. History of Columbia County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . ool, having twenty-five members, ismaintained by the church. HISTORY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY, NEW YORK. At Red Rock is a Baptist meeting-house, which was usedby a society that disbanded many years ago. Lately thehouse has not been used for religious purposes. MILITARY. It is impossible, in the limited space at our command, toenlarge upon the military history of the town. Besides thosealready mentioned as having served in the Revolution, thenames of others appear in the mi
. History of Columbia County, New York. With illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers . ool, having twenty-five members, ismaintained by the church. HISTORY OF COLUMBIA COUNTY, NEW YORK. At Red Rock is a Baptist meeting-house, which was usedby a society that disbanded many years ago. Lately thehouse has not been used for religious purposes. MILITARY. It is impossible, in the limited space at our command, toenlarge upon the military history of the town. Besides thosealready mentioned as having served in the Revolution, thenames of others appear in the military lists of the county. At the first call of the government for aid to suppress theRebellion the town gave an active response. A special meet-ing was held Aug. 30, 1862, to facilitate enlistments, abounty of $150 per volunteer being provided to this supervisor and the assessors were constituted a disburs-ing committee of the several bounty funds provided at thisand subsequent special meetings. The soldiers list givesthe names of the volunteers credited to the town by theState authorities. BIOGRAPHICAL DANIEL S. CURTIS was born Jan. 4, 1794, in the town of Canaan, ColumbiaCo., N. Y. He was the eldest son (who lived to manhood)of Samuel A. Curtis, who was the first white child born inCanaan, Oct. 1, 1763, his father being one of the very firstsettlers of Canaan. He (Daniel S. Curtis) was educated in the commonschools, except two terms spent at an academy, which heattended before he was fifteen years of age, after which helearned of his father the trade of a tanner, saddler, andharness-maker. He worked chiefly at saddlery and har-ness-making, at which he became an expert, and followedthe trade till 1827, when he purchased the farm on whichhe spent the remainder of his days. He became a thorough-going farmer, taking a lively interest in all topics connectedwith agriculture, but made sheep-husbandry his chief pur-suit, and became noted as a breeder of merino s
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