History
Preservation of our community’s history. Available to assist with any historical questions about genealogy, public history, etc. of the Town of Clinton.
The book below was published by NYAOT and includes all 14 towns in Clinton County, including a contribution from the Town of Clinton. Get your copy at this link: https://www.nytowns.org/common/Uploaded%20files/Foundations%20of%20Freedom%20250%20Book%20Order%20Form_Ready%20to%20Ship.pdf
Rebecca LeClair
Town of Clinton Supervisors: The first 3 men
Churubusco has had a variety of men lead the community since its founding. In the first part of a series which will have many parts, let’s discuss the first 3 men to lead our town:
Our very first supervisor, Michael Roberts, was a son of one of Chateaugay’s founding members, Benjamin Roberts. Michael was born in Chateaugay in 1806. He was our supervisor in 1845, not long before the official charter of the community in 1847. He and his wife Harriett lived in the Clinton Mills area during this time period and they had three daughters. Mr. Roberts was engaged in transportation services for much of his working life, particularly running a stage coach business to shuffle people to and from railroad stations. He died in his hometown of Chateaugay in 1862 at the age of 56.
In 1846 Anson Hogle would become the new supervisor. He would serve until 1848 and again in 1856 and 1858. He was born in Canada in 1810, a son of William and Charlotte Hogle. In his younger years, Mr. Hogle served in the British military in British occupied lower Canada. He would have been involved in taming the Canadian Rebellion of 1837 during his service. Anson is reported as moving to Churubusco around 1850 with his wife Hannah. They had 3 daughters. The Hogle’s resided mostly at the Frontier, where Mr. Hogle was engaged as post master and farmer for many years. He died at his home on the Frontier in 1868 at the age of 58.
Lemuel C. Wrisley was our third supervisor from 1849 to 1851. He was born in Hartford Connecticut in 1812 to Stephen and Polly Wrisley. He and his wife Anne had a son and two daughters together. Their son Samuel was born while they resided in Churubusco. During his life Lemuel moved to many parts of NY and even lived in Middlebury Vt at one point. His many moves suggest that he was a farm laborer who moved to look for work. I conclude this from his moves to rural areas that were highly agrarian. Unfortunately, I have no census record to back up this conclusion.Perhaps the most interesting thing about Wrisley is the way he died. He was unfortunately murdered in Holyoke NY in July of 1864 at the age of 52.
