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Note: Luther Darling married Hannah Cornwall, the only daughter of Isaac Cornwall and Hannah Roberts before 1815. According to a genealogy summary done by my father in 1953, the first record on Luther Darling appears in the 1820 Census. There he is recorded as dwelling "outside Middletown, Conn." and "head of family consisting of six males, 4 females and one slave under 14 years of age. At that time 3 males members of the family were under 10 years of age; one between 10 and 16 years; 1 between 16 and 18 years; one from 18 to 26; and one was between 26 and 45. The male slave was under 14 years of age. One member was reported as being engaged in "manufacturing". The type of product manufactured was not indicated. Of the female members, one was under 10 years of age; one was between 10 and 16 years; one between 16 and 26; and one was between 26 and 45. The home they were living in is believed to have been the property of Hannah, since there was some difference of opinion at the time they moved to Camden, NJ (1830-1832). Their youngest child, Isaac, was born in Camden in 1834. Shortly thereafter, the moved again, this time to the Mohawk Valley--some say at or near Amsterdam, New York where Luther is said to have engaged in "trade". In 1840 they were at the Curtis settlement, Herkimer County, where they engaged in lumbering, collecting tan bark that was used by the many tanneries in finishing buffalo pelts that were shipped East in large quantities. Both Luther and Hannah spent the remainder of their lives near Curtis Corners, Town of Salisbury, Herkimer County, New York.. They were buried at the Curtis Corners cemetery there along with their son, William Benjamin and his wife, Rhoda Shedd, (b. 29 Aug 1818 - d. 28 May 1900). Additional information: Dear Cousins, I am sending this appendix for your pleasure. Appendix to Darling Genealogy by Birge Darling ( I contacted relatives of his to see if he had ever done anything more with a genealogy, and apparently he did not) He is descended from John, George Marshall- A genealogy is mainly a list of names, places and dates. The following items pertain to the early Darling generations that were heard or told to me by my Father and/or Mother during the course of my growing up. (written about 1852 by dates of children mentioned.] The Darlings lived in Meriden, Conn. Luther, 1, sold silver goods in New England and would return home with silver and gold coins in his saddlebags and dump them on the table. He had fiery red hair and beard that was naturally in ringlets. In his travels he very much liked Vermont and moved there before coming to N.Y. State. When Hannah Cornwall married Luther Darling, she was disowned by her family as they considered she had married beneath her station. When they left Vermont they crossed the Hudson River on a raft and followed the trail through Johnstown, Lasselsville and Oppenheim. The Darlings first settled on land in the Fort Herkimer area. John Darling,2, drove mules hauling tow boats on the old Erie Canal at 12 years of age. They traded this land for land in Curtis, which at the time was a good move as they were moving closer to game and fish a good part of their diet and at that time the land in Curtis was virgin soil and grew good crops. Also lumber was plentiful and they had a large maple sugar bush. My father told me that maple sugar was an every day item and white sugar a treat. Timothy hay grew to the horses bridles and the corn crop was excellent. My father, Marshall, 3, told me of bringing wool from his grandmothers (Elizabeth Walker Howe) at the Swetzer Mansion north of the iron mine and his mother processed it and put it on the wheel and made him his first suit. The skeins of yarn were twisted to various degrees of tightness in knots and soaked in homemade butternut dye. When dried and untied many beautiful shades of brown resulted. They cut firewood all winter to keep up with the weather. My father would go to school one week and his brother, Fred would help and the old crosscut saw. The next week they would reverse and he would cut. The Darlings belonged to what was known in those days as the shouting Methodist. Perry Darling, 3, who married Mina Howe, my Father's Mother's sister, lived across the road from them in Curtis. As Perry was very religious he could be heard at all hours of day and night shouting and praising the Lord in a very loud voice. Will Darling, 4, son of Marve Darling was born same year as my father. They were first cousins and traveled a lot together and got into many a scrape that I will not enumerate here. His brother Clifford is the Father of Harry, 5, and Howard, 5, Harry farms and Howard is a logger in Salisbury. An anecdote is told how a deacon in the church sold John Darling a milking heifer and said he warranted (a popular expression of time to guarantee) the animal to give a nice mess of milk. It turned out she didn't. When John approached the deacon for adjustment he denied saying he warranted the animal and claimed he had said he wanted her to give a nice mess. Deacons were trusted in those days. Swetzer Mansion was built on the foundation of the Howe Farm. Burned down-fire started in a chicken coop. (This also given me by Wendy Bolster)
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