. History of Steuben County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. TOWN OF ADDISON. 153 practice in Otego, N. Y., where he remained about twenty years, during which time he purchased a farm, which he carried on ; and also, during his residence in Otego, in the year 1823, he married Phebe Blakslee, his cousin, a native also of Brattleboro', born Dec. 5,1794. In the year 1840 Dr. Blakslee came to Addison, en- gaged in the mercantile business, and also in lumbering
. History of Steuben County, New York, with illustrations and biographical sketches of some of its prominent men and pioneers. Steuben, Friedrich Wilhelm Ludolf Gerhard Augustin, Baron von, 1730-1794. TOWN OF ADDISON. 153 practice in Otego, N. Y., where he remained about twenty years, during which time he purchased a farm, which he carried on ; and also, during his residence in Otego, in the year 1823, he married Phebe Blakslee, his cousin, a native also of Brattleboro', born Dec. 5,1794. In the year 1840 Dr. Blakslee came to Addison, en- gaged in the mercantile business, and also in lumbering. He built the first steam saw-mill erected in the Canisteo Valley, and during the following twenty-five years was en- ^ao-ed more or less in the manufacture of lumber, and raft- ing down the Canisteo, Chemung, and Susquehanna Rivers, to southern ports. Dr. Blakslee has given little attention to the practice of his profession, only as necessity required, during his residence in Addison. A Democrat from his youth, he has been honored by the citizens of Addison in ofiicial capacity for two terms as justice of the peace, and some thirty-one years as assessor. He is one of the old landmarks, and can look back to the pioneer his- tory of this part of New York, and see the now thriving villages and cities in place of a few houses or perhaps a wilderness tract, and reflect with interest upon the progress of schools, churches, and kindred interests as they have kept pace with advancing civilization and the growth of the country. Dr. Blakslee is, in all probability, the oldest member of the Masonic fraternity in the county, and possibly in the State, having been a Master Mason since he was twenty- one, and a Boyal Arch Mason for sixty-three Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original Clayton, W. W. (W. Wo
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