[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] became settlers of the town. In this way William Horton and wife came from White Plains on horse-back, bringing with them all they had saved from the ruins of their property, inclosed in a sack and placed across the horse's back. They settled at the point afterward known as Teed's Corners. Mr. Horton was the first town clerk of Somers. It was also in this vicinity that Enoch Crosby and Luther Kinnicutt both began their careers as the the secret agents of the American army. Within the borders of the town the wives of these men are interred. Cooper, in his " Spy," has made memorable the acts of these active agents of the patriots, as also the valley of the Croton, which was the scene of many of their exploits. Enoch Crosby's descendants resided for many years near Croton Falls. Luther Kinnicutt was the compeer of Crosby in his dangerous work, and although it is not known that they worked together, the character of the novelist was evidently drawn from both these men. ' Kinnicutt frequented the town after the close of the war and is remembered by some of our old residents a9 a tall, straight, spare man, of dark complexion, keen gray eyes, solemn visage, sharp-witted and eccentric. Many anecdotes are related of Kinnicutt. He used to frequent the British camp as a peddler of small notions, and it has been hinted that his information, in some cases, as well as his wares, was for sale.