Alvin was born in Suffolk, Conn., August 16, 1782. He was a captain in the militia, and was a cloth dresser by trade, learning his trade of Mr. Burt, whose daughter, Thankful Langdon, he married in Wilbraham, Mass., in 1813.
Their son Alvin was born there in 1815, and they moved soon after and settled in the "Old City," near Newport in this county, where he worked at his trade. He introduced the first spinning jenny into this state.
In 1823 he moved to the Farmer Settlement, working at both farming and cloth-dressing. Later he bought the Graves place.
His sons Torrey Langdon and Francis Kingsley, were born there in 1829 and 1832. After a few years he sold his place to Simeon Osborn and went to the "Old City," working at his trade, but his health failing, he went to his brother's in western New York, dying there.
His wife died at Herkimer in 1849. Their eldest son, Alvin J., died at Herkimer in 1868. He and his four sons and four sons-in-law served in the union army in the civil war. William Burt, their second son, was an expert stone cutter. Later he conducted hotels at different places in India county, dying in 1896, leaving one son and two daughters.
Walter Burt, third son, is living with his daughter at Lynchburg, Va. was a tobacconist, having two factories in Oneida county, New York. He is now an ordained minister of the M.E. church. He has two sons and three daughters.
Their daughter, Mary K., never married. Most of her life was spent in Herkimer. She died in 1892. Their fourth son, Torrey Langdon, was a cigar maker. He died at Graefenburg in 1863, without children.
Francis Kingsley, fifth son, came to Osborn Hill when young and spent eleven years with the family of Rev. Simeon Osborn, working one of Mr. Osborn's farms three years. In 1854 he married Martha Minott, daughter of Thomas Minott.
When Francis was a boy John C. Underwood of Herkimer got a place for him in the printing office of E. M. Griffing at Little Falls to learn the printing trade, but he not liking it soon returned to Osborn Hill. After marrying, he became a member of the Northern New York M.E. conference and received an appointment to preach in 1873. After preaching for the time limit in several places in Herkimer county, he took a supernumerary relation in 1898, and returned to Minott to superintend his farm, though preaching occasionally, officiating at weddings and funerals. He has two sons, Frank Minott and Edwin Burt. The Pierce family were members of the M. E. church.
Their son Alvin was born there in 1815, and they moved soon after and settled in the "Old City," near Newport in this county, where he worked at his trade. He introduced the first spinning jenny into this state.
In 1823 he moved to the Farmer Settlement, working at both farming and cloth-dressing. Later he bought the Graves place.
His sons Torrey Langdon and Francis Kingsley, were born there in 1829 and 1832. After a few years he sold his place to Simeon Osborn and went to the "Old City," working at his trade, but his health failing, he went to his brother's in western New York, dying there.
His wife died at Herkimer in 1849. Their eldest son, Alvin J., died at Herkimer in 1868. He and his four sons and four sons-in-law served in the union army in the civil war. William Burt, their second son, was an expert stone cutter. Later he conducted hotels at different places in India county, dying in 1896, leaving one son and two daughters.
Walter Burt, third son, is living with his daughter at Lynchburg, Va. was a tobacconist, having two factories in Oneida county, New York. He is now an ordained minister of the M.E. church. He has two sons and three daughters.
Their daughter, Mary K., never married. Most of her life was spent in Herkimer. She died in 1892. Their fourth son, Torrey Langdon, was a cigar maker. He died at Graefenburg in 1863, without children.
Francis Kingsley, fifth son, came to Osborn Hill when young and spent eleven years with the family of Rev. Simeon Osborn, working one of Mr. Osborn's farms three years. In 1854 he married Martha Minott, daughter of Thomas Minott.
When Francis was a boy John C. Underwood of Herkimer got a place for him in the printing office of E. M. Griffing at Little Falls to learn the printing trade, but he not liking it soon returned to Osborn Hill. After marrying, he became a member of the Northern New York M.E. conference and received an appointment to preach in 1873. After preaching for the time limit in several places in Herkimer county, he took a supernumerary relation in 1898, and returned to Minott to superintend his farm, though preaching occasionally, officiating at weddings and funerals. He has two sons, Frank Minott and Edwin Burt. The Pierce family were members of the M. E. church.
Alvin was born in Suffolk, Conn., August 16, 1782. He was a captain in the militia, and was a cloth dresser by trade, learning his trade of Mr. Burt, whose daughter, Thankful Langdon, he married in Wilbraham, Mass., in 1813.
Their son Alvin was born there in 1815, and they moved soon after and settled in the "Old City," near Newport in this county, where he worked at his trade. He introduced the first spinning jenny into this state.
In 1823 he moved to the Farmer Settlement, working at both farming and cloth-dressing. Later he bought the Graves place.
His sons Torrey Langdon and Francis Kingsley, were born there in 1829 and 1832. After a few years he sold his place to Simeon Osborn and went to the "Old City," working at his trade, but his health failing, he went to his brother's in western New York, dying there.
His wife died at Herkimer in 1849. Their eldest son, Alvin J., died at Herkimer in 1868. He and his four sons and four sons-in-law served in the union army in the civil war. William Burt, their second son, was an expert stone cutter. Later he conducted hotels at different places in India county, dying in 1896, leaving one son and two daughters.
Walter Burt, third son, is living with his daughter at Lynchburg, Va. was a tobacconist, having two factories in Oneida county, New York. He is now an ordained minister of the M.E. church. He has two sons and three daughters.
Their daughter, Mary K., never married. Most of her life was spent in Herkimer. She died in 1892. Their fourth son, Torrey Langdon, was a cigar maker. He died at Graefenburg in 1863, without children.
Francis Kingsley, fifth son, came to Osborn Hill when young and spent eleven years with the family of Rev. Simeon Osborn, working one of Mr. Osborn's farms three years. In 1854 he married Martha Minott, daughter of Thomas Minott.
When Francis was a boy John C. Underwood of Herkimer got a place for him in the printing office of E. M. Griffing at Little Falls to learn the printing trade, but he not liking it soon returned to Osborn Hill. After marrying, he became a member of the Northern New York M.E. conference and received an appointment to preach in 1873. After preaching for the time limit in several places in Herkimer county, he took a supernumerary relation in 1898, and returned to Minott to superintend his farm, though preaching occasionally, officiating at weddings and funerals. He has two sons, Frank Minott and Edwin Burt. The Pierce family were members of the M. E. church.
Their son Alvin was born there in 1815, and they moved soon after and settled in the "Old City," near Newport in this county, where he worked at his trade. He introduced the first spinning jenny into this state.
In 1823 he moved to the Farmer Settlement, working at both farming and cloth-dressing. Later he bought the Graves place.
His sons Torrey Langdon and Francis Kingsley, were born there in 1829 and 1832. After a few years he sold his place to Simeon Osborn and went to the "Old City," working at his trade, but his health failing, he went to his brother's in western New York, dying there.
His wife died at Herkimer in 1849. Their eldest son, Alvin J., died at Herkimer in 1868. He and his four sons and four sons-in-law served in the union army in the civil war. William Burt, their second son, was an expert stone cutter. Later he conducted hotels at different places in India county, dying in 1896, leaving one son and two daughters.
Walter Burt, third son, is living with his daughter at Lynchburg, Va. was a tobacconist, having two factories in Oneida county, New York. He is now an ordained minister of the M.E. church. He has two sons and three daughters.
Their daughter, Mary K., never married. Most of her life was spent in Herkimer. She died in 1892. Their fourth son, Torrey Langdon, was a cigar maker. He died at Graefenburg in 1863, without children.
Francis Kingsley, fifth son, came to Osborn Hill when young and spent eleven years with the family of Rev. Simeon Osborn, working one of Mr. Osborn's farms three years. In 1854 he married Martha Minott, daughter of Thomas Minott.
When Francis was a boy John C. Underwood of Herkimer got a place for him in the printing office of E. M. Griffing at Little Falls to learn the printing trade, but he not liking it soon returned to Osborn Hill. After marrying, he became a member of the Northern New York M.E. conference and received an appointment to preach in 1873. After preaching for the time limit in several places in Herkimer county, he took a supernumerary relation in 1898, and returned to Minott to superintend his farm, though preaching occasionally, officiating at weddings and funerals. He has two sons, Frank Minott and Edwin Burt. The Pierce family were members of the M. E. church.
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