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From: "Raymond LeMay III" <>
Subject: RE: [NY-WWS] More Washington Co. Pioneers
Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2002 17:21:23 -0500


I'd be interested in Any Valentine's/Volintine's/Volentine's in that Book.
If there are any.



Ray


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From: SLWillig


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Sent: 2/23/02 4:48:10 PM

Subject: [NY-WWS] More Washington Co.
Pioneers





Hi, Everyone...



Here are some more of the Washington Co., NY., pioneers.. These are just


little mini-bios from Crisfield Johnson's *History of Washington
County*.



Enjoy!!



Susan

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Ebenezer McMURRAY, member of Assembly in 1854, now living in Salem, and Dr.


Robert McMURRAY, of New York, are sons of John. The latter died at the


eight of eighty-seven, having passed all his life, except the last few


months, on the farm where he was born. William McMURRAY of New York, son of


the minister mentioned, was one of the first police commissioners of that


city under the authority of the State, associated with Thomas C. ACTON.


Robert, a son of the Robert who died young, is living on the WHITESIDE farm


in Cambridge.



Zaccheus ATWOOD came from Barre, Mass., about 1804, and settled in Salem on


the present place of Mrs. McKIE. He had a large family of children, -


Elijah G., Charles Abiathar, Mrs. Benjamin CLEVELAND, Cyrus, Anson, Samuel,


Mrs. Pliny HALL, Mrs. Dr. TURNER, and Mrs. T.R. WESTON. Charles was a


distinguished inventor, once selling the right to use an automatic machine


for putting hooks and eyes on the papers for thirteen thousand dollars in a


single town. Anson is also an inventor of note.



Robert STEWART was one of the New England men; settled about three miles


south of Salem, in what is now school district No. 4. Of his children,


James settled in Putnam; Robert, not married, a merchant in Greenwich for a


few years; William settled adjoining the old homestead, and died there; two


daughters, Mrs. Joseph CLARK and Mrs. Chester BILLINGS, of Salem. The


latter is still living.



Alexander STEWART, another pioneer, left two sons, - David, of Salem, and


James, of St. Lawrence count; daughters, Mrs. WHITE, of Argyle Mrs. MOREY,


of Greenwich, and the second wife of Abner CARSWELL.



Alexander McNISH was an early pioneer. His father came to this town with


him, and died at the age of one hundred and four; remembered as a smart,


hale old man. He went to town meeting the last spring before he died, and


voted. Alexander settled on the farm now owned by William McNISH, who,


after practicing several years in Salem, also went west; Sally, Mrs. Thomas


STEELE, of Salem; Betsey, Mrs. Alexander STEELE. Alexander, Sr., was a


soldier of the Revolution; at Schuylerville he was shot through the

shoulder while, with one or two other bold spirits, endeavoring to capture


horses from the fields just before BURGOYNE's headquarters, on the Schuyler


farm. When wounded, he is said to have been carried over the river by John


ROWAN.



John LINNIN lived a little northeast of the village. Mrs. John H. BEATTIE


states that she has heard her father speak of John LINNIN and wife coming


to the old church, the wife riding on the pillion, behind her husband,


horseback.



Joseph McCRACKEN was a soldier of the Revolution. He lost an arm at the


battle of Monmouth. He is intimately connected with the early history of


Salem. He left three sons, - John, David, and Joseph, - who settled in


Salem. A daughter became Mrs. Nathan WILSON.



The pioneer McFARLANDS consisted of two brothers, - James and
William and

with them a nephew, - James. Another brother of the first
two Daniel came

somewhat later. The elder James was a bachelor. The younger James had a


large family. Of his children, William, James Jr., John, David, Daniel, and


Mitchell settled in Salem. The latter never married, and another son,


Robert, died young. Daughters were Mrs. Wm. STEELE, Mrs. James B. STEVENSN,


Mrs. William H. STEWART, of Salem, and one daughter died young. A son of


John James McFARLAND is a produce dealer in Salem. A
son of James, Jr.,

above is a merchant in Salem. William, the pioneer, is understood by James


B. STEVENSON to have settled about three miles south of the village, and


one son, William, removed to Whitehall. Daniel McFARLAND, the third of the


pioneer brothers, had one son, - Wm. McFARLAND, sheriff of Washington


county, elected in 1825, and father of John H. McFARLAND, lawyer, of Salem.


Another son of Daniel John settled in Hebron;
unmarried. One daughter,

unmarried.



Transcribed by SLWillig, 2001







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