Part III - Family Sketches
Trapp-Wattles

TRAPP, Almond, was born in 1820. His father, William, came to Dryden in 1810, among the early settlers. Our subject was as educated in the public schools, and is a self-made man. At the age of twenty-five he married Malvina THOMAS, daughter of Michael THOMAS, of Dryden, and they have had four daughters, two surviving: Mrs. Cora GIVENS and Mrs. George NYE. In 1848 Mr. TRAPP bought the John HUTCHINGS farm, and in 1860 purchased part of the Thomas GIVENS property, having fifty acres, and also a residence and twelve building lots in Cortland. Mr. TRAPP is a respected citizen of the town and a much respected man.

TREE, Edward, was born in England, July 5, 1844, and was less than two years of age when his parents came to this country. His father, Edward, sr., came to this country and located in the town of Lansing, and here made his home till 1837, when he moved to Ithaca and engaged in paper making. He died February 19, 1885, aged seventy-one years. Of his ten children, eight survive, our subject being the oldest son. The latter was educated in the public schools, and his first occupation was as a paper maker. At the age of fifteen he began as an apprentice in the Ithaca paper mill, and rapidly rose to higher positions, following the business thirty-two years. January 10, 1878, Mr. TREE established a general grocery and provision store at 227 Aurora street, which his son conducted while Mr. TREE worked in the paper mill. January 1, 1890 the son became a partner in the firm, and under the name of E. TREE & Son, the concern is well known in commercial circles. In 1891 they added a market to their store, and now have one of the finest stores of the kind in the place. Mr. TREE is a Democrat and in 1878 was elected on the Democratic and Workingmen's ticket as trustee of the village. He is a member of the Aurora street church and also of the R. A. November 22, 1866, he married Sarah J. SINCEPAUGH of Ithaca, and they have had two children: William, and Maud R.

TREW, Samuel W., was born in England, August 24, 1833, and at the age of eleven years he came to Ithaca, where he was educated in the Lancastrian School. He went into TREMAN's foundry and machine works and became an expert machinist and engineer. At the outbreak of the war he enlisted in Company F, 75th N.Y. Volunteers and served from August 9, 1861, till November, 1865, when he received an honorable discharge. He was shot through the thigh while in service. After returning home he again took up farming in Danby, buying a place of 107 acres, which he later sold and bought a farm of Albert H. MARTIN, consisting of eighty-two acres, which he now owns. He married at the age of thirty-seven, Anice ALDRICH, daughter of Watson ALDRICH of Ulysses. His wife died in 1881, and he married second Mary E. HOLLISTER, of Danby. He is a Republican and takes an active interest in politics and educational matters. He is a member of the M. E. church at Danby.

TRIPP, M. E., was born in Dutchess county, town of Stanford, N. Y., September 30, 1825, and came to Tompkins county with his father, James TRIPP, in 1836 and settled on lot No. 69, where his son now resides. James TRIPP was identified in the leading interests of his town, lived to be eighty-seven years of age. and died May 6, 1879. He was in the service of the War of 1814, was lieutenant under Captain WILSEY from Dutchess and Columbia counties. They were stationed on Long Island to guard Brooklyn and New York from the British fleet that lay near there. In his latter years he drew a pension of eight dollars per month. M. E. TRIPP was educated in the common schools, to which he has added through life by reading and close observation. At the age of thirty he married Miss Eliza T. BURTON, daughter of Warren BURTON, of Dryden. He takes an active interest in temperance, educational and religious matters, being an elder in the Presbyterian Church of Dryden for the past fifteen years. In 1868 he bought a timber lot of 105 acres with Joseph McGRAW, and afterwards purchased his interests. In 1869 he bought part of the DWIGHT & McELHENY farm. In 1885 he bought part of the Albert CLARKE property, and in 1886 he bought part of the Jennie McGRAW-FISKE estate, in 1888 he bought the W. W. ELLAS property, having about 400 acres of timber and farm lands, and raising large amounts of hay, grain and stock. He makes a specialty of lumbering and dairying, and having a herd of thirty-five grade Jersey cows. He is interested in promoting the Dryden Agricultural Society and the Dryden and Groton Fire Insurance Company, also ex-president of the Dryden Agricultural Society.

TROTTER, see RIGHTMIRE, TROTTER, and TOWNSEND.

TUCKER, George S., was born in the town of Dryden, February 5, 1850. His father, George W. TUCKER, was one of the early settlers. He was educated in the common schools to which he has added through life by reading and close observation. At the age of thirty he married Ella MERICLE, and they have one son, George C., and one daughter, Blanche D. He takes the Republican side in politics and an active interest in school and church matters, being now trustee of the school. In the year 1886 he bought the Joseph FISHER place of six acres where he now resides. Our subject through life has followed the trade of carpenter and builder, making a specialty of bridge building and railroad work.

TYLER, Cyrus, was born in Lebanon, Wayne Co., Pa., August 25, 1838, and came to the town of Dryden with his father, Stephen TYLER, in the same year, and now resides on the farm which his father cleared, and which has been in the possession of the family for the past sixty-one years. Cyrus TYLER laid the foundation of his education in the old log school house, but is pre-eminently a self-educated and self-made man. At the age of twenty-four he married Likinda L. GIVENS, daughter of Samuel GIVENS, and they are the parents of two children, Irving and Locey. Irving TYLER was a young man of brilliant promise, but was cut off at the age of twenty-four in the prime of young manhood. Mr. TYLER takes the Republican side in politics and has held various offices. He has been a member of the Etna Baptist Church for the past sixteen years In 1862 he bought the Walter KNAPP property of sixty acres; in 1867 he bought the old homestead of forty acres, and in 1869 inherited twenty-fire acres of his fattier's estate, having 125 acres and raising large quantities of hay and potatoes, of which he makes a specialty.

UNDERWOOD, George E., was born in Groton, September 19, 1842. His father, Isaac UNDERWOOD, M.D., was a physician and farmer in the town, raising a family of nine children, and spending his life there, dying at the age of eighty-eight years. George E. was educated in the common schools and finished in the Groton Academy under Professor Baldwin. At the age of twenty-six he married Maru MORRIS, daughter of Zimri MORRIS of Lansing. He takes the Republican side in politics, and has served as justice of the peace for the past eleven years. He has taken an active interest in educational and religious matters, having been trustee of his church for the past fifteen years and being prominently identified in advancing the best interest of his town. In 1889 he inherited the farm property known as the Zimri MORRIS property of sixty acres, and the residence in the village. Our subject is one of the prominent citizens in his village, a man of sterling worth and integrity, who has proven by his life that his word is as good as his bond.

VAN IDERETINE, James, was born in Caroline February 26, 1826. In early life he learned the blacksmith's trade, at which he worked about four years, but being hurt while at his work, he was compelled to give it up, and take up farming. His first purchase was on Bald Hill, near Mott's Corners, now known as Brookton. This he sold and bought his present place of eighty-seven acres, which he devotes to general farming. In 1853 he married Caroline YAPLE, daughter of Harris YAPLE, and they have had three children: Arthur L., Bertha A., and Cora G., the latter being the only one at home. Mr. VAN IDERETINE is a member of the Grange and in politics is a Democrat.

VAN MARTER, Mansfield, was born in Groton in 1807, and died in the town in 1859. He is remembered as a thrifty and industrious farmer and a successful business manager. He was the son of Isaac and Margaret VAN MARTER, and one of their six children. The family were pioneers of Groton. Mansfield VAN MARTER married Polly SAXTON, their children were: Sylvanus (deceased), whose children were Edwin and Effa; Estus, living near Ithaca, whose children are Frank, Orson, Nelson, George, and Elva; Augustus (deceased); Alonzo, of Groton, whose only child is Floyd; Philena; Salem (deceased); Ophelia, who married George UNDERWOOD; Judson, of Cayuga county, whose children are Ella, Daniel, and Clara; Charles, of Newfield, whose children are Freddie, Alice, and Howard; and Edwin W., a merchant of Grotto. The children of George and Ophelia UNDERWOOD are: Edith, Irving, Earl, Bertha and George B. Edwin W. VAN MARTER married Emma PERRY, and has three children: Arthur, Clarence, and Gracie. Edwin VAN MARTER started in the mercantile business in the south part of Groton in 1892, and being a determined man he has succeeded in having a post-office established there, under the name of Grotto, where he is postmaster. Previous attempts to locate an office in this locality have been unsuccessful, and it remained for our subject to accomplish a work for the good of the locality. The parents of Polly (SAXTON) VAN MARTER were James and Ruth SAXTON, whose children were: Betsey, Israel, Charles, Silas, Sally, Samuel, and Polly.

VAN NORTWICK, Simeon, a pioneer, came from Monmouth county, N. J., in 1804, and settled on the farm now owned by Sarah A. VAN NORTWICK, one and a half miles south of Peruville, in the town of Dryden. His wife, whose maiden name was Rebecca HENDRICKSON, and the children Nellie, John, William, and Joanna, accompanied him. The country at that time was as very new, and one of the first things necessary after reaching their new home was for the pioneer to go five miles (one and a half miles west of West Dryden) for fire, it being their nearest neighbor. The wife of Simeon VAN NORTWICK died in 1817, after which he married Sarah GILES, widow of Benjamin FULKERSON, to whom were born two children, twin daughters: Rebecca M., who died aged twenty-one; and Sarah M., the wife of Rufus LUMBARD, who is still living in Iowa City, Ia. Simeon VAN NORTWICK died in 1842, aged seventy-seven. His wife survived him fifteen years, having died in 1867. William VAN NORTWICK was born April 10, 1798, being but six years old at the time of their advent into Dryden. He succeeded his father as owner of the farm, now in the possession of his daughter, Sarah A. In 1819 he married Sarah M., daughter of Joel GEORGE, who also came from New Jersey in the early years of the century. She was born October 4, 1794. Six children were born to them: Mary E., born September 2, 1820, who married Daniel F. BILLS, of Dryden, she died in February, 1891; Elizabeth was born September 13, 1822. She never married, and died in April, 1879; Clara was born October 13, 1824. She married George MINEAH, of Dryden, and is now a widow, living on the farm near her father's old home; Sarah A. was born April 8, 1827. She never married, and now resides at the old homestead; Luana was born November 22, 1829. She married Rich MORGAN, of Groton, who died in 1861, after which she married Richard MORGAN, of the same town, and is still living in Groton. Ellen V. was born August 17, 1837, and married William H. RICHARDSON. She is living in Freeville. William VAN NORTWICK died January 3, 1866, and his wife died February 16, 1874. The farm has never been out of the family in the ninety years since it was first settled. William VAN NORTWICK was one of the progressive and energetic men of early Dryden, a large land owner, a progressive and model farmer, and one of the few who enjoyed the distinction of being looked up to by all for his sterling integrity and unflinching honor among his fellowmen.

VAN NORTWICK, W. J., was born in the town of Dryden, October 2, 1828. His father, John VAN NORTWICK, son of Simeon, came from New Jersey and they were among the first settlers in the town. W. J. VAN NORTWICK was educated in the common schools, to which he has added through life by reading and close observation. At the age of thirty-six he married Nancy, daughter of Alexander McKINNEY, of Dryden, and they are the parents of two children, one son, William, and one daughter, Lulu May. In 1850, he began to acquire real estate, buying out other heirs and part of his uncle's estate, having sixty-six acres on which he has erected handsome buildings, raising hay, grain and stock, making a specialty of dairying. Our subject is one of the conservative, independent men of his town, where he is recognized as a practical and successful farmer. He takes an interest in the leading events of the day and in advancing the best interests of his town.

VAN ORDER, W. A., was born November 29, 1842. His early education was as acquired at the district school in Jacksonville, Tompkins county, but from force of circumstances he was as soon obliged to leave school and take early lessons in farming, which was his choice of business, and in which he has shown great ability. At the time of the war between the North and South Mr. VAN ORDER hastened to answer the call and went to the front. He received an honorable discharge, and returning home again took up farming. March 24, 1869, at the age of twenty-seven, he married Mary A. BARTON, of Owego, Tioga county, by whom he had one son and four daughters. Mr. VAN ORDER is a member of Dewitt C. Treman Post No. 571, G.A.R., and is a respected member of the town in which he lives.

VAN ORMAN, Myron, was born November 1, 1840, was educated in the district schools and finished at the Lancasterian School under Professor D. L. BURT. He is a Democrat, and takes an active interest in school and political matters. His father lived on the same homestead during his life time. He was born May 11, 1811, and died January 29, 1890. Mr. VAN ORMAN has a beautiful farm lying at the foot of Buttermilk Falls, on which he raises large quantities of vegetables and makes a specialty of Havana tobacco, which he buys and sells, handling most of the crops raised in his neighborhood. Mr. VAN ORMAN's grandfather came to the town of Ithaca about 1790, and first bought a military title from a soldier of the Judge GERE farm, but the title proving faulty, he took a journey to Albany on horseback, and returning home he gave up his first purchase and removed to the east side, taking up the apple trees on the judge's farm, and resetting them on the farm where he spent his life.

VANDEMARKS, Benjamin, was born in the town of Caroline, November 15, 1830. James M., his father, a native of Ulster County, moved to Tompkins County when quite small, and always followed farming, owning a farm near Brookton. He married Rachael PERSONIOUS of the town of Caroline, and they had eight children, our subject being the second, and now sixty-three years old. The latter has followed farming from early life, working at home with his father until his marriage in 1863 to Charlotte, daughter of Peter DENNIS of the town of Caroline. They are the parents of five children, all at home but one. All were educated in the common schools except one, who graduated from the Ithaca High School, viz., Charles. In politics our subject is a Democrat.

VORHIS, Chester L., was born in the town of Danby, November 17, 1832, educated in the district schools, and took up farming for an occupation, cultivating 103 acres of some of the finest farm land in the locality, his crops being chiefly hay and grain. He is a deacon of the Congregational church. He married at the age of twenty-eight, A. Adelia JENNINGS, of this town. Of their two children Oscar J. VORHIS is now a resident of Ithaca, and the daughter, Mrs. William BIERCE, resides in Danby. Our subject's father, John VORHIS, came to this town in 1825 from Spencer; his wife was Mary A. TAYLOR, they being among the early settlers of Danby.

VORHIS, F. C., was born in Spencer, Tioga county, August 24,1861. Andrew C., his father, was a native of Spencer also, where he followed farming until 1877, at which time he bought the old grist mill at Brookton, and was in partnership with his brother for two years, then from 1879 to 1887 he was sole proprietor. After this he was succeeded by his two sons, the business being conducted under the firm name of VORHIS Brothers. This continued till April 1, 1893. The old mill burning down January 28, 1889, they sold the water dam to Frederick BATES, and he built the new mill now standing on the old site. The firm was afterwards BATES, VORHIS & Company for a year then the VORHIS boys in 1890 bought out Mr. BATES's interest, and since 1893 our subject has conducted the business himself, buying out his brother. The capacity of the mill is fifty barrels of flour each day, fifty barrels of buckwheat in the same time. They will run another mill in connection soon. Mr. VORHIS is a member of the Congregational church, and in politics he is Democratic.

VORHIS, Jotham, was born in the town of Danby, May 14, 1824. He was educated in the district schools, after leaving which he gave his attention to lumbering and farming, and also owned a tannery for about fifteen years. January 10, 1858, he married Julia G. BEARDSLEY, of the town of Danby, by whom he had two children: Hattie C., wife of P. J. HERRON; and John D. Mrs. Darius BEARDSLEY, mother of Mrs. VORHIS, now lives with her daughter, and at the age of ninety-two is still bright and active. She spent her married life in Danby, whither she went in 1824, residing there fifty-four years, and she and her husband were among the earliest settlers there. Her father-in-law, Louis BEARDSLEY, was also an early settler of the locality. Mr. VORHIS is a Republican in politics. He came to the town of Ithaca in 1876 and went into the Cascadilla Flouring Mill with H. C. WILLIAMS. In 1874 he bought a residence and fruit farm of five acres of Chester LUCE on West Hill, and here he now lives. He has been something of a traveler, having spent two years in California and several winters in Florida.

VOUGH, Aaron H., was a native of Warren county, N.J., born May 24, 1820, a son of Jacob V. and Sarah VOUGH. At the age of fifteen Aaron left the home farm and learned tanning, and after mastering his trade he came in 1844 to Ithaca, which he reached the day following the great Webster mass meeting. There he lived nine years being employed as foreman of Joseph ESTY & Sons tannery. In 1853 he went to McLean and carried on a tannery of his own, doing a successful business and continuing for a number of years. In 1861 he was elected to the office of justice of the peace. In 1865 Mr. VOUGH sold his tannery, and in 1869 went on a farm near McLean, and the same year married the widow of Edwin HART, and daughter of Joseph HILL. Her father was born in Huntesdon county, N.J., and married Sarah BARCROFT in 1809. The family settled in Dryden on a farm now owned by Sarah, wife of Ambrose HILL, deceased. Joseph died in 1853, and his wife in 1874. Their children were as follows: Mary, Ambrose, Isaac, Martha, Elias B., Harrison, Lucinda, Stacey B., Sarah, Thomas, and Loverna, all of whom are dead, except Loverna, the wife of our subject.

WADE, Edwin R., was born in Sempronius, Cayuga county) now Niles), July 27, 1822, of New England ancestry, the grandfather, Major Amos WADE, having served in a regiment of colonial troops at the battle of Quebec, and fought in the War of the Revolution at the battle of Bunker Hill. He was the father of seventeen sons and one daughter. The father of our subject, Ebenezer, studied for the ministry and was one of the earliest advocates of Congregationalism. He removed to Cayuga County in 1810, and continued his ministry till his death, August 16, 1864. He married Hannah FLOWER, a native of Connecticut, by whom he had ten children. One was scalded to death, an infant, nine reached adult age, and only two-our subject and a sister, Mehitable C. AMMERMAN of Owasco are living. Edward R. WADE was educated in the public schools, and has always been an ardent student of Republicanism, but like his ancestors has been a clergyman. He was for two years at Plainville, and at Enfield Centre two years, making his home at McLean. In 1867 he bought the property where the factory was located, and has always made his home here. During the war he worked hard in the recruiting service. In polities he has always been at heart a Republican and has held many of offices of honor and trust. He was for two years supervisor of Niles, elected third time and refused to qualify. He was supervisor of the town of Dryden, elected by the union of the Democrats and Liberal Republicans. He has also served in State and county conventions. Elder WADE has been twice married, first in 1842 to Elizabeth FORBUSH, who died one year and ten months later. His second marriage occurred December 5, 1845, to Abigail M. MOSHER, and they had one daughter, who married Rev. S. Edwin KOONS of La Porte, Iowa. Mrs. WADE is deceased.

WAGER, Frances M., widow of Benjamin WAGER, was born in Newfield, February 14, 1820, a daughter of Philip and Sally (BLOOM) LE BAR, her great-grandfather, Ephraim BLOOM, having been one of the first white settlers in Lansing. Our subject attended the district schools, and in 1853 married Benjamin WAGER, born February 24, 1810, and they moved to Lansing and settled on the farm which Mrs. WAGER now owns. Mr. WAGER's parents were old settlers in this section, his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. REEVES, having been the first to settle on the farm of our subject. Mr. WAGER died in February, 1874. They had one child, Frances M., wife of George COX, of Newfield. She was born December 4, 1859. Mr. WAGER had five children by a former marriage: Prometheus, born December 31, 1834; George, born March 14, 1837; Mary A., born November 9, 1839: John, born April 25, 1842; Helen A., born in December, 1845. Prometheus was a lieutenant in the war, and died of fever in the service. Frances COX has three children: WAGER, Fannie L., and George. Mrs. WAGER is a sprightly and well preserved old lady, living alone and doing all her own work. She has a beautiful farm of sixty-five acres, commanding a fine view of Cayuga Lake. Prometheus and John completed their education in Casanova. Mary A. received her education and graduated at Alfred Seminary, Allegheny County, N.Y. George at home district school. Frances studied at Howland College Union Springs, N.Y., completing her musical education at the Conservatory of Music, Boston.

WARNER, Frank A., was born in the village of Ithaca, September 4, 1843, the second son of Seth WARNER, a native of Vermont, who came to this village in 1829 and engaged in the boot and shoe business, in which he continued the most of his life. He died May 1, 1882, aged seventy-five years. Frank A. was educated in the old Ithaca Academy under Professor CARR. After leaving school he engaged in the boot and shoe business, being located where C. M. STANLEY now is. He married in 1864 Arvilla KELLOGG, daughter of Joseph KELLOGG, and joined the firm of W. H. KELLOGG & Co., manufacturers of tobacco and cigars, selling out to FARRAND & PLATTS in 1866. He then removed to Jamestown, N.Y., and engaged in the same business, returning to Ithaca in 1868. Soon after he established a grocery at 56 and 58 West State street which has been gradually changed to a general dry goods and wall paper store, and is doing a large and prosperous trade. They have six children, the son (who is the eldest) is in the store with his father; Maie, the eldest daughter was married in 1891 to L. L. SPAFFORD, of Tampa, Fla., where they now reside; leaving four daughters at home.

WARREN, James C., was born in Albany November 30,1827, moved into Tompkins county in 1875, and was educated at Pompey Hill Academy, N.Y. Mr. WARREN has a beautiful residence and farm on the west side of Cayuga Lake, and gives attention to raising fruits, fine fowls and grain. He is a Democrat, has been mayor pro tem. on several different occasions of the city of Ithaca, and was alderman two years Mr. WARREN is known throughout his neighborhood as an active, energetic man whose word is as good as his bond, arid whose integrity is above suspicion.

WARTROUS (WATROUS), Ezra Jason, was born in Freetown, Cortland County, March 3, 1814, one of thirteen children of Austin and Sally (BACKUS) WARTROUS. Ezra was brought up on the farm, and at the age of twenty-three started for himself, traveling for a wagon company. In 1851 he came to Groton and bought a farm, and thereafter was recognized as a progressive and successful farmer for a period of thirty-three years. He retired from active work about ten years ago, and in 1889 purchased the beautiful residence and property formerly owned by Dye WILLIAMS. Mr. WARTROUS married Julia, daughter of Judge Walton SWETLAND, a distinguished member of the old Cortland county bar, and they had three children: Martha, wife of D. H. BROWN, of Cortland; Edgar, who died August 30, 1849; and Ellen, who died September 6, 1849. In 1851 our subject married Rhoda PERKINS, also a daughter of Judge SWETLAND, and the widow of C. V. PERKINS, of Cincinnatus. Two children have been born of the second marriage: Edgar P., who holds a prominent position with the Groton Bridge Co., and Mary, who died September 16, 1863. Julia SWETLAND WARTROUS died September 6, 1849. In political affairs Mr. WARTROUS has ever been a consistent Whig and Republican, though in no sense a politician. For one year he was supervisor of the town of Groton. He is a member of the Baptist church, and his wife and son Edgar of the M. E. church.

WATSON, George Milton, was born in the town of Dryden, July 11, 1853. His father, George E. WATSON, was formerly engaged in making butter packages, wash tubs and pails in the village of Malloryville, which business is now carried on by his son. Our subject at the age of twenty-seven married Hattie E. GEORGE, daughter of Joel B. GEORGE, of Freeville, and they are the parents of two children: Edith L. and Bessie C. Mr. WATSON takes an active interest in temperance work, and also in educational and religious matters. He is an energetic business man and is recognized in his community as a conservative citizen of ability and high principles. He received his education in the common schools and finished at the Falley Seminary at Fulton, N.Y., and at the Normal School at Cortland, N.Y.

WATTLES, Chauncey Lathrop, of Caroline, son of Capt. Lathrop WATTLES and Jerusha SURDAM WATTLES, his wife, was born in Virgil, Cortland county, N.Y., March 27, 1826; he was the eldest son in a family of five sons and seven daughters, all of whom grew to manhood and womanhood. Capt. WATTLES removed to Caroline about 1840, and purchased a farm on Blackman Hill, in the south part of the town; the subject of this sketch was at that time a boy of fourteen, and he at once set about doing his share in paying for the homestead and in providing for the wants of a large and growing family. He lived at home until the farm was paid for, with suitable buildings; and until he was twenty-four years of age; he then entered the employ of ANDRUS & McCHAIN, booksellers and paper-dealers of Ithaca, for whom he traveled extensively for ten years. In 1855 he purchased the farm now known as "WATTLES Farm", and on which he resided from 1860 to his death, after a short illness, January 8, 1890. He married Almira J. BARKER, of Tully, Cortland county, October 19, 1857; and to them were born two children, a son, Cephas B., April 11, 1863, who died in infancy, and a daughter, Mary Josephine, August 29,1864, now the wife of James W. REED, of Ithaca. Mr. WATTLES was for more than twenty years treasurer of the Caroline Cheese Factory Association, treasurer also of the Caroline Farmers' Fire Insurance Co., and a Charter member of Caroline Lodge No. 784, F. & A. M. In politics a life long Democrat, he was four times elected supervisor of a strong Republican town. Chauncey L. WATTLES united a geniality of manner with a certain benignity of countenance which stamped him as a man eminently to be trusted and respected; and he was universally trusted and respected wherever known. It is the rule that each community possesses some two or three men to whom all naturally turn, as do certain flowers to the sun; Mr. WATTLES was one-of the choice few bearing this relation to the entire neighborhood. With an excellent knowledge of general affairs and a practical knowledge, gained in no easy school, he united a genial and sturdy integrity which invited confidence. In all his long lifetime in one locality, he never by act or omission forfeited the good-will or trust with which he was invested; and by his death Caroline lost one of its most valued citizens.