Veteran of 1812.
Taken from the Pickering-Beach Museum list of War of 1812 Soldiers appearing on the Jefferson county genweb site.
From Haddock Brownville found on the Jefferson County genweb page.
As part owner of Lord & Skinner he manufactured plow tips and other cast iron items at a factory on the bank of the river in Brownville. He was a Colonel of the first rifle regiment raised in Watertown and was called out to defend the border. He received a pension for this effort.
In 1816 he married Charlotte Thomas of Mather's Mills, near Belleville. They had the following children; Gilderoy, William, Pamelia, Elisha, Newton B., Nathan, Hiram and Fazetta. Mr. Lord died April 9, 1874, reaching 88 years.
Utica Morning Herald, Utica, NY, Friday, April 11, 1879
Colonel William Lord, aged 85, died at Brownville, Jefferson county, Wednesday. He taught school at Blanchard's Corners in early life, and during vacations made wooden plows. He was engaged in the army for one month, being drafted at Abijah Farwell's house, to aid in obstructing the road between Brownville and Cape Vincent, to delay the attack on Sackets Harbor by felling trees. He was associated with Alanson Skinner in the foundry business in 1837, aided materially in the construction of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg road, became a large stockholder and as a director for many years. Two sons reside in Brownville, and the other, Gilderoy Lord, in Watertown.
From FAG Contributor 47033135:
Source for parents
Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Lord, an original proprietor and founder of Hartford, CT, in 1636 pg 149
Taken from the Pickering-Beach Museum list of War of 1812 Soldiers appearing on the Jefferson county genweb site.
From Haddock Brownville found on the Jefferson County genweb page.
As part owner of Lord & Skinner he manufactured plow tips and other cast iron items at a factory on the bank of the river in Brownville. He was a Colonel of the first rifle regiment raised in Watertown and was called out to defend the border. He received a pension for this effort.
In 1816 he married Charlotte Thomas of Mather's Mills, near Belleville. They had the following children; Gilderoy, William, Pamelia, Elisha, Newton B., Nathan, Hiram and Fazetta. Mr. Lord died April 9, 1874, reaching 88 years.
Utica Morning Herald, Utica, NY, Friday, April 11, 1879
Colonel William Lord, aged 85, died at Brownville, Jefferson county, Wednesday. He taught school at Blanchard's Corners in early life, and during vacations made wooden plows. He was engaged in the army for one month, being drafted at Abijah Farwell's house, to aid in obstructing the road between Brownville and Cape Vincent, to delay the attack on Sackets Harbor by felling trees. He was associated with Alanson Skinner in the foundry business in 1837, aided materially in the construction of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg road, became a large stockholder and as a director for many years. Two sons reside in Brownville, and the other, Gilderoy Lord, in Watertown.
From FAG Contributor 47033135:
Source for parents
Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Lord, an original proprietor and founder of Hartford, CT, in 1636 pg 149
Veteran of 1812.
Taken from the Pickering-Beach Museum list of War of 1812 Soldiers appearing on the Jefferson county genweb site.
From Haddock Brownville found on the Jefferson County genweb page.
As part owner of Lord & Skinner he manufactured plow tips and other cast iron items at a factory on the bank of the river in Brownville. He was a Colonel of the first rifle regiment raised in Watertown and was called out to defend the border. He received a pension for this effort.
In 1816 he married Charlotte Thomas of Mather's Mills, near Belleville. They had the following children; Gilderoy, William, Pamelia, Elisha, Newton B., Nathan, Hiram and Fazetta. Mr. Lord died April 9, 1874, reaching 88 years.
Utica Morning Herald, Utica, NY, Friday, April 11, 1879
Colonel William Lord, aged 85, died at Brownville, Jefferson county, Wednesday. He taught school at Blanchard's Corners in early life, and during vacations made wooden plows. He was engaged in the army for one month, being drafted at Abijah Farwell's house, to aid in obstructing the road between Brownville and Cape Vincent, to delay the attack on Sackets Harbor by felling trees. He was associated with Alanson Skinner in the foundry business in 1837, aided materially in the construction of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg road, became a large stockholder and as a director for many years. Two sons reside in Brownville, and the other, Gilderoy Lord, in Watertown.
From FAG Contributor 47033135:
Source for parents
Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Lord, an original proprietor and founder of Hartford, CT, in 1636 pg 149
Taken from the Pickering-Beach Museum list of War of 1812 Soldiers appearing on the Jefferson county genweb site.
From Haddock Brownville found on the Jefferson County genweb page.
As part owner of Lord & Skinner he manufactured plow tips and other cast iron items at a factory on the bank of the river in Brownville. He was a Colonel of the first rifle regiment raised in Watertown and was called out to defend the border. He received a pension for this effort.
In 1816 he married Charlotte Thomas of Mather's Mills, near Belleville. They had the following children; Gilderoy, William, Pamelia, Elisha, Newton B., Nathan, Hiram and Fazetta. Mr. Lord died April 9, 1874, reaching 88 years.
Utica Morning Herald, Utica, NY, Friday, April 11, 1879
Colonel William Lord, aged 85, died at Brownville, Jefferson county, Wednesday. He taught school at Blanchard's Corners in early life, and during vacations made wooden plows. He was engaged in the army for one month, being drafted at Abijah Farwell's house, to aid in obstructing the road between Brownville and Cape Vincent, to delay the attack on Sackets Harbor by felling trees. He was associated with Alanson Skinner in the foundry business in 1837, aided materially in the construction of the Rome, Watertown and Ogdensburg road, became a large stockholder and as a director for many years. Two sons reside in Brownville, and the other, Gilderoy Lord, in Watertown.
From FAG Contributor 47033135:
Source for parents
Genealogy of the Descendants of Thomas Lord, an original proprietor and founder of Hartford, CT, in 1636 pg 149
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