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| Name |
Lockwood, John F. [1] |
| Gender |
Male |
| Died |
Unknown |
| Person ID |
I8931 |
Sackett |
| Last Modified |
5 May 2022 |
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| Sources |
- [S2784] Commemorative biographical record of Dutchess County, New York, (J. H. Beers & Co.), 424-425 (Reliability: 2), 5 May 2022.
EDGAR M. VANDERBURGH, a farmer and stock raiser, was born in the town of Canaan, Columbia county, August 26, 1820, and is the son of Martin and Mary (Halstead) Vaniderburgh. . . .
Martin Vanderburgh attained his majority in Hyde Park, and was a merchant and school teacfier. He married Miss Mary Halstead, who was born in the town of Clinton. Her father, Richard Halstead, was a native of Westchester county; he married a Miss Griffin, and they had a large family of children. After their marriage Mr. and Mrs. Vanderburgh moved to Canaan, Columbia county, locating on a farm; they became the parents of nine children, namely: Emeline, Susan, Oscar, Edgar M., John, Richard, Annie E., Maria, and Lucinda. Of these, Emeline died unmarried; Susan married V. J. Wilcox, a farmer in Columbia county; Oscar is a retired farmer in the town of Chatham, Columbia county; John (deceased) was a farmer and merchant; Richard was also a farmer and merchant, and is now deceased; Annie E became the wife of Sylvester S. Kady, a merchant of Jamestown; Maria married Rev. C. W. Havens, and is now deceased; Lucinda became the wife of E. W. Levensworth, a farmer and landlord in Columbia county. The parents of this family went to Columbia county in 1820, where the
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father died in 1864, and the mother in 1866; in politics, Mr. Vanderburgh was a Whig, and in religious failh both he and his wife adhered to the Society of Friends.
Edgar M. Vanderburgh, the subject of this sketch, spent his boyhood days on the farm in Columbia county, and attended the district school until fourteen years of age, when he went to Canaan Center Academy. He was obliged to earn his own living, so taught school in winters and attended them in summers; but failing health prevented him from completing the classical course. He married Miss Hannah Sutherland in 1844, and they had three children: Anna, who married Philip J. Sherman, a farmer and school teacher; Amelia married Rev. U. Symonds, and died in 1882; Henry is at home. In 1845 our subject moved to the town of Stanford, where he farmed, and where his wife died in 1853. In 1870 he married Mrs. Kate (Sackett) Lockwood, the widow of John F. Lockwood, and moved to his present place at Lithgow. His wife is a descendant of one of the old families. Mr. Vanderburgh was originally a Whig, voting first for Henry Clay, and since the organization of the Republican party he has supported it at every National election, including that of 1896. He was elected superintendent of common schools in 1849, and again in 1S50, '51, '52, and '53; in 1857-58, he was elected supervisor of the town of Stanford; in 1864 he was elected superintendent of the county poor, being the iirst incumbent to that office in the county, and he held it for six consecutive years.
Mr. Vanderburgh is a firm believer in the Christian religion; that Christian unity should embrace the faithful of all denominations; that Christ is more than creed; that Christianity is more than sect; and that Christian character should be the test of Christian fellowship. The following lines represent some of his ruling maxims:
What conscience dictates to be done,
Or warns me not to do,
This teach me more than hell to shun,
That more than heav'n pursue.
Teach me to feel another's woe,
To hide the faults I see;
That mercy I to others show.
That mercy show to me.
If I am right, Thy grace impart!
Still in the right to stay;
If I am wrong, oh! teach my heart
To find that better way.
Researched by Ted Smith
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