[Genealib] Bushton Mills, NY

[William Blohm]

Dear Collective Wisdom,
I spoke with a patron today who has a great-grandmother whose obituary 
states that she was born in Bushton Mills, NY in the 1840s. I have 
search French's and Spafford's New York gazetteers, the USGS Geographic 
Names Information Server, and the Web, and the only information I found 
was a 17th-century reference to a settlement of that name near Albany in 
the 1770's.

I have also searched supposing that the name in the obit was misspelled 
or otherwise corrupted, but the only other name seemingly close enough 
was Brush's Mills (now Brushton) in Franklin Co., NY. This may be 
correct, because the ggm's spouse apparently came from what is now St. 
Lawrence Co. It is, however a long way from Albany.

Any suggestions will be appreciated. Thank you.

William R. Blohm   Reference Librarian & Collection Development Manager
Gail Borden Public Library District, 270 N. Grove Ave.
Elgin, IL  60120