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Facts and Events
| Name |
James Smith McEntee |
| Gender |
Male |
| Birth[1][2][3][5][6][9] |
21 Mar 1800 |
Western, Oneida, New York, United States |
| Marriage |
20 Jan 1825 |
to Mary Susan Swan |
| Marriage |
29 Jul 1827 |
New Paltz, Ulster, New York, United Statesto Sarah Jane Goetschius |
| Occupation[4] |
1880 |
Farmer |
| Death[3][10][11][12] |
30 Jun 1887 |
Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States |
| Burial[13] |
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Montrepose Cemetery, Kingston, Ulster, New York, United States |
References
- ↑ 1850 US Census
(http://www.ancestry.com), accessed February 27, 2008, citing Census Place: Kingston, Ulster, New York; Roll: M432_607; Page: 78; Image: 159. - ↑ 1840 US Census
(http://www.ancestry.com), accessed February 27, 2008, citing Census Place: Kingston, Ulster, New York; Roll: 347; Page: 149.
- ↑ 3.0 3.1 Heidgerd, William. The Goetschius Family in America. (New Paltz, New York: The Elting Memorial Library, 1984)
p. 83.
- ↑ 1880 US Census
(http://www.ancestry.com), accessed February 27, 2008, citing Census Place: Kingston, Ulster, New York; Roll: T9_939; Family History Film: 1254939; Page: 272.1000; Enumeration District: 132; Image: 0546.
Live on Chester Street, in Kingston, Ulster, New York
- ↑ 1870 US Census
(http://www.ancestry.com), accessed February 27, 2008, citing Census Place: Rondout Village, Ulster, New York; Roll: M593_1106; Page: 421; Image: 256.
- ↑ 1860 US Census
(http://www.ancestry.com), accessed February 27, 2008, citing Census Place: Kingston, Ulster, New York; Roll: M653_870; Page: 0; Image: 347.
- The Century House Historical Society. Natural News. (Rosendale, New York: online (http://www.centuryhouse.org>)
Spring 2002, "Living on Hollow Ground - The Natural Cement Industry of Rosendale, New York" by Brenda L. Wood.
Though accounts vary, like any other tales of discovery, it seems most likely that laborers blasting a channel for the D & H Canal on the property of Jacob Low (e) Snyder, in Lawrenceville, found a homogenous type rock which resembled the prized limestone used in balancing garden soil pH. The suspect rock was taken to a blacksmith shop in High Falls and put through extensive testing. After being burned in the blacksmith’s forge, the sample was removed and water was applied to see if the soft, chalky material would slack and crumble. With much disappointment the sample did not slack, leading them to believe that the stone they had found was something other then the limestone they had hoped. However, after several hours they noted that the material began to harden into a substance harder then its original form. The site engineer, James S. McEntee, because of his previous experience on the Erie Canal project, reportedly began to suspect that his crew had in fact made a valuable discovery, not of agricultural lime, but of natural cement. McEntee gathered several more samples and attempted to recreate the experiments done previously. They again burned, grinded the samples and mixed it with water. The results were amazing “ what happened next was probably the closest thing to a miracle that McEntee ever witnessed”, slowly before his very eyes, the sample began to set and eventually hardened into a solid mass which was extremely difficult to break.
- New York State Historical Association. Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, 8th Annual Meeting, 1907. (Albany, New York: 1907)
(http://books.google.com/books?id=5vyDbM7hDkQC> accessed on February 28, 2008, citing pp. 101-102.
"In Pearson's 'Genealogies of the First Settlers of the Ancient County of Albany from 1630 to 1800," are mentioned the names of numerous Irish settlers. Many of them were residents of the county long before the opening of the eighteenth century . . . The most pronounced Irish names enumerated in this book are . . . McEntee . . ."
New York State Historical Association, Proceedings of the New York State Historical Association, 8th Annual Meeting, 1907, Albany, New York: 1907, (http://books.google.com/books?id=5vyDbM7hDkQC) accessed on February 28, 2008, citing pp. 101-102.
- ↑ 1820 US Census
(http://www.ancestry.com), accessed March 21, 2008, citing Census Place: Perry, Genesee, New York; Roll: M33_72; Page: 230; Image: 125.
- ↑ New York State Department of Health, Vital Records. (Albany, New York)
(http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.com/~mwalters/NYVitalStatsDeaths.html>, accessed February 27, 2008, citing Death Certificate #18798 for James S. McEntee, June 30, 1887.
- ↑ The New York Times. (New York, New York)
Obituaries, July 1, 1887.
"James S. McEntee, a civil engineer, and the oldest citizen of Rondout, New York, died there yesterday , in the eighty-seventh year of his age. Mr. McEntee was one of the engineers who laid out the Erie Canal and the Union Canal of PA, and surveyed the DE and Hudson Canal. He took a contract for mining the first coal ever mined in the Lackawanna Valley in 1830 and in 1847 built a section of the Hudson River Railroad, from Tarrytown to Irvington. He also surveyed the Ulster and DE Railroad. Two sons survive him. The oldest is James McEntee [sic], the well-known landscape painter, and the youngest G.L. McEntee, who does business in Rondout. The daughter, Dr. Sarah McEntee, is a practicing physician in Kingston City."
- ↑ Last, Kathleen L. Inventory of Westernville Presbyterian Cemetery. (October 1999 - February 2000)
(http://www.interment.net/data/us/ny/oneida/western/western_lp.htm>, examined for any reference to "McEntee," accessed February 28, 2008.
"McEntee, J. S., b.Mar. 21, 1800, June 30, 1887, born in this town, died in Kingston, Ulster Co., New York"
- ↑ MacEntee, Thomas. Inventory of Montrepose Cemetery 2008 03 10. (March 10, 2008).
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PROPERTY SALES BY DATE OF RECORDING
TOWN OF MANLIUS: 1830-1839
"Mc Entee, James S. to Trus. of L. Van Slyke 1831 (VV,187) lot 62
Mc Entee, James S. to D. Van Slyke 1831 (VV,189) lot 62 "
So it seems that James S. McEntee was in Onondaga County prior to moving down to Ulster County.
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