Directory of People
Abram Van Eps
1762 - 1841
Van Eps is one of the founders of Vernon. A merchant in Oriskany, his trading with the Oneida Nation led him to setup stores in Westmoreland and Vernon. He was granted a patent in 1796 of land purchased from the Oneida Nation by New York State the previous year. The Van Eps patent is largely what is today the Village of Vernon.
M.H. Hubbard
1852 - 1921
Madison County-born architect, who designed more than 400 buildings across America, including the Vernon Center Union Schoolhouse and the Vernon Methodist Church. He also designed the canopy for President U.S. Grant's casket.
J. J. Bartholomew
1854 - 1938
Prominent Vernon citizen and businessman. Owner of Vernon Mills and village mayor.
Salmon Case
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Merchant, bank co-founder and prominent founder/citizen.
David Tuttle
1769 - 1834
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When David Tuttle was born on 15 October 1769, in New Haven, New Haven, Connecticut, United States, his father, Jehiel Tuttle, was 40 and his mother, Charity Dayton, was 39. He married Polly Austin in 1801, in Torrington, Litchfield, Connecticut, United States. They were the parents of at least 3 sons and 7 daughters. He died in June 1834, in Vernon, Vernon, Oneida, New York, United States, at the age of 64, and was buried in Vernon Center Cemetery, Vernon Center, Vernon, Oneida, New York, United States.
Deacon Ira Hills
1872 - 1878
One of the original settlers of Vernon, family settled Vernon Center. Lived to be 96.
Col. David T. Jenkins
1836 - 1864
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Col. David Tuttle Jenkins
BIRTH 4 May 1836
DEATH 5 May 1864 (aged 28)
BURIAL
Vernon Village Cemetery
Vernon, Oneida County, New York, USA
MEMORIAL ID 43367840 · View Source
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David Tuttle Jenkins
After assisting to raise the 117th New York Infantry (Fourth Oneida), Jenkins was mustered in as a first lieutenant and regimental adjutant of the 146th on Aug 26, 1862. Born May 4, 1836, the tall and slender 26-year-old had attended Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, and was practicing law in Vernon at the commencement of the war. A competent soldier and skilled engineer, Jenkins was promoted Major on Sept 17, 1862, then to lieutenant colonel on July 23, 1863. On May 5, 1864, he was in command of the division pickets, but learning that an attack was to be made, he asked to be returned to his regiment to lead it into battle. At the head of the regiment he led his men in the charge across Saunders Field in support of the 140th New York. The last time he was seen by member of the unit, he had his back against a tree and was leaning on his sword. He had been wounded at least twice, once in the head and another shot through the body, yet he encouraged his men to "go on." Hopes that Jenkins had been captured faded as time passed. His body was never recovered. Major A. Pierson Case of the regiment remembered: "n a time of heroes, he too was a hero—he was ours, and we ought to be proud of him."