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OLD SETTLERS
DAy-Remember
the
oId
fashioned
games and contests
during
the
Bicentennial
when everyone
had
fun?
Some of these
events
will
be
repeated
during
Old Settlers
Day July
30th.
There
will
be Log
SLring
contestsr
a tug of warr dnd races
and
relays
for young and old.
This
will
take
place
ar the old Merhodist
?]1
Church.
Rain
date
is
Sunday t Juty
31st .
WORTHY
OF NOTE
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IAST MINUTE NEWS ON THE S. H. S.
1989 CALENDAR DUE OUT THIS SUMMER
Thanks
to
the
support
of
S.H.S.
members; who have prepaid
for the l9B9
caLendersr
50t
of
our
calendar
printing
costs
have been met.
We hope
to have 1008 paid
off
by delivery
it
the end of June.
We are very
pleised
to see local
organi zations
r lit e the
Stephentown
Element,ary Schoo1, Liberty
Realty
and the New Lebanon
Women's
Club contributing
to our efforts.
A note about our artistic
contributors
to the calendar:
WilLiam
D.
Jacksonr
Stephentown
residentr
is active
in our
"trmunityr
sculptorl
design.er and Chairman
of the
Arts Division
at Simons Rock of Barc
ColIege.
David
J.
Jacobs r
E€sident
of
Stephentowrlr
was managing
editor
of
the
press
Long
Island
and
is
€
journalist
featured
for many years
ir
the Berkshire
Eagle.
is
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THE. CHURCH IS OURS!
O n Wednesday, May 1I the closing
and
transfer
of deed took
place
in Henry
Zwackrs
office.
The oId
t'lethodist
Church can now be made ready
to house
our collections.
Henry
has worked
long
and hard
at.
handling
the complicated
negotiations.
Now the dream of having
such a place
has finally
come true.
Now the challenge
of preparing
it
as
an exhibiE
area while
maintaining
t,he
integrity
of its
historic
background
as a church.
We will
need to launch a
fund drive
to bring
in enough
monies
to accomplish
thi,s.
The kick-off
for
this
fund
drive
will
be
on
Old
Settlers
Dayr Saturdayr
July 30th.
Some scrubbing r pa int ing and carpent:y
can be done by volunteers
and we will
be looking
for your help with
this.
or
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Everyone eounts
The US Federal
Census
Blacksmith-6
BottLe
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makeE-1 r
Butcher-1r
Carpenter-9r
Joiner-5,
Carriage
maket-2t
Chairmaker-lr
Clergyman-4,
Clerk-1r
Collier-llr
Constable-1r
Cooper-2t
Drover-3,
Dyer-I r
Grocerykeeper.-I
r
Joiner-planer-I
r
Labo ret-A t
lrlerchant-11r
Mil ler-3
r Mil lwright-I
,
physician-3r
Peddler-5t
SchooL
teacher-3r
Shingle
maker-Lr
Shoe
maker-7 r
Stage
driver-l
Stage
r
Proprietor-I
mason-3 r Student
r Stone
(1 a w)-1 ,
(medicine)-2,
Student
Tailor-2r
Tanner-I,
Teamster-3r
Tradirig--,
iyag.t
...dke
l,
Weaver-It
Wood sauryer-3.
The names of the
me n
participating
in the above trades
are
listed
in the census file.
If
further
information
on
early
families
is
neededr
phone
Bett.y
l"lcClave r 518-7 33- 5064.
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The first
means assessment.
Census
known census vtas made by David r Xing
alI
Jewish
and enumerated
of Israel
Witliam
cattle.
males over 19 and alt
the Conqueror r in I I81 , had a census
Iisting
heads of
all
made in England
became
and it
etc.r
vassalsr
estatesr
In 1718,
known as the Doomsday Book.
made of
had a census
the Great
Peter
giving
listings
landed gentry
Russian
and ser fs.
of population
r occupations
the
that
obvious
is
therefore
It
for
the
was collected
data
original
ion and taxat ion.
purpose
of conscript
in
of the population
tally
The first
was in I79O and was done
country
this
the
of enumerating
the purpose
for
to
in order
popuLation
of each state
for
apportionment
i' ''.e f*ofl€r
gave
It
in Congress.
representation
hdm€r the
the head of t,he householdts
groups
numbe r / sex and age of household
and the number of sl'aves b::t added no
statistics.
names to those latt.er
societies
as l80Or scientific
As early
informetion.
additional
requested
the
sev enth
in
was acirieved
This
(f450)
was
format
the
when
census
a
apportioned
It
changed.
radically
and
Line for each individual
separate
of
beginning
the
considered
is
census taking.
scientific
has
Society
Historical
The Stephentown
its
just
census
to
1850
the
added
ion
The informat
Gravestones.
Living
it
and we believe
fascinating
is
with
shared
shouLd be
You.
included
which
We had 2,5O4 residents
man. "
blind
and
I
People
free
Black
"7
was
birth
place
of
the
times
t'lany
the Person
is assumed
so it
omitted
TheY are
was born in New York State.
account following
in
the
not included
Connecticut
-L4,
were:
birth
of
States
Maryland-1,
Fl o ri d d -4
r
t'lichigan-1
r New
Massachusetts-109r
Jersey-1,
N
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w
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Hampsh
r
IsIand-51
Rhode
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Pennsylvania-3r
h
birt
<tf
untries
Co
Vermont-23.
S in c e t , h e f o u n d in g
of the townr the
n e e d s o f o u r c it iz e n s
have been met
t h ro u g h
t h e ir
o wn re s o u res .
The
o c c u p a t io n s o f me n o v e r 2 0 ur e r e I i s t e d
in t , h is 1 8 5 0 c e n s u s .
The majority
$ re re f a rme rs
a n d we re n o t l i s t e d
i;
the ta11y.
A g e n t -l r B a s k e t m a k e r - 6 r
represented
England-16,
Sc of 1 and-4 .
were:
Germany-7
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Canada-I4 r
Ireland-56
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THERE A DOCTOR IN THE HOUSE?
Dr.
Calvin
Pardee,
born
in
I757
Sharon r Connecticutr
was a surgeon
with
Nilesr
Lt.
CoI.
regiment
of the
RensseLaer
militia.
He practiced
briefly
in Lebanon
until
he
Springs
married
Rachel
from Amenia,
Johnson
in 1778.
N.Y.
He began to build
on
Presbyterian
HiIl
Road diagonally
across
from Zema I s nursery.
The good doctor
was al I of 23 at the
medicine
ti me and musl have practiced
nt
to
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Butt'orde hf T+E ilRr)
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The
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malpractice
suits.
The house in which
he lived
from 1780 until
his
death
in
box that
retained
its
L795 is a salt
archiCectural
integrity
externally
a
grea.t
more than
on the inside.
deal
post
and
beam
The
bui lding's
construct,ionr
its
central
chimney
with
beehive
bread
location
oven and
low
are
the
only
direct
ceilings
past.
early
reminders
of its
of
After
in her L7 years
L2 children
her
marriagel
survived
Rachel
Pardee
in
and
died
husband
by
54 years
Hancock,
Ma. in 1847.
the
of
Pardee
Ariovistusr
oldest
unt i I I823.
children
r was town clerk
the
on
for
repairs
Subscribing
hous€rdnd
a new
meeting
Presbyterian
payment
for
Reverend
John
stov€r
deeds must
and other
civic
Hendricks
in
has
hirn considerably
elevated
He left
town
Stephentownrs
society.
for
daughters
with
his wife
and five
Ypsilanti
rDlI . in I832.
bought
Apollosr
Edwin and John RolIo
the house from Ario Pardee in 1833 for
is assumed the 62 cents
It
$1r922.62.
were
the
Rollo
fees
for
leqal'
brotheEsr
thatrs
less
than
22 cents
for
each.
Apol Ios was Elder
of t he
Presbyterian
church
for
31 years;
therefore
his
somewhat
autocratic
epitaph:
the
elders
rule
that
"Let
welL
be counted
worth
double
of
honour tt .
R oI
:-2- h^rF
we
:
' Er m er s;
Edwin
with
390 acres
thau
supplied
the
Pittsfield
market
with
beef rpork
and
mutton around
Civil
War times.
John
was
a
Ci vi I
War
vet€rdrl r
who
re-enL isted
for
a second
hi tch
in
I866.
If we consider
that
in 1873 John RoLlo
sold the property
for $2,500 which his
brothers
had bought
for
$1r922.62
forty
years
previouslyr
the
economy
was certainly
far
from
inf lationary.
The buyer was Bernard
and Mary NeaLonr
farm
people
from
IreLand.
After
I7
years
they
sold
the
house
for
an
und i sc I osed pr i ce to t he i r younger
son
Mauricer
also
a farmer.
rt
is
odd
that
the
(chicken
house',
"poultry
coop) was worth recording
as bui lt
in
I92I
and the much Larger
and older
barn
was
never
mentioned
in
the
I s history.
property
In 1940 I'laurice
NeaIon
sold
out
to
WilIiam
Webb who passed
the property
on to Kathleen
Ftebb SmaII and Cynthia
( probably
Webb Hastie
Will iam Webb's
daughters)
but with
a granted
life
estate
to his
wife
Grace.
Records
don I t show whet,her
either
of Webb's
daughters
lived
in the
house;
but
it
is not unreasonable
to assume that
the
house was sold to Joseph and Angel ina
Pizzuto
in 1958 after
the
death
of
Grace
Webb.
years
TweIve
later
the
house Lras passed
on to John and Ruth
Dietrich
with
60 acres.
It
has been said
that
t,he house
had
badly
deteriorat,ed.
The Dietrichs
set
restore
about
to
it.
Rest,oration
included
all
new internal
wallst
floorsr
windowsr
bathroomsr
staircase,
plumbing
and an entirely
nehr brick
around
sides
facing
of
the
three
$ras alI
central'fireplace.
It
done
quite
well
Iittle
once
but Ieft
of
sold t he property
was.
John Dietrich
and Margaret
Pysar in L977.
to Richard
The Pysars I howeV€F r prefer i ng new to
built
oldr
in Cherry
PIain
and sold
the
Presbyterian
property
Hill
to
KIaus
and Anit,ta
Burgr
the
tenth
own€r1 in 1986.
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