Frederic Sackrider Remington

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See the following web site for an interesting overview of FSRs life: http://www.nga.gov/feature/remington/remington02.shtm

"Remington is credited as being the primary imagemaker of the historic West. His bronzes are a landmark in the history of bronze casting in both form and subject matter . . .

"Frederic Remington was born in Canton, NY, in 1861. His father was a Civil War hero and his mother came from a prosperous family. Frederic demonstrated great interest in horses and military things at an early age, and was sent to the Highland Military Academy in Massachusetts for secondary schooling. Developing an insatiable appetite for art, Remington received his first formal art training at Yale and the Art Students League, but left college before graduating to pursue the adventure and excitement of the western frontier. He gathered information, made sketches, and took photographs which he later used at his home in New Rochelle, NY, to create his paintings and bronzes. He died in 1909 of complications following an appendectomy, and is buried in Canton, NY."
(source: http://www.1000islands.com/ogdensburg/remington/fredrem.htm)

"Remington made his name as an illustrator, mostly of western and military subjects, for most of the widely circulated magazines of the late 1880s and 1890s. Among the magazines he illustrated were Harper

Frederic married Eva Adele Caten 1 Oct 1884, Gloversville, NY. [Group Sheet]

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Their date of marriage is given as 10 Oct 1883 in "Dictionary of American Biography."

Notes:

Seth was editor of the St. Lawrence Plain Dealer, NY. In the 1870 Federal Census, Seth W. & Clarissa are living at Canton, St. Lawrence Co., NY. With them is 8-yr-old son, Fred S., someday to become a famous artist.

Seth P. was a Major and Colonel in the Civil War.

His obituary says he was born 19 Feb 1834. He died of tuberculosis at the age of 46.

Seth married Clara "Clarissa" Bascomb Sackrider 8 Jan 1861, Canton, NY. Clara (daughter of Henry Lewis Sackrider and Mary B. Hutchins) was born 28 Dec 1836, Canton, NY; died 13 Mar 1912, Geneva, NY. [Group Sheet]

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In the 1880 Federal Census, Clara B. Remington is widowed, and living with her parents in Canton, St. Lawrence Co., NY.

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In the 1850 Federal Census, Seth is age 43 (?), Mary is 40, and their five children range in age from 19 down to 1. The family is living in Seneca, Ontario Co., NY.

In the 1860 Federal Census, the family is at Canton, St. Lawrence Co., NY: S. W. Remington 52, Maria P. 48, S. P. 26, Josephine 18, Wm. R. 21; also Ira Martin 11 (probably Lamartine Remington) and Joanna Hayes 18 (domestic).

In 1870, Seth is 63 and Maria is 60. They are still living in Canton, St. Lawrence Co., NY. Son LaMartin and married daughter Josephine are living with them. Also in the same town are their other two sons, Seth & William, and their families. The census data shows Seth as born in VT.

In 1880 Seth is 73, a widower, boarding at Henderson, Jefferson Co., NY.

Seth married Maria Mary Pickering Abt 1830. Maria (daughter of Silas Pickering and Lydia Vial) was born Abt 1810, NY; died 29 Apr 1878. [Group Sheet]

Henry — Mary B. Hutchins. Mary was born Abt 1815, VT; died Aft 1 Jun 1880. [Group Sheet]

Notes:

Thomas and his family must have lived in Vermont for a while, because his son Silas was born at Rupert, VT, in 1792, according to Boyd Scott Remington's chart. Also, the 1860 census shows Thomas's birthplace as VT. The 1790 census lists Thomas Remington at Rupert (indexed at Ancestry.com as Bennington); the 1800 census shows Thomas & Silas "Remmington" at Rupert. They are the only Remington families there at the time. My assumption is that the Silas on the census is Thomas's brother, b. 1776.

The following notes are from "Reunion of Descendants of Alvah Remington, 1797-1888" at Online Collections at BYU:

Thomas & Olive moved to Rupert, VT, in 1787. Thomas was Selectman, Captain of the Militia, and a prominent resident of Rupert for twenty-five years.

Thomas married Olive Nelson 13 Mar 1788, Suffield, Hartford Co., CT. Olive (daughter of William Nelson and Mary Carpenter) was born 30 May 1767, Lyme, NH; died 15 Apr 1844, NY; was buried , Riverview Cemetery, Henrietta, NY. [Group Sheet]

Silas — Lydia Vial. [Group Sheet]