BIOGRAPHY: Daniel Sutherland Mapes; Montgomery, Orange co., New York transcribed by W. David Samuelsen for USGenWeb Archives *********************************************************************** Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.org/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.org/ny/nyfiles.htm *********************************************************************** Portrait and Biographical Record of Rockland and Orange Counties New York Containing Portraits and Biographical Sketches of Prominent and Representative Citizens of the Counties. Together with Biographies and Portraits of all the Presidents of the United States. New York and Chicago; Chapman Publishing Co., 1895 DANIEL SUTHERLAND MAPES, agent for the Erie and West Shore Railroads, and also for the National and Wells Fargo Express Companies, is located at Montgomery, N. Y., where he arrived in 1874. For five years he served as clerk under J. C. Mould, who be-came agent at this place, but in February, 1879, our subject succeeded him. While clerking he had also been agent for the Wallkill Valley Rail-road, now the West Shore line. His long retention in office clearly indicates his prompt discharge of all duties, and he has the entire confidence of his employers. In Beaver Brook, Sullivan County, N. Y., Mr. Mapes was born on the 22d of March, 1845, and is a son of Robert M. and Elizabeth (Mould) Mapes. The Mapes family was founded in America about 1640, by three brothers, two of whom located on Long Island, and the other in New Hampshire. In England the family was quite prominent, Walter Mapes, who was closely identified with the throne, representing the King in a council in France; he was an ecclesiastic of great learning. Samuel Mapes, a descendant of one of the brothers who settled on Long Island, removed to Monroe, Orange County, and later located at Howell's Depot, where he owned a section of land. This was before the Revolution, and the land was at that time entirely uncultivated. The family was well represented in the War for Independence, and was noted for its valor. Nathaniel Mapes, the son of Samuel, was thegrandfather of our subject. In 1818 he left Howell's Depot, removing to Mt. Hope, where he owned a good farm, and there his death occurred in 1854, at the age of seventy-two years. After the death of his first wife, Millie Mapes, who was the grandmother of Daniel S., he wedded Ann Corwin. Robert M. Mapes married Elizabeth Mould, who was reared three miles south of Montgomery, and was a daughter of Philip and Nellie (Sutherland) Mould, who belonged to one of the oldest families of the state. In 1840 the father located in Sullivan County, N. Y., but after a residence there of about twenty-eight years, returned to Orange County, settling on a portion of the old farm belonging to his father-in-law, three miles south of Montgomery. After carrying on agricultural pursuits there for some three years, he became agent for the Susquehanna & Western Railroad, being located at Little Ferry, N. J., where he remained for seven years. In 188o his wife died in Butler, N. J., after which he came to Montgomery, where his death occur-red on the 1st of January, 1894, at the age of eighty-two years. At the age of twenty-six years, Daniel S. Mapes left the home farm, which he had assisted his father in operating, and for two years worked at the carpenter's trade. In 1874, as before stated, he entered his present office as clerk, arriving in Montgomery before the completion of the roads. He holds a peculiar and responsible, position, being employed by two railroad companies, but has given the utmost satisfaction to both, and the business of the office has so increased that he now has two assistants. Mr. Mapes was united in marriage on the 8th of December, 1869, with Miss Ann E. Crans, a daughter of Nathaniel and Catherine (Puff ) Crans. The lady was born near Montgomery, November 7, 1844, and by her marriage became the mother of three daughters. Mary Elizabeth, who for six years has been employed in the office with her father, is also an operator; Ann Villette attends to the duties of the home; and Lina Leah is still in school. After a short illness of only ten days, Mrs. Mapes was called to her final rest, on the 23d of January, 1892, and her death was deeply mourned by many friends as well as by her immediate family. She was an active member of the Reformed Church, to which her husband and eldest daughter also belong. Mr. Mapes uniformly votes the straight Republican ticket, but has all the business he can attend to without desiring to take upon himself the responsibilities of political office. Socially he is a member of the Masonic fraternity, belonging to the lodge in Walden, and is held in universal esteem by the community.