Dr. Daniel Campbell;
Canton, New York:
History of the Village of Canton, NY
FROM OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE
A MEMORIAL RECORD OF ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY,NEW YORK
EDITED BY: GATES CURTIS
THE BOSTON HISTORY COMPANY, PUBLISHERS 1894
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The village of Canton had reached considerable importance in population, as the county seat, and as a center of manufactures and mercantile business, before its incorporation. The act of incorporation was passed May 14, 1845, with boundaries then embracing the jail limits, excepting the bridge across the Grasse River. These boundaries were changed and greatly enlarged, but in 1871 were reduced to the original dimensions. The first board of five trustees, provided for by the act of incorporation, were as follows: Nathaniel Hodskin, Prosper Barrows, Benjamin Squire, Nathan Pratt and Barzillai Hodskin.
The settlements on the village site of Daniel Harrington and the Foote family have already been described. Other prominent early settlers here were Dr. William Noble, the first physician, who owned a tract which embraced the present university grounds; he came in 1804-5.** Dr. Daniel Campbell came in 1807, and Dr. Elijah Baker in the next year.
In 1828 Ebenezer Miner came temporarily, and in 1829 settled here permanently. He married a daughter of Dr. Daniel Campbell, and purchased the interest of the heirs in the doctor's estate. He was prominent in all public affairs; built the Miner block and many other buildings, and was in many ways a useful citizen; he died September 16, 1871.
Dr.Daniel Campbell built his house where R. B. Ellsworth now lives, next to the town hall. These two were about all of the dwellings of any pretensions in the place before the War of 1812. Dr.Daniel Campbell brought the first stock of goods to the place in 1807, and sold them from a room in his dwelling. During the war (1812) he closed out his stock and opened a tavern in the same house, using the room where he kept his store as a bar room. This was prompted by the considerable travel through the place of troops and others going through to **Ogdensburg, New York. On one occasion a sloop load of confiscated goods was sent to Dr.Daniel Campbell's house, where they were secreted. A force of the British started out in search of the property, but were delayed long enough by a snow storm to permit of the goods being sold at auction. The sale was long known as the Great Vendue.
The post-office in Canton village was established April 1st, 1804, under the name of New Cairo, with Daniel Sayre as original postmaster. The name was changed to Canton July 1st, 1807. The next two incumbents of that appointed office as follows: Dr. Daniel Campbell, 1811 to 1821 ; Silas Wright, 1821 to 1827;
** Port of Ogdensburgh, New York is the only U.S. port on the St. Lawrence Seaway.Became City of Ogdensburg in 1868. Yes a dropped H.
Canton Commercial Advertiser: January 4, 1883
Dr. (Daniel) Campbell, the father of Mrs. Ebenezer Miner , came to Canton in 1806 For several years prior to this time he had been in business at Middlebury, Vermont as a merchant, having a distaste for the medical profession for which he had been early and professionally trained. He was a man of fine ability and great energy. Dr. Campbell was a many sided, broad manly man who made a splendid friend when allied with others in any cause, but he was known to be an inveterate enemy and a relentless fighter of those things and persons to which or whom he was opposed. It was just this kind of men who were needed in the building of a community in an almost trackless forest. His wife, who accompanied him to his home, was previous to her marriage, a Miss Sedgwick of Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She was a niece of the widely known Theodore Sedgewick and inherited from her ancestry the superior mental endowments for which that family was distinguished. They brought with them their little daughter Eliza, the present Mrs. Ebenezer Miner, at that time less than two years of age old.
Dr.Daniel Campbell arrived here in March and during the spring and summer built on the lot now occupied by the residence of Mrs. Mary Ellsworth, a large frame building, which he used for a number of years as a dwelling and a store. In this building, Dr. Campbell resided and did business as a merchant till 1812, when Mr. Foote urged him to go into the hotel business, as he had more customers than he could accommodate. Then he erected an addition to the building. Having thus enlarged his accommodations, he opened a hotel in either 1812 or 1813, and made it a popular hostelry while he lived. His mercantile trade he gave up to a gentleman named Sartwel Prentice. Dr. Campbell's hotel was the second tavern erected in this village of Canton.
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Bio;
By Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Historian
Canton, New York:
History of the Village of Canton, NY
FROM OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE
A MEMORIAL RECORD OF ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY,NEW YORK
EDITED BY: GATES CURTIS
THE BOSTON HISTORY COMPANY, PUBLISHERS 1894
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The village of Canton had reached considerable importance in population, as the county seat, and as a center of manufactures and mercantile business, before its incorporation. The act of incorporation was passed May 14, 1845, with boundaries then embracing the jail limits, excepting the bridge across the Grasse River. These boundaries were changed and greatly enlarged, but in 1871 were reduced to the original dimensions. The first board of five trustees, provided for by the act of incorporation, were as follows: Nathaniel Hodskin, Prosper Barrows, Benjamin Squire, Nathan Pratt and Barzillai Hodskin.
The settlements on the village site of Daniel Harrington and the Foote family have already been described. Other prominent early settlers here were Dr. William Noble, the first physician, who owned a tract which embraced the present university grounds; he came in 1804-5.** Dr. Daniel Campbell came in 1807, and Dr. Elijah Baker in the next year.
In 1828 Ebenezer Miner came temporarily, and in 1829 settled here permanently. He married a daughter of Dr. Daniel Campbell, and purchased the interest of the heirs in the doctor's estate. He was prominent in all public affairs; built the Miner block and many other buildings, and was in many ways a useful citizen; he died September 16, 1871.
Dr.Daniel Campbell built his house where R. B. Ellsworth now lives, next to the town hall. These two were about all of the dwellings of any pretensions in the place before the War of 1812. Dr.Daniel Campbell brought the first stock of goods to the place in 1807, and sold them from a room in his dwelling. During the war (1812) he closed out his stock and opened a tavern in the same house, using the room where he kept his store as a bar room. This was prompted by the considerable travel through the place of troops and others going through to **Ogdensburg, New York. On one occasion a sloop load of confiscated goods was sent to Dr.Daniel Campbell's house, where they were secreted. A force of the British started out in search of the property, but were delayed long enough by a snow storm to permit of the goods being sold at auction. The sale was long known as the Great Vendue.
The post-office in Canton village was established April 1st, 1804, under the name of New Cairo, with Daniel Sayre as original postmaster. The name was changed to Canton July 1st, 1807. The next two incumbents of that appointed office as follows: Dr. Daniel Campbell, 1811 to 1821 ; Silas Wright, 1821 to 1827;
** Port of Ogdensburgh, New York is the only U.S. port on the St. Lawrence Seaway.Became City of Ogdensburg in 1868. Yes a dropped H.
Canton Commercial Advertiser: January 4, 1883
Dr. (Daniel) Campbell, the father of Mrs. Ebenezer Miner , came to Canton in 1806 For several years prior to this time he had been in business at Middlebury, Vermont as a merchant, having a distaste for the medical profession for which he had been early and professionally trained. He was a man of fine ability and great energy. Dr. Campbell was a many sided, broad manly man who made a splendid friend when allied with others in any cause, but he was known to be an inveterate enemy and a relentless fighter of those things and persons to which or whom he was opposed. It was just this kind of men who were needed in the building of a community in an almost trackless forest. His wife, who accompanied him to his home, was previous to her marriage, a Miss Sedgwick of Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She was a niece of the widely known Theodore Sedgewick and inherited from her ancestry the superior mental endowments for which that family was distinguished. They brought with them their little daughter Eliza, the present Mrs. Ebenezer Miner, at that time less than two years of age old.
Dr.Daniel Campbell arrived here in March and during the spring and summer built on the lot now occupied by the residence of Mrs. Mary Ellsworth, a large frame building, which he used for a number of years as a dwelling and a store. In this building, Dr. Campbell resided and did business as a merchant till 1812, when Mr. Foote urged him to go into the hotel business, as he had more customers than he could accommodate. Then he erected an addition to the building. Having thus enlarged his accommodations, he opened a hotel in either 1812 or 1813, and made it a popular hostelry while he lived. His mercantile trade he gave up to a gentleman named Sartwel Prentice. Dr. Campbell's hotel was the second tavern erected in this village of Canton.
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Bio;
By Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Historian
Dr. Daniel Campbell;
Canton, New York:
History of the Village of Canton, NY
FROM OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE
A MEMORIAL RECORD OF ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY,NEW YORK
EDITED BY: GATES CURTIS
THE BOSTON HISTORY COMPANY, PUBLISHERS 1894
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The village of Canton had reached considerable importance in population, as the county seat, and as a center of manufactures and mercantile business, before its incorporation. The act of incorporation was passed May 14, 1845, with boundaries then embracing the jail limits, excepting the bridge across the Grasse River. These boundaries were changed and greatly enlarged, but in 1871 were reduced to the original dimensions. The first board of five trustees, provided for by the act of incorporation, were as follows: Nathaniel Hodskin, Prosper Barrows, Benjamin Squire, Nathan Pratt and Barzillai Hodskin.
The settlements on the village site of Daniel Harrington and the Foote family have already been described. Other prominent early settlers here were Dr. William Noble, the first physician, who owned a tract which embraced the present university grounds; he came in 1804-5.** Dr. Daniel Campbell came in 1807, and Dr. Elijah Baker in the next year.
In 1828 Ebenezer Miner came temporarily, and in 1829 settled here permanently. He married a daughter of Dr. Daniel Campbell, and purchased the interest of the heirs in the doctor's estate. He was prominent in all public affairs; built the Miner block and many other buildings, and was in many ways a useful citizen; he died September 16, 1871.
Dr.Daniel Campbell built his house where R. B. Ellsworth now lives, next to the town hall. These two were about all of the dwellings of any pretensions in the place before the War of 1812. Dr.Daniel Campbell brought the first stock of goods to the place in 1807, and sold them from a room in his dwelling. During the war (1812) he closed out his stock and opened a tavern in the same house, using the room where he kept his store as a bar room. This was prompted by the considerable travel through the place of troops and others going through to **Ogdensburg, New York. On one occasion a sloop load of confiscated goods was sent to Dr.Daniel Campbell's house, where they were secreted. A force of the British started out in search of the property, but were delayed long enough by a snow storm to permit of the goods being sold at auction. The sale was long known as the Great Vendue.
The post-office in Canton village was established April 1st, 1804, under the name of New Cairo, with Daniel Sayre as original postmaster. The name was changed to Canton July 1st, 1807. The next two incumbents of that appointed office as follows: Dr. Daniel Campbell, 1811 to 1821 ; Silas Wright, 1821 to 1827;
** Port of Ogdensburgh, New York is the only U.S. port on the St. Lawrence Seaway.Became City of Ogdensburg in 1868. Yes a dropped H.
Canton Commercial Advertiser: January 4, 1883
Dr. (Daniel) Campbell, the father of Mrs. Ebenezer Miner , came to Canton in 1806 For several years prior to this time he had been in business at Middlebury, Vermont as a merchant, having a distaste for the medical profession for which he had been early and professionally trained. He was a man of fine ability and great energy. Dr. Campbell was a many sided, broad manly man who made a splendid friend when allied with others in any cause, but he was known to be an inveterate enemy and a relentless fighter of those things and persons to which or whom he was opposed. It was just this kind of men who were needed in the building of a community in an almost trackless forest. His wife, who accompanied him to his home, was previous to her marriage, a Miss Sedgwick of Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She was a niece of the widely known Theodore Sedgewick and inherited from her ancestry the superior mental endowments for which that family was distinguished. They brought with them their little daughter Eliza, the present Mrs. Ebenezer Miner, at that time less than two years of age old.
Dr.Daniel Campbell arrived here in March and during the spring and summer built on the lot now occupied by the residence of Mrs. Mary Ellsworth, a large frame building, which he used for a number of years as a dwelling and a store. In this building, Dr. Campbell resided and did business as a merchant till 1812, when Mr. Foote urged him to go into the hotel business, as he had more customers than he could accommodate. Then he erected an addition to the building. Having thus enlarged his accommodations, he opened a hotel in either 1812 or 1813, and made it a popular hostelry while he lived. His mercantile trade he gave up to a gentleman named Sartwel Prentice. Dr. Campbell's hotel was the second tavern erected in this village of Canton.
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Bio;
By Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Historian
Canton, New York:
History of the Village of Canton, NY
FROM OUR COUNTY AND ITS PEOPLE
A MEMORIAL RECORD OF ST. LAWRENCE COUNTY,NEW YORK
EDITED BY: GATES CURTIS
THE BOSTON HISTORY COMPANY, PUBLISHERS 1894
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The village of Canton had reached considerable importance in population, as the county seat, and as a center of manufactures and mercantile business, before its incorporation. The act of incorporation was passed May 14, 1845, with boundaries then embracing the jail limits, excepting the bridge across the Grasse River. These boundaries were changed and greatly enlarged, but in 1871 were reduced to the original dimensions. The first board of five trustees, provided for by the act of incorporation, were as follows: Nathaniel Hodskin, Prosper Barrows, Benjamin Squire, Nathan Pratt and Barzillai Hodskin.
The settlements on the village site of Daniel Harrington and the Foote family have already been described. Other prominent early settlers here were Dr. William Noble, the first physician, who owned a tract which embraced the present university grounds; he came in 1804-5.** Dr. Daniel Campbell came in 1807, and Dr. Elijah Baker in the next year.
In 1828 Ebenezer Miner came temporarily, and in 1829 settled here permanently. He married a daughter of Dr. Daniel Campbell, and purchased the interest of the heirs in the doctor's estate. He was prominent in all public affairs; built the Miner block and many other buildings, and was in many ways a useful citizen; he died September 16, 1871.
Dr.Daniel Campbell built his house where R. B. Ellsworth now lives, next to the town hall. These two were about all of the dwellings of any pretensions in the place before the War of 1812. Dr.Daniel Campbell brought the first stock of goods to the place in 1807, and sold them from a room in his dwelling. During the war (1812) he closed out his stock and opened a tavern in the same house, using the room where he kept his store as a bar room. This was prompted by the considerable travel through the place of troops and others going through to **Ogdensburg, New York. On one occasion a sloop load of confiscated goods was sent to Dr.Daniel Campbell's house, where they were secreted. A force of the British started out in search of the property, but were delayed long enough by a snow storm to permit of the goods being sold at auction. The sale was long known as the Great Vendue.
The post-office in Canton village was established April 1st, 1804, under the name of New Cairo, with Daniel Sayre as original postmaster. The name was changed to Canton July 1st, 1807. The next two incumbents of that appointed office as follows: Dr. Daniel Campbell, 1811 to 1821 ; Silas Wright, 1821 to 1827;
** Port of Ogdensburgh, New York is the only U.S. port on the St. Lawrence Seaway.Became City of Ogdensburg in 1868. Yes a dropped H.
Canton Commercial Advertiser: January 4, 1883
Dr. (Daniel) Campbell, the father of Mrs. Ebenezer Miner , came to Canton in 1806 For several years prior to this time he had been in business at Middlebury, Vermont as a merchant, having a distaste for the medical profession for which he had been early and professionally trained. He was a man of fine ability and great energy. Dr. Campbell was a many sided, broad manly man who made a splendid friend when allied with others in any cause, but he was known to be an inveterate enemy and a relentless fighter of those things and persons to which or whom he was opposed. It was just this kind of men who were needed in the building of a community in an almost trackless forest. His wife, who accompanied him to his home, was previous to her marriage, a Miss Sedgwick of Stockbridge, Massachusetts. She was a niece of the widely known Theodore Sedgewick and inherited from her ancestry the superior mental endowments for which that family was distinguished. They brought with them their little daughter Eliza, the present Mrs. Ebenezer Miner, at that time less than two years of age old.
Dr.Daniel Campbell arrived here in March and during the spring and summer built on the lot now occupied by the residence of Mrs. Mary Ellsworth, a large frame building, which he used for a number of years as a dwelling and a store. In this building, Dr. Campbell resided and did business as a merchant till 1812, when Mr. Foote urged him to go into the hotel business, as he had more customers than he could accommodate. Then he erected an addition to the building. Having thus enlarged his accommodations, he opened a hotel in either 1812 or 1813, and made it a popular hostelry while he lived. His mercantile trade he gave up to a gentleman named Sartwel Prentice. Dr. Campbell's hotel was the second tavern erected in this village of Canton.
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Bio;
By Jonathan Robert De Mallie, Historian
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