Edwin L. Ford, M.D., son of David and Abigail Ford, was born in Lexington, and is a descendant of the early Fords from Columbia County. He enlisted (1862) in Co. F. 120th regiment N.Y. volunteers, in which he served three years. He was in the battles of Fredericksburg, Chancellorsville, Gettysburg, Petersburg, Hatcher's Run, etc., wounded at Gettsburg, and taken prisoner and confined to the following prisons: Libby, Belle Isle, Savannah, and for nearly one year at Andersonville. When captured his weight was 174 pounds, when discharged it was but 84 pounds. He was discharged at Emory Hospital, Washington, D.C. 1865. He married Adelaide Cox, daughter of Leonard and Leonora Cox, natives of Massachusetts. The father was well known in the history of New England journalism.

 

Le Roy E. George, of Lexington, the son of Walter and Hannah M. George, was born in 1859. His wife was Miss M. E. Mansfield of Shandaken, Ulster county. He is a farmer, and has 196 acres of land. His father, who was a native of Middletown, Delaware county, New York, came to Lexington in 1857, and located on the farm where his widow and his son, L.E., now reside. He died in 1882.

 

Edward Griffin, a son of Miller and Christina Griffin, was born in Lexington, where he now resides in 1856. His wife was Miss Elmina Kilpatrick, daughter of Robert and Thirza Kilpatrick of Roxbury, Delaware county, New York. He is a farmer

 

William N. Graham, dealer in boots and shoes, wagons, horse-rakes, sewing -machines Etc., at Hensonville, was born in Schoharie County in 1838, and married Frances Vermilyea of Lexington.

 

Henry I. Haner, of Lexington, is a farmer and the owner of 340 acres of land. He was born at Prattsville in 1833, and came to Lexington in 1851. His wife was Thankful Brumberg, of Lexington. They have two children.

 

James E. Haner, son of Henry and Louise Haner, of Lexington, was born in 1856. His wife was Ida M., daughter of Jackson and Jane Thompson. He is a farmer and the owner of 100 acres of land.

 

Rivilo L. Hare, of Lexington, most favorably known as a gentleman of courteous bearing and of a refined character, is and always has been a resident of West Kill village, where he was born in 1825.  He married Augusta E. VanHorn, daughter of David VanHorn, one of the village's prominent tanners in its early days, as was likewise Mr. Hare's father. Mr. Hare has retired from active life, though owning yet a large farm. He is an active member of Prattsville Lodge, No. 119, F. & A.M.

 

Jacob Hogaboom, of Lexington, long a resident of this town and many years captain of the artillery company, superseding the late Hon. Zadock Pratt, was born in 1813, and married Miss Diadanna Briggs, a daughter of Darius Briggs. Always a staunch Jacksonian democrat, he has held the various town offices with credit, representing the town in the board of supervisors four years. He has two children. Both he and his estimable lady are members of the Regular Baptist church.

 

Bernard O. Hanlon, who located in Lexington in 1865, and engaged in the cooperage business, is a native of Belfast, Ireland. He came to America in 1852, locating first in Schoharie county, subsequently making a voyage to sea, during which he revisited his native town.

 

Jonathan Howard, the present blacksmith of Lexington, was born in Broome, Schoharie county, in 1829. He enlisted, 1862, in Company F, 120th regiment New York volunteers, and served to the close of the war. He was in the battles of the Wilderness, Second Bull Run, Cold Harbor, etc.

 

Eli Humphrey, of West Kill, Lexington, son of Norman and Polly Humphrey, was born at West Kill in 1858. He was formerly a farmer, but in 1881 he succeeded A. M. VanValkenburgh in the merchantile business. His wife was Miss Ida M. Hare, of Prattsville, daughter of William and Sarah Hare.

 

William P. Kirk, a farmer of Lexington, was born in that town in 1814. His first wife, by whom he has two children now living, was Maria Clough. She died in 1861. His second wife, who died in 1876, was Margaret Miller. Mr. Kirk has held the office of constable nine years.

 

Justin LaMont, son of Solomon and Hannah LaMont was born in Lexington in 1811. His wife was Hannah Dunham, daughter of Ephraim and Christina Dunham of Lexington. They had three children, two of whom are living. He was a merchant, was an active politician, a staunch democrat, and a member of the Old School Baptist church. He was a musician in military service. He died in 1881.

 

John S. Lane, of Lexington, the son of Richard and Elizabeth Lane, was born in Shandaken, Ulster county, in 1816, and came to Lexington in 1835. He was first a foreman in the finishing department of Fixby Tannery for six years, then a carpenter and wagon maker for the same firm during seven years. In 1845 he purchased the farm of 140 acres where he now resides, and became a dairyman. He is now a large capitalist and money broker. Mr. Lane was married, in 1840, to Harriet Robinson. She died in 1879, and in 1880, he married Mary M. Banks, daughter of Joseph and Polly Banks, of Ulster county.

Fletcher Mackey, a farmer, of Lexington, son of Daniel and Huldah Mackey, was born at Roxbury, Delaware Co, New York, in 1834. He married Miss Jane E. Kilpatrick of Roxbury, and they have three children living. Mr. Mackey came to Lexington in 1867. He has served three years as commissioner of highways, and ten as overseer of the poor. He and his wife have long been identified with the Old School Baptist church.

 

Merritt McLean was born in Lexington in 1836, and married Rebecca Tuttle, of Ashland. He is a vestryman of the Episcopal church at Ashland.

 

George Parker, a son of Caleb Parker, who was a son of Major William Parker, a native of Wallingford, Connecticut, was born in Lexington in 1820. William Parker came to Greene county in 1782, locating in the north east of what is now Lexington. Caleb was a veteran of the war of 1812. George married Emeline Finch. He is a prosperous farmer, owning a farm of 240 acres, which is in a good state of cultivation.

 

John H. Roraback of Lexington, was born in Rensselaer county, New York, in 1828. His wife was Miss Eliza Allen of Windham, and they have one son. Mr. Roraback was formerly a carpenter and joiner, but he is now a farmer. He and his wife are members of the New School Baptist church. He was three years a commissioner of highways.

 

Luther Rowley was born in the town of Lexington, in the year 1819. He married for his first wife, Miss Laura Sanford, of Lexington, by whom he had one child.  His second wife was Miss Delia Chase, of Jewett. His occupation has been farming. He has held the office of overseer of the poor four years. His parents were Daniel and Sarah Rowley. His father, Daniel Rowley, was a native of Columbia county, and came to Lexington with his parents in 1802.

 

Thompson Family.---The first man of this name in what is now Lexington, was Samuel, who was a native of Ireland and probably of Scotch-Irish lineage. He came to America about 1783-4, and, as a surveyor, employed by the Hardenburgh Land Company, surveyed 10,000 acres to the north of Lexington Flats, receiving in payment therefore one-tenth part of the land as recompense for services. Returning to Ireland, he is supposed to have died while there, and these lands reverting to his brother, Robert, he came with his family and settled thereon. His family consisted of his wife, a McVicker of County Derry, and children, James, Mary. Nancy and John. James died unmarried, John married Sarah Deyoe, who bore him eleven children. He served as magistrate of this town for forty years, and in many other town offices. He died in 1879, an honored citizen. His children living are: Caroline, Emeline, John S., and George, of Lexington, James of Wyoming county, Martin, of Schuyler, Nebraska, Catharine of Syracuse, Sarah of Acra.

 

George Thompson, of Lexington, son of John and Sarah Thompson of the same town, was born in 1840. His wife was Emeline Angle, daughter of Peter and Dorcas Angle, of Lexington. They have two children. He is a farmer and owns 110 acres. He is also commissioner of highways.

 

John S. Thompson, of Lexington, a son of Robert Thompson, is proprietor of the Lexington Heights House, situated three hundred feet above and one-half mile from Lexington village. It is a commodious farm boarding house, capable of accommodating 25 guests. The view from the spacious piazza encircling the house beggars description, combining mountain, hill, and valley into a picture that partakes of the sublime.

 

Captain James M. VanValkenburg, a merchant of Lexington, was born in that town in 1842. His wife was Miss Mary A. O'Hara, of the same town.

 

John R. VanValkenburg, of Lexington, a son of Nelson and Harriet VanValkenburg, was born in Lexington, in 1846. The father, a son of Cornelius, was born in what is now the town of Halcott. John R. married Catharine Truesdale, of Lexington, from which union two daughters have been born. Both are members of the Methodist church.

 

Welcome VanValkenburgh, of Lexington, was born in that town in 1844. He is a farmer, and the owner of 116 acres of land. His wife was Miss Theresa Parker, of Lexington. He is a member of the New School Baptist church.

 

Horace Whitcomb, of Lexington, a son of Luman and Elizabeth Whitcomb, was born at Hunter, Greene county, New York in 1823. He was formerly a farmer, but he is now a carpenter and joiner. His wife was Helen J. Angle, daughter of Peter and Dorcas Angle, of Livingston. They have one daughter, Mrs. Minnie B. Haner.

 

Horace N. Winter was formerly a teacher, and during twelve years of his life was a magistrate. He came to his present place of residence, West Kill, in Lexington, in 1865. He was born in what is now Jewett, in 1802. His wife was Miss Elizabeth Mead, of Mentz, Cayuga county, New York.

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