Stories in Stones: Stories from Oneida County, NY Cemeteries

       Publius Virgilius Rogers was born Dec 30, 1824 in Antwerp, Jefferson County, New York to Dr. Ralph Rogers. He was educated at schools in Watertown and Antwerp. He attended both the Watertown Academy and Black River Literary and Religious Institute. He graduated from Hamilton College in 1846.     After college Publius V. Rogers went to Adams to study law. He also spent an hour a day as bookkeeper in the Hungerford bank. He left Adams to study law in the office of Judge George C. Sherman.     In the summer of 1848, took part in the survey of the Rome, Watertown, and Ogdensburg Railroad.     In 1849, Judge Sherman organized the Watertown Bank and Loan Co. Publius V. Rogers became a cashier there. In September of the following year he accepted a position as cashier at the Fort Stanwix bank in Rome. In September of 1853 became a cashier of the Bank of Utica. In 1876, he was elected President of the bank, he served until ...

    Author note: this information came from an obituary in which it was hard to read some of.      Miles Chester Comstock was born May 7, 1823 in Hartwick, Otsego Co, NY. He was educated in the district school in Westford, NY. During the summer he worked in the family farm.       In 1840, at the age of 17 Miles Comstock left farming and came to Utica. He accepted a job in a grocery store. The store failed and he returned to the family farm. When he returned to Utica he started working in the store of Elijah G. Peckham. The store was later sold to T.K. Butler. Five years after Mr. Butler brought the store Mr. Comstock was admitted as a partner. In 1855? he organized the firm of Dickinson and Comstock.     In 1868, the manufacturing company of Comstock Brothers was formed. Miles C. Comstock later brought the sugar manufacturing company of Utica and Hard (or Hurd) Brothers of Oneida and incorporated them as the Comstock Manu...