Dr. David M. Whary Home
(Daniel D. DuBois)
| Article Name |
The DuBois Family In Wallkill |
| Location |
About one mile north of
the village of Wallkill on the old Galeville Road. The house sits on the
east edge of the road, but does not face the road, it faces south.
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| Owners | |
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* Dr. David Whary * Daniel D. DuBois 1824 * Daniel D. DuBois 1891 * Margery DuBois * Michael Gaston |
* Circa 1817 * 1855 * Circa 1920 - Grandson * Circa 1945 - Daughter - Operating the farm * about 2000 to present day |
| Names mentioned |
* Sons Simon L. DuBois born
1859 and Everett B. born in 1862 * The original house as a one and a half stories high with a cellar basement kitchen. In 1896 Alex Petrie and Ezra Mentz raised the roof and made it a two-story house. * Daniel DuBois had two daughters, Mary and Margery who is at home and operates the farm. |
| Other Structures |
* There was an old milk house
along the bank of the river with a spring * The island in the Wallkill River was planted with all kinds of crops, both vegetable and flowers. |
| Other Information
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* There are four fire places in this old house, one in the basement cellar, one in the dining room, another in an upstairs bedroom and one in the living room. The one in the living room has an iron casting in it that bears the date, 1816. |
| Pictures |
 Date - 1966
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