War Of 1812 Veteran
Located on Grindstone Island in 1801.
1 CMNT Unmarried
Aldridge Stetson KENDALL Captain
1 CMNT His Father's Pension File Says He Was Born 1813.
Capt. Aldridge Stetson Kendall spent his entire life in the region of the Thousand Islands. He was reared in the towns of Clayton and Pamelia (now Watertown), where he received an education common to that day. At an early age he began life on
the river, that he followed for sixty years--a period of service probably not exceeded in length by any pilot on the St. Lawrence river or Great Lakes. He was familiar with the river at all points, discovered many intricate channels, and was
the first to pilot vessels through them. His courage was indomitable as his skill was masterly. The year in which the city of Buffalo was inundated, during a gale that swept down the lake, a vessel was driven on shoals in the Canadian
Channel. She had been abandoned by her pilot. Captain Kendall rowed to the vessel, which he took in charge, and saved, with the cargo, safely landing her in the harbor. He purchased land when the Islands were in their primitive state, when
an occasional canoe shot across the current of the river, or weird light fell from some hidden wigwam. He was known as a man of superior judgment and fine heart qualities. In religious faith he was a Baptist, and in politics a staunch
Republican.
1 CMNT says she died in 1890, aged 82 years
1 CMNT Served In Civil War
Francis's Civil War discharge record says he was a private in the 10th NY Artillery and enlisted 11 Aug. 1862. He was killed in battle at Petersburgh and was buried there.
Russell's Civil War discharge record says he was a private in the 10th NY Artillery and enlisted 11 Aug. 1862.
Aldridge's Civil War discharge record says he was a private in the 10th NY Artillery and enlisted 11 Aug. 1862. He was killed at Petersburgh and in buried there.
Aldridge Stetson KENDALL Captain
1 CMNT His Father's Pension File Says He Was Born 1813.
Capt. Aldridge Stetson Kendall spent his entire life in the region of the Thousand Islands. He was reared in the towns of Clayton and Pamelia (now Watertown), where he received an education common to that day. At an early age he began life on
the river, that he followed for sixty years--a period of service probably not exceeded in length by any pilot on the St. Lawrence river or Great Lakes. He was familiar with the river at all points, discovered many intricate channels, and was
the first to pilot vessels through them. His courage was indomitable as his skill was masterly. The year in which the city of Buffalo was inundated, during a gale that swept down the lake, a vessel was driven on shoals in the Canadian
Channel. She had been abandoned by her pilot. Captain Kendall rowed to the vessel, which he took in charge, and saved, with the cargo, safely landing her in the harbor. He purchased land when the Islands were in their primitive state, when
an occasional canoe shot across the current of the river, or weird light fell from some hidden wigwam. He was known as a man of superior judgment and fine heart qualities. In religious faith he was a Baptist, and in politics a staunch
Republican.
1 CMNT Came To Jefferson Co. 1795; Son Of Green Mt. Boy
During the year 1795, Isaac came to Jefferson county, New York, making the entire journey from Vermont in a cart drawn by oxen. In Jefferson county he took up the trade of carpenter, devoting his spare hours to music. Here, in almost a
wilderness, he established a class of music among the solitary homes of that region. The charts he used were of his own manufacture, and the songs, both music and words, were his own composition. He was in every sense a musician, and many of
his compositions in the minor mode seemed to vibrate the solitude and mysteries of the wilderness.In 1813 Isaac Kendall was taken prisoner by the British and lodged a prisoner in the tower at Kingston, Canada. With him was Gus Stetson. The two managed to escape on a raft made out of the floor of an unused cabin they found. This they
paddled across the foot of Lake Ontario to freedom. His declining days were passed in Clayton, New York, where he died at the advanced age of ninety-five years.
1 CMNT Died Of Consumption
1 CMNT Christened as an adult.
Charles's Civil War discharge record says he was a private in the10th NY Artillery and enlisted 15 Aug. 1863. He was killed in battle.
1 CMNT Living with parents in 1880.
1 CMNT Living with parents in 1880.