. A history of old Kinderhook from aboriginal days to the present time;. 902,Isaac V. A. Snyder; 1902-1910, Kate and Anna H. Snyder;1910- , Datus C. Smith. CROW HILL. 1839 This attractive mansion, with its long, sloping terracedlawn, many flower-beds, shrubs, and magnificent trees, wasfirst known to us as the Howard place. It was named CrowHill because of the flocks of crows wont to make its statelypines their evening trysting-place. The house was built in1839 by General Charles Whiting on land purchased thatyear from Teunis Harder. Earlier owners of the land wereMerrit H. Leach and James Vand
. A history of old Kinderhook from aboriginal days to the present time;. 902,Isaac V. A. Snyder; 1902-1910, Kate and Anna H. Snyder;1910- , Datus C. Smith. CROW HILL. 1839 This attractive mansion, with its long, sloping terracedlawn, many flower-beds, shrubs, and magnificent trees, wasfirst known to us as the Howard place. It was named CrowHill because of the flocks of crows wont to make its statelypines their evening trysting-place. The house was built in1839 by General Charles Whiting on land purchased thatyear from Teunis Harder. Earlier owners of the land wereMerrit H. Leach and James Vanderpoel, with Wattawit asthe original Indian proprietor. Subsequent owners havebeen: Welcome R. Beebe, 52; James Mitchell, 53; Wil-liam H. Wall, 58; the Howard family, 62, and Datus , 1911. General Whiting, son of Ebenezer, bom in Norwich,Conn., March 23, 1786, came to Kinderhook in 1800, and,August II, 1811, married Margaret, daughter of John Generals father served in the French and Indian war,at Crown Point, and also in the Revolution. General Whit-. The H. Snyder—D. C. Smith House From a photograph
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