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The town of Duane was formed 1828 from part of the town of Malone. One of the first endeavors was the processing of iron ore. The town is named after James Duane, a proprietor and first settler.
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1854 - Duane
Duane, a post-township in Franklin county, New York, 15 miles S. from Malone. Population, 222.
A New and Complete Gazetteer of the United States: Giving a Full and Comprehensive Review of the Present Condition, Industry, and Resources of the American Confederacy ... Thomas Baldwin (of Philadelphia.) Joseph Thomas January 1, 1854 Philadelphia : Lippincott, Grambo & Company 1854.
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1895 - Duane
Duane, du-An', a post-township of Franklin co., N.Y., 16 miles S. of Malone. It has mines of iron. Pop. 289.
Lippincott's Gazetteer of the World: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World Containing Notices of Over One Hundred and Twenty-five Thousand Places ... Joseph Thomas January 1, 1895 J.B. Lippincott
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1916
Duane, du-an', a post-township (town) of Franklin co., N.V., 16 miles S. of Malone. Pop. in 1900, 312.
Lippincotts New Gazetteer: A Complete Pronouncing Gazetteer Or Geographical Dictionary of the World, Containing the Most Recent and Authentic Information Respecting the Countries, Cities, Towns, Resorts, Islands, Rivers, Mountains, Seas, Lakes, Etc., in Every Portion of the Globe, Part 1 Angelo Heilprin Louis Heilprin - January 1, 1916 J.B. Lippincott - Publisher
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1918 - Duane
Duane was formed from Malone January 24, 1828, the first settlement in the town having been made about 1824 by men employed by James Duane, from whom the town takes its name. It then included Brighton and three townships of Harrietstown.
Mr. Duane was of distinguished ancestry, his grandfather having been the first mayor of the city of New York, a State Senator, member of the Council of Appointment, and for several years a judge of the United States court. He was the founder of Duanesburgh, Schenectady county. Our Mr. Duane married Harriet, daughter of William Constable of New York, who was one of the large land owners in Franklin county in the apportionment of the Macomb purchase, and also a ship owner and importing therchant. For his day he possessed great wealth. His ships sailed to all parts of the world, and when he or members of his family desired to voyage to Europe he was accustomed to fit up one of his own vessels, and employ it much as the modern millionaire uses his... Read MORE...
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Clara Slater MATTHEWS (2 February 1848, Duane, New York, USA - 4 December 1934, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro))
Charles Manley HASKINS (23 February 1853, Saranac, New York, USA (Redford) - 12 January 1933, Duane, New York, USA)
Betsey Prudence PATTERSON (27 October 1862, Duane, New York, USA - 13 January 1939, Brattleboro, Vermont, USA (West Brattleboro))Artamsia MOONEY (October 1865, , New York, USA - 18 December 1944, Duane, New York, USA)
Edith M HASKINS (3 October 1889, Duane, New York, USA - 22 September 1959, Barre, Vermont, USA (Graniteville) (South Barre))Ancestors Who Were Married in Duane, New York, USA
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William Henry MATTHEWS (30 November 1810 - 7 June 1862) and Catherine SLATER (22 December 1822 - ) married 7 January 1843
Richard Hector BEANEY (15 November 1880 - 29 August 1960) and Edith M HASKINS (3 October 1889 - 22 September 1959) married 26 November 1907
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