BRUNDAGE, Perley Jay

Notes:

Perley was raised in the Russell-Clare section of New York where he gained an intimate knowledge of the woods and lumbering. In his early 20's (about 1893) Perley ventured west for a short time as is recorded in a small "autograph" book, where many of his family and friends recorded their thoughts and feelings about the pending journey. He returned to New York and took up farming for a while, and eventually began working with the St. Lawrence Co. Pulp & Lumber Business. He was employed as a "lumber scaler," a job that would take him to the various lumber camps. He would walk the skids and estimate the board feet for the company, this in turn was used as a guage to pay the men in the camps. Perley was said to have been very familiar with the lumber trade and did on occasion use some of the colorful language common in such "all men" trades. At this time the family was living in San Fidel, Canada. In about 1920 Perley retired to Canton, New York to make his home. He purchased the home of Reuben T. Wells on East Main St. where he remained until later in life when he removed to Gouverneur St. In retirement Perley ran a Gas & Oil Service Station on Riverside Dr. Perley was a member of the No. 111, Free and Accepted Masons of St. Lawrence Chapter No. 132 , R. A. M., and St. Lawrence Commandery No. 28, Knights Templar. He was buried in 1942 in Fairview Cemetery, Canton, St. Lawrence, New York.

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Canton Commercial Advertiser
Tuesday, June 12, 1951
Off The County Historian's Desk
By Nina Smithers, County Historian
Silver Hill Fife and Drum Corps.
The following interesting account of a fife and drum corps in the town of Russell was submitted for this column by Mrs. Dorothy Manning, Town Historian.

The old Silver Hill Fife and Drum Corps was composed of nine men from the Silver Hill community of Russell about 65 years ago. The members were Peter Clintsman, drum major; Joseph Van Sant, Stephen Van Sant, Charles Brundage, and Pearl Brundage, snare drummers; William Van Sant and John Van Sant, fife players; Richard Van Sant, bass drummer. George Van Sant drove the corps wagon which was circular in shape and drawn by four horses.

Every Memorial Day the corps would start early in the morning and decorate the graves at the South Russell Cemetery and then come to the village and decorate the graves at the Russell Cemetery and lastly to Hermon Cemetery where they also decorated.

The corps was active for about fifty years, turning out to all military funerals and other community activities.

There are only two of the members still living, they are Joseph Van Sant of Russell and John Van Sant of Mexico, N.Y.
Dorothy Manning,
Town of Russell Historian

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1900 census:
Clare, Saint Lawrence Co., New York (Roll 1156 Book 1, Page 108)
Brundage, Perly, Head, W, N, Apr. 1871, 28, Married 3 years, b. NY, fa. b. VT, mo. b. NY, Farmer
", Adda, Wife, W, F, Jan. 1878, 22, Married 3 yrs., B. NY, fa. b. NY, mo. b. NY
", Vincy Blanch, Dau., W, F, Sep. 1897, 2, Single, B. NY, fa. b. NY, mo. b. NY
", Gaylord, Son, W, M, Sep. 1899, 8 mos., Single, B. NY, fa. b. NY, mo. b. NY
", William, Brother, W, N, Apr. 1864, 36, Single, b. NY, fa. b. NY, mo. b. NY, Day Laborer
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The 1910 census finds Perley and family living in Russell, St. Lawrence Co., New York (Roll 1075 Book 2, Page 36a) as follows;
Brundage, Perley, Head, M, W, 37, Married 14 years, b. NY, af. b. VT, mo. b. NY, Laborer, Odd Jobs.
" Ada, Wife, F, W, 32, Married 14 years, 3 children, b. NY, af. b. NY, mo. b. NY
" Vincey, Dau., F, W, 12, Single, b. NY, af. b. NY, mo. b. NY
" Gaylord, Son, M, W, 11, Single, b. NY, af. b. NY, mo. b. NY
" Gladys, Dau., F, W, 6, Single, b. NY, af. b. NY, mo. b. NY
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The 1920 census finds Perley and family living at 85 Miner St., Russell, St. Lawrence Co., New York (E.D. 112) as follows;
Perley Brundage, Head of Household, age 49, b. NY, father b. NY, mother b. NY, Overseer of Lumber job
Vincy Nash, Daughter, age 22, b. NY, father b. NY, mother b. NY,
Howard Nash, Son-in-law, age 24, b. PA, father b. PA, mother b. PA, Well-driller
Gaylord Brundage, Son, age 20, b. NY, father b. NY, mother b. NY, Machinist at a garage
Gladys Brundage, age 15, b. NY, father b. NY, mother b. NY
Kenneth Brundage, age 8, b. NY, father b. NY, mother b. NY

NOTE: The next residence listed after Perley's shows Margaret Phalon, Perley's future 2nd. wife, age 46, b. NY, A nurse who's parents were born in Ireland. She was shown with her brother Charles and her aunt Mary.
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The 1930 census shows Perley, age 58, living at 40 East Main, in Canton, St. Lawrence Co., New York.
He was then married to Margaret age 59, and Kenneth was the only child living at home at age 18.
(ED 45-4, SH 1A).
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Perley and Adda's marriage was recorded thus; "Brundage-Clintsman. At Russell, on the 22nd of May, 1896 by the Rev. C. Sevell, Purley Jay Brundage, of De Grasse, Adda May Clintsman, of South Russell." (St. Lawrence County Historical Association, 3 East Main St., P. O. Box 8 Canton, New York 13617, (315) 386-8133)

Perley married PHALON, Margaret 4 Oct 1921. Margaret was born 27 Mar 1870, Canton, Saint Lawrence, New York, Unites States; died Abt 1934, Canton, Saint Lawrence, New York, Unites States. [Group Sheet]

Perley married TOBIN, Mary 8 Sep 1936, Plattsburgh, Clinton County, New York. [Group Sheet]

Perley married CLINTSMAN, Adda May 22 May 1896, Russell, Saint Lawrence County, New York. Adda (daughter of CLINTSMAN, Orville M. and VAN SANT, Mary A.) was born 21 Jan 1878, Russell, Saint Lawrence County, New York; died 6 Sep 1917, Canton, Saint Lawrence, New York, Unites States. [Group Sheet]

Vincie married NASH, Howard Mathew 6 Sep 1918, Canton, Saint Lawrence, New York, Unites States. Howard was born 8 Aug 1895, Watson Farms, Pennsylvania; died 15 Feb 1969, Canton, Saint Lawrence, New York, Unites States. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Gaylord registered for the WWI draft at age 18 (September 12, 1918), in Watertown, Jefferson Co., New York.
He stated he was doing clerical work for Unity State (Housing?) of Watertown.
He was described as medium hieght and build with light blue eyes and light brown hair.

Gaylord married Estelle 1949, Cleveland, Ohio. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Gladys pursued many interest including painting, gardening and occasionally golf. She is also responsible for amassing much of the genealogical information on the Paige and Brundage families found in this report. Gladys was a very self sufficient woman who took care of her 4 children while her husband was gone on lengthy and dangerous Military assignments. Henry used to joke that Gladys was born in "the grass" (DeGrasse, N.Y.).
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A memorial service was held Dec.19 at the First United Methodist Church with Rev. Gregory Douglass officiating. A grave side service was held at Eternal Hills Memorial Park.

Gladys married PAIGE, Henry Reid 9 Jul 1927, Potsdam, New York. Henry (son of PAIGE, Alfred Smith and REED, Ella May) was born 30 Mar 1904, Ogdensburg, Saint Lawrence County, New York; died 22 Apr 1989, Oceanside, California. [Group Sheet]

Kenneth married SNYDER, Jessie Lauretta [Group Sheet]

Kenneth married MCCORMIC, Evelyn Alys [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Edward died while swimming near Canton.

— DONNELSON, Milford Deforrest. Milford (son of DONNELSON, Garry Dewey and GODDEN, Alma) was born 3 Jul 1922, Logan, Harrison County, Iowa; died 17 Oct 1993, Kansas City, Missouri. [Group Sheet]

— ROBISON. (son of ROBISON, Leonard Elijah and GOODING, Nora Belle) [Group Sheet]

— PACKARD. (son of PACKARD, Harry Brown and GRAY, Ila Genevieve) [Group Sheet]

— JONES. (daughter of JONES, Howard Lewis and SNAPP, Sarah Kathleen) [Group Sheet]

— MARQUAND. (son of MARQUAND, Ralph Carroll and COLE, Mable Juanita) [Group Sheet]

— . Unknown [Group Sheet]

— CANO. [Group Sheet]

— JACKSON. (son of JACKSON, Jerrold Blackstone and MERRIFIELD) [Group Sheet]

— YANNAYON. (son of YANNAYON, Charles and BARKES, Jessie) [Group Sheet]

— . [Group Sheet]

— COMPTON. (son of COMPTON and WARD, Nancy Lou) [Group Sheet]

— RUTTER. (son of RUTTER and JACOBS) [Group Sheet]

— BRIGGS. (daughter of BRIGGS and WISE) [Group Sheet]

— HAHNE. (daughter of HAHNE, Henry Victor and SUPPIK, Iris Helen) [Group Sheet]

— RAEL. (daughter of RAEL and DOMINGUEZ) [Group Sheet]

— . [Group Sheet]