Portrait and biographical record of Orange county, New York, Containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the countyTogether with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . his father: Carrie L., a graduateof the academy, has taught for five years, and isnow teaching near Walden: Anna B. is at home;Ada died in infency; and Homer and Jennie arestill attending school. Formerly Mr. Pough supported the Democracy;later, on account of his temperance principles, hebecame a Prohibitionist, but now votes indepen-dent of party tie
Portrait and biographical record of Orange county, New York, Containing portraits and biographical sketches of prominent and representative citizens of the countyTogether with biographies and portraits of all the presidents of the United States . his father: Carrie L., a graduateof the academy, has taught for five years, and isnow teaching near Walden: Anna B. is at home;Ada died in infency; and Homer and Jennie arestill attending school. Formerly Mr. Pough supported the Democracy;later, on account of his temperance principles, hebecame a Prohibitionist, but now votes indepen-dent of party ties, although his principles havenot changed. He is now serving as one of theVillage Trustees, in which capacity he has servedbefore. He and his wife are people of high con-sideration in social circles in this communitj-,and are members of the Methodist EpiscopalChurch. For thirty years he has been counecledwith the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. Heis a keen, practical man. well gifted with mentaland physical ^^go^. The Rockafeller family, to which Mrs. Poughbelongs, dates back about as early as any in thecounty. Two brothers. Christian and John Rock-afeller, came iirom Germany and settled in Or-ange County. N. about 1740. the former. JOSHUA WARD OSTROM, PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 803 locating in the village of Montgomerj, thenknown as West Camp, but the latter made hishome in East Camp, now Esopus, Ulster Count}.Christian, who was a blacksmith by trade, prob-abh- opened the first shop of that kind in thetown of Montgomerj-, and here his death occurredat the age of eightj-one. His son, John Rocka-teller, secured the old farm, owning about eighthundred acres. He wedded Miss Crist, also ofan old family, and she owned property, as herparents were quite wealthy. He died at aboutthe age of eight\--one years, leaving a , who became the wife of Uriah Johnson,a soldier in the Revolutionarj- \Var, in which heser\-ed for a year and a-half, when he was ta
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