History of Cape Vincent, (Jefferson County) New York United States of America

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Delos Bennet Sacket, soldier, was born at Cape Vincent, N.Y., April 14, 1822. He was graduated at the U.S. Military academy, brevet 2d lieutenant in the 2d dragoons, July 1, 1845; served in the military occupation of Texas, 1845?46, and in the Mexican war, 1846?47, and was brevetted 1st lieutenant, May 9, 1846, for gallantry at Pale Alto and Resaca de la Palma. He was promoted 2d lieutenant, 1st dragoons, June 30, 1846, and 1st lieutenant, Dec. 27, 1848; was assistant instructor in cavalry tactics at the U.S. Military academy, 1850?55; was promoted captain, 1st cavalry, March 3, 1855; served in garrison and on the field, 1855?56, and on the board to revise the army regulations at Washington, 1856?57. He was engaged in quelling the Kansas disturbances; in the Utah and Cheyenne expedition and in the Antelope Hill expedition, 1857?59; was promoted major, Jan. 31, 1861, and lieutenant-colonel, 2d cavalry, May 3, 1861; and served as acting inspector-general at Washington, D.C., June to August, 1861; as mustering and disbursing officer in New York city, August to December, 1861, and was promoted inspector-general with the rank of colonel, Oct. 1, 1861. He was inspector-general, Army of the Potomac, 1861?63; served on McClellan's staff in the Peninsular and Maryland campaigns, and on Burnside's staff in Virginia. He was in charge of the inspector-general's office at Washington, D.C., in 1863; served successively on the boards to organize the invalid corps, and for retiring disabled officers, 1863?64; was on inspection duty in the departments of the Tennessee, Cumberland, Arkansas, and New Mexico, 1864?65, and on March 13, 1865, was brevetted brigadier-general for gallantry in the field during the war, and major-general for services during the war. He served on a tour of inspection to and through Montana Territory to the Pacific ocean in 1666; was inspector-general of the departments of the Tennessee and of the Cumberland, 1866?68; of the division of the Atlantic, 1868?72, and under general instructions from the war department, 1872?76. He was inspector-general of the division of the Missouri, 1876?81, and was promoted inspector-general of the army with the rank of brigadier-general, Jan. 2, 1881, succeeding Gen. Randolph B. Marcy as senior inspector-general. He died at Washington, D.C., March 8, 1885.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor

Watson Carbosso Squire, senator, was born at Cape Vincent, N.Y., May 18, 1838; son of the Rev. Orra Squire; and grandson of Col. Ebenezer Wheeler of the war of 1815. He attended Falley seminary, Fulton, N.Y.; taught school in Rose Valley, N.Y., 1853, and at Marcellus, N.Y., 1854?55, and was graduated from Wesleyan university, Conn., A.B., 1859. He began the study of law, but soon after became principal of Moravia institute, New York, which position he held until April, 1861, when he enlisted for three months' service as a private in Company F in the 19th New York infantry. He was promoted 1st lieutenant, May 7, and served in the upper Potomac until September, 1861, when he was mustered out and resumed the practice of law in Cleveland, Ohio, being graduated from the Cleveland Law school in 1862, and admitted to practice in the supreme court of Ohio in June of the same year. He raised and was commissioned captain of a company of sharpshooters, which was mustered into service in January, 1863, as the 7th Independent company of Ohio sharpshooters, and subsequently known as General Sherman's bodyguard. With this company he participated in all the operations of the Army of the Cumberland, being a part of the time in command of a provisional battalion of Ohio sharpshooters; was judge-advocate of the District of Tennessee, 1864?65, and also served on the staffs of Major-General Rousseau and Maj. George H. Thomas. He was brevetted lieutenant-colonel and colonel for meritorious service in August, 1865. He was subsequently connected with the firm of E. Remington & Sons of Ilion, N.Y., manufacturers of firearms, visiting foreign countries in the interest of the business, and subsequently becoming manager of the company. He was married, Dec. 23, 1868, to Ida, daughter of Philo Remington of Ilion, N.Y. He purchased property in Washington Territory in 1876, and after severing his connection with the Remington company, removed to Seattle. He was governor of Washington Territory, 1884?87; presided over the statehood convention at Ellensburg in January, 1889, and in November, 1889, was elected, with John Beard Allen , one of the first U.S. senators from the state of Washington, drawing the short term, serving by re-election from Dec. 2, 1889, to March 3, 1897, and officiating as chairman of the committee on coast defences. He was admitted to the bar of the supreme court of United States in 1895, and after 1897 resumed the practice of law in Seattle, Wash.

From: Twentieth Century Biographical Dictionary of Notable Americans, Johnson, Rossiter, editor