 1874, when they removed to Berkshire. Their children were: Matil- da Jane, born January 11, 1838; Harriet Eliza, July 26, 1839; Louisa Maria, July 6, 1841; Frances Henrietta, June 6, 1844; Lewis Newell, January 21, 1848; Henry Augustine, April 29, 1850. In later years Henry wrote his name Charles Henry. Matilda Jane Freeman married the Rev. Ste- phen Pratt Gates, only son of Bezaliel Gates and Sally Pratt. Mr. Gates' father lived at East Haddam, Conn.; then at Chester, where Stephen was born January 10, 1839. When he was five years old they removed to Rome, Pa. He entered Jefferson College as a soph- omore in 1859, was graduated in 1862, and entered Princeton Theological Seminary that fall. Very soon after his graduation (April, 1865) he went to Canton, beginning his ministry in the Presbyterian Church there June i, 1865, and ending it April 25, 1889. He had two short pastorates afterward, both broken off by serious illness. He was married June 8, 1867, to Emma Frances Fay of Hinckley, 111., whose grandmother was Emily Pratt, sister of his mother. She died March 16, 1871. Their eldest daughter, Al- ice Sophia, born July 15, 1868, died January 24, 1871, and the second daughter, Sarah Frances, was born December 24, 1869. In the summer of 1863 Mr. 146 MARTHA EMILY Gates joined the Pennsylvania State Militia and served six or seven weeks. Mr. Gates married for his second wife Matil- da Freeman November 14, 1872. Their chil- dren were Leslie Freeman, born December 21, 1873; Harry Clark, b. April 28, 1876; Howard Wells, b. October i, 1879, d. April 24, 1 88 1. Mr. Gates died March 26, 1896. Mrs. Gates and her step daughter, Sarah, who is a librarian in the Normal School at Mansfield, live at Canton, Pa. Leslie Freeman was married December 21, 1903, to Josephine R. Lamson of Chicago; Miss Lamson was of Holland descent through the Van Voorhees or Van Voorst families; for several years Mr. Gates was with the Chicago house of D. Appleton & Co., but in 1906 he became a member of the firm of Lamson Bros. & Co., Chicago. Harry Clark was for some time engaged in business in Chicago; during the Spanish-American war he enlisted July 12, 1898 in Co. M, 9th Regiment Pa. Vols., and went to Chicka- mauga, was there until the end of August, had malarial fever, was sent home to save his life, and was mustered out with his regi- ment October 30; on the 23d of January, 1907, he m. Anne Frances, daughter of Mrs. Ansel D. Williams of Canton, Pa.; they live MARTHA EMILY 147 at Cauton, and have one child, Emily Fran- ces, b. April 22, 1908. Harriet Eliza Freeman married William T. Shaw, son of William Shaw and Betsey Tal- mage of Berkshire. William Shaw, Sr., was born in Charleton, Saratoga Co., N. Y., and married Betsy Talmage; went to Berkshire in 1820 and settled on the farm where he died and where the son William lived. They reared five children— two sons and three daughters. All have now passed away ex- cept the youngest son, Henry, who lives in Lyndon, 111. He and his wife have just cel- ebrated the sixty-third anniversary of their marriage. The following is taken from a local paper: William Talmage Shaw died Monday morning, May 4, of cerebral hemorrhage and old age at hts home in Berkshire. On Thursday and Friday be- fore he complained of not feeling well and did not attend to his regular duties, but Saturday he felt better and attended an auction in Berkshire village. Sunday he felt somewhat better and did chores at his barns, went to bed Sunday night, thinking he was and would be better, went to sleep and to all ap- pearances never awoke. Mrs. Shaw on awaking in the morning found him dead, he evidently having just passed away. Mr. Shaw was born in Berkshire, September 11, 148 MARTHA EMILY 1824, on the same farm where he lived and died. October 24, i860, he was married to Harriet E. Free- man of Speedsville, who survives him. He leaves one son, William J. Shaw. Mr. Shaw was one of the oldest inhabitants of the town and highly respected by all who knew him. He gave at one time great attention to animal breeding, raising the finest carri- age horses in this section of the country, and had a very fine herd of Shorthorn cattle, of which he was always justly proud. He had been a large dairyman and took great interest in this industry. He was for several years vice-president of The New York State Dairymen's Association, was one of the founders of the Northern Tioga Agricultural Society, and one of its directors until old age no longer permitted, but always taking a great interest in the success of this society. He was a member of the Congregational Church, having united with that church when thir- teen years of age. Harriet and William Shaw's children were: William Freeman, b. July 11, 1866; Robert Henry, b. November 29, 1871, d. July 19, 1882; Lewis Talmage, b, June 4, 1873, d. July 15, 1882. They also adopted, Nov. 23, 1865, Charles Carpenter, son of Mrs. Shaw's sister, Louisa. Charles was born November 14, 1865, and died April 28, 1884. Will- iam was m. November 29, 1888, to Florence, daughter of Charles Harrington and Sarah Davis of Harford Mills, N. Y. Mrs. Shaw lives with her son at Berkshire. MARTHA EMILY 149 Louisa Maria Freeman was married June i6, 1855, to George Carpenter, born May 19, 1834, son of Daniel Carpenter and Ruth Snow of Berkshire, N. Y. Mrs. Carpenter died November 23, 1865, in Berkshire. Mr. Car- penter now lives in Maine, N. Y. Their children were Sarah Blanche, born December 17, 1856; Frank, b. July 11, 1858, d. No- vember 30, 1869; Laura Givens, October 2, 1 86 1, and Charlie, or Charese, November 14, 1865. The mother died when Charles was nine days old, and he was adopted by his aunt, Mrs. Shaw. Sarah B, Carpenter was married December i, 1875, to P. R. Whiting, son of Samuel Whit- ing, of Speedsville, N. Y. ; they live at Cort- land, N. Y. Their children were: Ross S., b. July 23, 1877; Fred G., October 10, 1879; Charles P., December 26, 1882; Ethel Lou- ise, July 18, 1886; Glen, September 18. 1889; Ray, May 21, 1891, d. June 5, 1891; Caroline Frances, July 15, 1894, "^"^^ Blanche, March 21, 1897. RossS., May 10, 1897, i^- Pearl Wickes, daughter of George Emmett and Anna Alida Wickes; they live at Berkshire, N. Y. , and have children, Marlea Purley, b. September 10, 1898, Laura Doris, February 24, 1903, and George Earl, December 29, 150 MARTHA EMILY 1905. Fred G. m. August 22, 1906, Sylvia A., daughter of John and Anna Holmes of Cortland, N. Y. ; they have one child, Ruth, b. August 22, 1908, and live at Cortland. Charles P., m. May 3, 1904, Lilian M., b. January 20, 1883, daughter of Franklin and Mary Stebbins of Truxton, N. Y. ; they live at Canastota, N. Y. , and have one child Rob- ert Stebbins, b. February 15, 1908. Laura G. Carpenter was married February 24. 1882, to William E., born September i, 1858, son of Orlando Prentice and Jane King of Belvidere, 111. They reside at Newark Valley, N. Y., and have one daughter, Pearl Maria, b. February 11, 1886. Frances Henrietta Freeman was married May 24, 1882, to David B. Cooper, son of Andrew Cooper and Sallie McGilvray of Sterling, N. Y. Mr. Cooper is a general agent for the Connecticut Mutual Life Insurance Compa- ny. His first wife was Theresa Jennie, daugh- ter of James Smith, of Sterling, N. Y., and they had four children: Amy B., b. July 30, 1866, George N., July 13, 1869, B. Ives, November 26, 1874, and Walter J., July 2, 1879. The mother died February 8, 1881. The daughter and two younger {?ons took full courses at Syracuse University. Amy MARTHA EMILY 151 B. was m. May 23, 1893, to C. William Wurster; they live in New York, and Mr. Wurster is with the Stearns Auto. Company, Broadway, New York. George N. m. Au- gust 7, 1895, Mabel K. Lewis, and is in the insurance business with his father; they have two children, David Knox, b. September 2, 1897, ^^ ( ( Francis G. Perry. 69 Further investigation during the past 3'ear, along the line of our ancestry, has failed to con- vince me that we are connected with the Sicy- dams, the descendants of Hendrick Rycken of Newtown, Long Island, who, about the year 17 10, took the name Suydam. The church records at Albany from 1630 to 1680 have been destroyed, so there is nothing covering that period except the public documents and court records. In those I find: " 1658, June 4. Action, Sheriff against JurrianTeunissen, gla- zier, for payment of excise." " 1660. Com- plaint against Jurrian Teunissen and Marcelis Jansen, tavern keepers, for entertaining persons at night after the ringing of the bell, — fined 70 guilders." [$28.] " 1660, Sept. ist. Complaint againt Jurrian Teunissen for beating some of the magistrates at Mrs. Dyckman's house, and for 192 REUNJONS abusing the worshipful Court. Defendant pleads gross intoxication and is fined 30 guilders " [12 dollars.] " 1662. Minutes of the rejection of the prayer of Jurrian Teunissen to keep a tavern at the north side of the Esopus Kill." [Kings- ton] But he was only an a7icestral inide, and I think he became a " Reformed Dutchman," for in 1674 permission w^as granted him and two other men to purchase from the Indians a tract of land at Katskill, "provided they settle the land immediately." And in 1676 Nicholas Van Rensselaer sent a letter to Gov. Andros nominat- ing him to be a commissary of Rensselaerwick. He afterward appears in and about Albany as a real estate dealer of some prominence. With sincere regrets that I cannot meet with you this year and wdth kindest regards and best wishes, I remain very sincerely yours, C. E SuRDAM, Secretary. The seventh annual reunion of the Surdam family was held on Wednesday, August 15, 1906, at the home of Seymour Hults, Hunt's Corners, N. Y. There were sixtj^-one present, as follows: Descendants of Bliza Surdam Akins 4 H. S. Akins and wife, Sara Akins, Frank Baker. Descendants of Jerusha Surdam Wattles 00 REUNIONS 193 Descendants of Edward William Surdam i6 Eliza Hults and her husband Seymour, F. M. Surdam and his wife Rachel, Charles E. Sur- dam, Seth S. Surdam and his wife lyillie, Elmer E. Hults, his wife Mabel and their children, Mu- rilla, Harold, Mary I,, and Robert S., Alvena M. Jennings, her husband James and their daugh- ter Frances Mary. Descendants of Letty Maria Surdam Johnson 21 Jane Iv. Day, her son Curtis and her daughter Grace, Lee Johnson, his wife Augusta and their son Deville, Charity Johnson Bliss, her husband Samuel, their son Grant and daughters Caroline M. Bliss and Mrs. C. A. McAlpine, Watson J. Bliss, his wife and their children Walter and Wanda, M. Elizabeth Lovell, Asa O. Cook, Free- man Cook, his wife and their son Robert J. Descendants of Emily Surdam Freeman 8 Harriet Freeman Shaw, Ross S. Whiting, his wife and their children, Marlea, Laura and Earl, Ethel Iv. Whiting. Descendants of Daniel Orville Surdam 5 Frances M, Hill and her daughters Grace E. Hill and Mary M. Goodale, and grandchildren Fran- cis Roderick and Genevieve Lucile Goodale. Descendants of Sally Surdam Fitch 3 John Davis and his wife Emily Albertina, Anna R. Wheaton. Descendants of Jane Surdam Perry 4 Edwin Perry, his wife and their daughters, Mrs. John Williamson and Mrs. James Williamson. Total.. 61 Forty-six direct descendants and fifteen members by marriage. 194 REUNIONS Officers elected: President — Seth S. Surdam. Secretary— C. B. Surdam. Treasurer — Seymour Hults. The day was perfect and passed all too quickly to give an opportunity to greet those who usually assemble year after year to inquire after the absent ones, and to become acquainted with the few who met with us for the first time. It will be of interest to those who read this report a hundred years hence to know that the senior member of the Surdam family, H. S. Akins, and his wife were the first to arrive, and that the}^ were brought by Frank Bliss, a nephew of Lu- cinda Wattles Bliss, in his automobile. That was the first appearance of such a machine at our re- unions; but it will not be the last, as they are rapidly overrunning the country; the number of licenses already issued in the state of New Jersey being more than thirty thousand. A very interesting greeting in poetry was received from Mrs. Huldah Howe of North Bing- ham, Pa., a daughter of Willis Tarbox and a great-granddaughter of Jane Surdam Perry. It was read, and has been copied in the secretary's book. I have not had time to do much investigating during the year, but have found that Ira Sur- REUNIONS 195 dam, whose name was often mentioned when we were children, was a son of Peter, the eldest brother of our grandfather, Daniel, and that a son, Melville A., and several other descendants now live in Pennsylvania. I have also learned that the Hoosick Falls branch, which includes C. A. Surdam of Roches- ter, the Rev. C. A. Surdam of Pittston, Pa., and Rev. Dr. Winters of New York, belongs to our family. I also found while looking up the Hoosick Surdams that " Margaret Sirdam, mother of Samuel Sirdam, died in Salisbury, Conn., Oct. lo, 1750, in the seventy-ninth year of her age." She was our ancestral mother, Margaret Law- rence, wife of Teunis Pietersz, and was therefore born in 1671. BIRTHS. John William Mitchell. 109 Frances Mary Jennings. 130 Ethel C. Brink. 174 Helen Marjorie Lovell. 142 Alberta E. Welch 169 George Earl Whiting. 149 Robert Seymour Hults. 124 Lora Louisa Freeman. 152 MARRIAGE. Adaraga Perry and James Williamson. 71 Sept. 16, 1905. 22, Oct. 7, 9, 9, Dec. 29, Mar. 17, 1906. May 28, " Mar. 24, 1906. 196 REUNIONS DEATHS. Three deaths have occurred since our last meeting. On the 2ist of December, 1905, we lost one of the members of the oldest generation of which there are any now living, the third from Tunis Surdam and the fifth from Teunis Pietersz — By- ron Wattles, son of Lathrop Wattles and Jerusha Surdam. He was the youngest of the family — not quite fifty-nine years of age — but his health had not been good for several years. He was very much interested in our reunions and gene- rally attended them. In 1900 he w^as elected vice-president and in 1903 secretary. See p. iii. The second was that of Catharine R. Bowie, wife of Marcellus Bowie of Pisgah, Md., and only daughter of Martin Akins. The news of her death was received through her little daugh- ter Katie, twelve years of age. She said that her mother had pneumonia followed by hasty con- sumption. Her death occurred March 6, 1906. See page 95. Lydia Cornelia Clark died May 10, 1906, in the ninetieth year of her age. She was the last of her generation, which was the fourth of the Surdam family in America. See page 173. C. E. Surdam, Secretary. REUNIONS 197 The eighth annual reunion of the Surdam family was held on Wednesday, August 21, 1907, at the home of F. M. Surdam. The day was very pleasant. Early morning showers had laid the dust, which had been ver}' disagreeable, but unfortunately the rain made the roads too slippery for safe automobiling, so that Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Akins, who had planned to come as the previous \^ear, could not attend. Ira Surdam's sou Melville, from Pennsylva- nia, was present — the first representative of that family to attend a reunion. After a bountiful dinner the business meet- ing, in the absence of both president and secreta- ry, was called to order by F. M. Surdam, who proposed the name of William E. Prentice for chairman. The motion was carried unanimously. Mrs. E. E. Hults was asked to act as secretarj'. The secretary's report was read and listened to with interest. A letter from Ellsworth Lovell of Hillsdale, Mich., was greatly enjoyed, and the interest was enhanced by the remarks of Chairman Prentice, who had visited Mr. Lovell during the preceding summer. Mrs. Jane L. Surdam Day invited the cous- ins to meet with her for the reunion of 1908. The officers elected were: 198 REUNIONS President — John Davis. Secretary — C. E. Surd am. Treasurer — Curtis Day. Fifty-one were present: F. M. Surdam and wife, Seymour Hults and wife, Melville A. Surdam, Elmer E. Hults, wife and four chil- dren, Murilla, Harold, Robert and Mar}^ Eee Johnson and wife, A. D. Johnson, Mrs. Einnie Burgess and son Lee Augustine, Mrs. Frances Surdam Hill, Orville Hill, wife and children Ralph M. and Mary, Julian Hill Good- ale, Genevieve Eucile Goodale and Francis Roderick Goodale, Mrs. Matilda J. Freeman Gates, Mrs. Harriet F. Shaw, Mrs. Frances Freeman Cooper, Samuel S. Bliss and wife, Grant W. Bliss, Caroline M. Bliss, Henry Bradt and wife and Eva M. Bradt, Mrs. Jane E. Day, Curtis Day and Grace A. Day, W. E. Prentice and wife, William K. Boice, Mrs. Julia Watros and Kenneth Wat- ros, Frank G. Higgins and wife, R. J. Rich and wife and Bessie, Francis O. and Kitty Rich, John Davis and wife. There were reported to the secretary during the year four births, four marriages and three deaths. BIRTHS. Aug. 24, 1906. Henry Surdam Baker. 93 Feb. 2, 1907. Samuel Marion Tarbox. 73 Mar. 2, " David Ives Cooper. 151 June I, " Albert Merle Rich. 169 MARRIAGES. Aug. 22, 1906. Fred G. Whiting and Syl- via A. Holmes. i so REUNIONS 199 Jan. 23, 1907. Henr}^ Clark Gates and Anne F. Williams. 146 Jan. 30, " Lamont C. Snow and Frances Whittaker. 172 Mar. 10, " Gertrude Ay ers and John Watson. 166 DEATHS. The first death during the year was that of Charles Francis Surdam, only son of Seth S. and Lillie J. Surdam of Morristown, N. J. See p. 130. The second was that of James William, the second son of Mary J. Wattles and James W. Reed of Glen Ridge, N. J., and grandson of Chauncey L. Wattles. He was a bright, promis- ing boy and only fourteen years of age (see page 102). The third was that of Georgianna Boice, who was a regular attendant at our reunions when her health permitted her to be present. She was one of the forty-one grandchildren of Daniel and Let- ty Surdam. Her death occurred May 3, 1907. See page 109. Regretting my inability to be present and with love and best wishes I remain, Your cousin, C. K. Surdam, Secretary. 200 REUNIONS The ninth annual reunion of the Surdara family was held on Wednesday, August 19, 1908, at the home of Mrs. Jane L. Johnson Day, and surely at no place has a more cordial welcome been extended, even though "mine host" was limping painfully and Miss Grace wore her left arm in a sling. The cool breezes of the morning made trav- eling delightful, although some may be able to tell future generations the exact date of the build- ing of the state road from Center I^isle to Man- ningville. The descendants of Daniel Surdam and his sisters Jane and Sarah were pleased to greet two other of the descendants of Peter Surdam in the persons of Thomas Surdam of Sunderlin, Pa., and his sister, Mrs. Lizzie Surdam Worden, of Ulysses, Pa. Tables were spread in the pleasant dining- room, and as the generous supply of good things made appearance and disappeared it seemed a general opinion that all the Surdams were fam- ously good cooks. As the very climax of the meal, fruit-cake and candy, which had been pre- pared by loving cousins at Hillsdale, Mich., were passed, a greeting from Mary Elizabeth Lovell to the friends was read. It was learned a bit later that Mrs. Ellsworth Eovell had made the REUNIONS 201 cake and Miss Mary E. Lovell the candy. Both were most delicious, and while partaking of them many were heard to express ^reat pleasure at the thoughtfulness which prompted the deed. Directly after the dinner the business meet- ing was called to order by President John Davis, who called for the reading of the secretary's re- port. In the absence of Mr. Surdam Mrs. K. E. Hults was requested to act as secretary. The secretary's annual report was read, also a letter from Mrs. Frances Freeman Cooper. The interest manifested in these reports was intense, and at the close of the reading a motion was unanimously carried that a vote of thanks be ten- dered to C. E. Surdam for his painstaking efforts and for the souvenirs which he has furnished each year. Cousin Matilda F. Gates was granted the privilege of the floor, and expressed the opinion that it would be well to have a surplus in the treasury, so that when our secretary should pub- lish his genealogical pamphlets the reunions might help in a degree in the expense. The treas- urer's report was read and approved. Officers elected: President — John Davis. Secretary — C. B. Surdam. Treasurer — Ransom J. Rich. 202 REUNIONS Those present were: John Davis and wife, George Clark, Michigan, Da- vid Clark, Ransom J. Rich and wife, Bessie Rich, Fran- cis O. Rich, Kitty M. Rich, Lee Johnson and wife, A. Deville Johnson, Mrs. C. A. Burgess, Cleveland, Ohio, Thomas J. Surdam, Sunderlin, Penn., Asa O. Cook and wife. Grant W. Bliss, Miss Caroline M. Bliss, Mrs. Liz- zie Surdam Worden, Ulysses, Penn., Henry Bradt and wife, Henry Baker, Mrs. Frances Surdam Hill, Seymour Hults, Mrs. Eliza Surdam Hults, Mrs. Matilda J. Free- man Gates, Canton, Penn., Mrs. Harriet E. F. Shaw, W. J. Bliss and wife, Walter Bliss, F. M. Surdam and wife, Mrs. E. E. Hults, Mary L. Hults, Robert S. Hults, W. E. Prentice and wife, Mrs. Eliza Bliss, Mrs. Jane L. Day, Grace A. Day, Curtis Day, Mrs.Wm. E. Hunt. — 43. Mrs. E. E. Hults, Secretary pro tern. Genealogical report for the year: BIRTHS. Janet Surdam Jennings. 130 Edith Elizabeth Snow. 172 Minerva Persis Surdam. 64 Marion Arleigh Williamson. 7 1 Clifford Ayers Watson. 166 Helen Maria Akins. 93 Robert Stebbins Whiting. 150 Emily Frances Gates. 147 [This birth makes cousin Matilda Gates, at the age of seventy, eligible to membership in the " Society of Grandmothers."] May 23, 1908. Elizabeth Brink. 175 Sept. 21, 1907. Oct. 4, 31, Nov. 26, Dec. 9. Dec. 28, Feb. 15, 1908. Apr. 22, ( ( REUNIONS 203 June 29, 1908. Frances H. Cooper. 151 July 8, " Cornelia Bernice Welch. MARRIAGES. 169 Nov. , 1907. Clarence Hubert Fitch and Jennie Wynne. 170 July 12, 1908. Beth Iraogene Freeman and Walter S. Wood. 152 DEATHS, The first death to occur after the last reun- ion was that of Frank Baker Akins, younger son of Mary Baker and Robert Charles Akins of Ovid Center, N. Y, He died September 7, 1907, aged eighteen years. He was a grandson of Zelia Akins Baker. See page 92. The second was that of Seth S. Surdam of Morristown, N. J., the youngest surviving grand- child of Daniel and Letty Surdam. The tragic death of his only son, Charles Francis, which oc- curred October 13, 1906, was a stunning blow from which he did not recover. Broken-hearted and not as robust as he appeared to be, he^was an easy prey for disease, and during February, March and April following he was very ill from a compli- cation of diseases. During the summer he was fairly well, but he had a second attack on the 26th of September, and after intense suffering he passed away on the i6th of October, just a year from the day that Charles' remains were taken 204 REUNIONS to Candor. In his death his family and those near to him have suffered a great loss. In his home he was a model husband and father; as a brother he was without fault; to the church and his social obligations he was always faithful, and in busi- ness he was as honest, honorable and conscien- tious as any man I ever knew. See page 128. Henry H. Robison, husband of Frances Lou- ise Clark, who is a great-granddaughter of Sarah Surdam Fitch, died at his home in Slaterville Springs May i, 1908. See page 162. On the fifth of June, 1908, at her home in Caroline, Elizabeth S. Rich, after a long illness. She was the first child born to John and Maria Fitch, and a granddaughter of Sarah Surdam Fitch (see page 168). She was sixty-two years of age and had been married forty-four years. Her illness was dropsy and heart disease. For the last three years she had been confined to her home, and for the last few weeks was unable to lie dow'U. The family feel their loss very deeply as she was a devoted wdfe and mother. The daughter Kitty, who was with her all of the time, deserves great credit for her care and devotion, although they all did what they could. Her casket was covered with flowers and there were many others. She will be mourned by all who knew her. REUNIONS 205 Samuel S. Bliss, husband of Charity John- son Bliss, died in Marathon, N. Y., June 26, 1908, after an illness of about five days. He was born in Lapeer February 15, 1833, and therefore was seventy-five years of age. A man of excel- lent character and highly respected in the com- munity in which he lived. See page 140. HISTORICAI, SUMMARY. The history of the Surdam family is now practically completed — at least as far as it seems advisable to carry the investigation, and the es- sential facts are clearly established. All Sardams, Surdams and Van Surdams are descendants of Lawrence and Samuel, sons of Teunis Pietersz. Samuel lived at Great Barrington, Mass., and Salisbury, Conn., and died at the latter place in 1772, leaving three sons and two daughters. Lawrence died at Great Barrington in 1731 and left a widow, Klenor, and three sons, Peter, An- drew and Tunis. Tunis, our ancestor, lived and died (1808) at Salisbury, Conn. Andrew also lived at Salisbury, and died in 1809, leaving chil- dren. The descendants of Samuel and Andrew have generally spelled the name Sardam. Peter and his wife, four sons and three daughters re- moved from Salisbury to Hoosick, N. Y., where he died in 1801. Peter's descendants are scat- tered through New York state, but are mostly in 206 REUNIONS the vicinity of Hoosick Falls. Several of that branch have spelled the name Van Surdam. The descendants of our progenitor, Tunis Surdam, are found in Massachusetts, Connecti- cut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ma- ryland, Mississippi, Texas, Michigan, Iowa, Ne- braska, South Dakota, Utah, Oregon, and Al- berta Province, Canada. Peler, John, Christina and Hannah remained in Connecticut and Massachusetts. John did not marry. Christina is believed to have married a Mr. Russell. Hannah married Benjamin Harri- son. Peter had twelve children, among whom was Ira, who married Persis Keyes and removed to Pennsylvania. They had nine children and several grandchildren, who mostly reside in Penn- sylvania and western New York. The descend- ants of Daniel have all been found, and nearly all of the Perrys and Fitches. With kind regards. Your cousin, C. E. Surdam. The tenth annual reunion of the Surdam family was held on Wednesday, August i8, 1909, at the home of Mr. and Mrs, John Davis, at Car- oline Center. Although th^e weather was decidedly moist and the roads were mudd}^ every one was in a REUNIONS 207 very cheerful frame of mind because the much- needed rain had come. The number present proved that Hollanders and their descendants are not afraid of water. luvside the house there was no hint of the gloom prevailing outside, for our welcome was genial and bright. The rooms were tastefully decorated with ferns and flowers, while American flags adorned the piazza. The dinner was served in the pleasant dining room and, as is always the case, the supply of substantial and "goodies" was very bountiful. The business meeting was called to order by the president, Mr. Davis, who called for the read- ing of the secretary's report. In the absence of Mr. Surdam, Mrs. James Jennings, Jr., acted as secretary. After the annual report was read the treasurer's report was read and approved. A let- ter from Mrs. Frances Freeman Cooper, regret- ting her inability to be present, was read, after which the following officers were elected: President— Mrs. Matilda J. F. Gates. Secretary — C. E. Surdam. Treasurer — Ransom J. Rich. Motions were made and carried that a collec- tion be taken to help defray the expense of mail- ing the genealogical records, and that the date for reunions be changed from the third to the 208 REUNIONS first Wednesday in August; also that a vote of thanks be extended to Mr. and Mrs. Davis for their hospitality. Those present were: John Davis and wife, Francis M. Surdam and wife, John H. Brink and wife, and Paul D., Ruth A., Ethel and Elizabeth Brink, Lamont C. Snow and wife and Edith E. Snow, Alvena M. Jennings and daughters Fran- ces May and Janet Surdam Jennings, David F. Clark, \V. E. Prentice and wife, Mrs. Ross S. Whiting and daugh- ter Laura, William K. Boice, Sara J. Akins, William G. Watros, Robert C. Clark and wife, Mrs. Harriet Freeman Shaw, Matilda J. Freeman Gates, Francis A. Snow and wife, Henry Baker, Ransom J. Rich, his wife Anna and their children Bessie R. and Francis O., Kittie M. Rich, Albert O. Rich, Lewis G. Rich and wife and Hilma G. and Elizabeth Rich, ClifTord Rich, Sabra E. Clark, Fan- ny L. Snow, Mrs. F, L. Robison, Mattie A. Robison, R. E. Brink, L. A. Patch and wife, Marcia A. Davis, Fanny M. Little, Mrs. H. M. Pierce.— 52. GENEALOGICAL REPORT. BIRTHS. Aug. 21, 1908. Charles Leslie Freeman. 152 22, " Ruth Whiting. 150 Dec. 29, " Herbert Heath Benjamin. 164 Jan. 6, 1909. Alice Josephine Fitch. 170 Mar. 12, " Ellen Ruth Fitch. Da. of Clarence H. Fitch and Jennie Wynne. 170 Apr 20, 1909. Vivian Althea Williamson. Da. of Adaraga Perry and James Williamson. Jl REUNIONS 209 Aug. I, 1909. Charles Edward Hults. Son of Elmer E. and Mabel Hults. 1 24 MARRIAGES. Dec. 29, 1908. Arthur Taft Snow and Edith Whittaker. 172 June 9, 1909. Lulu Marguerite Freeman 151 and Edgar W. , son of Pe- ter and Margarete Lin- smith of Toledo, Ohio. DEATHS. Feb. 22, 1909. George B. Gore. 90 Step-son of Emily Akins Gore. Apr. 30, " Carleton Wattles. 112 Only son of Cynthia Fitch Wattles. The " Genealogy of the Surdam Family " is being printed and will be ready for distribution in a few weeks. It is my present intention to send a copy to each family and not make a charge for it, but to allow those who are willing to pay the cost of the book or less to do so, the amount so paid to go toward a permanent fund, the inter- est on which will be sufficient to pay the secreta- ry for printing and mailing the annual notices and minutes of the reunions. I very much regret that I again am unable to meet with you. With kindest regards to all I remain Yours very truly, C. E. Surdam, Secretary. ERRORS AND DELAYED INFORMATION Page 60. Frumente Wiuters should be Fru- menti. Page 71. Florence Perry and John Will- iamson have one son, Marion Arleigh, born No- vember 26, 1907. Adaraga Perry was married March 24, 1906, to James Williamson, and they have one daughter, Vivian Althea, born April 20, 1909. Page 72. M. G. Tarbox, eldest son of S. Perry Tarbox, was married October 2, 1905, to Mary 1'arbox of Roaring Branch, Penn. Page 73. Grant and Maud Tarbox have two children, Lillian, born February 28, 1898, and Samuel M., born February 2, 1907. Page 74. Anna, daughter of George Tar- box, was born May 31, 1889, and Lena Belle Au- gust 28, 1884. Anna was married April i, 1908, to Fred W. Segar, and they have one son, born June 16, 1909. Page 92. Frank Baker Akins, son of Mary 210 ERRORS, ETC. 211 Baker and Robert Charles Akius, died September 7, 1907. Page 141. Watson J. Bliss and wife have two children, Wanda A., born December 17, 1899, and Walter H., born May 3, 1904. Page 168. Mrs. Maria Fitch died March 23, i860, not in 1856. Page 172. 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'^ o CO oo fO M O C^ lOOO O cOVO CO lO COOOCOCOCOCOOOCOCO rO roCO t^ *^ (N !-• "-I ^O lO o CM v: >^ ^ § < p:, O h=;Ph ^ C/i CO 04 VO 00 oo 02 ON VO lo lO oooo X oo 00 l-H M l-l m" oTvrT bJOo ^ K « 5 o; <:q — '^ Q o lO 'Tt O (N K:r ^ rO f^ '+MD \0 00 c^ OO cr CO M • hH M M M W » m u rO CO LO ON O P^ ^^ D «f: ^ c)5 p^ p^ p w o o bfi o V- O 2 ts3 " G O D Jh CD Cli ■*-■ • . M 01 r<^ ^ lO^ t^CO On M M 216 GENEALOGY a a o ?« P^ put P? W w p o CO Q u w Q N lO o ON . ^ O -^ QO 8 k ^ «; rO o o 2 00 CN 1-1 0) on O 2v OJ ooaOoo<» o" t^ tC J;f -e G X3 <1^ '^ H) ^ OJ Ph, a (U ID Wh4 Q u Q < I W O oo oo cs bfi o ^ 00 00 oo u Q y-jt^Oo a Q > OJ • »-< > (1) CJ • »-( u a o o OJ ■M f— t 1» C3 C3 n « P^ f^H4 •-I 2 OJ.S ajp5 •^ _. <4-l )-l «J o h4U i-S-P PQ OJ ^ fO ■<^ lO vD r>.oo t-t (N rj GENEALOGY 217 00 ^ o GO t^ o o til < ro ON t^ 00 t~- o CO CO ON o* tuO > 0) G n 0) 2 v^ J^ E2 ^ S3, O 0^ U CO lO ON 00 CO O CO CO ON M CN M CO 0) v< cC ■4-1 •rH •^-( <1 03 ^ cd cn > Vi 0) • *-H ^ s> w Ph O W o < u CO 00 o 0) a s O 00 rO ■73 < 03 a; D i^ w u 5 H 03 bJo t; S<1 O o Pi Pm »—» to o Q O Q to o : : : ^ ONco : : • to CO CO • • : CO t^ t^ . . . vr> M : : ? r4 tii^ : : :^ J2 . i" o: 'i' 0^C/2OUO 03 02 CO M CS fO ^ »o 218 GENEALOGY K o Q < : »o . vo :oo • '^ : '^ • > o ::z; l-H CO 00 t— ( CO a, t^ t-H vT) ^ ^ 1— 1 M 1— 1 1— 1 * "S* VO 00 fOX ^— ^ 5^ H^ (N M ^ (U h^ P>^ Cs^ > p '^ culu o *-4 3 1 — . -. C^l T^CO CO LO r^ r^ r^ CO 00 CO CO CO O rO (N uo^ "^ ^ ^\D ^ mD t> CO 00 CO X CO CO CO 00 00 CO CO Pi O OS to 03 (N fN o 57 •^ ON rO ^ - ON I— i-( << I— lA. I — > rO (N v^ \£) CO CN O) cv| -H 1— I vO vO CO I-' M O) CN rO OJ en*— Jh "^ .9^ < «==H a:! <1 o < Q IS w xn W Q , X s \l • y, s • 5 ^ Tarbox. ba Shuti dab. ton, ia. 2 S rpba M, Tarb nos A. Jolins S. Wallace. Frank A. Jennie M. e Tarbox Boom, a Belle, a. ie. illis oselt Hill Clin Lyd Per ne I Mar Jobi Sylv Grai bjo a> c 5 n V^ -r- OJ C I-, ^^ ai^ o<: o< • vO t^co ON M 01 ro '^ ^ NO r-^co GENEALOGY 219 ft On CO lO o w u Q o I . On as O 00 00 CO CO c^ t^ rO r^ t^ On C^ cs cs cs ^ r4 O b t>S O C (U cS <-2 04 as 00 CO > o GO rO >O00 O M r^ r^ On C^ O O CO 00 GO GO 0^ Os Tt 0^ rr> lO fO ■^ M CN CS lO rf o GO as CO C4 O *j D ►. OJ . 1^ S S S /i^ ^ 3 VO 00 rO cfl OS O v^ M M rOGO s£) '>o as os a> GO CO CO CO CO 1-1 CO lO -^00 CM M (S > > Ji . Vh- C O ~ G CO ►^ 17 3 cc 5< Ak fH t— >l— >(S^ CO • O CO OJ y OS • • xs • a • c/l X ox. Iton. CO ^ !o 3 . CO (u • J2 CO -« 0) J (U nG. Tarb Hi3 '^ • into illie Clat Ina. Rut' Lydia Grant Flos Susi Orp IvOU arvi ary Sylvia Martii Leo Har Eun 0^ ^^ M M fO rt 10^ t^GO ON CN CS C< CS M (S 0< M CS (N 220 GENEALOGY \j • VO O fOCO ^^* ^ • • • ■ • • • • • • ^CO to CN • : cc ) rO lO lO "^ 'a^ : Oi VO On ON r^ Cc) ' cc ) ^ CC CC CC CO Di 1— 1 l-H 1— 1 1— 1 : ^ p ro m" '^ CN~ h-( i— ( M h-i • »=ii Ph ftl • o t^ ON '• r^ : 00 : : vo : CO si 0^ CO CO : ON 00 'oT as 1— 1 h-1 o" ■4-) CO ■ O k w a ^ 1) : 3 : 1 — . : > o : o >^ : ^ ^ : ^ : G s : 0) ^^j,^^ " ' , • ' ^— ^ G >-( M CO l> • KD rO rOX CO 00 ON w M > r^ lo c^) ^ • •— 1 t^CO ON O v£> r^ ON O N ^ r^ ON o o 0-.J 1— 1 1— 1 ■^ -rt" G 00 00 CO a M M M M ^ 00 CO GO CO 1-1 (-1 h-l M cc cc y^ ON ON ^^ « « Pi cc cc cc cc 1-1 M M 1— 1 o • ^ £ viT Tt to 0^ ^— ' rS erf ^ Jh C (D oj oj -^ aj 1) G 03 3 o Ce] M o. P bq o < {=< s • o 3 o • o . .2 o cn n C r4 O 3 **^ «-^ s o c CO (Li <; C/5 H < Q o § ^ r-> " re K^ (U __, 'O tn W<1 Q u m Q 3 re t-^I^ Q o^ oi^ f^W OK ^' Q. «. (N Ol lO On <^00 VO a\ o 00 o\ t-1 cs 12; W &^ Q W u Q a; o OD CO rO K^ -JJ o (N O '-' O CO 00 CO 00 rO Th lO lO ON oo CO a. m ON P O O I O lO ON OO CN <: < < Q ON O ON L0>0 01 OO ^ O) fO lOVO rOO) ^ G ra 'vOco ON !h' u bb n* > ^ • o t^^-r >-i H ^ ir (U OJ • c ii'^ 03 ^ '^ 03 0; >..£5 G (L 3 rt , , • *— « >^ O; G CO ^ •— > t/2 J^ Mari la En lOrv es Or •73 V-c 03 13 l^-M •1-1 i-i ti i;? o =^ (=1 h4 rO Tj- »o M (N rO •rl- lO^ C^OO 222 GENEALOGY ^ O fO • • . r^ • . CO • • t^ • • o • tyj Tr t^ • • • ■ c n VsO" CO .CO • VO O O CN CS ro M . . OJ > ■ 6 ' > ' c •-1 a. > <: .52 5 o flj • o • • O Q g =,^Q ;^ : ;?; •— > 0} A P< • w CO ON '^OO C3N M CO lO l^ vC '* p CO CO ^ ON O 00 CO On O C4 CN rO rO rO rO >— 'i- mT . 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CO • ^ r-- : to rO rO vO hH lO ■ 0\0 O " r^ CO o t-^ ON o O r^ Ov • 00 CO On CO CO ON On CO KH h-( hH 1— 1 hH 1— ( hH hH hH rO r^ rO i-^~ oo" oo" hH o"co "^^ CN CO hH cs CO hH • P-. • > ^ >- >^ ^ • CJ ' ^ ^ C3 : o a CO CO OJ Oh "^ 3 S % 1— »S s '3 Q Q a, : o OJ 3 « < i Z Ph a P > v/ ■> O CO 04 VO VO ^ ■^ CO t^ • C/2 CO ^ t-- c ^ rO rO ^ ^ ■^ to '^'l-^^g ■^ '^i^ r}- T r^ r^ 00 CO cc ' CO CO 00 00 CO CO CO 00 00 CO 00 CO CO W (-( H-l H < h-( l-l hH M M l-l hH M l-l KH hH hH ,_( s t-^ t-^ »^ ") CO t-^" lo O f^ "^ vo"'^ r^ lOVO"^" -^ k c < (S hH N CS (S hH W f-i cs ^ Oi o c • • 5 rt-5 Oct. June : Nov. Nov. June Apr. Sept. ,d +j' «■ vh' Ph0^2,< fe <^:^ ^ ^o O t« • . d c/5 ^ 1^ S H • en o -H CO < u XSl Q • ^iana Wattles, am Boice. ;h O O les Mason Wattle arine E. Maquest rrie Maqueston. .ith Marens. iton Squires Wat beth A. Gundern cy Woodford. n Wattles, bia Fitch, rleton. 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  • ■ GENEALOGY 249 • M 00 : JO :oo . I-H -M o . C : 0^ 00 bio On On 00 ON a. c/2 OS ON 00 OS C/2 X) ao 00 00 lOiOOOQO^OOO vO 00 00 00 00 oo oo ao •^ ■^ fM '"' On rr M »-l ^ I-H (VJ ^'^ c« ,—■.—(>-; Vh -,W 1) a; u ■4-1 I/) .4-1 a; o Vi ;-i O Ui 0:5 o «3 WW ;h a; a; ;h ^ '^' O r: a; .*-f rt s ;? ffi 'J} a; W X On o - CS rO "^ »0 vO r^x 250 GENEALOGY Q I O K u t-H o s* ^ ^ O ON M M O CO ^ o v: ji fl) « " o m Q a Q -"^^ 00 >^ '^ t^ O 00 CO CO 00 CO CO fe^ 00 00 CO ON a, (N • • : : \o vo : : : : : M o '^ r-x (^ i-i rOvO COCOCOOOCOOOOOOO 0000 MOOvOCO "-I 0^ M (N — ct ^- o5 C S •— 0; o u Q <1 O CO o ON lO <3J o a; "U O CO CO O O toONh- coior^o^ "i- TtVO NO r^ t^ t^ t^ t^ COCOCOCOCOOOOOOOCO C^ (N t^ CS TtNO lO Tf lO -H M CS l-l I— I 1— I >-l X 00 CO CO *-■ CO CO "^ tr 5 n, CO <3 .==5 CO WO ^ cCC .ti^ CO ^ CN rO "+ lO^ t^CO On O I-" C» CO GENEALOGY 251 "* : 00 lO « O Nov. 5, 1884 Feb." "2 7", 1888 to ONvO O O t-- On OnOO Hi O CO t^ t^ t^ 00 CO CO CO 0^ 00 GO ■rtCO (N ro QQ VOOO rj- O On O GO 00 On 'i-CO ON CS HH O) o ON o t^ t^ r^co 00 CO ON CO 00 CO CO 00 CO 00 o '■o l^ On 00 CO vO CO ri i-i cC ON t^ -^VO rt rt t^ r^ 00 00 CO 00 00 CO CC 1-1 M O f^ 10 to 10 t^ t^ t^ 00 CO CO CO CO On 00 a. v^ '^ rO 10 lOCO CO CO 00 P< ON fO O . M h-1 h- I— t-> CM CN M (N (N (N »N (N ^ 0, y Cu 5g .aW Sp4 _ Cfl CO G cfl S f^< 252 GENEALOGY o U p /-\ (—1 < o I < !; V ^ 00 00 ^ 5 o *=* oo ON 00 vO 00 ON CO o On CO r^ O rO lOVO t-^ lo r> t^ r^ On ON o 2. 00 00 CO 00 ON ON 00 O fO loCC o o o o ON On ON CT> \0 O "^^ -^ — < (S 1-1 CN) lo r-. '^ J-l hH Cl (N ON CO CN» ^ be c o •— *rH "- •,-1 l^ r- l-i-t f=H d en -, 1h ,— . •— ■ X. pq (U Si o O ;3 03 03 OJ 03 cfl O 4-1 0) o WW o -4-1 , 03 03 03 03 'SO —I 1^ 03 --3 > o (U Oj dj ;:^ 3 03 P^ 0) OJ a P<^< Xi ■*-> )-l <^ c G OJ ^ »— » en ay It 03 n o W -4-> 1) 0) ^^ rS 03 Ti; u<: ON O - rO '^ ^ CN Tt --1- '^l- T3- -^ tT ON 254 GENEALOGY to < '•r* < in in. ^j CO o *0 GO lO O VD On CO '^ t^CO CO 00 CO ^ (N >- I- s CO ^^.^ ^^ 5 ■^ ^^ CO ro '-' ^ "^ -^ IC CO CO CO X CO r^ « Ov -^ CO (U !^ C — v>— ^r*. M GO o On - o\ Q »— I u c Si oo o ON 0>\0 O GO O) a; i> CO GO ^ CO rOCO N CO H- •^- ^ i^ r^X -^ >o GO 00 GO GO 00 X 00 ■^ 0^ ON t->. cj X O X t^ ONX X •^ rs X o 3 3 ^ . ^ . ^ '^ Ui t— ( '■J 'A • Eliza Fitcl 1 Clark. la Sophia, 'ert Charles ra Pvlecta. Sophia Cla is A. Snow, lont Clark, nie Louise, lur Taft. t C. Clark. D. Snow. i^-i - o 3 G c: S G rt CJ ^- -^OiiX - CC ^ 'A < o « XCJ <;p^ ;^^^. ^' ^ (N rO •^ >oo o V ro r^ ••-" -*j +-« U y: >*-( •<-■ G CU i; V- "^ — C ^ _C! +- CS li »-i ~ GENEALOG V 255 On O • . . CO lO • (N ' ' • sO 00 • >o , • • . O vo • VO • . ON 00 • CO • • . >-H rH • H^ ' . ^ o" o" Imd' • • w — CN . ^ u • >i • • • a cfl • 1— t • • • S^ 3 • • • X o ^ • o o> • M — '^ . vO vO OO ON CO •CO 00 .00 CO H-* t-^ H-f •— < ^-< H- • CJ d^ ^ ^-1 '. t^ J-< ^ Cfl •4-J a • < C • ^1 • CC O O o 00 >^ t^OO M ■^co o '^ (^ oocooooooocoooco MI-(I—I>-1|— 11—1^1— I I ON 1-VO fONO '- _, ■> o" >^ >~ U) cC '" u • • ■•• ••■• • • ••• •■•■ • • • • j>. ON 00 ON t -^ ^ CO ^ ON • ON ON CC oo 00 00 • 00 CO h-( 1-^ H^ •- , H-» H^ r CO*" _r vrT to o" 1 1—1 CN (N )-— >, >^ , , U OJ OS a ■4-» o O c • CC S ^ : ^ ■^ .-.^•^.-^ ^■»^'— »-■ ,-w-'_» - Tf t-~ rt CO 00 CO HH h-( t— 1 00 CO 00 ■^ ro r^ OO 00 00 hH hH h^ o lO CO rO 00 00 •<. ^ *« CN rO CO - Nov. vSept. Sept. Feb. Jan. Aug. CC t— ( vSept. April X C , -X Jh -4-> . ;?; s . CC -< ^ •r> o U in Cornelia e P. Clar 6 CC ily Albert tik C. rgeP. rles Tuds ^^ CC b£ > ^t-; S cC <^ <=^ >— 1 •— ^.c cC , G S oj ^ '•3 O G K W fe O U V CC CO C O ^^•;r cC u a cC r^ j^ —• -^ • t-^ "Z (v u •^ St/-. aJ ^ t« ^ ^(5<< Emily A John Da Mary -^2^ Jcg ►-• Vh .— CC 2 rtO'j^, ^ CN fO ■* iOv£) 00 a\ o 256 GENEALOGY u Q O 5^ P— ( o =« ^ Q ^ CO CO rt 3 C3 rl6 n1 ^ ^ 1-, V. o ^^^-^ *-^ aj.-;:'^ 1— 1 Oh4 rO rO rO lO ^ lO 'i-GO CO lig CO GO CO CO CO 5 v£) r< M rO " >^ b£ "-^ j::; iuo (U ^ r^ < ^ ^ < JES - t^ {/J f^ CO u. , , r-- • • OS 00 . • CO CO HH ^ co" : : W >^ • • Pi CO • • Q k— 1 J CO On CO CO (N ^ CM I— (N — n ^00 as - Lovo C> "O vO CO On O OS n CO CO CO 00 CO CO o I < CO ^ CO "-I LOCO t-^ i^ 0\ o o z X CO 00 0^ Os On rOCO rO ^ r- ro '/< '-. ^ .-■ .* X 1) il o < < X G C C S o con :d '^ = ai S 5 ^ r^ «i n -^ .= J^ OS I— i '^ ,_ ^ a; rt r? c rt :2 *j — . ?s ^ Ph e^ W &J ^ cs f". lOvD I^CO OS O V- — — (N GENEALOGY 257 00 C3 ON 00 5 o CO O O t^ o\^ (U tn cfi r: P5 p r— ( o-i •»-« 4-M . Russel offman. d Ernes s Albert Ibertina '. Linde W. lark A, laria H Harol Glady O f^ C/}^ - cs <-o % 1 cu a o o u o o •— < •i-< 3 «-t-l c a; (i; ;-i cd a -*-• >^ in v^ cd (U o cu • »— ( o ;-! X cu 7} > 03 03 (U 0) CJ '/! bo *-" .1-1 o "^ a; 03 « S O t: CO Vh O > o C o :: ,12 (u a> +^ O (U -J-J O O Oh Oh Oh <3J 1» o3 Vh • t-H Oh