Waddington Docks 1911
Ferry Leaving the Dock - Waddington
Ferry -" Morrisburg"
Ferry "Morrisburg"
Unloading Shiercliff Hall - 102 car loads of pulp from Quebec
Waddington Dry Island James W. Corrigan Residence- Dry Island (becomes
American Hotel)
From
http://ech.cwru.edu/ech-cgi/article.pl?id=CJWJ
| The CORRIGAN-MCKINNEY STEEL CO., once one of
the outstanding steel companies in America, traced
its origins back to Corrigan, Ives, and Co., dealers
in iron ore and pig iron, established in Cleveland
ca. 1890. One of its founders, James W. Corrigan,
had made a fortune with Standard Oil. Corrigan-Ives
went into receivership in 1893, and was reborn as
Corrigan, McKinney & Co. about 1895, with Price
McKinney as a partner. Corrigan died in
1908, and under McKinney's leadership the firm grew
to become the Corrigan-McKinney Steel Co. The firm
boasted a strategically located plant along the
Cuyahoga River as well as extensive iron ore and
coal reserves.
Corrigan left control of the company to
McKinney, with his son's (his only heir) share in
trust. The son, also named James, had a reputation
as a playboy, and his later marriage to a divorcee
and aspiring socialite (see
CORRIGAN, LAURA MAE†) was frowned upon by
McKinney, who eventually renamed the firm the
McKinney Steel Co.
James Corrigan, through lawsuits and stock
purchases, acquired control of the company in 1919
and ousted McKinney, who later committed suicide.
Corrigan died in 1928, while his wife entered
English society circles before involving herself in
relief efforts during World War II.
Corrigan-McKinney was acquired by
REPUBLIC STEEL CORP. in 1935, and was an
important asset to that company, significantly
improving its industrial strength. |
CORRIGAN, JAMES W. JR. (7 Apr. 1880-23 Jan. 1928), who inherited the
Corrigan-McKinney Steel fortune, was born in Grybow, Polish Austria, the son of
Capt. James C. and Ida Allen Corrigan. He was educated at the Michigan Military
Academy at Orchard Lake, Mich., and Case School of Applied Science. Corrigan's
father, with STEVENSON
BURKE†, founded the Corrigan-Ives Steel company in the early 1890s. Price
McKinney became a partner in 1894. Young James left for the west after his
mother and 3 sisters drowned 7 July 1900 when their yacht capsized during a
storm. He attended Falkenou's School of Asseying & Mill Tests in San Francisco,
worked for a telegraph office in Goldfield, Nev., and later supervised
Corrigan-McKinney properties in Mexico. When his father died in 1908, James
received $15,000 in cash and 40% of the Corrigan McKinney stock to be held in
trust until he reached age 40. McKinney, who was trustee of James's stock,
received a 30% stock interest of his own giving him majority ownership of the
company. Hostilities between James and Price McKinney surfaced in 1917 when
McKinney dropped the name Corrigan from the firm. Corrigan ousted him as a
trustee and took control of his interest but did not try to take over the
company. He had married Laura Mae McMartin 2 Dec. 1916 in New York and opted
instead to support her efforts to break into society (see
LAURA MAE CORRIGAN†).
After buying another 13% of the McKinney Steel Company stock, he returned to
Cleveland from abroad in May 1925 and with his 53% majority, took over the
presidency from McKinney. In charge of the renamed Corrigan-McKinney Steel, he
ran the company until his untimely death. He is buried in
LAKE VIEW CEMETERY.
Ogdensburg News 1908
Watertown Times Feb 3, 1915
Oswego Daily Palladium, Sept 30, 1921
Watertown Times Jan 7, 1909
St. Lawrence Plaindealer Nov 30, 1909
St. Lawrence Plaindealer Jan 17, 1939
Ida May
Ogdensburg News May 23, 1909
"Amecan" - Formerly the Corrigan
Home.
Amecan Living Room
Chateau Waddington at the US Terminus - Morrisburg-Waddington Ferry Line
Potsdam Courier Freeman 1935
Canton Commercial Advertiser Oct 25, 1938
Birds Eye View
Waddington - Main Street Looking South - Barber Shop, Levines, St.
Lawrence Hotel
River From Main Street (IGA on left, Atlantic Gas)
Waddington Main St 1910
Main Street Waddington
Main Street Looking North
View From Main Street
Waddington Main Street
River Street
Waddington, Band - Clark House- WA Daniels Store
Post Office - Main St - Waddington
Post Office - Main St - Waddington (dup)
Waddington Main St.
Harness Races in Waddington - early 1900s
Horse Races
Old Home Week - Waddington
Syracuse NY Post Standard July 13, 1909
First Train - June 27, 1906 or 1909?
Railroad Terminal Waddington
Creek Bridge, Waddington - 1906
Waddington Creek Bridge 1907
Montreal Steamer
Waddington 1922
The Waddington Bank
St. Lawrence Avenue
St. Lawrence Avenue
St. Lawrence Ave - 1906
St. Lawrence Ave
St. Lawrence Avenue - 1950s
Condensery Milk Plant Waddington
Sucker Brook, Waddington
Skyview Big Island to be flooded by the Seaway Dam
Crapser's Island at Waddington NY to be flooded by the Seaway Dam
Old Stone Bridge Crasper's Island
St. Lawrence Plaindelaer March 30, 1943 "50 Years Ago" taken from March 29,
1893 issue
Draw Bridge 1925
River View
Waddington Fishing Party 1917
St.
Lawrence Plaindealer Aug 18, 1936
School House Bucks Bridge
Ogdensburg Advance 1906
Ogdensburg Advance 1910
Potsdam St Lawrence Herald 1897
(note. Rev. John Byington was an Abolitionist - see note on Underground
Railroad below)
Watertown Times May 1971
From Wikipedia - Rev John Byington:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Byington
(b Vt 1798 , d Battle Creek Michigan 1887, buried Oak Hill Cemetery; M
Priscilla Ferris who d in/Charlotte Vt. and then m. Catherine Newton) Byington was active in the
antislavery movement and when the leadership of the
Methodist Episcopal Church opposed abolitionism, he withdrew from that
denomination and joined the new antislavery Wesleyan Methodist Connection. He
helped to erect a church and parsonage that are still standing at Morely, New
York. He went as a lay delegate to the Wesleyan organizational General
Conference meeting in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1844; and later became a Wesleyan
minister pastoring the church at
Lisbon, New York. He regularly entertained Native Americans and fugitive
slaves in his home (his home was reputed to be a stop on the "Underground
Railroad" at Buck's Bridge, New York, where he lived on a farm).
In 1844 he heard a
Millerite
sermon in
Cleveland, Ohio, but was not overly impressed. In 1852, upon reading a copy
of the Review and Herald (now the
Adventist Review) he began to keep the seventh-day
Sabbath. Shortly afterward
James and
Ellen White visited his home at Buck's Bridge. For three years he conducted
Sabbath meetings in his home, then he erected and owned a church building on his
property. This is reputed to have been the first Seventh-day Adventist-built
church. In a nearby home his daughter, Martha (later the wife of
George W. Amadon) taught what is thought to be the first Adventist
elementary school (1853).
Note, his parents Justus and Lucy Hinsdill Byington d in Morley NY.
Morley Cemetery:
Byington
Edward T., son of Mosley & Louisa Byington, d. Aug 25, 1850 AE 18 yrs
(Section 7)
Emeline, wife of * W Byington, d. Feb 27, 1855 AE 27 yrs (Section 7)
Rev. Justus Byington, d. April 22, 1839 Aged 76 yrs (Section 7)
Lucy Byington, d. Nov 11, 1852 AE 93 yrs (Section 7)
(Note, Ludy Hinsdill Byington had 10 children, Anson b Jan 6,
1788; Lucy b Dec 16, 1790; Archibold b Sept 7, 1792; Milo b Aug 7, 1794; Orrilla
b Sept 7, 1796; John b Oct 8 1798; Betsy b Sept 17, 1800; Lorain b July 18,
1802; Justus b July 9 1805; Wesley b Dec 28, 1807)
Bucks Bridge Cemetery:
Byington
Laura N Byington , Dau of John & Catharine Byington, Died Feb 9, 1852 AE 21
yrs
Teresa Byington , Dau of John & Catharine Byington, Died Mar 18, 1852 AE 15
yrs
From: http://www.teacherbulletin.org/TB_VOL9/pdfs/adventist_heritage.pdf
Martha was the eldest daughter of John and Catherine Byington. She was
described by some as having a farmer’s daughter appearance. She had red
hair and a disposition to match. She was very conscious of living a
healthy lifestyle. She attended a country school and was home taught by
her parents. When she was 19, her father, John Byington, donated
Martha’s services as the first Seventh-day Adventist teacher. Her other
qualifications for teaching seemed to be resourcefulness, determination,
and her wonderful sense of humor. She could sing and play the piano
well.
In all, she enjoyed life and was committed to following
the Lord.
Martha’s first class in Bucks Bridge had an enrollment
of 17 students. The school
register was as follows:
- Aaron Hillard's Children: Cynthia, Seymour,
Sydney, Eddie
- Henry Hillard's Children: Clark, Cyrus, Parmelia
- Penoyer Children: John. Orange, Ellen, Ruth
- Sam Crosbie's Children: Isabel, Samuel, Catherine,
Julia, Henry
- Frank Peck, nephew & adopted son of Alphonso &
Lucretia Peck
The Adventists of Bucks Bridge, New York saw the need to
train their youth to serve the Lord. Of Martha’s 17 students, two became
missionaries. Eddie Hilliard spent 18 years in the Australasian
Division, 15 years in the US, and 8 years in India where he died and is
buried. His cousin, Parmelia Hilliard, traveled too, and ministered
throughout the British Isles with her husband, S. H. Lane.
If the Bucks Bridge members were alive today, they would
see that their sacrifices resulted in worldwide schools. The Seventh-day
Adventist school system is considered to be the largest Protestant
educational entity in the world. Martha Byington married George Amadon
in Michigan. There she was a publishing worker and wrote articles for
the Review and Herald, while raising a family. She was president of the
first Dorcas Society. Martha lived to the age of 103!
Adapted from:
_____________, Advanced Reading Program Book 2. Teacher’s Manual,
Washington,
Ogdensburg Advance 1961
Canton Commercial Advertiser 1934
Ogdensburg Daily Journal Feb 24, 1919
Ogdensburg Daily Journal - March 28, 1864
Be sure to visit Sarah More's Waddington Web Page:
http://www.waddingtonredev.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=id_lochist
1908
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New York Times Article 1903
Death Notice - New York Spectator 1823/24
Wedding Announcement - July 1835 New York Spectator
New York Spectator 1836
New York Tribune March 1844
Albany NY Evening Journal 1844 from the NY American
St. Lawrence Gazette - Published in Ogdensburg- 1818
Ogdensburg Gazette July 31, 1827
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James Ricalton: A Waddington native, he
attended St. Lawrence University during the Civil War years. He became a
world-renowned photojournalist, naturalist, war correspondent and author, and
worked with Thomas Edison on several projects in connection with the development
of the incandescent lamp and motion picture camera.
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Hank Monk:
Hank Monk, born in Waddington, became one of the West's
most famous stage-coach drivers.
Hank Monk in the Sierras
Carson City Show
Hank driving the Stage
Hank Monk's Stage Coach Placerville California PO
Hank Monk
Hank Monk's Watch
Links to Hank Monk Webs sites:
http://www.visitcarsoncity.com/history/people/hank_monk.php and
http://www.twainquotes.com/interviews/HankMonk.html )
1880 Carson City, Nevada Census has Hank (Henry J) Monk
listed as 52 years old, b NY - Stage Coach Driver. (born 1828)
1870 Carson City, Nevada Census: Hank Monk 41, Stage Driver,
b NY, Anna 25, Keeping House, b Ireland.
1860 Waddington NY - Polly Monk, 52, Charles 21, Charlotte
16, George? 19
1860 - Kelsey, El Dorado County, California:
C Crispen 30 Hotel Keeper NY married within
the year
Elizabeth 25 PA
John Talen 32 Ostler Ireland
John Smith 22 Carpenter Ind
H Grosbeck 25 Stage Driver ILL
Henry Monk 26 ditto NY
Kate Baker 32 Domestic ditto
1850 Waddington NY - Mathias Monk 70 b NY, Elizabeth 60 b
Canada, William 40 b Canada, Maria 30 b NY, Christinana 40 b Canada, Mareus or
Marcus? 27 b Canada, Elizabeth 15 B Canada, Hannah 12, b Canada, Henry 11 b
Canada, Aaron 8, b Canada
Click here for more articles and info about:
St. Lawrence Republican 1913
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Looking across the St. Lawrence River into Canada at Morrisburg, Ontario,
Waddington Ferry is in Foreground
Sky View - Waddington & St. Lawrence River
Waddington Village Dock
Waddington Customs House & Depot - 1920s
Rail Road Station & Customs House Waddington
Waddington - Norwood & St. Lawrence RR Depot & Milk Company
Steam Shovel Accident - 1909
Dup
Ogdensburg Journal 1909
Waddington Methodist Church
ME Church 1909
St. Paul's Episcopal Church - Waddington
St. Paul's Episcopal Church early 1900s
St. Paul's
St. Paul's Interior
St. Paul's Interior
St. Mary's Church
Waddington 1910
St. Lawrence River
Plaindealer 1964 - Buck's Bridge
Waddington Milk Company
Waddington Winter
Paper Mill Ruins Waddington
Taylor House - Waddington - 1912
Waddington Recorder 1894
Ogdensburg Advance 1861
Greetings
T.R. Highway - Brannin's Bay 1924
Brannin's Bay 1930
Horse Show - Waddington - April 5, 1910
Cole's Creek Campsite
Waddington Dam & Pump House
Dam - 1907
Island House
From Canton Library "Scrapbook" Article - 1956 "The Island
House of the Ogdens was begun in 1811 and was finished in 1816. It was
then occupied by David Ogden and his family. It stood as a north country
landmark for generations but will be razed by the power authority this fall.
In 1880 the house passed out of the Ogden family and was purchased by Ebeneezer
Crasper. He made extensive repairs on the house and added a cupola.
The original house was 54 feet square and wings were added later. The
house has 12 fireplaces and four chimneys.....There was a fire in 1941 which
burned the top story and roof."
http://scrapbooks.cantonfreelibrary.org
Craspers Island
St. Lawrence Plaindealer September22, 1936
Island House
St. Lawrence Republican, March 30, 1898
Crapser Farm
Ogden House - started in 1808 - thought to be a stop on the Underground
Railroad
St. Lawrence Plaindealer Sept 22, 1880
Ogden Island House
Draw Bridge - Used for Tow Boats about 1850 - Causeway built by Ogdens Bank
1800-1810
Waddington Draw Bridge & Island
Ogden Island Waddington early 1900s
Ogden Land Bank Office
Read about Ogden Island, Isle au Rapide Plat, and the Ogdens
by clicking here:
http://www.history.rays-place.com/ny/waddington-ny.htm
Rootsweb Link for Abraham Ogden and children including David
Abraham Ogden:
http://worldconnect.rootsweb.com/cgi-bin/igm.cgi?op=GET&db=:1403350&id=I66564055
From 1873/4 Child's Gazetteer:
(5) David A. Ogden was born at
Morristown, N. J. He, with his father, Abraham Ogden, and brother, Thomas L.
Ogden, all of whom then resided in Newark, N.J., purchased the town of Madrid
from Wm. Constable in 1796. In 1803, after the death of the father, the two
brothers, having become sole owners, sold one-third to Joshua Waddington of New
York. David A. Ogden studied law in the office of his father, who was also
otherwise interested in lands in this county, in connection with Josiah Ogden
Hoffman, his brother-in-law. About the time of his father's death he removed to
New York, where in company with his brother, T. L. Ogden, he practiced his
profession, and formed a business connection with Alex. Hamilton which was
terminated by the memorable duel between that gentleman and Aaron Burr. He
continued the practice of law in the metropolis until his attention was directed
to the establishment of a homestead upon the island which bears his family name.
The ready sympathy and assistance he extended toward the early settlers in the
town is still remembered with the warmest gratitude. He was elected to the
Assembly in 1814 and 1815, and was a Representative in Congress from this state
from 1817 to 1819. He held the office of county judge eight years and resigned
in consequence of declining health. He died at Montreal, at the age of sixty,
June 9, 1829, and his remains were brought to Waddington and interred there.
Ellersie Castle
Fire destroyed "Ellerslie" the mansion of Col.
Gouverneur Ogden near Waddington Mar. 1, 1843. "The family had gone to church, it
being Ash Wednesday. Most of the furniture was saved and moved to his house
in Ogdensburg."
From an article at the Canton Library Scrapbooks
Elserly Castle Ruins
(spelled differently than above)
Ellersie Castle Waddington
Town Hall - 1910
Town Hall
Town Hall Waddington
Post Card provide by Sarah More
check out her web site at:
http://www.waddingtonredev.org/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=id_lochist
Per
Sarah,"Isaac Johnson, a gifted masonry worker, former slave, and Civil War
veteran, built Waddington's Old Town Hall in 1884. Johnson had been living
in Winchester, Ontario while all the terrible fires were wiping out
Waddington's Main Street....It is interesting that Johnson built the Old
Town Hall at the Public Square facing St. Paul's Episcopal Church where
probably thousands of sermons against slavery were preached. One a testimony
to God's purchase of man's freedom and the other a memorial to man's desire
for all men to be free. "
Town Hall early 1900s
Town Hall & Baseball Game
Town Hall
Waddington High School
Waddington Public Library
Bower Bros. Waddington
St. Lawrence Republican 1895
Waddington Recorder,
May 17, 1894
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