Chicago Pneumatic to build million factory in Frankfort: This week in history
1897, 126 years agoUtica loses part of its historic pastMarie Antoinette Varick, who grew up in West Utica as the granddaughter of a signer of the ...
1897, 126 years agoUtica loses part of its historic pastMarie Antoinette Varick, who grew up in West Utica as the granddaughter of a signer of the Declaration of Independence, dies in her home in New York City.Her mother, Ann, was the daughter of William Floyd, one of four New Yorkers who signed the document in 1776 (the other three were Francis Lewis, Philip Livingston and Lewis Morris). In 1803, Floyd left his home on Long Island and settled in the town of Western in Oneida County. He died in 1821 and was buried in Westernville.