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He was a millwright<ref>1850 and 1860 Federal Census, Knox</ref>
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Before 1835 he married Elizabeth. They had 5 children.
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Samuel died between 1860 and 1870<ref>1870 Federal Census, Knox</ref>
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LETTER TO Mr  SAMUEL  T  SCHOONMAKER in the TOWN of KNOSE [KNOX]  ALBANY COUNTY
	
From his sister Dorothy  Ulshoefer, wife of Henry Ulshoefer, june 25, 1837 from Conklin,  Broom  County, NY  
	
''Dear brother

::''I now sit down with pleasure to inform you that we are all in a midling state of health at present and hope that these few lines may find you enjoying the same blessing   I have been a great deal out of health since we have moved here  but I think it was occaisconce  by the fatiuge of the journy  It took us four days and a halfe to come from duanesburg here  The road was very rough and muddy  and we had a heavy load  besides our eight children and our selves my baby was but little over two month old but she stood the journy verry well   I have been taken several times since I have been here with a suden pulsation of my heart which I thought would terminate my life  but thanks to the Lord  I feel some better of that complaint   but it has left me verry nurves  we have bought sixty acres of land here  There is but eight acres cleared on it   we have a good log house to live in and we have the frame of the barn nearly ready to put up   The  land is principle timber with white oak and hickery chesnut soft maple and some pine   all of a verry tall and thrifty groath   The soil is good and climate healthy as far as we know  the canker rash was a bout here   there were sise ''[six]'' children taken away by that disorder in a verry short time   john seaverson loft two   Mr harwood lost two   Mr Craber lost one and Mr Hillcacks  lost one but it is healthy   The weather has been verry wet   we have had rain all most everry day for some time back  There is considerable wild land about here yet we have heard a place wich joins on ours with thirty acres of improvement on  and about fifty apple trees  on the same  wich just begins to bear    The place contains one hundred acres   Henry pays the rent in clearing up sise acres of the land  and puting it in fence  Then henry has all the wood of the lot and the first crop  he calulates to sow it with wheat this fall  The same place is for sale    Mr Birdsall offers it for twelve hundred dollars   The place is finely situated  but it has no bildings  but log bildings    ten miles from here there is a farn offered for sale that one hundred and five acres  it is situated on the winsor road    it lies sise miles from winsor  and nine miles from Binghamton village   There is a beautiful house on the place   a barn  & sheds  wood house  and other out houses with seventy acres improved land and a good orchard on the same  and Mr dehart offers the same for twenty two hundred dollars  we have got in a verry good neighbourhood   I have taken a deal of comfort since we have been  here our market verry handy   we live sise miles from binghamton  village and two from the canall   and four from the Chenango river   The market is good  for everry kind of produce   The wheat is worth fourteen shillings   ----- is worth one dollar   corn is worth seve shillings  wheat is worth five shillings   butter is worth-----pence  per bound   pork  one shilling  staves ----''[ten or two]'' dollars a thousand   hoop poles  are worth ---dollars a thousand  and shingles are worth from one dollar to ten shillings a bunch    our   oldest daughter is ten miles away from home to work in a pill bose factory   She is to work for Mr james Curen ''[James Curran  (ca 1807 -> 1860)]''  he formely used to live in bern   we purchased our place from him   he has commenced that kind of bisness on account of his health not beaing verry good    it is the first that ever has been commenced in this part of the country   he thinks he shall find it very profitable   The great merchants at Binghamton village take all that he can make  and sell them for Mr Curen    I should be verry happy to have some of my connection near me    I hope that some of you will come out to see us and  I don't doubt that you will be pleased with the country for there is a great deal of land to be had hereat a verry great bargain  The wheat stands exceading  good  here  it all brgins to hed out nicely   I wish to write as soon as possible    I long to hear from you all    direct your letter  Town of Conklin  Broom County   Binghamton  post office Chenango  County   no more at present  but our kind love to you all                       

''Dorothy  Ulshoefer

''Conklin  Broom County  june 25th 1837  

Letter courtesy of Allan Deitz. Found in a box of documents passed down through his great-grandmother [[Minnie Bell Onderdonk]] Ball whose mother was a Schoonmaker.

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