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Field, James T., was born at Sackets Harbor, N. Y., December 9, 1832. He was educated in the public schools
and follows the honorable occupation of farming. Mr. Field's father, Joseph Field, was born in County Tyrone, Ireland,
August 10, 1800; he married Sarah Wright of his native county and came to the United States in the year 1829, locating
at Sackets Harbor, N. Y. They had eight children, five of whom still survive: John W., James P., (as above), Jane
E., Jennette G., Joseph W., Martha A., Lucinda S. and Maggie E. Mr. Field died October 9, 1878, and his widow February
9, 1883. John W. married Amelia Simons of Hounsfield, and they have four children: Carrie, George, Harry and Jessie
M. Joseph W. was a soldier in Co. B, 186th N. Y. Vols., and was killed in the battle of Five Forks in April, 1865.
Jane B. married twice, first to Alfred Stevenson, and had ten children; after Mr. Stevenson's death she married
William Thrall, now of Niagara county. Jennette G. married O. L. Wilton of Niagara county, and they have one daughter,
Sarah M., now Mrs. Weaver. Martha A. married William B. Pettit of the town of Hounsfield, and they have three children,
Albert A., Minnie S. and William F. Lucinda S. married John T. Hooper of Hounsfield, now of Chicago, Ill., and
they have two children, Edith S. and Wallace T. Maggie E. is now keeping house for her brother, James T. Joseph
Field was care taker and guard of the old ship Orleans for ten years. The family are members of the Presbyterian
church and they came to reside on the Field homestead in 1845 and have owned it for sixty-seven years. Indians
were located on it when they first purchased it.
Source:
Our County and it's people
a descriptive work on Jefferson County, New York
Edited by: Edgar C. Emerson
The Boston History Co., Publishers, Syracuse, N. Y. 1898
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