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    1. Watertown Street Signs And The People they honor...
    2. J. RODRIGUEZ
    3. Ok, here's the second part of The Watertown Daily Times article about street names. See the sources at end of article they may be of interest to anyone researching ancestors in Watertown. "Some other prominent Watertown citizens whose names are seen on Street signs" CHARLES D. BINGHAM, mayor GORDON C.BRADLEY, farmer and alderman ORVILLE V. BRAINARD, Watertown Village president, banker and railroad director. ISAAC H. BRONSON, Democratic party leader. JEDEDIAH BURCHARD, revivalist. PELEG BURCHARD, county clerk, brother of Jedediah. SIDNEY COOPER, board of education ADRIEL ELY, a supervisor and general mercantilist JASON FAIRBANKS, merchandiser and county sheriff ADDISON W. GOODALE, physician. DYER HUNTINGDON, Village trustee and treasurer. JOTHAM IVES, landowner in the town of Watertown. WILLARD IVES, justice of the peace. PERLEY G. KEYES, sheriff, county judge and state senator. JEROME E. LEWIS, alderman. FRED H. MOORE, alderman. FRED MORRISON, Firechief. ANDREW NEWELL, poundmaster and pathmaster, who weighed loads and assessed road tolls. JOHN R. PAWLING, councilman. JAMES F. STARBUCK, district attorney and state senator. MICAH STERLING, first village treasurer, congressman and state senator. ASHBEL C. STONE, Weigher. MASON M. SWAN, lawyer. EGBERT TENEYCK, county judge and congressman. HOWARD TILDEN, deputy city clerk. JAMES B. WISE, mayor Sources given include "Genealogical and Family History of the County of Jefferson, New York" by R.A. Oakes, 1905, "History of Jefferson County" by Franklin B. Hough, 1854, "History of the North Country" by Harry F. Landon, 1932 and Watertown City directories.

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