Wednesday, January 29, 1868
Died in Champlain, “lamented by all who knew him” Jonathan Douglas, son of the Revolutionary soldier and pioneer in 1793 in Chazy, Capt. John Douglas and grandson of Maj. Asa Douglas of Stephentown, N.Y. He spent most of his life on a farm in Chazy, was a miller by trade and served in the American army during the war of 1812 to 15. He married a cousin Lucy Douglas of Pittstown and had twelve children.
Friday, January 31, 1868
A public meeting of citizens of Plattsburgh village held at the Court House to consider the subject of supplying the village with pure and wholesome water.
Saturday, September 20, 1868
While performing the duty of a
surgeon in an expedition against the Indians under Col. Forsythe, John Henry Mooers, M.D.
was killed. His father, Dr. Benjamin J. Mooers, was engaged in the same work in the battle
of Plattsburgh.
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