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 . addition to their general merchandise busi-ness, began dealing extensively in pine erected large mills, and until 1840 tumetiout annually large quantities of pine and hemlocktimber, which was rafted to points down theDelaware River. Soon after the canal was com-pleted they erected a storehouse on its westernbank, and Dodge. St. John & Co. m
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 . addition to their general merchandise busi-ness, began dealing extensively in pine erected large mills, and until 1840 tumetiout annually large quantities of pine and hemlocktimber, which was rafted to points down theDelaware River. Soon after the canal was com-pleted they erected a storehouse on its westernbank, and Dodge. St. John & Co. may stilllie read upon its sides. Our subject continued in active business until1S39. when he was succeeded by his son Charles,an enterprising ajid energetic young man. In1S46 the Erie Railroad sur\ey showed it to passthrough a portion of his farm, and later he soldsixt\- acres to the company at $ioo per acre,which at that time was considered a remarkableprice. After retiring from the store Mr. devoted himself to looking after the finan-cial part of the business until his death, in 16, 1S66, occurred his golden wedding,which was the first ever held in Port Jervis. Hisancestors were Quakers, and although he did not. A. W. CrDDEBACK. PORTRAIT AND BIOGRAPHICAL RECORD. 1421 belong to that sect, his religious views strongly in-clined that way. He was a member of the Re-formed Church. He was a Mason of fifty yearsstanding and took an active part in the workingsof that order. His home was always open to thedeserving, and more than one young man oweshis success in life to the assistance received fromMr. St. John. He was plain, temperate, frugaland faithful in his friendships, kind as a parentand kind and social to all. He had been in feeblehealth for many years before his demise, so thathis death was not unlooked for. B§^= G1brah.\m westbrook cuddeback LA is a representative of one of the old and hon-I I ored families of the Empire State. JacobCaudebec came from Fr
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