Historical Wyoming County July 1956 - Old Fulton History

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Page 102 July 1956 Part 11 KJ erit ns u n Harry S. Douglass (Right)s Monument to Col. Jabez Fitch. Warsaw Pioneer Cemetery. Revolutionary Naval Veteran and Pioneer of Northern Vermont. One hundred thirty-four years ago this month, July 2, 1822, Sgt® Varsel Dickenson died and was interred on a sunny slope in Wyoming Cemetery® His eighty-seven years were full, and his monument tells us he "Served eight campaigns in the French War and a soldier four years in the Revolution,, n Little is known of his career other than his service in the New York Militia, which may have been in the Second Regimentp N® Y„ Line, under Colo Philip Van Cortland® He was pensioned in 1818® Of his family associations, nothing is known. In the year 1833, Joseph Dodge and family moved to Sheldon to the vicinity of Humphrey's Hollow® There he died Jan. 12, 1835 at the age of eighty-two years® Connecticut archives reveal that he served In th© Lexington Alarm in 177£ as a Private® Tradition says he was born In Englands but his marriage was to Elizabeth Flower, Jan® 22, 1777c She likewise died at Sheldon, Aug® 31, 18I+6, at the advanced age of eighty-nine® Again, little is known of the veteran's career® Four sons and two daughters were born to the couple who resided at Delhi, N® Y® for a considerable time before migrating westwaido Three sons rest in the same churchyard with the parents, including Joseph Flower Dodge, who married Sally Achsah Judson of Delhi, and from whom there were numerous descendants® (continued on page 103)
July 1956 Page 1? 5 A REVOLUTIONARY HERITAGE (cont.) Among those who marched from Metheun, Mass,, on the Alarm of April 19s 1775* was Corporal Thomas Dow, buried in Arcade- Rural Cemetery,, He saw service for four and a half days under Major Samuel Bodwello Dow was a son of Isaac Dow and Martha Hanniford, born in Haverhill* Mas So in 17^4-3 ° His wife, Mary, was a daughter of John and Sarah Roberts Barker, also of Metheun„ At an early day they came to Yorkshire, N. Y„, and there Mrs0 Dow died Aug0 16, 1823, he having preceded her on March 13, l822„ A double stone of slate marks their burial place and a bronze SAR marker denotes his military career. No details are known of their activities. Born Feb„ 8P 17^5 a "k Wareham, Mass., Ensign Reuben Doty was an officer in Capt0 Chamberlain's company, Col0 Rosewell Hopkins' regiment of Dutchess County (N. Y.) Militia in 1778. Prior to the Revolution, in 1765s he had married Hannah Delano. The couple came to Pike by 1810 and were pioneers in the Doty Hill area of the township. There he died Feb. 22, 1819, age seventy-one, and was buried In the family cemetery nearby. Although mended by his descendants, the ancient stone, elaborately carved, lies among the shattered memorials of his pioneer neighbors and relatives. A daughter, Lois (1767-1821].) married Ichabod Murray (1755-1831). Known descendants reside in the West. A large modern monument in Lyonsburg Cemetery, Town of Eagle, remembers Francis Drake, born April 8, 1752, died March 13, i860, and his wife, Dimis, born Nov. 6S 1786, who died June 12, 1833» There is a Francis Drake listed in the Regular Army, 5"th New York Regiment. If the date of death is correct, Mr. Drake lived to the remarkable age of more than 107 years. The only newspaper reference located announces his death in i860 but states that he was 77 years of age. If such was the case, he was born about 1782 and could not have served in the War. Since his name has been included in the DAR list, we are recording it pending further information. Another Pike Revolutionary patriot, Noah Emery, died in that township, August 11, 1839s. but his place of burial Is unknown. Research carried forth by Mr. Robert M. French, Town Historian, shows that in the Pension Archives, Washington, is an affidavit from his widow, Lucy Emery, then sixty-three years old, dated June 15S 1855* stating that he was a Private in Capt. Benjamin Spaulding's company, Col. Moses Nichols' regiment of New Hampshire Militia. He went from Jaffrey, N. H. and joined the army at West Point, N. Y., on or about July 1, 1780, and continued for the term of three months, being honorably discharged in October 1780. Supporting affidavits claim Noah Emery to have been a guard at General Arnold's quarters the night Arnold deserted to the enemy. Emery married his surviving widow in Grafton, Vermont, June 15, l8l5j> her maiden name being Lucy Robinson,, A native of Lyme, Conn® and born there in 1755» Jabez Ely enlisted at the age of twenty in Capt. Abraham Waterhouse's company, Col. Samuel H. Parsons' regiment of Connecticut Militia0 He moved to the town of Gainesville and at his death in l81|l was buried in (continued on page lOlj.)
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