At his home Treadwell’s Bay died Elder Thomas Treadwell, son of Judge Thomas Treadwell (1748-1832).  Before coming here as a pioneer, none had attained greater eminence than the father, participating as he did in the formation of the new government as a member of both Provincial and Continental Congresses, Committee of Safety, etc.  As one of the founders of the Presbyterian Church it was Elder Treadwell who opened the correspondence with the Rev. Frederick Halsey, which resulted in the latter’s coming here as a first pastor.

The same day died Mary Hay, daughter of the Scotchman William Hay, the first settler in Peru, and “relict” of Lott Elmore.

Sunday, March 20, 1859

Death of Hannah Saxe Scovell, ninth child and only daughter of John Saxe, the pioneer and wife of Josiah B. Scovell.

Thursday, April 8, 1859

At Yonkers, N.Y., died Helen Livingston Platt, widow of Hon. Jonas Platt, aged 93 years.

Sunday, April 10, 1859

Died at the age of eighty, Phebe Platt Bailey, wife of Judge William Bailey and a daughter of Capt. Nathaniel Platt.

Friday, September 30, 1859

Paul Marshall, a native of Hinesburgh, Vt., died at Plattsburgh, where he had carried on a large mercantile business for many years. His old home on Cornelia street, of a cut limestone and several business blocks of the same stone, still stand, reminding one of his extensive real estate holdings. While young, he settled in Beekmantown with his father and there engaged in the tanning business, continuing the same after his removal to Plattsburgh.

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