Herkimer County NyArchives Biographies.....Eckler, Lester C. March 1847 - 
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Author: Hardin & Willard

Eckler, Hendrick, Warren, with his family came from Holland and settled in 
Warren about 1765.  He had a son, Captain Henry, who was born in Holland, who 
received his father's homestead of 100 acres.  He had four sons:  Christian, 
John, Daniel and Henry.  John Eckler was born in the homestead and spent his 
life there.  His wife was Sophia Van Horne, who bore him five children:  John, 
Thomas, Henry, Christina, Mary A., the latter the only one living.  John 
Eckler was born on the homestead in September, 1810, and died September 9, 
1876.  He was twice married, first to Hannah Van Denberg, who bore him three 
children:  Clarinda, Orange and Van Denberg (deceased).  His second wife was 
Hannah, daughter of Cornelius and Eva Cronkhite, who bore him four children:  
Foster (deceased), Mariette (deceased), Lester C. and Rose.  His second wife 
died in 1872. Lester C. Eckler was born March 1, 1847, in Springfield, where 
Hendrick Eckler first settled.  He added sixty acres to the original farm and 
lived there until March 1, 1886, when he bought the hotel in Warren and has 
since conducted it.  He received an academic education, is a Mason and a 
Republican, and has been postmaster under Harrison.  He married, December 14, 
1870, Julia, daughter of David and Christina (Harder) Johnson, and they have 
one child, Ralph J.

Additional Comments:
source:
History of Herkimer County, New York : illustrated with portraits of many of 
its citizens
edited by George A. Hardin ; assisted by Frank H. Willard
Syracuse, New York : D. Mason, 1893
550 p., 276 p. : ill., maps, ports.

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