Excerpts from pension declaration: "...constitutes and appoints with full power of restitution and invocation Pardon Lanpher of West Lowville, Lewis County N. Y. his true and lawful attorney to prosecute his claims and obtain the pension
certificate that may be issued, that his post office is at Lorain, County of Jefferson State of New York: that his place of abode is Lorain, Jefferson County N.Y."Curtis G. Lane S. B. Chapman Anson Dodge
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TREASURY DEPARTMENT, Third Auditor's Office,
Feb. 3, 1877.
Respectfully returned to the Commissioner of Pensions with the information that the rolls of Capt. Joel Murray's Company of New York Militia show that Anson Dodge, Corporal served from July 30th, 1814, to August 21st, 1814. There was no
travel. He paid for 23 days @ $10. per month, $7.41/100He also served in Capt. Wm. Root's Company from Oct. 7th to Nov. 11th, 1814. No travel. Paid for one month and five days.
Horace Austin
Auditor
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Land Warrant No. 12544:
UNITED STATE OF AMERICA
BOUNTY LAND
Department of the Interior, Office of the commissioner of pensions
it is hereby certified that under the act of March 3rd, 1855, entitled an act in addition to certain officers and soldiers who have been engaged in the military service of the United States
Anson Dodge corporal
Captain Root's company of New York Militia
War of 1812
is entitled to locate one hundred and sixty acres at any land office of the United States in one body and in conformity to the legal subdivisions of the public lands upon any of the publications subject to sale at either the minimum or lower
graduated prices given under my hand and the seal of the Department this 10th day of December 1855, Imoinot (?) commissioner--------------------
1 CMNT Came To Lewis County In 1806
French's Gazetteer of New York:HARRISBURGH3was formed from Lowville, Champion, (Jefferson co.,) and Mexico, (Oswego co.,) Feb. 22, 1803. Denmark was taken off in 1807, and a part of Pinckney in 1808. It lies upon the slate hills and limestone terraces N. W. of the center of
the co. Its general inclination is toward the N. E., its S. W. corner being 300 to 500 feet above Black River. Its surface is generally rolling, but in the S. W. it is moderately hilly. Deer River and its tributaries are the principal streams.
The soil is generally a rich loam largely intermixed with disintegrated limestone and slate. Harrisburgh, in the N. E. part, and South Harrisburgh, in the S., are P. offices. Settlement commenced a short time previous to the War of 1812.4 The
first religious services were conducted by Elder Amasa Dodge, a Free Will Baptist minister. There are 4 churches in town.
Obituary:(13 Oct. 1969 newspaper): DEXTER---John Wylie, 72, died Sunday in Mercy Hospital, Watertown, where he had been a patient since Aug. 25.
The funeral will be Tuesday at 2 p.m. , at the Johnson Funeral Home, with Rev. Weston A. Stevens, pastor of All Souls Universalist Church, Watertown, officiating. Burial will be in Dexter Cemetery.
Friends may call at the funeral home tonight from 7 to 9 p.m.
Contributions may be made to the Memorial Fund of Dexter Universalist Church.
He is survived by his widow, Mrs. Theresa Wylie; four daughters, Mrs. Robert J. (Ruth) Hewitt, Liverpool, Mrs. Donald W. (Lois) Nutting and Mrs. Helen Farrel, both of Dexter, and Mrs. Merlyn (Irma L.) Randall, Adams Center, 14
grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren; three sisters, Mrs. Michael (Mary) McManaman, Glen Park, Mrs. Floyd (Erma) Wilson, Watertown, and Mrs. Harold (Hazel) Rusho, Watertown.Mr. Wylie was born Aug. 2, 1897, son of David and Maude Hutchinson Wylie. He lived on Grindstone Island and attended Clayton High School. He married Miss Theresa VanAllen of Muscallonge Lake, March 5, 1919 at the home of her parents.
After their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Wylie lived on Grindstone Island and then operated farms in the Town of Brownville until 1929, when Mr. Wylie began work in the state game farm near Dexter. They moved to the village in 1934.
In 1941, Mr. Wylie became custodian at Dexter High School and later at General Brown High School. He retired in 1964 as head custodian, following an illness in 1963. The 1964 high school year book was dedicated to him and he was honored
at the school with an open house.He was a member of the
1 CMNT Of Muscallonge Lake
Obituary (from newspaper of 5 Nov. 1983): DEXTER---Mrs. Theresa Wylie, 88, former village resident, widow of John Wylie, died early this morning in Samaritan-Keep Home, where she had been a patient since October 1975.The funeral will be at 1 p.m. Monday at the Johnson Funeral Home, Rev. Stuart Hild, pastor of All Souls Unitarian Universalist Church, Watertown, officiating. Burial will be in Dexter Cemetery.
There will be no calling hours.
Contributions may be made to the First Universalist Church or the Dexter Rescue Squad.
Surviving are three daughters, Mrs. Donald (Lois) Nutting, Dexter, Mrs. Robert ( Ruth) Hewitt, North Syracuse, and Mrs. Helen Farrell, Dexter; 13 grandchildren, and 19 great-grandchildren.
A daughter, Irma, died before her.
Born July 22, 1895 in Theresa, daughter of Charles and Lota Garrett VanAllen, she was graduated from Dexter High School in 1914 and taught at rural schools before her marriage to John Wylie on March 5, 1919 in the Dexter Methodist Church.
They operated farms in the area and he was later custodian at Dexter High School.
Mr. Wylie died Oct. 12, 1969.
Mrs. Wylie was a member of the First Universalist Church.