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DEACON JOHN ST. JOHN, 



son of John, Sr., and Susannah St. John, was born at 

 Hubbardton, Rutland Co., Vt., Sept. 29, 1792. His 

 parents were natives of Fairfield Co., Conn., and settled 

 in Vermont. The St. Johns are of English origin, and 

 John St. John's mother was of French and English descent. 

 At the age of seven Mr. St. John commenced living 

 with an uncle, with whom he remained till he was twenty- 

 one. He was a soldier in the war of 1812. About 1816 

 he emigrated to Steuben County, and made a permanent 

 settlement in the spring of 1817 on the farm now owned 

 by Ira Hendrick, and has lived in this locality ever 

 since. On Oct. 1, 1821, he married Lucinda Shumway, 

 daughter of Elijah and Chloe Shumway, of Woodstock, 

 Mass. Mrs. St. John was born, Feb. 5, 1798, at Pomfret, 

 Conn. Four children were born, viz. : Clarissa S., who 

 married Wm. Nichols, Esq., of Bath. Minerva, who 

 married Dr. Daniel Slauson, of Corning; they had three 

 children, one of whom, John, lived with his grandparents 

 and family after he was about one and a half years old, 

 and continued to do so till the fall of 1875, when he 

 went to Port Hudson and resided with his father until 

 the terrible epidemic of 1878 occurred in the South, when 

 he and his father both fell victims to the yellow fever ; 



the son preceded his father only three days. Francis 

 O., another son of Deacon St. John, resides at home with 

 his father, and his daughter, Sarah A., is living with her 

 father and brother. 



In politics Deacon St. John is a Democrat. He cast 

 his first presidential vote for President Madison when he 

 was a candidate the second time, and has been able to 

 vote at every presidential election since. He has been 

 assessor of Hornby. When a young man he and Mrs. 

 St. John joined the Baptist Church of Hornby, and for 

 nearly forty years he has been deacon of the same. By 

 word and deed he has tried to maintain a Christian char- 

 acter, and has done his part to build up the cause of 

 Christ in his community. Mrs. St. John died March 

 6, 1 860, leaving a record of devoted ness to the society of 

 which she was a bright and shining light. Her memory 

 is ever green to her family. 



Deacon St. John is now an old man of eighty-six 

 years, yet he is hale and hearty, of sound mind, and is 

 surrounded by the comforts of a happy home. He 

 is now living with his two children, Francis O. and 

 Sarah A., who are devoted to the wants of their aged 

 father. 



