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Dolphus S. Lynde, b. 1 Jul 1833
http://www.archive.org/stream/lifesketchesofgo00mcelrich/lifesketchesofgo00mcelrich_djvu.txt
DOLPHUS S. LYNDE. The son of parents in quite comfortable circumstances, Mr. Lynde has been literally the architect of his own
fortune. He was born in Antwerp, Jefferson county, July 1, 1833, and is therefore nearly forty-one years of age. His parents were of
Irish and English descent. He remained with his father, doing farm work, and attending the common schools and Gouverneur
Wesleyan Seminary until the age of twenty, when he married Esther S. Caul, who proved herself indeed "a help-meet" to him. His
father was worth a fine property at that time, yet he declined to extend to the young couple any pecuniary aid whatever. He argued
that he had earned the money himself, and, as he might need it, he proposed to take care of it while he lived. The newly-married
pair moved into a board shanty, and supported themselves by keeping boarders at a dollar and a half each per week, the plucky
husband earning in the mean time about $20 a month by driving an ox team and carting and piling lumber. He carried the first fifty
pounds of flour for the new household a distance of two miles past his father's house, although at the same time there were two
hundred bushels of wheat in the old gentleman's barn.
The somewhat singular conduct of his parent aroused all the spirit in the young man's breast. When the next spring arrived he
bought a farm and a stock of cows on credit, and sold them again in the fall, realizing $1,000 above the debt he had incurred. This
fortunate speculation was the beginning of a successful career. Placing his money at interest, he kept a set of books during the next
two years for James Sterling, an Antwerp iron manufacturer, at an annual salary of $500, and the use of a house and garden. At the
end of three years he had doubled his thousand dollars. He then moved to Hermon, St. Lawrence county, where he has since been
engaged in selling goods, milling, buying and selling cattle and real estate, and similar occupations. He also aided to organize the
Cooper's Falls Iron Works, and was one of the stockholders of the corporation, but sold his interest before the works were finally
completed.
He has been uniformly successful in all his ventures, so that he is now the possessor of a handsome fortune, and he finally
attributes his success in life entirely to what he deemed, at the time, very harsh conduct on the part of his respected parent, which,
however, had the intended effect to stimulate him to make extraordinary exertions to place himself in an independent position.
However we may regard the course of the elder Lynde in the abstract, we must admit that he correctly estimated his son's character,
and did what in the end proved to be the best for him.
Since Mr. Linde has resided in St. Lawrence county he has been prominently identified with its political history. Previousous to 1864
he was a Democrat, but in that year, in common with many Democrats, he took a new departure, and cast his vote for the Lincoln
electoral ticket. Since that time, he has invariably acted with the Republican party. As a member of that party he represented the
town of Hermon in the St. Lawrence Board of Supervisors, for three years, commencing in 1868. In 1870 he was appointed a Notary
Public. Four times in succession he has been elected to the Assembly from the Second district of St. Lawrence, the last time by a
majority of 1,186, and his straightforward, honest course in that body has been a source of gratification, alike to his constituents and
the State at large, in which he is now extensively known. During his legislative service he has been a member of the Committees on
Internal Affairs, Railroads, Engrossed Bills, and State Prisons, and Chairman of Internal Affairs during three terms, including the
present one.
http://northcountry.bobsterner.com/william_bingham_goodrich.htm
Col. William Bingham Goodrich – b. 1 Dec 1821, WIlna, Jefferson, NY; killed at the Battle of Antietam Sept. 17, 1862.
by Stan Maine – [there are many additional articles at the above website, which have been downloaded for the OMDHS archives.]
William Bingham Goodrich, eldest son of Hubbard Goodrich, MD was born in the town of Wilna, Jefferson County, NY 1 Dec 1821.
Hubbard and family moved to the town of Edwards by 1930. Hubbard was town Supervisor 1834-1835. Hubbard accidentally died
while working on a well when William was 14. This left William as a young provider for his family. William graduated from Wesleyan
Seminary in Gouverneur, NY. After this he taught and attended school alternately, as his means allowed, for several years in NY
and Wisconsin. In Wisconsin he was engaged in a mercantile business until the breakout of the Mexican war. He enlisted at St.
Louis in the Missouri battalion of infantry, under the command of Lt. Col. Easton and went out acting as adjutant of recruits. He
remained with the army until peace was declared. After that he was selected, with others, to take government dispatches to
California by way of the Santa Fe overland route. He stayed in California for about a year
trading in the mountains. This was about the time of the Gold Rush. William returned to NY
about 1849 or 1850 and studied Law in a school in Ballston Spa, NY.
William established a Law Practice in Madrid, St. Lawrence County, NY about 1850. The
same year he was appointed Judge Advocate of the 33rd Regiment NY State Militia, a
position that he held for 9 years. [The 33rd militia was the core of the 60th NY Infantry]
William established a Law Practice in Madrid, St. Lawrence County, NY about 1850. The
same year he was appointed Judge Advocate of the 33rd Regiment NY State Militia, a
position that he held for 9 years. [The 33rd militia was the core of the 60th NY Infantry]
In January 1851 he married Lydia Elvira Hildreth. In the spring of 1853 he moved to Canton,
NY were he lived until the breakout of the war. Elvira and William had one child, Stella, born
about 1854.
In 1856 he established along with Seth Pierre Remington [The father of the artist Frederick
S. Remington] a Canton newspaper “The St. Lawrence Plaindealer” he was only involved with that enterprise for about 3 or four
years. From that time to the breakout of the war he devoted his time to his profession. [A newspaper article says he also sold
insurance] Before the war William was involved in Republican Politics and in 1859 he was chosen as a delegate to the NY State
Republican Judiciary Convention.
In late July, or early August 1861 he opened up a recruitment station in his own office. His name appeared at the head of the list. In
early September his full company marched to Ogdensburg where they went into camp as the first company of the 60th Regiment,
NY State Volunteers. [This next paragraph is a quote that is repeated in many histories]
As the company left Canton they were presented a silk flag from the citizens of Canton.
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