Excerpt from History of Madison County, State of New York Local historians have materially aided the progress of the work. Jones' Annals of Oneida County, Clark's Onondaga, Turner's History of the Holland Purchase, Hatch's History of the Town of Sherburne, - for all of which the author asks forbearance for having so freely used in extract. In all sections of the county, old families have been visited, family records perused, and time-yellowed documents examined. Statements have been taken from the lips of many aged men and women who lived through the days when toil and privation was the heritage of all, several of whom are now resting from their labors, and from them no farther record can be gained. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.