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Extracts from the book
"Our Country and its People -
A Memorial Record of St Lawrence County, New York."
Written by Gates Curtis, published 1894

PART 1, HISTORICAL - CHAPTER XXI - THE TOWN OF LISBON - ORGANIZED IN 1801.

Page 324
..... "In 1802 the sons of William Lyttle, John, Samuel, William and James; also Richard and John Flack, Mr Crosset, Issac and Elihu Gray, John McCrea and sons John Jr, Samuel and Alexander, and several others arrived in town (Lisbon) during the following two or three years" .....

..... "During the war of 1812 Mrs James Flack (*Mary Sophia Polly Powell? *) felt so unsafe so near the scene of active hostilities, and mounted a hourse, took her 4 month old child to Plattsburg, and thence to Hebron, Washington County. Mr Flack, (* James Flack b.1787 *) father of Garrett, became an extensive lumberman in St Lawrence County." .....

Page 326
...... "Flackville took its rise at the building of the turnpike from Ogdensburg to Parishville in 1818. Thomas Craig built a small store there and John P Flack built an ashery, a store and a carriage shop. James Flack purchased the hotel and rebuilt it on a larger scale. greatly improving the place, and from him it took his name. A Post Office was established there, 2 churches were soon erected - Methodist and Presbyterian - and the place soon became the business centre for that part of the town." ....

Page 327
..... "A steam saw mill was built just south of the village and operated a few years by G W Flack and his brother about 1865; they also sawed shingles and ground provender." ..........

PART 1, HISTORICAL - CHAPTER LI - ADDENDA.

Page 717 (see tree 612J - remove this once linked.)
...." Nathaniel Wells was born in Pierrepont, 26 Aug 1837, and was educated in the Canton Acadamey. He studied law with W H Sawyer, of Canton, and was admitted to the bar in 1859. In 1869 he came to Ogdensburgh and has conducted a law practice here since that time. In 1862 he married Tirzah C Flack. They have 2 sons: Leslie Wells and J F Wells, the former an attorney and partner with his father in the firm of Wells and Wells." ......

PART 2, BIOGRAPHICAL

CURTIS
... "William Curtis was born in Essex County, England, in 1595. He married Sarah Eliot, sister of Rev John Eliot who came to Boston in 1631, to labor with the Pilgrims in christianising the natives, and became widely known as the "apostle of the North American Indians". ... (Here I Skip lots of history of the Curtis Lineage)....

.... " Jonathan (the 6th) was born in Raynham, Massachussetts, 13 Jan 1788. He left home in 1807, lived one year in New Hampshire, one in Vermont and went to Essex County New York in 1809. he maried Phebe Rising, 13 Jan 1811, and soon after moved to Chateuagay, Franklin County. He served in the war of 1812, was in the battle of Plattsburg, and was on of Captain Tildens company captured in the blockhouse at French Mills, now Fort Covington.

In May 1822, he with his wife and family, consisting of 4 children - Milansa, Miranda, Albern and Sabrina (2 sons and a daughter having died in infancy) moved to St Lawrence County, and settled in the southerly part of Oswegatchie, now Depeyster, where 5 more children were born to them - Gates, Susan Andrew J, Pamelia L and N Martin. His Principle occupation, except a few years in lumbering, was farming.

At the organisation of the town in 1825 he acted as a chairman, and afterwards held several offices of trust, as the town records show. He died at Depeyster, 20 March 1861. Phebe, his widow, died at the home of her daughter, Pamelia Flack, in Ogdensburg, 20 Sep 1868." ......

.... (Lots about the children of Jonathan and Phebe) ...

..... "Pamelia L Married George W Flack, 12 June 1866. They have one child, Ella PC (Flack)" .....

PART 3, PERSONAL SKETCHES

PAGE B3
Rev Henry Crounce Abbot, Massachussetts, Potsdam, was born in the town of Gallopville, Schoharie County, 23 Nov 1830, a son of Henry who was a farmer and native of Schoharie County. Subject was only 4 years old when his parents moved to Clay, Onondaga County, where Henry received his education. he afterwards attended Falley Seminary at Fulton, from which he graduated in 1854. In 1855 he entered Wesylan University at Middletown graduationing with the degree A.B. in 1859, and immediately entered the conference of the M.E. Church. His first charge was at New London, Oneida county, New York, where he was located for one year, and has since been located at Constantia, Florence, Sandy Creek, Rodman, Turin, Butler, Flemming, Hannibal, Huevelton, Buck's Bridge, Massena, Black River, Hermon, Butler Centre, Norfolk, Lisbon and was appointed 1892 as agent for the St Lawrence County Bible Society and is serving his second term. He has been twice married. His first wife was Mary Fletcher, daughter of Rev. Thomas Newman of the New York Conference. Mrs Abbot died 2 Feb 1874, and he married second, in 1877, Leonora Norton of Canton. He is the father of seven children: George Irving, a general clerk in Kingsford Foundry at Oswego; Anna Laura, wife of Hugh Flack, a leading clerk in Manchester, R.I (Rhode Island?); Grace Mary of the town of Van Buren, Onondaga County; Dora Norton; Leon Charles, Lou. Doucolion, and Lena Newman, students of Norwood Academy. Mr Abbot is a staunch Prohibitionist. (This family in Tree 619J)

PAGE B44
Garret P Flack, Lisbon, was born in Lisbon, 27 May 1824. He is one of the extensive farmers of the county, owning 800 acres of land, and all his property has been aquired by his own industry and ability. He married Betsey M Jones and they had 5 children, two sons and three daughters. Mr Flack has been supervisor of the town and held other important offices. His father was James Flack, who took part in the war of 1812, and was one of the earlier settlers of Lisbon.

PAGE A98
Joseph C Martin, Lisbon, 27 Apr 1820. His life has been spent as a farmer, and he has been remarkably successful. His father, Joseph Martin, came from Ireland and settled in Lisbon in 1805, being one of the first settlers of the town. His mother was Margaret (Armstrong) Martin. Mr Martin married Alvira Sheldon and they have one son, Miles R Martin, who is in business in Lisbon Centre. He married Laura B Flack daughter of Garret P Flack of Lisbon. Mr J C Martin is one of the oldest and highly esteemed citizens of the town.