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| Source | Passages | Words | Link |
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| J. Thomas Scharf (1886) | 916 | 173,521 | Original → |
| Frederic Shonnard & W.W. Spooner (1900) | 572 | 106,421 | Original → |
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J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Baldwin's younger brother, Erastus. was put in this house as the first teacher, and Gilbert Guion anil Captain Ituleff Stevens (then living on a farm to the north, afterward known as the Simpson farm i united in defraying
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 28. Mill Creek. 29. Mill Pond and bank. 30. Flour mill. 31. Saw Mill River. we have the new " Mechanic " (now New Main) Street, opened to the southward from the Square. The course of the Croton Aqueduct, completed in 1842, i…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] north side of the stream, skirting it all the way round to the site of the old mill. One of these old horse-chestnut trees is still standing in the square, at the crossing of Dock Street and Warburton Avenue. It is a cherisn…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] When about eighteen years old he worked for Colonel Philipse nearly a year, making the terraces west of the manor-house and its garden (see our map of 1*471. Eight or ten carmen from New York were employed. It was one of the…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The region was rough beyond description in 1842, and it continued so for a few years later still. We add here a map on a larger scale, representing the surroundings of the manor-house and the lower part of the Saw-Mill River…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Among these heirs a partition suit was maintained, and, finally, by order of the Court of Chancery in that suit, the title became vested, by master's deed, in one of the heirs, Mr. Lemuel W. Wells. An elaborate ab-stract of …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] westerly line of the said county to the easterly line of the town of Yonkers, in manner following, to wit : Commencing at a point formed by the intersection of the westerly line of the said county with a line of extension we…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] twenty-seven feet from side to side in width and one hundred feet high. From this tank the water is dis-tributed as required. The interest of the seven hundred and forty-five thousand dollars outstanding water bonds is met b…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] knew him well, which made his election to any public AQUEDUCT BRIDGE OVER SAW-MILL RIVER, AT YONKERS. and city of Yonkers, was born in West Hartford, Conn., on the. 20th of July, 1820, and died in Yonkers on the llth of Octo…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] 44 IIISTOKY OK WKSTCHKST FR COFNTY. the Yonkers police was organized in 1871 directed that the commission should consist of the president of the village, the supervisor of the town, the senior justice of the peace, the city …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] limits of the manor till 1697, when the Sleepy I [ollow Reformed Church was organized at Tarrytown, and no other till 1843, when the Reformed Church was or-ganized at Yonkers. It would seem that the Dutch people of Colendonc…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] He came to Yonkers about 1719, founded and trained his family in his own faith, anil in this way prepared them to meet with their power-ful support what, in the Providence of God, was to be the first formal effort to plant r…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] to succeed him, who is settled there." * rONK ERS. 57 through the liberality of the Philipse family. The second lord Philipse, taking possession of his manor here about 1719, cherished with liberality till his death in 1751,…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] present rectory within the church grounds was built. The only land now owned by St. John's Church is St. John's Cemetery and the square on which their church rectory and Sunday-school building stand. The Sunday-school buildi…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] John's Church families have been many who have repre-sented great solidity and strength, and several which, like the Philipse family, are now historic. Tradi-tions of much interest are connected with the church. Its history,…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] gale of scholars in both is two hundred and seventy-four. The superintendent of the church-school is Mr. Christian F. Tietjen, and the superintendent of the chapel-school is Mr. (ieorge Stewart. The Human CATHOLIC. — The his…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] eral law, the trustees being Archbishop Corrigan, Right Rev. Monsignor William Quin, Y.G., Rev. Charles R. Corley (all e.v-officio), Mr. John Wallace and Mr. Francis O'Neill. The history and statistics of St. Mary's parish s…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] At a meeting of the Presbytery of Westchester, held at Stamford, Conn., April 15, 1879, an application for a church organization was presented in behalf of the congregation worshipping in Dayspring Chape', Yon-kers, N. Y. On…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The Yo>tkei{.s Statesman. — In 1856, one year after the incorporation of the village, and four years after the beginning of The Yonkers Herald, Mr. Thom-as C. Cornell, whose passing question had been the means of bringing, t…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Sons Carpet Co. Our object now is to retain for his-tory's sake the fact that the grist-milling and saw-milling are the oldest industries of Youkers. The saw-milling started when the place was a forest, and the grist-milling…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] is that of extracting the wool from rags, so that it can be used again. It was begun on Nepperhan Street, but in 1877 it was moved to Chicken Island in a building leased of Edward Underbill. This was burned in 1881, causing …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] assistant manager. The company is incorporated under the general State law, and operates under licenses from the Ameri-can Bell Telephone Company. Nearly all the stock is held by parties outside of Y'onkers, and the central …
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Knox, James Stewart, Warren B. Smith, Rudolf Eickemeyer, Charles Clark, William H. Doty, Au-gustus Marsh, William F. Cochran and William P. Ketcham. Mr. John Olmsted has been president from the be-ginning, being still in the…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Mr. Vail married Catharine, daughter of Jacob Devoe, of New York, and has two children, Frederick C. and Clara.lane. William F. Lawrence, one of the directors of the Citizens' National Hank is one of Yonker's most progressiv…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] third Monday of each month. The present officers and managers are as follows: William F. Cochran, president;, vice-president; Charles L. Cozzens, secretary; Lyman Cobb, Jr., treasurer; S. Emmet Getty, Henry Bowers, James Ste…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] A i t lie age of seven-teen he apprenticed himself to the hat-ting trade in Dan-bury, Conn. During his apprenticeship he employed his mornings and even-ings and odd mo-ments of leisure in the study <>f law, had pa-sed his ex…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] The upper floors are principally devoted to the cham-bers of the inmates. On the second floor in the wing facing northward, is a synagogue, and adjoining this is a handsome parlor. On the fourth floor are the hospital and th…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] Harvey Green (till about 1840), David Underbill (till about 1844), Starr Rockwell and James Bash ford. Mr. Bashford was its last proprietor. In 1851 the build-ing was removed to make room for the present I retty House. It no…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] low," about a half a mile to the south, and another called "Glenwood," about a mile to the north of it. The New York City and Northern has two stations within the city, one in the northern part, called "North Yonkers," and a…
J. Thomas Scharf (1886)
[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] St. John's, on Broadway; St. John's, at Tuckahoe; the Methodist Episcopal, at Tuckahoe; St. Mary's and St. Joseph's. Yonkers has now six cemeteries, two of which, both at Tuckahoe, are still church-yards, their churches stan…