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- In 1806 commenced the third period of Michigan Masonry, the transition from the jurisdiction of Canada to that of New York.
- 3rd September, 1806 , nine months elapsed
- Dr. Thomas Macomb Flandrau
- Robinson E. Smiley
- Macomb Purchase surveyed for William Constable
v. William Macomb b: 26 OCT 1779 vi. Sarah Macomb b: 1781 vii. Alexander Macomb b: 3 Apr 1782 in Detroit, Wayne County, Michigan Alexander Macomb (1782-1841) Major General in War of 1812, and General-in-Chief of U.S. Army from 1828. b. 3 Apr 1782 in Detroit, Mich. Entered the Army in 1799, and at the beginning of the War of 1812 was a lieutenant colonel of engineers and adjutant general of the army. Finding that his position would not bring him into active service, he transferred to the artillery in 1813, and as a colonel of the 2nd Regiment, fought at Niagara and Fort George. Promoted to brigadier general in 1814, he was placed in command of the Northern frontier, bordering Lake Champlain. For his defense of Plattsburg on Sept. 11, 1814, in the face of a greatly superior British force, he was made major general, and received a gold medal from congress. After the war he became general-in-chief of the U.S. Forces (1828). He was a member of Zion Lodge No. 1, Detroit, Mich., receiving degrees on Nov. 4th and 21st, 1816, and elected master on Dec. 1, 1817. His grave in the Congressional Cemetery at Washington, D.C. has several Masonic emblems on the tombstone. d. 25 Jun 1841. In 1806 commenced the third period of Michigan Masonry, the transition from the jurisdiction of Canada to that of New York. In that year "a number of brethren at Detroit, then members of Zion, No. 1," petitioned the Grand Lodge of New York for a charter, at the same time surrendering the warrant of 1764, but not that of Lower Canada issued in 1794. The records of New York, on the 3rd September, 1806, state that "a petition from a number of brethren at Detroit, at present members of Zion's lodge, No. 1, under a warrant from the Grand Lodge of Quebec, praying for a warrant from this Grand Lodge, and surrendering their former warrant, was read and granted." The warrant was not under the "Grand Lodge of Quebec," but rather the "Provincial Grand Lodge of Lower Canada," whose Grand East was at Quebec. As to "surrendering their former warrant," this referred to the warrant of 1764, granted by Provincial Grand Master Harison at New York. The warrant of 1764 from New York and that of 1794 from Lower Canada are in the archives of the Zion lodge at Detroit. It is possible that the reason the warrant of 1764 was surrendered was because of its being an issue of the original Grand Lodge of England (Moderns), while that of Lower Canada was from the third Grand Lodge of England (Ancients), and that a warrant emanating from the latter would not be recognized by any provincial authority, which owed its origin to the former. The warrant of 1764 was, therefore, recognized by the Grand Lodge of New York as the first erection of a Craft warrant in Michigan. After the granting of the petition of the Michigan brethren by the Grand Lodge of New York on 3rd September, 1806, nine months elapsed before the warrant from New York was acted upon. On the 6th July, 1807, the lodge met and was re-established under the warrant of the Grand Lodge of New York. On that day the Zion lodge, No. 1, was re-organized in ''a room in the house of Bro. John Palmer, Esq." viii. Robert Macomb b: 1783 ix. Maria Frances Macomb b: 1786 x. Anne Macomb b: 1788 Marriage 2 Jane Marshall b: 1761 Children xi. Henry Hamilton Macomb b: 1792 xii. Charles Marshall Macomb b: 1793 xiii. Elizabeth Maria Macomb b: 1795 in New York xiv. Margaret Macomb b: 1796 xv. Martha Katurah Macomb b: 9 Sep 1797 xvi. Christina Matilda Macomb b: 1799 xvii. Edwin Bennett Macomb b: 1802
Elizabeth Maria Macomb , b. 1795 in New York; d. 20 Mar 1873 From the biography of her son Charles in Minnesota Progressive Men:
Children Thomas Macomb Flandrau b: 8 JUL 1826 in New York, New York County, New York Charles Eugene Flandrau b: 15 JUL 1828 in New York, New York County, New York ----- http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=flandrx-seeker&id=I132 Dr. Thomas Macomb Flandrau, b. 8 Jul 1826 in NYC; d. 8 Aug1898 in Rome, Oneida, NY Herringshaw's Encyclopedia of American Biography, page 366 FLANDRAU, THOMAS MACOMB, physician, was born 8 Jul 1826, in New York.' He settled in Rome, NY, in 1853, making specialties of surgery. Served with the 146th New York Infantry, Company F. in the civil war as a surgeon. Recommended for commendation by Maj. General R. B. Ayres: "Surg. T. M. Flandreau, surgeon-in-chief of the division, for energy, zeal, and ability throughout the campaign." From Rome Memorial Hospital's history webpage at http://www.romehosp.com/lookback.html For more than a century, Rome´s hospital has served the historic Central New York community at the foothills of the Adirondacks. What began as a small "cottage" hospital - serving 19 patients in 1884, its first year of operation - has evolved into the busy Rome Memorial Hospital it is today. We care for about 6,000 patients a year in our 129 acute care beds and are home to 80 residents in our skilled nursing facility. In a year´s time, the community´s residents make more than 100,000 visits to our outpatient facilities for diagnostic testing and treatment. Our roots date back to 1883, when the Bureau of Employment and Relief petitioned the City of Rome to establish a Cottage Hospital to care for the sick and injured. Dr. Thomas M. Flandrau and his wife, Clarissa Foote Flandrau, are credited as being the co-founders because of their efforts to arouse public sentiment following a railroad accident. The victims were cared for at the Flandraus´ private residence because there was no other place. Their efforts were a success and on April 3, 1884, the Cottage Hospital on Ridge Street admitted its first patient. Bigger hospital for more people As Rome´s population grew, it wasn´t long before it became apparent that the city needed more than the Cottage Hospital. The move was also spurred by problems posed by the railroad tracks that ran in front of the Cottage Hospital. The ladies involved in the hospital´s operation voiced objections to having to cross the tracks to reach the facility and the cottage hospital vibrated from the noise of passing trains. Dr. Flandrau laid the cornerstone for the new Rome Hospital on September 27, 1887. ---
http://www.midyork.org/jervis/jpl_history.html "Dr. Thomas Macomb Flandreau, also a medical doctor, was not an officer of the first Board of Trustees, but was perhaps the most scholarly trustee. He spoke French and German fluently and wrote poetry. He helped found Rome Hospital." Appleton's in 1887 had the following biography: FLANDRAU, Thomas Macomb, physician, born in New York, 8 July 1826. His youth was spent in Georgetown, D.C. He studied under George J. Abbott in Washington, and was graduated at the National Medical College in Washington in 1848. After practicing in Georgetown, he settled in Rome, New York, in 1853, making specialties of surgery and obstetrics, and has since resided there, with the exception of five years spent in Brockport, N.Y. In 1862 he was commissioned surgeon of the 146th New York regiment, was promoted surgeon of brigade in 1863, and surgeon-in-chief of the 2nd division, 5th corps, Army of the Potomac, in 1864. In 1865 he was discharged from the service, having been brevetted lieutenant colonel of U. S. volunteers for meritorious service in the field. In 1866 he was appointed U. S. pension examining surgeon, which office he now holds (1887). He was a delegate to the international medical congress at Philadelphia in 1876. Dr. Flandrau is a member of the New York State Medical Society, of the American Medical Association, and of the Oneida County Medical Society, of which he was president in 1870. From Wager, Daniel. Our County and Its People, Part II: Biography. Boston: The Boston History Company, 1896. page 119 THOMAS MACOMB FLANDRAU Thomas Macomb Flandrau, son of Thomas Hunt and Elizabeth M. (Macomb) Flandrau, was born in New York City on the 8th of July, 1826. His ancestry, though French and Irish, were all Protestants--rather curiously, as both countries are strongly Roman Catholic in their religious tendencies. Jacques Flandreau, the originator of the family in this country, was a French Huguenot driven from France by the revocation of the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV, and with a colony of his compatriots settled at New Rochelle, N. Y., about 1686, naming the town after La Rochelle, a famous Protestant city of France. His descendants still live at New Rochelle, but are not very numerous. Dr. Flandrau is the only physician of the name in the United States; his branch of the family dropped the e from the last syllable. Mrs. Elizabeth M. (Macomb) Flandrau was a daughter of Alexander Macomb, an Orangeman from Belfast, Ireland, who was married in 1773 in Detroit, Mich., where he remained until 1785 when he removed to New York City. There he was for many years actively engaged in business as a shipping merchant. In 1788 he built No. 39 Broadway, which was occupied in 1790 by General Washington as the President's home, and which in later years was Bunker's Hotel. In 1791 he purchased a large tract of land in what are now the counties of Lewis, St. Lawrence, Franklin, Herkimer, Jefferson, and Oswego, the southern boundary of which is now the northern line of Oneida county. It comprised 3,700,000 acres, cost eight cents per acre, and included all the Thousand Islands, except Carlton Island, on which stood Fort Haldiman. The map of "Macomb's Purchase" and the documents relating to it are in the Documentary History of New York. Mr. Macomb had six sons in the War of 1812, the eldest of whom, Maj.-Gen. Alexander Macomb, was the hero of the battle of Plattsburgh and afterwards commander-in-chief of the United States Army. Thomas Hunt Flandrau, a native of New Rochelle, N. Y., was educated in Oneida County, where he spent the most of his life. He was graduated from Hamilton College in 1819, became a prominent lawyer, and at the time of his marriage and the birth of his son, Dr. Flandrau, was a law partner of the celebrated Aaron Burr in New York City. Dr. Thomas Macomb Flandrau passed his youth in Georgetown, D. C., and was educated in the private schools and academies of Georgetown and Washington. He studied medicine with Dr. Benjamin S. Bohrer, and was graduated from the National Medical College of Washington, D. C., in March, 1848. After practicing his profession a short time in Georgetown he removed to his father's home at Whitesboro, Oneida county, N. Y., but on January 1, 1853, settled in Rome, where he was in partnership with Dr. Arba Blair for two years. In 1853 he went to Brockport, N. Y., and remained there until 1863, when he again took up his residence in Rome, where he has since lived. August 23, 1863, Dr. Flandrau was commissioned surgeon of the 146th Regiment, N. Y. Vol. Inf. with the rank of major. This regiment was known as the Halleck Infantry and also as the 5th Oneida, and many of its officers and men were citizens of Rome. He remained with the organization about a year, when he was promoted to the position of surgeon-in-chief of the 3rd Brigade, 2nd Division, 5th Army Corps. On the 7th of June, 1864, he was again promoted to the surgeon -in-chief of the 2nd Division, 5th Corps. The 146th Regiment is entitled to honorable mention in the history of Rome. Lieut.-Col. Jesse J. Armstrong, Adjutant Edward Comstock, and Capt. William A. Walker, besides many of its brave soldiers, were residents of this city, and having been organized on the camp ground in West Dominick street all its officers and men felt a profound interest in the city of its birth. The regiment participated in every battle fought by the Army of the Potomac from the first battle of Fredericksburg in December, 1862, t the final surrender of the Confederate army at Appomattox in April, 1865. It distinguished itself as well by its bravery as by the fearful slaughter of its rank and file in many engagements, especially in the Wilderness, where Col. David Jenkins and Major Henry Curran were left dead upon the field with a large number of men. As surgeon, Dr. Flandrau was present in all of its twenty-five battles, and fortunately escaped sickness and wounds during his three years service at the front. He was discharged at Syracuse, N. Y., in July, 1865, and was made brevet lieutenant-colonel of U. S. Volunteers, holding a commission to that effect "for meritorious services in the field," signed by President Andrew Johnson, and the great secretary of war, Edwin M. Stanton. The Medical and Surgical History of the War contains the record of many of his surgical operations. In 1865 Dr. Flandrau purchased his present residence in East Dominick Street and ever since then he has been actively engaged in the practice of his profession in Rome. He is a member of the Oneida County Medical Society and the American Medical Association, and has attended several International Medical Congresses, the last in 1890 at Berlin, Germany, where he made an extended tour though France, Switzerland, England, Scotland, and Ireland. For many years he has been a member of the Board of Health of Rome and for twelve years a member of the Board of Education, of which he was served as president during the e last three years. He has served as physician to the Central New York Institution for the Deaf Mutes of Rome since its organization in 1874. He is medical director of the Rome Hospital and was prominent in its foundation and establishment, making the plans and designs for its construction. His plans were adopted with very slight modification by the architect, George Schillner, who brought them to their final development and is entitled to the credit of its external decoration. Dr. Flandrau ranks high among the eminent physicians and surgeons of Central New York, and during his long and active practice has won the confidence and respect of a wide circle of warm friends and acquaintances. He has always taken a keen interest in the religious, social, and educational advancement of his city, contributing generously to these and kindred objects, and encouraging every worthy project which promises benefit to the community. He has been a member of the Protestant Episcopal Church for forty years and for over twenty years has served as vestryman and warden of Zion church, Rome. In 1854 Dr. Flandrau as married in Brockport, N. Y., to Miss Clarissa J. Foote, a native of Vernon, Oneida county, N. Y., who died May 1, 1890. She was a woman noted for her energy, tact, and charitable sentiments, and contributed largely to the building and success of the Rome Hospital, where he name and good work are commemorated by a handsome brass tablet erected by the ladies of the institution. She left three daughters: Miss Elizabeth M. Flandrau and Mrs. Dr. H. C. Sutton of Rome and Mrs. George Ethridge, of New York City. Obituary from Aug 13, 1898 in a New Rochelle paper, a reprint of the Rome Daily Sentinel:
Dr. Flandrau was stricken down almost in the harness. While he had been gradually failing for the past few years, he enjoyed unusually good health for a man of his years and still carried on a successful practice. Dr. Flandrau was of French and Irish descent. His ancestors on both sides were Protestants. The originator of the family in this country was Jacques Flandreau, a French Huguenot, who was driven from France by the Edict of Nantes by Louis XIV, and with a colony of compatriots settled at New Rochelle, N.Y. about 1686. The town was named after La Rochelle, a famous Protestant city of France. His descendants still live at New Rochelle. Dr. Flandrau's branch of the family dropped the "e" from the last syllable. His father, Thomas Hunt Flandrau, was born in New Rochelle, NY, and was educated in Oneida County, where he spent most of his life. He was graduated from Hamilton College in 1819 and became a prominent lawyer. At the time of the birth of Dr. Flandrau, he was a law partner of Aaron Burr in New York city. He was a member of the 14th New York Regiment of Volunteers, which was known as Halleck's Infantry, and the Fifth Oneida, was organized in this city and he enlisted, and on August 23, 1862, was commissioned surgeon of the regiment with the rank of major. He conducted the medical examination of the members of the regiment, which was mustered into service on the 10[?]th of October, 1862. His social position was an enviable one. He was connected by relationship or other ties with many prominent families in Washington and the south and his natural gift and polish made him a prominent figure in all circles. He was a linguist, speaking French and German fluently and had a natural literary gift and a fine appreciation of good literature.
Children Elizabeth Margaret Flandrau b. 30 May 1859 in Brockport, Monroe, New York Ruth Hungerford Flandrau b. 24 Feb 1863 in New York Thomas Foote Flandrau b. 24 May 1865 in Rome, Oneida, New York Julia Dinsmore Flandrau b. 12 Nov 1872 in New York Jacques Campau (aka Campeau), b. 1677 Jean Louis Campau, Therese Cecile Campau, Robert Navarre, James Gordon Macomb 1702-1774 1714-1746 b. 1709 1717-late 1700’s m. Marie Louise Robert, m. 1734 Francois Marsac, m. 1734 Mary Lootman, m. ca 1747 Jane Gordon b. ca 1698 1706-1777 b. 1719
Jacque Campau, Marie Louise Marsac, m. 1762 Robert Navarre, Marie Catherine Navarre, 1735-1789 1744-1796 1739-1813 1749-1789 m. Catherine Menard, m. 1773 Alexander Macomb William Macomb b. 1739 1748-1831 1751- Joseph Campau, Marie Catherine Navarre, Gen. Alexander Macomb m. 1803 Catherine Macomb 1769-1863 1782-1868 1782-1841 1787-1822 Zion Lodge No.1, Detroit m. 1811 Henry Bergaw Brevoort, Zion Lodge No. 1, Detroit [GL of NY] 1775-1858 Zion Lodge No. 1 Alexander Macomb Mariana (Mary Ann) Navarre 1748-17831 1737-1773 m2. Jane Marshall m1. Jacques St. Martin m2 1770 Dr. George Christian Anthon m2 1778 Genevieve Jadot 1734-1815 Holland Lodge No. 8 NYC 1763-1821 Elizabeth Maria Macomb John Anthon m. 1825 Thomas Hunt Flandrau 1784-1863 b. 1799 m. 1810 Judith Hone Dr. Thomas Macomb Flandrau John Hone Anthon 1826-1898 1832-1874 m. 1854 Clarissa Foote GM of New York 1870-71 b. 1828 Roman Lodge No. 223, Rome, Oneida, NY ----- Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association ..., Volume 14, by New York State Historical Association, page 188. http://books.google.com/books?id=JxQzAQAAIAAJ&pg=PA188&dq=%22Thomas+Spriggs%22&hl=en&ei=SqiwTru4Bef20gGXgvHTAQ&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=10&ved=0CGYQ6AEwCQ#v=onepage&q=%22Thomas%20Spriggs%22&f=false John Thomas Spriggs was born in Northamptonshire, England, 5 May 1820. He came to this county with his father in 1836, and settled in Whitesboro. The young man desired a college course, and he prepared for and entered Hamilton College, where he remained for two years. He then left, and for a time studied law at Holland Patent, but he decided to complete his college course, and went to Union, and graduated with the class of 1848. He then studied law in Utica, and after being admitted formed a partnership with Thomas [Hunt] Flandrau. At that time Rome was relatively much more important in the county than Utica, and Mr. Spriggs decided to remove to that town, which he did and formed a partnership with Thomas G. Frost. This business arrangement lasted until 1859, when the partnership was dissolved, and Mr. Spriggs returned to Utica. In 1862 he formed a partnership with Richard Mclncrow, and this partnership continued until 1870, when it was dissolved, and Mr. Spriggs took as a partner E.D. Matthews. This partnership lasted for several years, but as the son of Mr. Spriggs had become a lawyer the partnership was dissolved, and a new firm formed J. T. and F. B. Spriggs; this firm continued down to the death of Mr. Spriggs, which occurred at Utica 23 Dec 1888. Mr. Spriggs, aside from his law practice, gave a good deal of attention to politics, and was from the time he commenced active business life a potent factor in the Democratic party of Oneida County. He was appointed District Attorney in 1853, to fill a vacancy. In 1854 he was elected County Treasurer, and in 1868 he was elected mayor of Utica, and in the same year he was the Democratic candidate for Representative in Congress, but was defeated by Alexander H. Bailey of Rome. In 1878 he was the Democratic candidate for Representative in Congress, and was again defeated by Cyrus D. Prescott of Rome. In 1882 he was again a candidate by the same party for the same position, and wlas elected over Samuel H. Fox, a glass manufacturer of Durhamville, NY. This election of Mr. Spriggs was owing to a division in the Republican party into the factions known as the "Stalwarts" and "Half Breeds." The division arose in consequence of the opposition of Roscoe Conkling then a United States Senator, to President Garfield, over the desire on Conkling's part to control the Federal patronage in the State of New York. In 1884 Mr. Spriggs was again re-nominated for the same position, and was elected over Henry J. Cookinham by reason of a split in the Republican party. James G. Blaine had been nominated for the presidency, and was opposed by Roscoe Conkling because of an old quarrel between them. Oneida County was Mr. Conkling's residence; the Congressional District consisted of Oneida and Lewis Counties at this time. Grover Cleveland was the candidate of the Democratic party for the Presidency, and the friends of Mr. Conkling in Oneida County supported the Democratic ticket in that county. This resulted in Mr. Cleveland's receiving a majority in Oneida County, whereas it should have given a Republican majority of from two to three thousand, and Mr. Spriggs was supported by the same persons who supported Mr. Cleveland. In 1886 Mr. Spriggs was again the candidate for Representative in Congress, but was defeated by James S. Sherman. Mr. Spriggs, although prominent in Democratic politics, never was what could be termed a leader. He was a manipulator of caucuses and conventions, possessed a good deal of shrewdness, but in his political discussions and speeches he never entered into arguments of principles to any extent. Although he manifested shrewdness and ability in the trial of cases, yet he at times resorted to methods, in order to win verdicts, that would not be approved in a court of ethics. He married Helen Nancy Henderson, daughter of Frederick Breakenridge Henderson, MD. He died in Utica, NY, 23 Dec 1888 and was interred in Whitesboro Cemetery, Whitesboro, NY.
From ROME SEMI-WEEKLY CITIZEN newspaper, Rome, Oneida County, New York, Wednesday, 26 Dec 1888 Hon. J. Thomas Spriggs died at his house in Utica, New York, at 10 a. m. Sunday (23 Dec 1888), after an illness of about three weeks. He was first attacked by congestion of the kidneys. On Thursday of last week he suffered a stroke of apoplexy, after which he never wholly regained consciousness. A few days before his death brain fever set in, and all hope of his recovery was given up. There are few if any people in central New York who have not seen or heard of J. Thomas Spriggs. His figure was familiar in nearly every village in Oneida county, and any one seeing his robust appearing form supposed he was destined to live a good many years yet. Mr. Spriggs was born in Peterboro, Northamptonshire, England, 5 Apr 1825. In 1836 he removed with his parents to this country and settled in Utica. He began the study of law at the age of 14, in the offices of I. C. Baker and Calvert Comstock in the then village of Rome. He afterward spent two years in Hamilton college, and then went to Holland Patent and studied law with Rev. Mr. Perry. Subsequently he spent one year in Hamilton college, and then entered Union college fom which he was graduated in 1848. Shortly after his graduation he passed his law examination, and became the junior partner of Thomas H[unt]. Flandrau, of Whitesboro. In 1851 he came to Rome, and formed a partnership with Thomas G. Frost. In 1859 he returned to Utica, and entered into partnership with Morris S. Miller. In 1862 he formed a partnership with Richard W. McIncrow which was continued until 1870. Not long afterward the firm of Spriggs, Matthews & Spriggs was formed, in which he was the senior partner, and E. D. Matthews and Fred B. Spriggs, his son, were his associates. In 1886 Mr. Matthews retired, since which time the firm has been Spriggs & Spriggs. In politics Mr. Spriggs was a Democrat, and as such he held several offices within the gift of his party. In 1853 he was appointed district attorney to fill the vacancy caused by the resignation of Samuel B. Garvin. He was elected county treasurer in 1854, and in 1868 and 1880 was chosen mayor of the city of Utica. In 1868 and 1878 he was nominated for member of congress, but was defeated the first time by A. H. Bailey, and the second by C. D. Prescott of Rome. In 1882 and 1884, however, he was the successful congressional nominee, but was defeated by James S. Sherman in 1886. As a criminal lawyer Mr. Spriggs had but few equals. He possessed wonderful tact in handling a jury, and in eliciting evidence of witnesses few could surpass him. In political and social life he possessed many warm friends who always enjoyed his presence and enlivening conversations, which was wont to teem with wit and originality. His daughter, Helen Antoinette Spriggs m. 23 Jun 1866 Dr. George Alder Blumer. -----
Men and Women of America: a biographical dictionary of contemporaries, 1909. page 99.
He received appointment from New York 26 Jul 1864; attended the United States Naval Academy, June 1864-June 1868. was promoted to Commander, 3 Mar 1899; Captain, 11 Oct 1903; Rear Admiral, 11 Aug 1908; retired, 31 Jan 1909. He was on duty with the General Board, Board of Examiners, and other duties, Washington, DC, Jan 1902-Jun 1904. Member, Army-Navy Joint Board, Jul 1903-Jun 1904; Commander, USS Kentucky, North Atlantic Fleet, Jun 1904-Dec 1905; Member, General Board and Army-Navy Joint Board, Jun 1906-Dec 1907; Superintendent, Naval Observatory, Washington, DC, Dec 1907-Apr 1909. Grand Lodge Officers
Jerome Dillenbeck, DDGM James A. Owens, DDGM Edwin Evans, DDGM Oswald P. Backus, DDGM Seymour S. Klock, DDGM
Masters
1851 Em(m)erson, Selden A. 1852 Emmerson, Selden A. 1853 Robinson E. Smiley 1854 Robinson E. Smiley 1855 J. L. Grant 1856 J. L. Grant 1857 Sanford Adams 1858 Sanford Adams 1859 Sanford Adams 1860 Robinson E. Smiley 1861 William H. Doxtater 1862 William H. Doxtater 1863 George W. Baldwin 1864 George F. Bicknell 1865 George F. Bicknell 1866 Edward L. Stevens 1867 Henry W. Pell 1868 Henry W. Pell 1869 George J. Leach 1870 Frederick E. Mitchell 1871 Frederick E. Mitchell 1872 Frederick E. Mitchell 1873 Jerome Dillenbeck 1874 Jerome Dillenbeck 1875 Jerome Dillenbeck 1876 Charles H. Nicholson 1877 Charles H. Nicholson 1878 John J. Barber 1879 William N. Trumpour 1880 Edwin Evans 1881 Edwin Evans 1882 Edward Jones 1883 Edward Jones 1884 Frederick E. Mitchell 1885 Frederick E. Mitchell 1886 James A. Owens 1887 James A. Owens 1888 James A. Owens 1889 James A. Owens 1890 James A. Owens 1891 Albert H. Golly 1892 Albert H. Golly 1893 Arthur L. Dale 1894 Arthur L. Dale 1895 Charles N. Nicholson 1896 Delos Kneeland 1897 Delos Kneeland 1898 Oswald P. Backus 1899 Oswald P. Backus 1900 Byron S. Fox 1901 Albert R. Hagar 1902 Walter D. Hood 1903 William F. Tremain(e) 1904 George W. Davis 1905 George W. Davis 1906 Fred H. Relyea 1907 Fred H. Relyea 1908 Seymour E. Spinning 1909 Seymour E. Spinning 1910 Carl H. Simon 1911 1912
1913 William G. Karnes 1914
1915 1916
1917 1918
1919 Frank S. Davis 1920 Frank S. Davis 1921 1922 Fred L. Martin 1923 Fred L. Martin 1924 Fred S. Trembeth 1925 Fred S. Trembeth 1926 Elmer M. Spriggs 1927 Elmer M. Spriggs 1928 Jonas F. Fike 1929 1930 William Stretton 1931 James E. Besley 1932 William A. Fielding 1933 Carl J. Runahauser 1934 Earl Matthews 1935 Charles T. Williams 1936 Everett L. Kline 1937 Charles T. William 1938
1939 Willis E. Macasaland 1940 Arthur W. Krumm 1941 William L Kusee 1942 Charles D. Greene 1943 Arthur P. Looft 1944 Leslie M. Patterson 1945 Raymond W. Adey 1946 Stanley B. Dunn 1947 Theodore H. Masner 1948 Neuman M. Stadler 1949 Erwin F. Mumpton
At the 1949 installation of officers, 20 Past Masters were presented with their Past Master pins, as reflected by the above listing. [Note: this was extracted from a poor quality newspaper page, so some of the name spellings may not be correct – g.l.h]].. http://fultonhistory.com/Newspapers%20Disk3/Rome%20NY%20%20Roman%20Citizen/Rome%20NY%20Roman%20Citizen%201879%20-%201882%20Grayscale/Rome%20NY%20Roman%20Citizen%201879%20-%201882%20Grayscale%20-%200069.pdf Roman Citizen - 1879 William H. Doxtater, b. ca 1837, formerly a prominent business man of Rome, died at San Francisco, California, last Friday morning. He had been taken sick some two weeks before, but seemed to b e getting so much better that his mother, who was with him, considered him out of danger and started for her home in this city. After her leaving, he grew worse, and the first tidings which greeted her on her arrival here was the news of his death, which was received here by telegraph only a few hours before. Deceased was formerly proprietor of the hardware business now conducted by Wardwell Brothers, selling out to those gentlemen In 1863. Since then he has led a life of quiet leisure. He was about 42 years of age, and leaves many friends who sympathize with his mother in her bereavement. http://www.fultonhistory.com/Process%20small/Newspapers/Ogdensburg%20NY%20News/Ogdensburg%20NY%20News%201899%20pdf/Newspaper%20Ogdensburg%20NY%20News%201899%20-%200356.pdf Ogdensburg New – 17 Jun 1899 Robinson E. Smiley [b. ca 1818] died in Watertown yesterday, aged eighty-one years. He had been in the employ of the R. W. & O Railroad Company since 1848, 27 years of which were passed in Watertown, He lately held the position of assistant secretary. -----
http://archiver.rootsweb.ancestry.com/th/read/NYWAYNE/2003-07/1057434422 and http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=dmn4211&id=I524762517 William Nelson Trumpour or Trumper was born 10 Jan 1840 in Hungersford, Hastings Co., Ontario, Canada, son of William Trumpour and Matilda Jane Way [4th of 11 children]; went to the U.S. in 1865, married in 1868 according to the 1900 census. His wife was Sarah E. Wentworth (d/o Henry Wentworth and Elizabeth Trennhan). She was born in Rome, NY; d. 18 Feb 1923. William N. Trumpour died 10 Mar 1923 in Lyons, NY. -----
http://romesentinel.com/news?newsid=20091124-141234 The Roman-Hatheway Lodge 223 celebrated 210 years of Freemasonry in Rome at an anniversary dinner on Saturday, in its lodge hall, 126 W. Liberty St. The first Masonic Lodge, Roman Lodge 82 F. & A.M. was chartered on Feb. 13, 1799 in Rome. The theme was "From Whence We Came: the Legacy of the Past and the Promise of Tomorrow." Guests included line officers from the Grand Lodge of the State of New York, Senator Joseph Griffo, Assemblywoman RoAnn Destito, Assemblyman David Townnsend Jr., and Mayor James Brown. State and city proclamations were issued to the lodge commemorating this historic occasion. Since its first meeting on the top floor of Solomon Rich’s Coffee House, a wooden structure on what is now recorded as 111 and 113 W. Dominick St., Freemasonry has played a very active part in the overall development of the community, according to members. Its first new lodge hall was built and occupied in 1825 and was honored with a visit by a fellow Masonic brother, the Marquis de Lafayette later that year. According to lodge historians, as one of the oldest lodges in the country, Roman Lodge was the only one in Rome until the founding of Hatheway Lodge 869 in 1909. Its first Worshipful Master was the Hon. Joshua Hatheway who served in the American Revolution, in the War of 1812 as Quartermaster General at Sacketts Harbor, and was for many years the judge of the Rome court of common pleas, the surrogate court, and also the Rome postmaster. Over the years the Masonic family expanded with the founding of the Fort Stanwix Chapter 153 Royal Arch Masons in 1856, the Rome Commandery in 1869, and local Chapters of the Order of the Eastern Star in the early twentieth century. In 1996 the lodges merged into what is now Roman-Hatheway Lodge 223 F. & A.M. ----- The Ancestors and Descendants of Isaac Alden and Irene Smith, his wife . . ., by Harriet Chapin Fielding, Mrs. Harriet Chapin (Root) Fielding, page 11. http://books.google.com/books?id=CjcxAAAAMAAJ&pg=PA11&lpg=PA11&dq=%22isaac+alden%22+%22oneida%22&source=bl&ots=8taijxr4P3&sig=CofLc1A1hxf-O0rxV5Y4RomPyIU&hl=en&ei=hxWzTuOlGabt0gG9xInJBA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CCUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q=%22isaac%20alden%22%20%22oneida%22&f=false Isaac Alden [4c6r], eldest son of David Alden and Lucy Thomas, was born at Ashfield, MA, 5 May 1755. He married, 18 May 1780, Irene Smith, of Ashfield, who was born 4 Jul 1757. A former record briefly refers to him as a magistrate, but there is little or no accurate knowledge of his life previous to his removal, in 1794, from Ashfield to a small settlement in Oneida Co., NY, then known as the town of Western [about 7 miles north of Rome]. And whatever may have been his mental endowments or judicial attainments, it is certain that the hard conditions that confronted him in this new home, made it necessary for him to work out the problem of existence for himself and family in sweat and brawn; for uncultivated nature there offered him but the barest essentials of life, and to make even these available, shelter must be provided, crops sown and gathered, forests leveled, and mills erected for the manufacture of lumber, the grinding of grain, and the carding of wool for the household loom. At the time of their removal from Ashfield, six children had been born to Isaac Alden and his wife, two of whom, Fanny and Jacob, died in infancy. Three children were born in Oneida Co. That portion of the State to which he removed was, at the time, all called Oneida Co. Afterwards, Oswego and Jefferson counties were taken off and the Fifth Township, now in Oswego Co., was named Williamstown. In the year 1800, Isaac Alden moved with his family to Williamstown, and there built a saw-mill on a stream called Mill Brook. The house he also built there, and which was his home for some years, was constructed of rough logs, rolled up and laid without chinking or mortar, and had neither upper nor lower flooring. The barn joined the house, except for a threshing floor between, and all under one roof. The fireplace, which must have constituted the principal feature of this primitive dwelling, was sufficiently ample to accommodate logs twenty-five and thirty inches through. These logs were drawn by a horse to the barn portion of the structure, then rolled through the wide door to place. Philo, the youngest child, was an infant at the time, and for him the father fashioned a cradle by splitting a hollow basswood log, cutting it the required length, and blocking into it two rude rockers. There were two or three other families that moved to Williamstown about the time that Isaac Alden did, and these constituted the first settlers of Oswego Co. His nearest neighbor lived four miles distant. A few years later he built other mills on Fish Creek, which locality afterwards became the business portion of the town. But life there at that early period was the same old story of struggle and privation that his New England forbears had known, and which so many of his descendants were yet to experience in other undeveloped sections of the country. And this toilsome life with its hard conditions must have continued for many years, for we learn of farming and milling enterprises, and of logging ventures undertaken to secure part of the growing traffic afforded by the wide stretches of forest, the convenient streams and the close-bordering lake. In this hand to hand conflict with nature the elder children were, necessarily, bound to assist; and so great was the need of their help in order to meet the daily requirements of a large family, and so scant the opportunities for self-improvement, that whatever of education most of them received, was through irregular and imperfect home methods, or what they were able to acquire in later life, when self support offered the long delayed but still appreciated advantages. That the restraints and narrow conditions that thus shut them in from the wider fields of activity must have proved irritating and irksome to the more restless spirits among them, is matter of small wonder. One by one they began to break away from their moorings. Philomela, the only living daughter, was early married to Dr. Joel Rathbun, of Camden, NY; Isaac, Jr., found his way to the Mississippi, thence to the Gulf, and finally settled in Louisiana; Joshua ran away to sea; Pliny, more domestic, married and settled on a farm; Richard sought employment as an apprentice. But the first real affliction the household knew was the tragic death by drowning of the eldest son, Philander, soon to be followed, however, by the cruel and enforced separation from the husband and father. In the year 1811, just before the outbreak of the war with Great Britain, Isaac Alden left his home at Williamstown, to make a trip down the St. Lawrence River with a cargo of lumber. Under what unfortunate circumstances he fell into the hands of the enemies of his country, is not known; but somewhere on that expedition he was captured by British soldiers and imprisoned; and because of his refusal to swear allegiance to the king, was eventually deported to England, from which exile he did not return until 1820, nine years after. The absolute knowledge we have of the harsh treatment and cruel sufferings inflicted upon other prisoners similarly situated at that time, enables us, with some degree of certainty, to fill in the probable record of this unhappy experience, although we possess no positive account of the same. Nor is it known whether his prolonged absence was due to ill health, or to difficulties encountered in the matter of exchange; but he survived his return only a short time and died at the home of his son, Richard, in Warren, PA, 5 Mar 1822. To have met his country's foes in open conflict might have entitled Isaac Alden to greater distinction; but to have accepted captivity and banishment rather than forswear allegiance to that country, reveals as true a spirit of loyalty and heroism. To Isaac Alden and his wife eleven children were born, some of whom attained an advanced age. Irene Smith Alden died at the home of her son, Richard, in Warren, Pa., March 14, 1834. Children:
i. Philander, b. 31 Jan 1782; d. 28 Jul 1810. ii. Philomela, b. 10 Dec 1783; d. Jun or Jul 1861. iii. Joshua, b. 10 Jun 1785; d. 02 Nov 1846. iv. Pliny, b. 28 Mar 1787; d. 14 Nov 1834. v. Isaac II, b. 19 Feb 1789; d. ca 1870. vi. Fanny, b. 02 Apr 1791; d. 04 Apr 1791. vii Jacob, b. 27 Jan 1792; d. 27 Jan 1792. viii. Hiram, b. 28 Oct 1792; d. 26 Nov 1838. ix. Richard, b. 19 May 1795; d. 02 May 1883. x. Enoch, b. 09 Dec 1797; d. 27 Jun 1833. xi. Philo, b. 03 Jul 1800; d. 06 Nov 1866. ----- S  elden A. Em(m)erson – Information is very sketchy on this Brother, but he may be the Selden A. Emerson who was Master of Franklin Lodge No. 90 at Ballston Spa in 1847. There is also a Selden A. Emerson listed as born in Morristown, St. Lawrence County, 5 Sep 1818 who died 25 Jun 1990 and is buried at Oakwood Cemetery, Wilmington, Will Co., Illinois.
http://wc.rootsweb.ancestry.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=boicourtbylines&id=I60211 Selden A. Emerson, b. Sep 1818 in Morristown, St Lawrence, NY; m1. Jane N. _____, b: 1818 in New York. Children i. Edwin N. EMERSON b: 1840 in , , New York ii. Sarah EMERSON b: 1843 in , , New York
Children iii. George EMERSON b. 1860 in Illinois iv. Ida Mae EMERSON b. 1867 in Illinois 1850 Census – Rome, NY Selden E. b. 1818 age 32 Jane M. age 32 Edwin M. age 9 Sarah J. age 7 George age 23 Jane Griffith age 19 1860 Census – Aurora, Kane, IL age 41 1870 Census – Chicago, Cook Co., IL Selden b. 1818 age 52 Ann age 32 Ida age 3 1900 Census – Thomasville, Choctaw Nation, Indian Territory Burton H. Smith [Burton Hays Smith, b. 1866] May [Mae] Smith b. Nov 1866, IL Sheldon b. Sep 1818, NY [father-in-law] Ann Emerson b. Dec 1837, NY [mother-in-law] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Benjamin_Wright B  enjamin Wright b. 10 Oct 1770; d. 24 Aug 1842, was an civil engineer who served as Chief Engineer of both the Erie Canal and Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. In 1969 he was declared the "Father of American Civil Engineering" by the American Society of Civil Engineers. Wright was born in Wetherfield, CT, to Ebenezer Wright and Grace Butler. Following the Revolutionary War, his family moved to Rome, New York, in 1789, where he began his career surveying the land surrounding Oneida Lake. In 1794, at age 24, he was hired as a surveyor and planner by the famed English canal designer William Weston. Working for Weston, he helped lay out canals and locks on the Mohawk River. Among other surveys, in 1796, Wright was commissioned to survey the Black River, from Utica and up into what is now Jefferson County. In 1801, he was commissioned to conduct a detailed survey of the land comprising Macomb’s Purchase, as well as other parts of Jefferson, Oneida and Franklin counties. It was Wright's surveying of the Black River and Jefferson County that led to the area's further settlement and development.
Benjamin Wright in 1799-1800, representing the proprietors of Macomb's Purchase in the subdivision of the Macomb's tracts into townships, accepted for the south line of the Purchase the line as marked on the ground by Campbell and Mitchell and the line as shown by Brodhead on his map, and from the point where Campbell had stopped he continued the line east on Campbell's course to the west line of the Old Military Tract. http://potsdammuseum.org/page.php?p=94&s=23 Macomb Purchase surveyed for William Constable In June 1799, Mr. Benjamin Wright, a noted surveyor of Rome, NY, (he surveyed the layout for the Erie Canal) arrived at St. Regis with a surveying party of 7 members, Gordon Smith, Moses Wright, Ebenezer Wright (cousins of Benjamin Wright) Clark Putnam, E. Hammond and Benjamin Raymond. Each man had two axe-men and 2 chain-men. Mr. Wright sent Gordon Smith up the Racquette (Indian name Nihanawate, meaning noisy water) to find out how far the river was navigable and what places were suitable for provision camps. He went as far as Norfolk by boat and proceeded by land to the present village of Potsdam where he spent the night under a pine tree on the rocks on the west side of the river (just across the 2nd bridge). Here, far removed from any settlement, he found a tuft of timothy grass. Much pleased with this familiar object, he hailed it as a harbinger of civilization and a herald sent forward to anticipate the future destiny of the country. In the fall the parties returned to Rome, some by water as they had come - that is by the St. Lawrence, Lake Ontario, to Oswego, the Oswego River to Oneida Lake and by Woods Creek, a short carry to the Mohawk and to Rome. Smith and Raymond cut their way thru the forest to Rome. Again in May 1800, B. Wright, G. Smith, Moses Wright, B. Raymond returned by Lake Ontario to finish surveying the tract, returning to Rome in the late Summer. After Weston returned to England in 1790, Wright was commissioned to survey the Mohawk River between Schenectady and Rome, New York, and then from Rome to the Hudson River. In 1816 funding for the Erie Canal was in place, and in 1817, Wright was named Chief Engineer and James Geddes; a lawyer who had made a preliminary survey of the canal's route, was named assistant chief. . In this position he led thousands of unskilled laborers as they built the canal with the aid of wheelbarrows, hand tools, horses, and mules. In Wright's honor, the first boat to traverse the canal system was named the Chief Engineer. After completion of the Erie Canal, he was approached by the Wurts brothers of Philadelphia to survey a possible route from the coalfields of Northeastern Pennsylvania to the Hudson, where anthracite could be shipped by boat downriver to New York City. This became the Delaware and Hudson Canal, and remained in operation until 1898. When that canal was finished in 1828, Wright was made Chief Engineer of the newly organized Chesapeake and Ohio Canal. Within a year, Wright had let contracts for a massive construction effort that encompassed about 6,000 men and 700 horses. In addition to his engineering work, Wright was also elected to the New York State Legislature (1794), and appointed a New York county judge. He married Philomela Waterman on September 27, 1798, with whom he had nine children (five of whom became civil engineers). Wright is buried in the New York Marble Cemetery in Manhattan. Following his work on the Erie Canal, Benjamin Wright worked as a chief engineer or consulting engineer of many canals and railroads constructed in the United States including the Blackwater Canal, Chesapeake and Ohio Canal, Delaware and Hudson Canal, James River and Kanawha Canal, Illinois-Michigan Canal, New York and Erie Railroad, Saint Lawrence Ship Canal, Tioga and Chemung Railroad, and Welland Canal. He also served as the chief engineer and street commissioner of New York City towards the end of his career. 
http://www.famgen.net/wright/fam00374.htm Benjamin Wright, b. 10 Oct 1770 Wethersfield, Hartford, CT; d. 24 Aug 1842, NYC; son of Ebenezer Wright and Grace Butler; m. 27 Sep 1798, Plymouth, CT, Philomela Sarah Waterman, b. 16 Aug 1776 Wallingford, CT, d. 15 May 1835; d/o Simon Waterman and Eunice Hall Children: i. Henry b. 14 Oct 1799; d. 25 Oct 1826 ii. Benjamin Hall b. 19 Oct 1901; d. 13 May 1881 Rome, NY; m. Henrietta Huntington iii. James b. 09 Aug 1803, Rome, NY; d. 20 Dec 1857, Orange, NY; m. 15 Jul 1829 NYC, Sarah Markoe iv. Mary Smith b. 29 Jun 1805; d. 26 Apr 1862, Brooklyn, NY; m. Thomas Shephard Nelson v. Frances Eunice b. 1806; m. Chauncey Mitchell vi. Simon Waterman b. 1808; d. 24 Aug 1854 vii. Albert Wells b. 23 Mar 1810; d. 23 Dec 1874; m1. Elizabeth Rogers; m2. Elizabeth Adams Abeel viii. Elizabeth b. 1812; d. 4 Jan 1878 ix. Joshua Butler b. 09 Mar 1815; m. Susan L. Bradford x. George Smith b. 14 Jan 1813, Rome, NY; d. 15 Nov 1893, Marshal, Calhoun, MI; m. 1842, Susan Maria Pratt. xi. Sarah b. 1816; d. 4 Oct 1881 For the 13 page [compressed to four pages] paper, titled the “Origin of the Erie Canal – Services of Benjamin Wright,” written by his son Benjamin Hall Wright in 1860, see Appendix III below. Note: This present compiler, having read several accounts of various claims regarding the origin of the Erie Canal, the reader is advised to remember that the account in Appendix III was written by his son over 40 years after Benjamin Wright was appointed Chief Engineer in 1817.
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