Permelia married Ira J. Whitbeck on 9 Apr 1891. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

"As a young man, Nelson worked as a lumberman and claimed that he and Wood Wilmarth were the first men in Wayne Co. to fell trees with a cross cut saw. Like his father he became a steersman, piloting many rafts down the Delaware River to Trenton and Philadelphia."

"During the Civil War, he served as a private in Co. L, 56th Regiment, NY Infantry, from 2/13 until 11/9/1865. He later became a business man, engaging in business as far away as Cuba. The "Along the Delaware" correspondent says, Nelson Conklin has returned from a speculative business trip to Cuba. His intention was to buy real estate on the island but changed his mind after viewing the situation."
(Popielarz)

Nelson married Martha Jane Dexter on 7 Nov 1869 in Methodist Parsonage, Beach Lake, PA By Rev. J.L. Race. Martha (daughter of Daniel Dexter and Permelia Reynolds) was born on 28 Jul 1852; died on 15 May 1923 in Milanville, Wayne Co., PA; was buried in Conklin Hill Cemetery. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

(Medical):Martha lost the sight of her left eye when she accidently jabbed it with a fork which she was using to loosen a knot in the laces of her husband's boot.

Horatio married Elmira Turner on 28 Nov 1840. Elmira was born on 16 Apr 1823 in New York, USA; died on 26 Dec 1863 in Damascus Twp., Wayne Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

per LDS file, Dexter, Campfield Genealogy @ Wayne Co. Historical Society.

From August 29, 1850 Census, Damascus Twp., Wayne Co., PA, dwelling #232, family #233, Henry Welsh, Enumerator:
Value of Attended
Name: Age: Sex: Occupation: Real Estate: Born: School last year
Daniel Dexter 52 M Farmer NY
Permelia 29 F NY
Charles 8 M PA Yes
Lucy 6 F PA
Elisabeth 4 F PA
James 6/12 M PA

Daniel owned a large amount of land in Damascus Twp. and after his death his land was surveyed in 1874 and divided into lots. He died without a will and his children as his heirs sold his land. His children acquired the following: 53 acres to Martha Jane, wife of Nelson Conklin; 25 acres to Julia Francis, wife of Gilbert Conklin; 108 acres to Katherena, wife of Charles R. Dexter; and two lots of 191 acres and 15 acres to James Dexter, Edward Dexter, and John D. Dexter (Wayne Co. Deed Books 40:227, 53:212, 54:296; 55:296; 55:390, 55:391, and 91:58). (Popielarz).

Daniel married Permelia Reynolds about 1840. Permelia (daughter of Jonathan Reynolds and Mary O'toole) was born on 24 Nov 1820 in Sullivan Co., NY; died on 24 Dec 1897 in Damascus, Wayne Co., PA; was buried in 1897 in Ts Dexter Cemetery, Damascus Twp., Wayne Co., PA. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Nicholas + Keziah Bush. Keziah and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

per: Coe Dexter Manuscript@Narrowsburg Library, NY.
enlisted Feb 1, 1776 in 2nd Segment of NY Troops. Much has been written and related about Jonathan Dexter. Judge in Sullivan Co., Prominent Freemason, builder of Narrowsburg bridge and many other achievements. Still alive in 1824. Census date of death and burial place not certain. Prosperous entrepreneur, sawmill, tanneries, landowner - Holbert Mill, settled in Sullivan Co. Tusten Narrowsburg.
Source: BBG research - Coe Dexter manuscript - Skinner notes, deeds per hist. of Sullivan Co. living at Homans Eddy, Narrowsburg in 1792.

From Hist. of Sullivan Co., one of the most intelligent of the early inhabitants. One of the Justices of the Peace first appointed after the passage of the act erecting the county; was a member of the first grand jury, and represented Lumberland in 1819 in the Board of Supervisors. Subsequently a Judge of the County Court.
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Jonathan was appointed Justice of the Peace for Lumberland on June 1, 1809.
"History of Sullivan County", James Eldridge Quinlan edited by David M. Gold, Marielle Press, South Fallsburg, NY 1993, pp. 102-3.
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From Popielarz:
He bought for 203 pounds of New York lawful money some 979 acres of land along the Delaware River from Jonathan Hasbrouck of Kingston, NY, on 23 June 1797. (Ulster Co. Deed Book 00:221).
Jonathan was an active member of the St. Tammany Masonic Lodge. Arthur Meyers says: "The charter was issued by the Grand Lodge of PA on June 24, 1800 with Reuben Skinner (brother of Daniel) as Master, Aaron Pierce as Sr. Warden and Jonathan Dexter as Jr. Warden."
In 1803 Jonathan was listed as master of the Lodge. The lodge met at St. Tammany's flats until 1812 when the meetings were moved to Caleb Laggett's Tavern in the villiage of Damascus, PA. It was here according to family tradition that Jonathan's wife hid in a closet and listened to the Masonic rituals. This created an uproar in the Lodge.

Jonathan of the town of Lumberland, Sullivan Co., NY purchased property at Montague, NJ, on 2 May 1803 (Sussex Co. Deed Book K: 78). He and his wife Laura sold it on 1 Feb 1814.

On 29 Oct 1814, Jonathan and Jeremiah Lillie purchased 100 acres of land along the Delaware River in Damascus Twp., Wayne Co., PA, from Amos Tyler and his wife Sarah for $1,000 (Wayne Co. Deed Book 4:165). On 13 May 1815, Jonathan and Jeremiah also purchased for $1,000 another 100 acres in Damascus along the Delaware from Joseph Mitchell and his wife Abigail, Stephen Mitchell and his wife Hannah, and Abraham Mitchell and his wife Mary.

Jonathan was alive in 1824 when he was listed in a deed transfer in Sullivan Co., NY. As Laura is listed as head of household in the 1830 census, Jonathan apparently died between 1824 and 1830.

Jonathan married Mary Ennis about 1794. Mary (daughter of Daniel Ennis and Eleanor Hornbeck) was born about 1775; died in Prob. Died Young. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]

Notes:

Damascus Cem.:
John Ennis d. 29Dec 1842 age 23 yr. 3 mo. b.1819
Ennis d. 29 Dec 1847 age 23 yr. 2 mo. 26 ds
Sarah wife of Lewis Ennis d 29 Sep 18--

Jonathan + Mary O'toole. Mary and died. [Group Sheet] [Family Chart]