History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . aising on Friday. In spite of prophecies to the con-trary there was plenty of help at the raising, many coming fromcuriosity to see if the frame could go up without rum. Me was also thefirst to discontinue the prac tice of giving whiskey and cider to his hiredmen, and all his life was a zealous advocate of total abstinence. Inpolitics lie was. in the t-arly part of In- , a Iicniorrat. lail with de-cided anti-slavery opinions, the ih-publican
History of Westchester county : New York, including Morrisania, Kings Bridge, and West Farms, which have been annexed to New York City / . aising on Friday. In spite of prophecies to the con-trary there was plenty of help at the raising, many coming fromcuriosity to see if the frame could go up without rum. Me was also thefirst to discontinue the prac tice of giving whiskey and cider to his hiredmen, and all his life was a zealous advocate of total abstinence. Inpolitics lie was. in the t-arly part of In- , a Iicniorrat. lail with de-cided anti-slavery opinions, the ih-publicans upon the forma-tion of that party, lie tilled in succession all the various town offices,and was an active leader in everything pertaining to the public fifty-two yoai-s he whs an alder in the Presbyterian church, anil formore than sixty years connected with the Sabbath-school either asteacher or superintendent: The genealogies of most of the early families are to be found in pa- |>ers left by the late Judge K/ra I, and to memoranda . mupilcd by him the writer is indebted lor many fuels contained in these
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