Wednesday, January 14, 1829
Zephaniah C. Platt, son of Isaac C.
Platt and Ann Elizabeth Miller, daughter of Co. Thos. and Elizabeth (Conklin)
Miller, were made man and wife.
Tuesday, April 22, 1829
In Burlington died Mark Rice, a native of Massachusetts and founder of the Unitarian Fund of the First Congregational Society from which a substantial income is annually derived. An humble, unlettered mechanic, he so make his chairs an built his character that the first have withstood the ravages of time and the second will grow brighter and brighter.
Saturday, April 25, 1829
Westville (Franklin Co.) was taken from the old town of Constable (named for Wm. Constable, agent and part proprietor). It was owned by the Constable family and for many years Judge Wm. Bailey of Chateaugay and Dr. Albon Man, brothers-in-law, were agents.
William Thorne, from whom Thorne's Corners is named died, aged 6o. He was from England originally, but came to Plattsburgh with Dr. John Miller, whose wife's niece, Susan Mitchell, he had married in Poughkeepsie. Her sister Sally married a Dorland of Troy, for years proprietor of the Mansion House in that city. Another sister, Margaret, was the wife of Isaac Smith of Federal Stores on the Hudson, Mrs. Thorne survived until April 20, 1859, reaching the age of 88. She was buried beside her husband in the cemetery at West Plattsburgh.
