We are talking about one of the largest genealogical assets, if not the largest asset in the world, when we talk about the assets of the Family History Library , Salt Lake City, especially, the Family History Library Catalog. Explore it, learn how to use it at your local Family History Center! Jim hartigan ----- Original Message ----- From: <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, October 28, 2003 3:50 AM Subject: [NYOSWEGO] LDS Family Centers > If you are looking for the nearest LDS family center then go to this web site. > > Www.familysearch.org > after you made contact then go to Library and then to Family History Center. > You can load in your information as to what city, county etc to find the > nearest LDS family center. It will give you all the information etc. > Happy hunting.. > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > New York GenExchange > http://www.genexchange.com/state.cfm?state=ny > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >

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To Lauren Rowe and James Dodd, primarily I saw the Sprague name in passing as I was going through the History of the West Oswego Baptist Church. Do you have this record? Mine is not a searchable/indexed document, but I can look again for it, if you want. Larry

Dear Laura - what a great document to have. I am interested in knowing if my cousins Harlan, Alfred and William Howlett of Pulaski are listed in the WWII section. Please let me know how I can view this word document. Thanks, Richard A. Howlett -----Original Message----- From: DAVID DORMAN [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Monday, October 27, 2003 2:36 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NYOSWEGO] NYOSWEGO: WWII Honor Roll dear Laura - What a wonderful document you have! I am interested in knowing if my father Thomas F. Zaia is listed in the WW11 section, with dates of service. Also I had an uncle Roy Woodworth from Phoenix (I don't know if your book cites City or County residents). How do I go about viewing this document/ Many thanks, Betsy Zaia Dorman ----- Original Message ----- From: LAURA MUNSKI To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 7:49 PM Subject: [NYOSWEGO] NYOSWEGO: WWII Honor Roll Dear List, I have been given a book copyrighted sometime after WWII titled Honor Roll, a compilation of the men and women that served in WWII from Oswego. The book details their rank, a short synopsis about them, and a photo. The synopsis includes such information as when they entered the service, their assignments, employment and residence before entering the service, and their parent's names. Since there are too many to list here, I have done so in a Word document. If you should be interested in viewing this Word document please let me know. Then if you spot anyone that you would like a scanned copy of their photo and synopsis, I'd be more than happy to do so! The book also has a group photo of Company D (Oswego) of World War II. Men in the photo are as follows: Bacon, Spencer - Bethka, James - Boardway, John - Case, Joseph - Coniski, Richard - Cordean, August - Cusyck, Stanley - Flynn, Raymond - Gallagher, Fred - Gange, William - Haley, Herbert - Hart, Stanley - Haynes, William - Heagerty, John - Heagerty, Robert - Johnson, Howard - Joyce, Francis - Kimpland, George - Lakala, Stephen - Landry, John - Matott, Edmund - McIwaine, Fred W. - McKinstry, William - McLaughlin, Richard - Murray, Claire - Ouesnel, Vern - Pryor, Maynard - Ross, Anthony - Rowe, John - Sanford, John - Searles, Donald - Sheridan, James - Smith, John - Thompson, Walter Company D (Oswego) of World War I have photos with the following names: Bigelow, Richard - Bush, August - Bush, Pat - Champion, Marvin - Iverson, Ivy - Jones, Clarence - McIlwaine, Fred W. - Newstead, Robert - Riley, Joseph - Salvadore, John - Schiek, Oliver - Sheldon, Robert Sincerely, Laura Munski ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== Oswego NYGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoswego/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== List Administrator Bonita Shafer Northern New York Genealogy - http://www.nnygenealogy.com [email protected] ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

FYI 1830 CENSUS Town of Salina Submitted by Kathy Crowell Aiken, Nathaniel hope this helps Lauren Rowe Syracuse Onondaga County NY --------------------------------------------------------- > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 Fri, 24 Oct 2003 14:14:54 EDT From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [NYOSWEGO] Hannibal's Highlights Hello Dorothy, Could you look in your wonderful book of Hannibal's Historical Highlights to see if there is reference to an Aiken. He married Anna Bennett (1805?)and they had my great-grandfather Ira F. Aiken (1813) but I have never found the name of Ira's father. They lived around Orwell and Hannibal. His name may come up somewhere, sometime. Thanks. Marillyn Aiken [email protected] ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:27:27 -0700 (PDT) From: dorothy baker To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NYOSWEGO] Hannibal's Highlights I have glanced through a little of the book and see no reference to an Aiken, but I will look more. I also have the book "History of Oswego County", or some such title. I'll have to look at it to see what it says correctly. Anyhow, I typed in Ira Aiken and pulled up the following, and it might be your Ira. 1870 Iowa/Grundy/Melrose Twp, Ira F. Aiken, 57, b. N.Y., wife Lavinia 55, b. N.Y., Wallace 18, b. Wisc. and Ira 15, b. Wisc. 1870 Wisconsin/Winnebago/Winneconnie Twp. Ira F. Aiken, 47, b. N.Y., wife Lavinia 46, b. N.Y., Wallace 8, b. Wisc. & Ira 6, b. Wisc. I believe this is probably your Ira, as his birthday would have been 1813. then go to http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoswego/biographies/brooks.html and read the whole thing. You will find some of your family in here. I don't know if you have ever seen this before, but nothing ventured, nothing gained. Also, if you haven't tried this, go to http://www.usgenweb.com , New York State, Oswego County, Search Engine and type in Aiken. There are two other references to Aiken beside the one above. I'll look more in Hannibal Historical Highlights and the Oswego book I have. The later book covers the whole county. Dorothy, Gator Country Gainesville, Florida ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 5 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 17:09:03 -0700 (PDT) From: dorothy baker To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NYOSWEGO] Hannibal's Highlights Another name you might want to pursue is "Millan Aiken" who in 1810 or 1811 built the first sawmill in Orwell. It was situated on the Salmon River above the falls. This is from "History of Oswego County". His was the only Aiken name I found there. Dorothy

I saw two Sprague in the 1830 Census Twn of Salina - I am working on a 'cut and paste' for another 'reply' so I couldn't grab the names - sorry Lauren Rowe I think one was Ezra tho ---Original From: James Dodd [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 11:01 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [NYOSWEGO] Reply to #165 Yes; I have the information of the Sprague family you mentioned. My search is for 'Watson Earl Sr. & JR.' wife's and children. Last name also spelled as Earle and Earll, depending on the document. Searching for them has added many additional family names to my files including Sprague.

dear Laura - What a wonderful document you have! I am interested in knowing if my father Thomas F. Zaia is listed in the WW11 section, with dates of service. Also I had an uncle Roy Woodworth from Phoenix (I don't know if your book cites City or County residents). How do I go about viewing this document/ Many thanks, Betsy Zaia Dorman ----- Original Message ----- From: LAURA MUNSKI To: [email protected] Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 7:49 PM Subject: [NYOSWEGO] NYOSWEGO: WWII Honor Roll Dear List, I have been given a book copyrighted sometime after WWII titled Honor Roll, a compilation of the men and women that served in WWII from Oswego. The book details their rank, a short synopsis about them, and a photo. The synopsis includes such information as when they entered the service, their assignments, employment and residence before entering the service, and their parent's names. Since there are too many to list here, I have done so in a Word document. If you should be interested in viewing this Word document please let me know. Then if you spot anyone that you would like a scanned copy of their photo and synopsis, I'd be more than happy to do so! The book also has a group photo of Company D (Oswego) of World War II. Men in the photo are as follows: Bacon, Spencer - Bethka, James - Boardway, John - Case, Joseph - Coniski, Richard - Cordean, August - Cusyck, Stanley - Flynn, Raymond - Gallagher, Fred - Gange, William - Haley, Herbert - Hart, Stanley - Haynes, William - Heagerty, John - Heagerty, Robert - Johnson, Howard - Joyce, Francis - Kimpland, George - Lakala, Stephen - Landry, John - Matott, Edmund - McIwaine, Fred W. - McKinstry, William - McLaughlin, Richard - Murray, Claire - Ouesnel, Vern - Pryor, Maynard - Ross, Anthony - Rowe, John - Sanford, John - Searles, Donald - Sheridan, James - Smith, John - Thompson, Walter Company D (Oswego) of World War I have photos with the following names: Bigelow, Richard - Bush, August - Bush, Pat - Champion, Marvin - Iverson, Ivy - Jones, Clarence - McIlwaine, Fred W. - Newstead, Robert - Riley, Joseph - Salvadore, John - Schiek, Oliver - Sheldon, Robert Sincerely, Laura Munski ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== Oswego NYGenWeb http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoswego/ ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

I did write to the editor and this is what I got back. So do email them. Marilyn Dirk VP OCGS (PS ) Meeting tonight at 7. 4th floor County Building East 2nd and Bridge. Speaker to talk about history of Oswego. The public is welcome Dear Marilyn, I appreciate the time you spent to let me know how you feel; you are not alone. I am taking note of all who write in favor of the column and will revisit the possibility of resuming it. Again, thank you for writing. Regards, Nancy Fasoldt Editor, Stars Magazine 1 Clinton Square Syracuse, NY 13201 (315) 470-3055 >>> "Marilyn" <[email protected]> 10/26/03 06:51AM >>> I am very concerned and appalled at the lack of your paper in consideration of genealogy. This is one more reason NOT to buy a subscription. You must think the past and how to study it is not relevant. But I say to you how can we have a future without the past. You yourself study it to see how to make a better paper and increase your profits. I ask you to put the back the genealogy section and maybe charge more as the Pall Time did here in Oswego. If you do I will consider buying it but until you do, I will not. Marilyn Dirk

My mother, Diane LaTulip and her parents, Harold J. LaTulip, MD, and Mary Mullen Shannon were from Oswego.  I have also included above other surnames in their lines.  Would anyone else happen to be researching these names?  Thank you very kindly. Solyme LATULIPPE Joseph Napoleon LATULIP (b.1874-Oswego;m.1903;d.1950-Oswego,NY) Cilina MERCIER (b.1849;d.Feb 1935) Harold J. LATULIP (b.1898;m.7 May 1928;d.21 Jul 1962-Oswego,NY) Theresa YEAGER (b.1873;d.Abt 1961-Oswego,NY) Mary Diane LATULIP (b1929-Oswego) Cornelious SHANNON William J. SHANNON (b.Aug 1879-Oswego;m.25 Nov 1903(Div);d.1 Apr 1909-Oswego) Bridget RYAN Mary Mullen SHANNON (1904-1976) John MULLEN (OR MULLIN) (b.1833-Ireland;d.1896-Oswego,NY) Agnes Bridgette MULLEN (b.Abt 1878) Mary Anne SHANNON (OR SHANNAHAN) (b.15 Mar 1836-,Ireland;d.14 Apr 1922-Oswego,NY)

Hi Dot, You found my guy all right and I have that WI and IA info. It is the father of Ira F. Aiken that is my brick wall. Also I have searched for Millan Aiken (the guy with the sawmill) but never found him. Thanks for helping. Marillyn Palm Desert CA

The Wooden Whistle Club/The Arian Jolly Bunch In 1906 my great grandfather painted two glasses for my great grandmother, they would be married three years later. The first glass commemorates a meeting of the Wooden Whistle Club at Three Rivers. It reads "Wouldn't that make you Hungry?" and "Everybody Happy." It is dated August 29th 1906. The second glass commemorates the meeting of the Arion Jolly Bunch on February 21 1906. My grandmother remembers hearing of these clubs and thinks they were social, drinking or singing clubs. She said they were for the adults and mentioned that they might have worn bowlers and straw hats. She never knew much about the clubs. I have several photos from this era and I am attempting to identify the people in the photos, some of whom I am related to. Some of the photos include people wearing funny hats. I have scanned some of the photos and have put them on this web site: http://familytreemaker.genealogy.com/users/s/c/h/Eric-Schultz-dc/ The web page contains several unidentified family photos, but the photos that might be the Wooden Whistle Club I have identified with AAAA's. I have also I have posted some very old photos I would like help dating. I think three of them are quite old may be from the 1860's through 1890's and could be daguerreotypes, these also have AAAA's. Most of my ancestors in NY were farmers, but the people in the daguerreotypes appear to be fairly well off. The photos are in gilded box frames and they are in are beautiful. I would be very interested in hearing from anyone who knows anything about these clubs or the photos. Thanks, Eric

Yes; I have the information of the Sprague family you mentioned. My search is for 'Watson Earl Sr. & JR.' wife's and children. Last name also spelled as Earle and Earll, depending on the document. Searching for them has added many additional family names to my files including Sprague. Thanks, Note: I am using the Condensed list. ------------ An Answer to: Jim, I don't know if you checked the Oswego Co NY Genweb/Hannibal for your Sprague family, but listed is a Descendants Tree beginning with Francis Sprague born 1600 in England with 10 generations listed.

----- Original Message ----- From: Sheila Byrnes To: [email protected] Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 5:48 PM Subject: Re: Stars' Column Jim, Yes, it may be helpful to go to rootsweb. Genealogy is the number two hobby and the column was very popular. I receive comments where ever I go. The column was read in the North Country, Cortland, Rochester, Utica, etc. The newpaper did a survey, I don't know who the market was. The paper wanted to feature fewer hobbies and cancelled several others as well. How did you hear about it? Sheila -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Enjoy MSN 8 patented spam control and more with MSN 8 Dial-up Internet Service. Try it FREE for one month!

Hi Laura, I would love to have a copy of the list you put together. There are a couple of men I am looking for. Nancy [email protected] wrote: > ATTACHMENT part 1 message/rfc822 NYOSWEGO-D Digest Volume 03 : Issue 163 Today's Topics: #1 Re: [NYOSWEGO] Watson Earl Sr. & J [dorothy baker #2 [NYOSWEGO] Hannibal's Highlights [[email protected]] #3 Re: [NYOSWEGO] Hannibal's Highligh [dorothy baker #4 Re: [NYOSWEGO] Hannibal's Highligh [dorothy baker #5 [NYOSWEGO] NYOSWEGO: WWII Honor Ro ["LAURA MUNSKI" Administrivia: To unsubscribe from NYOSWEGO-D, send a message to [email protected] that contains in the body of the message the command unsubscribe and no other text. No subject line is necessary, but if your software requires one, just use unsubscribe in the subject, too. To contact the administrator of this mailing list, send mail to [email protected] List Administrator Bonita Shafer Northern New York Genealogy - http://www.nnygenealogy.com [email protected] ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 2 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 05:18:55 -0700 (PDT) From: dorothy baker To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NYOSWEGO] Watson Earl Sr. & Jr. #3 Hi Jim: I am the proud owner of the original Hannibal's Historical Highlights by Gordon W. Sturge (who happened to be my history teacher at Cato-Meridian High School back in the dark ages). My sister found this book for me at a garage sale up there for .50. The one thing this book does not have is an Index. Maybe someday I will make an index-- good idea anyway. >From the book, page 11,"The first white settler within the present limits of the town of Hannibal was Thomas Sprague, who came from Massachusetts in 1802. He located on the south line of the town on lot 95, built the first house, which was, of course, a log one, and likewise made the first clearing. The first marriage was that of Daniel Thomas and Prudence Sprague in 1803. Carr Sprague, born in 1805, was the first white child born in the town. The first death was that of another child, a daughter of Thomas Sprague, in 1806. During the years 1803 and 1804 the Sprague family seem to have been the only inhabitants of the present town. In 1805, however, a number of settlers arrived, prominent among them being Watson Earl, Joseph Weed, Israel Messenger, David Wilson, Samuel Barrow, Sterling Moore, and Orren and George Cotton, all of whom located at Hanibal Center. Being a millwright, Orren Cotton, in company with Watson Earl, built there, about 1806, the first grist mill in town. He was a lineal descendant of Dr. John Cotton, the great Puritan preacher of Boston. Samuel Barrow was one of the first surveyors." Page 14 "Among other prominent residents were ------William Earl, Page 33, "Early Hannibal Industries and Directory in 1866-67, Dress Makers and Milliners--Helen Earl, Stone and Brick Masons-- Edwin Earl There are no biographys, per se , in the book . The author was a little remiss . Dorothy ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 3 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 14:14:54 EDT From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: [NYOSWEGO] Hannibal's Highlights Hello Dorothy, Could you look in your wonderful book of Hannibal's Historical Highlights to see if there is reference to an Aiken. He married Anna Bennett (1805?)and they had my great-grandfather Ira F. Aiken (1813) but I have never found the name of Ira's father. They lived around Orwell and Hannibal. His name may come up somewhere, sometime. Thanks. Marillyn Aiken [email protected] ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 4 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:27:27 -0700 (PDT) From: dorothy baker To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NYOSWEGO] Hannibal's Highlights Hi: I have glanced through a little of the book and see no reference to an Aiken, but I will look more. I also have the book "History of Oswego County", or some such title. I'll have to look at it to see what it says correctly. Anyhow, I typed in Ira Aiken and pulled up the following, and it might be your Ira. 1870 Iowa/Grundy/Melrose Twp, Ira F. Aiken, 57, b. N.Y., wife Lavinia 55, b. N.Y., Wallace 18, b. Wisc. and Ira 15, b. Wisc. 1870 Wisconsin/Winnebago/Winneconnie Twp. Ira F. Aiken, 47, b. N.Y., wife Lavinia 46, b. N.Y., Wallace 8, b. Wisc. & Ira 6, b. Wisc. I believe this is probably your Ira, as his birthday would have been 1813. then go to http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoswego/biographies/brooks.html and read the whole thing. You will find some of your family in here. I don't know if you have ever seen this before, but nothing ventured, nothing gained. Also, if you haven't tried this, go to http://www.usgenweb.com , New York State, Oswego County, Search Engine and type in Aiken. There are two other references to Aiken beside the one above. I'll look more in Hannibal Historical Highlights and the Oswego book I have. The later book covers the whole county. Dorothy, Gator Country Gainesville, Florida ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 5 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 17:09:03 -0700 (PDT) From: dorothy baker To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NYOSWEGO] Hannibal's Highlights Hi again: Another name you might want to pursue is "Millan Aiken" who in 1810 or 1811 built the first sawmill in Orwell. It was situated on the Salmon River above the falls. This is from "History of Oswego County". His was the only Aiken name I found there. Dorothy ______________________________ > ATTACHMENT part 6 message/rfc822 Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 20:49:58 -0400 From: "LAURA MUNSKI" To: [email protected] Subject: [NYOSWEGO] NYOSWEGO: WWII Honor Roll Dear List, I have been given a book copyrighted sometime after WWII titled Honor Roll, a compilation of the men and women that served in WWII from Oswego. The book details their rank, a short synopsis about them, and a photo. The synopsis includes such information as when they entered the service, their assignments, employment and residence before entering the service, and their parent's names. Since there are too many to list here, I have done so in a Word document. If you should be interested in viewing this Word document please let me know. Then if you spot anyone that you would like a scanned copy of their photo and synopsis, I'd be more than happy to do so! The book also has a group photo of Company D (Oswego) of World War II. Men in the photo are as follows: Bacon, Spencer - Bethka, James - Boardway, John - Case, Joseph - Coniski, Richard - Cordean, August - Cusyck, Stanley - Flynn, Raymond - Gallagher, Fred - Gange, William - Haley, Herbert - Hart, Stanley - Haynes, William - Heagerty, John - Heagerty, Robert - Johnson, Howard - Joyce, Francis - Kimpland, George - Lakala, Stephen - Landry, John - Matott, Edmund - McIwaine, Fred W. - McKinstry, William - McLaughlin, Richard - Murray, Claire - Ouesnel, Vern - Pryor, Maynard - Ross, Anthony - Rowe, John - Sanford, John - Searles, Donald - Sheridan, James - Smith, John - Thompson, Walter Company D (Oswego) of World War I have photos with the following names: Bigelow, Richard - Bush, August - Bush, Pat - Champion, Marvin - Iverson, Ivy - Jones, Clarence - McIlwaine, Fred W. - Newstead, Robert - Riley, Joseph - Salvadore, John - Schiek, Oliver - Sheldon, Robert Sincerely, Laura Munski --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? 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I'm sorry - meant to say Sandy Creek. Ichabod Ward Sprague was a ggg grandfather. I have seen his gravesite which is not too far off route 81. Russ -----Original Message----- From: dorothy baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 1:17 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NYOSWEGO] Early residents of Hannibal Russ: Where is Sandy Spring in Oswego County? I find a Sandy Creek. I also own a copy of History of Oswego County 1877, and Landmarks of Oswego County, a very weighty tome. Thank you for the index card idea but that is more effort than doing it the hi-tech way. Dorothy Dorothy ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== New York GenExchange http://www.genexchange.com/state.cfm?state=ny ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Jim, I don't know if you checked the Oswego Co NY Genweb/Hannibal for your Sprague family, but listed is a Descendants Tree beginning with Francis Sprague born 1600 in England with 10 generations listed. http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoswego/towns/hannibal/hanhistsprague.html Laura Oswego Co NY Genweb http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoswego/ James Dodd wrote: > Dorothy: > > Thank you for the information about Thomas Sprague also of Watson Earl. > This would have been Watson Earl Sr. > > I have 14 William Earl named people in my file. > I will have to work out which one is mentioned. only two or three > lived into the late 1800's > > Will have to look up the others you mentioned also. > > Thanks again > James > > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > List Administrator Bonita Shafer > Northern New York Genealogy - http://www.nnygenealogy.com > [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > >

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Hi Dorothy - The Sprague references caught my eye although I don't believe they are directly related. I have Sprague ancestry (Ichabod Ward Sprague) in the county from Sandy Spring. I just wanted to mention that creation of an index does not have to be 'high tech'. It can literally be a couple of boxes of 3 x 5 index cards which you may or may not get around to typing up into a Word document. If you do make one, you can probably make many more nice additions to the mail list like this one. Russ Sprague Kensington, Maryland -----Original Message----- From: dorothy baker [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 8:19 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [NYOSWEGO] Watson Earl Sr. & Jr. #3 Hi Jim: I am the proud owner of the original Hannibal's Historical Highlights by Gordon W. Sturge (who happened to be my history teacher at Cato-Meridian High School back in the dark ages). My sister found this book for me at a garage sale up there for .50. The one thing this book does not have is an Index. Maybe someday I will make an index-- good idea anyway. From the book, page 11,"The first white settler within the present limits of the town of Hannibal was Thomas Sprague, who came from Massachusetts in 1802. He located on the south line of the town on lot 95, built the first house, which was, of course, a log one, and likewise made the first clearing. The first marriage was that of Daniel Thomas and Prudence Sprague in 1803. Carr Sprague, born in 1805, was the first white child born in the town. The first death was that of another child, a daughter of Thomas Sprague, in 1806. During the years 1803 and 1804 the Sprague family seem to have been the only inhabitants of the present town. In 1805, however, a number of settlers arrived, prominent among them being Watson Earl, Joseph Weed, Israel Messenger, David Wilson, Samuel Barrow, Sterling Moore, and Orren and George Cotton, all of whom located at Hanibal Center. Being a millwright, Orren Cotton, in company with Watson Earl, built there, about 1806, the first grist mill in town. He was a lineal descendant of Dr. John Cotton, the great Puritan preacher of Boston. Samuel Barrow was one of the first surveyors." Page 14 "Among other prominent residents were ------William Earl, Page 33, "Early Hannibal Industries and Directory in 1866-67, Dress Makers and Milliners--Helen Earl, Stone and Brick Masons-- Edwin Earl There are no biographys, per se , in the book . The author was a little remiss . Dorothy &nbsp; ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== List Administrator Bonita Shafer Northern New York Genealogy - http://www.nnygenealogy.com [email protected] ============================== To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237

Russ: Where is Sandy Spring in Oswego County? I find a Sandy Creek. I also own a copy of History of Oswego County 1877, and Landmarks of Oswego County, a very weighty tome. Thank you for the index card idea but that is more effort than doing it the hi-tech way. Dorothy Dorothy

these Sprague families maybe related to the BOWNE family from NY and MI thanks for any info Audrey Bowne seattle [email protected] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Russ" <[email protected]> To: <[email protected]> Sent: Saturday, October 25, 2003 9:15 AM Subject: [NYOSWEGO] Early residents of Hannibal > Hi Dorothy - > > The Sprague references caught my eye although I don't believe they are > directly related. I have Sprague ancestry (Ichabod Ward Sprague) in the > county from Sandy Spring. > > I just wanted to mention that creation of an index does not have to be > 'high tech'. It can literally be a couple of boxes of 3 x 5 index cards > which you may or may not get around to typing up into a Word document. > If you do make one, you can probably make many more nice additions to > the mail list like this one. > > Russ Sprague > Kensington, Maryland > > -----Original Message----- > From: dorothy baker [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 8:19 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [NYOSWEGO] Watson Earl Sr. & Jr. #3 > > Hi Jim: > > I am the proud owner of the original Hannibal's Historical Highlights by > Gordon W. Sturge (who happened to be my history teacher at Cato-Meridian > High School back in the dark ages). My sister found this book for me at > a garage sale up there for .50. The one thing this book does not have is > an Index. Maybe someday I will make an index-- good idea anyway. > > From the book, page 11,"The first white settler within the present > limits of the town of Hannibal was Thomas Sprague, who came from > Massachusetts in 1802. He located on the south line of the town on lot > 95, built the first house, which was, of course, a log one, and likewise > made the first clearing. The first marriage was that of Daniel Thomas > and Prudence Sprague in 1803. Carr Sprague, born in 1805, was the first > white child born in the town. The first death was that of another > child, a daughter of Thomas Sprague, in 1806. > > During the years 1803 and 1804 the Sprague family seem to have been the > only inhabitants of the present town. In 1805, however, a number of > settlers arrived, prominent among them being Watson Earl, Joseph Weed, > Israel Messenger, David Wilson, Samuel Barrow, Sterling Moore, and Orren > and George Cotton, all of whom located at Hanibal Center. Being a > millwright, Orren Cotton, in company with Watson Earl, built there, > about 1806, the first grist mill in town. He was a lineal descendant of > Dr. John Cotton, the great Puritan preacher of Boston. Samuel Barrow > was one of the first surveyors." > > Page 14 "Among other prominent residents were ------William Earl, > > Page 33, "Early Hannibal Industries and Directory in 1866-67, Dress > Makers and Milliners--Helen Earl, Stone and Brick Masons-- Edwin Earl > > There are no biographys, per se , in the book . The author was a little > remiss . > > Dorothy > &nbsp; > > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > List Administrator Bonita Shafer > Northern New York Genealogy - http://www.nnygenealogy.com > [email protected] > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy > records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 > > > > ==== NYOSWEGO Mailing List ==== > Oswego NYGenWeb > http://www.rootsweb.com/~nyoswego/ > > ============================== > To join Ancestry.com and access our 1.2 billion online genealogy records, go to: > http://www.ancestry.com/rd/redir.asp?targetid=571&sourceid=1237 >