Mary HUEY [Parents] was born on 10 Sep 1940 in Stephenville, Texas. She married ALVAREZ.
Isaac Abraham HUEY [Parents] was born in 1858 in Jefferson Co, Hueytown, Alabama. He married Thomas [Tommie] Lavenia MORRIS.
Thomas [Tommie] Lavenia MORRIS was born in 1862 in Shelby Co, Texas. She married Isaac Abraham HUEY.
They had the following children:
M i Usco K. HUEY was born on 1 Jan 1900.
Henry Calvin GAULT [Parents].Henry married Mary Ann GLEGHORN.
Mary Ann GLEGHORN [Parents] was born on 20 Nov 1822 in Chester County, South Carolina. She died in Sep 1879 in Lincoln County, Tennessee. She married Henry Calvin GAULT.
P. Elmendorf SLOAN [Parents] was born 1 on 15 Jan 1845 in Brooklyn, NY. He died on 8 Jun 1916. He married Frederica J. MILLER on 15 Jan 1878 in Syracuse,, NY. P. Elmendorf SLOAN was counted in a census 2 in 1880 in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York.
Cortland Democrat, Feb. 4, 1919
Bit of History
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How Blodgett Mills People Stopped Trains in 1871In the year 1871 - 48 years ago - P. Elmendorf Sloan, a son of President Sam Sloan, of the D.L.& W. R.R., was superintendent of the Syracuse and Binghamton Railroad and was very unpopular all along the line, for the simple reason he didn¹t know anything about railroading and he was rarely sober.
During the year Elmendorf decided that there was no need of any trains stopping at Little York or Blodgett Mills and these two stations were cut off from the time-table.
What Little York did in the matter we are not informed. But the residents of Blodgett Mills didn¹t take kindly to the idea of walking to Cortland when they wanted to take the train, so they held a council of war and mapped out a plan to bring trains to a halt. About a half mile of the track north of the station was covered with a liberal coat of tar, and presto, the trains stopped because they had to. What P. Elmendorf said has never been in print.
At 10:22 PM 3/26/2003 -0500, Richard Palmer wrote:
Are you familiar with the family-sanctioned book, "History of Samuel and Margaret Sloan" by Joseph R. Duryea? I have been researching Sam Sloan for years in connection with the DL&W railroad, and have seen his house in Garrison, N.Y. Are there any descendants still living? At one time I was trying to find more out about his son, P. Elmendorf Sloan, who spent much of his life in what we would call today a "dry-out tank," or the Kings County Inebriate Asylum. He got into all kinds of trouble when he was made superintendent of the Syracuse, Binghamton & N.Y. Railroad in 1871-72, to the point that public indignation became almost a threat to the old man, "either get him out, or we're going to call for an investigation." I once had a bit of correspondence with his daughter who, believe it or not, was still alive in the 1960s. She had been placed in some kind of a home in Utica, N.Y. out of harm's way as her father was beating her mother, and he was spending most of his time in her father's saloon on West Onondaga Street next to the old depot. Following is a copy of an article I wrote for our local railroad club newsletter:Train Wreck Resulted in Superintendent Resigning
By Richard PalmerAbout noon, Nov. 29, 1872, a serious derailment occurred on the
Syracuse and Binghamton Railroad about seven miles south of Syracuse,
near Jamesville. The train, the afternoon accommodation, consisted of a
locomotive, baggage car, smoker and coach. Aboard were about 40
passengers, most of whom were on their way to spend Thanksgiving with friends and relatives.
The train was running at a speed of 15 to 20 miles per hour and
when it rounded a curve just north of Kinney's Bridge which carried the
Jamesville Toll Road over the the tracks, the locomotive jumped the
track, bounded 150 over the ties, and rolled down a 15-foot embankment,
dragging the train with it.
The locomotive was imbedded in the mud with the baggage car on top
of it, some 30 feet from the track. The smoker caught fire from the
overturned stove, but the uninjured passengers succeeded in
extinguishing the flames. The passenger car was also derailed and
overturned in the wreck.
The only serious casualty was Peter Mehan of Syracuse, the
engineer, who was scalded and burned to death. The fireman, H. Tibbetts,
was also badly scalded, but recovered. The passengers were shook up but
there were no casualties.
News of the train wreck spread quickly and only served to fan the fire
of indignation against Superintendent P. Elmendorf Sloan, son of Samuel
Sloan, president of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad. P.
Elmendorf was appointed to this post in March, 1871. During that time
his inept management had allowed him to become sufficiently notorious to make national headlines.
The train wreck was the culmination of a long series of blunders
that outraged the residents of the three counties the railroad passed
through. Other acts of the arrogant Sloan included closing stations in
several small communities and imposing deferred maintenance and
abolishing lay-over tickets. He was also a chronic alcoholic, which led
one local newspaper to quip, "P. Elmendorf Sloan is still in Syracuse.
Will someone please kidnap him?"
Time and again, individuals and committees had pleaded with the "old
man" to remove his son from the management of the road, but the requests
went unheeded. Following the train wreck, things got uncomfortably warm
for young Sloan, especially since it was proven, during a three-day
inquest, that the ties were sufficiently rotten and the rail warn so
badly that it caused the derailment.
The day following the wreck a public meeting was held at Syracuse City
Hall, presided over by the distinguished Andrew D. White, later
president of Cornell University, who had nothing good to say about the
railroad's management. The meeting resulted in adoption of resolutions
calling upon the D.L.& W. "to reform the evils complained of, and
demanding the removal of P. Elmendorf Sloan, the present Superintendent
of the road." An ad hoc committee was appointed to circulate
petitions asking the government to to investigate if the company
refused to "reform the management."
A short time later, on Dec. 2, Sloan submitted his letter of resignation:
"To the President and Board of Directors of the Syracuse, Binghamton and
New York Railroad Company: -
GENTLEMEN: - As the recent said accident near Syracuse has caused
much excitement and personal accusation with vindictive feeling, I deem
it my duty, regarding the Company's interests, to tender you my
resignation as Superintendent of your road.
For more than two years I have been connected with the road, and
until this accident, no injury whatever has occurred to any of our
passengers.
I deny that the accident arose from a defective or bad place in the
track, as has been alleged, and I desire the most rigid investigation of
the disaster.
While Superintendent, I have consulted the interests of the
stockholders in every manner, and have given my personal attention to
the receipts and disbursements of the Company's money, and at the same
time have endeavored not to be unmindful of my obligations to the
public.
With sincere thanks for the kindness you have at all times shown me, I am gentlemen,
Your obedient servant,
(Signed) P. ELMENDORF SLOAN,
General Superintendent."
Searching and thorough indeed was the coroner's inquest, which lasted several days. The inquest was fair and impartial, concluding the accident was the result of neglect.
Typical of the bad press Sloan received was this item which
appeared in the Chenango Union of Norwich, N.Y. of Thursday, Dec. 5, 1872:
"Resigned. - We learn that P. Elmendorf Sloan, the inefficient
Superintendent of the Syracuse and Binghamton Division of the D.L. & W.
Railroad, resigned his position on Monday evening, and Theodore Voorhees, formerly Assistant Engineer of the road, has been appointed in his place. For a long time the mismanagement of the road, under Sloan's tyrannical rule, has been denounced in every quarter. The slaughter on
Thursday, followed by the indignation meeting at Syracuse, made it too
warm for him, and he was compelled to vacate the position he has so long
disgraced. The road will be put in good order at once, and the
casualties on that road hereafter will probably be less frequent."
Theodore Voorhees, formerly of Troy, held the high position of
Assistant Chief Engineer of the D.L.& W. He was well qualified for the
position of superintendent, had excellent executive ability, and knew
how to properly manage and operate a railroad. He had overseen the
construction of the Utica, Chenango and Susquehanna Valley Railroad a
few years earlier. He immediately instituted a program of improvements
that eventually made the Syracuse & Binghamton one of the most well
managed and operated railroads in this part of the country.
Voorhees held this position for about two years, succeeded by
William K. Niver, a Syracuse coal merchant, who continued in Voorhees'
footsteps. In 1882 the railroad was double tracked most of its length.
For several years, it is believed Sloan remained on the Syracuse &
Binghamton in a much less responsible position in the freighthouse in
Syracuse shuffling papers.Sources
Various issues of the following local newspapers of November and
December, 1872, of:
Syracuse Journal
Syracuse Standard
Syracuse Courier
Cortland Standard
Chenango Union
Cortland Standard, Tues., Nov. 4, 1871An interesting Railroad Question. - The Binghamton Republican has the
following statement of the beginning of a litigation between a citizen and a
railroad company, which involves a question in which the general public is
interested: -
³Judge Edwards was put off from the evening train coming south on the
Syracuse and Binghamton railroad, at Whitney Point, on Thursday, because
Conductor Wildly would not receive his ticket for fare. By order of
Superintendent P. Elmendorf Sloan, all tickets are refused, unless used for
the time and trip for which they are purchased, and no ³stop off² tickets
are issued.
³Judge Edwards bought a ticket from Cortland to Binghamton, and rode on
it as far as Lisle, where he had occasion to stop off. When he wanted to
come to Binghamton, he offered the ticket to the conductor as fare, for the
remainder of his journey, but it was not accepted. The Judge refused to pay
his fare again, and he was put off by order of the conductor.
The conductor explained that he was only carrying out the instructions
of the Superintendent, and the Judge explained that he would be put off if
the conductor wished, and bring a suit against the railroad company for
damages.
³People have been very much discommoded by the orders of this
Superintendent, and Judge Edwards will do good public service by attending
to him in this particular class of grievances.²Cortland Standard, Tues., Nov. 14, 1871
Another Man Ejected From the Cars. - Hamilton Child, of Syracuse, was on
Friday put off of the Syracuse and Binghamton Railroad cars by Conductor
Vrooman, between Cortland and Blodgett¹s Mills. for trying to ride on a
ticket issued the day before.
The ticket was for passage between Syracuse and Binghamton, and had been
used as far as Cortland. Mr. Child called upon Judge Edwards, who had a
similar grievance against the company, to know what he is ³going to do about
it.²
It appears that the affair of ejecting Judge Edwards was not such a
mutual and agreeable affair as we had reason to believe yesterday. The
brakeman who handled the Judge did it in such a rough manner as to lame his
arm and to otherwise injure him. Mr. Child was kicked and pushed off. -
Binghamton Republican.Syracuse Journal, Dec. 3, 1870
Christmas Music.
A Sonnet.
Let all of us in Syracuse be proud
Of Hinton¹s Fairy Opera, Such a sweet
And choice production has but seldom greet
The ears of men. Who e¹er may be allowed
Th¹ employment of its strains, will feel endowed
With many happy thought for Christmas meet,
With hints for Santa Claus¹s merry crowd. -
What better shows a heaven here on earth,
To those who can appreciate its worth,
Then youth¹s delight at dawn of Jesus¹ birth?
Around the mystic tree are gathering
Dear children, sheltered under His broad wing,
To praise, with Music¹s aid, their Savior King.
P. ELMENDORF SLOAN
New York World, Nov. 6, 1878Young Sloan Committed.
A Jury Decides That He is at Present a Habitual Drunkard.
A jury of fifteen men, ex-Congressman Tunis G. bergen foreman, inquired
yesterday into the mental condition of P. Elmendorf Sloan, who was taken to
the Kings County Home for Inebriates, at Bay Ridge, three weeks ago. He is a
son of Mr. Samuel Sloan, President of the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western
Railroad, is thirty years old and is said to own real estate in Syracuse,
where he lived for several years.
In July last he returned to his father¹s residence in this city and
lived there with his wife. James Cullen, of No. 21 West Seventeenth street,
clerk for the Delaware, Lackawanna & Western Railroad Company, now employed
in looking after the elder Mr. Sloan¹s house, testified that Elmendorf was
never regular in going and coming while at his father¹s house, and was never
sober when he did come in; he frequently abused his wife; once tried to push
her over the stairs; on one occasion she screamed murder from the window of
the room in which she was locked, and once she ran into the street to call a
police officer; he had no employment while there, but had told the witness
that he was engaged on inventions; one of his works was a fancy cuff button.
The Superintendent of the Home, Mr. Willetts, testified that young Sloan
was laboring under alcoholic mania. In that condition a man is suspicious of
his relatives especially, and is more or less violent. In the witness¹s
opinion Sloan was not a safe man to be at large.
The jury returned a verdict that Mr. Sloan¹s case was one of habitual
drunkenness. He is to remain under treatment at the Home. His real estate is
valued at from $3,000 to $4,000. He has no personal property except some
patents.
Frederica J. MILLER was born 1 in 1860 in Canada. She married P. Elmendorf SLOAN on 15 Jan 1878 in Syracuse,, NY. Frederica was counted in a census 2 in 1880 in Syracuse, Onondaga, New York.
They had the following children:
F i Isabel SLOAN was born on 12 Oct 1884.
Benson Bennett SLOAN [Parents] was born 1 on 29 Mar 1867 in New York. He married Anna Lydia Worth on 28 Nov 1889 in Collegiate Church, 5th Ave., New York. Benson was counted in a census 2 in 1880 in New York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater, New York.
Other marriages:SLOANE, Margaret U.
Anna Lydia Worth [Parents] died on 11 Apr 1912. She married Benson Bennett SLOAN on 28 Nov 1889 in Collegiate Church, 5th Ave., New York.
Benson Bennett SLOAN [Parents] was born 1 on 29 Mar 1867 in New York. He married Margaret U. SLOANE on 4 Jun 1913 in American Chapel of St. George's, Berlin. Benson was counted in a census 2 in 1880 in New York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater, New York.
Other marriages:Worth, Anna Lydia
Margaret U. SLOANE [Parents].Margaret married Benson Bennett SLOAN on 4 Jun 1913 in American Chapel of St. George's, Berlin.
They had the following children:
M i Benson Bennett SLOAN Jr was born on 2 Jan 1915. He died about 1994. M ii William Milligan SLOAN was born on 28 Jul 1916. M iii Samuel SLOAN III was born on 18 Feb 1919. He died on 16 Dec 2001.
Edgar Stirling AUCHINCLOSS [Parents] was born in 1847. He died in 1892. He married Maria La Grange "Maggie" SLOAN in 1872 in New York, NY.
Maria La Grange "Maggie" SLOAN [Parents] was born 1 on 4 Feb 1847 in Brooklyn, NY. She died on 15 Dec 1929 in 120 E. 70, N.Y.C.. She married Edgar Stirling AUCHINCLOSS in 1872 in New York, NY. Maria was counted in a census 2 in 1880 in New York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater, New York.
They had the following children:
M i Samuel Sloan AUCHINCLOSS was born on 2 Mar 1873. He died in 1934. M ii Edgar Stirling AUCHINCLOSS , Jr. was born on 13 Dec 1874. He died in 1910. F iii Ellen Elizabeth AUCHINCLOSS was born on 24 Apr 1877. M iv Hugh AUCHINCLOSS was born in Dec 1878. He died in 1947. M v Charles Crooke AUCHINCLOSS was born on 24 Sep 1881. M vi James Coats AUCHINCLOSS was born on 19 Jan 1885. M vii Gordon AUCHINCLOSS was born on 15 Jun 1886. He died in 1943. M viii Reginald La Grange AUCHINCLOSS was born on 20 Jan 1891.
Joseph WALKER , Jr [Parents] was born in 1858. He died in 1927. He married Elizabeth La Grange SLOAN.
Elizabeth La Grange SLOAN [Parents] was born 1 on 26 Nov 1862 in Brooklyn, NY. She died in 1960. She married Joseph WALKER , Jr. Elizabeth was counted in a census 2 in 1880 in New York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater, New York.
They had the following children:
F i Margaret Elmendorf WALKER was born on 24 May 1889. M ii Joseph WALKER , 3rd. was born on 20 Sep 1892. M iii Samuel Sloan WALKER was born on 14 Apr 1895.
Richard Collins COLT [Parents] was born in 1863. He died in 1938. He married Mary Adelaide SLOAN on 14 Oct 1891 in Garrison, NY.
Mary Adelaide SLOAN [Parents] was born 1 on 14 Apr 1868 in New York. She married Richard Collins COLT on 14 Oct 1891 in Garrison, NY. Mary was counted in a census 2 in 1880 in New York (Manhattan), New York City-Greater, New York.
They had the following children:
M i Samuel Sloan Colt was born on 13 Jul 1892. F ii Catherine Colt was born on 30 Oct 1895. F iii Mary Sloan Colt was born on 11 Sep 1898.
John L. AUCHINCLOSS [Parents] was born about 1805 in New York City, NY. He died in 1876. He married Elizabeth BUCK.
Elizabeth BUCK [Parents] was born in 1816. She died in 1902. She married John L. AUCHINCLOSS.
They had the following children:
M i Edgar Stirling AUCHINCLOSS was born in 1847. He died in 1892. M ii John Winthrop AUCHINCLOSS was born on 23 Apr 1853. M iii Hugh Dudley AUCHINCLOSS was born on 8 Jul 1858. He died on 21 Apr 1913. M iv Edgar Sterling AUCHINCLOSS was born in 1847. He died in 1892. M v John Winthrop AUCHINCLOSS was born on 23 Apr 1853. M vi Edgar Sterling AUCHINCLOSS was born in 1847. He died in 1892. M vii John Winthrop AUCHINCLOSS was born on 23 Apr 1853.