John Paddock
John Paddock
John Paddock (1805-1880) was born in Herkimer County and came to Liverpool in 1826.
He was a trustee in the first elected village government, the 3rd president of the village and a salt boiler. In 1833 he built the building which stands at the Northeast corner Second and Tulip Street and is today the Maurer Funeral Home.
The tombstones of the children by his second wife, Emeline , tell an all too familiar story of the infant/child mortality of the times.
Transcribed by Jamison M and Kayden M
Biographical Sketch
John Paddock:
Throughout John Paddock’s life (1805-1880). John Paddock was born in Herkimer County. He was the second raised child in a family of 5 children. John’s Paddock’s father was a merchant of Herkimer County, then moved to Watertown. When John Paddock was 20 years old he moved to Liverpool, town of Salina. After a few years that he lived in the town of Salina he was interested in the mercantile business. He married his first wife in 1831, named Martha O Dickson. After she died, John married another lady named, Emeline. In 1830, John was one of the trustees. In 1833 he was elected president, and in 1834 he was re-elected. In 1859, he was elected Supervisor of Salina. He was the first Republican Supervisor in the last 15 years. In 1880 he died, his life was described as remarkable energy and prudence.
Experience Sears:
During Experience’s Sears life (1789-1872), there isn’t much we know about Experience Sear’s life. What we know that many important and influential events happened. The year she was born on was George Washington’s inauguration. Then in 1797, Albany becomes New York’s Capital. In 1825, the Erie Canal opened, and had a very big influence on trade. In 1848, Elizabeth Cady Stanton, Lucretia Mott, and more than 300 women and men gather in Seneca Halls for the first nations women’s rights convention. In the 1860s New York supplied ⅙ of the Union Forces during the Civil War. In 1872, Experience Sears passed away, we couldn’t find out the cause of her death, but may she rest in peace.