Dr. Hough was a lecturer and writer of New York State History; compiled the definitive histories of Lewis, St. Lawrence and Jefferson Counties. It was through Dr. Hough's efforts that the preservation of the state forests began in 1873, eventually resulting in the Adirondack Park preserve.
Franklin was the youngest son of Horatio Hough and Martha Pitcher. He was a physician, historian, naturalist and a writer. He also held government posts in Albany and was involved with compiling census records for the state. Franklin went to school at Lowville Academy in NY, and then to Black River Literary and Religious Institute and then to Union College where he graduated in 1843. He received his medical degree of M.D. in 1848, in Cleveland, OH.
He married (1) Maria Sarah Eggleston in 1845 and had one daughter. Maria died in 1848. He married (2) Mariah Kilham in 1849, they had 7 children: Mary, Franklin, Romeyn, Minnie, Elida, Abraham (A. Lincoln)a and twins: Jennie and Jessie.
He started his professional work in Somerville, St. Lawrence, NY where he lived from 1848 to 1852. In May of 1854 he moved to Albany, NY and lived there until 1860 and tehn he established his permanent residence in Lowville, NY.
He retired from the practice of medicine when he left Somerville, in 1852, that he might devote his whole time to his research and literary work, but returned to it when he felt that his services were needed as a surgeon in the Civil War, where he served in the 97th Regiment, New York Volunteers. He died in 1885 at Lowville, Lewis, NY, at age 62. The Pitcher Book, A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Andrew Pitcher and Margaret Russell Who Settled in Milton, Massachusetts 1634-2007, p. 328.
He was among the first to call attention to the depletion of forests in the U.S. and is sometimes called the "father of American forestry". Hough traveled widely to compile his official 1877 Report on Forestry. Congress ordered the publication of 25,000 copies of the 650-page volume. In 1881, the Division of Forestry was created within the Department of Agriculture, with Hough as its first chief. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_B._Hough
Franklin was the youngest son of Horatio Hough and Martha Pitcher. He was a physician, historian, naturalist and a writer. He also held government posts in Albany and was involved with compiling census records for the state. Franklin went to school at Lowville Academy in NY, and then to Black River Literary and Religious Institute and then to Union College where he graduated in 1843. He received his medical degree of M.D. in 1848, in Cleveland, OH.
He married (1) Maria Sarah Eggleston in 1845 and had one daughter. Maria died in 1848. He married (2) Mariah Kilham in 1849, they had 7 children: Mary, Franklin, Romeyn, Minnie, Elida, Abraham (A. Lincoln)a and twins: Jennie and Jessie.
He started his professional work in Somerville, St. Lawrence, NY where he lived from 1848 to 1852. In May of 1854 he moved to Albany, NY and lived there until 1860 and tehn he established his permanent residence in Lowville, NY.
He retired from the practice of medicine when he left Somerville, in 1852, that he might devote his whole time to his research and literary work, but returned to it when he felt that his services were needed as a surgeon in the Civil War, where he served in the 97th Regiment, New York Volunteers. He died in 1885 at Lowville, Lewis, NY, at age 62. The Pitcher Book, A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Andrew Pitcher and Margaret Russell Who Settled in Milton, Massachusetts 1634-2007, p. 328.
He was among the first to call attention to the depletion of forests in the U.S. and is sometimes called the "father of American forestry". Hough traveled widely to compile his official 1877 Report on Forestry. Congress ordered the publication of 25,000 copies of the 650-page volume. In 1881, the Division of Forestry was created within the Department of Agriculture, with Hough as its first chief. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_B._Hough
Dr. Hough was a lecturer and writer of New York State History; compiled the definitive histories of Lewis, St. Lawrence and Jefferson Counties. It was through Dr. Hough's efforts that the preservation of the state forests began in 1873, eventually resulting in the Adirondack Park preserve.
Franklin was the youngest son of Horatio Hough and Martha Pitcher. He was a physician, historian, naturalist and a writer. He also held government posts in Albany and was involved with compiling census records for the state. Franklin went to school at Lowville Academy in NY, and then to Black River Literary and Religious Institute and then to Union College where he graduated in 1843. He received his medical degree of M.D. in 1848, in Cleveland, OH.
He married (1) Maria Sarah Eggleston in 1845 and had one daughter. Maria died in 1848. He married (2) Mariah Kilham in 1849, they had 7 children: Mary, Franklin, Romeyn, Minnie, Elida, Abraham (A. Lincoln)a and twins: Jennie and Jessie.
He started his professional work in Somerville, St. Lawrence, NY where he lived from 1848 to 1852. In May of 1854 he moved to Albany, NY and lived there until 1860 and tehn he established his permanent residence in Lowville, NY.
He retired from the practice of medicine when he left Somerville, in 1852, that he might devote his whole time to his research and literary work, but returned to it when he felt that his services were needed as a surgeon in the Civil War, where he served in the 97th Regiment, New York Volunteers. He died in 1885 at Lowville, Lewis, NY, at age 62. The Pitcher Book, A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Andrew Pitcher and Margaret Russell Who Settled in Milton, Massachusetts 1634-2007, p. 328.
He was among the first to call attention to the depletion of forests in the U.S. and is sometimes called the "father of American forestry". Hough traveled widely to compile his official 1877 Report on Forestry. Congress ordered the publication of 25,000 copies of the 650-page volume. In 1881, the Division of Forestry was created within the Department of Agriculture, with Hough as its first chief. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_B._Hough
Franklin was the youngest son of Horatio Hough and Martha Pitcher. He was a physician, historian, naturalist and a writer. He also held government posts in Albany and was involved with compiling census records for the state. Franklin went to school at Lowville Academy in NY, and then to Black River Literary and Religious Institute and then to Union College where he graduated in 1843. He received his medical degree of M.D. in 1848, in Cleveland, OH.
He married (1) Maria Sarah Eggleston in 1845 and had one daughter. Maria died in 1848. He married (2) Mariah Kilham in 1849, they had 7 children: Mary, Franklin, Romeyn, Minnie, Elida, Abraham (A. Lincoln)a and twins: Jennie and Jessie.
He started his professional work in Somerville, St. Lawrence, NY where he lived from 1848 to 1852. In May of 1854 he moved to Albany, NY and lived there until 1860 and tehn he established his permanent residence in Lowville, NY.
He retired from the practice of medicine when he left Somerville, in 1852, that he might devote his whole time to his research and literary work, but returned to it when he felt that his services were needed as a surgeon in the Civil War, where he served in the 97th Regiment, New York Volunteers. He died in 1885 at Lowville, Lewis, NY, at age 62. The Pitcher Book, A Genealogical History of the Descendants of Andrew Pitcher and Margaret Russell Who Settled in Milton, Massachusetts 1634-2007, p. 328.
He was among the first to call attention to the depletion of forests in the U.S. and is sometimes called the "father of American forestry". Hough traveled widely to compile his official 1877 Report on Forestry. Congress ordered the publication of 25,000 copies of the 650-page volume. In 1881, the Division of Forestry was created within the Department of Agriculture, with Hough as its first chief. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franklin_B._Hough
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