New York State
Historical Note:
In 1785, the Oneida reluctantly succumbed to pressure from
New York State to sell their land at Oquaga (Onaquaga), (now Windsor and
Colesville, Broome Co., NY). By the
1740s the large Oneida village extended along the Susquehanna River. In 1756, Sir William Johnson, superintendent
of Indian Affairs was asked to set up a trading post. That same year he a fort built to protect
local Oneida families during the French and Indian War. Thayendanegea (Joseph Brant), Mohawk,
gathered forces at Oquaga in an attempt to stop the expansion of European
settlements.
Family Member Profile:
William Marcus Wormuth – Uncle Marcus – son of Thomas James
Wormuth and Fanny B. Hulse – was born 16 Jan 1892 in Peakville, Delaware
County, NY. He died 26 Aug 1956 in
Harvard, Delaware Co. and is buried in the Harvard Cemetery. He remained a bachelor all his life.
He worked for and lived with John D. Houck and Nancy Wormuth
Houck on Houck Mountain. Nancy was his
sister as was my grandmother, Margaret Eleanor Wormuth Beismer.
He was my great uncle but I remember him as Uncle Marcus. I remember him as taller than his sisters,
handsome and pleasant, but shy and quiet.
I’ve only seen one photograph of Uncle Marcus. He was standing in either a hay wagon or a
manure wagon. My mother had a copy but
it was lost, possibly in a roof leak. If
anyone has any photos of him, I’d appreciate and would pay for a copy.
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